#NoCopAcademy
Chicago, IL
2019
An effort led by young Black folks in Chicago to stop the construction of a $95 million police academy, and fund communities and youth instead.
Grantees
Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras
Tucson, AZ
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Our mission is to affirm the rights of indigenous peoples, their right to self determination, their collective human and civil rights, the rights of sovereignty and the protection...
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha
Minneapolis, MN
2012, 2011
CTUL organizes low-wage workers from across the Twin Cities to develop leadership and educate one another to build power and lead the struggle for fair wages, better working...
Coalition for Prisoners' Rights
Sante Fe, NM
2014, 2013, 2011
The Coalition for Prisoners' Rights fights systemic change by challenging the social and economic injustice inherent in the US punishment system. They have been publishing their Newsletter for...
Family Farm Defenders
Madison, WI
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Family Farm Defenders began as an outgrowth of two national grass-roots campaigns: demanding a national referendum to end the mandatory check-off on raw milk that funds the lobby...
Fuerza Unida
San Antonio, TX
2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Fuerza Unida is an organization led by Mexican-American women founded in 1990 by over 600 mostly women garment workers, displaced after Levi’s Strauss left the city of San...
Manidoo Ogitigaan
Bemidji, MN
2019
The mission of Manidoo Ogitigaan is to work with our communities to preserve and revitalize the Spiritual knowledge, language, culture, and ceremonies of the Anishinaabeg to improve our...
Redbird Books to Prisoners
Columbus, OH
2016
Redbird exists to further the abolition of prisons, the prison industrial complex, incarceration, slavery, carceral logics, and cages of all kinds, through prisoner direct-support as well as correspondence...
Semillas del Desierto/Desert Seeds
Flagstaff, AZ
2019
Semillas del Desierto/Desert Seeds are workers dedicated to serving the working-class community in Flagstaff who are experiencing wage theft and unfair labor practices, regardless of citizenship status. They...
Texans United for Families
Austin, TX
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Texans United for Families (TUFF) came together during the fight to end family detention at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center, just north of Austin. TUFF is a...
Texans United for Families
Austin, TX
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Texans United for Families (TUFF) came together during the fight to end family detention at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center, just north of Austin. TUFF is a...
The Prison Justice League
Austin, TX
2016, 2014
The Prison Justice League (PJL) envisions a society where the voices of all people regardless of past criminal behavior are included in efforts to create a balanced criminal...
Twin Cities Free School
St. Paul, MN
2016
The Twin Cities Free School started by two indigenous women, mothers, and community organizers. Twin Cities Free School is an independent school whose mission is to provide an...