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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County Inc. |
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$47,196 for One Step A La Vez, a youth committee to expand the voice for social change in Fillmore and Piru through grassroots activism, leadership and community organizing.
www.myonestep.org |
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Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) |
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$50,000/yr. for two years for general operating support for social, economic and environmental justice programs focused on creating grassroots power, policy reform and systemic change in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
www.coastalalliance.com |
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CAUSE (Arts for Action) |
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$30,000 to support operating expenses and capacity building for youth based community organizing through the arts.
www.arts4action.wordpress.com |
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CAUSE (Ventura County Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice) |
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$50,000 in program support for a coalition of faith organizations advocating for immigration reform, farm worker housing, access to health care, and economic justice.
www.vcclue.org |
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Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueño |
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$25,000 for Naa Xini 2 to enhance the Mixteco community’s capacity to design and implement advocacy campaigns to solve social problems that affect Mixtecos and Latinos in Santa Maria.
www.centrobinacional.org |
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Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) |
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$40,000 for Alliance for Sustainable and Equitable Regional Transportation (ASERT) to provide operating support for a regional transportation alliance to promote public transportation and organize public activism among a diverse constituency of transit users.
www.coast-santabarbara.org |
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El Centrito Family Learning Centers |
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$30,000 for Padres Promotores Education Project which engages, trains, organizes and empowers Oxnard parents to advocate for higher education of their children.
www.elcentrito.org |
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Environmental Education Group Inc. (Esperanza) |
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$25,000 to empower youth and families most affected by youth violence to advocate for a community-driven solution to youth violence prevention and to become actively engaged with local organizations and policymakers. |
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La Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth & Family Center |
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$25,000 for operating expenses for grassroots organizing and organizational leadership activities among working-class immigrants in Ventura County.
lahermandad.net |
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Santa Barbara County Action Network (University Park Mobile Homeowners Association) |
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$11,000 for organizing local mobile home residents and strengthening networks with statewide mobile home associations to protect homes from condo conversions and rent decontrol.
www.sbcan.org |
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Ventura County Community Foundation (Social Justice Fund for Ventura County) |
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$25,000/yr. for two years for capacity building, including an endowment drive for the Social Justice Fund and educational outreach to grassroots groups and donors.
www.socialjusticefundvc.org |
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Second year funding of grants awarded in November 2008: |
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Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) |
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$15,000 for capacity building through hiring of a part-time development director to secure new donors and new board members.
www.coast-santabarbara.org |
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Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project |
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$35,000 for operating expenses, including staffing, to support community organizing work among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers in Ventura County.
www.mixteco.org
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Santa Barbara County Action Network |
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$35,000 for operating and program expenses to support community organizing around social justice and environmental issues throughout Santa Barbara County.
www.sbcan.org
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