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Edmonton group helping 2SLGBTQ+ refugees gets funding from new Black Ideas Grant program

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Sickle cell support group among 11 Alberta agencies funded by Foundation for Black Communities

CBC NewsAndrea Huncar

Eight Edmonton organizations are sharing nearly $700,000 in grants to help address a surge of 2SLGBTQ+ refugees and disparities highlighted by the global pandemic and the murder of George Floyd.

At a Toronto event in mid-May, the Calgary-based Foundation For Black Communities (FFBC) announced a total of $9.1 million in grants to 107 non-profit agencies across Canada, including eight in Edmonton, two in Calgary and one in Fort McMurray.

The one-year grants are from the foundation's Black Ideas Gra…

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