The Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium will award $350,000 to 24 community organizations across 13 Southern states to support programs addressing acute challenges facing underserved Black women and girls, the Mississippi Free Press reported.
The grants are intended to fund programs that take on urgent needs affecting Black women and girls in the South, the report said.
The announcement was made as part of what the Mississippi Free Press described as a ‘joy-filled tour,’ the report said.
The post announcing the grants appeared on the Mississippi Free Press, the outlet reported.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
