Question 1

ASIAN WOMEN FOR HEALTH | $15,000 COVID-19 RACIAL JUSTICE RESPONSIVE GRANT"

Accepted Answer

Asian Women for Health (AWFH) is a peer-led, community-based network dedicated to advancing Asian women’s health and wellness through education, advocacy, and support. AWFH envisions a world where Asian women are well-informed, have access to care that is culturally appropriate and high quality, and inspired to live happy, healthy lives.

Question 2

ASSOCIATION OF HAITIAN WOMEN (AFAB)

Accepted Answer

AFAB was founded in order to help ease the severe difficulties that Haitian women face as they adjust to life in the United States. The organization’s primary goal is to provide Haitian women with the tools needed for self-empowerment and for enhancing their ability to improve the quality of their lives. AFAB’s economic empowerment project works with unemployed and low-income women to achieve success in addressing poor economic conditions with relevant education, through developing personal financial plans, and through collectively advocating with the City of Boston to address some of the root causes of poverty.

Question 3

BEANTOWN SOCIETY

Accepted Answer

Founded in 2004 by young people, first time grantee Beantown Society wants to end the violence that they faced as youth in their own lives. She Rise Up is an initiative to more systematically support young women of color to lead youth programming and community projects.

Question 4

BOOKS OF HOPE AT MYSTIC LEARNING CENTER (MLC)

Accepted Answer

MLC supports the endeavors of low-income girls and families living in the Mystic Public Housing Development. The MLC’s Books of Hope program serves predominantly Haitian, Latina and African American young women through training in creative writing, performance, public speaking, and entrepreneurship. It provides opportunities for them to tell their stories, expand critical thinking, speak out about issues that matter to them, receive support from female mentors, and develop leadership skills.

Question 5

BOSTON TENANT COALITION (BTC)

Accepted Answer

BTC commemorates its 4th year as a BWF grantee. They work with local, grassroots partners and public housing tenants and advocacy groups to train and develop the leadership skills of public housing leaders in Boston. Their goal is to develop greater Boston Housing Authority tenant leadership within public housing and in the tenant movement.

Question 6

BRAZILIAN IMMIGRANT CENTER (BIC)

Accepted Answer

BIC commemorates its 4th year as a BWF grantee. Together with partners in the Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers, BIC has been actively campaigning for over 3 years to advance labor rights for Massachusetts’ domestic workers and helped pass the Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, which was just signed into law in July.

Question 7

BRAZILIAN WOMEN’S GROUP

Accepted Answer

The Brazilian Women’s Group works to promote political and cultural awareness by contributing to the development of the Brazilian community, providing information, supporting community organizing and advocacy on immigrant rights.

Question 8

CAMBRIDGE WOMEN’S CENTER

Accepted Answer

The Cambridge Women’s Center aims to provide a supportive community space for all women by offering opportunities for empowerment, learning, healing, trauma support, and understanding. The Cambridge Women’s Center does not confine women to their biggest traumas, and instead fosters a community for all womxn based on autonomy, mutual respect, and personal initiative.

Question 9

CENTRO PRESENTE

Accepted Answer

Fostering the empowerment of the Boston Latina population within their youth organizing program Pintamos Nuestro Mundo/We Paint Our World, Centro Presente offers a safe, inclusive and democratic space where young Latinas learn how to use analytic tools to explore the root causes of sexism, racism, and classism, and develops the skills necessary for Latina youth to become strong leaders in their community.

Question 10

CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE

Accepted Answer

The Chelsea Collaborative’s City-wide Tenants Association (CTA) organizes, educates and advocates with low-income, affordable housing and public housing tenants, primarily female who are victims of predatory lending, and tenants in foreclosed properties. CTA members work to maintain neighborhood stability and to preserve the community. It encourages low-income, female heads of household, tenants and former homeowners to learn about their rights and advocate for themselves and their community.

Question 11

CHICA PROJECT

Accepted Answer

The Chica Project works to close the opportunity gap for Latina and other women of color by empowering them with the skills, confidence, and the networks necessary to thrive personally and professionally. The Chica Project provides a safe community for participants to develop cultural pride and a confident personal identity; build self-esteem and self-love; decrease high school absenteeism and to increase college enrollment and graduation rates; improve the employment rate and quality of jobs for people of color; and to reduce the rates of teenage and unwanted pregnancy.

Question 12

CLOSE TO HOME (C2H)

Accepted Answer

Close to Home (C2H) engages all community members—youth, family, friends, neighbors, merchants and leaders—in designing and implementing community-centric solutions to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual violence.

Question 13

COMMONWEALTH TENANTS ASSOCIATION (CTA)

Accepted Answer

Seed funding for CTA supports their No More in My Neighborhood campaign to fight violence against women and girls. CTA plans to organize and build the leadership skills of women and girls so that they empower themselves to speak up and organize against violence in their lives.

Question 14

DOMINICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DDC)

Accepted Answer

The Dominican Development Center (DDC) provides grassroots organizing and leadership development for social and policy change to low-income immigrant women residing in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Hyde Park, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury. DDC is a founding member organization of the Massachusetts Domestic Workers Coalition.

Question 15

EASTERN WOODLANDS REMATRIATION COLLECTIVE

Accepted Answer

The Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective mobilizes folx at the grassroots level to rematriate our food and political systems. We prioritize the return of indigenous womxn, two-spirits, and youth to traditional territories and relationships with the earth. To heal and reconcile Greater Boston’s deep history of violent displacement and erasure of its indigenous peoples, we are building local food forests, small orchards, family garden beds and networks of support alliances with other marginalized and impacted folx in the food system.

Question 16

EX-PRISONERS AND PRISONERS ORGANIZING FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT (EPOCA)

Accepted Answer

EPOCA began in 2004, with a handful of former prisoners and a community organizer analyzing the issues and problems people faced re-entering society after release from prison. EPOCA commemorates its second year of BWF funding for its Emma Tenayuca Community Organizer Apprenticeship Program for Women. It aims to develop the skills of female members to become professional organizers.

Question 17

FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING

Accepted Answer

Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) is a grassroots abolitionist organization whose mission is to end the incarceration of women and girls. Founded in 2010 by women inside federal prison who made a commitment to keep fighting for their sisters when they came home, FJAH is led by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and the daughters of incarcerated parents.

Question 18

GEDAKINA, INC."

Accepted Answer

A multi-generational endeavor strengthening the cultural identity and knowledge of Native American youth and families of New England. Returning to traditionally Native American cultural values, Gedinka, Inc. cultivates the health and wellness of Native American women and children through community-based initiatives and regional alliance building.

Question 19

GIRL TALK THEATRE

Accepted Answer

Girl Talk Theatre uses the art of theatre as a tool to empower homeless, poor and marginalized women by offering a safe, nurturing environment for telling their stories. Out of these stories, the women of Girl Talk Theatre create performance opportunities which honor their experiences, giving them tangible evidence that they are important for what they were, what they are now, and what they can be in the future. BWF funding was provided to continue the growth and development of the Girl Talk Theatre Alumni Class to build Girl Talk Theatre into a stronger and more visible entity in the community of homeless women and in the Boston community in general, giving voice to the voiceless. The Alumni Class serves the dual purpose of empowering actresses and enlightening the audience – creating a springboard for action and change.

Question 20

HOMES FOR FAMILIES (HFF)

Accepted Answer

A grantee since 1999, HFF recruits, organizes, and fully involves the very people most affected by the injustice of family homelessness—women and their children. HFF’s Leadership Development Institute supports families facing homelessness to empower themselves in breaking down personal barriers to self-sufficiency and in strengthening the collective effort to end family homelessness.

Question 21

I HAVE A FUTURE

Accepted Answer

I Have a Future builds the power of youth across the state through leadership development, direct public action, and policy change. IHAF’s leadership and constituents are both reflective of those most affected by the issues of youth unemployment and youth criminalization, and young women of color from Boston.

Question 22

MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE ON TEEN PREGNANCY

Accepted Answer

The Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy provides statewide leadership to prevent teenage pregnancy and meet the service needs of pregnant and parenting teens and their children through policy analysis, research, education, and advocacy. The Alliance works to ensure that Massachusetts’ youth have access to comprehensive pregnancy-prevention services and that pregnant and parenting teens and their children have the resources and support they need to thrive. For the Alliance, the means for achieving these outcomes are to educate, empower and support young people and the adults who work with them to become leaders on the issue of teen pregnancy prevention and the needs of young parents. BWF provided support to fund the Alliance’s Teen Parent Advisory Board.

Question 23

MASS COALITION FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (MASSCOSH)

Accepted Answer

A grantee for 7 years, MassCOSH’s Teens Lead at Work builds the power of Boston’s young women to fight against unsafe, unhealthy, and illegal workplace abuse through youth organizing peer leadership. They plan and facilitate violence and harassment prevention workplace trainings, via a Leadership Academy, and Safe Jobs poster contest. They also support Child Labor Laws and fight against exploitative employers.

Question 24

MATAHARI WOMEN WORKERS’ CENTER (FORMERLY MATAHARI: EYE OF THE DAY)

Accepted Answer

A grantee for 7 years, MassCOSH’s Teens Lead at Work builds the power of Boston’s young women to fight against unsafe, unhealthy, and illegal workplace abuse through youth organizing peer leadership. They plan and facilitate violence and harassment prevention workplace trainings, via a Leadership Academy, and Safe Jobs poster contest. They also support Child Labor Laws and fight against exploitative employers.

Question 25

MERRIMACK VALLEY PROJECT

Accepted Answer

The Merrimack Valley Project fosters the leadership capacity of women by working with local women and men to act together in fighting foreclosures and post-foreclosure evictions in Lawrence, Lowell, and the surrounding areas. In 2014, they focused on the issues of immigration and jobs with justice.

Question 26

MY LIFE MY CHOICE (MLMC) AT JUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE

Accepted Answer

MLMC is a groundbreaking, nationally recognized initiative designed to stem the tide of commercial sexual exploitation of adolescent girls. Through victim-centered mentoring, prevention education and advocacy, MLMC is educating and empowering girls to find a positive life path and working to eliminate the violence of sexual exploitation. MLMC offers a unique continuum of services spanning provider training, prevention groups for vulnerable adolescent girls, case consultation, and survivor mentoring to young victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

Question 27

NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR

Accepted Answer

Neighbor to Neighbor Worcester Chapter works to transform the current political system by building the political power of the low-income community. In the upcoming year, N2N will continue to develop the leadership of women activists in Worcester, as well as recruit new leaders, by supporting women in addressing the problems that affect their lives, resulting in self-empowerment.

Question 28

NEIGHBORS UNITED FOR A BETTER EAST BOSTON (NUBE)

Accepted Answer

First time grantee NUBE is a direct action organization that builds political power and holds public institutions accountable through grassroots organizing among people of color, immigrants, and low-income residents. They aspire to build an inclusive democratic process and just public policies that address the needs of their diverse neighborhood.

Question 29

NORTHEAST CENTER FOR TRADESWOMEN’S EQUITY

Accepted Answer

The Northeast Center for Tradeswomen’s Equity (NCTE) is a Massachusetts-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping women find careers in the union building trades. NCTE’s work is more than a campaign; it is a movement with a big goal: to have 20% women in the building trades by 2020.

Question 30

¿OÍSTE?

Accepted Answer

¿Oíste? addresses the lack of Latina political representation and civic participation in Massachusetts and aims to increase the political, economic and social standings of the Latino population. The Latinas Por El Cambio program advocates for Latinas’ empowerment within low-income communities to lead collaborative, local issue-based campaigns to solve community problems.

Question 31

PLEASANT STREET NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK CENTER

Accepted Answer

The Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center brings people together in order to surface and prioritize issues that we can collectively take action on in order to make change. Strategies that they employ to meet the purpose of the organization include building relationships, increasing and teaching civic participation, increasing neighborhood resources and opportunities, engaging young people, and always collaborating with other organizations, institutions and agencies to create a healthy and vibrant quality of life. BWF funding helps support the Women Together/Mujeres Unidas organizer position, which will build the capacity of a project that aims to building leaders and strong relationships among women.

Question 32

PROJECT HIP HOP (PHH)

Accepted Answer

A grantee since 2010, PHH trains young artists as cultural organizers to create performances that inform the community and inspire them to get involved within the movement social justice movement. PHH creates supportive opportunities for female artists to deepen their analysis about gender oppression and to build their confidence as performers and cultural organizers.

Question 33

REACHING OUT ABOUT DEPRESSION

Accepted Answer

ROAD is a community-based program created by and for women who are suffering in low-income communities with depression and its related issues. All services are offered free-of-charge. By creating a network of support in the community, ROAD helps women experiencing stress or depression understand that they are not alone, while offering strategies and resources to promote their self-empowerment and improved quality of life. ROAD offers leadership opportunities for women who join the network so that they can become peer supports for their fellow ROAD members and change agents in their communities.As a community-based support system for low-income women, ROAD also actively educates, trains and influences the mental health and social service provider community about the complex needs of the women ROAD serves. BWF has offered on-going funding to support the ROAD workshop series and social action events.

Question 34

REFLECT AND STRENGTHEN (R&S)

Accepted Answer

R&S is a grassroots collective of young working class women from the urban neighborhoods of Boston who take a holistic approach to organizing in order to create personal and social transformation. Their programming focuses on political education, creative expression, community building, and campaign work to end racial disparities in the juvenile justice system.

Question 35

REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE CENTER (RIAC)

Accepted Answer

RIAC offers a wide variety of services and programs whose mission is to promote self-sufficiency, foster support, and increase successful resettlement. Its Somali Leadership Initiative offers structured training, outreach, and support for young female participants who are organizing or participating in community activities and giving back to the community.

Question 36

RESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT (RSP)

Accepted Answer

RSP was founded in 2012 with a focus on Black women and young adults from all socio-economic backgrounds with an organizational priority on women with the least access to resources. Seed money from BWF will support RSP’s work to address deeply rooted racial discrimination, oppressive gender norms, environmental/food injustice, and other social determinants of health that perpetuate silence and inaction surrounding diseases of the reproductive system that disproportionately affect women of African descent.

Question 37

SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION (SJE)

Accepted Answer

A grantee since 2012, SJE is devoted to developing the leadership of girls and young women from oppressed communities in and around Boston. Girls and young women learn how to gather themselves in self-identified concerted organizing projects to address the pressing needs of their peoples, particularly those facing girls and women.

Question 38

SOLUTIONS AT WORK

Accepted Answer

Founded homeless individuals and run by staff with experiences of poverty and/or homelessness, Solutions at Work is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness by providing individuals and families with resources and opportunities to strengthen their self-confidence and to achieve self-sufficiency.

Question 39

SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCIÓN (SBEA)

Accepted Answer

A grantee since 2010, SBEA is a neighborhood-based, member-driven organization empowering Latino families to create social change that will lead to personal and community advancement. SBEA promotes Latina residents’ access to information and other resources in order to achieve their individual goals and to continue their development of leadership skills and collective power by achieving community improvement within South Boston’s public housing developments.

Question 40

SURVIVORS, INC."

Accepted Answer

Survivors, Inc. engages in outreach, advocacy, and educational work around welfare issues in their communities. They work for access to education for low-income women, advocate for affordable tuition and childcare, and to expand the type and amount of education and training that can be counted as work hours for welfare recipients.

Question 41

TEEN VOICES

Accepted Answer

Teen Voices supports and educates teen girls to amplify their voices and create social change through media. The Boston Women’s Fund has provided Teen Voices a grant to support their Girls’ Media Activism Project. This project combines writing, technology, and media literacy to promote organizing and media activism. Involving two section of the magazine—Say What?! and Media Watch—teen editors working with college-age mentors continue to identify injustices articulated both in advertising (print and web) and in the media, provide analysis from a teen girl perspective, and finally, offer concrete action steps for teen girls to mobilize and implement change.

Question 42

THE CITY SCHOOL (TCS)

Accepted Answer

TCS’ Rose from Concrete is a leadership development program working with young women. These women learn to address societal issues they are directly affected by, support one another, and develop the skills and training to become Boston’s future community educators, organizers, and organizational leaders.

Question 43

THE GENKI SPARK

Accepted Answer

A grantee since 2011, the Genki Spark is a multi-generational, pan-Asian women’s initiative that embraces the concept of “arts activism” as a strategy for personal transformation and social change. They utilize Japanese taiko drumming, storytelling, and creativity as powerful organizing vehicles to bring people together and emphasize the importance of personal, cultural, and community pride.

Question 44

THE NETWORK/LA RED (TNLR)

Accepted Answer

A grantee for over 20 years, TNLR’s Community Organizing Project aims to create a climate of intolerance for domestic violence among lesbian, transgender and bisexual women and assist in making the connections between partner abuse and other social justice issues and movements. TNLR does this through a combination of community education/outreach/organizing, solidarity work, community collaborations, and leadership development of survivors.

Question 45

WEATOC

Accepted Answer

WEATOC is the premiere multicultural peer education program in Boston, dedicated to empowering young people to make informed decisions about the difficult issues affecting them today. WEATOC exists to empower young people to make informed decisions about the difficult issues affecting urban youth. They also educate young people in order to prevent the damaging outcomes that result from short-sighted and self-destructive choices, such as violence, STDs, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and suicide. WEATOC trains youth to be active, contributing members of their communities. Funding from BWF will go towards WEATOC’s Sister2Sister peer education program that educates young women about their bodies, informs them about critical risks, empowers them to make healthy choices, and helps them to improve self-esteem.

Question 46

WELLESLEY CENTERS FOR WOMEN

Accepted Answer

The Wellesley Centers for Women has been a driving force – both behind the scenes and in the spotlight – promoting positive change for women and men, girls and boys for more than 30 years. The groundbreaking work is dedicated to looking at the world through the eyes of women with the goal of shaping a better world for all. Since 1974, WCW has conducted interdisciplinary studies on gender equity in education, gender violence, sexual harassment in schools, child care, adolescent development, women’s leadership, and more. WCW maintains a special relationship with the Stone Center Counseling Services of Wellesley College where the work and theoretical focus of the Stone Center are incorporated into the clinical work and programs of this College service. Support from BWF will help to fund studies of gender policy in US jurisprudence.

Question 47

WOMEN ENCOURAGING EMPOWERMENT (WEE)

Accepted Answer

Women Encouraging Empowerment Inc. (WEE) works to educate, advocate, protect and advance the rights of immigrants, refugees, and low-income women and their families through organizing, leadership development, and service delivery.

Question 48

WOMEN’S INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (WILD)

Accepted Answer

WILD is a multi-racial, multi-cultural women’s organization that supports women’s empowerment as they become more effective leaders and organizers in their workplaces, communities, and the Massachusetts labor movement.

Question 49

YOUTH LEADERSHIP SETS (YLS)

Accepted Answer

Youth Leadership Sets is a leadership training program organizing over 150 youth and their families from three different Boston public schools. They conduct peer counseling training, work on emotional literacy, and build community in circles during the school day and in their afterschool program.

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