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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Lumina Foundation has released the first grants from a $15 million Racial Justice and Equity Fund to national and Indianapolis-based organizations that focus on eradicating systemic racism in fields that align with or complement the foundation s work. In the wake of George Floyd s brutal death in police custody last year, Lumina reaffirmed our commitment to the Racial Justice and Equity Fund and pledged to support efforts to dismantle systemic racism, said Danette Howard, senior vice president and chief policy officer at Lumina. Some projects are focused on post high-school education, but others will address different aspects of racial inequity.
Astrapi Corporation awarded a United States Air Force (USAF) Agility Prime Phase I STTR
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Astrapi Selected with Teaming Partner Morgan State University for “Advanced RF using Spiral Modulation” project.
“We have been involved with AFWERX since its beginning and are quite excited by this opportunity to meet high-performance communication requirements for advanced air mobility vehicles. This funding will help transition critical new capabilities to Warfighters.” - Jerrold Prothero, Ph.D., Astrapi CEO DALLAS (PRWEB) January 13, 2021 The United States Air Force has awarded Astrapi Corporation a Phase I STTR contract for “Advanced RF using Spiral Modulation” through the new AFWERX Agility Prime program. RF communication links have multiple impacts on air mobility vehicle capabilities – stronger links support a wider area of operations, lower power requirements can reduce weight and increase
/PRNewswire/ INROADS congratulates Apple, Southern Company and Ed Farm on their commitment to promote racial equity and justice through the development of.
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Last June, in response to scores of protests against police brutality, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company was launching a Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, pledging $100 million toward education, economic empowerment, and criminal justice reform. Today the company announced multiple investments that fall within the initiative, which has been spearheaded by Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy, and social initiatives.
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“Tim [Cook] called on us to do more, and to use our voice, resources, and programming to really address racial equity and justice,” Jackson says. “We decided to focus on the areas where we thought Apple really had something to add to the conversation.”