About eBay Foundation Community Engagement Fund
The eBay Foundation established the eBay Foundation Community Engagement Fund to support initiatives that use technology to enhance community engagement with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Goals of the program include:
- To support online programs that bring the work and message of the Freedom Center beyond its physical boundaries;
- To significantly increase the number of people exposed to the work and message of the Freedom Center;
- To create thriving online communities organized through the Freedom Center and around the work and message of the Freedom Center; and
- To develop new models of community engagement, particularly online, that like-minded organizations can replicate.
eBay Foundation Community Engagement Fund Programs include:
FreedomCenter.org - An online community of freedom activists, volunteers, museum visitors and researchers on freedom past and present featuring discussion boards, blogs, online photo albums and more.
Youth Conference - An annual gathering of high school students designed to inspire activism in the fight against six unfreedoms: racism, illiteracy, hunger, genocide, tyranny, and contemporary slavery.
Freedom Conductors Initiative - A web-based initiative linking volunteers to local agencies that fight six unfreedoms: racism, illiteracy, hunger, genocide, tyranny, and contemporary slavery.
Faith to Freedom Program - The Faith to Freedom Program explores the role faith has played in freedom movements, from the Underground Railroad to the present day around the world.
