
Houston, Texas- In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Small Business Administration (SBA) provided billions in loans through three programs designed to help small business owners stay afloat financially. According to data released by the (SBA) last year and an Al-Jazeera reporter, at least five organizations with ties to supremacist groups received more than $800,000 in federal covid relief programs. Community activists say the misappropriations of funds continues. Two more groups have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds from Ft. Bend County Commissioners Court.
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$3,000,000 from Congress under Al Green for Community Project Funding.
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$475,000 from Ft. Bend County under the American Rescue Plan.
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$500,000 from the Houston Endowment Foundation.
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$100,000 from The Elkins Foundation.
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Civil rights activist explains why Houstonians should be concerned
Elected officials handing out billions of dollars to right-wing organizations is a troubling example of how extremists have found ways to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic and systems designed to mitigate its effects. Houstonians and Ft. Bend County should be highly concerned that taxpayer-funded relief is being allocated to U.S. organizations directly tied to overseas groups engaging in hate crimes, massacres, and religious violence.
Judge K.P. George has misplaced the trust of the people to make good decisions that will serve in the best interest of the community. He took an oath to represent the people; and now he’s funding groups that commemorate hate crimes, discrimination, and segregation. This poor decision by Judge KP George takes desperately needed funding from struggling families and businesses to fund two right-wing organizations that have already received millions of dollars in federal funds. Meanwhile, our communities are experiencing life-altering hardships. Families are facing evictions, job loss, and struggling to put food on their tables. -Quanell X