Region K Community Assistance Corporation received $25,000 from the Duke Energy Foundation to continue making a more inclusive community. | Adobe Stock
Region K Community Assistance Corporation received $25,000 from the Duke Energy Foundation to continue making a more inclusive community. | Adobe Stock
A Vance County nonprofit is one of 40 executives at Duke Energy said on Nov. 10 will receive a portion of $1 million in grants to work toward racial equity and justice in North Carolina.
“We all have a role and responsibility in advancing justice and equity,” Stephen De May, Duke Energy’s North Carolina president, said in a November release about the initiative. “Duke Energy is committed to creating equal opportunities for the communities we serve, and we’re proud to support organizations already leading this critical work across North Carolina.”
Vance County-based Region K Community Assistance Corporation received $25,000 to support its training and cultural awareness efforts.
“The funds provided by the Duke Energy Foundation will be used to train member governments’ elected boards, and citizen advisory commissions in our region on social justice and racial equity, which we feel is integral to the functionality of our organization and region,” Vance County Commissioner Chairman Leo Kelly Jr., said in the release. “By providing this type of training from a regional entity, we hope to bring about greater cultural awareness and sensitivity of diverse groups living within the Kerr-Tar region.”
The energy provider and its foundation committed to a three-year cycle of providing grant funding for organizations promoting social justice in addition to the $1 million the Duke allocated last August, the release said.
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