$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 antiracism organizing work.
$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 because of their work for racial and gender justice.
$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 and universities and have been harassed and/or have lost their jobs as a result of their organizing.
$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 reform and racial justice. They have received death threats, attention from white supremacists and pressure to relocate their families.
$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 allegiance.
$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 years in jail.
$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.
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 community.
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 sympathizers.
$15,000 for tuition and sports programs for ten children, ages two to 18, from five families. The fathers all lost their jobs or faced police harassment for their public-facing antiracism organizing work.