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Albany Park Day Laborer Cooperative of the Latino Union, Chicago |
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$20,000 |
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A group of low-income, immigrant day laborers gathering on street corners to look for day work have built relationships with elected officials, residents, organizations and contractors with the goal of establishing a Workers Center in Albany Park. The Workers Center will be a temporary agency with the day laborers negotiating directly with employers for jobs for themselves. (2004) |
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Latino Union of Chicago, Chicago |
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$20,000 |
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This group of low income, immigrant day laborers gathered on street corners to look for day work. They decided to organize themselves and form a union that would advocate for their rights and fair employment. They have built relationships with public officials, residents, organizations and contractors while establishing a Workers Center in Albany Park. (2005) |
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Winds of Change, Chicago |
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$19,900 |
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These Native American artists decided to enhance their marketability by creating an artist registry and promoting sales of art and performances to promote their indigenous culture and maintain a sustainable livelihood. The project came about as a result of the group’s desire to improve their skills in art and to increase their financial income. (2005) |
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Urban Teen Magazine Project, Chicago |
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$20,000 |
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These teenagers came together to produce an urban magazine project. The project provides education in magazine publishing, interactive programming, development of writing skills and needed tools for owning and operating their own future business. The project keeps these youth from engaging in illegal activities like drug use and street gangs. (2006) |
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ECOVIDA, Chicago
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$30,000 |
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This urban farming program provides educational experiences for both the youth and older residents by developing leadership capacity, providing viable alternatives for economic self-sufficiency and creating social consciousness regarding the causes of environmental deterioration and its impact on society. (2003)
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San Lucas Workers Center, Chicago |
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$45,720 |
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The San Lucas Workers Center is organizing to force day labor agencies, where its members work, to comply with a code of conduct that will end abuse of workers rights, such as discrimination, illegal fees, unsafe transportation and unsafe conditions. They wish to target client companies and ask that the companies only contract with agencies that comply with this code. (2003) |
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Fellowship of Filipino Migrants in Chicago, Chicago |
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$30,000 |
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A group of immigrants from the Philippines, who now reside in Chicago, face constant issues of deportation, un- or under-employment, lack of clothing and food, and poor health. This support group will develop strategies to address all of these problems. (2003) |
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Section 8 Tenant Empowerment Project, Rogers Park Community Action Network, Chicago |
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$5,000 |
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Technical assistance was given to this previously funded group which has organized for training, education and support in knowing their rights, finding adequate and affordable housing, and stopping illegal housing discrimination. (2002) |
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Urban Sound Studio, Chicago |
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$75,399 |
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This group of single parents and ex-offenders have created a full service music studio to develop their talents and skills while creating a sustaining and supportive community. (2002) |
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Racial Profiling-Action Against Injustice, South Suburban Action Conference, Hazel Crest |
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$65,000 |
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Low-income residents of color in South suburban communities of Chicago have organized to address issues of racism and racial profiling. By tracking incidents and putting a strategic plan in motion, the residents will have a form of protection. (2002) |
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Section 8 Tenant Empowerment Project,
Rogers Park Community Action Network, Chicago |
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$40,000 |
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These Section 8 Tenants have organized for training, education and support in knowing their rights, finding adequate and affordable housing, and stopping illegal housing discrimination. |
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Iowa |
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American United Forces, Sioux City |
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$20,000 |
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In the Sioux-City area, unemployment and underemployment are high, especially in the immigrant community. Many of the immigrants possess skills and unique talents but are unable to use them for lack of resources to purchase equipment and materials. Through this co-op they can share costs and expenses becoming self-sufficient more quickly. (2004) |
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Adair-Madison Citizens for Community Improvement, Stuart |
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$20,000 |
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Development often occurs without taking into account the environmental impact of the development. This permanent, membership-based, democratically controlled grass-roots organization will work to positively influence environmental, social and economic issues in the two counties of Adair and Madison in west central Iowa. (2004) |
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Latino Americano, Waterloo |
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$20,000 |
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There are many services available to Hispanic residents in the Cedar Valley area but there is no way to let those who do not read English know about the services. This project is intended to develop a Hispanic language newspaper with free distribution containing items of information specific to the Cedar Valley area. (2004) |
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Latinos en Action de CCI, Marshalltown |
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$20,000 |
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A local group of Hispanic immigrants were having difficulties with the language, culture and understanding the legal system in protecting their rights. They formed a self-help group in the community for development and economic sustainability as well as for personal and group empowerment for their community. Through SDOP funding, they are working to share resources, generate ideas and solve problems. (2005) |
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Positive Enhancement of People: Eastwood Resident Association, Ames |
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$25,000 |
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This community is a HUD housing development for low-income people. They are isolated from the Ames community and even from each other within the four buildings of the housing development. There is no public transportation in the area. Through planning, training, community activities and a “Wheels to Work” program this community can now proactively address the issue of isolation. (2003) |
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Multicultural Center, Cultures Committee, Webster City |
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$90,000 |
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Members of this group have purchased a building to hold cultural events, share information with one another and learn English as a second language to become more comfortable and self assured in their new environment. (2001) |
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Humboldt Chapter Building Project, Humboldt Citizens for Community Improvement, Humboldt |
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$20,000 |
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This group of grassroots farmers is being empowered to address issues of air, river and groundwater pollution, all of which are effecting their livelihood. (2001) |
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Improving Quality of Life for Seniors, Carmel |
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$18,000 |
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This project involves a group of 45 Korean-born senior citizens that formed an association. The group meets twice weekly at a senior center that provides classes in English as a second language, preparation for American citizenship, community resources, and health and wellness. They also learn socializing skills and how to prepare nutritious Korean food. (2005) |
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Abandoned Buildings/Saving Homes in 46201, Organization for a New Eastside (ONE), Indianapolis |
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$15,000 |
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Homeowners living in the 46201 zip code area want to become better informed/educated about mortgage loan programs and equipped with options to avoid foreclosure due to disrepair of their homes and environment. (2005) |
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Kansas |
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Esfuerzo Hispano, Kansas City |
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$19,500 |
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This group of seven organizers and approximately 50 Latino immigrant families came together to build a local community safety net. The project involves building positive relationships with those who have influence and power over the systems and structures that oppress them. (2006) |
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Hope Street Youth Organizing, Wichita |
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$60,000 |
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The youth of Hope Street have organized to gain skills to be strong leaders in their communities by working with local workforce boards to include jobs for youth in their summer programs. They are also working to build better relationships with police officers, resulting in respect for the youth and police officers. (2002) |
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Ohio |
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EDT Ex-Offender Discernment, Dayton |
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$20,000 |
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This project addresses and strongly condemns the widespread, deeply entrenched discriminatory employment practices that relegate ex-offenders to poverty and oppressive living conditions. Through this grant they will learn marketable skills that make re-entry into society much smoother. (2004) |
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Appalachian People’s Action Coalition (APAC), Plains |
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$15,000 |
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Appalachian People’s Action Coalition represents low-income and poverty residents in the Athens County community. This project was created primarily to build a bigger community wood working shop — thus providing training, education and funds needed to supplement this community’s poor economic situation. The need for this project presents an opportunity for the community to become self-sufficient by manufacturing items made out of wood that they can sell as well as learning skills to make their own repairs. (2005) |
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Lagrange Village Council (LVC), Toledo |
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$10,000 |
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Like many other neighborhoods, the Lagrange community faces the challenge of self-addressing crime and unsafe living conditions. They have established a non-confrontational, trained Community Citizen’s Patrol (CCP) to monitor and report crime activity in their neighborhood. (2003) |
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The Women of Faith In Motion Transportation Cooperative, Youngstown |
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$28,493 |
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This project provides job training and transportation for low‑income women getting into the work force. It also helps the women with matters related to finance, insurance and the purchase of donated affordable cars. (2001) |
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Minnesota |
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Wisdom Steps Marketing and Outreach Project, Marshall |
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$20,000 |
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This is a project centered at addressing and improving the health of Minnesota Native American elders. This innovative health project includes screenings and exercise. (2006) |
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Alliance for African Assistance Minnesota, Moorhead |
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$10,000 |
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By forming an alliance, this group of African refugees plan to challenge discrimination, unemployment, poverty and poor housing conditions through education, and economic development activities. (2003)
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Committee for the Preservation of Immigrant Families, Minneapolis/St. Paul |
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$10,000 |
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Low self-esteem and low self-confidence are just two of the many effects of having no voice and no power in a society. This Latino community has decided to develop leadership skills through training in areas of team building, effective meeting management and advocacy. It is through this training that the group gains their voice and greater level of self-dignity. (2003)
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Anishinaabe Center, Detroit Lakes |
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$10,000 |
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Without the proper knowledge and skills, defending one's self can extremely difficult. Through advocacy skill training, the Anishinaabe people can now speak up for themselves in the face of federal, state and reservation governmental oppression. (2003)
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Purchase and Operate A Duplex,
Centro Campesino, Inc.,
Owatonna |
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$20,000 |
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Migrant agricultural workers in the Owatonna area are subject to prejudice and discrimination. They are very concerned that if they press civil and human rights issues too strongly, they will be evicted from their rented space. By owning their own space, they can become more aggressive without risking eviction. (2003)
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Alpha & Omega Transportation, Duluth |
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$14,000 |
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Alpha & Omega Transportation is a clean, convenient and economical transportation service linking the Duluth Superior International Airport with local hotels and motels throughout the twin ports vicinity. This service is completely operated and cooperatively owned by welfare-to-work recipients and low-income men and women. (2003) |
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SOHO Artist Storefront Project, Chisholm |
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$120,036 |
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Artistic individuals living with disabilities have challenged the concept that they must work within the limitations society has imposed upon them. They are learning to use computers and printers to market their arts and crafts. They are also running a storefront to display and sell their work and earn a living to become self-sufficient. (2002) |
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East Hillside/Endion MFIP Organization,
Duluth |
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$150,000 |
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This community group saw the need to educate themselves in job development skills, leadership training and parenting classes and to work toward eliminating poverty, isolation and discrimination. The project will help in securing jobs and a better future. (2002) |
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American Oromo Community of Minnesota,
St. Paul |
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$150,000 |
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Basic knowledge of the English language is a need for this Oromo community. They have organized to learn English, computer skills, and interpersonal relations to have better opportunities in the job market and become self-sufficient. (2002) |
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Lindy's Dream Builders, Duluth |
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$150,000 |
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A group of low-income women own and manage a construction company to create affordable housing for low-income families and provide decent paying jobs for themselves. (2002) |
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West Side Community Gardens, St. Paul |
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$45,000 |
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A group of 28 Hmong farmers has organized to purchase land in their neighborhood to grow vegetables, selling the excess to generate income for their families. Of the amount granted, $5,000 was awarded for technical assistance for legal matters. (2001) |
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K. I. Sawyer Community Association, Gwinn |
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$17,000 |
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This community was established in 1996 in the vacated housing of the K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base after the base was closed. The Association was formed to provide a voice through which the residents, working together, could build a vibrant, prosperous community. Funding will be used for training, improvement of the monthly newspaper and community dialogues. (2004) |
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Campaign for Human Dignity, Kalamazoo |
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$20,000 |
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The Kalamazoo Homeless Action Network (KHAN) is working toward ending the systemic discrimination against those perceived to be poor and/or homeless in the Kalamazoo area. This project involves advocating the stopping of Kalamazoo law enforcement officers abusing, harassing and targeting homeless persons in public spaces and business places and advocating for improving relationships. (2006) |
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The Disability Business Initiative, Ann Arbor |
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$86,800 |
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To promote self-employment of the disabled, 40 persons with disabilities have created a small business expo, an exhibit video road show, and an internet-based on-line community to change the negative attitudes and barriers that make it difficult for them to find jobs. (2002) |
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Missouri |
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Grass Roots Organizing Health Rights Access Project, Mexico |
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$35,000 |
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This organization believes that basic health care for all, regardless of ability to pay, is a fundamental human right. By offering a voice of accountability this group hopes to create systemic changes that will improve access to healthcare for their families and others like them. (2004) |
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Renewing Rural MO, Milan |
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$20,000 |
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With a tremendous increase in Spanish-speaking residents, Milan is in need of immediate bilingual government employees, especially for driver license testing as is required by Missouri law. The project’s goal is to get more bilingual officers in place for the short term while the new immigrants learn English. (2004) |
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Nebraska |
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Valley Transportation, Valley |
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$32,100 |
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A group of elderly and disabled individuals formed a non-profit coop to provide transportation to doctors’ appointments, shopping and other outings that require transportation to larger cities. (2004) |
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Si Se Puede,
Omaha |
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$20,000 |
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More than 150 workers from different meat packing plants in the area organized to create more humane working conditions and decent wages. Work related injuries, health problems and miscarriages are a few of the conditions this group will address. (2003)
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South Dakota |
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Dakota Rural Action, Brookings |
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$100,000 |
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Disenfranchised farmers have organized to safeguard their family controlled farms from corporate controlled agribusiness farming. By learning corporate laws and helping to close loop holes that would allow corporate control, the farmers have more control over their economic future. (2002) |
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Tennessee |
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Treasures of Appalachia, Cosby |
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$11,000 |
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Cocke County is one of Appalachia’s chronically poor areas. To get to one of America’s most popular tourist destinations, The Great Smoky Mountains, you have to go through Cosby, which is in Cocke County. Taking advantage of this location, these project members are marketing traditional mountain crafts in an attempt to acquire supplemental income for themselves. (2004) |
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Youth Civic Action Team, Memphis |
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$23,552 |
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Youth in this community came together to create jobs for themselves while developing leadership skills and impacting their own neighborhoods. There are a significant number of abandoned and code deficient homes in four neighborhoods in Memphis. Youth from these communities have come together to learn about code enforcement and how to demolish or restore these homes thereby creating jobs for themselves, reducing crime, eliminating safety hazards, slowing the economic decline and ridding the community of drug activity. (2004) |
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Ex-Offenders Project, Eternal Life Restoration Outreach, Knoxville |
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$10,000 |
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Many ex-offenders have virtually no support system when they are released. They receive anywhere from $25-$100 upon release and often times family and former support systems are no longer available. This project provides a mental, physical, spiritual and social system for empowerment and support. (2002) |
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Sundanese American Nuer Refugee,
Self-Help Program, Gallatin |
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$110,000 |
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In need of a place to hold job training, learn English as a second language, obtain social services and welcome new arrivals, this group of Sudanese refugees have organized and purchased property. (2002) |
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Association of Refugee and Immigrant Women, Nashville |
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$160,000 |
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This group of multi-ethnic refugee women have organized to promote and provide social, language, citizenship and financial training to help the transition into a new culture and self-sufficiency. (2002) |
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Voices Beyond Bars, Madison |
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$20,000 |
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Voices Beyond Bars was born in Spring 2002 when a few former prisoners came together to discuss their common concerns and firm desire to become a voice for those beyond the bars as well as those still behind bars. This project seeks to establish a structured rehabilitation program to help ex-offenders re-enter society successfully and decrease incidents of re-incarceration. (2004) |
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The Enterprise People, Inc., Madison |
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$29,440 |
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The project is a training and support group for members of the community who want to establish their own small businesses. The group works cooperatively by assisting one another in business plan writing and critiquing, sharing office space and bookkeeping services and other essential business services. (2003) |
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The Community Union, Milwaukee |
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$80,000 |
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A group of 23 laid-off workers have organized to help change the laws where companies are able to close their operations and give short or no notice at all, leaving employees without jobs, income or hope. (2002) |
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