$1000 for martial arts training for an eight-year-old girl whose mom went public about being stopped by a Customs and Border Patrol agent because she was speaking Spanish. She took legal action and had to move to escape the harassment she endured for speaking out.
$7500 for tutoring and sports for five children, ages nine to 14, from two families fighting for transgender rights. In response to the public-facing activism of the parents and their children, they received hate messages from around the world and were swarmed and shoved by violent counter-protesters. One family had to relocate to an asylum state for trans youth.
$4500 for tutoring, soccer and tuition for three children, ages 12 to 15, from two families that faced severe harassment and attacks as a result of their fights for reproductive justice.
$12,034 for educational and ski expenses for eight children, ages five to 19, from three families. Their parents were targeted and threatened by ICE as a result of their work exposing injustices in the immigration system.
$2200 for educational supplies and a CIF award for two siblings, ages 15 and 21, whose father is an immigrants’ rights leader. Since being denied a stay of deportation and entering sanctuary, DHS and ICE officials have escalated threats and pressure against him.
$2100 for school supplies and a CIF award for the 17 and 21-year-old siblings whose father was detained and deported in an apparent act of retaliation for his years of leadership within the immigrants’ rights movement.
$1500 for dance and karate lessons for a seven-year-old girl whose mom went public about being stopped by a Customs and Border Patrol agent because she was speaking Spanish. She took legal action and had to move to escape the harassment she endured for speaking out.
$9900 for childcare, tutoring and therapy for seven children, ages three to 18, from three families that faced severe harassment and attacks as a result of their fights for reproductive justice.
$12,515 for education and sports expenses and five CIF awards for 13 children, ages four to 24, from four families. Their parents were detained, fired or targeted by ICE as a result of their work exposing injustices in the immigration system.
$3000 for educational supplies for two kids, ages 10 and 14, whose father participated in a hunger strike at a detention center to protest the detention of immigrants and unsafe conditions during the pandemic. As a result, he was threatened with deportation and told he would not be eligible for release.