Buffett foundation to focus on helping young girls of color By Jesse J. Holland ” initiative, a public-private effort started by the White WASHINGTON (AP) - A foundation run by the young- House to help younger generations of blacks and other est son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett plans to spend minorities stay on the right path. $90 million to improve the lives of young women of color. But many have noted that girls need just as much help. The NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and The White House acknowledged the gap in resources in Peter Buffett, the youngest son of Warren Buffett, plans to 2014 with its creation of a new working group as an off- announce the multimillion investment on March 23. The shoot of the White House Council on Women and Girls foundation says this will be the largest single investment chaired by a senior adviser to Obama, Valerie Jarrett, dedicated solely to addressing inequities faced by young Girls and young women of color “need mentorships, female minorities in the United States. they need summer job opportunities, they need somebody The foundation will canvas the nation, talking to girls to believe in them because a lot of them grew up with no- and their advocates to solicit ideas from them on how best body to believe in them,” Jarrett told the Black Women’s to invest the money, the official funding process won’t Roundtable last week. begin until early 2017, the Buffetts said. Even before the White House got involved, other “Our goal is to create the conditions for change by ad- groups around the country were working specifically on vancing the work of the real experts in this movement: improving the lives of girls of color, including through girls and young women of color and the advocates work- programs like Black Girls Rock! Inc. and The Latina ing with them,” Peter Buffett said. A.R.M.Y., Inc. The investment is the latest public acknowledgment that “The brilliant leadership of women of color activists adolescent female minorities need as much assistance as all over this country has created a national movement to boys. One of President Barack Obama’s signature achieve- address these disparities, and philanthropy can and must ments is the “My Brother’s Keeper do its part to respond and to support this movement,” said Pamela Shifman, executive director of the NoVo Founda tion. “This is a breakthrough moment for girls and wom en of color, and we want to help ensure that it translates into lasting and meaningful change.” Advocates for black women and girls have been us ing the term “Black Girl Magic” and the hashtag (hash) BlackGirlMagic as a way of celebrating the achievements of black women and girls in American society, and to help bring attention to the needs of young women and girls of color. NoVo staff will hold meetings in the South, Southeast and Midwest with young women, advocates and activists, as well as in New York City, New Orleans, Washington D.C. and other cities where it already has ongoing part nership before deciding where to put its money. Among the issues affecting young female minorities in particular are education, poverty and pregnancy. The teen pregnancy rate for Hispanic and black girls is more than twice as high, and American Indian/Alaska native girls is nearly twice as high as that for white girls, despite double-digit drops in pregnancy rates since 1990. Also, black girls are 14.6 percent less likely to graduate from high school than white girls, while Hispanic girls are 12.8 percent less likely and American Indian/Alaska native girls are 16 percent less likely. About 40 percent of Native American girls, 39 percent of black girls and 30 percent of Hispanic girls li ve in pov erty, compared with 20 percent of all girls. Contact Us! 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