Community-informed strategies improved Detroit’s COVID response
When COVID-19 hit Detroit in March of 2020, the challenges facing the city were instantly overwhelming and deadly. The city, with a poverty ...
Education
Supporting children and families through neighborhood hubs in Detroit
Jenny Davis was walking her kids to school one day two years ago when she met a woman named Jasmine standing outside a ...
Community Engagement
Wisdom of the first educators
In Fall 2020, Village East Elementary School in Colorado’s Cherry Creek Public Schools, planned for its children to return to school in person. ...
Community Engagement
Love on every block: the power of moms
Sometimes we’re drawn to an iconic story of someone else’s life, without knowing why. That is, until we start living into our own ...
Racial Equity
How philanthropy can lead innovation for racial and social equity
W.K. Kellogg Foundation President and CEO La June Montgomery Tabron joined a conversation hosted by the University of Chicago’s Rustandy Center for Social ...
A short list of resources for racial equity, healing and justice
For decades, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and our network of grantees and partners have focused on advancing racial equity, building the authentic relationships ...
Racial Equity
Tribal Nations and partners tackle COVID-19 inequities
The coronavirus is exposing the racial, economic and health inequities in Indian Country. W.K. Kellogg Foundation grantees and partners are addressing issues and ...
Health
Rewriting the narrative for New Orleans children
In 2017, Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies (IWES) coined the slogan “children are sad, not bad,” spurring a community-wide campaign on buses ...
Jobs
Unlocking opportunities for justice-involved people, families
Millions of people are eligible to have their criminal records expunged. Most never do; it requires money, time and the knowledge to navigate ...
Food Systems
Seeding the next generation of cultural farmers
Every child deserves access to healthy and affordable food. Across Albuquerque, kids are increasingly accessing food through community and school gardens. SouthWest Organizing ...
