$5552 for therapy for three daughters ages four to 15 whose mom, a longtime movement leader in the U.S. and abroad, faced serious attacks from law enforcement for her efforts to expose the judicial abuse and corruption women experienced seeking legal support as survivors of domestic violence.

$3000 for the three and nine year-old children of an educator and social innovator who was fired, lost multiple contracts and faced public and professional scorn for calling out anti-Blackness in educational frameworks.

$2305 for tuition and martial arts for the 10 and 13 year-old sons of a leading prisoners’ rights and anti-death penalty activist. As a result of his work, he has been arrested numerous times, placed on a domestic terrorist watch list and had his family placed under surveillance.

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.

A $1000 TAY Development Grant for a 21-year old transgender college student who was stripped of her rosary and imprisoned in a men’s ward after using the women’s restroom in a state capitol building in defiance of unjust policies; she had sent letters to state lawmakers notifying them of her protest and asking them to reconsider transphobic laws.

$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.

$6000 for childcare and recreational activities for three children, ages six to 14, whose mom faced harassment and surveillance for advocating for political prisoners unjustly targeted in the U.S. “war on terror.”

$5700 for music equipment, tutoring, therapy and two Carry it Forward (CIF) awards for five children, ages seven to 21, from three families whose parents were fired for advocating for racial justice and free press rights.

$1500 for tutoring for the 11-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 and art class for the three year-old son whose father is in prison 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.