Human Rights
Sentencing Project works toward fair justice system
Featured Image: The Sentencing Project Executive Director Marc Mauer at an emergency rally. If you pay attention to the news at all, it won’t surprise you that the legal system in the United States is flawed. As Paul Butler, Professor of Law at Georgetown University explains, “Our criminal justice system is profoundly sick. We lock…
Read MoreCenter for Victims of Torture: Manal’s story
People who have been on social media or watched the news hopefully have seen the pictures of masses of refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria. Men, women, and children seeking to escape war and torture going anywhere that seems safe, no matter how dangerous the journey. For some like Manal, a nurse from Damascus,…
Read MorePermanent Medicine: a guest post from the Center for the Victims of Torture
The Center for Victims of Torture's work began with a simple conversation between a father and his son. As a young volunteer for Amnesty International, Rudy Perpich, Jr. asked his father – then Governor of Minnesota – a tough question: “What are you doing for human rights?” Inspired by his son’s challenge, Governor Perpich directed…
Read MoreHumanist Grants present evidence-based solutions in new beneficiaries
Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Grants program chose four beneficiaries this quarter that highlight the use of evidence-based solutions in their methodology. Our new Poverty and Health beneficiary, World Bicycle Relief, lives by the motto, “Do it right, even if it takes a little longer,” which is why they used a long pilot period to test…
Read MoreFBB stands in solidarity with #ADayWithoutAWoman
Today we celebrate International Women's Day, and Foundation Beyond Belief is closed in unity with the #DayWithoutAWoman because, as Margaret Huang, the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA said so well, "We stand in solidarity with those striking on March 8 to demand justice and equality for women in the U.S. and around the world."…
Read MoreLet us know what you want to hear from us
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Read MoreFBB announces Q1 2017 Humanist Grants beneficiaries
At the beginning of 2016, we made a commitment to Q1 beneficiaries to give a grant in 2016, and then a potential renewable grant in 2017 in order to show a longer term commitment, supply steady grant income, and to develop long-term relationships with beneficiaries to serve them better. Successive, unrestricted grants are viewed as best…
Read MoreDiversity in Nebraska
Justice for our neighbors – NE (JFON-NE) has supported a public space for artists to highlight immigrants and diversity in Nebraska. The collaboration has produced powerful images and thoughts. When you take a step into the pictures, between the words and the faces, this action is one of the New Nebraskans' art. The New…
Read MoreAudre Lorde Project highlights Trans Justice and Trans Day of Action
Audre Lorde Project is FBB's Q4 2016 Human Rights beneficiary. Audre Lorde Project's programs are fundamentally intersectional, as this spotlight on the TransJustice program demonstrates. TransJustice (TJ), an organizing program of the Audre Lorde Project, centers the leadership of Trans & Gender Non-Conforming People of Color (TGNC POC) to resist oppressive conditions and inequities that…
Read MoreSneak peek into our Q4 beneficiaries
We are thrilled to give you a sneak peek into our fourth quarter Humanist giving beneficiaries. Remember, these beneficiaries will show up on the Now Supporting page of our website on October 1 and you can change the amount you give to each beneficiary by going to your My FBB page in the top right-hand…
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