by Phillip Henderson

From the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Fall 2010

The past two years have been a terrible economic time for the United States. Nearly every segment of the economy has shrunken, and the job statistics have been dismal month after month. While Americans of all walks of life have suffered,people of color, and African Americans in particular, have been beaten
up disproportionately by this economic downturn. For them, this Great Recession feels more like a Great Depression. The Surdna Foundation’s aim to foster the development of just and sustainable communities has never felt more timely or more right than at this moment.

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