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RDLF News: Issue 14
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
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Photo credit: Communities in Schools of Chicago
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For Mental Health Awareness Month, The Reva and David Logan Foundation (RDLF) is highlighting 6 of our grantees for their work supporting mental health in their communities:
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Each of these organizations approaches mental health from a unique direction, but when we asked leaders from each organization questions about mental health, there were key commonalities:
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- Many of us will deal with mental health challenges during our lifetimes, and there are a variety of resources to support us when we are in need. Mental illness is curable or containable in most cases. We are all vulnerable.
- It is important, essential, that people who are suffering know how and where to find resources.
- The more we can destigmatize mental illness, the easier it will be for people to educate themselves and find help when they need it.
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2024 RDLF ChiArts Competition
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This year, we restarted the annual Reva and David Logan Foundation ChiArts Art Competition. Previously, the competition was open only to students in photography. This year, we expanded to three categories: Creative Writing, Visual Arts, and Digital Photography.
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ChiArts staff chose 6 semifinalists for each category, and the RDLF board members chose first, second, and third place winners. The RDLF board and staff were highly impressed by the skill and thoughtfulness of the entries. All semifinalists received a prize.
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Photo credit: Invisible Institute
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Congratulations to Invisible Institute and City Bureau, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Missing in Chicago,” a seven-part investigative series focused on how police mishandling of missing person reports disproportionately impacts Black women and girls. Invisible Institute also took home a second Pulitzer for “You Didn’t See Nothin,” a podcast series about the 1997 hate crime committed against 13-year-old Lenard Clark, a Black youth severely beaten by a group of white Bridgeport teens.
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In addition, congratulations to the following partners, who were featured in the news recently:
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Open Applications
- 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities Award: This is a $3,000 award that recognizes disabled visual artists in the Midwest, celebrates their efforts, and encourages their future work. Mid-career 2D and 3D visual artists with disabilities are invited to apply for this award. This award application will close at 11:59 pm CST on May 23, 2024, with awardees notified in July 2024.
- AMPT Grant: AMPT is offering a $5,000 capacity-building grant for projects such as supplementing program expenses, developing a new program, professional development for staff, or fees related to hiring external consultants. Priority is given to Black and Latine-led and -serving organizations with budgets under $2,000,000. The due date for this application is Monday, June 10 at 11:59 pm CST. Finalist organizations will be contacted for interviews via Zoom during the week of July 8th.
- Press Forward Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps: Through this open call, at least 100 newsrooms will receive around $100,000 each over two years in unrestricted funds. News organizations with budgets of up to $1 million are eligible. Press Forward wants to ensure that local coverage meets the needs of communities of color, linguistically diverse communities, low-wealth rural communities, and others not adequately served, reached or represented. The application closes at 10:59 pm CST on June 12, 2024.
- Ox-Bow Hold Space Grant for BIPOC Artists: Participants who qualify can enjoy communal living, making, and opportunities to organize on Ox-Bow’s campus in Saugatuck, Michigan. Lodging, three meals per day, and access to Ox-Bow studios and spaces are provided. People of color across the creative spectrum are encouraged to apply. The dates available for the Hold Space Grant in 2024 are September 4-11. Applications are due June 16, 2024 at 11:00 pm CST.
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Job Openings
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Coda Media: "Spreading misinformation and even conspiracy theories has become commonplace in wellness spaces across social media. In a politically charged atmosphere addicted to brokering in binaries, good science is too often sacrificed at the altar of partisan opinion."
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The War Horse: "The suicide rate for female veterans has nearly doubled in the two decades from 2001 to 2021 ... Between 2020 and 2021 alone, the rate increased 24% – nearly four times the 6.3% rise in the suicides of male veterans."
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Sahan Journal: “Minnesota’s 180 charter schools aren’t required to follow many of the state’s contracting rules. To find out how they award large contracts, we collected thousands of pages in nonprofit tax filings and processed them using an AI-driven tool. Here’s how we did it — and what we found.”
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The Appeal: "Upon closer examination, many of the most widely covered property crime phenomena can be better understood as the predictable result of a callous corporate push for profits."
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: "122 companies had their licences revoked in 2022 and 2023. This resulted in nearly 3,000 care workers having their sponsorship cancelled ... The Home Office did not respond when asked how many of these people have had to leave the UK."
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We'd like to hear from you!
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Thanks for reading! We have an open call for content from our partners to highlight the brilliant work they're doing in the community. If you are a current grantee or partner with The Reva and David Logan Foundation and you would like to contribute to our next newsletter, please reach out to Sabrina Boggs, Communications Coordinator at sabrina(at)loganfdn(dot)org. Please note that we will not share fundraising campaigns.
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In addition, we are frequently reposting our grantees on our social media, so make sure to follow us and tag us in your posts! Links to our socials are below.
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