Cultivating Health and Well Being
Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas
- Spring 2021 |
- 2nd Grant
San Antonio, Texas
Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX) is a San Antonio-based, women of color-led organization that aims to increase the health and healing of immigrant women and families by providing direct support, resources, and advocacy that encourages autonomy, empowerment, and self-determination. The SSFTX Health Advocate Project focuses on creating social change by building empathy and tolerance […]
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The League of Women Voters Minneapolis
- Spring 2021 |
- 1st Grant
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The League of Women Voters (LWV) Minneapolis is a 101-year-old nonprofit originally founded to pass the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and to advocate for issues affecting women’s lives. LWV Minneapolis is a women-run, non-partisan organization that encourages informed and active participation in all levels of government, works to increase understanding of major policy […]
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The WomanHOOD Project
- Spring 2021 |
- 1st Grant
Bronx, New York
The WomanHOOD Project (HOOD: Helping Ourselves Overcome Discrimination) is an after-school mentorship program for girls, femmes, and trans/gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth of color in the Bronx. Their mission is to celebrate womanhood through racial and gender justice by building the next generation of grassroots leaders by equipping a generation of young people of color with […]
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Working Group on Girls of Schenectady
- Fall 2020 |
- 1st 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. WGGS programming covers a range of topics, […]
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Youth Activism Project
- Fall 2020 |
- 2nd Grant
Washington, District of Columbia
Grounded in the belief that there is no minimum age for leadership, Youth Activism Project fosters teen-led advocacy campaigns and normalizes young people’s participation in decision-making processes. They accomplish their work by providing meaningful youth engagement in civic and political spheres through equal access to leadership and advocacy training and community-building resources for all teens. […]
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Creating Inclusive Communities
The Don’t Look Back Center
- Fall 2020 |
- 1st Grant
Aurora, Colorado
Working with justice-involved women and trans women, The Don’t Look Back Center believes everyone is fighting their own battle to be free from their past in order to live in the present and create a meaningful future. The organization’s mission is to engage in co-creative community work with women and trans women to build new […]
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Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute (PPGJLI)
- Fall 2020 |
- 1st Grant
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Committed to helping people believe that they can have an extraordinary impact on their community, Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute (PPGJLI) offers leadership development for women within their communities and families. PPGJLI accomplishes their work by providing the tools needed to advocate for social change and form alliances, through education, training, and community outreach. […]
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Supporting Immigrants and Refugees
Refugee Community Partnership (RCP)
- Fall 2020 |
- 1st Grant
Carrboro, North Carolina
Carrboro, North Carolina Refugee Community Partnership (RCP) uses base building and community organizing to develop resources, relationships, and opportunities to activate social mobility while constructing a rich fabric of interdependence and solidarity for refugees. Using institutional organizing strategies, RCP transforms system-level policies and practices that otherwise block refugee and immigrant residents from accessing critical care […]
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Institute for Research on Male Supremacism (IRMS)
- Fall 2020 |
- 1st Grant
Berkeley, California
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. IRMS brings together organizers from grassroots organizations to address male supremacism and its intersections with racism, xenophobia, and transphobia. They also […]
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