$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.
$1000 for dance and kickboxing classes for the nine year-old girl whose mom went public about being stopped by a Customs and Border Patrol agent because she was speaking Spanish. She took legal action and had to move to escape the harassment she endured for speaking out.
(Bruce Miller Legacy Fund Grant) $1000 for school supplies for an 18-year-old Black student in a majority-white school who filed a civil rights lawsuit after a teacher shoved and berated her for declining to say the pledge of allegiance.
$8700 for homeschooling expenses and two CIF awards for seven children, ages 10 to 23, from two 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 music equipment, tutoring and therapy for four children, ages six to 18, 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 gymnastics 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.