Embrey Family Foundation

12/08/2022

Come celebrate with Artstillery!

Come celebrate joy, yourselves, the year we survived and the bright future 💜 Ticket link in bio

03/14/2022

Register Now for the Free Dallas Literary Festival, March 18-22!

From memoirs to romance, from lengthy historical novels to short stories, SMU's Dallas Literary Festival is designed to offer a topic to interest everyone.

More than 100 national and local authors will converge at a series of in-person events on the SMU campus and March 20 at Fair Park’s African American Museum. Headliners include SMU and NFL football great Eric Dickerson, author of Watch My Smoke, and Charles Blow, New York Times and CNN journalist. Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, will close the festival.

Join us for a celebration of vital writing.All events are free and open to the public, but you MUST register for each of the events you are attending ahead of time. Registrations can be made through the 2022 festival schedule. 18–22 March 2022  We believe that books can bring us together, by help...

03/02/2022

Looking for a way to support the people of Ukraine? Here are opportunities from Deep Vellum Publishing:

Dearest Friends, To write this letter makes me so emotional it feels impossible. I have spent my entire life studying Russian and Ukrainian literature and culture, and even with all of the historical precedent leading up to this moment, I truly cannot believe that we are here. What can we do? What e...

02/08/2022

More beautiful work coming out of Soul Rep Theatre Company -

In the stage-play-gone-film-gone-stage-play, 'Do No Harm', Soul Rep sheds light on the heavy history of Black women and modern medicine.

10/12/2021

An important read from our city's own Dallas Black Dance Theatre 👏

A true expert in her field, Zenneta has been with the Dallas Black Dance Theatre since 1987 and during that time, has seen the company’s annual operating budget dramatically increase from $175,000 to over $4.9 million.

09/23/2021

Congratulations to Pamela Shifman for her appointment as the new president of the Democracy Alliance. Pamela’s leadership is characterized by a practice of deep listening that underpins impactful strategy, and EFF is thrilled to see what she will bring to the DA in this next chapter!

08/10/2021

Save the date and join us in supporting Take The Lead Women as they provide training and coaching to help women recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more below!

Very happy to join Take The Lead Women Gloria Feldt to celebrate Woman’s Equality Day!

For all information go to:
https://www.taketheleadwomen.com/events/equalityday

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07/08/2021

On July 7, 2016, Dallasites were stunned when five police officers were killed and nine others were injured in a mass shooting at a peaceful Black Lives Matter march. The suspect, an Army Reserve Afghan War veteran, was motivated by his outrage against police killings of Black people across the U.S.

In the days that followed, Chantel Jones, program officer for DFacesRace, helped us reflect and connect. Through her own pain, she found the power of leadership and we remain grateful.

Now, in 2021, as we continue to participate in community conversations in search of healing, remember that we cannot talk about the hateful events that have happened without naming racism. We urge you to connect to and support the work of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation and get involved.

Partners of Embrey Family Foundation share personal stories about how funding Racial Justice programs in Dallas brought real change, and how there is still m...

06/24/2021

We all have a role to play in making racial equity and justice a reality. Read more from Lauren Embrey below, and join us for a conversation next week on how to support the work.

I am a descendant of enslavers. I learned this a few years ago, yet lately, what I’m discovering is how examining history and choosing to face it provides an opportunity for truth-telling, open conversations, and a path to repair and heal from the past. When my sister Gayle and I were teenagers in...