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Gothmog

(144,005 posts)
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 07:33 PM Aug 2017

George and Amal Clooney donate $1 million to Southern Poverty Law Center

The SPLC is doing great work https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-amal-clooney-give-one-million-grant-to-combat-hate-groups/

Ten days after white supremacists clashed with counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, George and Amal Clooney are taking a stance against hate groups.

Through their Clooney Foundation for Justice, the couple is donating $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit organization that tracks hate groups and extremists in the U.S.

In a statement to CBS News, George Clooney said: "Amal and I wanted to add our voice (and financial assistance) to the ongoing fight for equality. There are no two sides to bigotry and hate."

"What happened in Charlottesville, and what is happening in communities across our country, demands our collective engagement to stand up to hate," the couple said in a statement.
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George and Amal Clooney donate $1 million to Southern Poverty Law Center (Original Post) Gothmog Aug 2017 OP
JPMorgan pledges up to $2 million to fight racism, support human rights Gothmog Aug 2017 #1
Wow. pat_k Aug 2017 #4
Well done! mcar Aug 2017 #2
Thank you, George & Amal ... we love you! NurseJackie Aug 2017 #3
Wonderful! pat_k Aug 2017 #5
I love the SPLC shenmue Aug 2017 #6
Beautiful. oasis Aug 2017 #7

Gothmog

(144,005 posts)
1. JPMorgan pledges up to $2 million to fight racism, support human rights
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 07:35 PM
Aug 2017

More good news for the SPLC http://www.politicususa.com/2017/08/21/jpmorgan-pledges-2-million-fight-racism-support-human-rights.html

NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Monday it will contribute up to $2 million to fight racism and support human rights in light of a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to violence and the death of a protester.

The sum includes $500,000 each to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League “to further their work in tracking, exposing and fighting hate groups and other extremist organizations,” Peter Scher, head of corporate responsibility wrote in a memo to employees that was provided to Reuters by the company.

As much as $1 million more will be contributed in two-for-one matches of donations by employees to “a wide range of human and civil rights organizations,” according to the memo.

The bank is also contributing $50,000 to the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
4. Wow.
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 07:55 PM
Aug 2017

A drop in the bucket to the largest US bank, but a nice gesture -- backing up Jamie Simon's rebuke ok DT with dollars.

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