<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">FYI</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Charles H. Baker<br><font color="#000000">864.990.1297</font><div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">“Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today.” </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">— Malcolm X</span></div></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Black Futures Lab</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:holla@blackfutureslab.org">holla@blackfutureslab.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 10:27 AM<br>Subject: Just added! BOIP Info Session this Thursday 10/19!<br>To: Charles Baker <<a href="mailto:charleshbaker@gmail.com">charleshbaker@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg3680670476746318165"><u></u>
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<span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:20px"><em><strong>Charles, we’ve just added a second information session for our Black Organizing Innovations Project!</strong> <a href="https://blackfutureslab.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=77d6d3ef7a54785c3c3585f5c&id=68b7eff773&e=5ffd1696ea" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><strong>RSVP NOW!</strong></a></em><br>
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Are you part of a Black-led, Black-focused community organization working to activate, educate, and motivate Black men? Looking for resources to power your work? Then the Black Organizing Innovations Project is for you! <br>
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We know that building power in our communities requires resources – that’s why we're teaming up with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to award grants of up to $250,000 to community organizations doing the important work of building Black voter power and engaging our communities year-round. <strong>The deadline to apply for a grant is November 1, 2023. Don’t wait;</strong> <a href="https://blackfutureslab.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=77d6d3ef7a54785c3c3585f5c&id=e980e9c06f&e=5ffd1696ea" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><strong>apply now</strong></a>!<br>
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Have questions about the Black Organizing Innovations Project? Need more information about the application process? Join us on Zoom this <strong>Thursday, October 19th, at 5 pm EST</strong> to get all your questions answered. <strong>RSVP now at</strong> <a href="https://blackfutureslab.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=77d6d3ef7a54785c3c3585f5c&id=b142440115&e=5ffd1696ea" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><strong>bit.ly/BOIPInfo2</strong></a>.<br>
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Towards Power,<br>
<em>Black Futures Lab </em></span></span></span><br>
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