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About the Grant Program
Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative is excited to announce its inaugural Request for Proposals (RFP). The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support innovative and achievable ideas that address systemic inequities affecting descendant communities (i.e., people harmed by slavery). We recognize that the corrosive effects of slavery impact almost every aspect of American life and contribute directly to persistent inequities. Therefore, we welcome ideas that promote reparative work in various sectors, such as education, economic mobility, health, urban planning, or criminal justice.
This grant fund cycle is currently closed.
This RFP aims to provide funding for projects co-led by community organizations and Harvard partners, including Harvard staff, faculty, students, postdocs, fellows, and alumni. We encourage proposals that are collaborative, community-driven, interdisciplinary, and focused on advancing equity and justice. We will prioritize applications that address the needs of local descendant communities in Cambridge and Boston. Our goal is to empower local communities to implement reparative actions for communities most impacted by the legacies of slavery.
Inaugural Reparative Partnership Grant Program Recipients
Learn more about the grant recipients’ project areas of focus below.
Inspire: Investing in Community-Led Scholarship in Community Health Centers
Institute for Health Equity Research, Evaluation and Policy, Inc. in partnership with Harvard Medical School
A Homeownership Estate Planning Project to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
The Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights at Boston College Law School and Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance in partnership with The Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
Our Voice, Our Stories, Our Legacy: Celebrating Black Cambridge Youth through the Arts
Community Art Center in partnership with Harvard Art Museums
PLA University: Workforce Development Program (For Boston and Cambridge Unemployed and Underemployed Individuals)
Phalen Academies in partnership with Harvard Graduate School of Education
Empowering Descendant Communities to Unlock Democracy
Healing Our Land, Inc. in partnership with Harvard College
Center for Economic and Social Justice
Roxbury Community College in partnership with Harvard University
A Community Engagement Initiative: Discovering Histories, Nurturing Futures
Slave Legacy History Coalition in partnership with Harvard Chaplains
Strengthening Support Networks among Native Students in the Greater Boston area
University of Massachusetts Foundation in partnership with Harvard School of Public Health
Roxbury History Project
Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in partnership with Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences
The Western Nubia Project Internship
Parents' Management Incorporated in partnership with Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Environmental Justice Workforce Development Initiative
Saving Our Daughters and Sons Life in partnership with Harvard Undergraduates Sustainability Lab
Tribal Archives Preservation and University Access
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Historic Preservation Department in partnership with Harvard Divinity School
Repair and Prepare Symposium
Afrimerican Culture Initiative in partnership with Harvard Alum
Once Upon a Time in Nubian Square
Live Like a Local Tours Boston in partnership with Harvard School of Public Health
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Please reach out to us with your questions at legacyofslavery@harvard.edu.