$8100 for educational and sports programs and a CIF award for six children, ages five to 20, from three families who have spent years organizing against environmental racism in their communities and as a result faced targeting by employers and police.
$8000 for Model UN summer programs and homeschooling expenses for four children, ages three to 15, from two families. Their parents helped disrupt pipeline operations and bring attention to the impact of the fossil fuel industry. One parent was physically assaulted and another faced felony charges.
$2000 for tuition for the 16 year-old daughter of a longtime environmentalist and organizer. Her activist father has been called a domestic terrorist, threatened with imprisonment and subjected to multiple FBI raids for his efforts to save the planet.
$1500 for homeschooling support for a 17 year-old who was expelled from school and harassed after he began a public protest every Friday afternoon to raise awareness of global heating.
A $1000 TAY Development Grant for a 24 year-old activist who was indicted under RICO and charged with domestic terrorism for their work to stop the construction of Cop City, a massive police training complex set to be built on sacred forests and in the middle of a largely Black community.
$14,500 for tuition, music lessons and therapy for nine children, ages 11 to 16, from four families fighting for transgender rights. In response to the public-facing activism of the parents and their children, they received hate messages from around the world and some were swarmed by violent counter-protesters. One family had to relocate to an asylum state for trans youth.
$5100 for camp and related travel for three daughters ages four to 16 whose mom, a longtime movement leader in the U.S. and abroad, faced serious attacks from law enforcement for her efforts to expose the judicial abuse and corruption women experienced seeking legal support as survivors of domestic violence.
$2000 for school tuition for a 14 year-old boy whose mom faced harassment as a result of her fight for reproductive justice.
$1500 for equine therapy for the 18 year-old daughter whose mother, an LGBTQIA+ rights activist, was threatened by the state with the removal of one of her children because of her organizing.
$6600 for summer camps, educational and sports activities and a CIF award for five children, ages nine to 19, from three families whose parents fled their home countries for the U.S. after their human rights activism put them in immediate danger.