$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.
$1500 for early childhood education for the four-year-old son whose parent, a prominent leader in the Black Lives Matter movement, was followed, doxed and harassed by police and white supremacist groups.
$4500 for the four children, ages one through 13, whose dad comes from a long line of organizers for racial justice. After watching police attack his father, he continues his family legacy of activism despite being fired and attacked for speaking out.
$1500 for summer camp for the eight-year-old daughter whose mom is a recognized leader at her college. They have both been threatened by those opposed to racial justice events the mom has organized on campus.
$1500 for dance lessons and mental health support for the 14-year-old daughter whose mother fought to reallocate funding from the police to mental health services. As a result, she was harassed online by local police officers and someone fired a gun in her driveway in the middle of the night.
$1500 for mental health services and summer camp for the 14-year-old child of a racial justice organizer who was falsely arrested at a peaceful protest. Because prosecutors charged her with gang enhancements, she faced up to eight years in jail.
$1800 for mental health support and educational supplies for the 17-year-old targeted activist youth who was bullied due to her leadership in the Black Lives Matter movement.