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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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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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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National Equal Justice Association (NEJA)
- Spring 2022 |
- Spring 2023 |
- 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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Creating Inclusive Communities
Project Rainbow Utah
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Project Rainbow Utah envisions a Utah where every LGBTQIA+ individual feels they belong and are safe. Project Rainbow Utah fosters visibility for the LGBTQIA+ community through flag campaigns, promotes inclusivity through civic dialogue and training, and provides crucial funds and other development support through a Community Fund. Initiatives focus on addressing systemic injustices, particularly those […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together (GREAT)
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together (GREAT) is a grassroots neighborhood organization located in Northwest Philadelphia that works to connect Germantown neighbors to one another, to build a stronger sustainable community, to share resources and information, and to prevent neighbors from being displaced. GREAT members use their collective resources to grow food, share tools, support […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
Creating Freedom Movements
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Creating Freedom Movements is a training program that teaches participants to build community, cross-issue solidarity, and infrastructures of justice and joy by moving from cultures of separation and domination to cultures of connection and reciprocity. CFM‘s 18-month cohort was designed for emerging and established grassroots leaders, fostering deep relationships and providing participants with resources supporting sustainability […]
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