NY museum received $50K in ARP funds to build bronze park statue that ‘addresses Black masculinity’
A federal government agency dedicated to supporting libraries and museums across the country spent $15 million in funds from President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package on programs pushing “anti-racist” education and “social activism” for children.
In October, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), announced $15,255,733 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act project grants “to institutions across 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to support the role of museums and libraries in recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.”
A review of the grant recipients shows that many projects that received funding from the relief package included “anti-racist” education and “social activism” for school-aged children, and many others which had virtually little to do with recovery efforts.
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