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ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS

Father Fights To Expose Corruption and Pollution

$4000 for education and sports supplies for four children, ages three to 15, whose dad has been denied employment ever since his name was leaked as an opponent of the enormous and powerful landfill company that is polluting a rural, mostly Black town.

Funding cycle
Fall 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
AL
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Indigenous Activist’s Son Framed

$1200 for two Carry it Forward awards for the 18 and 22-year-old children of an Indigenous Hawaiian sovereignty activist whose son was threatened and baselessly accused of criminal activity due to his mother’s work to defend the land and its Indigenous residents

Funding cycle
Fall 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
HI
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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 or imprisoned for their organizing work.

Funding cycle
Fall 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
NY
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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 have faced targeting by employers and police.

Funding cycle
Fall 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
AL
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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 impact of the fossil fuel industry. One parent was physically assaulted, another faced felony charges and a third was forced to relocate.

Funding cycle
Fall 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
WI
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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

Funding cycle
Fall 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
WI
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Attica Prison Visit

$2000 for an Attica Grant to allow the grandchildren and great grandchildren of an Indigenous political prisoner to visit their relative as he serves two life sentences for his role in the American Indian Movement.

Funding cycle
Fall 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
ND
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Parents Fight to Protect Environment

$19,380 for a broad range of programs and two Carry it Forward (CIF) awards for 14 children, ages seven to 22, from five families. Some parents were beaten and arrested while marching against environmental racism, while others were attacked or imprisoned for their organizing work.

Funding cycle
Spring 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
AR
CA
FL
GA
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Environmental Racism Protesters Targeted

$11,100 for educational services and recreational opportunities, including a CIF award, for seven children, ages two to 19, from four families who have spent years organizing against environmental racism in their communities and have faced targeting by employers and police.

Funding cycle
Spring 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
AL
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Pipeline Protestors Persecuted

$8600 for summer camp, tuition and homeschool supplies 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. One parent was physically assaulted, another faced felony charges and a third was forced to relocate.

Funding cycle
Spring 2023
Grant Tags
ENVIRONMENTAL & ANIMAL RIGHTS
Location(s)
NM
VA
WI
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