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.
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.
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.