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180 Degrees, Inc. 2010 The Minnesota Second Chance Coalition (SCC) is a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals (including ex-offenders, community, faith-based, and policy-focused organizations), advocating for fair and responsible laws, policies, and practices with regard to individuals who have committed crimes. The SCC will work on policy research, public education, lobbying, advocacy, and community organizing that enables individuals to redeem themselves, return to their communities and contribute to their full potential.
African & American Friendship Association for Cooperation and Development (AAFACD) 2010 African & American Friendship Association for Cooperation and Development (AAFCD), envisions social and economic justice for all immigrants. The Foreign Trained Healthcare Professionals (FTHPs) Advocacy Project focuses on multi-ethnic medical professionals facing barriers to practicing in the United States. The Project will increase involvement in community engagement, organizing and advocating for educational and employment system changes at the Legislature, and will encourage licensure boards and healthcare systems to accelerate changes that will remove barriers in licensure for FTHPs.
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability 2011 The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability is a coalition that advances racial, economic and environmental justice in the way growth and development occurs in the Twin Cities. Their constituents come from the 24 member organizations and 75 allied groups. They will work to advance equity in regional transitway systems and in the institutions and public agencies, both of which are failing low-income people and people of color. Their work will help create a Twin Cities region where people can fairly access jobs, affordable housing and other opportunities.
aMaze 2010 aMaze focuses on traditionally marginalized populations including GLBT families. aMaze is working to change the public education system in order to make it safer and more accessible to all students. This grant will focus on expanding the Families All Matter Program for parents with pre-school children receiving anti-bias education. aMaze will create a general curriculum with additional materials and exercises for specific groups of traditionally marginalized families, such as teen parents, newer immigrants, low-income families, and parents who did not finish high school.
Anishinaabe O'de 2011 Anishinaabe O'de is a grassroots organization rooted in the traditions, spirituality, language, and values of the Anishinaabeg. This planning grant will support the organization to strategize ways of changing the juvenile justice system and strengthen their board. The focus is to connect youth to their traditional culture and language serving as a foundation for their well-being.
Asian Economic Development Association 2010 The Asian Economic Development Association (AEDA) is a group of Southeast Asian small business owners. AEDA works to impact the institutions and structures that affect economic growth opportunities for the Southeast Asian community living and working along the Central Corridor.
Center for Earth Energy And Democracy, IATP 2010 The Center for Earth Energy and Democracy (CEED) works to transform the current climate change debate by supporting the participation of low income communities, indigenous groups and communities of color in policy debates. Ultimately, CEED wants to see these communities 1) designing sustainability solutions that respect their own unique histories and self-identified goals and 2) contributing to the development of climate change policies that are environmentally sound and socially just. The Center for Earth Energy and Democracy also received a special regional partnership grant to work on water commodification and privatization in the Midwest.
Center for Earth Energy And Democracy, IATP 2011 The Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy works to transform the current climate change debate by helping constituents - low income communities, indigenous groups and communities of color - participate in policy debates. Ultimately, these communities will 1) design sustainability solutions that respect their own unique histories and self-identified goals and 2) contribute to the development of climate change policies that are environmentally sound and socially just
Centro Campesino 2010 Centro Campesino's primary constituents are new Latino immigrant workers and their families that live and work in southern Minnesota. Centro Campesino will continue to organize, educate and empower Latino immigrants in rural Minnesota to assure their full social and civic adjustment in our communities. Centro will work to address failing and abusive immigration policies and organize their community to push for fair and just immigration reform
Centro Campesino 2011 Centro Campesino works to improve the lives of the Latino and migrant community in southern Minnesota. They work towards comprehensive immigration reform and the respect of immigrants; increased labor protections for dairy farmworkers in Minnesota; and create the necessary policy changes that would allow immigrant students to succeed in school, such as access to higher education for undocumented youth.
Centro Cultural de Fargo/Moorhead 2010 Centro Cultural will focus on training new community organizers with a focus on the Latino and immigrant communities in the Moorhead area.
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha 2011 Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL) organizes low-wage immigrant workers from across the Twin Cities to build power and lead the struggle for fair wages, better working conditions, basic respect, and a voice in their workplaces. CTUL is committed to securing fair working conditions for present and future generations. Currently their Campaign for Justice in Retail Cleaning, is aimed at getting to the root of worker exploitation in retail cleaning industry.
Child Care WORKS 2011 Child Care WORKS will work to advance economic justice for Minnesota families and communities by improving access to affordable, high-quality child care. Child Care WORKS engages child care providers and parents as a key strategy to support policy shifts at the Minnesota legislature and within the Executive Department. Their supporting strategies will include leadership development, legislative strategies, and coalition work with key early childhood allies.
Communities United Against Police Brutality 2010 Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) works to create a climate of resistance to abuse of authority and to empower people to confront and end police brutality. CUAPB provides support for survivors of police brutality and families of victims so they can reclaim their dignity and join the movement. CUAPB engages in political and legal actions to increase police accountability and change underlying conditions that allow police brutality, misconduct and abuse of authority to occur.
Communities United Against Police Brutality 2011 Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) works with survivors of police brutality so they can reclaim their dignity and join the movement. CUAPB creates a climate of resistance to abuse of authority to confront and end police brutality. They educate the community about their rights when dealing with police, engage in political and legal actions to increase police accountability and change underlying conditions that allow police brutality, misconduct and abuse of authority to occur.
CrossingBarriers 2010 CrossingBarriers (CB) is a grassroots organization led by immigrant youth, student leaders, parents and community members. CrossingBarriers develops leaders that advocate, organize and bring about systemic change to improve schools and other related systems that continue to fail immigrant families. CB empowers participants and the community they represent to take on leadership and advocacy roles by articulating needs, influencing public policies, holding institutions accountable and training the next generation of immigrant leaders.
CrossingBarriers 2011 CrossingBarriers is led by the initiatives and the needs of youth of color, immigrant students and community members that want to learn about community organizing and leadership development to address challenges they face in local public schools and other community issues. Crossing-Barriers trains student leaders and community members to advocate, organize, and be change agents. Constituents take on leadership and advocacy, influence public policies, holding institutions accountable and train the next generation of youth leaders.
Dakota Wicohan 2011 Dakota Wicohan works to preserve and revitalize the Dakota language and life ways. While rooted within the Dakota community, Dakota Wicohan works across tribal and political boundaries, working to address the crisis of a mere 9 fluent speakers remaining in the state. Their vision and philosophy is that language is linked to the regeneration of Dakota identity, health and community. Language will heal our inherent relationship with creation which is essential to the continuation of indigenous populations.
Environmental Justice Advocates of MN 2010 Environmental Justice Advocates of MN (EJAM) will identify, train and work with new community-based leaders on the North side of Minneapolis to advocate and work for green jobs, toxin-free communities and local economic initiatives. EJAM will develop and implement a membership model that facilitates and complements grassroots work and base building.
Harrison Neighborhood Association 2010 The Harrison Neighborhood Association (HNA) is located in North Minneapolis. HNA empowers residents to better control their lives and influence their surroundings by engaging physical examples of racism and classism. Residents work to reclaim polluted land for housing and green space development, and to encourage commercial and industrial businesses on sites that are environmentally appropriate. Lastly they work to increase awareness of structures and decision-making processes to influence public policy and hold private business accountable.
Harrison Neighborhood Association 2011 Harrison Neighborhood Association (HNA) is a resident-driven, multi-cultural, multi-issue organization that represents a racially diverse and low-income neighborhood in North Minneapolis. They work to combat a long history of environmental injustices that plague the North Side. HNA will use a racial justice organizing framework to stop a train layover facility and ensure that two postponed LRT lines bordering their neighborhood benefit existing residents.
Indigenous Environmental Network 2010 The Indigenous Environmental Network (EIN) is a Native-based national environmental and economic justice network based in Bemidji MN working to strengthen grassroots efforts to bring about fundamental change. This specific grant will provide general operating support for a Minnesota based campaign which will result in new leaders who use indigenous science to solve local concerns of food security and sovereignty. The Ojibwe Seventh Generation Guardianship project combines native language revitalization with environmental conservation by engage the whole community in understanding the relationship and protecting local ecosystems that grow wild food and medicinal plants.
Indigenous People's Green Jobs Coalition 2010 The Indigenous People's Green Jobs Coalition was formed to ensure that indigenous people have a voice in the new green economy. The Indigenous People's Green Jobs Coalition will launch and sustain an effective state-wide movement that will result in the development of training programs, legislation, funding and awareness of the need to create healthy sustainable communities in this emerging green economy for Indigenous people.
ISAIAH 2010 ISAIAH, a faith-based organization comprised of 90 congregations in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud. ISAIAH equips leaders to exercise their faith in the public arena for systemic change by challenging structural and institutional racism. ISAIAH will build a multi-racial, multi-region team of grassroots leaders of faith to hold the Minneapolis School District and the West Metro Education Program accountable to achieving racially equitable outcomes for students of color. This campaign will transform the public debate from a conversation around integration to one focused on racial equity.
Jewish Community Action 2010 Jewish Community Action (JCA) in partnership with organizations led by communities of color and immigrant communities, is building avenues out of the predatory lending and foreclosures crisis. JCA will make personal contact with at-risk homeowners and renters in a dozen neighborhoods in north and south Minneapolis, referring people to foreclosure prevention counseling and expanding the coalition of community residents working with lenders on broader loan modifications and other solutions.