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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.