Housing Resource Network
- Fall 2022 |
- 1st Grant
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Housing Resource Network organizes, educates, and empowers renters by providing advocacy training and leadership development to help tenants and tenant leaders sustain their housing. HRN advocates for renters by accompanying them to court, helping them organize. Focusing on women renters, HRN is committed to providing tenants with resources about their housing rights and cultivating new […]
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Data for Indigenous Justice
- Fall 2022 |
- 2nd Grant
Anchorage, Alaska
Data for Indigenous Justice(DIJ) was created from community grassroots efforts to call attention to the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirited people (MMIWG2S). DIJ, an Indigenous-led organization, uses their database to address the issue of MMIWG2S across Alaska and ensure that the data is used ethically and benefits the communities. After […]
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Women in Science and Engineering
- Fall 2022 |
- 3rd Grant
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a grassroots network of scientists working to build a more supportive, collaborative, and equal scientific community for all. WiSE provides a platform for professional development and empowerment of female scientists at CSHL and beyond. Their work includes education on gender disparity, outreach to […]
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Creating Freedom Movements
- Spring 2022 |
- 1st Grant
Richmond, California
Creating Freedom Movements (CFM) cultivates holistic, healing-centered, visionary leaders as they collaboratively incubate social justice projects that nurture cross-issue solidarity to push our changing world in a liberatory direction. With their 1st Mary’s Pence grant CFM will support their 10-month cohort program and social justice project incubator that is designed for emerging and established grassroots […]
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Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition
- Spring 2022 |
- 3rd Grant
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition is a grassroots community organizing campaign for residents living in public housing. Their mission is to protect public housing from privatization and to prevent the displacement of people who rely on public housing, the majority of whom are Black (immigrants, Muslims, East Africans), families with children, and people with […]
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Dreams are Possible
- Spring 2022 |
- 2nd Grant
Bloomington, Illinois
Dreams are Possible prepares women for economically sustainable employment by training them to be first-class, skill-based workers and helping them to secure careers that provide living wages, benefits, and dignity in the workplace. Their 2nd grant from Mary’s Pence will allow Dreams are Possible to provide forklift and OSHA training, which women can include on […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
The Empowered Fe Fes
- Spring 2022 |
- 1st 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 providing a disabled perspective in mainstream conversations where women with disabilities, especially Black and Indigenous women of color, are historically excluded. Through peer support groups, career […]
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Fuerzas Unidas
- Spring 2022 |
- 1st Grant
Stockton, California
Working throughout San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties in California, Fuerzas Unidas organizes some of the most vulnerable populations throughout the state to influence decision-makers and create long-term anti-racist institutional changes. Composed of members representing groups such as farmworkers, service workers, and monolingual Spanish-speaking immigrants, Fuerzas Unidas strives to develop the leadership of Latinx leaders to […]
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Accompanying Women Experiencing Incarceration
It Takes a Village Collaborative
- Spring 2022 |
- 2nd Grant
Washington, District of Columbia
It Takes A Village Collaborative (ITAVcollab) cultivates thriving communities of color that focus on a holistic approach to wellness to encourage healing and the ability of people to reach their full potential. Their To Be Me Returning Citizens Program helps women navigate the challenges they face when exiting the prison system and reintegrating into society. […]
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