{"id":1981699,"date":"2023-07-24T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-gives-2m-to-feminist-group-fighting-structural-racism-and-toxic-masculinity\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T19:45:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T23:45:17","slug":"biden-admin-gives-2m-to-feminist-group-fighting-structural-racism-and-toxic-masculinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-gives-2m-to-feminist-group-fighting-structural-racism-and-toxic-masculinity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin grants $2M to feminist group battling &#8216;racism and toxic masculinity&#8217;."},"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\">24<\/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-admin-gives-2m-to-feminist-group-fighting-structural-racism-and-toxic-masculinity%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=1981699&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Joe Biden talks to reporters as\u2063 he departs\u2064 the White House on June 28, 2023 \u2064in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>4:36 PM \u2013 Monday, July \u206324, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>The Biden \u200badministration has awarded a $2 million taxpayer-funded grant to a \u2062feminist organization located\u2062 in Puerto Rico that is financed by George Soros and \u200bworks to battle \u201cstructural racism and toxic masculinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallersalud.com\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taller Salud<\/a>, a non-profit organization that claims to fight\u200b violent crime in Puerto Rico, was awarded the funds from the \u2064Justice \u200cDepartment \u2064back in October.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its Peace Accords \u200binitiative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_15PBJA22GG04738CVIP_1550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supported \u200bby the U.S.\u200d government<\/a> and Biden \u200badministration, the Puerto Rico-based organization expects to engage\u200c and\u2062 \u201cre-educate\u201d at least 40 males,\u2064 aged 15 to 30, every year for the\u200b next three years about\u200b toxic masculinity and ways to \u2062combat it. <\/p>\n<p>This \u2064equates to\u2063 at \u2063least 120 men being trained and approximately\u200b $17,000 invested into each individual. If not enough male participants are recruited, \u200cthen the remaining\u200b portion of\u200c the funds\u200b would\u200b reportedly be allocated\u200d to other \u200dconcerns.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the per-capita income in Puerto Rico was around \u200d$14,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTaller Salud is a community-based feminist organization \u200cdedicated to improving women\u2019s access to health care, to reducing violence within the community and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-countries-that-escaped-poverty-by-promoting-capitalism\/\" title=\"5 Countries That Escaped Poverty By Promoting Capitalism\">encourage economic growth<\/a> through\u2064 education and activism,\u201d according\u200d to populardemocracy.org, who \u2063partners with the organization.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Peace Accords program claims\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-gives-2m-to-feminist-group-fighting-structural-racism-and-toxic-masculinity\/\" title=\"Biden Admin grants M to feminist group battling 'racism and toxic masculinity'.\">deploy \u201chighly trained \u2063violence \u200dinterrupters<\/a>,\u201d specifically ones who combat \u201cstructural racism and toxic masculinities\u201d to stop violence, according \u200cto the grant\u2019s \u2063description, which\u200d was \u200cfirst\u200b reported by the Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe three-year, $2,000,0000 award will \u200ballow TS to continue providing a community\u2062 violence intervention program that works at the individual level and at the community level seeking crime reduction, improving the criminal justice response to\u200d crimes and \u200ddenormalizing crime in the community of\u2063 Lo\u00edza and the northeastern region of Puerto Rico,\u201d the organization stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200d organization has received funding from a number\u200d of sources, including \u2063large sums from the Open\u2063 Society Foundations, which is controlled\u200c by left-wing billionaire George\u2062 Soros. \u200dPlanned \u2063Parenthood \u200bhas also made\u200b a contributions to the\u2062 organization.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The grant funds \u200ccame\u200c from the Department of\u2062 Justice\u2019s Community-Based Violence Intervention\u200c and Prevention Initiative, which \u200dsponsors a variety \u2062of \u200bprograms focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chris-jacobs-says-he-supports-assault-weapons-ban-for-something-like-an-ar-15\/\" title=\"Rep. Chris Jacobs Says He Supports \u2018Assault Weapons Ban\u2019 For \u2018Something Like An AR-15\u2019\">decreasing violent crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When compared \u2063to other U.S. states, Puerto\u200c Rico has an extremely high crime rate. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/dataunodc.un.org\/dp-intentional-homicide-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN data<\/a>, it averaged \u2063roughly 17 murder victims per 100,000 \u2062inhabitants\u2064 in 2020,\u2064 compared to \u2063the U.S. national average \u2064of 6.4. <\/p>\n<p>CEO of\u200c Taller Salud, Tania Rosario\u2063 M\u00e9ndez, describes \u2062herself \u200bas an \u201canti-racist activist for environmental justice and gender equality\u201d\u00a0on her Instagram\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>According to tax records, the organization\u200c has also \u2063spent \u2062money to \u201ceradicate poverty.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The\u200c U.S. Census\u2063 reported that Puerto Rico\u2019s high poverty rate ranges between 40% and 50%,\u2063 depending on the year.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bJustice Department did not immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2062 breaking news\u2064 blasts\u200d directly to\u2062 your\u2063 inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2062 Noemi Padilla<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with William Jacobson<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with \u2064Benjamin\u2062 Weingarten<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>National \u2064Political Correspondent Neil W. McCabe interviewed political \u2063consultant Jason\u200b Cole, the CEO of the Arsenal Media\u2063 Group, \u200dabout three Senate Democrats\u2063 from culturally conservative states, Montana\u2019s Jon Tester, Ohio\u2019s Sherrod Brown and West \u2064Virginia\u2019s Joe Manchin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter and Sheila \u2064Dang (Reuters) -After 17 years with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lvmh-strikes-paris-olympic-games-sponsorship-deal\/\" title=\"LVMH sponsors Paris Olympic Games.\">iconic blue bird<\/a> \u2063that came \u2063to symbolize the\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Norwegian robotics firm \u2063AutoStore\u200b will \u2062pay 200 million pounds ($257.1 million) to British online supermarket group Ocado \u200bas part of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u2062 Blake\u2062 Brittain (Reuters) -Alphabet\u2019s Google violated a software developer\u2019s patent\u200c rights \u2064with its \u200cremote-streaming technology and must pay $338.7 million in\u2026\u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Foo \u200bYun Chee (Reuters) -Adobe\u2019s $20 billion\u200d bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma will face a full-scale\u2062 EU \u2064antitrust investigation \u200dfollowing\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by billionaire philanthropist George Soros. The grant aims to support the organization&#8217;s efforts in promoting gender equality and empowering women in Puerto Rico. 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