Washington Informer Features BlackOutDC
Toward the end of his life, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. espoused the idea of economic independence among people of color, many of whom suffered from unjust labor practices that made their earning potential significantly less than that of their white counterparts. Earlier this week, members of local philanthropic organization Capital Cause put King’s ideas into action during a “Black Out” that took place during the annual holiday commemorating the late civil rights leader’s birth. Under the local philanthropic organization’s guidance, millennials from across the D.C. metropolitan area did...
read moreBlack Out DC: Capital Cause Supports Black Business
On MLK Day, January 21, 2015, over 50 young philanthropists and young professional engineers gathered at Sankofa Cafe a Black-owned business – to package 100 “Buy Black” stickers for delivery to African-American owned businesses in the Washington, DC area. Young philanthropists wrote letters to Black-owned businesses, and enclose a sticker for them to post on their businesses. These stickers were developed with the intention of informing consumers that the business was owned by an African-American. “Capital Cause was intentional about this project. African-Americans...
read moreCapital Cause Hosts: #Justice4Soiree w/Benjamin Crump
During Congressional Black Caucus Week, Capital Cause hosted a soiree to celebrate the #JUSTICE4DC Giving Circle’s success in raising $3,569 from 135 donors in 21 days to benefit 364 lives by funding four organizations doing work to advocate for equal justice end racial profiling, and protect others against police brutality. Benjamin Crump, attorney for Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown, was invited and attended a special guest. Grassroots movements are not free, the leaders doing good work on the ground to protect Black lives and advocate for justice do so for good and not profit. ...
read moreFinalists Announced: #JUSTICE4FUND Grantees
Capital Cause announced its first round of #JUSTICE4FUND grantees. The #JUSTICE4FUND was created by 18 millennial young philanthropists to fund millennial-led social justice organizations implementing innovative solutions to address: racial profiling, police brutality, civil rights, social justice and economic opportunity! Founded in response to the killings of unarmed African-Americans, the #JUSTICE4FUND will fund programs that protect and enhance African-American lives. One-hundred thirty-four (134) donors contributed to the #JUSTICE4FUND. The #JUSTICE4FUND Giving Circle voted to fund...
read moreMeet the #JUSTICE4FUND Semi-Finalists
Meet the #JUSTICE4FUND Semi-Finalists ————– Want to vote on who receives a grant from the #JUSTICE4FUND? Donate HERE Grants will be awarded September 25, 2014, at the Young Philanthropist Soiree - RSVP HERE Thank you to our #JUSTICE4FUND GIVING CIRCLE Robert Bland | Adrienne Burke | Keith Cole | Waikinya Clanton | Matthew Evans | Saranah Holmes | Christian Howard | Kristina Jacobs | AlenciaJohnson | Tara Mancin IDexter McCoy |Cadene Russell |Tisa Silver | DeShuna Spencer | Damon Jones | Javier Martinez | Marcus Mitchell, | AmatullahR’id | Joseph Thomas |...
read morePRESS RELEASE: Millennial Philanthropists Fund Millennial Advocates
Capital Cause Press Contact: Ansley Brown, pr@capitalcause.com Washington D.C., September 10, 2014 – Today, Capital Cause announced the launch of its new initiative, the #JUSTICE4FUND to bring awareness and seek change to the prevalent and systematic injustices faced by young unarmed African-Americans. Due to the recent high profile deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Sean Bell, Renisha McBride and Michael Brown, the #Justice4Fund serves as a catalyst in eradicating issues embedded in the legal justice system and helps to bring positive change to the African-American community at-large....
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