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Episcopal Diocese of Md. awards $175K in reparations fund grants

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The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has awarded $175,000 in grants to community organizations from a fund established to make reparations for systemic racism and slavery. The diocese voted at its 2019 general convention to study reparations and established the fund a year later with $1 million in seed money.

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Episcopal diocese awards $175K in reparations fund grants

The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has awarded $175,000 in grants to community organizations from a fund established to make reparations for systemic racism and slavery. News outlets report that the diocese announced Thursday that six organizations doing the work of…

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Maryland Episcopal Diocese Awards $175K In Reparations Fund Grants

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has awarded $175,000 in grants to community organizations from a fund established to make reparations for systemic racism and slavery.The diocese announced Thursday that six organizations doing the work of “restoring African American and Black communities” were selected to receive funds through the inaugural reparations grant process, news outlets reported.The awardees included Baltimore-based S…

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Episcopal Diocese of Md. awards $175K in reparations fund grants

BALTIMORE — The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has awarded $175,000 in grants to community organizations from a fund established to make reparations for systemic racism and slavery.News outlets report that the diocese announced Thursday that six organizations doing the work of “restoring African American and Black communities” were selected through the inaugural reparations grant process.Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton says church leaders began docum…

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$175,000 in reparations grants given by Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

(RNS) — ‘The legacy of 350-plus years of discrimination against persons of African descent have taken a toll on this nation,’ said Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton.

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