Organization

Amount

Grant Purpose

Web Site

Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Oakland, CA

$7,000

To develop a multi-lingual membership database for an Oakland, CA organizing initiative.

www.apen4ej.org

Border Agricultural Worker Project

El Paso, TX

$10,000

For creation of a database and a website to collect and publish information on the problems and abuses of the farmworkers in Southern New Mexico and West Texas.

www.farmworkers.org/bawppage.html

Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Immokalee, FL

$10,000

In support of a new multi-lingual Media Center Project for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The Media Center will include an interactive web site, e-mail, list servers, video production, graphics design and a low power radio station.

www.ciw-online.org

Community Voices Heard

New York, NY

$8,000

For equipment to increase participation at member meetings and trainings: DLP Projector, simultaneous translation equipment. For a bar code scanner to track activities for the member and contact database. Computers for board members to communicate, perform advocacy and research through the internet.

www.cvhaction.org

Garment Worker Center

Los Angeles, CA

$10,000

For simultaneous translation equipment and a projector to conduct member meetings and events in multiple languages (Spanish, Manderin, Cantonese, Thai and Vietnamese) as needed.

www.garmentworkercenter.org

Idaho Community Action Network

Boise, ID

$4,000

For simultaneous translation equipment to allow Spanish speakers to fully participate in local members meetings, statewide events and organizational decision-making

www.nwfco.org/Idaho/icn.html

Latin American Workers Project

Brooklyn, NY

$10,000

To provide necessary technology training and computer infrastructure for community organizers. Organization member-leaders will learn and teach computer skills, i.e. creation of outreach materials, using the organizing campaign member database, and internet communication.

latinamericanworkers.tripod.com/lawp/

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

Chicago, IL

$10,000

For technology and training to develop information technology skills of member-leaders enrolled in a leadership development program for organizing campaigns.

www.lvejo.org

New Jersey ACORN

Jersey City, NJ

$9,500

For a purchase, setup and support of a four-line autodialer to increase capacity, efficiency and effectiveness of community organizing work.

www.acorn.org

Strategic Actions for a Just Economy

Los Angeles, CA

$5,500

For technology (LCD projector and laptop computer) that enables organizers and leaders to make effective visual presentations to community residents, ally organizations and public officials.

www.saje.net

Washington Citizen Action Education and Research Fund

Seattle, WA

$10,000

To upgrade office infrastructure to improve the communication, research and document production needed in the organizing process.

http://home.covad.net/~wacitizenaction

Women's Project

Little Rock, AR

$6,000

For technology (digital video camera, video editing software, DVD writer and led projector) to heighten the impact of media work in aid of campaigns against hate crimes, organizing for alternatives to incarceration and against domestic violence.

www.womens-project.org