Mom Targeted
$1500 for dance and karate lessons for a seven-year-old girl whose mom went public about being stopped by a Customs and Border Patrol agent because she was speaking Spanish. She took legal action and… Read More
Civil Liberties
Location Withheld
Mom Organizes Against Police Violence
$1000 for therapeutic activities for the 17-year-old son whose father was killed by police; the family has had to relocate to avoid police harassment as they fight to end police shootings for good.
Civil Liberties
MN
Student Activist Harassed
$1200 for school supplies for a 16-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
Civil Liberties
SC
Mayor Fights to Govern
$1000 for childcare for the three-year-old daughter of a town’s first Black mayor, a longtime community activist, who has been systematically barred from assuming office and suspended from his EMT… Read More
Civil Liberties
AL
Parents Fight to Protect Environment
$19,000 for a broad range of programs for 13 children, ages two to 17, from six families. Some parents were beaten and arrested while marching against environmental racism, while others were attacked… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
NY
Environmental Racism Protesters Targeted
$9600 for educational and sports programs and a CIF award for seven children, ages two to 18, from three families who have spent years organizing against environmental racism in their communities and… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
AL
Pipeline Protestors Persecuted
$7100 for camps, tuition, homeschool supplies and a CIF award for six children, ages seven to 20, from three families. Their parents helped disrupt pipeline operations and bring attention to the… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
WI
Young Environmental Activist Expelled
$1500 for homeschooling support for a 15-year-old who was expelled from school and harassed after he began a public protest every Friday afternoon to raise awareness of global heating
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
WI
Reproductive Justice Organizers Threatened
$9900 for childcare, tutoring and therapy for seven children, ages three to 18, from three families that faced severe harassment and attacks as a result of their fights for reproductive justice.
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
Location Withheld
Daughter Harassed
$2100 for educational and sports supplies, including a CIF award, for the 17 and 19-year-old children whose family faced harassment after their mother held school personnel accountable for wildly… Read More
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
AL
Mother Threatened with Loss of Son
$1500 for equine therapy for the 15-year-old daughter whose mother, an LGBTQIA+ rights activist, was threatened by the state with the removal of one of her children because of her organizing.
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
OR
Teen Activist Creating Safer World
$1500 for organizing support for a 16-year-old drag performer and gender liberation activist who builds safe spaces for gender-nonconforming youth despite years of harassment.
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
NY
Mother and Daughters Assaulted
$1000 for school tuition for the 17-year-old son whose family had to flee their home country after his mother and sisters were brutalized for the mom’s work against female genital mutilation.
Gender Equality, LGBTQ, & Reproductive Rights
NY
Parents Forced to Flee
$9600 for tuition, enrichment activities, family reunification expenses and a CIF award for seven children, ages 7 to 22, from four families whose parents fled their home countries after their human… Read More
Human Rights
IL, MA, NY
Father Pushed to Leave Country
$4000 for school tuition for two children, ages 11 and 16, whose dad established an interfaith mosque to counteract society’s bias towards Muslims after 9/11. He faced harassment and detention by the… Read More
Human Rights
NY
Activist Mother Loses Work
$3400 for music lessons and DJ equipment for two siblings, ages 11 and 17, 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
$12,515 for education and sports expenses and five CIF awards for 13 children, ages four to 24, from four families. Their parents were detained, fired or targeted by ICE as a result of their work… Read More
Immigrants' Rights
Location Withheld
Mom Fights for Indigenous Rights
$3000 for sports programs for two siblings, ages eight and nine, whose mother was repeatedly stalked and threatened for her efforts to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day.
Human Rights
NM