Recent Grantees
Fall 2003 General Grants Cycle Grantees GEORGIA
Charis Circle Atlanta,GA $4000 General support to organized a diverse spectrum of people in the Atlanta area to discuss and work for personal liberation and social justice.
Georgia Poultry Justice Alliance Atlanta, GA $5000 General support to continue the multi-faceted work of PJA. More specifically for their environmental initiative concerning how the poultry plants and industry could commit to improved environmentally sound decision-making and activities.
Grassroots Empowerment Alliance of Rome,Rome, GA$5000Project support for programs the promote community organizing in the working class community Lindale in Rome Georgia.
Latinos United of Carroll County,Carrolton, GA$2500General support to help organize the growing Latino population of Carroll County, help them fight against, police profiling, discrimination, worker’s rights and empowerment. Sagal RadioDecatur, GA$2500General support to continue their efforts to empower, educate and organize the ever-growing Somalian population in the Atlanta metro area.
NORTH CAROLINA Agricultural Resource and Pesticide Center Raleigh, NC$2000Project Support for the Drift Water Project that locates, educates and organizes communities affected by pesticide drift using our toll-free hotline.
El Eco De Las MontanasAsheville, NC$2500To help support the expenses associated with printing and distributing El Eco De Las Montanas, the only Spanish language newspaper open to Latino participation and solely controlled by Latino decision-makers. Mekye CenterDurham, NC$3000General support to help programs that dispel preconceived prejudices of children, more specifically African American children, with learning disabilities.
Public Service Workers UnionPikeville, NC$5000To combine organizing with a legal strategy to appeal that prohibition and to replace it with affirmative protections for workers’ rights. Southeast Regional Economic Justice NetworkDurham, NC$5000Project support for an emergency organizing campaign in Cabarrus County that aims to reduce racial tension and rivalry by involving African Americans and Latinos in joint organizing for dislocated worker benefits, jobs and justice.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Carolina Peace Resource CenterColumbia, SC$2500General support to continue work for peace and social justice. This work includes but is not limited to fighting against nuclear energy, Latin American Peace and Protection Projects, and addressing issues of the Middle East.
2003 Special Environmental Cycle Grantees
Canoochee Riverkeeper
•
Swainsboro GA
Catawba-Wateree Relicensing Coalition
Community Organizing for Rights &
Empowerment Holly Hill, SC
Coosa River Basin • Rome GA
Georgia African American Environmental
Justice Network • Atlanta, GA
Soque River Watershed
Association
South Carolina Forest Watch •
Westminster, SC
Wilderness Southeast • Savannah, GA Spring 2003 General Grants Cycle Grantees
Athens Living Wage Campaign •
Athens, GA
Center for Education Equality •
Greenville, SC
Eastern North Carolina Workers •
Fayetteville, NC
Gainesville Area Citizen Advocacy,
Gainsville, GA
Georgia Coalition of Black Women •
Atlanta, GA
Georgia Employee Federation •
Atlanta, GA
In The Life • Atlanta, GA
Lesbian & Gay Community of Charlotte
McIntosh SEED • Darien, GA
Morningside Community Development
Association • Anderson, SC
PRO Hampton County, Varnville, SC
SouthStar Community Development
Corporation • Atlanta, GA
SURGE • Chapel Hill, NC
Triangle Disability Advocates •
Raleigh, NC
We Are Family • Charleston, SC
Youth Creating Change • Chapel Hill,
NC
Asheville Team MedicsAsheville, NC$500First aid and safety training and emergency medical care to activists before, during and after public protests and demonstrations.
Asheville Community Resource Center Asheville, NC$700A space for social justice groups and folk dedicated to community building and economic empowerment. Asheville Free SchoolAsheville, NC$500Working to provide a healthy educational experience for individuals wanting to learn without intervention from the state and federal departments of education.
Bread for the World Washington, DC$2000Nationwide Christian movement that seeks justice for the world’s hungry people by lobbying our nation’s decision makers.
Carolina Justice Policy Center Durham, NC $800 Fighting for fair and effective solutions to North Carolina’s criminal justice problems.
Center for Action and Social AssistanceMorganton, NC$500General support their efforts to promote tolerance and unity of the immigrant community with the exiting community of Morganton, NC.
Community Supported Development Asheville. NC $434 To promote sustainable development in Asheville by means of broad based education and encouraging involvement from the residents in decision-making efforts.
El Porvenir Sacramento, CA$2000Fighting for sustainable development in Nicaragua.
Highlander Research and Education Center New Market, TN$2000Organizing workers, grassroots leaders, educators and researchers to address the most pressing social environmental an economic issues facing the people of the South.
Mary Knoll Mission of the Faithful Maryknoll, NY$2000Programs that Help to support small farmers and rural folk in Latin America.
National Farm Workers Ministry St Louis, MO$1000Fighting for worker’s rights, and justice for farm workers.
Open Door CommunityAtlanta, GA$3000General support for their efforts to assist and minister to the homeless, fight for fair housing and a living wage for all Atlantans.
Presbyterian Church of the USALouisville, KY$2000General support for the Women’s Empowerment Program in Guatemala.
Southern Empowerment ProjectMaryville, TN$5000Training of new community organizers, activists and community leaders in the South. Tennessee Industrial Renewal NetworkNashville, TN$3000Organizing Tennesseans to make them aware of government policies, worker’s rights and campaign for better government programs.
Women’s Alliance for New Directions (WAND) Arlington, MA $2000 Empowers women to act politically to reduce violence and militarism, and to redirect military resources to unmet human and environmental needs.
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