Fall 2004 Grantee List

Securing Peace and Justice, Resisting Militarism

• Nodutdol $10,000-Action Grant www.nodutdol.org

  To continue our NYC-focused anti-oppression and anti-militarism work; to coordinate a national conference of Korean American organizations working to combat U.S. militarism abroad and oppression at home; and to launch Stepping Stone, a progressive public school that addresses the needs of youth of color through a community organizing model.

• Pa'lo Monte $5,000 Justice Grant www.palomonte.org

  To unify NYC's Dominican and Haitian community and resist existing oppression through workshops, performances and letures which connect with local community social justice events.

• Rise Up Radio $5,000 Justice Grant

  To recruit and train new youth collective members to lead our hour-long public affairs program on WBAI; develop an outreach plan to attract new listeners; and educate our members on key issues such as youth military recruitment.

Protecting Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights

• Andolan $10,000 Action Grant www.andolan.net

  To expose and curtail poor treatment of female South Asian workers through direct action and legal strategies; and to gain insight into conditions at job sites through our peer education model of training and outreach.

• FIERCE! $10,000 Action Grant www.fiercenyc.org

  To halt displacement of LGBTSTQ youth from the Christopher Street Pier through the Save Our Space Campaign; to document police harassment and racial/gender profiling of our youth; and to produce media works which highlight issues of concern to LGBTSTQ youth of color.

• Picture the Homeless $10,000 Action Grant

  To advocate for the de-criminalization of homeless people in public spaces, the conversion of vacant property into housing for the homeless, and the availability of respectful and multi-racial emergency services and shelters; and to pass a Homeless Bill of Rights.

Ending Institutional Racism and Discrimination

• AWAAM: Arab Women Active in the Arts and Media $5,000 Justice Grant www.awaam.org

  To support our art and media programming at El Noor School, a local Muslim school for girls; and to produce new media pieces that address critical issues, such as the negative portrayal of Arabs by mainstream media.

• Jews for Racial and Economic Justice- JFREJ $5,000 Justice Grant www.jfrej.org

  To organize synagogue-affiliated groups in support of domestic workers' rights as part of the Shalom Bayit campaign; to organize local immigrant Jews combating issues such as racial profiling; and to building the skills, political analysis and confidence of our membership.

• Joy of Resistance $5,000 Justice Grant

  The group's mission is to cover and report on the worldwide struggle for the full liberation of women, especially women of color, and help build a truly multi-cultural feminist movement. The grant will support media training for five young women of color, increased programming and development of an interactive website that contains shows for download and links to activist websites.

• Malcolm X Grassroots Movement $10,000 Action Grant www.mxgm.org

  To introduce critical-thinking skills as a gateway to organizing work through our Youth Leadership Program; and to bring awareness to police misconduct and provide support for victims through the People's Self-Defense Campaign.

• Mosholu Woodlawn South Community Coalition $10,000 Action Grant

  To host one-on-one trainings that increase our members' ability to take on leadership roles, sustain and expand our tenant organizing, and continue our campaign to halt the creation of a water filtration plant in the Bronx's Van Cortlandt Park.

• United Sikhs in Service of America $5,000 Justice Grant www.unitedsikhs.org

  To assist low-income, immigrant, primarily South Asian communities in improving their economic status, combating anti-immigrant policy, and ending violence both within and without their community; and to support our technical assistance programming, youth camp and domestic violence work.

Ensuring Economic Justice

• Association for Union Democracy $10,000 Action Grant www.uniondemocracy.org

  To strengthen the labor movement as a force for equality and social justice; provide support to members seeking to be represented in the leadership of their unions; ensure contract enforcement; and combat the use of intimidation as a technique to prevent members from receiving fair and equal union benefits.

• Esperanza del Barrio $10,000 Action Grant esperanzadelbarrio.org

  To empower Latina immigrants and their families through grassroots organizing, political/legal education and leadership development programs; to support our campaign to improve working conditions for street vendors; and to develop leadership and increase membership within the organization.

• Hester Street Collaborative $5,000 Justice Grant www.leroystreetstudio.com

  To support the creation of the Economic Justice Center, a center for worker organizing that will be shaped physically and programmatically through a participatory visioning process with workers, community leaders and neighbors.

• Voces Latinas $5,000 Justice Grant

  To train peer counselors to do outreach, education, organizing and preparation for our bilingual HIV Forum, an annual event which empowers HIV-positive Latinas in western Queens so that they may access health services, reestablish a positive sense of self, and educate others on preventing HIV.

• Women's HIV Collaborative $5,000 Justice Grant www.womenscollaborative.com

  To support the NYC Women and HIV Resources Report, a pamphlet and series of focus groups that will inform a public policy and advocacy campaign for healthcare that meets the needs of HIV-infected women; and to continue our work promoting woman-centered models of treatment, increased funding for women's services, and social policies that support women's reproductive rights.