$3000 for cultural programs for the nine and 12-year-old sons whose mother created an alternative program for incarcerated communities in a federal penitentiary. She was accused of conspiring with a political prisoner and threatened with prosecution.

$3900 for tuition and four CIF awards for five children, aged 16 to 24, whose mother is an immigrants’ rights activist. Because of her organizing, her asylum case was delayed for 12 years; this caused her family great financial stress and led them to spend years unhoused.

$2000 for school tuition for the 16-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.

$1000 for tutoring for the 16-year-old son whose father spent decades litigating against a large oil company and achieved a historic victory. As a result, the company targeted him relentlessly, which has resulted in frozen assets and jail time.

$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 seek asylum in the United States.

$3000 for cultural programs for two children, ages eight and 11, whose mom created an alternative program for incarcerated individuals. She was accused of conspiring with a political prisoner and threatened with prosecution.

$3000 for school tuition for two children, ages 10 and 15, whose dad established an interfaith mosque to counteract society’s negative bias towards Muslims post-9/11. He faced harassment and detention by the FBI and local law enforcement and chose to leave the U.S. to end the persecution.

$6600 for extracurricular activities, summer camp and a CIF award for five children, ages five to 23, from three families whose parents, human rights activists, were forced to leave their home country after they faced threats and their comrades were killed or imprisoned.

$1000 for school tuition for the 15-year-old son whose family had to flee their home country after his mother and two sisters were brutalized for the mom’s work against female genital mutilation.

$2000 for educational support for the 16-year-old son whose father spent decades litigating against a large oil company and achieved a historic victory. As a result, the company has relentlessly targeted him, resulting in significant financial loss and two-plus years of house arrest and imprisonment.