Six grant requests are being met through the United Way of the Flint Hills’ United for Racial Equity grant program.
It’s the first announcement for the program, designed to promote community engagement to develop racial equity across the Flint Hills.
Receiving funds are the following:
*A’kena LongBenton gets $2,000 for cultural video productions of African American icons
*Emily Velazquez gets $1,835 for an Hispanic leadership conference called Conference de Liderazgo
*Erin Blocker of LEAP! gets $2,000 for Fiesta de Primavera de LEAP!
*Hispanics of Today and Tomorrow gets $2,000 for Cinco de Mayo 2023
*SOS receives $1,500 for its SOS Latinx Outreach efforts
*Yesenia Ocampo receives $700 for an upcoming homeowners workshop
United Way CEO Mickey Edwards will discuss the program in more detail on KVOE’s Newsmaker segment at 7:20 am Thursday, along with separate information about a theft prevention workshop with campaign drive co-chair Lisa Hayes. For more information, call the United Way at 620-342-7564.
