 announcing the pushing against racism fund announcing the pushing against racism fund rubymateja mon 2142022 1317 mon 2212022 1200 posted by the goodpush team access to funds is one of the top issues facing social skateboarding projects worldwide the pushing against racism fund promotes antiracist leadership and inclusion within social skateboarding antiracism opportunities fundraising promoting antiracist leadership and inclusion within social skateboarding  we are very excited to announce the establishment of the pushing against racism fund which aims to financially support greater diversity and inclusion within the social skateboarding community worldwide a total of 12000 in grants in 2022 will be awarded to nonprofits across six continents with input from an expert jury the pushing against racism fund is being organized by the goodpush alliance and a dozen skateboardingbased organizations around the world who previously launched the commitment to antiracism in skateboarding last may the fund is now open for applications keep reading to find out how to apply why are we starting this fund  nonprofit organizations around the world continue to perpetuate and even accelerate institutional and structural racism the leadership of many social skateboarding projects is predominantly white mirroring trends in a wider nonprofit sector that has historically relied on inequitable practices such as unpaid interns volunteers and centralizing positions of power in western countries on top of this access to funds is one of the top issues facing social skateboarding projects worldwide particularly for smaller projects in lessdeveloped countries or poorer communities the pushing against racism working group proposed to create a fund to financially support greater diversity and inclusion within the social skateboarding community as working group member yash presswalla impact skate club states part of the commitment is to encourage signees to look into the antiracism work that s already being done in their communities and find ways to support listening to others particularly advocates who are members of marginalized communities is the most important thing we can be doing this is where the pushing against racism fund springs from the desire and the need to applaud and support the important work that is already being done so that it can continue to gain momentum and influence more widely the fund will also support new ideas to work towards equity in social skateboarding photo courtesy of surf ghana an organization within the working group about the fund the pushing against racism fund will distribute a total of 12000 in funding to support social skateboarding projects on six continents we will select three projects per continent in three funding categories the fund will be granted to support projects led by people of color or from disenfranchised communities and or to support increased diversity and inclusion within social skateboarding examples of funded activities could be skate programs events or paid internships to youth who are black indigenous and people of color bipoc the hope is that this fund will be a first step in directing more funding and resources towards more diverse leadership within social skateboarding in coming years a total of 18 projects will be supported each continent will have three funding amounts 1200 for larger more established organizations 500 for medium projects 300 for smaller or new projects criteria  geography based in one of 6 eligible continents africa asia oceania europe north america and south america applicants must have signed onto the commitment to antiracism in skateboarding applicants must be a registered nonprofit or have a partner nonprofit where funds can be sent to must show strong project concept and ability to carry it out in 2022 the funding selection will be based on a track record of past work and or on future plans   selection process and jury members  the applications will be shortlisted by the pushing against racism working group and then shared with an expert jury with representatives from each continent for input before final selection we are honored to have the following jury members on board  dr neftalie williams  academic and sociologist chair of the diversity equity and inclusion committee for usa skateboarding north america  rose archie  cofounder of nation skate youth north america  dr dani abulhawa  britishpalestinian skater and academic ambassador for skatepal europe  tin kouv chansangva  general manager skateistan cambodia asia  chenai gwandure  sponsored skater and ambassador of skate zimbabwe africa  pipa souza  brazilian sponsored skater south america  chad ford  director of bowlzilla oceania  how to apply simply fill out this application form  we will be holding a q a session on march 3rd where you can join and ask questions before you submit your application register for the q a session here the deadline to apply is monday march 21st 2022   to learn more about the activities of pushing against racism  see our recent blog post  