$5000 for computers, educational materials, and recreation activities for the four sons, ages one to 16, whose mother participated in a news segment opposing her state’s abortion restrictions. As a result, her nonprofit lost funding and her children were harassed in the local school.
$4800 for school tuition and three CIF awards for five siblings, ages 15-22, whose mother is an immigrants’ rights activist. As a result of her organizing, her asylum case was delayed for 12 years, making it difficult for her to gain employment; this caused her family great financial stress and led them to become unhoused for more than four years.
$4500 for educational support, recreational activities and computers for three children, ages 11 to 16, whose mother advocates for individuals who were wronged in the criminal justice system and now can’t work within a 100-mile radius of her home.
$4100 for childcare and a CIF award for the three siblings, ages 11 to 18, whose mother is a prominent racial justice activist. As a result of her organizing, the family has been targeted by individuals reporting false emergency situations with the family, drawing a large police presence to the family house and exposing the entire family to possible police violence and significant trauma.
$3000 for educational support and recreational activities for the two siblings, ages seven and 11, whose father exposed the FBI’s racist targeting of Muslim communities and was subsequently imprisoned.
$2700 for dance classes, music lessons and a CIF award for three siblings, ages nine to 18, whose mother advocated against racism and rape culture in schools. In retaliation, she lost contracts with the local schools and government that she relied on to support her family and was forced to relocate.
$1500 for mental health services for the 13-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.
$1500 for homeschooling support for the 13-year-old environmental activist who began a public protest every Friday afternoon to raise awareness of global heating. While many other students were allowed to make up work if they missed school for educational reasons, he was expelled and faced harassment from truck drivers who used their big rigs to smog him.
$1500 for school tuition for the 13-year-old grandson whose grandmother (with whom he lives part time), a peace activist, travels the U.S. advocating for social justice in a truck painted with peace slogans. In response to her activism, her vehicle has been vandalized on numerous occasions and other drivers have tried to run her off the road.
$1500 for tutoring for the nine-year-old daughter of an Amazon employee who spoke out against the company’s mistreatment of workers. She was followed on multiple occasions in suspected targeting for her activism, making her feel unsafe in her home and forcing her to relocate.