Equity & Funding
Google Ups Support for DonorsChoose with $500,000 Commitment to #ISeeMe Campaign
Google.org, a
philanthropic initiative of Google, is offering up to $500,000 in
matching funds via DonorsChoose.org “for projects created by
teachers of color as well as projects from all teachers requesting
culturally responsive and antiracist resources.” The commitment is
part of Google’s support for the #ISeeMe
campaign on DonorsChoose, which supports efforts to help students
of color “see themselves” in their studies.
The announcement was made as part of Google’s Teacher Appreciation
Week activities. Other activities include:
- Support for the Thank
an Educator program from StoryCorps;
- Renewed support for The Conscious Kid, which has “updated its free
inclusive reading guide to include more than 50 new titles”; and
- Sending “free sets of curated books by Asian authors featuring AAPI
protagonists to classrooms across the country, starting with eligible
teachers at Title I schools,” in conjunction with The Conscious
Kid.
Further details can be found on Google’s
education blog.