02/04/2022

Mini-grants Program Supports DE&I-focused Craft Beer Event

They create a more inclusive and diverse craft brewing community

Over the past few years, the Brewers Association (BA) has taken several steps to improve DE&I within the craft beer space. One of the group’s more recent efforts is its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mini-Grants, which are used to fund local and regional events that "create a more inclusive and diverse craft brewing community."

"As a national trade association, we recognize that local and regional advocates and innovators around the country are often better-positioned to affect change in their own communities," said BA Equity and Inclusion Partner J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham, Ph.D. "This program allows us to put resources in the hands of people who are doing the work across the country."

The program had a good start with several projects funded in 2019, but the pandemic upended programming in 2020, resuming in 2021 with fewer events. Jackson-Beckham said the program has funded a wide range of events.

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