Rihanna teams with Jack Dorsey to give ‘climate justice’ grants to ‘defund the police’ groups

Superstar singer Rihanna announced on Tuesday that her foundation would be teaming up with one founded by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey to give grants to over a dozen organizations "working intersectionality on climate justice."

The Clara Lionel Foundation, founded in 2012 by the singer, posted a tweet on Tuesday outlining the announcement, and listing the 18 organizations that would be receiving money through the effort.

"We are proud to commit $15 million to 18 organizations working intersectionality on climate justice across the U.S. and Caribbean in collaboration with @Jack’s #StartSmall. Meet our #climatejustice partners," the foundation wrote.

Several of these organizations listed by the foundation have been revealed to have advocated for defunding the police, either in their locality, or across the nation as a whole, according to Fox Business.

The Movement for Black Lives states on their website that they want to "end the war on black people" by bringing an "end to all jails, prisons, and immigration detention."

Another group, Black Visions, looks to abolish policing in Minneapolis.

The Center for Popular Democracy posted a blog post in July of 2020 calling for the defunding of police, listing affiliate organizations that had joined the call.

Another group being funded by the effort is the NDN Collective, a group that wants to see indigenous lands returned to their tribes, including the closure of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills.

"Mount Rushmore is an international symbol of white supremacy, and as people across America rightfully pull down statues of white supremacy, we have to look long and hard at how this national monument in the Black Hills upholds and maintains white supremacy on Indigenous lands," said Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President and CEO.

"Our LANDBACK efforts started at Mount Rushmore as we not only took a stand against white supremacy and Trump’s racist rhetoric that day, but also in demanding that Mount Rushmore be shut down as a national monument and that all public lands in the Black Hills be returned to Indigenous people."

These groups will receive a collective $15 million towards their organizations.