Advocating for Just Systems

THISTL

• Fall 2023
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•   1st Grant

St. Louis, Missouri

THISTL, Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis, is tackling the systemic injustices that Trans humans face in the housing sector. They advocate for the proper treatment of Trans humans seeking shelter, housing, and home ownership. THISTL educates organizations that provide shelter and housing and are building a network across organizations to document housing disparities. Their goal […]

POWER – Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights

• Fall 2023
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•   1st Grant

Washington

Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights (POWER) is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a solid social safety net. POWER provides information to and advocates for low-income families navigating social programs. Unlike boot-strap self-improvement programs targeting poor people, they consider poverty a systemic problem and not an individual failing. They work […]

Fandom Forward

• Fall 2023
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•   1st Grant

New York

Fandom Forward’s mission is to turn fans into heroes. They are a leader in fan activism, an organizing strategy that draws parallels between pop culture and real-world issues of inequity to mobilize fans for social good. They foster community among fans and mobilize them to change real-world narratives. They work in three ways: providing accessible […]

Tight Lipped

• Fall 2023
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•   2nd Grant

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 […]

Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice

• Fall 2023
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•   2nd Grant

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.  ARC Gender Justice will create and distribute self-advocacy […]

National Equal Justice Association

• Spring 2023
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•   2nd Grant

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 […]

Institute for Research on Male Supremacism

• Fall 2022
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•   3rd Grant

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. They provide methods and strategies to properly equip organizations to push back against harmful ideologies and frameworks. After a successful virtual […]

Data for Indigenous Justice

• Fall 2022
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•   2nd Grant

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 […]

Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition

• Spring 2022
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•   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 […]

National Equal Justice Association

• Spring 2022
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•   1st Grant

California

National Equal Justice Association secures equal justice for poor and minority workers and their families struggling to obtain access to living wages, nutritional food, health care, clean and affordable water, and safe working and living conditions free from pesticide and other toxic poisoning. NEJA partners with grassroots, community-based, self-help organizations of farm workers, service workers, […]