$7500 for school tuition and sports programs for five children, aged 12 to 19, from two families. Both fathers, themselves the sons of political prisoners, have experienced harassment and job loss because of their activism.
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Number of Children
188
Number of Grants
94
New Grants
9
Renewals
85
Total Grants Amount
$220,306.00
$6600 for school and sports expenses and a CIF award for five children, ages 10 to 18, from two families. Their mothers have been denied jobs or threatened with prosecution for advocating for individuals wronged in the criminal justice system.
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$4000 for tuition, therapy, and art classes for the 16-year-old twins whose father was incarcerated for anti-apartheid efforts and continues to face targeting for his work to free political prisoners.
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$15,000 for tuition and sports programs for ten children, ages one to 18, from four families. Fathers in all four families lost their jobs or faced police harassment for their public-facing anti-racist organizing work.
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$6600 for education support and a CIF award for five kids, ages seven to 19, from two families involved in the fight for racial justice in education. All have worked to improve equity in schools and universities and have been harassed and/or have lost their jobs as a result of their organizing.
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$3500 for art supplies for three children, ages 11 to 20, whose mother has been beaten and jailed because of her work for racial and gender justice.
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$2300 for tuition and gymnastics for two children, ages five and 17, from two families. Their mothers are leaders in the fight for police reform and racial justice organizing. They have received death threats, attention from white supremacists, and pressure to relocate their families.
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$1000 for therapy for the 15-year-old child of a racial justice organizer who was unjustly arrested at a peaceful protest. Because prosecutors charged her with gang involvement, she faced up to eight years in jail.
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$2000 for an Attica Grant to allow the grandchildren and great grandchildren of an Indigenous political prisoner to visit their relative as he serves two life sentences for his role in the American Indian Movement.
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$7200 for 12 CIF awards for a dozen young adult beneficiaries from nine families. Their parents are active organizers for racial justice, environmental and animal rights, immigrant’s rights advocacy, global human rights and more
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