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Article: Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Allstate Partner to Launch National Diversity Education Program.
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- June 23, 2004
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ATLANTA -- On Eve of 40th Anniversary of the Passage of the Civil Rights Act, Myrlie Evers-Williams Joins Renowned Advisory Board to Help Develop Diversity Curriculum
To help educate young people across the country about the importance of tolerance and diversity, The Allstate Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) today launched "Youth for Unity," a diversity education program designed to combat prejudice and intolerance. The program is being funded as a result of a $4.5 million grant provided by The Allstate Foundation.
"In the last 40 years, our country has made a great deal of progress on issues relating to tolerance and diversity, yet we ...