{"id":1674303,"date":"2022-10-05T14:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T18:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674303"},"modified":"2022-10-05T14:38:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T18:38:27","slug":"biden-racal-equity-committee-includes-soros-funded-nonprofit-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-racal-equity-committee-includes-soros-funded-nonprofit-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden &#8220;Racal Equity&#8217; Committee Includes Soros-Funded Nonprofit Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-racal-equity-committee-includes-soros-funded-nonprofit-heads%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><strong>President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cracial equity\u201d committee appointed two people that run nonprofits that received millions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/biden-awards-soros-linked-group-41m-contract-to-help-illegals-escape-deportation\/\">George Soros<\/a>\u2018 Open Society Foundations (OSF) network, according to records.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unveiled the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/about\/offices\/equity-hub\/TACRE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">members <\/a>on Tuesday for its Committee on Racial Equity, which will advise the agency on how \u201cto advance racial equity in the economy and address acute disparities for communities of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to OSF\u2019s grant database, the two committee members, Felicia Wong and Lorella Praeli, head four nonprofits that received over $15.7 million from OSF\u2019s network between 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The chair of the committee is former Democratic Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.<\/p>\n<p>The committee includes 25 members from various fields, including academia, nonprofits, and the financial services sector.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is a product of the Treasury\u2019s 2021 \u201cequity assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden signed an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> executive order<\/a> called \u201cAdvancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government\u201d on his first day in office.<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s vice chair, Wong, is president and<a href=\"https:\/\/rooseveltinstitute.org\/about\/staff-fellows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> CEO<\/a> of two groups that have received grants from OSF\u2019s network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/biden-awards-soros-linked-group-41m-contract-to-help-illegals-escape-deportation\/\">Biden Awards Soros-Linked Group $41M Contract to Help Illegals Escape Deportation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One is the progressive think tank, the Roosevelt Institute, which aims to \u201ccarry forward\u201d Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt\u2019s legacy that is critical of capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>The other is the institute\u2019s sister group, Roosevelt Forward, which publishes papers on \u201cprogressive\u201d economic policy.<\/p>\n<p>Although, the Roosevelt Forward\u2019s website does not list Wong as president, a spokeswoman for the Roosevelt Institute told the DCNF she is<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Caller <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/10\/05\/biden-admin-nonprofits-funded-soros-racial-equity-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Between 2016 and 2020, the institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=Roosevelt%20institute&amp;page=2\">accepted<\/a> almost $4.7 million from OSF\u2019s Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOC), a grant-making charity. The grants were for a variety of initiatives, including \u201cgeneral support,\u201d policy analysis on \u201cpoverty reduction\u201d in the South, and the institute\u2019s now-defunct \u201cGreat Democracy Initiative,\u201d which was aimed at \u201cproducing bold, progressive solutions to the biggest problems facing our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019 and 2020, Roosevelt Forward accepted $425,000 from OSF\u2019s Open Society Policy Center, which does \u201cadvocacy on domestic and international issues aimed at elevating justice and advancing a progressive U.S. foreign policy.\u201d Those grants were to support Roosevelt Forward\u2019s \u201cpolicy advocacy on prescription drug pricing and pharmaceutical regulation\u201d and \u201cadvocacy on potential government appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAny efforts to address inequality in the United States must account for the legacy of racial exclusion built into our economy,\u201d said Wong in a Tuesday statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with this distinguished group of leaders to propose ways to harness Treasury\u2019s power and authority to redress these harms, toward a more just and equitable future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wong also ran investment services between 2006 and 2012 for the Democracy Alliance \u2013 a left-wing \u201cnetwork of donors\u201d which received millions from Soros.<\/p>\n<p>The senior investigative researcher at the conservative think tank Capital Research Center, Hayden Ludwig, told the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> DCNF<\/a> that the OSF grants show Biden draws heavily from the rank of professional left-wing activism\u201d to staff its agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly the activist wing is in the driver\u2019s seat of the Democratic Party,\u201d said Ludwig.<\/p>\n<p>Another committee member is co-president of the left-wing charity Community Change and its affiliated 501(c)(4) lobbying arm Community Change Action, Lorella Praeli.<\/p>\n<p>The charity focuses on immigration reform and invests in congressional races.<\/p>\n<p>OSF\u2019s Open Society Policy Center and FPOC gave Community Change around $2.6 million and Community Change Action over $8 million between 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cracial equity\u201d committee appointed two people that run nonprofits that received millions from George Soros\u2018 Open Society Foundations (OSF) network, according to records. 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