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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.