Facebook is committing $10 million to 'groups working on social justice,' while Cisco is contributing $5 million to organizations.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is contributing $10 million to "groups working on racial justice."
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins tweeted that the networking company is donating $5 million to a number of organizations and said "this is just the beginning." Other executives and venture capitalists said they would match funds provided by colleagues and friends. Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco Systems, speaking at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020.
Tech executives have been speaking out forcefully against racial violence in the U.S., with some promising millions of dollars in contributions to organizations pursuing justice and others setting up matching grant programs for colleagues and friends.
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