Creating Inclusive Communities
The Empowered Fe Fes
- Fall 2023 |
- 2nd Grant
Chicago, Illinois
As a disability justice group of self-identifying folks with cross disabilities, The Empowered Fe Fes utilizes collective support and care as resistance to claim presence and highlight women’s issues. As disabled women, they bring their unique perspective to mainstream conversations that have historically excluded disabled Black and Indigenous women of color. Through peer support groups, […]
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Working Group on the Girls of Schenectady
- Fall 2023 |
- 2nd Grant
Schenectady, New York
The Working Group on Girls of Schenectady exists to help girls build meaningful connections for healthy relationships and successful futures. WGGS provides social and emotional support to middle and high school girls in Schenectady by providing safe spaces for them to create connections and develop their own voices. This grant will be supporting their FRESH […]
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Seeds Worth Sowing
- Fall 2023 |
- 2nd Grant
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Seeds Worth Sowing serves Black and Indigenous mothers and caregivers that are low-income and have dependents by providing resources and support – that improve their quality of life using holistic approaches and direct action. Rejecting welfare-based models of care, SWS has created trainings, strategies, and services to respond to community specific needs, thereby creating a […]
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Liberating Women from Trafficking
Agape Children’s Services
- Spring 2023 |
- 1st Grant
Houston, Texas
Agape Children’s Services foster the advancement of young girls to make positive life choices and to maximize their potential through advocacy, mentorship, and primary care needs. Mary’s Pence 1st grant will support the “Love, Support, and Compassion for Trafficked Adolescent Girls” program, tailored to trauma-impacted and at-risk girls in impoverished and overlooked communities in Houston. […]
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Anole Sisters
- Spring 2023 |
- 1st Grant
Shakopee, Minnesota
Anole Sisters works with women in the Oromo diaspora to acknowledge past trauma, embrace healing, and build connections to create change within their community. Anole Sisters prevents social isolation by creating support groups, encouraging communication, and providing training and one-on-one support. The organization seeks social change by connecting Oromo families with community resources. The project […]
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Accompanying Women Experiencing Incarceration
It Takes a Village Collaborative
- Spring 2023 |
- 3rd Grant
Washington, D.C.
Working with formerly incarcerated women, It Takes a Village Collaborative supports women in D.C. as they reintegrate into society. Their To Be Me Returning Citizens Program uses a holistic approach to encourage people to reach their full potential through wellness and healing. Core parts of the program include engaging participants in self-empowerment practices and participating […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
Creating Freedom Movements
- Spring 2023 |
- 2nd Grant
Richmond, California
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 fosters deep relationships and provides participants with resources supporting sustainability while promoting self-care and joy to keep […]
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National Equal Justice Association
- Spring 2023 |
- 2nd Grant
San Francisco, California
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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Dreams Are Possible
- Spring 2023 |
- 3rd Grant
Bloomington, Illinois
Dreams are Possible prepares women for economically sustainable employment by training them to be first-class, skill-based workers, enabling them to secure careers in the building trades and related fields that provide living wages, benefits, and dignity. Dreams are Possible classes focus on topics employers have identified as needed in their workforce. The organization’s goal is […]
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