upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Julie Rainbow

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Julie Rainbow is an author, scholar and social entrepreneur who implements effective programs that amplify the voices of the aging population in modern society. While a W.K. Kellogg Foundation, International Leadership Fellow, she launched an oral history project that was edited into a book, “Standing the Test of Time: Love Stories of African American Elders” published by Pilgrim Press. Rainbow’s recent project Journey to Sanctuary: The Philadelphia Story of the Second Great Migration of African-Americans from the South has received funding from the Leeway Foundation, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts and the National Endowment of the Humanities. Her projects integrate her love of history, the arts and elders. She earned a Master’s degree from the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.

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The Window of Opportunity (WOO) grant provides financial assistance of up to $1,500 to Leeway grant and award recipients to help them take advantage of imminent, time-sensitive opportunities to support their art for social change practice. The Community Care Fund (CCF) provides financial assistance of up to $1,250 to Leeway grant and award recipients to support with immediate and essential emergency needs. [read more]

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