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Dozens of culturally led organizations foster and lift up Black youth, to promote educational equality and Black Student Success across Oregon

Oregon Community Foundation announced today that it will reinvest in 24 community-based, culturally-led organizations with $480,000 to support their success and further their positive impact throughout the state. The organizations have been part of a pilot advisory think tank developed in 2020 called the Oregon Black Student Success Network (OBSSN).

鈥淏lack people are resilient, we are smart, talented, brave, and beautiful; and our Black children, our Black students, need to know that,鈥� said Tai Harden-Moore, JD, MBA, Program Officer, Black Student Success, 澳超直播 鈥淚 am hopeful because of the investments that Oregon Community Foundation has made and will continue to make in Black Student Success.鈥�

Since the start of the OBSSN, membership has expanded to five regions across the state. Members support the work of Black Student Success from various perspectives including teacher education in K-12 systems to educational access in postsecondary spaces. Likewise, the OBSSN has been able collaborate on specialized programs and policy advocacy to work with the Oregon Department of Education on statewide reform.

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鈥淏lack Student Success is about Black students thriving in a system that has historically failed them and their families,鈥� said Vvdaul Holloway, Associate Program Officer, Black Student Success, 澳超直播 鈥淥ur work at Oregon Community Foundation combines community-centered leadership with philanthropic investments in service of system change and true equity for all Oregonians,鈥� Mr. Holloway continued.

Following is a snapshot of some of the community-based organizations that 澳超直播 is supporting through Black Student Success:

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To build relationships with urban youth to promote education, self-reliance, and leadership.

鈥淥regon Community Foundation鈥檚 Black Student Success initiative funding is fueling Elevate Oregon's work to close the achievement gap and create educational equity for Black students,鈥� said Donell Morgan, Executive Director. 鈥淭he positive impact of culturally responsive in-school and out-of-school mentoring support is empowering Black students to graduate high school with a plan in place for the future and has a ripple effect throughout the community.鈥�

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To foster talents and interests of Black students to reach their unlimited potential.

鈥淏lack Southern Oregon Alliance is an organization that strives to promote and encourage the Black community in southern Oregon through advocacy, student and parent support, and Equity training,鈥� said D.L. Richardson, President, Black Southern Oregon Alliance and Equity Specialist, Southern Oregon Education Service District. 鈥淲ithout the support of the Oregon Community Foundation and the Black Student Success Network, our organization would never have been able to help the many families we have. The BSSN, is everything to our success.鈥�

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To pursue educational equality and eliminate race-based discrimination.

鈥淎s an organization charged with serving marginalized communities throughout Lane County and 鈥攁t times鈥� the counties to our East and South, the funds, support structures, and overall community that the Oregon Black Student Success Network endows us are instrumental towards our branch rising to the full potential of our current and future opportunity,鈥� said Miles Pendleton, Branch President and Executive Committee Chair, Eugene Springfield NAACP (Unit 1119). 鈥淢ore than a financial support or economic stimulus, Oregon Community Foundation鈥� Black Student Success initiative is an investment in minoritized students and some organizations striving in their service. This renewal grant will bring new life and energy to our work with the Black youth we serve as we hope to support them towards lifting their full voice, and raising to their full height, despite being systemically taught to do otherwise.鈥�

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To reconnect alienated at-risk youth with an education.

鈥淭his renewal of funding for Black Student Success confirms Oregon Community Foundation鈥檚 commitment and the importance of providing support to students that have historically been an afterthought,鈥� says Joe McFerrin II, President and CEO of POIC + RAHS. 鈥淩osemary Anderson Schools continue to purposefully and actively engage with Black students to rewrite life stories, so students achieve their educational goals.鈥�

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To learn more about the Black Student Success initiative at Oregon Community Foundation, please visit: Black Student Success 禄 Oregon Community Foundation.

To support Black Student Success with a donation, contribute to the online or contact a local 澳超直播 Philanthropic Advisor.

澳超直播 Tai Harden-Moore, JD, MBA鈥揚rogram Officer, Black Student Success, 澳超直播

Earlier this year, Tai Harden-Moore, JD, MBA joined Oregon Community Foundation as the Program Officer for Black Student Success. Marcy Bradley, Vice President for Equity and Culture at 澳超直播, sat down with Ms. Harden-Moore to have a conversation about what drives her passion to help Black students succeed in Oregon: A Conversation with Tai Harden-Moore, JD, MBA, the New Program Officer for Black Student Success with 澳超直播 禄 Oregon Community Foundation.

To learn more about Tai Harden-Moore, JD, MBA, please visit: Tai Harden-Moore, JD, MBA 禄 Oregon Community Foundation.