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 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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National Women’s Defense League
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
National Women’s Defense League (NWDL) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preventing sexual harassment and protecting survivors, particularly in political workplaces. NWDL serves as a movement backbone, developing national state strategies, coordinating advocates, and resourcing survivors. NWDL conducts research to help understand the breadth of the problem, provide education for the public and decision-makers, and […]
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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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Accompanying Women Experiencing Incarceration
Rockland Prison Justice Project
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Rockland Prison Justice Project advocates for restorative justice practices as an alternative paradigm to punishment and for a justice system based on reparation and reconciliation rather than retribution and vengeance. The grassroots group of Rockland County residents and activists work in solidarity with others in New York State and around the country to end mass […]
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South Asian Women Project (SAWP)
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
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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Hattie B. BWIP (Hattie B. Black Women in Progress)
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Hattie B. BWIP is dedicated to empowering young girls to transcend their immediate circumstances and envision a future filled with possibilities. Hattie B. BWIP primarily impacts young girls aged 6-18 from marginalized Black and Brown communities, with a focus on those residing in rural and underserved areas across Cochise, Pima, Pinal, and Maricopa counties in Arizona. […]
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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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Altagracia Faith and Justice Works
- Spring 2024 |
- 1st Grant
Altagracia Faith and Justice Works (AFJW) started through the leadership and efforts of lay women of faith in New York to bridge the faith community and the broader Manhattan community. AFJW is located in a majority Hispanic/Latine immigrant community of Northern Manhattan and is dedicated to empowering community leaders to put their faith into action […]
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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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