$17,760 for a broad range of programs for 12 children, ages six to 19, from four families. Some parents were beaten and arrested while marching against environmental racism; others were attacked and/or imprisoned for their community organizing work.
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$1500 for dance lessons for the six-year-old daughter whose mom chose to go public about being stopped by a Customs and Border Patrol agent because she was speaking Spanish. She took legal action and had to move to escape the subsequent harassment.
$1500 for educational support for the seven-year-old daughter whose father, a journalist, was attacked while covering a neo-Nazi rally and was arrested, though his attacker was never charged.
$4500 for educational support and recreational activities for three children, ages 12 to 17, 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
$6000 for educational supplies for four children, ages seven to 14, whose family fled the U.S. to escape the FBI’s harassment of their father for his outspoken opposition to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He was arrested and tortured before being extradited to the U.S.
$8000 for a broad range of programs for six children, ages three to 18, from four families whose parents were fired for advocating for equality for their students, racial justice and journalists’ free speech rights.
$2000 to provide a $200 Grocery Card for current RFC beneficiary families in crisis
$2500 to provide virtual programming for RFC beneficiaries.
$2400 for four CIF awards for textbooks and school supplies for three beneficiaries, ages 18 to 24, from three families. Their parents advocate for environmental justice, peace and racial justice