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  • BLM sets up student relief fund as loan forgiveness stalls

    12/12/2022 12:24:44 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 25 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | December 12, 2022 | By AARON MORRISON
    The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation launched a new relief fund Monday aimed at Black college students, alumni and dropouts overburdened by mounting education costs and the student loan debt crisis. The foundation said it set aside $500,000 for the fund and plans to award more than 500 recipients with relief payments ranging from $750 to $4,500. “The fact of the matter is that Black people who work to get an education are struggling right now,” BLM foundation board chair Cicley Gay said. Foundation board secretary Shalomyah Bowers, who runs the consulting firm that the movement organization hired to...