Did you know there are many BIPOC-owned (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) businesses right here on Martha's Vineyard? Many of them are listed on the Martha's Vineyard Black-Owned Business Directory. Your support of Black-owned businesses contributes to the growth of our local economy and helps sustain a diverse and inclusive community. This Black History
Jocelyn Coleman Walton and Andy Italiano represented MVDC at the MV Regional High School's Change Makers Fair on November 29, 2023!
Following his untimely resignation as Chair of the MVDC Board of Trustees due to failing eyesight, Dr. Walter Collier, revered co-founder of Friends For Life which became the Martha’s Vineyard Diversity Coalition, has been named Chair Emeritus by unanimous acclamation of the Trustees. This honorary title will permit him to continue to have an impact
Fiscal sponsorship provides financial services and avoids infrastructure costs Martha’s Vineyard Diversity Coalition (MVDC) has entered into a Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement with the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation* (MVCF). This arrangement allows MVDC to avoid infrastructure costs associated with with financial management and control of funds raised by MVDC for its Projects and Programs. This helps
Following the development of an organizational infrastructure and the establishment of its first projects and committees in 2020, the Diversity Coalition recognized that its maturation warranted an initiative toward legal incorporation. With the pro bono legal assistance of Jay F. Theise, Esq. of Aquinnah, incorporation as a Massachusetts Charitable Trust was accomplished in November of
First, thank you for taking the time to be on the right side. As it has been in past times of tribulation, goodness needs nurturing and all of its related intentions need cultivation. Injustice must eventually, even if only in micro increments, yield to hopeful and persistent action. Time is fleeting but it is on
