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Trump intensifies DEI probes; Southern Black Women grant $350K

6/27/2026

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President Donald Trump’s administration is intensifying DEI investigations while the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium launches a grant program.
The consortium announced $350,000 for twenty-four groups in thirteen Southern states.
The grants align with a summer “Joy and Justice” tour in nine cities.
Executive director Chanceé Lundy said organizations struggle because philanthropy has retrenched, prompting co-founder LaTosha Brown to warn that Black women’s participation makes them a target.

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President Donald Trump’s administration is intensifying DEI investigations while the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium launches a grant program.
The consortium announced $350,000 for twenty-four groups in thirteen Southern states.
The grants align with a summer “Joy and Justice” tour in nine cities.
Executive director Chanceé Lundy said organizations struggle because philanthropy has retrenched, prompting co-founder LaTosha Brown to warn that Black women’s participation makes them a target.