2007 Summer Grants

ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND
99 Hudson Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10013-2085

$4,300 to hire four part-time interns to organize students at Lafayette High School.

BROOKLYN YOUNG MOTHERS' COLLECTIVE
388 Atlantic Avenue, Third Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217

$4,300 to support two part-time interns to develop community open houses and recruit a youth advisory board.

CENTRO HISPANO CUZCATLAN
148-13 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11435

$4,300 to hire one full-time intern to work on the Rufus King Park Neighbors' Association program.

COALITION FOR PAROLE RESTORATION
PO Box 1379, New York, NY 10013-0877

$4,300 support for a law student to intern & support CPR's campaigns.

CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR FAMILY PRESERVATION
105 Stuyvesant Place, 2nd Floor, Staten Island, NY 10301

$4,300 support for a summer intern to conduct community outreach and education on child welfare issues.

ESPERANZA DEL BARRIO
2290 2nd Avenue, South Store, New York, NY 10035

$4,300 for two interns to work on the street vendors campaign and youth project.

FAMILIES UNITED FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY
81 Willoughby Street, #701, Brooklyn, NY 11201

$4,300 to hire two youth to work as organizers on the Youth Organizing initiative.

GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY
1360 Fulton Street, Suite 314, Brooklyn, NY 11216

$4,300 support for a summer intern to organize the second annual NYC Gender Equality Festival.

LA UNION DE LA COMUNIDAD LATINA
621 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

$4,300 support for two part-time interns to work on the Healthy Homes and Safe Workplaces campaign.

LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION CENTER
49-06 Skillman Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377

$4,300 support for a summer intern to work on LAIC's youth organizing program.

MIRABAL SISTERS CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER
618 West 142nd Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10031-6619

$4,300 support for two interns to work on the campaign against Columbia University Expansion.

NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY PROJECT
73 Spring Street, Suite 506, New York, NY 10012

$4,300 for a summer intern to work on NEDAP's Immigrant Financial Justice Project.

NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION WORKERS UNITED
37 East 28th Street, Suite #302, New York, NY 10016

$4,300 to hire two interns to conduct worker outreach, know your rights training, building coalition, and develop proposals.

NORTHWEST BRONX COMMUNITY AND CLERGY COALITION
103 East 196th Street, Central Office, Bronx, NY 10468-3637

$4,300 to hire two part-time college-age youth to engage in local community organizing.

PEOPLE'S PRODUCTION HOUSE
265 Canal Street, Room 410, New York, NY 10013

$4,300 support for two interns to be youth trainers and coordinators of the Summer Media Organizing Project.

PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE
c/o GOLES, 169 Avenue B, New York, NY 10009

$4,300 support for two part-time interns to work on a member recruitment campaign.

QUEERS FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE
16 West 32nd Street, 10H, New York, NY 10001

$4,300 to hire a college-age summer intern to work on QEJ's Welfare Organizing project.

RED HOOK INITIATIVE
595 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

$4,300 support for two interns to collect data from young men living in Red Hook and design a forum to address their findings.

RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTER OF NEW YORK
275 Seventh Avenue, Room 1703, New York, NY 10001

$4,300 to hire two young people to work and learn in ROC's organizing work.

SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT
157 Montague Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201

$4,300 to hire two part-time high school interns to serve as organizers and co-facilitators for the Leadership Action Projects program.

SIKH COALITION
396 Broadway, Suite 701, New York, NY 10013

$4,300 support for a summer intern to conduct a survey to the Sikh community.

SISTAS ON THE RISE
P.O. Box 740581, Bronx, NY 10474

$4,300 for a summer intern to support SOTR organizing efforts

UNITED CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN
223 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 11223

$4,300 for a summer intern to design and develop an ESL program during Lafayette High Schools phase out process.

WELFARE RIGHTS INITIATIVE
c/o Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, Room E1029,New York, NY 10021

$4,300 for a summer intern to work on the high school organizing project.