The following organizations were grantees of the Fall 2007 cycle.
Appalachian Women's Alliance
Floyd, VA - $1250
To support the organizing and action project for voter education and registration.
http://www.appalachianwomen.org/CC Angels Double Dutch
Columbus, OH - $600
To prepare young women to compete with USA Jump Rope by supporting the costs of bringing an USAJR instructor to CC Angels Practice.Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Clearwater Chapter
Clearwater, FL - $1300
To pay the bus rental costs for 25 minority young women to participate in four college tours.
http://clearwaterdst.org/Guerilla Girls on Tour
New York, NY - $700
To support travel to Japan to learn women's kabuki techniques from Nagoya Musume Kabuki, the only all female kabuki troupe in Japan.
http://guerrillagirlsontour.com/GEEZ Louise!
Des Moines, IA - $1300
To support Yes! You Can! - a 20 week group for young women involved with the Polk County Juvenile Drug Court.
http://geezlouise.org/HERvoices
Newton Center, MA - $800
To support the travel to Kenya for Research for the Wajir Peace Group Presentation. The indigenous Somali women of the Wajir Peace Group successfully stabilized a warring region by implementing a community-wide non-violent peace process.
http://hervoices.org/MotherWoman, Inc.
Amherst, MA - $1500
To help support the salary of a child-care provider to the Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Prevention Program.
http://www.motherwomen.orgPandora's Box Productions
San Francisco, CA - $1200
To support the finishing costs for Moms Living Clean, a film about drug policies impacting mothers living with substance abuse issues.
http://momslivingclean.org/Pureland Pictures, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY - $1000
To help with finishing costs of Mehret, a documentary film about HIV/AIDS among African- American Women in the Bronx and their counterparts in Ethiopia.
http://purelandpictures.com/Rompiendo el Silencio.cl
Santiago, Chile - $1000
To pay for graphical design costs and the photography in the implementation of Printed Version of a Culture Lesbian Magazine.
http://rompiendoelsilencio.cl/The Women's Jericho House/J&J Missions
Ludington, MI - $1200
To pay for the replacement/renovation of the windows in the Women's Jericho House, a retreat house for displaced, poor women.Women in Transition
Louisville, KY - $1500
To pay for the publication of the Know Your Rights Booklet which defines clearly the vocabulary that Child Protective Services uses in working with families.
http://www.witky.com
Jeanne Meurer Indigenous Women's Fund
Happy Mother - Happy Child Organization
Sironko, Uganda - $890 of which $500 from the Jeanne Meurer Fund was supplemented by $250 from the General fund
To support Basic Skills training to Traditional Birth Attendants.Ellen Dougherty Activist Fund for Young Women
Voces de Cambio
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala -$750 of which $500 from the Ellen Dougherty Fund was supplemented by $250 from the General fund.
To support Voces de Cambio's Young Women's Network - a writing and photography program for teenage girls.
http://www.vocesdecambio.org/
Donor Directed Funds
The Edie Windsor Fund for Old Lesbians
Temple of the Great Mother, Inc.
Mentone, AL - $1000
This grant is divided with $500 to support creating an access roadwork to the riverside camping area and $500 to support the attendance at the Eden Eldercare conference.
The Susan F. Eastman Fund for Environmental Activism
Women's Protection Society
Pallisa, Uganda - $1000
To support the construction, training, and use of a Bio-Sand Filter to provide the community with water security.
The PatsyLu Fund for Women's Music Projects
Calliope Women's Chorus
Minneapolis, MN - $1000
To support two concerts in December 2007, Star Light, Star Bright: Connected by the Light, that reflect on how the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic community in the Twin Cities is connected by light through the dark half of the year.
http://calliopewomenschorus.org/Tapestry
Cambridge, MA - $1910
To support the women's vocal ensemble to perform with the Latvian Women's ensemble Putni in an international festival held in Latvia. Tapestry will also lead workshops on both historical and contemporary women composers.
http://tapestryboston05.com/Shepards Fold
Cornelius, NC - $500
To support a Voice Program for Special Needs Teens and Young Adults.The India Fund
Development Society for Women Needs
Ongole, Andhra Pradesh - $1550
To support the organizing and education of women around a potential Government order to have a HIV/AIDS test before marriage for both the bride and the bridegroomCreative Action for Rural Development
Pedakakani, Andhra Pradesh - $2000
To support Fights for Rights, a collective action by 11 women's NGOs around such issues as gender equality, trafficking of women and the girl children, and early marriages.Help Trust
Ambathurai, Tamil Nadu - $1088
To support the purchase of equipment to establish a self-employment tailoring training center.PARWAZ Muslim Women Lawyers Forum
Bodakdev, Ahmedabad - $1000
To support the Muslim Women Lawyers' Forum who work with the status of Muslim women in India on such issues as the uniform civil law versus the personal law, human rights and Muslim law, and choice and equality in marriage.Sneha Mahila Mandali
Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh -ì $1376
To provide the capital investment required to purchase the equipment for a pickle-making program and to provide the initial revolving loan to purchase the raw materials of fruit and spices.
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