The latest ruling on the death of Breonna Taylor, which resulted in no officers being charged with any crimes related to her killing, prompted various responses. Writer, educator and political activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham’s first inclination was to take action. She tweeted a thread of social justice accounts to follow, as well as bail funds and toolkits for her more than 300,000 followers to read and re-share.

It’s that kind of initiative that’s helped Packnett Cunningham, cofounder of the anti-police brutality project Campaign Zero and former co-host of the American political podcast Pod Save the People, earn funding as part of a new $10 million racial justice fund, backed by organizations including the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Launched today, the new Black Voices for Black Justice Fund was created to help support Black leaders like Packnett Cunningham and Black-owned businesses in their efforts to eradicate racism in America through work with voting rights, Covid-19 recovery and criminal justice reform.

Packnett Cunningham joins The Grio Senior Correspondent Natasha Alford, the Black Resilience Fund cofounder Cameron Whitten and 28 other recipients of the fund. This first cohort, who were chosen from a pool of public nominations, receive grants directly to allocate to the causes of their choosing.

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