We are Innovation Winners!
NBC10 Boston/WBTS, Telemundo Boston/WNEU, NBC Sports Boston, NECN and the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Wednesday announced that six local nonprofits would receive a total of $315,000 in Project Innovation grants.
The winning organizations featured programs addressing local community issues through innovative solutions in the areas of community engagement, culture of inclusion, next generation storytelling and youth education and empowerment.
Chica Project is proud to have been among grantees who used the funds to help move their communities forward through programs that shape the next generation of storytellers, foster a culture of equity and inclusion, empower youth with the tools they need to succeed, and inspire individuals to participate and volunteer in community engagement initiatives.
Want to see us learning we won? Go to 0:15 in this video and see our leadership’s (link) happy faces. ¡Felicidades!
Covid-19 (link to Covid News) was particularly difficult for our Chica Project families, presenting employment, health, basic needs, and housing challenges. This grant supported our young Women of Color-led micro-public health campaign to educate Latinx girls and other young Women of Color about how to prevent COVID-19, while helping them become public health advocates. Working to educate Black and Latinx urban communities about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, Peer Leaders and Youth Employees received a stipend as they gained the knowledge and skills needed to help de-stigmatize its use in underserved urban communities of color. We innovatively used social media (TikTok, WhatsAp, IG) to deliver a racial justice-based public health campaign.
The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Latino Americans is no secret. Now federal officials have launched studies of the disparity that they hope will better prepare the country for the next great epidemic.
