Spring 2017

Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera

• Spring 2017
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• Spring 2019
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•   3rd Grant

Austin, Texas

Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera supports maquiladora women workers to form alliances and advocate for improved labor conditions, human dignity, and fair trade.

MAYA Organization

• Spring 2017
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•   2nd Grant

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MAYA Organization promotes the development of caring, competent, and healthy children and adults through counseling, prenatal education, and adoption services that are designed by mothers for mothers.

The Kitchen Table

• Spring 2017
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• Spring 2018
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•   3rd Grant

Together the women of The Kitchen Table combat poverty, homelessness, and oppressive economic systems as a support group and a business team.

Su Casa Catholic Worker Community

• Spring 2017
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•   1st Grant

Chicago, Illinois

The Su Casa Catholic Worker Community provides transitional shelter for immigrants from Mexico who are survivors of domestic violence. This first Mary’s Pence Grant will support Su Casa Mothers’ Collective, a group of immigrant women who are previous and current residents of Su Casa interested in starting their own sustainable food co-op.

Collinwood Neighborhood Catholic Ministries

• Spring 2017
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•   1st Grant

Cleveland, Ohio

The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies project of the Collinwood Neighborhood Catholic Ministries (CNCM) was created in the wake of high malnutrition-related infant mortality rates in the state of Ohio.

Workers’ Rights Center

• Spring 2017
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•   1st Grant

Madison, Wisconsin

The Women Workers United – Trabajadoras Unidas (WWU/TU) project was launched in spring 2016 to be a mutual support group for Latina women workers where they can connect, organize, and take action.

Center for Women in Transition

• Spring 2017
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•   2nd Grant

Little Rock, Arkansas

Founded by a Catholic sister, CWIT staff mentor the women personally, teaches life skills classes prior to release, and supports them in completing education and finding steady employment once they re-enter society.