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Edenwald-Gun Hill Neighborhood Center, Bronx, NY
Project: In-Charge Parenting Program: Grant:
$2,000
The In-Charge Parenting
Program addresses the special needs of low-income
young parents and their families. The vast majority of
the program participants are single mothers who reside
with their families in the Edenwald Public Houses in the North East Bronx
and are dependent on welfare. This program intervenes
at a crucial point in the lives of young parents to
help give them the support and skills they need to
live healthy and independent lives.
Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Project: I Can Still Quilt Without My Glasses:
Grant: $2,000
This grant will go towards
support for a fiber art exhibit with an emphasis on
quilting along with an accompanying exhibit catalogue.
This project promotes understanding of historic and
contemporary African and African American culture.
Sweetwater seeks to stimulate broad-based interest in,
and support for, those who create and appreciate the
arts of all cultures through quality art education and
experiences.
CALM,
Inc. - Custody Action for Lesbian Mothers, Narberth, PA
Project: General support: Grant:
$2,500
CALM is a legal support
service for lesbians facing loss of custody or
visitation rights because of their sexual orientation.
Since 1974, CALM has been committed to helping lesbian
mothers keep their children.
CHAIR
- Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to Iranian
Refugees, New York, NY
Project: Iranian Women's Program: Grant:
$2,000
Each year CHAIR provides
assistance to hundreds of women refugees and asylum
seekers completely free of charge. The Iranian Women's
Program focuses on providing comprehensive case
management for gender based persecution cases.
Services include assisting women in presenting their
claims, writing letters of support, and acting as
expert witnesses on behalf of Iranian women in New
York City.
Pennsylvania NOW Education Fund, Philadelphia, PA
Project: Women's Leadership Development Project:
Grant: $2,000
This project was created
to provide leadership training for women and girls
that will enable them to take their full and equal
place in society. Through special workshops and
training sessions the WLDP provides information and
resources to women and girls
regarding the way sex discrimination affects
their lives. The program assists women and girls to
identify the barriers created by sexism and to work to
create solutions.
North
Fork Women For
Women Fund, Greenport, NY
Project: Development of Lesbian
Health Resource
Center:
Grant: $1,980
NFWFWF gives assistance
and support to lesbians in the North Fork
community of Long Island who
are facing emergency health situations, difficult
situations due to aging, or disruptions of physical or
mental well-being, as well as those with inadequate or
nonexistent health insurance. For their clients, the Lesbian
Health Resource
Center will provide a
computer work station with internet access, and
develop a web page with links to on-line health
resources.
Women's
Justice Center of Westchester, White Plains, NY
Project: Legal Resource Guide for Women with
HIV/AIDS: Grant: $1,000
The WJCW provides free
legal education to Westchester
County residents with a
focus on elder law and matrimonial law. They are
committed to ensuring a broad distribution of
information throughout Westchester
County to groups which are
traditionally under-represented in their access to the
legal system. This comprehensive legal guide for women
living with HIV/AIDS is designed to familiarize women
with the legal issues they may encounter. The guide
will be used in conjuction with phone counseling and educational
seminars.
Wingspan
Domestic Violence Project, Tucson, AZ
Project: The Domestic Violence Program for
Lesbians: Grant: $2,000
The Wingspan Domestic
Violence Project provides crisis intervention
educational support groups, and outreach and education
to lesbians in the Tucson/Pima County area of Arizona.
WELRP
- White Earth Land Recovery Project, Ponsford, MN
Project: Niigaanikwe (Young
Women's Leadership): Grant: $1,000 Open Meadows
Foundation; $1,000 Jeanne Meurer
Fund
This program was
established to focus specifically on developing
leadership skills, building self-esteem, and
encouraging higher education among the girls on the
White Earth Reservation. Through retreats, outdoor
skills instruction, and an after-school mentoring club
the young women are better equipped to face issues
such as poverty, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse
and domestic violence.
Women's
Bean Project, Denver, CO
Project: Dishwasher Purchase: Grant:
$2,371
The WBP is a
stepping-stone toward outside employment and personal
and economic self-sufficiency for women who come from
backgrounds of chronic unemployment, poverty or
displacement. Within the context of a viable business,
the women earn a steady paycheck, develop solid
transferable work skills and strengthen their sense of
self-confidence and personal responsibility. This
grant will cover the purchase and installation of a
new dishwasher for the catering kitchen.
Pelican Bay Foundation, Seattle, WA
Project: Distribution of the documentary film "We're
Here To Stay": Grant: $1,000
Filmmaker Liz Latham is
producing and directing this 56 minute documentary
film to tell the story of Hands Off
Washington and the story of the struggle for gay and
lesbian civil rights in Washington
state. In 1997, Hands Off
Washington took a proactive approach by sponsoring an
initiative to protect employment rights of gay and
lesbian people.
Nkeanyi Women's Health Services, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Project: Action Center Clothing Bank Membership
Dues: Grant: $2,500
Nkeanyi
is a West African word that means self-help. Nkeanyi
Women's Health Services is an eight year old,
women-run, non-profit organization. They work with
West African women and children who, for various
reasons, find themselves starting new lives in the United
States. The mission
of Nkeanyi is to function as
a bridge between these women and children and
mainstream resources and agencies.
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