Astraea Lesbian Action Foundation

Annual Grants Docket 2001-2002 “The enormity of our task, to turn the world around.” ~Audre Lorde

Table of Contents THE MISSION OF THE ASTRAEA LESBIAN ACTION FOUNDATION is to raise and distribute funds to organizations, projects, and individuals 2 Our Mission that advance the economic, political, educational and cultural well-being 3AMessage from the Board Chair of lesbians, their families and allies working on behalf of social justice. and Executive Director

4 Who We Are Astraea pursues this mission by: Raising and disbursing funds to programs and initiatives that directly 5 Who We Fund • benefit or serve our diverse communities. 6 Grants We Give • Expanding the community of individuals and institutions that support Grantee Profiles lesbian issues. 8 The Willisburg Circle of The Appalachian Women’s Alliance • Promoting community-building, capacity-building, and movement-building (Willisburg, Virginia) through technical assistance and collaborative activities. 9 The Rainbow Project • Educating individuals about money issues and the role of grants in (Windhoek, Namibia) achieving common goals. 10 Liquid Fire Productions (San Francisco, California) Underlying Astraea’s mission is an enduring commitment to feminism, 11 Anjaree (Bangkok, Thailand) progressive social change and an end to all forms of exploitation and 12 Jamaica Forum For Lesbians, discrimination. The Foundation supports programs that strive to eliminate All-Sexuals And Gays/J-Flag oppression based on race, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender (Kingston, Jamaica) identity, economic exploitation, physical and mental ability, anti-Semitism, 13 Old Lesbians Organizing For Change (Houston, Texas) and other such factors. Astraea is dedicated to the belief that only through 14 Docket action can we build a world of peace and justice for lesbians, and for society as a whole. 24 Beyond Grantmaking

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27 Astraea Staff, Board of Directors, Panels, and Credits Dear Friends, We are proud to present you with Astraea’s 2001- 28%, with U.S. applicants requesting greater funding 2002 Annual Grants Docket. It chronicles the achieve- than ever before. Outside the U.S.—in Africa, Asia, ments of our grantees—remarkable women and men Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, whose passion for justice fuels our movement for the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Republics—we social change. are pleased to report that new groups are emerging The post-9/11 year was a challenging and uncertain every year. one. It still is. As we prepare to go to press, a potential Our members have helped us meet this demand in war with Iraq looms. Threats and acts of violence grow the past. Going forward we must ask much of our- daily. And, while hard-won civil liberties lie under selves and others. attack, the Bush Administration is fortifying a perilous- This past year Astraea released more than 200 ly conservative judicial bench. grants totaling $731,620. Our Yet, we at Astraea see International Fund entered its great promise. We see it in sixth year as the only fund dedi- the groups we fund— cated solely to supporting LGBTI activists, whose accomplish- people in developing countries. ments demonstrate the In order to meet the growing power of community and col- need of groups requesting urgent lective action. We see evi- funding, we issued our highest dence of their work in the rural mountains of number of interim emergency grants yet. Appalachia and in the isolated townships of Namibia. Despite our strides, the journey is not over. There is Separated by continents, language, and culture, much work ahead for all of us. Your participation in Astraea grantees are seizing opportunities and laying this collective quest for social justice can make a the groundwork necessary for LGBTI* citizens to world of difference. We hope that our grantees inspire claim their human rights. you as much as they inspire us. We also see promise in the future and determination We wish you peace and promise for the coming of our movement. As Astraea celebrates a quarter year, century of grantmaking, demand for support from LGBTI activists around the world is growing by leaps and bounds. This year, Astraea grant applications rose Katherine T. Acey Cheryl Clarke Astraea Executive Director Astraea Board President *The term LGBTI includes Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex

3 From giving to grantmaking —a philanthropy of inclusion

In 1977, a small group of women created a multi-racial, multi-class, feminist foundation in order to address the lack of funding for women—specifically lesbians and women of color. They believed that even the smallest of gestures, when combined, could create, nurture and strengthen significant social change.

A quarter century later, Astraea has become a dynamic and forward-thinking global foundation, with a penchant for risk taking in the quest for social justice. Governed by a national board of directors, and run by a staff of thirteen, we raise funds and issue grants based on the belief that all women can participate in the philanthropic process—from giving to grantmaking.

Astraea grants are determined by community funding panels—diverse groups of activists, leaders and cultural workers. Currently, there are four panels with expertise in specific funding areas. They come together, meet with potential grantees, and recommend grants based on the applicant pools. Often, these grants represent a first formal funding for a grantee—a necessary precursor to attracting additional support over the long term.

Astraea is supported primarily by individual members— some donating $10, others donating tens of thousands. Astraea members live in rural, urban and suburban settings, and represent every state in the U.S. and several countries in Europe. Who We Are 4 Astraea supports systemic change that educates, organizes and builds community.

Astraea funds lesbian organizations and cultural/media projects that directly address the depth and complexities of lesbian issues. We also support LGBTI organizations, women’s organizations, and progressive organizations that have lesbians in leadership roles and include lesbian issues as an integral part of their work.

Several factors are considered when deciding which projects to fund. One of Astraea’s priorities is to direct resources to lesbians of color and multi-racial, anti-racist organizations—groups that often have the least access to traditional funding. We also place importance on grantees whose approach is inclusive and reflects the diversity of the geographic region in which they carry out their work.

Astraea grantees possess a keen awareness of the interrelated economic, social, political and cultural factors that impact individual lives and entire communities. Their work focuses on implementing systemic change that educates, builds skills, organizes and develops leaders. Our grantees operate at a healthy distance from a “middle of the road” philosophy, taking creative risks and pursuing social change agendas. Who We Fund 5 changing laws, changing minds

Astraea focuses on a three- Astraea’s U.S. Grantmaking Fund pronged approach to social provides grants to exemplary U.S.-based lesbian and other social change change organizing by supporting organizations, as well as cultural and grantees in capacity-building, film/video projects. The fund supports a community-building, and range of social, political, spiritual, economic, health and cultural initiatives; movement-building. Each is a and includes a broad constituency step-by-step process that including youth, elders, communities of culminates in effective social and color, people with disabilities, immigrants, artists, and others. political action toward changing laws, changing minds and creating Astraea’s International Fund for Sexual Minorities provides grants to a more equitable world for organizations based in Latin America, lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the Caribbean, Asia, the Pacific Islands, transgendered and intersex Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Republic, Africa and the Middle East. people. This is the only fund in the U.S. dedicated solely to funding groups working to meet the needs of people

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oppressed or discriminated against The Astraea Visual Arts Fund The Margot Karle Scholarship Fund because of their sexual identity or promotes the work of contemporary provides grants to women activists gender expression in developing lesbian visual artists. Grants are enrolled as full-time undergraduates countries. awarded to artists working in an array of in the City University of New York media including sculpture, painting, (CUNY) system. The International Social Change prints, mixed media and works on paper. Opportunity Fund is a special initiative The Donor-Advised Funds Program of the International Fund for Sexual The Lesbian Writers Fund makes enables donors to establish a fund at Minorities. The SCOF awards grants grants to emerging poets and fiction Astraea through which they may ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 to writers. Since 1991, the fund has recommend specific organizations or LGBT organizations that have awarded more than a half million dollars projects for support in keeping with impressive track records in conducting to writers across the U.S. Astraea’s mission. Astraea staff also timely social change work in their identify organizations in need of support The Lynn Campbell Memorial Fund countries. Applications are by invitation whose work matches the interests of was established in honor of Lynn’s only and are solicited from past the donor. leadership and activism in the women’s recipients of Astraea’s International labor and LGBT political movements. Fund. Priority is given to organizations Each year, a grant is designated by operating under extremely restrictive the U.S. Community Funding Panel social and political conditions. which supports projects that reflect Lynn’s activism and commitment to social justice.

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7 The Willisburg Circle Of The Appalachian Founded in 1993, the Women’s Alliance (Willisburg, Virginia) Appalachian Women’s Alliance is a grassroots In Kentucky, between Louisville and Lexington, there’s a town called Willisburg. Not many people live there, probably no more than eight hundred. Some grew up coalition of low-income there, and others came to live a peaceful life in the picturesque forest land. and working women Most lesbians living in rural Kentucky have had little or no support to speak of. organized in regional Until now. “circles” that confront A group of fifteen lesbians—all of whom are out in varying degrees—comprise the economic injustice, Willisburg Circle. They meet quarterly and have garage sales, picnics and other gatherings. They conduct writing exercises and arts workshops on homophobia. violence against women, Some contribute to the Appalachian Women’s Journal and write stories they’ve racism and homophobia. never dared to speak, while others become empowered by reading about the lives of courageous women they’ve never met. When homophobic graffiti appeared in the town, they bravely registered that county’s very first hate crime complaint. Women who for years have felt isolated and very alone are now part of a community. Astraea’s grant helped fund a cultural organizer who is working to build solidarity between the Willisburg Circle and the other Alliance circles by focusing on the intersections between homophobia, class and race. The Young Women’s Circle is made up of African-American girls living in a defunct coal camp in southwest Virginia who are addressing racism in their 99% white (and poor) county. The Clinchco African American Women’s Circle is opposing a racist school board official; and the Cherokee Circle is combating economic injustices against the tribal nation.

Astraea’s grant in the amount of $3,000 provides general support for the Willisburg Circle and regional organizing among the Alliance circles.

I Am … I am from biscuits and gravy for breakfast and soup beans and cornbread for dinner. I am from milking cows and gathering eggs in a farm town that has disappeared. I am from women strong as steel and angry because they dared not show it. I am from women who do not understand the depth of the fear men have of our ability to give life and the deeds they will do to keep us unaware of our power. 8 -Sue Massek, The Appalachian Women’s Journal The Rainbow Project (Windhoek, Namibia) In 2001, the offices of Sister Namibia—a women’s magazine “See to it that which is also a human rights organization—was burnt to the ground. It happened while the group was in the forefront of a campaign for lesbian and gay rights. It happened in a country whose president declared that homosexuals should be there are no imprisoned and deported; whose government leaders suggested that “homosexual ladies are like cancer or AIDS, and its spread must be stopped in Namibia.” criminals, The Rainbow Project is acutely aware of the plight facing lesbians, most of whom live double lives, experience self-hatred and have virtually no support services. Many women who come gays and out—especially black women—are ostracized from their communities and find it impossible to find employment. Outreach to this group is one of the Project’s main objectives. lesbians in To prevent their lesbian sisters from disappearing into obscurity and poverty, The Rainbow Project runs Different Identities Group (DIG), a women’s group providing peer support and your villages counseling workshops. Its first few events, held in Windhoek (Namibia’s capital), helped women experience “the normality of who they were,” and were hailed as major successes. There were noticeable changes in the attitudes and perceptions of the and regions.” womens’ self-confidence and awareness. Continually, workshop attendees expressed concern for “the Namibian President, women back home”—those living in remote and far off regions, Sam Numoma unable to make the long journey. Distances between towns in Namibia are very far and public transport isn’t always safe for women, especially lesbians. Even if public transportation were an option, many of The Rainbow Project’s members are unemployed, poor, or earning barely enough to cover their basic needs. Founded in 1997, With a grant from Astraea, The Rainbow Project recently purchased a van to reach those who can’t travel to Windhoek. The Rainbow Project It’s part of a four-year project designed to help the women is the only back home build stronger senses of health and identities, and claim their social space and human rights. The Project will organization conduct intensive workshops based on four themes, one for representing and each year: Awareness Raising, Sexual and Emotional Health, Capacity-Building for Leadership and Employment, and Human fighting for the rights Rights Education. of LGBT people Astraea’s grant for $17,000 was made through in Namibia. the Social Change Opportunity Fund for purchase of a van to conduct outreach to women living in isolated townships.

9 “Women of color have been oppressed, eroticized and made to feel ashamed of our erotic power,” says Veronica Combs. She’s out to change that –and it’s working.

Liquid Fire Productions Liquid Fire Productions (San Francisco, California) creates and produces interdisciplinary Liquid Fire’s performances exploring the power so subtle—role that eroticism plays in shaping performance and film of the erotic are becoming legendary. the lesbian experience. expressing the Veronica Combs, founder and artistic director The performances are accessible, raw, of Liquid Fire Productions, recounted the story steamy—and sometimes hilarious. Diverse in experiences of of a woman—a survivor of sexual abuse—who age, religion, race, and profession, the shows lesbians of color. attended a Liquid Fire performance: “She had feature women of all shapes and sizes. A for- closed off a part of herself; closed herself off to mer cast featured an ASL teacher, a mom, hyp- feel any level of intimacy. After seeing the notherapist, high school teacher, tap dancer, show, she told me that ‘a door opened’ for her. director of a family recovery facility, and a les- She began to paint and write poetry. And she bian with a degree in nuclear fusion. realized that it was okay for her to be an erotic Although Liquid Fire was created initially to human being.” focus on the healing and empowerment of les- What began in 1997 as a one-time perform- bians of color, it now extends beyond that. ance has since turned into a groundbreaking Combs and company are particularly proud of and electrifying piece of theatre and explo- the fact that lesbian sexuality also is resonating ration. Liquid Fire cast members participate in with straight women of color. “They call after a five-week series of workshops that include they’ve seen the show,” Combs says, “and they trust and vulnerability exercises, drumming ritu- tell me: ‘the pain, the joy, the struggle…I can als, anti-racism work, dance and movement, so relate to that.’” and writing exercises. Participants’ memories Astraea’s grant of $5,000 is for produc- and personal stories are then transformed into tion of Liquid Fire VI. dramatic pieces exploring the subtle—and not

10 Anjaree Anjaree (Bangkok, Thailand)

In 1986, four brave feminist activists formed LGBT people are still vilified, face harsh an jar ee Anjaree. It was a first for Thailand. At the discrimination in schools and workplaces, ` ` time, the women’s movement was ignoring and are constantly pressured to be “cured” (n.) a group issues affecting lesbians. The public did not and get married. Anjaree wants the Thai acknowledge same-sex female relationships government to train mental health workers to as legitimate. Officially, homosexuality was be responsive—without prejudice—to its of people deemed a disease and an abomination. LGBT citizens. Currently, Anjaree is working with the Ministry of Mental Health to organize Since then, this lesbian activist group has who follow government-subsidized trainings for almost single-handedly changed the psychiatrists and other professionals in landscape for Thailand’s estimated 6 million the field. a different LGBT citizens. Anjaree helped overturn a college policy prohibiting gays and Funded by Astraea, “An Action Research: trangendered students from enrolling in 36 Disposing Policy Myth, Revealing Real Life path. campuses; in 1998 they helped reverse a Experiences of Lesbians in Thailand” is government policy banning homosexuals from Anjaree’s research-based project designed to appearing on television. Today, they continue demystify false beliefs and misperceptions to facilitate connections among lesbians about lesbians in Thailand. As part of their through their website and newspaper. research, Anjaree is gathering information from colleagues worldwide on public policy In January 2002, Anjaree achieved a historic and homosexuality. They hope that this victory by successfully pressuring Thailand’s information will effect even greater leverage Ministry of Health to state publicly that with the Thai government and medical groups homosexuality was not a mental illness. Such in the quest for full LGBT equality. a declaration is as life-altering to the community in Thailand as it was for the Astraea’s grant of $20,000 was made community in the United States, when in through the Social Opportunity Fund, 1973 the American Psychological to fund the project “An Action Association stated that homosexuality was Research: Disposing Policy Myth, not a mental disorder. A milestone by any Revealing Real Life Experiences of means—but for Anjaree, it’s not enough. Lesbians in Thailand.”

Anjaree is a lesbian group working to support the rights of women and girls to claim their sexual rights and live without fear of discrimination from their families, communities, workplaces and the rest of civil society in Thailand. 11 Jamaica Forum For Lesbians, “Homophobic All-Sexuals* And Gays/J-FLAG (Kingston, Jamaica) violence The terror of living as a lesbian, all-sexual, or gay man in Jamaica is very real. In the past five years, more than 30 gay men have been murdered. In 2001, a gay man was shot and killed as he including assault and murder, sought refuge in a churchyard. A man’s throat was slashed and his arm cut by a machete. In 1997, a condom distribution plan at a Kingston prison so enraged inmates, that they set fire to and continues to be a source of national murdered 16 of their fellow prisoners. J-FLAG was established the next year. pride and moral satisfaction for J-FLAG is the only political and legal advocacy group working for lesbian, all-sexual, and gay human rights in Jamaica. They many Jamaicans.” –J-FLAG operate a peer education hotline and run a lending library (see photo). Women for Women, their safe educational space for lesbian, bisexual and straight women, celebrated its first anniversary. When J-FLAG staff learned that people were fearful J-FLAG works toward a Jamaican society in of being caught with the quarterly newsletter, they halted publication, and decided to publish its contents on their website. which the human rights and equality of J-FLAG made history in 2001 when they formally lobbied the lesbians, all-sexuals, and gays are guaranteed. Joint Select Committee of Jamaica’s Parliament to add “sexual orientation” to the anti-discrimination clause of the Charter of Rights Bill. The proposed change was denied, but the Committee did issue a non-binding recommendation urging the Parliament to consider repealing the Buggery (Sodomy) Law. Repeal of that law and the Gross Indecency Law, which can be used to make any acts of intimacy between members of the same sex illegal (including holding hands), has become the primary goal of J-FLAG’s legal reform efforts. J-FLAG is also active in helping lesbians, all-sexuals, and gay men seek legal asylum. In 2002, their work paid off when the British Government granted asylum to two gay men, ruling that remaining in Jamaica would endanger their lives. A bittersweet win, perhaps. But the more cases that are won, the sooner external governments will pressure the Jamaican government into improving their human rights. Astraea's grant of $20,000 was made through the Social Change Opportunity Fund for a three-year campaign to raise public awareness of issues faced by lesbians, all- sexuals, and gay men in Jamaica.

* “All-sexual” is a term that considers all-sexual behavior to be part of a continuum in which classifications such as “gay,” “lesbian,” and “bisexual” often cannot be rigidly applied. 12 Old Lesbians Organizing For Change (Houston, Texas) “Every old

IN HER OWN WORDS Arden Eversmeyer, 71, is co-director of OLOC and founder of its Oral Herstory Project—which has interviewed, recorded, and transcribed lesbian the life stories of more than 40 lesbians over the age of 70. Here’s a glimpse of her story. There’s an entire disappearing history, which has never been has a recorded. Most old lesbians aren’t activists and many don’t even call themselves lesbians. Yet they are remarkable survivors, and their voices need to be heard. My biggest challenge is finding those comfortable saying, “this is who I am.” story. In 1948, we didn’t have words for who we were. I was lucky because I went to a women’s university where there were lots of And they don’t need to climb Mt. us. Even so, we were only out to each other. Before that, I had no clue as to what was “wrong” with me. I had no connections. I Everest in order to have one!” wasn’t aware that there was anything written about us other —Arden Eversmeyer than psychiatric reports. One woman I knew was committed to an institution and given electric shock and insulin to change her. It didn’t work, of course. Founded in 1989, OLOC is a national In 1985, my partner of 33 years died. I had retired from my job organization that educates and empowers as a guidance counselor and came out to my mother. Then, little old lesbians to confront ageism in their by little, I started coming out to others. And heavens—the world lives and in their communities. didn’t end. Ours is the only country in the world that doesn’t revere old people. Instead, we are deemed trivial and useless. The Oral Herstory Project is attempting to change that by providing real insight into the diverse lives and incredible accomplishments of old women. This year, I interviewed women at OLOC’s conference*; there were women from all over— California, New York, Arizona, Ohio, Missouri…even Canada, and the U.K. Of all the things I’ve done in my life, the Project is the most significant. Universities are curious about it, and there’s talk of creating an anthology. I’m going to San Francisco to train new interviewers—they’re going to mine the gold up there for me.” *Astraea’s grant of $5,000 paid for 11 women of color to attend OLOC’s Third International Gathering By and For Old Lesbians, in Minneapolis in August 2002. Held every three years, the Gathering raises consciousness about ageism, and helps break down barriers of isolation.

13 Asian Women’s Shelter (San Francisco, ASTRAEA LESBIAN ACTION CA) for their program, Queer Asian FOUNDATION GRANTS DOCKET Women’s Services, which assists Asian Grant Deadlines 200women who are survivors of domestic for 2003 Grantee 2001-02 violence by providing shelter, trainings, This year Astraea awarded $731,620 in U.S. language advocacy, and a resource guide Applicants and International grants. The awards cover about same-gender violence. $5,000 a wide spectrum of social, political, human All proposals must be postmarked on Austin Latino/a Lesbian and Gay rights, economic, health and cultural issues or before the deadline date listed below. Organization (Austin, TX) runs Entre Ellas, and include diverse constituencies. Grants a political and social wellness initiative for U.S. Grant Fund also represent a range of local, regional, lesbian and bisexual women of color December 1, 2003 national and international work. We are committed to progressive community Astraea Visual Arts Fund proud to focus our resources on multicultur- organizing, advocacy for social change and May 1, 2003 al and lesbian of color organizations, as the preservation and promotion of queer Latina/o art and culture. $7,000 Lesbian Writers Fund well as LGBTI, women’s and progressive March 8, 2003 organizations. Beyond Media (Chicago, IL) creates media Margot Karle Scholarship that empower underserved lesbian, bisexual June 1, 2003 and questioning young women to tell their U.S. GRANTMAKING PROGRAM own stories, shape their own identities and The International Fund for organize for community change. Grant is for Unless stated otherwise, grants are for Sexual Minorities the young women’s media empowerment General Operating Support. May 31, 2003 and workshop and video production with the November 30, 2003 Horizons Community Services’ Youth U.S. Community Program. $7,000 Interim/Emergency Requests for Funding Panel Grants Charis Circle (Atlanta, GA) expanded the U.S. and international organizations Affinity Community Services (Chicago, community programs previously offered by are accepted on a rolling basis. IL) promotes visibility, empowerment and Charis Books, a 27-year old feminist For general grant information or grant community-building by offering support bookstore. They also sponsor educational groups, social justice forums, informal

applications,eadlines please visit our website programs, writing and cultural events. discussions and poetry nights by and for at www.astraea.org, call 212.529.8021, $3,000 Black LBT women and youth. $7,000 or contact us via email at: Christian Lesbians OUT (Athens, OH) is a [email protected] Appalachian Women’s Alliance network of out Christian lesbians working d (Floyd, VA) is a grassroots coalition of low- to support one another and mobilize income and working-women organized in Christian churches and organizations to regional “circles” tackling economic challenge racism, sexism, heterosexism and injustice, violence against women, racism other oppressions. Grant was for field and homophobia. Grant is for support of organizing and a conference for women of the lesbian-led Willisburg Circle and color on AIDS, held at the University of regional organizing work. $3,000 Maryland in August 2002. $5,000

14 Circus Amok (Brooklyn, NY) offers free INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Mujadarra Girls (San Francisco, CA) hosts Rainbow Place: Nevada’s Gay and public circus-theatre addressing (Santa Cruz, CA) is a national Bint el Nas, a tri-annually produced Web- Lesbian Community Center (Reno, NV) contemporary social justice issues. The organization of radical feminists of color based magazine by and for queer, Arab- increases the local lesbian community’s 01/2Docketgroup provides a visible lesbian activist mobilizing to end all forms of violence identified women. “Bint el Nas” means visibility and organizing capacity by hosting presence and brings live theatre to diverse against lesbians of color and all women “Daughter of the People,” and is used in discussion groups, youth meetings, neighborhoods and underserved by sponsoring major conferences, activist Arab culture to describe a girl or woman of wellness projects, and maintaining a populations in New York City. Grant is for institutes and encouraging grassroots good standing. $8,000 herstory archive. $7,000 capacity building and the Summer Parks organizing. $5,000 Tour 2002. $3,000 MY LUCHA/(Minds Yearning Lives SAGE/Queens (Astoria, NY) offers drop-in Intersex Society of North America United through Community, History and service and scheduled programming, as Disabled Women’s Alliance (Albany, CA) (Petaluma, CA) is a lesbian-led organization Art) (Los Angeles, CA) for RECLAIMing the well as advocacy and organizing, for LGBT is an all-volunteer organization led by conducting community education and Hunger for Our Struggle, a theater project in senior citizens. Grant is for Women in the lesbians with disabilities who create advocating for changes in policies regarding South Central Los Angeles which works to Life, a program to reach, support and training films by and for disabled women. the medical and social management of fight homophobia, racism, sexism and empower LBT seniors. $7,000 DWA publishes reports on issues facing intersex children—children born with classism. $5,000 disabled lesbians and initiates collaborative anatomy or physiology which differs from Sister Spit (San Francisco, CA) for the projects to improve the lives of women with cultural ideals of male and female. $3,000 The Network/La Red (Boston, MA) production of Displacement, a multimedia disabilities. Grant was for the First Queer addresses domestic violence in spoken word performance about Disabilities Conference held in San Liquid Fire Productions (San Francisco, CA) relationships between women by educating gentrification, featuring original poems, Francisco in June of 2002. $5,000 promotes the growth and development of communities about LBT battering and by monologues and short stories by five emerging lesbian artists of color and providing direct services for battered LBT lesbian artists. $3,000 Dyke TV (Brooklyn, NY) produces an supports the creation and staging of new women. $3,000 award-winning television magazine and work. Grant is for the production of Sojourner Feminist Institute (Jamaica teaches video production and editing. Liquid Fire VI. $5,000 North Carolina Lambda Youth Network Plain, MA) is the publisher of Sojourner: The Grant is for the On The Road Campaign, (Durham, NC) helps young people develop Women’s Forum, a 25-year-old national which introduced small cities, towns and Literary Exchange (Chicago, IL) as leaders and community organizers. The feminist and lesbian newspaper which rural communities to Dyke TV. During the addresses racism, sexism, and other forms Network provides a space and affirmation addressed diverse issues within the campaign, Dyke TV staff conducted free of oppression through a variety of literary, for youth of different sexualities, genders, progressive activist community. (Sojourner video production workshops, screened social, and health related programs and abilities, class backgrounds and races. has temporarily ceased publication.) $5,000 episodes of the show and put cameras in events for girls, lesbians of color and Grant is for the Rainbow Youth Coalition, a other women. $3,000 group of youth, educators and community Southerners on New Ground (Durham, the hands of activists to document their NC) helps build the progressive movement communities. $5,000 members striving to make schools and MACHA Theatre Company (Valley Village, communities safe. $4,000 by integrating work against racism, sexism Empty the Shelters Atlanta (Atlanta, GA) CA) for the stage production of Garbo’s and economic injustice into LGBT is a network of young people— inclusive of Cuban Lover. The play tells the story of off our backs (Washington, DC) is the organizing, and integrating the struggle LGBT activists— dedicated to ending poverty Mercedes de Acosta, an out lesbian-Latina- longest surviving feminist publication in the against homophobia into the broader and oppression. Grant was for the Summer Hollywood- playwright, who, during the U.S. It sponsors internships, hosts listserves freedom struggles in the South. $7,000 of Social Action 2002, an internship 1930s had a closeted love affair of 29 and monthly salons, and publishes a years with Greta Garbo. $3,000 monthly news journal. $5,000 Taller Lésbico Creativo (San Juan, PR) program for young activists to enhance is a lesbian collective that focuses on the their organizing skills. $4,000 Milwaukee LGBT Community Center Old Lesbians Organizing For Change lives, relationships, health, visibility and Highways (Santa Monica, CA) develops (Milwaukee, WI) improves the quality of life (Houston, TX) confronts and fights ageism sexuality of Latina lesbians and bisexual and presents contemporary performance, among LGBT people by providing in lesbian lives, communities, organizations women through popular theatre techniques dance and visual art, with significant office/meeting space, educational and and society as a whole. Grant was for the and workshops. Issues addressed include emphasis on leadership from the LGBT cultural programs. Grant is for the Young Third International Gathering By and For Old domestic violence, addictive behaviors, community. Grant was for Ecce Lesbo/Ecce Women’s Leadership-Building Initiative. Lesbians held in Minneapolis in August sexuality, lesbophobia and colonization. Homo, an LGBT festival of performances $5,000 2002. $5,000 $10,000 and panels held in July 2002. $3,000 15 Theater Offensive (Boston, MA) presents Zuna Institute (Oakland, CA) is a national No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del African American Lesbians United theater and art that breaks through advocacy organization for Black lesbians Martin and Phyllis Lyon (San Francisco, (New Brunswick, NJ) addresses health, personal isolation and political orthodoxy to which addresses issues of health, public CA) chronicles the life and work of a education, economic, social, and social help build honest, progressive queer policy, economic development and remarkable couple who in 1955, against issues of concern to African American community. Grant is for Plays At Work, a education through national conferences the backdrop of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s lesbians. Grant was for the 5th Anniversary series featuring the works of lesbian of and collaborations with other organizations. witch hunts, formed Daughters of Bilitis, Conference held in New Brunswick, New color playwrights. $6,000 $7,000 the first public organization for lesbians in Jersey in February 2002. $1,000 the U.S. They are universally hailed as two United Gays and Lesbians of Wyoming of the most influential founders of the American Boyz (Falls Church, VA) for (Cheyenne, WY) supports out and Film/Video modern lesbian and civil rights movement. sponsorship of a people of color caucus and questioning youth and adults in Wind Lynn Campbell Award Grantee $5,000 networking lounge at the True Spirit River Country, via education, organizing, Borderline (San Francisco, CA) tells the Conference for transgendered people in coalition-building and leadership story of Rebeca Duarte, a young San Washington, D.C., in February 2002. development. $3,000 Francisco stuntwoman of Peruvian origin U.S. Interim/Emergency Grants $1,500 who uncovers the reality of her sexual United Lesbians of African Heritage identity to find that she is intersex. $5,000 The following grants were made to projects Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies-CUNY (Los Angeles, CA) empowers Black lesbians in need of special consideration or (New York, NY) for the classroom by providing seminars, workshops, Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering the emergency funding that fell outside our seminar,”Labor, Class & Queer,” which conferences, and informational materials Sense of Place (Honolulu, HI) features regular grantmaking cycle. brought together filmmakers, scholars, rooted in African American heritage stories from oral traditionalists who union organizers, and activists to discuss and culture. $7,000 depict life and culture— inclusive of same Accident in Vil’na (Brooklyn, NY) depicts LGBTQ issues in the workplace, and issues gender-loving people—in the Hawaiian a love story between a Ukrainian woman of work and class in LGBTQ communities. Vibrant Activist Grrls Invoking National Islands pre-colonization. The film and a Jewish-American artist. The film $1,000 Attention (San Diego, CA) creates visibility includes voices of community leaders addresses issues of migration and the for the San Diego dyke community (women and artists reflecting on today’s trauma of war in subsequent generations. Creating Positive Change Foundation who identify as lesbian, trans, bi, queer) by Hawaiian society. $5,000 $1,500 (Wilton Manors, FL) for the ONI Women’s organizing as a united front, demanding Conference, which explored empowerment, rights, and educating one another. Grant is coalition building, diversity, and ending for the Vagina Fest healthcare festival. violence against women. The one-day $3,000 conference was held in Fort Lauderdale in October 2002. “Oni” is a Nigerian word Women Playwrights Outreach Project “Your wind in my sails made a which means “Ruler Woman.” $1,500 (Los Angeles, CA) is dedicated to nurturing huge difference. The financial and developing the work of women support made it possible to take Dyke TV (Brooklyn, NY) produces an playwrights in underserved communities. award-winning television magazine and Grant is for fellowships for lesbian a big bite out of my tuition bill, teaches video production and editing. playwrights of color. $4,000 and more importantly, your belief Grant is for the On The Road Campaign, in me and the importance of my which introduced small cities, towns and YWCA of the Coulee Region (La Crosse, rural communities to Dyke TV. $1,000 WI) coordinates a local and statewide project means the world to me.” coalition of LGBTQ groups for young adults. Linda Heal, Claire of the Moon Award Winner. Grant is for the Social Change Coalition, a newly formed multi-issue group working on ending all forms of oppression. $5,000

16 Edge of Each Other’s Battles: The Vision LLEGO, the National Latino/a LGBT of Audre Lorde (Long Beach, CA) is a film Organization (Washington DC) for their that documents the events of the historic fifteenth-year anniversary event in conference "I Am Your Sister: Forging Global April 2002. $500 Connections Across Differences,” where more than 1,000 people from 23 countries LVA: Lesbians in the Visual Arts came together to honor Lorde during her (San Francisco, CA) is dedicated to building lifetime. Grant is for a resource guide to a network of lesbians working in the visual accompany the video. $1,000 arts and promoting their work through exhibitions, panels, conferences, a journal Herland Sister Resources (Oklahoma City, and a website. $2,000 OK) is a lesbian advocacy organization that generates newsletters, operates a Mautner Project for Lesbians with bookstore, sponsors educational and Cancer (Washington, D.C.) is the only cultural events, and supports the Herland national organization dedicated to lesbians Legal Defense Fund for cases involving with cancer, their partners and caregivers. Through their Removing the Barriers project, lesbian issues. $1,000 Trikone (San Francisco, CA) is the world’s they work to improve the skills of individual Sante Fe Rape Crisis Center (Sante Fe, NM) for Youth Organizing Diversity for All, a oldest support group for queer people of Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization practitioners and create systemic change so comprehensive education and prevention South Asian heritage. Grant was for the (New York, NY) for the production and that lesbians feel truly comfortable in program. Geared toward educators, first North American South Asian Queer distribution of information materials for the hospitals and other health care settings. students, social service providers and Film Festival, Queer Filmistan, in San 2002 Parade Inclusion Project, which Grant was for the September 2002 Healing parents, the program promotes the message Francisco, in August 2002. $2,000 protested the exclusion of gays and Works/National Lesbian Health Conference that homophobia is not tolerated in their lesbians from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Washington, D.C. Grant was issued to community. $2,000 Women’s Cancer Resource Center in New York City. $500 offset conference expenses after the Federal (Berkeley, CA) empowers women with Government withdrew its funding. $2,000 Serpent Source Foundation for Women cancer to be active and informed Festival of International Artists for Artists (San Francisco, CA) serves women consumers and survivors. The Center Peace (New York, NY) for NO! The Rape National Women’s Alliance (Washington, artists who are excluded from other support provides support for women with cancer Documentary Project, a film by Aishah D.C.) for the Radical Women of Color due to racism, classism, sexism, and their families and friends, and educates Shahidah Simmons exploring intra-racial Organizing Conference in Chicago in May homophobia, able-bodied privilege, and the general community about cancer. Grant rape and sexual assault in the Black 2002. The event was an opportunity for political conservatism. $2,000 is for the Sister to Sister Project for lesbians community. $500 women of color to come together to create of African descent with cancer. $2,000 an agenda for social change. $2,000 Southerners on New Ground Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (Durham, NC) helps build the progressive Women’s Project (Little Rock, AR) works Center (New York, NY) for a memorial Political Research Associates movement by integrating work against against violence and economic injustice honoring LGBT victims of the World Trade (Somerville, MA) provides accurate, reliable racism, sexism and economic injustice into resulting from racism, sexism and Center disaster. $500 research and analysis to activists, homophobia. The Project empowers journalists, educators, policy makers, and LGBT organizing; and by integrating the disenfranchised individuals and Little Red School House and Elisabeth the public at large on right-wing struggle against homophobia into the communities by encouraging them to use Irwin High School (New York, NY) for movements. Grant was for support of their broader freedom struggles in the South. democratic means to achieve significant, Love Makes a Family—Family and Friends 20th Anniversary Celebration. $500 Grant assisted with the transition of new Make a Community, a photo exhibit organizational leadership. $1,000 progressive social change. $2,000 celebrating lesbian and gay connections, and family members. $1,500

17 National Network of Grantmakers INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR Durban Lesbian & Gay Community U.S. Collaborative & (Brooklyn, NY) is an organization of SEXUAL MINORITIES Health Centre (Durban, South Africa) Philanthropic Grants individuals involved in funding social and works to empower the LGBT community economic justice. NNG is committed to the International Fund Panel Grants by providing services, support and training. Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues goal of increasing resources, financial and Grant is for the Legal Advice and Equal (New York, NY) is comprised of individual otherwise, to organizations working for Anjaree (Bangkok, Thailand) is Thailand’s Rights Project, which addresses a range donors and grantmakers from private, social change. $1,000 most prominent group working for the of issues including employment public, family, corporate and community rights of the LGBT community. A lesbian discrimination, immigration, and foundations which advocate for increased Pride Foundation (Seattle, WA) runs the group, Anjaree builds lesbian community human rights. $10,000 funding support for the LGBT community. Washington Lesbian Organizing Project, through meetings and workshops, runs a $1,000 which brings emerging and existing leaders support and referral service, and conducts GAHUM-Phils, Inc. (Cebu City, Philippines) from across the state to develop new public education and media campaigns promotes human rights through community Funding Exchange (New York, NY) for the projects and to create a statewide network education and organizing. In addition, 15th Anniversary of the Paul Robeson Fund designed to mobilize public support. In for addressing key lesbian issues. $10,000 2002, Anjaree pressured the Department of GAHUM provides documentation and legal for Independent Media. $500 representation for Filipino sexual minorities Third Wave Foundation (New York, NY) Mental Health/Ministry of Public Health to Hand on the Pulse (New York, NY) is a issue an official statement declaring that whose human rights have been violated. for their annual Making Money Make $8,000 video documentary about Joan Nestle, a Change Conference, a national gathering of homosexuality is not a psychological working-class “fem” lesbian and Co-Founder young donors with wealth to explore wealth disorder. $5,000 Gender/Sexuality Rights Association of of The Lesbian Herstory Archives. Grant issues within the context of progressive Taiwan (Taipei, Taiwan) seeks educational, was made through Astraea’s 2001 Lynn Association for the Advancement of social change. $1,000 Feminism (Hong Kong, China) produces a legal, political and social rights for sexual Campbell Event Collaboration. $2,400 and gender minorities through grassroots Grantmakers Without Borders volunteer-run bilingual Chinese/English Lesbian Herstory Archives (Brooklyn, NY) website on women’s sexuality and sexual organizing, and by providing support to the (Boston, MA) is made up of private and LGT community. $10,000 is the largest and oldest lesbian archive in public foundations, donors, donor-activists rights which includes both useful the world. Grant was made through the and other allies in philanthropy who come information and a much-needed discussion Group Divers (Prahova, Romania) offers 2001 Lynn Campbell Event Collaboration. together to promote social change forum on women’s sexuality inclusive of psychological and medical services, as well $1,000 grantmaking to developing countries. $1,000 sexual orientation. $8,000 as legal and social assistance to lesbians and other sexual minorities. $2,600 Women’s Sports Foundation Centro De Investigación Y Promoción (East Meadow, NY) for the Project to Para America Central De Derechos Information Center Womyn for Womyn Eliminate Homophobia in Sport which Humanos de Gays, Lesbianas Y (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a regional addresses prejudice against lesbian and Personas Transgenericas (CIPAC/GLT) organization working for the human rights bisexual women in sports. Through a (The Center for Investigation and Promotion of women suffering from prejudice and groundbreaking video and manual, the for Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay and discrimination because of their sexual Project educates athletes, parents, Transgendered People) (San Jose, Costa orientation or gender. The Center conducts guardians, coaches and administrators Rica) addresses discriminatory legislation research on these communities, results of about the origins and effects of issued by Costa Rica’s Department of Labor which they disseminate via their website. homophobia. In addition, they advocate for and Social Security. Cases have included $3,000 fair policy guidelines for LGBT sports denial of medical access for women not in professionals, and provide healthy role legal marriages, labor discrimination based models by promoting visibility of athletic on sexual orientation, and the refusal to achievements of LGBT athletes. $2,500 acknowledge same-sex couples as a family. $5,000

18 IX Encuentro Feminista OUT (Pretoria, South Africa) runs an LGBT Al Fatiha Foundation (Washington, DC) Latinoamericano y el Caribe (Pavas, health and mental health services center for sponsorship of lesbian participation and Costa Rica) for the 9th Annual Feminist and educates government departments, programming at the 3rd International Conference for Latin America and the service providers and students about Retreat for LGBTQ Muslims & Friends in Caribbean held in Costa Rica in December heterosexism and homophobia. $3,000 Washington, DC, in May 2002. $1,000 2002. Grant was for lesbian visibility and participation at the conference. $5,000 Sangama (Bangalore, India) empowers International Gay and Lesbian Human sexual minorities, educates the public, and Rights Commission (San Francisco, CA) Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All- advocates for changes in the legal system. for costs associated with assisting an Sexuals and Gays (Kingston, Jamaica) Grant is for creating a space for lesbian and African LGBT activist seeking asylum in the works toward a Jamaican society in which bisexual women in Kerala and conducting U.S. $1,500 the human rights and equality of lesbians, outreach to economically marginalized gay International Gay & Lesbian Human all-sexuals and gays are guaranteed. Grant men in Bangalore. $4,000 FEDAEPS (Ecuadorian Foundation for Rights Commission (San Francisco, CA) is for leadership building, public education Action and Education) (Quito, Ecuador) to for coordination of pre-conference and and community mobilization. $7,000 See Thru Media (Johannesburg, South support a lesbian activist to travel to the conference activities for the Astraea-IGLHRC Africa) for production of Simon and I, a film U.N. World Conference Against Racism delegation to the U.N. World Conference KAOS GL (Ankara, Turkey) provides telling the story of two Black leaders of the PrepCom in Geneva in August in 2001. Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, education, resources, advocacy, visibility gay and lesbian movement, Simon Nkoli $2,000 Xenophobia and Related Intolerances, held and support to LGBT individuals living in and Palesa Beverly Ditsie, who fought for in Durban, South Africa in August 2001. Primer Encuentro Lésbico (Macul, Chile) Ankara. $3,000 the protecton of LGBT people in South Grant was also for travel scholarships for for Chile’s first national lesbian conference Africa’s constituion. $7,000 activists to attend the conference. $18,000 La Fulana (Ciudad de Buenos Aires, held in 2002. $2,000 Argentina) runs a women’s center for SKUC-Lambda Collection (Ljubljana, Women’s Funding Network South Africa Partners (Boston, MA) for lesbians and women with HIV/AIDS. La Slovenia) works toward building cultural (San Francisco, CA) is a worldwide sponsorship of Sisters Crossing Bridges Fulana also directs political actions, community by promoting LGBT visibility, art, partnership of women’s foundations, donors 2002, an exchange visit between the publishes a lesbian magazine, and provides history, theory, literature, and movement in and allies committed to social justice. Women’s Health Project of South Africa and free legal assistance to those experiencing the form of the written word. $2,000 WFN seeks to ensure that women’s funds U.S. sexual and reproductive rights discrimination. $5,000 are recognized as the “investment of Trabajo y Estudios Lésbicos (Santiago, advocates. $1,000 choice” for people who value the full Labrisz Lesbian Association (Budapest, Chile) combats discrimination and violence participation of women and girls as critical Hungary) conducts education campaigns in against lesbians and other women. The Swara Srikandi (Jakarta, Indonesia) for a to strong, equal and sustainable the schools against homophobia, and group researches and educates the public Muslim member of this Indonesian lesbian communities and societies. Grant is for organizes activities and publications in an on lesbian, bisexual and HIV-positive group to attend the Al Fatiha International representatives from international women’s effort to build lesbian community. $5,000 women, poor women and marginal Retreat in Washington, DC, in May 2002. funds to attend the WFN 2002 conference immigrants living in Chile. $5,000 $1,700 Lesbian Group SKUC-LL (Ljubljana, in Chicago. $1,000 Slovenia) for the Stop Violence Against Lesbians Campaign, a multimedia project INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC INTERNATIONAL DONOR (in collaboraton with Radio Student) which INTERIM/EMERGENCY GRANTS & COLLABORATIVE GRANTS fights discrimination and homophobia by ADVISED-GRANTS addressing the political and cultural needs The following grants were made to projects International Gay & Lesbian Human Pink Cross (Switzerland) In 1998, the Pink of lesbians. $5,000 in need of special consideration or Rights Commission (San Francisco, CA) Triangle Coalition was formed by eight emergency funding that fell outside our protects and advances the human rights of LGBT advocacy organizations to coordinate Mujeres Creando (La Paz, Bolivia) to regular grantmaking cycle. all people and communities subject to complement a youth sexual education discrimination or abuse on the basis of affairs relating to the Nazi persecution of program with a manual for boys based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV gay men and lesbians. Grant is for feminist principles, and an exploration of status. Grant is for general support. distribution to seven Pink Triangle patriarchy, sexuality and the male body. $10,000 holocaust survivors. $14,000 $5,000 19 Todd Presner (San Francisco, CA) was a Centro De Investigación Y Promoción Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Kelly Sterns (Albuquerque, NM) is the consultant for the Pink Triangle Coalition in Para America Central De Derechos Federation/ LGHRF (Seoul, Korea) for founder of Dial-A-Poem, New Mexico’s their efforts to raise funds for LGBT Humanos de Gays, Lesbianas Y Hope Opens Tomorrow (HOT)-Line Project: 24- hour recorded poetry line. She teaches Holocaust victims and related educational Personas Transgenericas Korean Sexual Minority Community poetry in New Mexico, working with youth projects. $3,000 (CIPAC/GLT) (The Center for Investigation Empowerment through Changing and underserved populations. $1,500 and Promotion for Human Rights of Heterosexist Society and Improving the The International Gay and Lesbian Lesbian, Gay and Transgendered People) Quality of LGBT Life, a multi-faceted project Lesbian Writers Award for Fiction Human Rights Commission (San Jose, Costa Rica) addresses dealing with issues faced by the LGBT Pamela Shepherd (Taos, NM) received (San Francisco, CA) for general support. discriminatory legislation issued by Costa communities. Issues addressed include the her M.F.A. in Creative and B.A. in $13,800 Rica’s Department of Labor and Social misconception of homosexuality as sexual Philosophy from University of Washington. Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe Security. Cases have included denial of deviance, the blockage of LGBT websites In 1990, she was the Fiction Winner for (Harare, Zimbabwe) strives for the medical access for women not in legal for Korean public access, and the lack of Poets & Writers Writers Exchange Contest, attainment of full and equal rights for all marriages, labor discrimination based counseling and services. $17,000 and in 1997 became founder and Executive on sexual orientation, and the refusal Director of the Bridges Project for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and The Rainbow Project (Windhoek, transgendered men and women within to acknowledge same-sex couples as Education, a nonprofit helping to send a family. $20,000 Namibia) for a multi-pronged approach to low-income students to college. $10,000 Zimbabwe. The organization provides strengthening community via an awareness- members with counseling, information Coletivo de Feministas Lésbicas de São raising campaign and a sexual/emotional Linda Heal (Salon, IA) is working about HIV and AIDS, and legal advice. Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil) for a year-long health project. Grant will also include toward an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction at Grant is for general support. $1,900 project targeting several governmental capacity-building for leadership and the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She institutions—including the Education and employment, and a human rights education currently works as a sportswriter, textbook Penitentiary Office, Justice State project. Grant is for the first major editor, and outdoor educator. $1,500 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL Department, National Congress and all coordinated outreach program aimed Claudia Rodriguez (Compton, CA) CHANGE OPPORTUNITY FUND candidates for President—in efforts to specifically at lesbians and transgender received her B.A. from UCLA and is an eradicate discrimination and violence people living across Namibia outside ACCEPT – Bucharest Acceptance Group M.F.A. student at the California Institute against lesbians in Brazil. $10,000 Windhoek, the capital. $17,000 (Bucharest, Romania) increases awareness of the Arts. She is working on a collection of students and educators on LGBT issues. Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All- of stories for young adults and her ACCEPT’s goals are to change public policy Sexuals and Gays /J-FLAG LESBIAN WRITERS FUND first novel. $1,500 and practices in the field of education in (Kingston, Jamaica) for a three-year Honorable Mention Poetry $100 Romania and to foster acceptance of LGBT campaign to raise wider public awareness people in society at large. Grant is the first of issues faced by LGBT people in Lesbian Writers Award for Poetry Teya Schaffer (Oakland, CA) year award for a three-year project. $7,000 Jamaica. The project will include public R. Erica Doyle (Rosedale, NY) is a writer, Anne-Marie Cusac (Madison, WI) Anjaree (Bangkok, Thailand) is Thailand’s education programs, educator training teacher and performer of Trinidadian Ingrid Rivera-Dessuit (Brooklyn, NY) most prominent group working for the programs, and a leadership training descent born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1968. She rights of the LGBT community. A lesbian program poor lesbians living in isolated studied Spanish language and literature at Honorable Mention Fiction $100 group, Anjaree builds lesbian community townships. J-FLAG will issue a report Georgetown University and received her Judy Doenges (Fort Collins, CO) through meetings and workshops, runs a documenting changes in knowledge, M.F.A. in poetry from the New School in Lynette D’Amico (Minneapolis, MN) New York City. $10,000 support and referral service, and conducts attitudes and practices for those who have Chimyere D. Love (Los Angeles, CA) participated in these programs. $20,000 public education and media campaigns Veronica Reyes (El Paso, TX) is a poet designed to mobilze public support. In hiding in the Brown Desert that shrouds la 2002, Anjaree pressured the Department frontera of El Paso. This Chicana feminist of Mental Health/Ministry of Public Health dyke from East L.A. is now an adjunct to issue an official statement declaring faculty member in the English department that homosexuality is not a at El Paso Community College and the psychological disorder. $20,000 University of Texas at El Paso. $1,500

20 Poetry Judges Agape Foundation (San Francisco, CA) is Freedom To Marry Foundation (Boston, a nonprofit public foundation that raises MA) for travel to Turin, Italy, for the 2nd Beatrix Gates (New York, NY) edited The ASTRAEA VISUAL ARTS FUND Wild Good, Lesbian Photographs & Writings and distributes funds to organizations International Conference on Same-Sex on Love (Anchor/Doubleday) and founded Xylor Jane (Philadelphia, PA) has a B.F.A. working for nonviolent social change. Grant Marriage, Partnerships and Parenting held Granite Press. Her book, In the Open in painting from the San Francisco Art is for the Heart & Hand Fund. $500 in June 2002. $500 (Painted Leaf), was a Lambda Literary Institute. Since 1997, her work has been Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) is a Funding Exchange (New York, NY) is a Awards finalist. She works as a freelance shown in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit and national network of publicly-supported, editor and currently teaches at CCNY and New York. A winter solstice baby, she Transgender People of Color center for regionally-based community foundations Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. began painting with oils on her tenth community organizing. Through dedicated to building a permanent birthday and was raised in Orange County, mobilization, education and capacity- institutional and financial base to support Sharon Bridgforth (San Antonio, TX) California, by born-again Christians. $1,000 received a Lambda Literary Award for the building, it promotes community wellness progressive social change. $6,000 bull jean stories (RedBone Press) and is a Fan Lee Warren (Oakland, CA) received as well as progressive, social and economic justice. $1,000 Gay and Lesbian Medical Association recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Multi- her M.F.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago (San Francisco, CA) for the Lesbian Health Arts Production Fund Award. Her work has and has been exhibiting her sculptures, Boston Film/Video Foundation (Boston, Fund, which is dedicated solely to been published in numerous anthologies installations and works on paper for 20 MA) for Crossing Over: The White Journey addressing the unique health needs of including Does Your Mama Know years. Her work is displayed in public and to Racial Consciousness, a film by Aimee lesbians. $1,250 (RedBone Press) and MA-KA: Diasporic Juks private collections, including the Harold Sands about white people confronting (Sister Vision). Washington Library Center in Chicago, the themselves and other white people on Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Spertus Museum in Chicago and the racism. $5,000 Defenders (Boston, MA) is a public Fiction Judges: permanent collection of the Bemis interest legal organization whose mission is Emma Pérez (El Paso, TX) is a historian, Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska. $1,000 Changemakers Project (Ross, CA) to gain full equality and justice for New creative writer and feminist critic. Her provides critical resources to the leaders England’s LGBT and HIV/AIDS-affected publications include: Gulf Dreams (Third and institutions that build community-based communities. $1,000 Woman Press) and The Decolonial MARGOT KARLE SCHOLARSHIP philanthropy. $1,000 Imaginary: Writing Chicanas into History Global Fund for Women (San Francisco, (Indiana University Press). Chair and Janice Blackham (Ridgewood, NY), a COLAGE/Children of Lesbians and Gays CA) makes grants to support and strengthen Associate Professor of History at the senior at John Jay College for Criminal Everywhere (San Francisco, CA) is the women’s rights groups around the world. University of Texas, El Paso, she is currently Science, is studying Forensic Psychology, world’s only national and international $2,500 writing a historical novel. and is active in the “Take Back the Night” organization which specifically supports and V-Day Violence Against Women young people with gay, lesbian, bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Cherry Muhanji (Kansas City, MO) campaigns. $1,000 and transgender parents. $1,000 Network/GLSEN (New York, NY) combats received an American Book Award harassment and discrimination leveled (Tight Spaces, University of Iowa Press) Center for LGBT Life at Duke University against LGBT students and school and a Lambda Literary Award (Her, Aunt DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS (Durham, NC) provides education, advocacy, personnel in order to end anti-gay bias in Lute Books). She earned a Ph.D. in support, and space for LGBT, questioning, K-12 schools. $1,000 English, African American Studies, and Bessie Coleman Fund and straight-allied students, staff, faculty, Intersex Society of North America Anthropology. Her critical essay entitled ACLU Foundation (New York, NY) for the and alumni. $1,000 (Petaluma, CA) advocates for changes in Soundtrack, a probe into sexism inherent Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, which First Nations Development Institute policies regarding the medical and social in jazz performance, will be published conducts advocacy that places LGBT rights (Fredericksburg, VA) assists tribes and management of intersex children—children in 2003. within the larger context of securing equal Native communities through grants, loans, born with anatomy or physiology which rights and civil liberties for all. $1,000 technical assistance, policy research and differs from cultural ideals of male convenings, so that they can control, create, and female. $1,000 leverage, and retain their assets. $500

21 Jewish Fund for Justice (New York, NY) Political Research Associates Third Wave Foundation (New York, NY) Indigenous Women’s Network awards grants in the areas of economic (Somerville, MA) provides accurate, reliable provides resources to support the cutting- (Austin, TX) supports public education and justice, community-building, women in research, analysis and archival information edge work of young women activists advocacy, the elimination of all forms of poverty, youth, immigrants, refugees and on right-wing movements to, activists, through grantmaking, public education oppression, and the revitalization of issues of Jewish social justice. $500 journalists, educators, policy makers, and campaigns, and networking programs. indigenous languages and cultures. the public at large. $1,000 $1,000 They work toward self-sufficiency and the Lambda Legal Defense & Education protection of Mother Earth for future Fund (New York, NY) is committed to Senior Action in a Gay Environment Todos: Sherover Simms Alliance generations. $10,000 achieving full recognition of the civil rights (SAGE) (New York, NY) is an Building Institute (Oakland, CA) works of lesbians, gay men, and people with intergenerational and culturally diverse with groups and individuals to build HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, organization dedicated to meeting the alliances between and across all social MARSHA DAY MEMORIAL FUND education, and public policy work. $1,000 unique needs of older lesbians and identities. $1,000 gay men. $2,750 Grameen Foundation (Washington, DC) Lyon-Martin Women’s Health Services Woman Vision (San Francisco, CA) works in partnership with the Grameen (San Francisco, CA) provides affordable, Servicemembers Legal Defense produces educational materials and Bank, pioneer of small loans to the poor, to comprehensive health care and health Network (Washington, DC) offers legal programs, including the award-winning fight poverty all over the world. $5,000 education for women, by women. $500 advice and assistance to LGBT service films Straight From the Heart and All God’s members under investigation or otherwise Children, which promote tolerance and Long Island Crisis Center (Bellmore, NY) National Center for Lesbian Rights harmed by the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, equality; and Radical Harmonies: The provides education, outreach, and (San Francisco, CA) advances the rights of Don’t Tell” policy. $2,000 History of the Women’s Music Cultural supportive services to LGBTQ youth. $1,000 lesbians and their families through Movement. $1,000 litigation, public policy advocacy, free legal South Africa Development Fund Project Enterprise (New York, NY) assists counseling, and public education. $5,000 (Boston, MA) works in partnership with Women’s Educational Media New York City low-income entrepreneurs community-based organizations to provide (San Francisco, CA) produces documentary develop successful businesses and attain a National Gay & Lesbian Task Force financial and technical support to films such as It’s Elementary, That’s A higher standard of living for themselves, (Washington, DC) is a national progressive communities disadvantaged by decades of Family and Choosing Children, which offer their families and their communities. organization working for the civil rights of apartheid policies. $500 perspectives on how social justice can $1,000 LGBT people, with the vision and be achieved. $1,000 commitment to building a powerful South Africa Partners (Boston, MA) SafeSpace Homeless Youth Services political movement. $1,000 supports efforts promoting South Africa’s Women’s Initiative for Self (New York, NY) for a needs assessment on equitable and sustainable development Employment (San Francisco, CA) provides the role of SafeSpace Day Center in serving National Youth Advocacy Coalition while also building bridges between the workshops, technical assistance, and loans homeless LGBT youth. $2,385 (Washington, DC) provides advocacy, U.S. and South Africa. $500 to help low-income women launch their education and information addressing the own businesses. $500 Senior Action in a Gay Environment broad range of issues facing LGBT youth. Southern Partners Fund (Atlanta, GA) (SAGE) (New York, NY) is an NYAC represents the interests of more serves Southern communities and social intergenerational and culturally diverse than 500 LGBT youth-serving organizations justice organizations by providing financial LOVING LESBIANS organization dedicated to meeting the nationwide. $500 resources, technical assistance and training. unique needs of older lesbians and gay $2,500 Arco Iris, Inc. (Ponca, AR) acquires and men. Grant was for a Fire Island trip in the Peninsula Community Foundation protects land for ecological diversity which summer of 2002. $1,000 (San Mateo, CA) for the Woodlake Fund, The Promises Film Project (Berkeley, CA) is held in trust for descendants of displaced a college scholarship fund benefiting is committed to furthering the Middle East indigenous people and others deprived of a young women of color. $500 peace process by using the power of film to land base. $1,000 educate audiences about the importance of supporting peace efforts. $2,500

22 “This year has been difficult for us, as members of a community that has been and continues to be Team New York (New York, NY) for a Charis Circle (Atlanta, GA) expanded the so targeted, so utterly vilified by the wider society Scholarship Fund to promote gender community programs previously offered by and the government. Your award has inspired us balance in participation at the Gay Games Charis Books, a 27-year old feminist to keep moving forward with Bint el Nas and in Sydney, Australia, November 2002. bookstore. They also sponsor educational simply as queer Arab women. $1,000 programs, writing and cultural events. $2,000 Fund for Women Artists (Florence, MA) We think you rock.” for Tomgirls!, an hour-long documentary DYKE TV (Brooklyn, NY) produces an The Mujadarra Grrls are creators of Bint el Nas, a Web-based celebrating the spirit and lives of U.S. award-winning television magazine and magazine produced by and for Queer and Arab identified women. tomgirls. Directed by Julie Akeret, the teaches video production and editing. They received a $4,000 grant in ’01 and an $8,000 grant in ’02. documentary features stories of female Grant is for the On The Road Campaign, energy and enterprise, courage, originality, which introduced small cities, towns and and success. $710 rural communities to Dyke TV. During the Southerners on New Ground National Center for Lesbian Rights campaign, Dyke TV staff conducted free (Durham, NC) helps build the progressive (San Francisco, CA) advances the rights of video production workshops, screened movement by integrating work against lesbians and their families through HELLER/BERNARD FUND episodes of the show and put cameras in racism, sexism and economic injustice into litigation, public policy advocacy, free legal the hands of activists to document their LGBT organizing, and by integrating the counseling, and public education. $2,000 Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) is a communities. $1,000 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit and struggle against homophobia into the broader freedom struggles in the South. $2,000 Political Research Associates Transgender People of Color center for GRIOT Circle (Brooklyn, NY) provides (Somerville, MA) provides accurate, reliable community organizing. Through empowerment programs targeting senior research, analysis and archival information mobilization, education and capacity- LGBT people of color coping with isolation, on right-wing movements to activists, building, it promotes community wellness ill health and loneliness, all of which are WHATEVER IT TAKES (WIT) AWARD FUND journalists, educators, policy makers, and as well as progressive, social and further complicated by homophobia the public at large. $3,000 economic justice. $1,000 and racism. $2,000 Mercedes Martin (Piedmont, CA) $3,200 Rainbow Place: Nevada’s Gay and M. Nell Myhand (Oakland, CA) $4,600 Mautner Project (Washington, DC) is the Lesbian Community Center (Reno, NV) only national organization dedicated to Ahbi Vernon (Berkeley, CA) $500 increases the local lesbian community’s lesbians with cancer, their partners and Anonymous (Oakland, CA) $6,200 visibility and organizing capacity through caregivers. Through their Removing the discussion groups, youth meetings, Barriers Project, they work to improve the wellness projects, and a herstory archive. skills of individual practitioners and create FM ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE FUND $2,000 systemic change so that lesbians feel truly comfortable in hospitals and other health Boston Film/Video Foundation (Boston, Resourceful Women (San Francisco, CA) care settings. $2,000 MA) for Crossing Over: The White Journey promotes positive social change by Bridges: A Journal For Jewish Feminists to Racial Consciousness, a film by Aimee educating and empowering women to make Paris Press (Ashfield, MA) publishes (Eugene, OR) celebrates and illustrates Sands about white people confronting informed choices about investing, spending feminist literature of all genres, from Jewish women’s identity and social justice themselves and other white people on and contributing their money. $700 experimental and politically radical works to activism. The Journal include articles racism. $3,000 by and about lesbians, working-class writing by worthy yet neglected writers. Responsible Wealth (Boston, MA), a Jews, Jewish women of varied ethnic $5,000 Changemakers Project (Ross, CA) project of United for a Fair Economy, is a backgrounds, and Israeli women provides critical resources to leaders and national network of businesspeople, peace workers. $2,000 institutions that build community-based investors and affluent Americans who are philanthropy. $2,500 concerned about deepening economic inequality and are working for widespread prosperity through tax fairness, corporate responsibility and living wages. $2,500

23 Beyond Gran In order to promote a strong, consistent and well-informed commissions renowned lesbian artists to create limited- community of grantees and donors, Astraea’s work edition prints which benefit Astraea’s work. The first two extends beyond grantmaking to include education, prints in the series were contributed by Deborah Kass and advocacy and collaboration. Just as we are working to Joan Snyder, and in September 2003 a new work will be support the growth of organizations and projects, we are available from Miriam Hernández. Some members of the also working to build a community of informed, activist Committee serve with others on the Astraea Visual Arts donors. We believe that as this constituency grows, so too grants panel. will our community's power. One of our primary goals is to ADVOCACY educate donors about money, power and philanthropy. To ensure that lesbians have an articulate and well- EDUCATION informed advocate within all levels of the philanthropic Smart Women/Smart Money is Astraea’s philanthropic community, Astraea maintains an active presence in a education program designed specifically for women who number of associations. Astraea is a founding and current want to learn about money—how to save it, invest it, and board member for Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues. give it in ways that benefit themselves, their families and We serve on the board of the National Network of communities. Grantmakers, and are members of the Women’s Funding Network, the LGBTI Foundations Network, Astraea’s Visual Arts Committee promotes awareness Grantmakers Without Borders, the International Network of contemporary lesbian artists and their work in the of Women’s Funds, and The International Human Rights lesbian community by organizing workshops, studio visits Funders Group. and additional educational activities. The committee also tmaking Additionally, Astraea participates with organizations and Sport. This year, the Project released a groundbreaking grantee committees by developing and participating in video and manual for administrators, teachers, athletes workshops and plenaries on a wide range of issues and coaches. including human rights, and fundraising. This past year, Astraea is pleased to be a funding partner of The Pride Astraea staff facilitated anti-racism workshops and Foundation’s Washington Lesbian Organizing workshops on fundraising and philanthropy at the National Project. The first program of its kind in the country, it Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change provides a catalyst for emerging and existing lesbian, Conference; organized a workshop on Sexuality Rights at bisexual and transgender women leaders from across the Grantmakers Without Borders Conference on Global Washington state to come together to initiate projects and Social Change Philanthropy; participated in a funders create statewide networks that address key lesbian issues plenary and supported lesbian visibility at the Association and establish a common bond through a shared for Women's Rights in Development's International Forum; experience. and conducted a fundraising training at the Global Human Rights Conference at the Sydney 2002 Gay Games. Astraea is the fiscal sponsor for the Freedom to Marry Collaborative—a new organization designed to facilitate a COLLABORATION sustained and affirmative campaign to win the freedom to Astraea maximizes its effectiveness in promoting social marry for same-sex couples. Headed by Evan Wolfson, a change, by working in close collaboration with other leading lesbian/gay rights advocate and lawyer, FMC will foundations and institutions. We were proud to be a bring new resources and a renewed context of urgency and partner with others in The Women’s Sports opportunity to this significant issue. Foundation’s Project to Eliminate Homophobia in

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26 STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL Katherine Acey Board Chair: Cheryl Clarke, Jersey City, NJ 2001-2002 Executive Director Kimberly Aceves, San Francisco, CA Stuart Burden, San Francisco, CA Heather Artemis Carol Alpert, Brooklyn, NY Bev Clark, Harare, Zimbabwe Development Associate Marion Banzhaf, New York, NY Palesa Beverly Ditsie, Johannesburg, Jennifer Einhorn South Africa Director of Communications C.C. Carter, Chicago, IL (term ended 6/02) Fatima Jaffer, Vancouver, Canada Kim Ford Brenda Funches, Los Angeles, CA Lepa Mladjenovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Development Officer Christine Garza, Chicago, IL Mirka Negroni, Tepoztlan, Mexico CJ Griffin Samira Ibrahim, Brooklyn, NY Gloria Careaga Perez, Mexico City, Mexico Program Associate Adele James, Sacramento, CA Alejandra Sardá, Mexico City, Mexico Petrina Hicks Jennifer Knight, New York, NY Development Associate (term ended 10/02) Michael L. Tan, Quezon, City, Philippines Jazmine Irizarry Denise Liggett, Hyattsville, MD Sridhar Venkatapuram, New York, NY Office Manager Nada Michael, Milwaukee, WI M. Georgianna Villar, Manila, Philippines Christine Lipat Sandra Robinson, Bethesda, MD Senior Program Officer Diane Sabin, San Francisco, CA LESBIAN WRITERS FUND JUDGES Laura Miller 2001-2002 Sonya Shields, Brooklyn, NY Assistant to Executive Director Fiction Judges: Elly Thomas, New York, NY Anjana (Tang) Suvarnananda Cherry Muhanji (Kansas City, MO) and (term ended 10/02) Program Officer Emma Pérez (El Paso, TX) Gwen Walden, Los Angeles, CA Patricia Tumang Poetry Judges: Sharon Bridgforth (term ended 12/02) Administrative Assistant (San Antonio, TX) and Beatrix Gates Léonie Walker, Portola Valley, CA Karen Zelermyer (New York, NY) (term ended 10/02) Deputy Director Su Ming Yeh, Philadelphia, PA CREDITS Writer & Editor: Jennifer Einhorn U.S. GRANTS PANEL 2001-2002 Design: Diane Bonder — RATSTAR Facilitator: Mary Li, Portland, OR Copy Editor: Mary Alford Carol Alpert, Brooklyn, NY Contributors: Katherine Acey, CJ Griffin, Lucila Canul, Seattle, WA Christine Lipat, Anjana Suvarnananda, Bree Carlson, Oakland, CA Karen Zelermyer Trang Duong, Washington, DC Photo Credits: Katherine Acey- pages 19, 25 Donna Korones, Berkeley, CA left, 26 top left; Tanya Braganti-page 26 Cara Page, Durham, NC Astraea staff; Jennifer Einhorn- cover 1, 3; page 6-top & middle; pages 13, 22, 23, 24- Nusrat S. Retina Rabbee, Jamaica Plain, MA right, 25-right, 26- top middle and right, bottom Barbara Turk, Brooklyn, NY middle; back cover 1; Tyler Jacobson- page 10 bottom; Donna Korones- page 6 bottom, page INTERNATIONAL GRANTS PANEL 18; Helen Lang- page 17, 26 bottom left; John 2001-2002 Luie- page 10 top; Jack Slomovits Marta Drury, Half Moon Bay, CA Photography-back cover 3; Elizabeth Stephens page 8; Anjana Suvarnananda- pages 5, 7 Nguru Karugu, Washington, DC Daniel Lee, San Francisco, CA Thanks to the additional individuals and organizations Javid Syed, San Francisco, CA who contributed photographs to this docket. Anjana Suvarnananda is missing from the Astraea staff photo, but you can see her on page 4, at right.

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