A $600 CIF award for a 24 year-old whose father is a known racial justice leader in his city. He is being targeted with a spurious lawsuit and hate mail, and the family has had to move far from their community.
A $600 CIF award for the 22 year-old daughter whose father was murdered by police. Her mother’s tireless fight for justice has led to years of intimidation and threats from police and police sympathizers.
$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.
$7500 for cultural programming and therapeutic supplies for six children, ages one to 21, from two families. Their parents have been threatened and one has been jailed because of their work for racial and gender justice.
$4500 for homeschooling supplies, gymnastics, and therapy for three children, ages six to 18, from three families. Their mothers are leaders in the fight for police reform, immigration reform and racial justice. They have received death threats, attention from white supremacists and pressure to relocate their families.
$1500 for horticulture and arts supplies for the 18-year-old son whose father was killed by police; the family has had to relocate to avoid police harassment as they fight to end police shootings for good.
$2500 for art supplies and a tablet for the one and 12-year-old children of a prominent racial justice activist who has faced threats to his home and personal safety as a result of his public-facing social justice work.
$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.
$3500 for art supplies for three children, ages 11 to 20, whose mother has been beaten and jailed because of her work for racial and gender justice.