2007 Community Action Fund Grant Partners
ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights Coalition | Oakland
$15,000
General operating support to improve women’s access to comprehensive, quality reproductive health care
Action Council of Monterey County | Salinas
$10,000
Funding to expand a leadership and mentorship program for young women
Advocacy Coalition of Tulare County for Women and Girls | Visalia
$15,000
Funding to expand a leadership development program for young women in the Central Valley
Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice | Oakland
$15,000
General operating support for community organizing work that develops the leadership skills of young Asian women in the reproductive justice movement
Asian Health Services/Banteay Srei Program | Oakland
$15,000
To support a program that builds the leadership skills of young Southeast Asian women at risk of sexual exploitation
Asian Health Services/California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | Oakland
$25,000
Funding to expand policy advocacy and outreach work to bring together various stakeholders to address the environmental health issues women in the nail salon industry face
Breast Cancer Action | San Francisco
$15,000
Funding for policy advocacy activities aimed at reducing human exposure to known toxic chemicals that may increase Californians’ risk of developing cancer
California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom | San Francisco
$15,000
General operating support to maintain a diverse, statewide coalition of organizations developing advocacy strategies for reproductive rights and justice in California
California Indian Environmental Alliance | Berkeley
$10,000
Strategic planning to enable tribal representatives, community members and technical experts to come together to solve the problem of exposure to mercury by pregnant women, women of childbearing age and children
California Interfaith Partnership for Children’s Health and the Environment | Arcata
$12,500
General operating support for outreach and programming on environmental health and justice for members of California’s diverse religious communities
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice | Los Angeles
$15,000
General operating support for policy advocacy that promotes the reproductive and sexual health and rights of Latinas in California
California Partnership | Los Angeles
$15,000
Support for a project that will deepen low-income women’s knowledge about the connections between public policy and healthy communities in order to motivate and equip them to act to improve the health of their families and neighborhoods
Californians for Pesticide Reform | San Francisco
$25,000
A collaborative project led by statewide coalition Californians for Pesticide Reform with partners Grayson Neighborhood Council in Stanislaus County, El Quinto Sol in Tulare County and Pesticide Action Network North America in San Francisco that will continue public education and policy advocacy in order to prevent pesticide drift in Latino communities
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | Riverside
$12,500
General operating support for work to empower low-income, recent immigrant and/or Latina women of the Inland Valley to advocate for improved public policy on environmental health and to increase public awareness of exposure to toxic chemicals in San Bernardino County
Center on Policy Initiatives | San Diego
$15,000
Support for several economic justice initiatives that will increase the self-sufficiency of hundreds of immigrant, low-income women of color in San Diego County
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles | Los Angeles
$15,000
Funding to continue leadership development for and organizing by female, low-wage immigrant workers
Community Water Center | Visalia
$15,000
Funding to support policy advocacy activities concerning clean drinking water and environmental justice in the San Joaquin Valley
Dolores Huerta Foundation | Bakersfield
$15,000
Funding to continue the Vecinos Unidos Action Project through community organizing, training, strategic plans and actions that support issues identified by the community
Environmental Health Coalition | National City
$10,000
Funding to support a program to train young adults as environmental justice organizers
Environmental Working Group | Oakland and Washington, DC
$10,000
To support collaboration with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics to research and publicize the unique health risks women and girls of color face through exposure to chemicals from personal care products
Garment Worker Center | Los Angeles
$15,000
General operating support for work that will build leadership of women working in the garment industry in Los Angeles
Khmer Girls in Action | Long Beach
$15,000
General operating support to continue youth leadership development and community organizing work
Literacy for Environmental Justice | San Francisco
$15,000
Funding for a young women’s leadership development program focused on environmental health and justice
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) | Los Angeles
$15,000
To support LAANE’s leadership of economic justice efforts by a coalition of community groups to improve wages and benefits for grocery store workers in Los Angeles
Making Our Milk Safe | Alameda
$15,000
To continue grassroots work to educate pregnant women and nursing mothers on reducing exposure to toxic chemicals and for carrying out legislative and corporate campaigns to eliminate reproductive and developmental toxins from the environment
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum | Los Angeles and Washington, DC
$15,000
For continued support of the California Policy Committee, a policy advocacy project that works to build a strong Asian and Pacific Islander public policy presence in California
Nevada County Citizens for Choice | Grass Valley
$15,000
General operating support for outreach efforts, media education and advocacy efforts that promote reproductive health and justice policies for women and girls
Oasis for Girls | San Francisco
$10,000
Funding to launch a youth-led year-long leadership institute for girls
Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles | Los Angeles
$15,000
To support a public education campaign for women, girls, health care professionals and policymakers on the interconnections between reproductive health and environmental toxins
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project | San Francisco
$10,000
General operating support for the promotion, creation and exhibition of films and videos that increase visibility of queer women of color and promote advocacy efforts and social justice issues
Realistic Education in Action Coalition to Foster Health (REACH LA) | Los Angeles
$15,000
To support a sexual and reproductive health education program for young women of color
SOUL, School of Unity and Liberation | Oakland
$10,000
To support programming that develops the leadership of young women of color from low-income communities
Transgender Law Center | San Francisco
$15,000
Funding for the Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative, a project that supports the employment needs of transgender people in San Francisco
Urban Habitat | Oakland
$15,000
Funding to support ongoing efforts to advance a regional economic justice agenda based on an integrated race, class and gender framework.
Women’s Health Specialists | Chico
$10,000
Funding to provide direct health care access and health education to remote and rural communities
Rapid Response Fund
Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice | Oakland
$5,000
Funding to support organizing trainings and leadership development for young Asian women mobilized to defeat Proposition 85
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice | Los Angeles
$2,500
Funding for outreach, public education and organizing efforts to expand a statewide coalition of Latina/o organizations, community leaders and policymakers opposed to Proposition 85
California Planned Parenthood Education Fund | Sacramento
$2,500
Funds to develop strategic communications in communities of color to oppose Proposition 85
Community Water Center | Visalia
$500
Travel grant for staff and activists to testify and a hearing at the State Capitol regarding groundwater contamination in the southern San Joaquin Valley
Dolores Huerta Foundation | Bakersfield
$2,500
Funding to support grassroots organizing among women of color and organized labor to defeat Proposition 85
Khmer Girls in Action | Long Beach
$2,500
To support youth-led organizing in the Asian community to oppose Proposition 85
Reproductive Justice Coalition of Los Angeles | Los Angeles
$2,500
Funding for public education in communities of color about the negative impact of parental notification on young women of color and corresponding organizing activities for the successful “No on 85” campaign
Women’s Working Group/Women’s Community Clinic | San Francisco
$5,000
To support policy advocacy activities around the current legislative debate on universal access to health care
Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Fund
ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights Coalition | Oakland
$2,500
Support for executive director transition and organizational development
DiversityWorks | Oakland
$1,800
Funding for research, evaluation and program recommendations in preparation for a strategic planning process
Families of Incarcerated Loved Ones | Beaumont
$3,000
To support the hire of a part-time grant writer
International Indian Treaty Council | San Francisco
$5,000
Support for organizing the donor base and researching the mechanics of establishing a planned giving program
Nevada County Citizens for Choice | Grass Valley
$2,500
Funding to support the hire of a part-time fundraising consultant
Oasis for Girls | San Francisco
$4,000
Capacity building support to strengthen programs, technical skills and staff leadership
Pilipino Workers’ Center | Los Angeles
$5,000
Technical assistance to launch a pre-paid debit card for low-income immigrants that will offer low-cost transactions, particularly for international remittances, and increased opportunities for saving and asset-building
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences | San Francisco
$5,000
Travel scholarships for women’s health leaders to attend UCSF’s Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility
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