Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) has partnered with the Bezos Family Foundation to bolster Black and Latinx-led efforts to improve school and life outcomes for children of color across the country. The partnership injects $200,000 through the foundation’s Students Rebuild Changemaker Challenge, into EdLoC programs supporting the development or expansion of solutions to some of the most urgent challenges keeping Black and Brown children from realizing their full potential.

Today, Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) announced that Sharhonda Bossier will take over the role of CEO following the loss of her colleague and Founding CEO, Layla Avila, late last year.

Bossier said, “I’m honored to step into this role at such a critical moment for the education sector and the nation. As the country grapples with the combined challenges of COVID-19 and growing civil unrest, students of color are more vulnerable than they’ve been in decades.

LOS ANGELES — Today, Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) announced that it has committed Boulder Fund grants totaling $800,000 to support eight people of color across the nation making notable headway to end racial disparities in education. The Boulder Fund is EdLoC’s multi-million dollar grant program created to support the innovations of leaders of color in education.

Sharhonda Bossier, EdLoC Interim CEO and Executive Director, said “With the combination of COVID-19 and growing civil unrest across the nation, underserved students of color are more vulnerable than they’ve been in decades, which has compelled greater urgency for programs that seek to serve them. We are thrilled to provide financial support to people of color leading the way toward educational equity through the Boulder Fund, and increase the impact of programs aligned with our values.”

EdLoC’s mission is to break through the polarizing divides that have consumed efforts to improve public education for too long. Since 2016, the national, member-driven nonprofit has enabled leaders of color in education and related fields to connect, elevate, and empower each other to advance solutions in education that benefit Black and Latino children nationwide. EdLoC’s membership is motivated by a desire to transcend the current paradigm in education and united by Third Way Values: ending generational poverty; creating sustainable change; creating schools for all children; advancing multiple innovations; and going beyond education to holistically address the barriers to success for Black and Latino kids.