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Grant Recipients List for the 1st Cycle, 1998American Livestock Breeds Conservancy $700PO Box 477 Pittsboro NC 27312 The ALBC is a national organization protecting nearly 100 rare breeds of catle, goats, donkeys, horses, sheep, pigs and poultry from extinction. Funds were provide in support of promoting the Dutch Belted Cattle, a rare dairy breed, best suited for the less intensive, more sustainable grass-based, pasture grazing approach to raising a dairy cow. Boston Women's Fund $7,500 BWF 14 Beacon Street, Suite 805 Boston MA 02108 The Women of Color Fundraising Institute is a joint project of Haymarket Peoples' Fund and The Boston Women's Fund. The aim of the Institute is to train 20 women of color organizers from New England in a broad curriculum of fundraising and economic literacy skills, thereby assisting the survival of women of color organizations in the region. Coalition of Montanans Concerned with Disabilities $2,000 PO Box 5679 Missoula MT 59806 General Operating Support. CMCD's mission is to promote the equal participation of all Montanans in all aspects of society through the collective empowerment of people with disabilities. CMCD works towards this vision by organizing the disability community at the grassroots level to engage in direct action campaigns designed to bring about longterm, systemic change. Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition $10,000 PO Box 18874 Denver CO 80218 Funds were provided for the Rural Leadership Training Program which trains disabled individuals in outlying areas of the state in grassroots organizing and advocacy skills order to facilitate effective social change in rural communities. Ecology Center, Inc. $4,804 801 Sherwood Street Suite B Missoula MT 59802 The Ecology Center is dedicated to protecting and restoring biodiversity and intact ecosystem worldwide, by educating the public about critical biodiversity issues and the relationship between social and ecological integrity. Funds were provided for the distribution of the documentary video "Southbound", about the wood chipping industry in the southeastern U.S., to community groups, forest protection advocates, decision-makers and the print media throughout the region. Egleston Square Neighborhood Association $7,500 3134 Washington Street Roxbury MA 02119 ESNA is a grassroots membership organization created and governed by local residents. ESNA strives to increase resident involvement in community issues through organizing and positive action. Funds were provided to help residents respond to development in the neighborhood spurred by gentrification and speculation in ways that address the problems and inequities faced by the predominately low-income and minority community members in an effort to create a vibrant and economically viable community for all residents. Irish Immigration Center $7,500 18 Tremont Street Suite 143 Boston MA 02108 The IIC mission is two-fold: to provide advice, information, advocacy,referral and support for recent immigrants; and to work to combat racism within and in response to the immigrant community. Funds were provided in support of the Anti-Racism and Immigrant Organizing Project- to extend existing programs and develop organizing strategies in collaboration with other ethnic groups. Massachusetts Jobs with Justice $7,500 5 Magazine Street Cambridge MA 02139 JwJ seeks to build a dynamic movement in which individual fights and issues are linked to a broader struggle for a community in which all of us can live with dignity and respect. General support was provided to, along with their extensive movement building work, help launch their Campaign for the Right to Organize, which will support indivual organizing efforts and raise public awareness of how workers are often denied their right to free speech and free association in the workplace. Mothers for Natural Law $10,000 PO Box 1177 Fairfield IA 52556 With the understanding that knowledge is a means to bring about change, Mothers for Natural Law is working to organize a network of trained coordinators around the country to help disseminate information in their local communities about genetically engineered foods. These coordinators will use the Consumer Right to Know petition to educate and unify their communities around the issue of genetically engineered (GE) foods and to collect a million signatures to secure the mandatory labeling of these foods. Senior Action Network (SAN) $10,000 1370 Mission Street, 3rd floor San Francisco CA 94103 SAN is an umbrella coalition of 122 member groups representing more than 27,000 seniors in San Francisco, from all neighborhoods, ethnic backgrounds and economic status. In order to maximize their constituents involvement and effectiveness, SAN has developed Senior University, a volunteer-led leadership training program designed to promote San Francisco's seniors ability to organize and advocate around issues of common interest including health care, crime prevention, transportation, pedestrian safety and housing. Currently given in English and Spanish, funds were provided to support the costs related to expand the program into Chinese and Russian languages. White Earth Land Recovery Project $7,500 Route 1 Box 291 Ponsford MN 56575 The White Earth Land Recovery Program is a reservation-based multi-issue organization which works to facilitate the recovery of the Anishinabe land in Northern Minnesota and the preservation of their culture, environment and traditional economy. Funds were provided in support of their organizing and development work to preserve the forests on the White Earth Reservation by increasing the visibility of the Native economy in the region, advocating, organizing and litigating against the impacts of unsustainable forest and land management practices on the health and economy of the Ashinabe people, and developing an alternative and culturally, economically and ecologically-sound model of forest management for the reservations of this region. |