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...
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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...
Chippewa Valley Ex-Prisoners Organizing
Eau Claire, WI
2017
ROC Wisconsin is an urgent call to our state to: Restore communities that have been harmed by mass incarceration; Restore families to wholeness and health; Restore balance, fiscal...
Filling the Gap
Cincinnati, OH
2019
Filling the Gap empowers women impacted by the prison system through advocacy and leadership opportunities.
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...
Redbird Books to Prisoners
Columbus, OH
2016
Redbird exists to further the abolition of prisons, the prison industrial complex, incarceration, slavery, carceral logics, and cages of all kinds, through prisoner direct-support as well as correspondence...
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...
Two Spirit, Trans and Womxns Action Camp (TTWAC)
Minneapolis, MN
2018
The TTWAC mission is to build a frontline resistance camp that provides skill shares and empowerment to Two Spirit, Trans people and Womxn while taking direct action against...
Warrior Women Project
Mansfield, OH
2019
The Warrior Women Project is an innovative collaboration of scholarship, media, and grassroots activism that provides a forum for Indigenous women activists to tell their stories in their...
Wisconsin Indian Education Association
Mosinee, WI
2018
Wisconsin Indian Education Association’s mission is to promote education and educational opportunities for American Indian people in Wisconsin.