500 Years of Dignity and Resistance
Cleveland, OH
2017, 2014
The Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance initially formed in 1991 to educate the public about negative stereotyping against the indigenous people in sports and media...
Grantees
Assata's Daughters
Chicago, IL
2015
Assata's Daughters is a grassroots, intergenerational, organizing collective of Black women who love and support each other. Inspired by the Radical Monarchs, Assata’s Daughters was started to hold...
CIRCA Pintig
Chicago, IL
2018
CIRCA Pintig is a community arts organization dedicated to the development and popularization of community arts. Pintig which means pulse in Pilipino, was founded in April 1991, with...
Detroit Independent Freedom Schools Movement (DIFS
Detroit, MI
2016
The mission of the Detroit Independent Freedom Schools Movement is to create free, African-centered, loving educational experiences for Detroit children and families by mobilizing community volunteers and resources...
Detroit Women of Color
Detroit, MI
2019
Detroit Women of Color's mission is to integrate film, social justice and collaboration to advance dialogue and community engagement to radically challenge oppressive systems, and to raise the...
Don't You Feel It Too?
Minneapolis, MN
2019
The mission of Don't You Feel It Too? (DYFIT) is to create a participatory public dance practice that reconnects people to the wisdom of their bodies, cultivates our...
For the Culture
Minneapolis, MN
2019
For the Culture holds multigenerational spaces of resistance and decolonization through rest, relationship building, and resource sharing among ‘healers’ and bodyworkers.
Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change
Detroit, MI
2018, 2017
Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change is a network of oral historians, activists, cultural workers, community organizers, and documentary artists that use oral history to further movement building...
Interaction Initiative Inc.
Mishawaka, IN
2019
Interaction Initiative Inc. cultivates and advances young people of color and their counter-narratives to build more just and equitable communities through education, activism, and healing.
Kite Line Radio
Bloomington, IN
2018
Kite Line Radio's goal is to amplify the voices of those confined within the prison system, while encouraging dialogue with those on the outside, in an effort to...
Manidoo Ogitigaan
Bemidji, MN
2019
The mission of Manidoo Ogitigaan is to work with our communities to preserve and revitalize the Spiritual knowledge, language, culture, and ceremonies of the Anishinaabeg to improve our...
Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative
Madison, WI
2017
Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative works to enable the Mvskoke people and their neighbors to provide for their food and health needs now and in the future through sustainable...
Native Justice Coalition
Manistee, MI
2018
The Native Justice Coalition was formed in 2016 with the intent of being a platform for healing, social, and racial justice for all Native American people. We seek...
Tiz Media Foundation
Evanston, IL
2017
The seeds for Tiz Media Foundation (TMF) were planted in the late 1970's when a group of Bell Laboratory scientists opened a science center in Plainfield, New Jersey...
Twin Cities Free School
St. Paul, MN
2016
The Twin Cities Free School started by two indigenous women, mothers, and community organizers. Twin Cities Free School is an independent school whose mission is to provide an...