Cultural Unity
Nishat Kurwa
863 Leo Way
Oakland, CA, 94611
510-220-4802
Nsk17@aol.com
Cultural Unity, Oakland, CA, is a student based organization at Berkeley High School established to promote intra-cultural exchange between students and cultural understanding among the larger Berkeley High population, reduce in-school incidences of hate crimes/speech, and develop a grassroots community organizing model with immigrant English-language learner youth. They received a $2000 grant from the Board of Trustees for the continuation of political education workshops and for the production of youth driven ethnic studies curricula/media projects to be distributed in Berkeley High classrooms, and to stipend youth participants and adult facilitators.
Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch
Bob Graham
PO Box 2898
Arnold, CA 95223
209-795-8260
www.forestwatchers.org
Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch, Arnold, CA, is an organization dedicated to the protection, promotion and restoration of healthy forests and watersheds to maintain a high quality of life in the Sierra Nevada. They received a $2000 grant from the Board of Trustees for expenses incurred by the volunteers who attend monthly meetings of the California Board of Forestry.
Environmentalists Against War
Peter Drekmeier
PO Box 19742
Stanford, CA 94309
650-223-3333
www.envirosagainstwar.org
Environmentalists Against War, Stanford, CA, is a coalition of environmental organizations and individuals that formed in January of 2003 to oppose the US war on Iraq. They strive to influence decision-makers, provide information about the connection between war and the environment to the media and the public and mobilize people at the grassroots level. They received a $2000 Board of Trustees grant for the hiring of a coordinator for their Teach-In and Activist Convergence held in October 2003.
Orange County Dyke March
Lori Hutson
12832 Garden Blvd, Suite A
Garden Grove, CA 92832
714-534-0862 ext. 105
www.dykemarchoc.org
Orange County Dyke March, Garden Grove, CA, is a grassroots organization that facilitates progressive social change by empowering lesbian, bisexual and transgender women to fight discrimination, harassment, and anti-gay violence on the job, in schools, in families and throughout Orange County. They received a $2000 Board of Trustees grant to support their annual Dyke March.
United For Justice
Idelle Clarke
280 West Sierra Madre Blvd.
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
626-836-9265
www.unitedforjustice.org
United For Justice, Sierra Madre, CA, is an advocacy organization dedicated to providing strength, power and a unified voice for women and children caught in crisis in America’s courts. They received a $2000 Board of Trustees grant for resource development and volunteer coordination.
United Nations Association Film Festival
Jasmina Bojic
PO Box 19369
Stanford, CA 94309
650-725-0012
www.unaff.org
United Nations Association Film Festival, Stanford, CA, is an annual festival that presents the creative vision of the world’s filmmakers to viewers, informing them about human rights, women’s issues, racism, homelessness, environmental survival, health issues, war and peace. They received a $2000 Board of Trustees grant for organizing the special screening in San Francisco of two UNAFF films: “Discovering Dominga,” and “Liberia: America’s Stepchild.”
Whispered Media
Sabrina Alonso
PO Box 40130
San Francisco, CA 94140
415-717-8733
www.whisperedmedia.org
Whispered Media, San Francisco, CA, is a collective that promotes the use of video and other media tools in progressive grassroots movements. They received a combined grant of $2000 from the Wayne R. Hultgren Memorial Fund for Peace and Social Justice and the Agape Foundation’s Board of Trustees Grant Fund for the distribution of the documentary “We Interrupt this Empire” through innovative multimedia art events.