$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.
$2300 for tuition and gymnastics for two children, ages five and 17, from two families. Their mothers are leaders in the fight for police reform and racial justice organizing. They have received death threats, attention from white supremacists, and pressure to relocate their families.
$1000 for therapy for the 15-year-old child of a racial justice organizer who was unjustly arrested at a peaceful protest. Because prosecutors charged her with gang involvement, she faced up to eight years in jail.
$5000 for Targeted Activist Youth (TAY) Development grants for five college students ages 21 to 23 who were beaten and charged with felonies for peacefully protesting the profound inequities in their state’s education system.
$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.
$15,000 for tuition and sports programs for ten children, ages one to 16, from four families. Fathers in all four families lost their jobs or faced police harassment for their public-facing anti-racist organizing work.
$8100 for a wide range of programs for six kids, ages six to 18, from three families involved in the fight for racial justice in education. Some parents are students and others are teachers, but all have worked to improve equity in schools and universities and have been harassed, threatened and/or lost their jobs as a result of their organizing.