$6000 for four children, ages six to 18, whose mother is a vocal critic of environmental racism, fighting to halt construction of a corporate landfill adjacent to her family’s property. As a result of her activism, she was denied employment multiple times and pro-landfill teachers even started issuing failing grades to her children in school.
$3000 for summer camp and music lessons for two children, ages five and seven, whose mom, a water protector, was arrested for disrupting the construction of a pipeline and faced harassment by local officials forcing the family to relocate.
$3000 for a computer and sports equipment for two brothers, ages 13 and 16, whose grandmother and father organized against environmental racism, specifically against the creation of a landfill in their town. As a result, they were targeted by local police and other officials.
$1500 for childcare for the three-year-old son whose mother advocated against coal ash being dumped in town. Due to her activism, she was denied employment and forced to relocate to find work
$1000 for a TAY Development grant for the 24-year-old animal rights activist who is facing eight felony charges for nonviolent animal liberation actions taken against factory farms after whistleblowers shared footage exposing animal cruelty.
$1500 for educational supplies for the 18-year-old whose guardian organized against processing plants being placed in their predominantly Black community. One of the companies filed a lawsuit against her, and she faced harassment from local officials.
$1500 for physical therapy for the 12-year-old son whose father and older brother have been harassed and faced death threats as a result of their work to protect the local water basin.
$1500 for homeschooling support for the 14-year-old environmental activist who began a public protest every Friday afternoon to raise awareness of global heating. He was expelled and faced harassment from truck drivers who used their big rigs to smog him.
$2000 for a music program and tutoring for the 16-year-old son whose father fled to the U.S. after facing threats to his life for his advocacy work in his home country for rural communities’ right to control natural resources autonomously.
$2000 for educational support for the 16-year-old son whose father spent decades litigating against a large oil company and achieved a historic victory. As a result, the company has relentlessly targeted him, resulting in significant financial loss and two-plus years of house arrest and imprisonment.