$1500 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 felony convictions for actions he took more than 20 years ago, which have kept him from being able to legally adopt his son.
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$3500 for a group grant for occupational therapy and enrichment activities for kids whose activist parents survived torture in their home countries. The program serves 15 children from six families.
$8700 for a wide range of programs for eight children, ages five to 17, 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.
$1800 for art supplies and a CIF award for two children, ages 13 and 18, whose father is an immigrants’ rights leader. Since being denied a stay of deportation and entering sanctuary, DHS and ICE officials have escalated threats and pressure against him.
$2100 for educational expenses and a CIF award for two siblings, ages 15 and 19. ICE detained and deported their father in an apparent act of retaliation for his years of leadership within the immigrants’ rights movement.
$3127 for sports expenses for the two sons, ages seven and 14, whose mother became a vocal activist while in sanctuary. The boys’ father was detained in retaliation for his wife’s activism, and she and her community continue to face ICE persecution.
$3900 for tuition and four CIF awards for five children, aged 16 to 24, whose mother is an immigrants’ rights activist. Because of her organizing, her asylum case was delayed for 12 years; this caused her family great financial stress and led them to spend years unhoused.
$4500 for virtual learning supplies for three children, ages 11 to 17, whose mother lost her job and faced threats for exposing severe medical malfeasance and neglect at an ICE detention facility.
$1500 for driving lessons and soccer for the 16-year-old son whose father was driven out of his home country by officials opposed to his efforts to end political violence. He was harassed and jailed, and many family members were beaten or threatened. The boy now lives in the U.S. with his stepmother while his father continues his activism abroad.
$2600 for tutoring and a CIF award for two sisters, ages 17 and 19, whose mother fought corruption in her home country. She came to the U.S. after the military harassed and assaulted her.