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Broadway Cares Pledges $125K In Grants To Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Other Anti-Racism Groups

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Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday announced $125,000 in immediate grants to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and three other anti-racism organizations.The grants include a $50,000 commitment to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition as “a launch donation” for this week’s three-day forum Broadway for Black Lives Matter Again, as well as follow-up steps outlined by the group.Three other grants of $25,000 each will be made to The Bail Project, Color of Change and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.“The street action and protests ignited by the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and far too many others now demand that we address systemic racism in all communities, including Broadway,”.

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