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The past few weeks have forced Facebook facing the reality of violence and injustice that members of the black community face daily. Although the social media company has supported its friends, colleagues and communities. Facebook believes it needs to take action too.

The social media company focuses on building powerful tools and resources. They are taking steps to improve their products, programs and policies. They have put together ideas from different groups of their employees in different teams on how the company can better deal with racial injustices.

Building on previous investments, Facebook is providing an additional $ 200 million / £ 161 million to support black-owned businesses and organizations. This commitment is part of a broader investment of $ 1.1 billion / £ 885.8 million in Black and various suppliers and communities in the United States. Facebook is also creating a new area in the Facebook app called Lift Black Voices and building a more diverse and inclusive workforce to better serve communities around the world.

Since the pandemic began, Facebook has been listening to small businesses and trying to do everything they can to help them weather the storm, including direct financial assistance through their US $ 40 million / £ 32.2 million grant program . Since launching applications for the program, Facebook has noticed a lot of interest in black-owned companies. So the company knows that they face enormous challenges.

Facebook is investing $ 100 million this year in small black businesses, black creators, and nonprofits that serve the black community in the United States. This includes $ 25 million / £ 20.1 million to support black content creators and $ 75 million / £ 60.3 million to provide cash and advertising credits to support black-owned businesses and nonprofits, that serve the black community.

Facebook's goal is to spend at least $ 1 billion / £ 805 million with various providers next year and thereafter. As part of this, the company will spend at least $ 100 million / £ 80.5 million annually on black-owned suppliers, from facilities to construction to marketing agencies and more.

Over the next three years, Facebook will reach 1 million members of the Black Community and 1 million members of the Latinx Community in the United States through a program called Elevate that offers free training on the digital skills they need to succeed from that Establishing an online presence in creating marketing materials and more. The company has geared its boost to all virtual training this summer with a Facebook program, starting with the Summer of Support program, which starts on June 24th.

Through its Facebook Blueprint program, Facebook awards 100,000 scholarships to black students who work to certify digital skills. This is in addition to the CodeFWD and TechPrep programs, which offer resources and support to help underrepresented communities get started with IT and programming.

To help people raise money for purposes that matter to them on June 19, Facebook is donating over 250,000 Facebook fundraisers that have been set up for three racial justice organizations: the Equal Justice Initiative, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the Innocence Project .

Facebook creates a new area called Lift Black Voices in its app to highlight black stories, share educational resources, and inspire people to take action through racist justice fundraisers. The company asked its employees to share ideas for new products and features to combat racial injustice. This was one of the more than 700 ideas submitted so far.

Instagram search shows accounts on Facebook to help people take action for racial justice. The company also continues its #ShareBlackStories editorial series on @instagram, @instagramforbusiness, @creators, @shop and @design to reinforce the voices of black creators, artists, activists and businesses. The company will continue to build on this over time.

Knowing that more diverse teams make better decisions and develop better products. The company invests in increasing diversity and inclusion by taking care to better serve different communities around the world.

Facebook is committed to having 50% of its workforce from underrepresented communities by the end of 2023, and is working to double the number of Black and Latinx employees in the same period. And over the next five years, the social media company will commit to having 30% more color people, including 30% more black people, in leadership positions. The company will also continue its ongoing efforts to increase the representation of women in leadership positions.

The social media company is investigating more closely how they make decisions. Facebook has already made some changes and investments and continues to work to include more voices and different perspectives in the development of its products, guidelines and programs.

Achieving racial justice and justice is a goal that we all share – and a goal that requires real work to achieve. This is just the beginning of how the company wants to help in this fight. Facebook will continue to listen and take action to support the long-term success of the black community.