$11,550 for a wide range of programs for eight children, ages five to 19, from four families, whose parents were targeted for their anti-racist organizing in the workplace, some have faced harassment while others were fired without cause and have been prevented from working in their fields.
$6200 for tuition, tutoring and recreational activities for four kids, ages 12 to 16, from two families, whose dads faced repression for their racial justice organizing. One lost his job and the other was arrested more than 40 times.
$2700 for orthodontia and two CIF awards for three daughters, ages 17 to 23, whose activist mom received death threats from the Klan for her efforts to desegregate a public housing complex.
$1500 for dance lessons 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.
$1200 for mental health support for the 17-year-old targeted activist youth who was bullied due to her leadership in the Black Lives Matter movement.
$2000 for childcare for the two-year-old son whose dad is a professor and racial justice activist. The dad had a series of disagreements with his department and university about his fundraising for anti-racist efforts on campus, in the community and in collaboration with other colleagues. He also clashed with administrators over his outspoken condemnation of the university's racist past, inadequate response to recent racial incidents on campus, and the university's continued ties to major donors who profit from prisons: as a result, his contract was not renewed
$1000 for school tuition for the seven-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, including finding “KKK” and monkey imagery in the student meeting space
$1300 for dance lessons and summer camp for the 13-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.
$2100 for a computer and a CIF award for two daughters, ages 16 and 19, whose activist mom received death threats from the Klan for her efforts to desegregate a public housing complex.
$3000 for childcare and school tuition for two brothers, ages four and 16, whose father was targeted after advocating for fair treatment of a student who reacted physically to a classmate’s racist comments. Their dad lost his job, was blacklisted, received death threats, and was forced to move.