Casa Atabex Achè runs a women's clinic in the South Bronx that provides alternative healthcare for young women of color. Through three holistic programs that integrate intensive personal development and collective political education, Casa provides the opportunities and resources for the womyn of Mott Haven to reclaim their bodies, minds and spirits and, as a consequence, their rights. Link: Casa Atabez Achè
Casa Atabez Achè was funded in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. They are based in the Northeast and work in Arts & Culture, Community Health & Healing, Organizing & Advocacy and Racial Justice.
COLOR is dedicated to protecting and promoting Latina reproductive health and justice by engaging young Latinas and their families in education, civic participation, leadership opportunities, and social change activism. COLOR utilizes accessible issues like teen pregnancy prevention, family health, and Latina civic participation as entry points to engage young Latinas and their families in advocacy for social and reproductive justice. In the 2010 election, COLOR’s base-building and organizing strategy was critical in defeating a number of conservative ballot measures, including fetal personhood and “fiscal reform” initiatives. Link: Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity & Reproductive Rights
COLOR was funded in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the West and work in Comprehensive Sex Education, Immigrant Rights, Organizing & Advocacy, Racial Justice and Reproductive Justice utilizing Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
Desiree Alliance develops tools and trainings to help sex workers across the United States advocate for themselves. The grant funded their board development as they plan for their second national conference. Link: Desiree Alliance
Desiree Alliance was funded in 2006. They are based in the Midwest and work in Sex Work & Sex Trade.
Different Avenues strives to protect the health, rights and safety of girls and women of color who engage in alternative economies and activities and are affected by systemic and interpersonal violence and health disparities. By developing leaders and providing harm reduction services, Different Avenues seeks to strengthen and support girls and women of color who engage in survival strategies and build their power within the reproductive justice movement. In 2011, Different Avenues will be one of the lead US-based organizers in preparation for the International AIDS Conference in 2012, working to ensure the representation of sex workers’ concerns and strategies in that space. Link: Different Avenues
Different Avenues was funded in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Northeast and work in Anti-Violence, Criminal/Legal System, Harm Reduction, Policy Advocacy and Sex Work & Sex Trade utilizing Direct Services, Leadership Development and Research.
Based in Oakland, CA, is the nation's first national talkline to cater to the emotional needs of women after an abortion. In 2007, Exhale trained over 90 volunteers to staff the post-abortion talkline and has significantly expanded their hours, multi-lingual accessibility, and geographic range since Third Wave first funded them. Link: Exhale
Exhale was funded in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. They are based in the West and work in Community Health & Healing.
Kalpulli Izkalli is an intergenerational resource and action center dedicated to transforming the health and environment of communities of color in New Mexico. Kalpulli Izkalli centers the needs of under-resourced women and families and uses the provision of traditional health and healing services as an entry point to leadership within the organization, community, and reproductive justice movement. Kalpulli Izkalli is a leader in community education around midwifery, birthing practices, and the dangers of environmental toxins. Link: Kalpulli Izkalli
Kalpulli Izkalli was funded in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the West and work in Birthing Rights, Community Health & Healing, Environmental Justice, Organizing & Advocacy, Racial Justice and Reproductive Justice utilizing Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
Khmer Girls in Action (KGA) empowers young women of Cambodian and Southeast Asian descent in Long Beach, California to be leaders within the reproductive justice movement. As they move along KGA’s leadership development pipeline, members are equipped with the necessary educational tools and organizing skills to create positive change in their communities. Alongside their young women’s program, KGA is preparing to launch an 8-week pilot Young Men’s Empowerment Program in 2011. The program seeks to develop male leaders and prepare them with political knowledge to challenge patriarchy and become strong allies within the reproductive justice movement. Link: Khmer Girls in Action
Khmer Girls in Action was funded in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the West and work in Community Health & Healing, Criminal/Legal System, Immigrant Rights, Organizing & Advocacy and Racial Justice utilizing Leadership Development, Political/Peer Education and Research.
Los Angeles Indigenous People’s Alliance educates low-income young women on cultural preservation, leadership, and reproductive health for indigenous communities. With support from Third Wave, LAIPA has organized its youth members to combat sexual violence and anti-immigrant backlash. Link: Los Angeles Indigenous People's Alliance
Los Angeles Indigenous People's Alliance was funded in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. They are based in the West and work in Racial Justice and Sexual Violence.
Movement Strategies Center Scholarships ensured that young women and transgender youth of color were able to attend a Sustainable Organizing Training. Link: Movement Strategies Center Scholarships
Movement Strategies Center Scholarships was funded in 2006. They are based in the Nationwide and work in LGBTQ Rights and Racial Justice.
New Voices Pittsburgh (NVP) is a human rights activist organization led by and for women of color. NVP elevates the powerful voices of women of color ages 12-35 through social justice activism, civic engagement and leadership development. NVP promotes cross-movement collaboration through hosting reproductive justice ally trainings and dialogues on challenging homophobia in Black communities. NVP recently launched the SistahSpeak Youth Project, a six-week curriculum for young women who want to organize for reproductive justice. As a direct result of their FOCUS on Women Campaign, the Pennsylvania Senate passed "The Healthy Birth for Incarcerated Women Act,” a bill that prohibits the shackling of incarcerated women during childbirth. Link: New Voices Pittsburgh
New Voices Pittsburgh was funded in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Northeast and work in Criminal/Legal System, Human Rights, Organizing & Advocacy, Racial Justice and Reproductive Justice utilizing Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
Strong college sexual assault policies are a key element in the prevention of sexual assault. Despite the well-known prevalence of sexual violence among college students, current college sexual assault policies commonly lack primary prevention efforts and due process procedures, exclude student input, traumatize survivors, and ignore disparate treatment of survivors and assailants based on gender, class, race, sexual orientation, and disability. Committed to social change through community mobilization, Students Active For Ending Rape arms students with the tools needed to mobilize communities and make lasting change on campus. Link: SAFER
SAFER was funded in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. They are based in the Northeast and work in Anti-Violence and Sexual Violence.
Sistas on the Rise advocates for quality education for teen parents and expecting mothers as a way of building leadership among young mothers and reducing poverty and unintended pregnancies. SOTR continues to build trust and community as they assess factors that impact and/or impede the educational access and achievement of young mothers, including the closing of "pregnant and parenting schools" in New York City. Link: Sistas on the Rise
Sistas on the Rise was funded in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. They are based in the Northeast and work in Community Health & Healing and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights.
The Young Women’s Empowerment Project (YWEP) is a youth leadership organization grounded in harm reduction and social justice organizing by and for girls and young women, including transgender women (ages 12-23) impacted by the sex trade and street economies. In 2011 YWEP will continue to operate the Bad Encounter Line, through which girls and young women can report their experiences with institutional violence. Through the Chicago Task Force for Homeless, Homefree and Street Based Youth, YWEP will help author and promote the adaptation of a Street Youth Bill of Rights among youth-serving organizations in Chicago. Link: Young Women’s Empowerment Project
Young Women’s Empowerment Project was funded in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Midwest and work in Community Health & Healing, Criminal/Legal System, Harm Reduction, Organizing & Advocacy and Sex Work & Sex Trade utilizing Leadership Development, Political/Peer Education and Research.
Youth Transgender and Intersex Educational Services provides education for and ensures a level of competency among reproductive health care providers and social service agencies that serve transgender and intersex youth. With this grant, Youth TIES will provide trainings to middle and high school students in the greater San Francisco Bay Area around issues of accessibility and respect for their TGIQ peers. Link: Youth TIES
Youth TIES was funded in 2006. They are based in the West and work in LGBTQ Rights and Reproductive Justice.