The following organizations were grantees of the Spring 2008 cycle.
Allied Media Projects
Detroit, MI - $1000
To support the Allied Media Conference: INCITE! Women/Trans People of Color Track.
http://www.alliedmediaconference.org/The Bethune House Migrant Women's Refuge, Limited
Kowloon, Hong Kong - $1412
To support a year of computer instruction and the upgrades of the computer system for the domestic migrant working women in distress.Black Lily Inc.
Philadelphia, PA - $1000
To support workshops and panels for women and girls during the 2nd Annual Black Lily Film & Music Festival.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=100306536Goodworks, Inc.
Hartford, CT - $1200
To support the Center in Hartford for New Beginnings, a program to assist non-violent female ex-offenders.
http://www.goodworksct.comHima B.
New York, NY - $1200
To support the finishing costs of the short film: Loving in the Shadows.Kiteredde Self-Help Association
Kampala, Uganda - $1500
To support the Campaign Against Widow Inheritance, Women Ritual Cleansing & HIV/AIDS Prevention.Luteete Women in Action
Kampala, Uganda - $1175
To support a 5-Day Leadership and Management Training Workshop for 40 Executive Members of 10 Community-Based Women Organizations in the Kasese District.Making It To The Finish Line
Detroit, MI - $1500
To support "A New You" Employment Readiness Program for teen moms.
http://www.mittfl.org/Mujeres Unidas de Idaho, Inc.
Boise, ID - $950
To support the 2008 MUI Training Mini-conference in Twin Falls, Idaho for Spanish speaking women who would like to become Child Care Providers.
http://www.mujeresunidasidaho.org/Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives
Seattle, WA - $1000
To support the purchase for shelving and archival material.
http://www.pnwlesbianarchives.org/St. Louis Black Gay & Lesbian Pride Committee, Inc.
St. Louis, MO - $1000
To support Sister Talk: Changing Lives One Conversation At A Time.
http://www.stlouisblackpride.org/Starlings Volleyball - Brevard County
Cocoa, FL - $400
To provide general operating support for the Volleyball League.
http://www.brevardcountystarlings.orgWomen Educational & Vocational Organization
Peshawar, Pakistan - $500
To support the campaign: Sexual Harassment - Women Say No.Women Rebel Films
Studio City, CA - $1000
To support the finishing costs of the film: Women Rebels.
http://www.womenrebels.org/
The Ellen Dougherty Activist Fund for Young Women
Bring It On
Bronx, NY - $1200 - $500 from the Ellen Dougherty Fund was supplemented by $700 from the General fund.
To support You Go Girl Go Empowerment Forums.
http://bringitonnyc.org/_wsn/page5.html
The Jeanne Meurer Fundfor Indigenous Women
Internally Displaced People's Settlement Association
Gulu, Uganda - $800 - $500 from the Jeanne Meurer Fund was supplemented by $300 from the General fund.
To purchase Basic Hand Farming Tools for the internally displaced women in refugee camps to allow them to go back and settle in their villages.
Donor Directed Funds
The Edie Windsor Fund for Old Lesbians
Bronx Community Pride Center
Bronx, NY - $940
To support the purchase outreach materials and metrocards for members of The "L" Group - Weekly Support Group Meetings.
The PatsyLu Fund for Women's Music Projects
Hooked on Drums
Chicago, IL - $1000
To support the Nankouma Drum Core Performing Ensemble, an 8-12 member girls African drumming ensemble.
http://www.hookedondrums.orgCAFÉ Revolución
Edinburg, TX - $500
To support Mujerfest, a trans and queer friendly 2-day summer festival of music, workshops, film, poetry, and art, featuring Latina issues.
http://www.caferevolucion.orgGirls Rock! DC
Washington D.C. - $1000
To provide scholarships for the 5 day summer music camp for girls ages 8-18.
http://www.girlsrockdc.orgInternational Alliance for Women in Music
Baltimore, MD - $2000
To provide travel monies for the invited composers: Hsiao-Ian Wang, Hasu Patel, and Joan Huang to attend the IAWN Beijing 2008 International Conference on Women in Music.
http://www.iawm.orgBorn to Drum Women's Drum Camp
Oakland, CA - $1000
To support the benefit concert of the Born to Drum Women's Drum Camp featuring women master drummers.
http://www.borntodrum.netTrust Life Releases
Brooklyn, NY - $500
To support the cost of music download cards for the music of the film of U People: a documentary that treats gender politics and sexuality among women of color across sexualities.
http://www.iLoveUPeople.comAmerican Virtuosi Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY - $2000
To support a concert performance of Criseyde, a new feminist opera by Alice Shields.
http://www.americanvirtuosi.org
The India Fund
Rural People Development Society
Attur, India - $1500
To support the economical empowerment of destitute women through the development of wet rice powder production and marketing.Jawahar Rural People's Development Organisation
Ami Taluk India - $1342
To support the Training and Production Unit in Basket Making for Dalit Women in remote villages of Arni Taluk.Shalom Economic & Educational Development Society (SEEDS)
Kavali, India - $1000
To support the development of the Nutritional Security Program among Tribal Women and children through Spirulina culture.Legal Education Awareness & Rural Development Society (LEARDS)
Guntur, India - $1475
To support the Women Dancers Rehabilitation Program for the girls and older women who have been contracted out to dance companies and exploited sexually at festivals, rituals and other functions.Women Welfare Organsation
Chirala, India - $1125
In 1991 manual night soil removal was banned by law. In 1993, the Safaiwala Commission was established to make money available to women for alternate occupations. However, many local governments have not enforced these laws.
To support the education of the "Scavengers" (manual night soil removal women) about their rights and to help them make use of the money available through the Safaiwala Commission for start-up funds and marketing support.
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