Activist Mother Loses Work
$3000 for DJ equipment and dance classes for the 13 and 18 year-old sisters whose mom advocated against racism and rape culture in schools. In retaliation, she lost important contracts with the local… Read More
Human Rights
OK
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Targeted
$11,840 for school supplies and camps 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… Read More
Immigrants' Rights
Location Withheld
Dad Targeted While in Sanctuary
$2200 for driver’s ed and a CIF award for two siblings, ages 16 and 21, whose father is an immigrants’ rights leader. Since being denied a stay of deportation and entering sanctuary, DHS and ICE… Read More
Immigrants' Rights
Location Withheld
Father Deported
$2000 for school supplies for the 18 year-old girl whose father was detained and deported in an apparent act of retaliation for his years of leadership within the immigrants’ rights movement.
Immigrants' Rights
Location Withheld
Mom Fights Workplace Discrimination
$6000 for sports programs for four children ages seven to 16 whose mother was harassed and fired for forming a group within her workplace for employees to share stories of workplace discrimination… Read More
Labor & Economic Justice
TX
Mom Fired for Advocacy
$4000 for school tuition for two kids, ages 13 and 17, whose mother was fired for advocating for the needs of her marginalized students.
Labor & Economic Justice
GA
Educator Fired and Harassed
$3000 for tutoring for the two children, ages 12 and 18, whose mother, a teacher, fought for the well-being of all students after her young autistic child was physically assaulted by a school aide.… Read More
Labor & Economic Justice
AL
Mother Fired for Advocating for Anti-Racist Workplace
$3000 for track 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… Read More
Labor & Economic Justice
TX
Union Organizer Fired
$1000 for school tuition for the 12-year-old daughter whose mother was fired for organizing a union at her Starbucks.
Labor & Economic Justice
TN
Children and Parents Working Together for Peace
$14,650 for a wide range of programs for 10 children, ages seven to 20, from four families in pacifist communities. Their parents have engaged in peaceful anti-war protests and many have been… Read More
Peace
WA
Support for Children of Torture Survivors
Bruce Miller Legacy Fund Grant: $5000 for a group grant for occupational therapy and enrichment activities for kids whose activist parents survived torture in their home countries. The program serves… Read More
Peace
IL
Peace Activist Doxxed
$3000 for dance, karate and camp for the six and 10 year-old children whose mother was arrested and then doxxed for peacefully occupying the property of a major weapons manufacturer to protest the… Read More
Peace
ME
Peace Activist’s Vehicle Vandalized
$2000 for soccer and tutoring for the 16-year-old grandson whose grandmother (with whom he lives part time) travels the U.S. advocating for social justice. In response to her activism, her vehicle… Read More
Peace
GA
Mothers Threatened for Helping Prisoners
$6600 for school and sports expenses and a CIF award for five children, ages 11 to 20, from two families. Their mothers have been denied jobs or threatened with prosecution for advocating for… Read More
Prisoners' Rights/ U.S. Political Prisoners
NY
Sons of Political Prisoners Targeted
$6000 for school tuition and academic enrichment camps for four children, ages 14 to 19, from two families. Both fathers, themselves the sons of political prisoners, have experienced harassment and… Read More
Prisoners' Rights/ U.S. Political Prisoners
PA
Former Political Prisoners Continue the Fight
$3500 for orchestra, camp and sports for three children, ages 16 and 17, from two families. Their fathers were incarcerated for anti-apartheid and anti-racist efforts, and both continue to face… Read More
Prisoners' Rights/ U.S. Political Prisoners
MA
Fathers Fired and Harassed for Organizing
$14,400 for tuition and sports programs and two CIF awards for ten children, ages two to 18, from four families. The fathers all lost their jobs or faced police harassment for their public-facing… Read More
Racial Justice
GA
Parents Threatened by Police
$9100 for film and photography supplies, cultural programming and a CIF award for six children, ages one to 22, from two related families. Their parents have been threatened and one has been jailed… Read More
Racial Justice
OR