Fighting Racism in Education Costs Families
$6200 for education support and two CIF awards for six 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… Read More
Racial Justice
GA
Mothers Persist Despite Violent Intimidation
$5000 for homeschooling and gardening supplies, gymnastics and therapy for three children, ages six to 19, from three families. Their mothers are leaders in the fight for police reform, immigration… Read More
Racial Justice
WA
Student Activist Harassed
$2000 for school supplies for a 17-year-old Black student in a majority-white school who filed a civil rights lawsuit after a teacher shoved and berated her for declining to say the pledge of… Read More
Racial Justice
SC
Peaceful Organizer Charged
$1500 for therapy for the 17-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… Read More
Racial Justice
AZ
Students Fight for Justice in Higher Education
$1000 for a TAY Development grant for the 23 year-old college student who was beaten and charged with felonies for peacefully protesting the profound inequities in their state’s education system.
Racial Justice
FL
CIF AWARDS
$4200 for seven CIF awards for seven young adult beneficiaries from five families. Their parents are active organizers for reproductive justice, global human rights and more. One is a targeted racial… Read More
CIF
TX
Mom Fights Workplace Discrimination
$5000 for sports programs for four children, ages seven to 15, 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
Gender Justice Authors Face Bans
$3000 for sports and supplies to build a computer for two children, ages 13 and 15, whose activist parents authored a children’s book about gender-nonconforming youth that is being banned widely by… Read More
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
MA
Pro-Choice Activist Jailed
$3000 for music and arts programs for two 18 year-olds whose mom, an OB-GYN and pro-choice activist, is serving an excessive sentence of prison time and probation for spray painting the outside of a… Read More
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
FL
Family Flees Torture
$2800 for soccer, arts and crafts, and tutoring for three children ages 12 to 15 whose father was a prominent anti-torture activist in his home country until he himself was detained and tortured. The… Read More
Peace
IL
Peace Activist Doxxed
$3000 for dance, soccer and gymnastics for the five and 10 year-old children whose mother was arrested and then doxxed for peacefully occupying the property of a major weapons manufacturer to protest… Read More
Peace
ME
Journalist Attacked and Jailed
$1500 for chess club, sports and tutoring for the 11 year-old son of an antifascist organizer and independent journalist who was physically assaulted and threatened by armed Proud Boys while covering… Read More
Civil Liberties
OR
Former Political Prisoner Fights for Abolition
A $600 Carry it Forward (CIF) award for the 18 year-old whose father is a prominent former political prisoner and member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Movement. He has since become… Read More
Prisoners' Rights/ U.S. Political Prisoners
GA
Anti-Racism Organizer Fights Spurious Lawsuits
A $600 CIF award for a 24 year-old whose father is a known racial justice leader in his city. He is being targeted with a spurious lawsuit and hate mail, and the family has had to move far from their… Read More
Racial Justice
NY
Mom Fights for Police Accountability
A $600 CIF award for the 22 year-old daughter whose father was murdered by police. Her mother’s tireless fight for justice has led to years of intimidation and threats from police and police… Read More
Racial Justice
OH
Fathers Falsely Accused
$9000 for homeschooling expenses for six children, ages 10 to 18, from two families. Their fathers spoke out against the Iraq war and were falsely accused of terrorist activity and hunted by the FBI… Read More
Civil Liberties
OH
Activists Forced Out of Work
$6600 for music equipment, tutoring, therapy and a CIF award for four children, ages six to 20, from three families whose parents were fired for advocating for racial justice and free press rights.
Civil Liberties
MN
Mother Surveilled
$4000 for childcare and recreational activities for three children, ages five to 12, whose mom faced harassment and surveillance for advocating for political prisoners unjustly targeted in the U.S. “… Read More
Civil Liberties
MA