Environmental Activist & Children Threatened
$1500 for therapy for the 13-year-old son whose father and brother have faced death threats and the killing of a family dog in retaliation for their work to protect the local water basin.
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
AR
Environmental Lawyer Survives Assassination Attempt
$1600 for tutoring and a CIF award for two children, ages 17 and 21, whose father lives in exile in the U.S. He faced threats to his life for his advocacy in his home country for rural communities’… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
MA
Environmental Racism Protesters Targeted
$3800 for three children, ages three to 17, from two families. Both families have spent years organizing against environmental racism in their communities and have faced targeting by employers and… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
AL
Pipeline Protestors Targeted
$8600, including a CIF award, for six children, ages six to 19, from three families. Their parents helped disrupt pipeline operations and bring attention to the impact of the fossil fuel industry.… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
VA
Parents Fight to Protect Environment
$14,920 for a broad range of programs and one CIF award for 12 children, ages seven to 20, from four families. Some parents were beaten and arrested while marching against environmental racism,… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
CA
Journalist Stabbed
$1500 for tutoring for the eight-year-old daughter whose father, a journalist, was attacked while covering a neo-Nazi rally. He was arrested and had his camera confiscated while his attacker walked… Read More
Civil Liberties
CA
Mom Harassed
$1500 for dance and music lessons for a six-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
FBI Whistleblower Prosecuted
$4000 to support two children, ages eight and 12, whose father leaked documents that exposed racist surveillance tactics in the U.S. He was sentenced to prison and forced to liquidate all assets to… Read More
Civil Liberties
CA
Father Tortured
$6000 in homeschooling expenses for four children aged eight to 15 whose family fled the U.S. to escape the FBI’s harassment of their father for his public opposition to U.S. foreign policy in the… Read More
Civil Liberties
GA
Activists Forced out of Work
$7000 for a broad range of programs for five children, ages four to 18, from four families whose parents were fired for advocating for equity in schools, racial justice and free press rights.
MN
Community Leader Endangered
$1500 for early childhood education for the four-year-old son whose parent, a prominent leader in the Black Lives Matter movement, was followed, doxed and harassed by police and white supremacist… Read More
Racial Justice
WA
Mayor Fights to Govern
$1500 for childcare for the two-year-old daughter of a town’s first Black mayor, a longtime community activist, who has been systematically barred from assuming office. He has been locked out of city… Read More
Civil Liberties
AL
Educator Falsely Reported
$3000 for the two children, ages nine and 15, whose mother, a teacher, fought for the well-being of all students after her young autistic child was physically assaulted by an aide at school. As a… Read More
Civil Liberties
AL
Black Liberation Advocate Harrassed
$4500 for the four children, ages one through 13, whose dad comes from a long line of organizers for racial justice. After watching police attack his father, he continues his family legacy of… Read More
Racial Justice
GA
Activist Forced to Flee
$4600 for educational supplies and a Carry it Forward (CIF) award for the children (ages 12, 16 and 21) of a Middle Eastern pro-democracy activist who was threatened in her home country and forced to… Read More
Peace
NY
Mother Battles for a Safe Community
$6000 for four children, ages six to 18, whose mother is a vocal critic of environmental racism, fighting to halt construction of a corporate landfill adjacent to her family’s property. As a result… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
AL
Daughter Harassed
$4200 for recreational activities and two Carry it Forward1 (CIF) awards for four siblings, ages 16 to 22, whose family faced harassment after their mother filed a complaint to hold school personnel… Read More
CIVIL LIBERTIES
AL
Pipeline Protester Forced to Relocate
$3000 for summer camp and music lessons for two children, ages five and seven, whose mom, a water protector, was arrested for disrupting the construction of a pipeline and faced harassment by local… Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
VA