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Grant Recipients List for the 3rd Quarter, 1996A'TOLL, Inc. $10,000768 Virginia North Bend, OR 97459 A'TOLL designs and implements innovative, alternative methods of affordable housing development. The housing is non-dependent on government subsidies, on-going grants or tax dollars for its perpetual use.They are able to accomplish this by rehabilitating existing buildings using little or no debt service, community-based low- or no-cost labor and relying on residents to manage and operate the buildings. California Indian Basketweavers Association $8,000 16894 China Flats Road Nevada City, CA 95959 CIBA works to seek adequate access to basketweaving material gathering sites, the promotion of traditional plant management practices, and the elimination of the use of pesticides where they impact traditional resources of Native people. Center for Immigrants Rights $10,000 48 St. Marks Place New York, NY 10003 The Immigrant Women's Mobilization Project brings together CIR's policy work, grassroots organizing efforts, public education activities, and advocacy work to fight current anti-immigration legislation, protect immigrant women who are victims of domestic abuse and educate them about their rights, and organize and educate immigrant women household workers. Great Bear Foundation $4,000 PO Box 1289 Bozeman, MT 19771-1289 Dedicated to world-wide preservation of all eight species of wild bears and their ecosystems and habitats, the GBF is spearheading the U.S. Sanctuary for the Spirit Bear campaign. The campaign is an effort to mobilize citizens to pressure the British Columbian government to designate a 655,000 acre Wilderness Park to protect the rare white American Black Bear and it's habitat from devestation due to clearcut logging and trophy hunting. Gwich'in Steering Committee $10,000 PO Box 202768 Anchorage, AK 99520 The GSC are engaged in an ongoing struggle to protect their native homeland, the Arctic Wildlife Refuge.The Refuge is currently under threat of development for oil extraction, and is home to the Porcupine Caribou upon which the Gwich'in people are dependent for their subsistence and survival. Military Toxics Project $7,500 PO Box 246 Norway, ME 04268 MTP is a national organization working to unite and support grassroots groups organized around cleanup of military pollution. The Community Exchange Program will network MTP's members with their peers to share organizational and technical expertise. Oakland ACORN $10,000 1611 Telegraph Ave Suite 812 Oakland, CA 94612 The Jobs & Living Wage Campaign will train and mobliize a constitutency of low income residents, the unemployed and low-wage workers to fight for requirements that businesses receiving subsidies or city contracts pay a livng wage and hire Oakland residents. Okanogan Highlands Alliance $8,000 PO Box 163 Tonasket, WA 98855 OHA is dedicated to educating the public about the environmental and economic threats of chemical leach mining. They are specifically working to fight against the Battle Mountain Gold MIne Co.'s proposed open-pit cyanide-leach gold mine on Buckhorn Mountain. Police-Barrio Relations Project $7,500 2853 North 5th Street Philadelphia,PA 19133 PBRs mission is to improve relations between the Latino community and the police by empowering community residents with an understanding of their civil rights, and at the same time empowering police officers with a better appreciation and understanding of the Latino community. United for a Fair Economy $5,000 37 Temple Place, 5th floor Boston, MA 02111 UFE provides popular education forums, workshops, publications and actions to educate fthe public about the growing gap between the rich and poor in our society. Funds were provided for the "Fighting the Backlash" project, which will provide disenfranchised groups with the tools they need to reframe the debate about the U.S. economy. Chinese Community Health Education Council $950 St. Mary's Hospital Asian Program 450 Stanyan San Francisco, CA 94117 The goal of the Domestic Violence Education Campaign for the Monolingual Chinese Community is to inform the community that abusive behaviors that are justified as "rights" or "responsibilities" in the Chinese culture are considered abuse in the U.S. The community-wide campaign will involve articles, posters, video and a one-day conference. Domestic Violence Initiative for Women with Disabilities $1,000 PO Box 300535 Denver, CO 80303 This community education program includes technical assistance, education, and awareness trainings for those agencies and individuals who work with battered women and those who work with women with disabilities, in order to help each serve battered women with disabilities more effectively. Funds were provided to help support the position of a community organizer. Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia $750 1924 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 The Home Energy Safety Program provides trained volunteers to twice a year prepare the homes of low-income elderly persons for the extreme temperatures of summer and winter. They install basic energy conservation materials and demonstrate simple energy-saving techniques. They also install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Funds provided to purchase tool kits for the volunteers. Foundation for Children with AIDS $973 1800 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA 02119 Funds were provided for the peer Teen HIV/AIDS Training program, wherein ten 14-19 year olds learn a curriculum covering 1) anatomy, HIV/AIDs, STDs and Sexuality; 2) skills to reduce risk of HIV infection; and 3) strategies which encourage peer support for abstinence and/or safer sex practices. The Lane House $1,000 28 Prospect Eureka Springs, AR 72632 The Mentoring Project matches dissafected young people with successful adult artisans and business people from the community. The goal of the project is to inspire creativity and teach success skills to these young people, forging a link between the youth and adults of the community. |