Focused on the empowerment of Black youth, the grant will support Public Allies’s work to create a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable future for all. MILWAUKEE, WIS – April 5, 2022 – Public Allies, a national nonprofit whose mission is to create a just and equitable society and the diverse leadership to sustain it, Read More
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Public Allies Selects Aria Florant, Alumna Class of 2012 and Co-Founder of Liberation Ventures, to its National Board of Directors
March 3, 2022, Public Allies, a national nonprofit whose mission is to create a just and equitable society and the diverse leadership to sustain it, is honored to announce the appointment of Aria Florant to its national Board of Directors. Ms. Florant is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Liberation Ventures, a new philanthropic Read More
PUBLIC ALLIES RECEIVES $10M FROM MACKENZIE SCOTT AND DAN JEWETT
Scott and Jewett join lead funder Citi Foundation as well as Ballmer Group, JPMorgan Chase, The Starbucks Foundation, and others in supporting Public Allies’s new Racial Equity Fundraising Campaign Milwaukee, Wis, November 17, 2021 – Public Allies, a national nonprofit whose mission is to create a just and equitable society and the diverse leadership to Read More
Jenise Terrell wins the 2021 Excellence in AmeriCorps Lifetime of Service Award
Public Allies, a national nonprofit whose mission is to create a just and equitable society and the diverse leadership to sustain it, is proud to announce Jenise Terrell as the recipient of the 2021 Excellence in AmeriCorps Lifetime of Service Award. The award recognizes Ms. Terrell, Vice President of Programs, for her outstanding service and Read More
Public Allies Launches New National Cohort
100 Emerging Leaders Trained to Address Inequities Exposed and Worsened by COVID-19 In response to the inequities exposed and worsened by COVID-19, Public Allies has launched a national initiative that connects one hundred emerging leaders from across the country. For the next ten months, emerging leaders from across the country will be trained, connected, and Read More
CITI FOUNDATION MAKES MAJOR INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC ALLIES’ NEXT WAVE LEADERSHIP PROJECT
CITI FOUNDATION MAKES MAJOR INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC ALLIES’ NEXT WAVE LEADERSHIP PROJECT YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR TRAINED TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES EXPOSED BY COVID-19 [Milwaukee, Wisconsin] In response to the inequities exposed and worsened by COVID-19, Citi Foundation has made a significant investment of $500,000 in the Next Wave Leaders Project, a bold new Read More
PUBLIC ALLIES, INC. Receives $7,579,000 in AmeriCorps Funding to Support Local Nonprofits & Emerging Leaders
PUBLIC ALLIES, INC. Receives $7,579,000 in AmeriCorps Funding to Support Local Nonprofits & Emerging Leaders [Milwaukee, Wisconsin] – Senator Tammy Baldwin today announced that Public Allies, Inc. has received $7,579,000 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency responsible for AmeriCorps and other national service Read More
Public Allies & AARP Launch New Livable Communities Corps
Public Allies and AARP are teaming up to launch the new Livable Communities Corps, which aims to help make communities more livable and inclusive so people of all ages can thrive. The Livable Communities Corps, funded with support from the Corporation for National & Community Service and AmeriCorps, will be implemented by Public Allies in five Read More
Public Allies Appoints New Leaders to Help Guide Its Future
Elodie Baquerot Lavery joins as COO & Tonya Mantilla as VP of Growth Strategy and Development Public Allies, a 27 year-old, national service organization working in partnership with 24 communities across the country to create a more just and equitable society and the leadership to sustain it, has recently strengthened its own leadership team to Read More