$1000 for educational supplies for a 17-year-old drag performer and gender liberation activist who builds safe spaces for gender-nonconforming youth despite years of harassment.
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Number of Children
178
Number of Grants
92
New Grants
10
Renewals
82
Total Grants Amount
$224,434.00
Parents Forced to Flee $8200 for educational and sports activities and two CIF awards for seven children, ages eight to 23, from four families whose parents fled their home countries for the U.S. after their human rights activism put them in immediate danger.
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$3000 for DJ equipment and dance classes for the 12 and 18 year-old sisters whose mom advocated against racism and rape culture in schools. In retaliation, she lost important contracts with the local schools and government and was forced to relocate.
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$2600 for tuition and a CIF award for two children, ages 12 and 17, whose dad established an interfaith mosque to counteract society’s bias towards Muslims after 9/11. He faced harassment and detention by the FBI and fled the U.S. to end the persecution.
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$12,034 for educational and ski expenses for eight children, ages five to 19, from three families. Their parents were targeted and threatened by ICE as a result of their work exposing injustices in the immigration system.
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$2200 for educational supplies and a CIF award for two siblings, ages 15 and 21, 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.
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$2100 for school supplies and a CIF award for the 17 and 21-year-old siblings whose father was detained and deported in an apparent act of retaliation for his years of leadership within the immigrants’ rights movement.
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$3000 for tutoring for the two children, ages 11 and 17, whose mother, a teacher, fought for the well-being of all students after her young autistic child was physically assaulted by a school aide. As a result of her efforts, the school fired the mother and reported her as an unfit parent.
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$3000 for track and cheerleading expenses for two children, ages 12 and 17, whose mom was fired after she advocated for an anti-racist framework at her job. She was subsequently harassed, and her home was threatened, forcing the family to move.
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$3000 for school tuition for two kids, ages 12 and 16, whose mother was fired for advocating for the needs of her marginalized students.
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