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Richmond Residents Invited to Give Their Block Some Love with Mini-Grant

It’s that time again — the application period has opened for City of Richmond Love Your Block Mini-Grants of up to $10,000 now through March 3. Applications are open to 501(c)3 organizations or those fiscally sponsored by one.

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2 years ago

February 20, 2023

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The “Panhandle Annex Mural” was made possible by a FY 2021-2022 $8,400 Love Your Block Mini Grant from the city of Richmond. Photo by Kathy Chouteau.

By Kathy Chouteau
The Richmond Standard

The aim of the 2022-2024 grants is to fund projects that bring volunteers together to beautify Richmond in a way that can be enjoyed by everyone. Perhaps a group wants to install a community garden, cleanup a park/beach or paint a mural.

As one example of a recently funded project, the Panhandle Annex Neighborhood Council worked with a team of neighborhood volunteers to design/paint a mural, upgrade landscaping, install Little Free Libraries and more, per Love Your Block. Check out more examples of past projects that were funded at https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/4077/2020-2022-Mini-Grant-Projects.

“Since 2015, we have awarded $180,000 in mini-grants to residents and organizations for volunteer-based community beautification projects,” said Love Your Block on the City’s website.

The Love Your Block Mini-Grant Program has been funded through a collaboration between the City of Richmond’s Community Services Department and the City Manager’s Office, Economic Development, per the City site.

To apply for the grant, go to https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/4466/2022-2024-Love-Your-Block-Mini-Grant-App. Anyone with questions about the grants can reach out to Love Your Block via email at volunteer@ci.richmond.ca.us; via phone at (510) 620-6563 or by scheduling a one-on-one virtual appointment at https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/4048/Love-Your-Block-Office-Hours

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Oakland Post: Week of June 4 – 10, 2025

The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of June 4-10, 2025

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Remembering George Floyd

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing.

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June 2, 2025

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Mural showing the portrait of George Floyd in Mauerpark in Berlin. To the left of the portrait the lettering "I can't Breathe" was added, on the right side the three hashtags #GeorgeFloyd, #Icantbreathe and #Sayhisname. The mural was completed by Eme Street Art (facebook name) / Eme Free Thinker (signature) on 29 May 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)

By April Ryan
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“The president’s been very clear he has no intentions of pardoning Derek Chauvin, and it’s not a request that we’re looking at,” confirms a senior staffer at the Trump White House. That White House response results from public hope, including from a close Trump ally, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The timing of Greene’s hopes coincides with the Justice Department’s recent decision to end oversight of local police accused of abuse. It also falls on the fifth anniversary of the police-involved death of George Floyd on May 25th. The death sparked national and worldwide outrage and became a transitional moment politically and culturally, although the outcry for laws on police accountability failed.

The death forced then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to focus on deadly police force and accountability. His efforts while president to pass the George Floyd Justice in policing act failed. The death of George Floyd also put a spotlight on the Black community, forcing then-candidate Biden to choose a Black woman running mate. Kamala Harris ultimately became vice president of the United States alongside Joe Biden. Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison prosecuted the cases against the officers involved in the death of Floyd. He remembers,” Trump was in office when George Floyd was killed, and I would blame Trump for creating a negative environment for police-community relations. Remember, it was him who said when the looting starts, the shooting starts, it was him who got rid of all the consent decrees that were in place by the Obama administration.”

In 2025, Police-involved civilian deaths are up by “about 100 to about 11 hundred,” according to Ellison. Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African-American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing. During those minutes on the ground, Floyd cried out for his late mother several times. Police subdued Floyd for an alleged counterfeit $20 bill.