$4000 for tutoring and recreational activities for the two siblings, ages five and seven, whose mom was repeatedly stalked and threatened for her efforts to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day.
$1600 for orthodontia for the 13-year-old girl whose grandmother (her guardian) fought to hold her tribal leader accountable for human rights violations. As a result, she was denied employment and health insurance from her Nation, causing significant hardship.
$4000 for virtual learning supplies for the two siblings, ages five and six, whose mom was repeatedly stalked and threatened for her efforts to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day.
$4000 for school tuition for two children, ages eight and 13, whose dad established an interfaith mosque to counteract society’s negative bias towards Muslims in the post-9/11 era. He faced harassment and detention by the FBI and local law enforcement and chose to leave the U.S. to end the persecution.
$7,700 for childcare, educational support and a CIF Award for the six children, ages four to 21, from four families whose parents were forced to flee their home countries after being harassed, assaulted, and jailed because of their pro-democracy efforts.