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ISSN 0897-2613 • Vol. 10 #2 A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority February/March 2001 Taking it to the Streets ... and Beyond A Retrospective on RESIST Grant-Making in 2000

JORGE ROGACHEVSKY The New Decade If the decade of the 1980s was the he year 2000 began with the era of Ronald Reagan, marked by a re­ optimism generated by the surgent jingoistic nationalism and so­ Tenergizing spirit of the Seattle cial Darwinist agenda, and the 1990s anti-WTO demonstrations in Novem­ was the era of Bill Clinton, which put a ber and December 1999. The "Battle in kinder and gentler face on a society Seattle" brought together an unlikely which could function only as long as alliance of environmentalists, anar­ it generated increasing and devastat­ chists, radical students, and main­ ing inequalities between the haves and stream labor groups, among others. have nots, perhaps tbe spirit of 2000 Together they confronted the arro­ will help us usher in a decade when we gance of international capital and its can claim that it is OUR morning in definition of globalization. That thou­ America and it's good to be a radical. sands of people from diverse back­ In the year 2000, RESIS_T, with the grounds would vehemently challenge support of thousands of contributors, the faceless bureaucrats of the New continued to do its part to help this World Order demonstrated that the process along, funding groups around spirit of protest is not only alive and the country doing the day-to-day work well, but is developing a growing so­ of political organizing and education. phistication about the nature of the In 2000, RESIST disbursed almost crisis facing human society in the cur­ $250,000 to local activists and gave rent historical moment. away the second-largest grants total The year 2000 ended with the elec­ in its more than three decades of op­ tion that would not end. The days eration. In total, 135 groups based in dragged on and on, and the attention 36 states plus the District of Columbia of the national and international me- Members of Nebraskans for Peace rally at the Federal were given $249,638.30. Sitting on the dia focused with unprecedented speci- Building in Lincoln Nebraska on April 14, 2000. Photo RESIST Board and reading the appli­ ficity on the extremely questionable by Molly Rohlman cations from organizations throughout mechanisms by which supposedly demo­ the country, one comes to realize how cratic determinations are manufactured. Court- and showed them to be a coterie much creative and inspiring work is taking This spectacle pulled the curtain on the of mediocre and corrupt party hacks. Never place, and how important are the contribu­ magicians who concoct legitimacy in this before have so few done so much to inad- tions of RESIST donors in the effort to sup­ political Land of Oz- from local polling vertently unburden so many of the mysti­ port these activities. officials to the justices of the Supreme fications of the political process. continued on page two

Vol. 10, #2 RESIST Newsletter Page 1 A Retrospective on RESIST Grant-Making continued from page one groups organizing for environmental jus­ Trends in Giving tice (13), labor rights (12), and to counter­ In the year 2000, RESIST funded a large act the homogeneity of the media (11). In number of groups ( 14) organizing around this last category we can also see in a very issues of economic justice. One such ex­ marked way how local activists continue ample is the Center for Economic Justice in to make profound connections between Albuquerque, New Mexico, which spon­ the home front and the international con­ sors the Bankrupt the Bank: World Bank text. For example: 1World Communication, Bonds Boycott, designed to make resis­ based in Amherst, Massachusetts, devel­ tance to World Bank policies a local issue. oped an educational tour called Challeng­ The Washington Peace Center, in Wash­ ing Globalization from the Grassroots, in­ ington, DC, received a grant to expand its tended to create alliances between activ­ Economics for the People campaign, ex­ ists in the US and Bolivia. amining the interconnections of global eco­ In Chicago, Illinois, the Guatemala Ra­ nomic policies. These initiatives demon­ dio Project provides listeners with alterna­ strate that activists are truly practicing the tive news about Guatemala and Latin dictum to think globally and act locally. America; and the Pintig Cultural Group pro­ RESIST grantees also paid much atten­ duced a play entitled Nanny Isog and Her tion to issues of prisoners' rights, as the Children, focusing on the role of multina­ United States continued to expand on its tional corporations in the Philippines. prison-industrial complex, creating a mas­ In Seattle, Washington, the Indepen­ sive underclass defined as a structural RESIST staff expanded in 2000 to include dent Media Center distributes This is What (left to right) Amanda Matos-Gonzalez, . criminal population. this area RESIST In Robin Carton, Jacquie Bishop and Carol Democracy Looks Like, a 90-minute video. also supported many groups (14), such as Schachet. Photo by Paul Ericco about the anti-WTO Seattle demonstra­ the Santa Fe-based Coalition for Prison­ tions; and the Seattle Public Theater staged ers' Rights, which org~nizes to challenge in the criminal justice system. a performance of Justice, Peace and Rec- the social and economic injustice inherent Significant attention was also given to continued on page three More Money for Grants! RESISTAnnounces 50% Increase in Grant Size

Thanks in large part to the political vision and finaincial commitment of its donors, RESIST's maximum grant award will expand from $2,000 to $3,000, effective April 2001. The change in the award also reflects the belief that now is a crucial time to fund radical grassroots organizing for social change. ILLEGITIMATI AUTIIOIZlff Although the RESIST is proud to ~de-,,, w,,-,J ~ ~e. "61 be able to continue For information and grant guidelines, write to: amount of the grant Resist, 259 Elm St., Suite 201 is bigger, the target supporting the Somerville, MA 02144 www.resistinc.org;[email protected] remains the same: critical work of our small grassroots grantees in this Resist Newsletter is published ten times a organizations with way. year by RESIST, Inc., (617)623-5110. The organizational views expressed in articles, other than edi­ torials, are those of the authors and do not budgets under To receive grant necessarily represent the opinions of the $125,000. For many guidelines, RESIST staff or board. ofRESIST's deadline dates and grantees, whose an application, visit RESIST Staff: Jacquie Bishop median budgets are RESIST's website or Robin Carton Amanda Matos-Gonzalez between $30,000-$60,000, contact the office. Carol Schachet this larger award will make a significant difference. RESIST Volunteer: Daphne Lees

Resist • 259 Elm Street Somerville, MA 02144 Newsletter Editor: Carol Schachet 617-623-5110; www.resistinc.org Printing: Red Sun Press 0 Printed on Recycled Paper with Soy ~ -

Page 2 RESIST Newsletter February/March 2001 A Retrospective on RESIST Grant-Making continuedfrom page two onciliation, which explored the impact of ach year, many RESIST supporters honor their friends,colleagues, the Seattle protests on local communities. family and mentors by making a contribution in their name. As is our custom, Resist acknowledges those individuals so honored in Building the Network Ethe lists below. RESIST celebrates the spirit and convictions of One of the characteristics of the year these individuals, along with many others who remain unnamed but have 2000 funding cycle was the level of grass­ affected us-personally and as a movement-by their tenacity, humor, love roots network-building taking place around and passion. the country. RESIST funded 23 groups en­ gaged in community organizing of this In Memory Of In Honor Of type. These groups included the Boston­ Bernice Augenbrown based Massachusetts English Plus Coali­ Mitchell Goodman Deborah Bacharach tion, which received $2,000 for its Bilingual Suzy Gordon & John Palmieri Parents Organizing Project, which aims to Milton Gross Hillel Liberman train language-minority parents to be ef­ Theodore H Harley Fred Pincus & Natalie Soho/off fective organizers in securing an adequate Leslie D 'Cora Holmes Carol Schachet education for their children. Sister City In­ Sally Thane Koplin corporated, a group from Ovett, Missis­ Irwin "Irv" Pollack William Singer sippi, also received $2,000 to provide ad­ Jane Polley Helen Spiegel vocacy training on issues regarding social Freda Freidman Salzman JonahZern inequalities in rural Mississippi. Ellie Schnitzer A few other groups that we funded in Rudolph von Abele this area include: the Malcolm X Grassroots Maxwell N Weisman Movement in Brooklyn, New York, which William Noel Whisner trains community patrols to observe the work oflocal police; the Utah Progressive Network (UPNet), which will use the funds In the year 2000, RESIST also issued · members, with a special goal of diversify­ to staff the Common Voices coalition, work­ two grants from the Freda Friedman ing our social composition by incorporat­ ing in Salt Lake City to promote anti-racist Salzman Memorial Fund, which "is dedi­ ing new African-American and Latino(a) and immigrant rights organizing; and the cated to the purpose of supporting orga­ members. The Board also decided to hire Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Po­ nized resistance to the institutions and additional staff in order to further promote li ti cal Repression, which publishes the practices that rob people of their dignity our grant-giving activities. Kentucky Alliance NEWS, and helps to as full human beings ... (giving) a high In 2000 Ty dePass joined the RESIST bring together racially diverse communi­ priority to the efforts of Native American Board. Ty was raised in the Bronx. He has ties to oppose racist policies and practices. peoples to resist cultural as well as actual organized around tenant, housing and edu­ genocide." RESIST awarded a Salzman cational issues in New York City and Bos­ Special Awards grant to the Free Burma Coalition, based in ton. He is currently the Assistant Editor of The Kentucky Alliance Against Racist Washington, DC, to support the Second Non Profit Quarterly, a magazine that ana­ and Political Repression was awarded a International Day of Actions organized to lyzes public policy for the benefit of non­ Holmes Memorial Fund grant. The Holmes pressure the Suzuki corporation to discon­ profit organizations. Memorial Fund was established in 1999 to tinue its support for the repressive regime RESIST also welcomed Jacquie Bishop honor the life's work and legacy of Leslie in Burma. A second Salzman Memorial and Amanda Matos-Gonzalez, both as new D'Cora Holmes. This fund supports activi­ Fund grant was given to the Coalici6n de staff and Board members. Jacquie works ties and organizations that embody the Derechos Humanos/Arizona Border Rights full-time in the RESIST office. She is a na­ characteristics, values, and principles that Project, based in Tucson, Arizona, to or­ tive New Yorker, where she worked as an reflect her spirit-filled mission, including: ganize against the militarization of the US­ HIV/AIDS program manager and freelance empowerment for communities and indi­ Mexican border and the vigilante activities writer, and for many years supported a va­ viduals; self-determination through edu­ oflocal ranchers. riety of progressive causes. Amanda will cation and community organizing; harmo­ work half-time for RESIST, allowing her to nization of diverse communities of inter­ Inside RESIST attend the University of Massachusetts­ est; actualization and recognition of indi­ The year 2000 was also a time when Boston to pursue her interests in Latin vidual potential; courage of conviction; and RESIST Board members worked together American Studies and Africana Studies. A pride in culture, community and self. to strengthen the organization and to bring former Young Sister for Justice at the Bos­ Another recipient of a Holmes Memo­ in new energies and perspectives. In Octo­ ton Women's Fund, Amanda brings to RE­ rial Fund grant in 2000 was DRUM- Desis ber of 1999 the Board held its second re­ SIST experience in grants allocation and Rising Up and Moving, a group from New treat. At this gathering we assessed the leadership development in support of so­ York City which trains South Asian youth functioning and composition of the Board, cial justice efforts. to organize for social justice. and made a commitment to bring in new continued on page ten

Vol. 10, #2 RESIST Newsletter Page 3 Coalicion de Derechos Humanos/Arizona RESIST 2000 Grantees Border Rights Project (Tucson, AZ) $2,000 for program addressing the mili­ tarization of the US/Mexican border, par­ Following is a comprehensive ticularly the vigilante style actions of list of grant recipients from the year ranchers with large land holdings. 2000 with a brief description of their Salzman Memorial Fund work. Please note that the categories Coalition for the Human Rights of Immi­ do not accurately represent the in­ grants (New York, NY) $2,000 for a march ter-connectedness of issues or vi­ to demand amnesty for undocumented sion. A break-down of grantees by immigrants. region can be found on page seven. Denver VOICE (Denver, CO) $1,000 for printing costs for a street newspaper on Africa/Asia/International struggles of the homeless community. Burma Project (San Francisco, CA) DRUM- Desis Rising Up and Moving $2,000 to pressure US-based oil (New York, NY) $2,000 to train South company UNOCAL to leave Asian high school and university stu­ Burma dents to organize for social justice. Filipino/American Coalition for En­ Holmes Memorial Fund vironmental Solutions (Wash­ Family Child Care Association of San Fran­ ington, DC) $1,000 to bring to­ cisco (San Francisco, CA) $1,000 to build gether activists concerned . support for improving working condi­ about US refusal to clean-up tions of child care providers. contamination created by US Human Dignity Coalition (Bend, OR) $2,000 military bases in the Philippines. for coalition which seeks to address is­ Free Burma Coalition (Washington, sues of racism, sexism and homophobia DC) $2,000 for the Second Inter­ in Central Oregon. national Day of Actions against Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Po­ the Suzuki corporation to pres­ Peter Garcia, a San Juan Pueblo elder, participates litical Repression (Louisville, KY) $2,000 at Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory with Peace sure them to leave Burma. to publish the Action New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Peace Action Kentucky Alliance NEWS, Salzman Memorial Fund New Mexico which brings together racially diverse communities to take action against rac­ Central America/Latin America ceming the elections in Mexico. ist policies and practices. Holmes Me­ and the Caribbean Committee on US/Latin American Relations morial Fund Anti-War Committee of Minneapolis (Min­ (CUSLAR) (Ithaca, NY) $2,000 to edu­ Korean American Resource and Cultural neapolis, MN) $2,000 to support the cate about US military and economic in­ Center (Chicago, IL) $2,000 for the Po­ Campaign to End US Military Aggres­ volvement in Latin America and work litical English component of the Immi­ sion in Colombia. toward a more just US foreign policy. M grant Rights Project, which views lan­ Brazilian Immigrant Center/Centro de Promotores de Derechos (Albuquerque, guage as a tool for empowerment. Imigrante Brasileiro (Allston, MA) NM) $2,000 for the Encuentro Maine Rural Network (Standish, ME) $2,000 $1,000 to support social and economic Fronterizo Project, a bi-national coali­ for coalition building and community or­ justice for low-income Brazilian immi­ tion working for immigrant rights and ganizing on social justice issues in rural grants, focusing on workplace abuses. justice along the border region of New Maine. M CISPES- Bay Area (San Francisco, CA) Mexico and Texas. Making Change (Santa Monica, CA) $1,500 $1,900 for a teach-in entitled Health Care Witness for Peace MidAtlantic (Lewes, DE) for Cold Weather Shelter Monitoring is a Human Right, Lets Up the Global $1,800 for staff salary for organization Project. Fight: From Central America to the Bay which examines oppressive military and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (Brook­ Area. economic forces in Central America and lyn, NY) $2,000 to support central Brook­ Committee for Health Rights in the Ameri­ the Caribbean. lyn community patrols to observe po­ cas (San Francisco, CA) $2,000 to work Witness for Peace - New England (Rich­ lice interactions with community resi­ for basic health care rights in Central mond, VT) $1,000 to promote and publi­ dents. America and California. cize the tour of an indigenous speaker Massachusetts English Plus Coalition Committee in Solidarity with the Central from Chiapas. (Boston, MA) $2,000 for the Bilingual American People (CISCAP) (Eugene, Parents Organizing Project to train lan­ OR) $2,000 for the newsletter and to con­ Community Organizing/Anti-Racism guage minority parents to be effective duct a series of educational events con- Central City Lutheran Mission (San Ber­ organizers in order to challenge policies

M indicates Multi-Year Award nardino, CA) $1,000 to print a monthly that deny equal access to educational E indicates Emergency Grant newspaper run by and for youth. continued on page five

Page 4 RESIST Newsletter February/March 2001 RESIST 2000 Grantees continued from page four Contact Center (Cincinnati, OH) $2,000 for opportunities. organization that provides leadership Men's Rape Prevention Project (Washing­ training, skill development and power ton, DC) $2,000 to develop a Speakers analysis to low-income and moderate­ Handbook for training professional and income people. M peer educators about how to engage Flinthills Living Wage Coalition (Manhat­ young men in efforts to prevent gen­ tan, KS) $2,000 to support organizing der-based violence. for local, county and school-based liv­ Metro Justice (Rochester, NY) $2,000 to es­ ing wage campaigns. tablish an inter-active, shared commu­ Mobilization for Global Justice (Washing­ nity calendar as a means to develop a ton, DC) $300 to protest the actions of progressive network. the IMF and World Bank during the Nebraskans for Peace (Lincoln, NE) $2,000 April Actions in Washington, DC.E for grassroots advocacy organization People Escaping Poverty Project (S. working nonviolently for peace with jus­ Moorhead, MN) $2,000 for a two-day tice through community building, edu­ cation and political action. New York City AIDS Housing Network (New York, NY) $300 for a march pro­ testing the denial of emergency hous­ ing assistance and benefits to homeless people living with AIDS. E Oregon Human Rights Coalition (Portland, OR) $2,000 for community-based orga­ nization which advocates for the rights oflow-income people. Peace and Social Justice Center of South Central Kansas (Wichita, KS) $1,600 to publish newsletter which focuses on area peace and social justice issues. Plowshares Peace and Justice Center (Roanoke, VA) $2,000 for resource cen­ ter organizing around domestic and in­ ternational economic and social justice issues. Sister Spirit Incorporated (Ovett, MS) $2,000 for program which provides meet­ ing space and advocacy training on ways to address social issues and ineq­ Volunteers with Michigan CURE prepare mailing packets (photos above) as part of their uities in rural Mississippi. Equitable Telephone Charges (eTc) campaign. Photos courtesy of Michigan CURE Texas Alliance for Human Needs (Austin, TX) $2,000 for organization represent­ ton, MA) $300 to protest the actions of retreat for organization that seeks to ad­ ing the interests of low- and moderate­ the IMF and World Bank during the dress the root causes of poverty and income people in Texas. April Actions in Washington, DC. E build low-income leadership. Utah Progressive Network (UPNet) (Salt Center for Economic Justice (Albuquerque, Santa Cruz County Coalition for a Living Lake City, UT) $2,000 to staff the Utah NM) $2,000 to support the Bankrupt the Wage (Santa Cruz, CA) $2,000 for a Common Voices coalition which en­ Bank: World Bank Bonds Boycott de­ Worker Organizing Initiative for living gages in anti-racist and immigrants signed to make the World Bank a local wage ordinances in Watsonville, Santa rights organizing. issue. Cruz and the County of Santa Cruz. Center for Economic Justice (Albuquerque, Survivors, Inc. (W. Roxbury, MA) $2,000 Economic Justice NM) $300 to protest the actions of the to hire two part-time staff as part of cam­ Blue Mountain Biodiversity Project (Fos­ IMF and World Bank during the April paign to organize low-income college sil, OR) $2,000 to support printing and Actions in Washington, DC. E students at UMASS/Boston. distribution of The Corporate Consen­ Connecticut Alliance for Basic Human Union for Radical Political Economics sus- a primer on transnational corpo­ Needs (Hartford, CT) $600 for CABHN (URPE) (New Haven, CT) $1,500 to staff rate globalization and governance. Fever, a monthly newsletter dedicated the Economy Connection, a speakers Boston Global Action Network/Working to keeping low-income residents in­ and resource bureau that works to de- Group on IMF and World Bank (Bos- formed and active on poverty issues. continued on page six

Vol. JO, #2 RESIST Newsletter Page 5 RESIST 2000 Grantees continued from page five mystify economic issues. Washington Peace Center (Washington, DC) $2,000 to expand Economics for the People which examines global economic interconnections. Welfare and Low-Income Support Network, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA) $2,000 for the wel­ fare rights project Motivate, Organize, Mobilize (MOM) which works with low­ income families and their allies to fight for more realistic and humane welfare reform.

Environmental Justice Alaska Women's Environmental Network (Anchorage, AK) $2,000 to create net­ working opportunities and training pro­ grams to promote women's leadership in state conservation efforts. Boston Rainforest Action Group (Brighton, Activists from Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space MA) $2,000 to fund a campaign to help (Gainesville, FL) demonstrate in front of the White House. Photo by Aurel Duta the U'wa People of Colombia stop Occi­ dental from drilling for oil in their tradi­ $2,000 to an organization working to CO) $2,000 to educate and empower tional lands. bring attention to the effects of global­ LGBT communities in northern Colorado Boston Rainforest Action Group (Brighton, ization on the environment. M and southern Wyoming. MA) $300 to organize two events to pro­ Native Forest Network Eastern North Safe Community and Schools Coalition test the destruction of forests in Colom­ America (Burlington, VT) $2,000 for the (Athens, OH) $2,000 for organization bia by US-based petroleum companies Northeast Forestry Practices Campaign opposing homophobia in local schools in concert with a visit from U'wa tribe & Anti-Globalization/Biotechnology Or­ and to provide support for gay/lesbian/ members.E ganizing Work. bisexual/transgender youth. Cascadia Wildlands Project (Eugene OR) Newtown Florist Club, Inc. (Gainesville, United Students Against DOMA (Defense $1,500 to educate the public about the GA) $2,000 to purchase video camera to of Marriage Amendment) (Lincoln, NE) effects of unsustainable resource extrac­ be used in the Youth Activist Summer $300 to educate high school and col­ tion in the Pacific Northwest. Leadership Development Program and lege students about the effects of the Citizens Awareness Network (Shelburne to document industrial spills. state's defense of marriage constitu­ Falls, MA) $2,000 for environmental or­ Nuclear Free Great Lakes Campaign tional amendment. E ganization which focuses on nuclear fuel (Evanston, IL) $1,000 for the Nuclear Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project (Ann cycle issues.M Free Great Lakes Camp to recruit and Arbor, MI) $2,000 for organization ad­ Citizens Awareness Network-Connecticut train a new generation of activists while dressing gay, lesbian, bisexual and (Haddam, CT) $2,000 for the Paul Re­ mobilizing around global nuclear power transgender issues in Washtenaw vere Tour designed to educate about issues. County. the sale of local nuclear power plants, Water Information Network (Albuquerque, Wisconsin Research Center, Inc. (Milwau­ marginal safety regulations, and the in­ NM) $2,000 for organizing to stop ura­ kee, WI) $2,000 to conduct seminars on herent dangers in the second genera­ nium mining and radioactive waste sites the actions of the Religious Right for tion of nuclear power plants. in New Mexico/West Texas. members ofthe gay/lesbian/bisexual and Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive trans gender community in rural areas of Dumping (Albuquerque, NM) $2,000 for Gay/Lesbian/Bisexualffransgender Wisconsin. the Walk for Saner Solutions opposing Fed Up Queers (New York, NY) $1,900 for the transportation of nuclear waste computer and printer to make materials Health/AIDS/Disability through low-income communities. around issues of relevance to the queer Coalition of Montanans Concerned with Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger community, and to change public policy. Disabilities (Missoula, MT) $2,000 for (Merrimac, WI) $2,000 for organization Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (New disability rights organization which working on clean up of toxic waste at York, NY) $1,000 to organize civil dis­ works together with other progressive Badger Army Ammunition Plant and cre­ obedience trainings to oppose exclu­ organizations to fight fo~ the rights of ation of healthy sustainable re-use sion of gay and lesbian contingents in marginalized groups. M plans.M New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Maine Ri ht to Know South Gouldsboro, Gateway Green Alliance (St. Louis, MO) Lambda Community Center (Fort Collins, continued on page seven

Page 6 RESIST Newsletter February/March 2001 RESIST 2000 Grantees continued from page six force retailers and manufacturers to en­ ME) $2,000 for an education and out­ sure that garment workers are paid fairly Grant Distribution reach campaign to seek labeling require­ and work under decent conditions. ments for genetically modified food sold Workers Resource Network (Dorchester, By Category* in Maine. MA) $2,000 to assist low-wage, immi­ # (%) grant and contingent workers. Community Organizing! 23 (17.0) Labor Anti-Racism Alliance for Workers' Rights (Reno, NV) Media/Culture Economic Justice 14 (10.4) $2,000 for the Kiss My Foot Campaign 1World Communication (Amherst, MA) Prisoners 14 (10.4) which opposes the mandatory dress re­ $1,000 to support Challenging Global­ Environment 13 (9.6) quirement of high heeled shoes as a con­ ization from the Grassroots to build alli­ Labor 12 (8.9) dition of employment. ance between activists in US and Bolivia. Media/Culture 11 (8.1) Coalition on New Office Technology Activist San Diego (San Diego, CA) $2,000 Central/Latin America 9 (6.7) (CNOT) (Boston, MA) $2,000 to address for Internet web site and calendar for & the Caribbean workplace rights, particularly related to local social justice activists. Peace/Anti-militarism 8 (5.9) repetitive strain injuries. Guatemala Radio Project (Chicago, IL) Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual 7 (5.2) Good Jobs! (Hartford, CT) $2,000 to tra_in $1,100 for project which provides lis­ Trans gender organizers of color to help change the teners with an alternative to mainstream Women 7 (5.2) local construction system, to increase information on Guatemala and other Youth 7 (5.2) local hiring on construction projects and countries in Latin America. Africa/Asia/International 3 (2.2) to hold corporations and government Independent Media Center (Seattle, WA) Native American 3 (2.2) accountable. $2,000 for the distribution of This is What Health/AIDS/Disability 2 (1.5) Hard Hat News (New York, NY) $2,000 for Democracy Looks Like, a 90-minute Middle East 2 (1.5) bi-monthly newsletter which seeks to video about the World Trade Organiza­ 10TAL 135 (100) provide a critical voice for construction tion demonstrations in Seattle. workers by exposing racial and gender Missouri Pro-Vote (St. Louis, MO) $2,000 * NOTE: These divisions do not ac­ discrimination in hiring; attack corrup­ to build the capacity of grassroots or­ curately portray the inter-connected­ tion and racketeering; and support ganizations to publicize their causes ness of many issues. Generally speak­ democratic unions. M through progressive media outreach. ing, grants are organized according Los Angles County Day Laborer Associa­ Organizers' Collaborative (Cambridge, MA) to the project or campaign rather than tion (Los Angeles, CA) $2,000 to pur­ $2,000 to develop an on-line social the sponsoring group itself. For ex­ chase computer equipment for an orga­ change database of creative tactics to ample, an environmental project nization that promotes the rights of day facilitate collaboration and movement sponsored by a labor group would laborers. building. be listed as "Environment" rather than "Labor." Miami Workers Center (Miami, FL) $300 to continued on page eight support two working class women of color to participate in the protests of the IMF/World Bank during the April Geographic Grant Distribution in 2000 Actions in Washington, DC. E Region "fl (%) Montana Community Labor Alliance Midwest 28 (20.7) (Missoula, MT) $2,000 for part-time staff (IL,KS,MI,MN,MO, for Montana Workers' Rights Board to NE, OH, SD, WI) fight unfair labor practices. West Northeast 28 (20.7) Nicaragua Solidarity Committee (Chicago, (CT, MA, ME, NH, IL) $2,000 for an outreach program to Rl,VT) educate and involve students and sub­ Mid-Atlantic 28 (20.7) urban communities in anti-sweatshop (DC, DE, MD, NJ, South campaigns. NY,PA) Support Team International for Textileras West(CA) 17 (12.6) (STITCH) (Chicago, IL) $2,000 to sup­ Northwest 14 (10.4) port a direct mail campaign to find new (AK, CO, MT, OR, donors and members. Loan UT,WA) Support Team International Textileras Northeast Southwest 11 (8.1) (STITCH) (Chicago, IL) $2,000 for net­ (AZ, NM, NY, TX) work of US women engaged in cross­ South 9 (6.7) border labor organizing for women work­ (FL, GA, KY, MS, SC, VA) ers in Central America. M Sweatshop Watch (Oakland, CA) $2,000 to TOTAL 135 (100)

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continued from page seven Prisoners Pintig Cultural Group (Chicago, IL) $2,000 180 Movement for Democracy and Educa­ for Nanny lsog and Her Children which tion (Madison, WI) $1,000 to organize looks at multinational corporations in Democracy Teach-ins on 100 college the Philippines and the tensions their campuses focusing on the prison indus­ operations create between Muslim and trial complex. Christian communities. Books Through Bars (Philadelphia, PA) Progressive Media Alliance (Ithaca, NY) $2,000 to print booklet to accompany $1,000 to diversify voices heard on lo­ Contexts, an exhibit of prison art seek­ cal media and to expand access to me­ ing to show the realities of prisoners dia for under-represented voices. and prison life. Prometheus Radio Project (Philadelphia, Campaign to End the Death Penalty (Chi­ PA) $2,000 to purchase a spectrum ana­ cago, IL) $2,000 for organization which lyzer which will enable Low Power FM works to end the death penalty in the US. (LPFM) radio stations to locate clear Coalition for Prisoners' Rights (Santa Fe, spots on the radio band that do not in­ NM) $2,000 for organization which seeks terfere with full power stations. to challenge the social and economic Seattle Public Theater: Theater of Libera­ injustice inherent in the criminal justice tion Program (Seattle, WA) $2,000 for system. M the performance of Justice, Peace and Critical Resistance (San Francisco, CA) Reconciliation to explore the impact of $2,000 to print 75,000 broadsheets about Nebraskans For Peace protest the "loan WTO events on Seattle communities. shark" policies of the IMF/World Bank. the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Spiral Q Puppet Theater (Philadelphia, PA) Photo by Molly Rohlman Prevention Act in order to generate pub­ $2,000 for puppetry/public spectacle to lic debate on youth and crime. build community and civic engagement propaganda. Families to Amend California's Three at demonstrations at the Republican Na­ Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice Strikes (Los Angeles, CA) $2,000 to sup­ tional Convention. (Gainesville, FL) $1,500 for outreach cam­ port the Prison Correspondence Project _ paign to mobilize opposition to Navy which enables prisoners to participate MiddleEast bombing practice in the Ocala National in campaigns to change the criminal jus­ Mobilization for Survival - Boston (Cam­ Forest. tice system. bridge, MA) $2,000 for the Campaign Maryland United for Peace and Justice Michigan CURE (Kalamazoo, Ml) $2,000 for the Iraqi People which opposes the (Bowie, Maryland) $2,000 to publicize for the National eTc (Equitable Tele­ sanctions against Iraq. and advertise for conference entitled phone Charges) Campaign to address Rhode Island Committee for Nonviolence Promoting Racial and Ethnic Justice the high cost of prisoner-initiated tele­ Initiatives (Providence, RI) $2,000 for the at Home and Abroad. phone calls which places a burden on Campaign of Conscience to challenge New Hampshire Peace Education Fund family members and results in multi-mil­ non-military sanctions against Iraq by (Concord, NH) $2,000 for outreach ef­ lion dollar profits to the Corrections shipping humanitarian and reconstruc­ forts to increase public awareness of US Departments. tion aid to Iraq as symbolic resistance. militarism and economic globalization. Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against Native American/Native Peoples Peace Action New Mexico (Santa Fe, NM) the Death Penalty (Philadelphia, PA) Cincinnati Zapatista Coalition (Cincinnati, $2,000 to publish a newsletter which $2,000 for rally for Death Penalty Mora­ OH) $900 for educational events about looks at local and national social justice torium. the Zapatistas and Leonard Peltier. issues and helps readers engage in a Prison Activist Resource Center (Berkeley, Honor our Neighbors Origins and Rights variety of direct actions. CA) $2,000 for anti-racist training for (Washington, DC) $2,000 to support Peace Center (State College, PA) $2,000 for group engaged in opposing the growth changes in federal, state and local poli­ organization which seeks to mobilize of the prison industrial system. cies regarding American Indians/Alas­ people to work for peace and justice on Prison and Jail Project (Americus, GA) kan Native human and cultural rights.M the local and national level. $2,000 for organization which challenges Leonard Peltier Defense Committee School of the Americas Watch/NE (Phila­ the corrupt and racist criminal justice (Lawrence, KS) $2,000 for an intensive delphia, PA) for a series of workshops system in southwest Georgia. M educational campaign and demonstra­ and distribution of Solidarity in Action: Prison Families ofNewYork, Inc. (Albany, tion seeking the release of Leonard A Guide to Grassroots Organizing to NY) $2,000 for staff time for intensive Peltier from prison. Close the SOA. outreach to prison families in order to War Resister's League/Military & Draft create support groups as a model for Peace/Anti-Militarism Counseling Project (Portland, OR) organizing changes in the criminal jus­ Alternatives to the Military (Lincoln, NE) $1 ,400 to strengthen and expand stu­ tice system. $1,500 to support work in local high dent outreach efforts in area schools Prison Moratorium Project (New York, NY) schools to counter military recruitment challenging military recruitment. continued on page nine

Page 8 RESIST Newsletter February/March 2001 RESIST 2000 Grantees continuedfrom page eight materials to make the organization more training, education and community $2,000 for campaign entitled Not with accessible to non-English speaking service.M Our Money: Students Stop Prison-for­ communities. School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL) Profit organizing students and youth to Hermanas: Sisterhood in Central America (Oakland, CA) $2,000 for organization fight the expansion of for-profit-prisons. and the Caribbean (Princeton, NJ) $1,000 which works to develop multicultural South Dakota Peace and Justice Center for activities which will create a larger leadership development and organizing (Watertown, SD) $2,000 for the Interfaith and more diverse movement of women training programs for youth and to fight Task Force Against the Death Penalty in the US who can work to change US - for affirmative action in California. M which seeks to build awareness in reli­ policy toward Cuba. South Carolina Progressive Network (Co­ gious communities about the positions Immigrant Workers Resource Center (Bos­ lumbia, SC) $2,000 to develop a youth their denominations hold against the ton, MA) $2,000 to assist and enable project that would involve young people death penalty. immigrant workers to become leaders in progressive activities. Southland Prison News (Cambridge, MA) and organizers in their workplaces and South End/Lower Roxbury Youth Alliance $1,000 to send brochures and informa­ communities. M (Boston, MA) $2,000 for organization tion packets to prisoners and activists National Abortion and Reproductive which offers support and training to to change Department of Corrections Rights Action League ofOhio (NARAL) youth workers. policies on Hepatitis C. (Columbus, OH) $2,000 to develop edu­ Youth Organizing Communities cational materials and programming (Montebello, CA) $2,000 for youth­ Women aimed at preserving women's reproduc­ driven organization fighting for educa­ AdbarEthiopian Women'sAlliance (Cam­ tive choices. tional justice and an end to the Prison bridge, MA) $2,000 to advocate for Industrial Complex. Ethiopian women and their families and Youth works toward access to culturally ap­ Bill of Rights Education Project/Project Hip propriate services and rights. Hop (Boston, MA) $2,000 to expand the Appalachian Women's Alliance (Floyd, focus of ACTION for Justice "educa­ 2000 Grantmaking Totals VA) $2,000 to purchase new office equip­ tion not incarceration" and to develop ment to support a grassroots coalition Rising Times as a Boston-area voice of Grants: ...... $234,300 of low-income and working women in youth Loans: ...... $2,000 Appalachia. Houston Area Committee for Youth and NWTRCC: ...... $5,238.30 Association for Union Democracy-Women's Nonmilitary Opportunities (Bellaire, TX) Project (Brooklyn, NY) $2,000 to de­ $500 for displays in schools to offer al­ Technical Assistance: .... $8,100.00 mocratize unions by increasing the in­ ternatives to military recruitment. Number of Grants volvement and influence of women Project on Youth and Non-Military Oppor­ and Loans Awarded: ...... 135 union members. tunities (Project YANO) (Encinitas, CA) Total Grants Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund, $2,000 for organization engaged in and Loans: ...... $249,638.30 Inc. (Cambridge, MA) $2,000 to subsi­ counter-recruitment campaigns high­ dize the cost of producing outreach lighting non-military alternatives for job

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Vol. 10, #2 RESIST Newsletter Page 9 A Retrospective on RESIST Grant-Making

The year 2000 also saw the departure of some long-time RESIST Board members. Louis Kampf and Paul Lauter, both RESIST founding members, decided to focus their efforts on other politcal campaigns. Their contributions over the past three decades to the work of the RESIST Board, their vi­ sion, passion and commitment will be irre­ placeable. More recent Board member Jim Campen also left; we will miss his insight and involvement, especially his expertise in finances. We wish them all well and ex­ pect that our paths will continue to cross as we pursue our common endeavors.

New Announcements Given these various changes, the Board held an organizational meeting in October of2000 in order to better integrate the new members and to assess how the decision­ making process could be clarified. Board members sought to help RESIST more effi­ ciently carry out its task of providing fi­ nancial support to progressive grassroots organizations around the country; and present thoughtful political analyses in the Newsletter. This meeting promoted greater Cascadia Wildland Project volunteer stands in front of an 800-year-old Douglas fir tree cohesiveness among Board members and slated for logging in the Willamette ational Forest. Photo by James Johnston laid out a structure that will encourage greater internal initiative. can continue to count on the generosity of Jorge Rogachevsky is a member of In the coming months the RESIST Board our donors RESIST will continue to do its RESIST's Board ofDirectors and teaches will be considering some new initiatives to share to help foster the progressive awak­ enhance our ability to serve the progres­ ening that we see around us. Spanish and Latin American Studies at sive community. Two such changes have St. Mary's College ofMaryland. already been implemented. We have raised the budgetary cap for organizations that we will fund from the previous $100,000 yearly operating budget to a new ceiling of (3B.ANIS $125,000. We also increased the maximum continuedfrom page twelve award from $2,000 to $3,000. As long as we groups, of which WV-CRG has been part, $2,000 will be used to train six more have been successful in halting logging residents as organizers in resident on public lands resulting in a timbering committees from six public housing ban in a 9000 acre state forest and in Stamps of Approval projects in the Los Angeles area. saving trees in other areas, however; Together the committees are dedicated to In 2000, donors and pledges WV-CRG feels that the time is right to making the development of quality returned business reply establish a coordinated permanent green affordable housing an important issue for envelopes with stamps, amount­ space coalition. the city of Los Angeles. ing to a savings of $820. By The $2000 grant from Resist will be using stamps, RESIST support­ used to publish and distribute newslet­ ers gave the equivalent of more West Virginia Citizen ters and to get a more formal coalition than two emergency grants. Research Group (WV-CRG) underway. This will enable WV-CRG to Thank you. 1324 Virginia Street East continue its present projects which Charleston, West Virginia 25301 include analyzing campaign finance reports and maintaining a database of West Virginians have no public comment contributions to candidates from special process through which citizens can par­ interest groups and monitor the "favors" ticipate in decisions affecting growth, these groups receive in return from urban sprawl and green space. Ad hoc legislators

Page JO RESIST Newsletter February/March 2001 RESIST's Media Funding Guidelines A Sample of Media-Related Grantees oughout its history, RESIST has nded a wide range of media­ Below is a partial listing ofgroups funded by RESIST. Full listings are available at the Tilated projects and organizations. website: www.resistinc.org. The radical use of the media can have a powerful impact on organizing actions for ALSO (Sarasota, FL) to produce a slide to Hard Hat Construction Magazine (San change. In making funding decisions, RE­ be projected prior to feature films an­ Francisco, CA) for outreach and sub­ SIST is willing to consider a variety of nouncing support groups for gay, les­ scription drive for nation-wide con­ projects that look at pivotal social and eco­ bian, bisexual and transgendered youth. struction magazine which seeks to en­ nomic justice issues. Alternative Press Center (Baltimore, MD) able workers in the building trades to for the Library Development Project regain control of their unions. RESIST prioritizes funding for cultural which will allow public access to an in­ Media Project (Portland, OR) to distribute and/or artistic projects that are effective dex of Alternative Press articles and the the radio documentary series Carefully tools or means for organizing. Funding will Internet in order to facilitate social jus­ Taught: Clashing Values in the Class­ be given to those projects that are not indi­ tice organizing. room which explores right-wing attacks vidually driven, but rather reflect a group American Friends Service Committee- TAO on public education. process. The primary funding request must (Austin, TX) for distribution of a video National Network of Abortion Funds be for the dissemination or utilization of documenting the impact of the eleven (Hadley, MA) for a booklet "Legal But the resource, and the actual product will be Levi Strauss plant closings and the Out of Reach," chronicling attempts of assessed in terms of its potential impact. struggles for workers rights and corpo­ low-income women to access abortions. rate accountability. National Radio Project (Portola Valley, CA) As listed in the Funding Guidelines, or­ Appalachian Reader (Charlotte, VA) to build to distribute a progressive public affairs ganizations must have an annual budget a larger donor/subscriber base to en­ radio program to micro-broadcasters; ofapproximately $125,000 or less. Priority able The Appalachian Reader to attain and for computer equipment and staff will be given to groups that fall outside of editorial and financial independence. time to increase distribution for their ra­ mainstream funding sources because they Arkansas Broadcasting Foundation (Little dio show "Making Contact." are considered too radical. Rock, AK) to purchase recording equip­ Pickaxe Productions (Eugene, OR) to pur­ ment to train members of groups fight­ chase video equipment to augment RESIST will fund: ing for social and economic change. multi-media productions studio used by • the distribution costs of a film, video or Arroyo Arts Collective (Highland Park, CA) local activist groups to produce video radio project to produce an issue of their newsletter and audio projects. • the purchase of video or audio equip­ to accompany the exhibit Without Alarm: PINTIG Cultural Group (Chicago, IL) for ment on a limited basis Issues ofPublic and Private Security. two productions around the theme, • printing or copying costs for publications Boston CISPES (Jamaica Plain, MA) for Breaking Barriers: Interrogating One • performances of fully developed plays printing and postage costs of a ~ock Hundred Years of Colonialism. or skits mail order catalog from "Sweat Gear In­ Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (New • installation costs for exhibits ternational" about abuses in the garment York, NY) to build physical capacity, pro­ • general operating costs industry in El Salvador. vide training workshops and print a bro­ Committee for Labor Access (Chicago, IL) chure for radical participatory theater RESIST will NOT support requests to purchase a single chip Hi-8 video cam­ rooted in popular education movement. related to: era to aid in producing the weekly cable Think Again (Jamaica Plain, MA) for post­ • the production or development of films, television access show Labor·Beat. card and sticker campaigns regarding videos or radio projects. Contact Center (Cincinnati, OH) to pur­ welfare reform, homophobia in the Re­ • publications, media or cultural projects chase a video camcorder to record local publican National Convention and lack not directly connected to organizing. struggles against displacement. of affordable housing. • oral histories or "human interest" stories Dyke TV (New York, NY) for workshops Utah Progressive Network (Salt Lake City, unrelated to organizing campaigns. and equipment to counter mainstream UT) to develop and expand a web page • presentations of film or video projects at portrayals of lesbians and to provide which would link diverse progressive film festivals or on public television. trainings regarding the use ofvideo/film groups in Utah in an effort to share strat­ • script development. as an organizing tool. egies for change and encourage leader­ • travel expenses. Guatemala Radio Project (Chicago, IL) to ship development. • funding for individuals. provide listeners with an alternative to Women's Prison Book Project for a film se­ • social service projects. mainstream information on Guatemala ries exploring issues around women in • projects originating outside the US and other countries in Latin America. prison.

Vol. 10, #2 RESIST Newsletter Page 11 (;RANTS

RESIST awards grants six times a year to the first stop for activists returning from with Justice as a coalition of churches, groups throughout the United States en­ actions or released from police custody. unions, student groups and community gaged in activism for social and economic After the Convention, RVWP realized there based organizations in support of work­ justice. In this issue of the Newsletter we was a need for ongoing non- mainstream ers rights to organize. list a few grant recipients from our F ebru­ commentary and continued broadcasting Triangle's Jobs with Justice is ary 2001 allocation cycle. For more in­ six evenings a week via streaming MP3. currently active in the union organizing formation, contact the groups at the ad­ Using the $2,000 grant from RESIST, campaign of over 2,400 nurses at Duke dresses below. Radio Volta hopes to increase their daily University Medical Center. The nurses coverage and purchase new equipment. there work in a hostile anti-union climate Radio Volta Project Radio Volta hopes to promote the kinds prevalent in North Carolina, fueled by Independent Media Center of cultural, educational and news corporate greed and racial divisions. Philadelphia programming sorely lacking with corpo­ Resist's grant of $2,000 will be used to PO Box 42803 rate and corporate-funded "public" radio. continue the development of Jobs with Philadelphia, PA 19101 Justice as an inclusive coalition with the www.phillyimc.org Southern Anti-Racism goal of changing public policy using a Network new campaign "Organize the South" Solidarity Campaign 2000-2002. Named for Voltairine De Cleyre, PO Box 52731 Philadelphia's most prominent historical Durham NC 27717 anarchist, champion of civil rights, labor www.projectsarn.org Union de Vecinos and women's suffrage; Radio Volta PO Box 33164 Webcast Project (RVWP) is an indepen­ The labor movement in North Carolina Los Angeles, CA 90033 dent, community-based, all volunteer, has the lowest union density in the US. www.uniondevecinos.org collectively-run broadcast outlet in Phila­ Recognizing this in 1998, SARN made it a delphia. It evolved from the webcast team strategic objective to build Triangle Jobs In January 1996, Union de Vecinos orga­ that broadcast during the 2000 Republi­ with Justice. Using a combined organiz­ nized to resist unfair treatment by the can Convention. During that week the ing /education strategy SARN built a Housing Authority of the City of Los audio team produced a live streaming multi-cultural coalition movement in Angeles (HACLA). The housing author­ Internet radio station, dubbed "WR2K." support of the first anti-sweatshop pro­ ity gave 35 families who were residents of The live call-in line made WR2K the first curement ordinance in the South which the Pico Aliso housing projects an insuf­ to hear and pass on most of the breaking passed in August 2000. The success of ficient amount of time to move in order to news from the streets. The studio became the campaign consolidated Triangle Jobs begin plans for a new community. Not •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• only did the housing authority's new Join the Resist Pledge Program • building plan displace over two thirds of • Pico Aliso's residents, but it also reduced We'd like you to consider Yes/ I'll become a the availability oflow-income housing in becoming a Resist Pledge. RESIST Pledge. the neighborhood. The residents origi­ Pledges account for over I'll send you my pledge of $__ nally geared their organizing efforts to 30% of our income. every month/two months/ protest the loss of homes, but later real­ quarter/six months (circle one). ized they could develop leaders from By becoming a pledge, you help within the community to challenge and guarantee Resist a fixed and dependable [ ] Enclosed is an initial pledge change the housing authority's policies source of income on which we can build contribution of $___ . our grant-making and improve the quality oflife in their program. In return, we will send you a [ ] I can't join the pledge program neighborhood. Union de Vecinos formed monthly pledge letter and reminder now, but here's a contribution of as a community-run organization based along with your newsletter. We will $___ to support your work. on the principles of "creating a demo­ keep you up-to-date on the groups we Name cratic space to create solutions and em­ have funded and the other work being ------power residents to make decisions about done at Resist. Address ------City/State/Zip ______development plans and the management So take the plunge and become a Resist of resources that exist in their community." Pledge! We count on you, and the Phone Over the last five years Union de groups we fund count on us. ------Vecinos has trained 12 community Donations to Resist are tax-deductible. residents as organizers. Resist's grant of • Resist • 259 Elm Street • Suite 201 • Somerville • MA • 02144 • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• continued on page ten Page 12 RESIST Newsletter February/March 2001