The Loretto Justice Fellowship
- Spring 2025 |
- 1st Grant
El Paso, Texas
The Loretto Justice Fellowship was born of a commitment to de-colonize traditional approaches to faith-based service programs. The program operates in El Paso, Texas, at the intersection of many of the complex challenges that face our world and the systemic inequities that exacerbate the impact of these challenges on marginalized communities. Centering community-identified needs and […]
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Southern Project Hustle
- Spring 2025 |
- 1st Grant
New Orleans, Louisiana
Southern Project Hustle centers Black Women and Black Queer Femmes building liberated economic alternatives. It honors the legacy and resilience of the hustle economy, a space used to supplement incomes and meet the needs of Black families. A key part of their work is building worker cooperatives and collectives as an alternative economy, to share […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
South Asian Women Project
- Spring 2025 |
- 2nd Grant
East Elmhurst, New York
The South Asian Women Project (SAWP) supports survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and their families through culturally sensitive support groups, trauma-informed counseling, and financial empowerment. South Asian Women Project’s goal is to create a space for women and their children, who have suffered IPV, to feel safe and comfortable to talk about their traumatic […]
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Reclaiming Our Options Together (ROOT) Legal
- Spring 2025 |
- 1st Grant
ROOT Legal’s mission is to provide means of non-carceral expression for victims of harm, slowly changing a culture centered on individualism and a lack of acknowledging the role played by unaddressed social issues in perpetuating those harms. The organization is comprised of attorneys, former victims of crime, and former defendants who are dedicated to building […]
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Supporting Immigrants and Refugees
North Carolina Hmong Women Association (NCHWA)
- Spring 2025 |
- 1st Grant
NCHWA was founded to strengthen the voices of Hmong women and girls through education, advocacy, research, and leadership development. It works to create opportunities for Hmong women and girls to thrive, while preserving and celebrating their cultural heritage. The organization acknowledges and addresses the interconnected challenges faced by the entire Hmong community, which exceeds 14,000 […]
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LitShop
St. Louis, Missouri
LitShop provides afterschool and summer programming, including engaging literacy training opportunities like Book Clubs and Writing Workshops. They also have workshops on building and making, where girls and gender-expansive youth ages 10-17 can learn about carpentry, printmaking, woodworking, and metalworking, among other skills. By intentionally creating a supportive space where girls can take risks, explore […]
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Cultivating Health and Well Being
Tight Lipped
Evanston, Illinois
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
Micanopy, Florida
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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Accompanying Women Experiencing Incarceration
Heart of Courage
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Heart of Courage works side by side with mothers who have lost temporary custody of their children due to addiction, incarceration, domestic violence, mental health issues, and homelessness. According to a professor at the University of Texas Austin, research is showing that 40% of the mothers who have a Children’s Protective Services (CPS) case were […]
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