Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis (THISTL)
THISTL, Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis, is tackling the systemic injustices that Trans humans face in the housing sector. They advocate for the proper treatment of Trans humans seeking shelter, housing, and home ownership. THISTL educates organizations that provide shelter and housing and are building a network across organizations to document housing disparities. Their goal […]
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POWER – Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights
Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights (POWER) is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a solid social safety net. POWER provides information to and advocates for low-income families navigating social programs. Unlike boot-strap self-improvement programs targeting poor people, they consider poverty a systemic problem and not an individual failing. They work […]
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Cultivating Health and Well Being
Tight Lipped
Tight Lipped is a grassroots organization by and for people with chronic vulvovaginal and pelvic pain, working to destigmatize these conditions. They advocate for correct diagnosis, effective treatment, and compassionate care, and also connect the affected community through storytelling. Tight Lipped is currently developing and launching their first patient-led campaign, which will advocate for all […]
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice
- Fall 2024 |
- 2nd Grant
The Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice is a grassroots start-up that advocates against gender-based violence in the prison system by centering, connecting, and supporting jailhouse lawyers and grassroots advocates. ARC Gender Justice organizes to shift power to those affected by the dysfunction of the carceral system across several states, including Florida, Georgia, New York […]
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National Equal Justice Association (NEJA)
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
National Equal Justice Association (NEJA) is an all-volunteer organization that works to secure equal justice for poor and minority workers and their families struggling to obtain fair wages, nutritional food, health care, clean and affordable water, and safe working and living conditions. NEJA’s efforts continue to inform and unite potential allies to demand implementation of […]
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National Women’s Defense League
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
National Women’s Defense League (NWDL) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preventing sexual harassment and protecting survivors, particularly in political workplaces. NWDL serves as a movement backbone, developing national state strategies, coordinating advocates, and resourcing survivors. NWDL conducts research to help understand the breadth of the problem, provide education for the public and decision-makers, and […]
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Altagracia Faith and Justice Works
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Altagracia Faith and Justice Works (AFJW) started through the leadership and efforts of lay women of faith in New York to bridge the faith community and the broader Manhattan community. AFJW is located in a majority Hispanic/Latine immigrant community of Northern Manhattan and is dedicated to empowering community leaders to put their faith into action […]
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Fandom Forward
- Fall 2023 |
- 1st Grant
Fandom Forward’s mission is to turn fans into heroes. They are a leader in fan activism, an organizing strategy that draws parallels between pop culture and real-world issues of inequity to mobilize fans for social good. They foster community among fans and mobilize them to change real-world narratives. They work in three ways: providing accessible […]
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National Equal Justice Association
- Spring 2023 |
- 2nd Grant
National Equal Justice Association secures equal justice for poor and minority workers and their families struggling to obtain fair wages, nutritional food, health care, clean and affordable water, and safe working and living conditions. Mary’s Pence’s second grant will advance NEJA’s Bayview Hunters Point campaign to raise awareness about the water contamination affecting The Hunters […]
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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
- Fall 2022 |
- 3rd Grant
The Institute for Research on Male Supremacism (IRMS) is dedicated to helping grassroots social justice groups fight male supremacism, convening women experts researching supremacists’ ideologies and movements, and educating the public about their work. They provide methods and strategies to properly equip organizations to push back against harmful ideologies and frameworks. After a successful virtual […]
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