We are excited to announce a new season of In Praxis, our podcast chronicling the stories coming out of the ecosystem of base building organizing. In season 3, we are exploring community driven strategies for food justice.
Our guests are incredible community organizers working to advance fair farming practices, community-led urban farming, and equitable food procurement and retail. These are their stories about we feed our communities with healthy, culturally appropriate, fair, and affordable food and build community power to advance health equity through food justice.
Equal Access to Abortion, Everywhere. #ActForAbortionAccess
Support the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA)— Federal legislation that advances equality, autonomy, and dignity for all people, protecting the right to access abortion care throughout the United States. Together, we can leveraging our ideas, our networks and our collective power to fight for a future where the right to abortion is guaranteed for each and every one of us.
Virtual Event: Media Justice presents "That's So Black" a content series dedicated to spotlighting Black culture on the internet in honor of Black History Month.
Workshop Series: Join The Highlander Center for The Treads workshop series which dives into grassroots community organizing for transformation. Next session is "Community Organizing" on 3/5. Register
Training: Education for Racial Equity is offering Somatic Abolitionism training courses. Training is available to the general public, and multiple offering dates include Nov 2021, and Feb, Apr, July, and Oct 2022
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Mobilize Power Fund. This rapid response fund from The Third Wave Fund is resourcing gender justice* organizations to adapt or pivot their work when met with unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats to their movement building work and organizing conditions. Grants can be made for up to $10,000 USD. Larger grants may be made on a case-by-case basis. Partnership or coalitions of two or more groups can request up to $20,000 USD. Deadline is March 1, 2022. Learn more.
Grassroots Exchange Fund. Common Counsel Foundation's rapid response fund is designed to support networking and collaboration between grassroots social change organizations throughout the United States. The fund prioritizes grants to small community-based organizations seeking to meet with each other. Typical grants are $1000. Rolling deadline, February through November. Learn more.
Gamma Mu Foundation Grants. The mission of the Gamma Mu Foundation is to make a positive difference in the lives of the LGBT community, primarily in rural and other underserved populations of the United States. Grants are awarded in the following program areas: HIV/AIDS Services, Community Services, and Research and Public Education. The grant application deadline is March 31, 2022. Learn more.
2022 Community Grants for LGBTQ+ Organizations. The Leonard-Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation's 2022 community grants support the work being done by non-profit LGBTQ+ organizations of all sizes. Submissions are on a rolling basis. Learn more.
The Strategic Opportunities Support Rapid Response Fund (SOS Fund). Circle for Justice Innovations issues micro-grants (up to $5,000) to eligible organizations addressing immediate, emergency needs and critically urgent strategic organizing opportunities in their communities. Qualifying organizations are led by and serve formerly incarcerated people and the families of those directly impacted and possess organizational budgets under $750,000. Applications are considered on a rolling basis until funds have been all granted. Learn more.
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