https://www.blackbirdfdn.org/home daily 1.0 2022-01-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e74f19e2743d20f44419811/1585678709057/ Home - Lately, we’ve been thinking a lot about food waste. Photo by YinYang/iStock / Getty Images https://www.blackbirdfdn.org/about daily 0.75 2022-01-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e7a8e964b2bc27f369a59b6/1585090208777/FullSizeRender.jpg About https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e7a6bcf61495f27e268b02b/1585081330646/DSC01404.JPG About https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e7d2133822a6a19aa841820/1585258827343/DSC00597.JPG About https://www.blackbirdfdn.org/initiatives daily 0.75 2020-04-01 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e7a38ec89937a24edb55f2c/1585678748693/ Initiatives - Food Waste in St. Louis Photo by Neustockimages/iStock / Getty Images https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e7a42506c11a91a7b6b636a/1585666063102/IMG_5248.jpg Initiatives - The Women’s Bakery In 2014, we met what was then The Rwanda Women’s Bakery. After a ‘failed’ pilot project that was successful in so many ways—namely, providing economic empowerment for women—The Blackbird Foundation partnered with The Women’s Bakery to provide investment and intellectual capital. In 2015, we made a 3-year pledge to help make success a reality. It worked. Today, The Women's Bakery employs over 50 women who are earning quadruple their initial income and who can now access healthcare for themselves and their families. That’s bread power. https://www.blackbirdfdn.org/partners daily 0.75 2022-01-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e753c623558ab3e79ff3fd0/1585679612472/975130e5-d8d7-4c28-94c9-9fb5f2a51097.png Partners SouthSide’s mission is to create lasting opportunity in the lives of children—and their families—by providing the best in early childhood education and support services. Today, they do this through education, health, connection, and advocacy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e7a77ed6c11a91a7b797a47/1585679592275/IEN_turtlelogo_small.jpg Partners IEN is an alliance of Indigenous peoples whose mission it is to protect the sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining and respecting Indigenous teachings and natural laws. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e7a7764a2bf8526c30d2853/1585679620571/care+center.png Partners The Care Center is an alternative education program designed to prepare and empower young mothers to create a successful future for themselves and their families. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e7a77c76d9a095017e5018f/1585679602965/7sxhejnvpi4hbkk.png Partners Global Greengrants Fund mobilizes resources for communities worldwide to protect our shared planet and work toward a more equitable world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e75286ebebac23c6310cf34/1585679571114/imgres-1.png Partners The Women’s Bakery exists to create access to gainful employment for women and to sell nutritious, affordable breads through profitable bakeries in East Africa. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e753a687ad87c32b27cc049/1585679581400/unnamed.png Partners Opportunity provides financial solutions and training to empower people living in poverty to transform their lives, their children’s futures and their communities. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e8292831ca6fb41e35b3797/1585679548901/GiveHear%2BFinal%2BLogos.png Partners Our mission is to build the self-worth of individuals by restoring their hearing potential and providing them with opportunities to engage with their communities through service to others. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e346e7f68d0e50cfe239135/t/5e753a8e3d176c73f753e1ce/1585679559583/unnamed.jpg Partners The Mission of Safe Connections is to reduce the impact and incidence of relationship violence and sexual assault through education, crisis intervention, counseling and support services. https://www.blackbirdfdn.org/contact daily 0.75 2020-03-31