The campus of California State University (CSU) in Northridge and the Los Angeles Community College District “LACCD) will get a good slice of the $ 30 millions of Racial Justice and Equity Initiative launched by Apple to support innovators, students, and organizations working for a fairer world.
Apple partnered with Cal State in Northridge to create an innovation hub global equity focused on institutions that offer services to Hispanics.
But also in California, this technology company has decided to support the Los Angeles Community College District, in the creation of alternative programs to traditional incarceration for community partnership courts.
This is an initiative in which the Los Angeles County Probation Department works with prosecutors, attorneys and judges to refer to Those who have been released from prison are at high risk and are on probation.
Other initiatives that Apple will support are the first entrepreneur camp for Hispanic founders and developers, and will provide funding to organizations and leaders promoting criminal justice and environmental justice reform.
“The call to build a fairer and more equitable world is urgent, and at Apple we feel a collective responsibility to help drive progress, “said Tim Cook, Apple president.
” These commitments will help the young leaders of today and tomorrow start new businesses, develop breakthrough innovations, and inspire countless people to join the fight for justice ”.
The alliance between Apple, Governor Gavin Newsom and California State University will allow the establishment of the Equity Innovation Hub of the Global Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) on the Northridge campus.
The purpose of this partnership is to provide skills for the most in-demand careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, to students from the most neglected communities. And they will work with other CSU and HSI campuses across the nation to accelerate educational equity.
4 years largest in the nation, it has always been a leader in serving Latino students in 21 of the 23 campus that have received the HSI designation, ”said CSU Chancellor Joseph I. Castro.
He added that it is a great opportunity to collaborate with an ally like Apple and take advantage of its creative and cutting-edge technologies together with the intellectual capabilities of world-class teachers to combine that work for the benefit of thousands of talented students in California and beyond.
CSUN President Erika D. Beck said that by reformulating the service through From a lens of racial equity and justice, the HSI Global Innovation Center will seek to accelerate equity in education across the CSU system and the nation.
“We are grateful for Apple’s support, as as we seek to move away from what students must do to be successful, we focus on what our institutions must undertake to successfully serve the Latino community already students from other minority groups. ”
The Equity Center at CSUN is an ideal place to continue collaborating on proven strategies that benefit us all, he added.
Apple also collaborates with several community colleges such as Los Angeles to implement programs that help incarcerated and parolees acquire new skills to prevent recidivism.
And it has committed to investing in organizations that support racial justice and that work to end extreme sentences, such as Anti-Recidivism Coalition, The Council on Criminal Justice, Innocence Project, The Last Mile, Recidiviz / A Criminal Justice Data Platform, The Sentencing Project and Vera Institute of Justice.
“The Last Mile strives to break the cycle and curb the problem of mass incarceration in America by focusing on education, vocations and job reintegration, ”stated Beverly Parenti, director and founder of The Last Mile.
In addition, Apple will fund organizations led by African Americans, Hispanics and Indians that are dedicated to promoting environmental justice and advocating for communities most affected by climate change and climate disparities.
The beneficiaries are: the Hispanic Access Foundation, the First Nations Development Institute, and the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice.
“For more than a decade, the Hispanic Access Foundation has worked to address environmental hazards that directly affect the Latino community and to establish bridges that provide equitable access to a healthier and more natural environment. ”Said Maite Arce, president of the Hispanic Access Foundation.
For more information on Apple’s commitment to racial fairness and justice, visit apple.com/racial-equity- justice-initiative .