$3070 for music lessons and recreational activities for the eight and 12-year-old daughters whose incarcerated father advocates for prison abolition in his poetry and writing. His views have resulted in prolonged periods in solitary confinement, violent attacks, additional charges, and denial of communication with his family.

$4000 for school tuition for the 13-year-old twins whose father was incarcerated for anti-apartheid efforts and continues to face ongoing targeting for his work to free political prisoners.

$4500 for cultural programs for three children, ages seven to 18, whose mom created an alternative program for inmates at a federal penitentiary. She was accused of conspiring with a political prisoner and threatened with prosecution.

$7500 for school tuition and an at home nature project for five kids, ages 11 to 17, from two families whose fathers are both children of political prisoners. Their activism on behalf of political prisoners’ rights has resulted in police harassment and lost jobs.

$1000 for sports expenses for the 14-year-old son whose father has been arrested upwards of 100 times for his direct actions related to peace and social justice. He has two felony convictions for actions he took more than 20 years ago; these convictions have kept him from being able to legally adopt his son.

$2000 for sports programs for the 15-year-old daughter whose father, a member of a peace and international solidarity group, had his home raided and was threatened with arrest but refuses to testify before a grand jury investigating anti-war activists.

$3000 for travel costs for the 15-year-old son whose soldier father refused deployment to Iraq, fled to Canada, and became active in the Canadian anti-war movement. After being deported back to the U.S., he served 15 months in the brig and is unable to re-enter Canada to see his son. This grant will allow his son to visit him for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

$4600 for a computer, recreational activities, a CIF award, and an Attica grant** for two siblings, ages 16 and 18, whose father was arrested at a peaceful demonstration and faced additional charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for bringing his children with him to the event. He began serving time in federal prison during the pandemic after being convicted for additional peaceful protests.

$4600 for a computer, recreational activities, a CIF award, and an Attica grant** for two siblings, ages 16 and 18, whose father was arrested at a peaceful demonstration and faced additional charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for bringing his children with him to the event. He began serving time in federal prison during the pandemic after being convicted for additional peaceful protests.

$10,595 for a wide range of programs for nine children, ages three to 19, from five families who are members of pacifist communities. Parents and teenage children have engaged in peaceful anti-war protests and many of the parents have been imprisoned for civil disobedience.