Thank You
The Bonner Foundation would like to acknowledge all of the teams that participated in the 2020-2021 Racial Justice Community Fund Initiative including:
Christopher Newport University
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Mars Hill University
Rutgers University – Camden
Sewanee: University of the South
Spelman College
Stockton University
Ursinus College
Washington & Lee University
Widener University
Your leadership, initiative, collaboration, and time inspired the network and made an impact.
NATIONAL BONNER INTERNS
The Bonner Foundation would especially like to thank its National Racial Justice Interns, Sierra Medina and Joshua Perez, for their work during the summer of 2021 to develop the projects and profiles found here.
Sierra and Joshua maximized their talent in interviewing, writing, graphic design, and storytelling to help capture key aspects of many of the teams’ work, as well as the inspiring leaders involved.
project leadership, Profiles, and WEBINARS
We thank the following people for participating in interviews and sharing information used to develop the profiles, as well as participating on ongoing webinars and reports:
Amber Vernon
Antonia Izuogu
Ayomiposi “Posi” Oluwakuyide
Caroline Twiggs
Chris Lapari Pazienza
Christian Rice
Christina Salmon
Delana Turner
Erin O’Hanlon
Fatou Lemon
Ijjae Hill
Jennifer Berrios
Jon-Laurence Fleming
Josefina Ewins
Kamryn Godsey
Katie Turek
LaShanda Patton
Marina Barnett
Marisa Charley
Mesoma Okolocha
Noel Shively
Nyeema Watson
Robin Hille Michaels
Samuel Thomas
Simanti Lahiri
Foundation Staff Ariane Hoy, Arthur Tartee Jr., and Rachayita Shah worked on the development of the RFP and oversaw the grants process; developed and ran webinars; created educational resources; and edited profiles and other materials.