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Joined on 16 May, 2014
Since 2015, we have supported #RacialJustice organizations that use data science and innovative approaches to reduce disparate racial outcomes across sectors like the criminal justice system, wealth, & education. Learn more about their work ↓ #BHM
With support from the #GrowWithGoogle Small Business fund and #GoogleOrg, @GrameenAmerica supported Harlem mobile boutique owner, Sheila with funding to pivot her business online after #COVID19. Learn more:
In 2020, #GoogleOrg grantees provided support to small businesses hit hardest by the pandemic. Learn more about the impact this had on #smallbiz owners and their communities:
The #GoogleorgImpactChallenge CEE is an open call for ideas to help build an inclusive digital future. For those with an innovative solution to help individuals and communities gain new skills for the future, applications are due by 3/1. To apply:
Replying to @sundarpichai: .@Googleorg Fellows worked with researchers around the world to create an open-access platform with millions of anonymize…
Replying to @johnbrownstein: Excited to share the launch of @globaldothealth –
An open-access epidemiological platform to t…
With support from a $1.25M grant, #GoogleorgFellowship, & @RockefellerFdn researchers from @bostonchildrens, @northeastern, @UniofOxford, & others created @globaldothealth, a data platform that will track the spread of diseases like #COVID19. Learn more:
.@Googleorg Fellows worked with researchers around the world to create an open-access platform with millions of anonymized COVID-19 cases from 100+ countries, helping epidemiologists to model the trajectory, track its variants & future infectious diseases
Replying to @OppFinance: Our final #MondayMotivation of #BlackHistoryMonth comes from Kenesha & Jason, owners of Kay's Kute Fruit in Greenville, MS.…
Excited to share the launch of @globaldothealth –
An open-access epidemiological platform to track and predict the spread of infectious diseases like #COVID19 - currently >5M cases in 160 countries
Created with support from @Googleorg & @RockefellerFdn
Low-income workers were hit especially hard during #COVID19 when it came to job security. Learn more about how #GoogleOrg grantees helped people find new jobs in 2020:
Quoted @YouthBizInt
Just after the pandemic hit, we teamed up with @Googleorg to launch our emergency Rapid Response programme in 32 countries worldwide 🌍
An amazing global team of Google #volunteers are sharing their time and expertise to get #YoungEntrepreneurs back on their feet.
Seeing how the #COVID19 crisis hit young entrepreneurs, @YouthBizInt quickly went to work by helping these individuals gain the #DigitalSkills needed to scale and sustain their businesses. Check out this thread to learn more about their efforts, supported by #GoogleOrg ⬇️
National financial innovation firm RUNWAY is utilizing support from our $5M grant to @commonfutureco to advance resiliency for Black businesses & communities. Learn more about CEO Jessica Norwood and how her firm is working to close the racial wealth gap:
Today, @MSF_France published a research paper with @UnivEvry @CEA_Jacob_ @GHUMondor @i2a_Diagnostics sharing their findings with the world. Learn more about their innovative app via @NatureComms ↓
The application they created can:
📡 Work without internet connection
📷 Take photos of the antibiogram with the phone’s camera
🧭 Guide the healthcare professional during the analysis
13 Googlers worked full-time, pro bono with @MSF_france through the #GoogleOrgFellowship to make a mobile app that can detect patterns in antimicrobial imagery to help medical staff prescribing antibiotics, and ultimately help fight against antibiotic resistance.
In 2019, @MSF_france received a $1.5M grant & #GoogleorgFellowship through the #GoogleAI Impact Challenge to help bring to life their idea of a new way to help medical staff in low-resource areas prescribe the right antibiotics using #AI.
Our final #MondayMotivation of #BlackHistoryMonth comes from Kenesha & Jason, owners of Kay's Kute Fruit in Greenville, MS. Learn how they bought a home for their business w/ support from @CommunitiesU & @higherpurposeco, along w/ @Googleorg. #CDFIstory
In response to #COVID19, #GoogleOrg grantees were able to develop new ways to provide emergency cash assistance to those who lost their income. Read more about the impact they had in 2020:
Microfinance is often the only opportunity for small underserved business owners to access capital. Excited for Google & @Kiva's $26 million loan initiative, with @Googleorg helping Kiva carry out robust research on how to scale up impact-first solutions
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re highlighting some of the Black-owned #SMBs and community-centered organizations that have received funding through $30M in loans and #GoogleOrg grants to @OppFinance and a $5M grant to @CommonFutureCo. Learn more ↓
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