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Nov 2022
56m 52s

Side Effects of an Educator: Dr. Monique...

Amanda Seales
About this episode
This week we talk to Dr. Monique Morris, president and CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, and Cidra Sebastien, fund manager for Black Girl Freedom Fund, about what it means to center Black girls both with dolla$ and sense.
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