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

$5000

Project support for programs the promote community organizing in the working class community Lindale in Rome Georgia.

Latinos United of Carroll County,

Carrolton, GA

$2500

General support to help organize the growing Latino population of Carroll County, help them fight against, police profiling, discrimination, worker’s rights and empowerment.

Sagal Radio

Decatur, GA

$2500

General 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

$2000

Project 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 Montanas

Asheville, NC

$2500

To 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 Center

Durham, NC

$3000

General support to help programs that dispel preconceived prejudices of children, more specifically African American children, with learning disabilities.

Public Service Workers Union

Pikeville, NC

$5000

To combine organizing with a legal strategy to appeal that prohibition and to replace it with affirmative protections for workers’ rights.

Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network

Durham, NC

$5000

Project 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 Center

Columbia, SC

$2500

General 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
$10,000

Catawba-Wateree Relicensing Coalition
Charlotte, NC
$5,000

Community Organizing for Rights & Empowerment Holly Hill, SC
$10,000

Coosa River Basin • Rome GA
$5,000

Georgia African American Environmental Justice Network • Atlanta, GA
$5,000

Soque River Watershed Association
Clarkesville, GA
$4,660

South Carolina Forest Watch • Westminster, SC
$10,000

Wilderness Southeast • Savannah, GA
$5,340

Spring 2003 General Grants Cycle Grantees

Athens Living Wage Campaign • Athens, GA
$3,000

Center for Education Equality • Greenville, SC
$4,000

Eastern North Carolina Workers • Fayetteville, NC
$2,000

Gainesville Area Citizen Advocacy, Gainsville, GA
$1,500

Georgia Coalition of Black Women • Atlanta, GA
$1,500

Georgia Employee Federation • Atlanta, GA
$2,000

In The Life • Atlanta, GA
$2,000

Lesbian & Gay Community of Charlotte
$1,500

McIntosh SEED • Darien, GA
$3,000

Morningside Community Development Association • Anderson, SC
$4,000

PRO Hampton County, Varnville, SC
$1,500

SouthStar Community Development Corporation • Atlanta, GA
$2,000

SURGE • Chapel Hill, NC
$2,000

Triangle Disability Advocates • Raleigh, NC
$3,000

We Are Family • Charleston, SC
$3,000

Youth Creating Change • Chapel Hill, NC
$3,500

Donor Advised Grants

Asheville Team Medics

Asheville, NC

$500

First aid and safety training and emergency medical care to activists before, during and after public protests and demonstrations.

Asheville Community Resource Center

Asheville, NC

$700

A space for social justice groups and folk dedicated to community building and economic empowerment.

Asheville Free School

Asheville, NC

$500

Working 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

$2000

Nationwide 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 Assistance

Morganton, NC

$500

General 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

$2000

Fighting for sustainable development in Nicaragua.

Highlander Research and Education Center

New Market, TN

$2000

Organizing 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

$2000

Programs that Help to support small farmers and rural folk in Latin America.

National Farm Workers Ministry

St Louis, MO

$1000

Fighting for worker’s rights, and justice for farm workers.

Open Door Community

Atlanta, GA

$3000

General 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 USA

Louisville, KY

$2000

General support for the Women’s Empowerment Program in Guatemala.

Southern Empowerment Project

Maryville, TN

$5000

Training of new community organizers, activists and community leaders in the South.

Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network

Nashville, TN

$3000

Organizing 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.