9 Lunas provides holistic health education and skills development for the Latina community in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 9 Lunas works to build support systems, teach skills and expand resources for pregnant, birthing, and parenting Spanish-speaking Latinas.
9 Lunas was funded in 2008. They are based in the Northeast and work in Racial Justice and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights.
A Long Walk Home uses art therapy and the visual and performance arts to document, to educate and to bring about social change. Using testimonies, poetry, music, photographs, and videos of and by women and children, A Long Walk Home provides safe and entertaining forums through which the public learns about healing from trauma. One of their core programs is Girl/Friends, a multi-media art program designed specifically for adolescent girls (ages 14-19) that addresses issues of sexual assault, teenage dating violence, statutory rape, sexual harassment and sexual assault laws. Link: A Long Walk Home
A Long Walk Home was funded in 2004 and 2008. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Anti-Violence, Community Health & Healing and Sexual Violence.
Backline is dedicated to addressing the broad range of experiences and emotions surrounding pregnancy, parenting, adoption and abortion. Working from a vision of a society in which pregnancy options are discussed with openness, honesty, and the deepest respect for reproductive justice, Backline provides a forum in which women and their loved ones can engage in discussion that goes beyond political rhetoric. Backline is based in Portland, Oregon. Link: Backline
Backline was funded in 2008. They are based in the West and work in Reproductive Justice and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights utilizing Direct Services and Political/Peer Education.
The Birth Attendants tend to the physical and emotional needs of pregnant women incarcerated in the Washington state prison. Third Wave’s multi-year grants, the first foundation support received by Birth Attendants, continues to allow them to provide paid doula positions, expand family planning services, document human rights abuses and educate the wider community about the conditions and needs of incarcerated pregnant women. Link: Birth Attendants
Birth Attendants was funded in 2007, 2008 and 2009. They are based in the West and work in Reproductive Justice and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights utilizing Direct Services.
Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective, based in Brooklyn, NY and a member of the Reproductive justice Network, works to break the cycle of generational poverty among pregnant and parenting low-income mothers by helping them actively engage in improving the conditions that impact their lives. BYMC also builds leadership skills in young mothers and organizes them to improve the response of community and government agencies in addressing their needs. Link: Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective
Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective was funded in 2008. They are based in the Northeast and work in Organizing & Advocacy, Reproductive Justice and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights utilizing Leadership Development.
Through leadership development, political education, and community organizing, the Brown Boi Project cultivates spaces in which young queer womyn and men of color can explore and develop healthy frameworks of masculinity within the context of family, gender, race, sexual orientation, and class. With Third Wave’s support, the Brown Boi Project will develop a health curriculum that speaks specifically to young masculine of center womyn and gender nonconforming youth of color, and creates space for these young people within the reproductive health and justice movement. Link: Brown Boi Project
Brown Boi Project was funded in 2010. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Community Health & Healing, Economic Justice, Gender Justice, Racial Justice and Trans Health utilizing Leadership Development.
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.
CEASE & DESIST serves incarcerated girls and young women ages 10-17 in Georgia. CEASE & DESIST works to protect their human rights by curbing detrimental and excessive imprisonment through community mobilization to provide gender-specific and culturally competent effective assistance of counsel, rehabilitative programs and resources, and monitoring conditions of confinement to improve the quality of reproductive health services available to girls and women detained in penal facilities. Link: CEASE & DESIST
CEASE & DESIST was funded in 2004. They are based in the Southeast and work in Criminal/Legal System and Reproductive Justice.
The Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF) assists low-income women in obtaining safe abortion services by providing clinic referrals, negotiated discounts and financial assistance. CAF also engages young people who have used their services in public education, organizing and advocacy through the My Voice, My Choice leadership group. This capacity-building grant from Third Wave will assist CAF in developing internal leadership. Link: Chicago Abortion Fund
Chicago Abortion Fund was funded in 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Midwest and work in Community Health & Healing, Organizing & Advocacy and Reproductive Justice utilizing Direct Services, Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
Choice USA organizes young people on college campuses around the country to engage in reproductive justice campaigns that address national, state, and local policies. Choice USA's leadership training program is nationally recognized for developing young leaders and facilitating their entry into the reproductive justice movement. Recently, Choice USA members have mobilized to ensure coverage for young people under the recent healthcare reform and worked with COLOR to defeat the 2010 fetal personhood amendment introduced in Colorado, Amendment 62. Link: Choice USA
Choice USA was funded in 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Comprehensive Sex Education, Health Care Access, Organizing & Advocacy and Reproductive Justice utilizing Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM) offers legal and educational services to maintain the bond between imprisoned mothers and their children. Through their Visible Voices project CLAIM strengthens the skills of young women from 18-29yrs in treatment and correctional centers through public speaking, education of public officials and media advocacy. CLAIM is also working with other advocacy groups on a national anti-shackling initiative. Link: Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
CLAIM was funded in 2009. They are based in the Midwest and work in Criminal/Legal System, Organizing & Advocacy and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights utilizing Leadership Development.
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.
The Colorado Anti-Violence Program is a community-based organization that works to eliminate violence within and against LGBTQ communities, including internalized, interpersonal and institutional violence. Third Wave Foundation's grant is in support to the Branching Seedz of Resistance: Youth Violence Prevention Project, the first sexual violence prevention project in Colorado to center the experiences, leadership, and organizing capacity of LGBTQ high school-aged youth. Link: Colorado Anti-Violence Program
Colorado Anti-Violence Program was funded in 2010. They are based in the West and work in Anti-Violence, Community Health & Healing, LGBTQ Rights, Organizing & Advocacy and Policy Advocacy utilizing Direct Services, Leadership Development and Research.
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.
Gender JUST is a grassroots organization that seeks to build power and develop leadership among queer youth of color by organizing for racial, economic, and gender justice. Gender JUST has worked successfully within Chicago Public Schools to implement policy changes to ensure that all young people receive a safe and affirming education. With Third Wave’s support, Gender JUST will apply their successful organizing strategy towards winning comprehensive sexuality education and increased access to health resources for queer youth of color in Chicago. Link: Gender JUST
Gender JUST was funded in 2010. They are based in the Midwest and work in Anti-Violence, Comprehensive Sex Education, Gender Justice, LGBTQ Rights, Organizing & Advocacy and Racial Justice utilizing Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
Jahajee Sisters works to create a safer and more equitable society, building solidarity and fostering empowerment of women in the Indo-Caribbean community through dialogue, arts, leadership development and grassroots organizing. Link: Jahajee Sisters
Jahajee Sisters was funded in 2009. They are based in the Northeast and work in Anti-Violence utilizing Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
JASMYN offers the only teen-friendly safe space in northeast Florida for LGBTQ and gender queer youth to grow and develop their leadership and activism skills. In addition to hosting a drop-in health clinic, JASMYN runs the Gender Connections Project, which promotes wholeness and social change with transgender (including gender variant) youth through empowerment, reproductive justice awareness, education, advocacy, and support services. JASMYN’s youth leaders were instrumental in the passage of anti-harassment policy in Florida public schools. Link: Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network
JASMYN was funded in 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Southeast and work in Community Health & Healing, Gender Justice, LGBTQ Rights and Trans Health utilizing Direct Services, Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
Just Be, Inc., based in Selma, AL, helps young women who have suffered from sexual abuse, assault, and exploitation to transform from victims into survivors. The Breitbart Memorial Fund grant allowed the Me Too program to hire a consultant for the development of the Survivor’s Leadership Training curriculum. Link: Just Be, Inc.
Just Be, Inc. was funded in 2007. They are based in the Southeast and work in Community Health & Healing, Harm Reduction and Sexual Violence.
Justice Now is a human rights organization that partners with people in women's prisons, former prisoners and people with family in prison to build a safe, compassionate world without prisons. Justice Now bridges movements for reproductive justice, human rights, and prison abolition through their campaign to end so-called “gender-responsive” prison expansion and their Right to Family human rights documentation program. Third Wave’s grant will support Justice Now in their campaign to halt illegal and coercive sterilization in California prisons. Link: Justice Now
Justice Now was funded in 2010. They are based in the West and work in Anti-Violence, Criminal/Legal System, Gender Justice, Human Rights and Organizing & Advocacy utilizing Direct Services, Leadership Development and Research.
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.
The Media Literacy Project (MLP) cultivates critical thinking and analysis of the media in order to advance social justice. With support from Third Wave, MLP will continue to operate the Girl Tech Collective, a program that provides leadership development to young women of color by uniting reproductive justice and media justice issues. Girl Tech members are each connected to New Mexican social justice organizations that want to integrate reproductive justice into their work. The videos created in Girl Tech utilize a reproductive justice lens to address immigration, domestic violence, and healthcare issues of women of color. Link: Media Literacy Project
Media Literacy Project was funded in 2009 and 2010. They are based in the West and work in Arts & Culture, Media Justice and Movement Building utilizing Political/Peer Education.
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.
Mujeres Unidas, based in San Antonio, Texas, unifies the Latino community by providing a safe environment for bilingual/bicultural support services and education to Latinas and their families living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS. Mujeres Unidas has recently launched a campaign to advocates for changing the current approach to sex education in one of the largest school districts in the community. Link: Mujeres Unidas
Mujeres Unidas was funded in 2008. They are based in the Southwest and work in Community Health & Healing, Comprehensive Sex Education, Organizing & Advocacy and Racial Justice utilizing Leadership Development.
National Advocates for Pregnant Women works to secure the rights, health, and welfare of all women, focusing particularly on pregnant and parenting women and those who are most vulnerable – low income women, women of color, and drug-using women. Third Wave sponsored their 2007 conference on the rights of pregnant women and drug policy reform. Link: National Advocates for Pregnant Women
National Advocates for Pregnant Women was funded in 2007. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Reproductive Justice and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights.
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) works to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive health and justice for Latinas, their families and their communities through public education, community mobilization and policy advocacy. Through coalition-building, public education, and policy advocacy, NLIRH has been a major force in bringing the struggles and triumphs of immigrant women to the forefront of the reproductive health and women’s movements. Third Wave’s support increases NLIRH’s capacity to cultivate a highly skilled cadre of young Latina reproductive justice activists who are mobilizing for social change. Link: National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health was funded in 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Comprehensive Sex Education, Human Rights, Immigrant Rights, Policy Advocacy, Reproductive Justice and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights utilizing Leadership Development, Political/Peer Education and Research.
This fund was set up by the National Network of Abortion Funds to respond to the sharp demand for financial assistance by those affected in the hurricane region. When women and girls cannot afford a safe, legal abortion, they can turn to the members of the National Network of Abortion Funds for help. These funds subsidize the cost of an abortion. Many abortion funds provide information and support, and some provide related services such as transportation, housing, child care, options counseling, or funding for ultrasound, pregnancy testing, or followup care. Link: National Network of Abortion Funds
National Network of Abortion Funds was funded in 2005. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Reproductive Justice.
The National Sex Worker of Color Network's Leadership Development Institute (LDI) is a collaborative effort on the part of Different Avenues, Young Women's Empowerment Project and Women with a Vision. The LDI will foster leadership among people of color involved in sex work or the sex trade to build a national network of activists who can support policy analysis, community-based research, and develop joint strategies with other social justice movements.
National Sex Worker of Color Leadership Development Institute was funded in 2010. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Anti-Violence, Harm Reduction, Movement Building, Organizing & Advocacy, Racial Justice and Sex Work & Sex Trade utilizing Leadership Development.
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.
The PCYP, which Peter founded in 1994, addresses the unique legal issues facing homeless and indigent lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) youth including foster care, education, public assistance benefits and criminal matters. Within PCYP, Streetwise & Safe (SAS), is a leadership development initiative aimed at building knowledge, leadership, and power among LGBTQQ youth of color who experience policing and criminalization in the context of policing of “quality of life” offenses, sex work and trafficking. Third Wave supports their development of “know your rights” materials tailored to the experiences and perspectives of LGBTQ youth, their peer education and organizing work, and their efforts to claim a seat at policy discussion tables as full participants, speak out on their own behalf, act collectively to protect and advance their rights and demand choices that allow youth to maximize their safety, self-sufficiency, and self-determination. Link: Peter Cicchino Youth Project
Peter Cicchino Youth Project / Streetwise & Safe was funded in 2009. They are based in the Northeast and work in Community Health & Healing and LGBTQ Rights utilizing Direct Services and Leadership Development.
PODER’s approach to reproductive justice work acknowledges that there is a sacred connection to our Mother Earth and the physical, spiritual, mental, and economic well being of women living in predominantly communities of color. PODER is a female of color led environmental justice organization that follows an intergenerational approach when addressing and organizing around the multi-layered impact of oppression occurring in their East Austin, TX community. Link: PODER
PODER was funded in 2009. They are based in the Southwest and work in Community Health & Healing, Racial Justice and Reproductive Justice utilizing Political/Peer Education and Research.
Power U seeks to organize low-income communities directly impacted by institutional oppression to create an equitable and just society. Third Wave’s grant will support the POWERful Women and Families project, which addresses maternal and child health disparities in communities of color. Childbirth classes are an entry point for young leaders to engage with Power U's birthing justice campaign, which advocates for policies that are baby-friendly, support breastfeeding infants and mothers, and expand access to the midwifery model of care within the Jackson Health System. Link: Power U Center for Social Change
Power U Center for Social Change was funded in 2010. They are based in the Southeast and work in Birthing Rights, Economic Justice, Health Care Access, Organizing & Advocacy and Racial Justice utilizing Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
Queers for Economic Justice (QEJ) grew out of a coalition of low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (or gender self-determining) and queer-identified (LGBTQ) people and anti-poverty organizations in New York City. Their goal is to challenge and change the systems that create poverty and economic injustice in LGBTQ communities, to promote an economic system that embraces sexual and gender diversity, and build at the intersections of welfare reform and reproductive justice. Link: Queers for Economic Justice
Queers for Economic Justice was funded in 2009. They are based in the Northeast and work in LGBTQ Rights and Organizing & Advocacy utilizing Political/Peer Education.
The Reproductive Justice Briefing Book is a collection of essays distributed at the first ever United States Social Forum in Atlanta, GA, in 2007. The Book has continued to grow online, with essays addressing the wide range of issues impacting reproductive health, such as US foreign policy and environmental toxins. Link: Reproductive Justice Briefing Book
Reproductive Justice Briefing Book was funded in 2007. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Racial Justice and Reproductive Justice.
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.
SisterSong held its 2nd Annual Let’s Talk About Sex! Conference, attended by 1,000 individuals from all regions of the United States and beyond. Third Wave’s sponsorship made it possible for economically disadvantaged advocates of reproductive justice to participate and present at the conference. Link: SisterSong
SisterSong was funded in 2007. They are based in the Southeast and work in Racial Justice and Reproductive Justice.
SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW works to build and sustain a powerful reproductive justice movement in Georgia and the South that centers the experiences of young women of color, LGBTQ youth of color, and other marginalized communities. Last year, SPARK was instrumental in the defeat of a race and sex selection anti-abortion bill, and the accompanying racist billboard campaign. In early 2011, SPARK released “Giving Birth Behind Bars: A Guide to Achieving Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women,” as an introduction to their state-wide anti-shackling campaign. Link: SPARK
SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW was funded in 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Southeast and work in Anti-Violence, Gender Justice, LGBTQ Rights, Organizing & Advocacy, Racial Justice and Reproductive Justice utilizing Leadership Development and Political/Peer Education.
St. James Infirmary is the only peer-led occupational health and safety clinic run by and for sex workers in the US. St. James Infirmary also operates the STRIDE program, which provides appointment-based hormone therapy services as well as drop-in clinic hours and a support group series for transgender sex workers. In 2011, St. James Infirmary will launch a new research project to assess the consequences of condoms-as-evidence policies and the health impact of sex workers' encounters with the police. Link: St. James Infirmary
St. James Infirmary was funded in 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the West and work in Community Health & Healing, Criminal/Legal System, Harm Reduction, HIV/AIDS, Sex Work & Sex Trade and Trans Health utilizing Direct Services and Political/Peer Education.
Stonewall Youth, based in Olympia, WA, is a non-profit community organization that supports and advocates for youth ages 21 and under who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer or questioning about their sexual orientation or gender identity. Youth participate in retreats, a yearly drag show, art therapy, fun and sober social activities, an activism summer school, community organizing and education. Link: Stonewall Youth
Stonewall Youth was funded in 2009. They are based in the West and work in LGBTQ Rights utilizing Direct Services and Political/Peer Education.
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. Much of SRLP’s work centers around ensuring the right of all people to access the range of healthcare they need and to make their own decisions about their bodies, including trans people and those who are living in poverty or in prison. Third Wave’s grant will support SRLP’s Transgender Youth Initiative, which works to improve safety and access to respectful and affirming social, health, and legal services while simultaneously building the leadership of youth to participate more fully in movements for social justice. Link: The Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Sylvia Rivera Law Project was funded in 2010. They are based in the and work in Economic Justice, Health Care Access, LGBTQ Rights, Movement Building, Organizing & Advocacy, Organizing & Advocacy and Racial Justice utilizing Direct Services and Leadership Development.
The Empowered FeFes is an organization dedicated to honing the leadership skills of young women with disabilities. With Third Wave’s support, the Fe Fes will expand their impact beyond Chicago, IL, through a sustainable replication project to train other grassroots organizations led by disabled young women.
The Empowered FeFes was funded in 2007. They are based in the Midwest and work in Disability Rights.
Truth About Sex is an emerging reproductive justice website run for and by adults under 30. To inspire a new generation of spokespersons, the founders decided to develop an online forum where young adults could critically and artistically engage public discourse about reproductive justice.
Truth About Sex was funded in 2004. They are based in the Nationwide and work in Comprehensive Sex Education and Reproductive Justice.
Women with a Vision (WWAV) seeks to promote wellness and disease prevention for women and their families living at or below the poverty line through health promotion, advocacy, and community based research. WWAV is a harm reduction organization that has, in response to the rapidly changing political context in New Orleans, adopted a focus on women who are impacted by street economies, the sex trade, who are or were formerly engaged in sex work, or who are homeless or street-based. With Third Wave’s support, WWAV will increase the engagement of young people in their NO Justice Project, which challenges the criminalization of sex work under the Louisiana Statute 14:89, the Solicitation of a Crime Against Nature (SCAN) statute. This statute is currently being challenged in federal courts. Link: Women With A Vision
Women With A Vision was funded in 2010. They are based in the Southeast and work in Anti-Violence, Community Health & Healing, Criminal/Legal System, Harm Reduction, Organizing & Advocacy and Sex Work & Sex Trade utilizing Direct Services, Leadership Development and Research.
The Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition (YWCHAC) provides support services, training, workshops and events for youth and service providers in order to address rising HIV rates among young women of color 13-24. Third Wave supports the WE SPEAK program, in which young people receive sexual health education, advocacy and organizing training, and leadership development. YWCHAC is conducting a research and public education campaign that explores the connections between quality of life, schooling, and related socioeconomic indicators. Link: Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition
Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition was funded in 2009 and 2010. They are based in the Northeast and work in Community Health & Healing, Comprehensive Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Organizing & Advocacy and Racial Justice utilizing Leadership Development, Political/Peer Education and Research.
Young Women United (YWU) was created by young women of color and allies to change the relations of power in Albuquerque. YWU members seek to reduce violence, improve health, and build power in their communities through public education, organizing and advocacy. YWU is nationally recognized for their leadership in the fight for comprehensive sexuality education in New Mexico. Currently, YWU operates the Strong Women, Healthy Communities program, which offers leadership development and advocacy opportunities for women in order to increase their access to health care and shift the local and national dialogues around teen motherhood and alternatives to violence. Link: Young Women United
Young Women United was funded in 2008, 2009 and 2010. They are based in the West and work in Anti-Violence, Community Health & Healing, Comprehensive Sex Education, Organizing & Advocacy, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice and Youth Mothers' & Parents' Rights utilizing Research.
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.