$11,600 for a wide range of programs for 10 children, ages four to 21, from three families who are members of pacifist communities. Parents have engaged in peaceful anti-war protests and many of the parents have been imprisoned for civil disobedience.
$3500 for a group grant for outdoor activities for kids whose activist parents survived torture in their home countries. The program serves 14 children, ages eight to 19, from six refugee families in which at least one parent was a targeted pro-democracy activist.
$2000 for sports expenses for the 15-year-old son whose father has been arrested upwards of 100 times for his direct actions related to peace and social justice. He has two felonies for actions he took more than 20 years ago; these convictions have kept him from being able to legally adopt his son.
$1000 for sports programs for the 16-year-old daughter whose father, a member of a peace and international solidarity group, had his home raided and was threatened with arrest, but refuses to testify before a grand jury investigating anti-war activists.
$7500 for school tuition and exercise equipment for five kids, ages 10 to 17, from two families whose fathers are both children of political prisoners. Their activism on behalf of political prisoners’ rights has resulted in police harassment and lost jobs.
$4500 for cultural programs for three children, ages eight to 18, whose mom created an alternative program for incarcerated individuals at a federal penitentiary. She was accused of conspiring with a political prisoner and threatened with prosecution.
$2000 for school tuition for the 14-year-old twins whose father was incarcerated for anti-apartheid efforts and continues to face ongoing targeting for his work to free political prisoners.
$1780 for music lessons and educational supplies for the nine and 13-year-old daughters whose incarcerated father advocates for prison abolition in his poetry and writing. His views have resulted in prolonged periods in solitary confinement, violent attacks, additional charges and denial of communication with his family.
$1500 for a special one time grant to allow the three young grandchildren and great grandchildren of a long time political prisoner to travel to meet him for the first time and/or attend his memorial service.
$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.