$1600 for a TAY Development grant and a Carry it Forward award for the 21-year-old volleyball player who was relentlessly bullied out of school by peers and teachers after taking a knee for racial justice.
A $1000 TAY Development grant for the 24-year-old BLM activist who, during a protest, was hit by a car driven by a police officer and was arrested for protesting. He has since been denied housing due to his “criminal record,” but continues to be a frontline organizer.
A $1000 TAY Development grant for the 18-year-old targeted activist who was bullied due to her leadership in the BLM movement.
$1000 for cheerleading for the 16-year-old whose mom demands justice for victims of police violence, including her own family members. Their car has been repeatedly vandalized and they have received death threats that forced them to move.
$1200 for mental health services for the 14-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.
$1500 for therapy and music lessons for the 15-year-old daughter whose mother fought to reallocate police funding to mental health services. She was harassed online by local police and someone fired a gun in her driveway in the middle of the night.
$2500 for educational support for two teens, ages 16 and 17, whose father has been hounded by police for decades; he experienced targeting first for his father’s activism and then for his own racial justice organizing.
$3000 for recreational activities for two children, ages 10 and 15, whose mom was fired after she advocated for an anti-racist framework at her job. She was subsequently harassed, and her home was threatened, forcing the family to move.
$4725 for tuition and sports programs for four children, ages 13 to 15, from two families. Fathers in both families lost their jobs and faced harassment for their public-facing anti-racist organizing work.
$9000 for a wide range of programs for seven 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. Parents have been harassed, threatened and/or lost their jobs as a result of continued organizing.