A $600 Carry it Forward (CIF) award for the 18 year-old whose father is a prominent former political prisoner and member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Movement. He has since become a leader in the fight for prison abolition.
$3000 for school tuition for two kids, ages 12 and 16, whose mother was fired for advocating for the needs of her marginalized students.
$1500 for soccer and tutoring for the 16-year-old grandson whose grandmother (with whom he lives part time) travels the U.S. advocating for social justice. In response to her activism, her vehicle has been vandalized on numerous occasions and drivers have tried to run her off the road.
$15,000 for tuition and sports programs for ten children, ages two to 18, from five families. The fathers all lost their jobs or faced police harassment for their public-facing antiracism organizing work.
$5000 for TAY Development Grants for five activists ages 23-24 who were indicted under RICO and charged with domestic terrorism for their work to stop the construction of Cop City, a massive police training complex set to be built on sacred forests and in the middle of a largely Black community.
$2000 for school tuition for two kids, ages 11 and 15, whose mother was fired for advocating for the needs of her students.
$1500 for tuition for the 15-year-old grandson whose grandmother (with whom he lives part time) travels the U.S. advocating for social justice. In response to her activism, her vehicle has been vandalized on numerous occasions and drivers have tried to run her off the road.
$15,000 for tuition and sports programs for ten children, ages one to 18, from four families. Fathers in all four families lost their jobs or faced police harassment for their public-facing anti-racist organizing work.
$6600 for education support and a CIF award for five kids, ages seven to 19, from two families involved in the fight for racial justice in education. All have worked to improve equity in schools and universities and have been harassed and/or have lost their jobs as a result of their organizing.
$4500 for educational and therapeutic support for three children, ages five, 10 and 13, from two activist families who have faced years of rippling effects of FBI targeting and persecution for anti-racist organizing.