(Bruce Miller Legacy Fund Grant) $3000 for soccer and music lessons for two kids, ages 11 and 15, whose father was secretly recorded and doxxed by a fascist Youtuber. After cutting and editing together the father’s talk on organizing, the Youtuber claimed he was “calling for overthrowing the government” and began a smear campaign that led to him being fired illegally from a tenured position in academia.
$1500 for childcare and music lessons for the three year-old daughter of an award-winning professor and author who was targeted by her state’s government for “pushing radical race and gender ideology.” When her university, under government pressure, tried to fire her illegally and failed, they deemed her “unfit to serve” in order to push her out of her position indefinitely.
$8700 for homeschooling expenses, a scooter and two CIF awards for seven children, ages 11 to 24, from two related families. Their fathers spoke out against the Iraq war and were falsely accused of terrorist activity and hunted by the FBI as a result.
$6000 for travel expenses to reunite with family for three children, ages seven to 14, whose mom faced harassment and surveillance for advocating for political prisoners unjustly targeted in the U.S. “war on terror.”
$3600 for tutoring, therapy and a CIF award for three children, ages seven to 19, from two families whose parents were fired for advocating for racial justice and free press rights.
$2000 for dance and tutoring for the 10 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 had to move to escape the harassment she endured for speaking out.
$1500 for tutoring for the 12 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 free.
$1500 for tuition for the four year-old son whose father was imprisoned for throwing a folding chair in self defense while protesting a rally of armed and violent white supremacists in his community. Members of the rally were not charged.
A $1000 Targeted Activist Youth (TAY) Development Grant for a 22 year-old college student who, despite her status as a permanent U.S. resident, is facing deportation over her involvement in pro-Palestine protests and has sued the White House as a result.
$7500 for homeschooling expenses for five children, ages 11 to 18, from two related families. Their fathers spoke out against the Iraq war and were falsely accused of terrorist activity and hunted by the FBI as a result.