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9to5 Working Women Education Fund: 9to5 is a multi-racial, multi-state, grassroots organization whose mission is to strengthen the ability of low wage women to win economic justice. HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant to support 9to5's ongoing efforts to win expansion of paid family and sick leave for working parents at both local and the federal level through a combination of civic engagement and voter activities, advocacy and organizing its membership base in various local chapters.
Contact: Linda Meric, Executive Director, 152 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 408, Milwaukee, WI 53203-2508
(303) 628-0925
http://www.9to5.org
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CASA de Maryland: CASA of Maryland builds power among low-income immigrants by coordinating direct service, policy advocacy and community organizing toward systemic change. HSF made a $25,000 grant to support CASA's Community Organizing and Political Action Department in working with day laborers, domestic workers and other low-wage workers to maintain access to driver's licenses, protect day labor centers, protect labor rights, promote civic participation and advocate for pathways to citizenship.
Contact: Gustavo Torres, Executive Director, 310 Tulip Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912
(301) 270-7471
http://www.casademaryland.org
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Center for Community Change: This year, the Center for Community Change's (CCC) celebrates 40 years of building the power and capacity of low-income people, particularly people of color, to change the institutions and policies that affect their lives. HSF made a $35,000 general support grant to CCC to support its efforts to secure comprehensive immigration reform, universal health care, as well as register and mobilize over 250,000 infrequent voters and place 50 young people in organizing internships across the country.
Contact: Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, 1536 U St., NW, Washington, DC 20009
(202) 339-9333
http://www.communitychange.org
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Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW): CIW is a community-based labor organization of Latino, Haitian and Mayan immigrants working in low-wage jobs throughout South Florida. HSF made a $30,000 renewal grant to help CIW continue the implementation of agreements with fast food industry leaders (Yum Brands, McDonald's & Burger King) aimed at improving the wages and working conditions of farmworkers in Florida; explore the establishment of similar agreements with retail leaders; and continue labor rights work around anti-slavery and indentured servitude.
Contact: Julia Perkins, Administrative Coordinator, P.O. Box 603, Immokalee, FL 34142
(239) 657-8311
http://www.ciw-online.org
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Community Voices Heard (CVH): CVH is a membership organization of low-income people that works to achieve change through a multi-pronged strategy which includes community organizing, public policy work, and political education. HSF made a $30,000 renewal grant to help support CVH's ongoing campaigns to improve NYC's transitional jobs programs, increase support for public housing residents, build chapters in Yonkers and the Mid-Hudson Valley and engage in voter registration and education around strategic issues.
Contact: Sondra Youdelman, Executive Director, 115 East 106th Street, New York, NY 10029
(212) 860-6001
http://www.cvhaction.org
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Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE): FUREE is a woman of color led, multi-racial organization, that uses direct action, leadership development, community organizing and political education to win economic and social change. HSF made a $30,000 renewal grant to support FUREE's ongoing campaign to win accountable development measures in Downtown Brooklyn, prevent displacement of low income residents and small businesses, organize public housing residents, launch a youth-led organizing campaign and engage in voter education and mobilization.
Contact: Ilana Berger, Co-Director, 81 Willoughby St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 852-2960
http://www.furee.org
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Florida ACORN: The long-term goal of Florida ACORN is to build a broad network of low-income residents, community advocates and leaders that will have the power to affect more inclusive and equitable public policies in the state of Florida. HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant to support FL ACORN's ongoing campaigns around preventing foreclosures and predatory lending, increasing the electoral participation of ex-offenders and preserving publicly-funded healthcare and benefits programs in Florida.
Contact: Brian Kettenring, State Head Organizer, 1380 W. Flagler St., Miami, FL 33135
(305) 644-3005
http://www.acorn.org
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Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger: The Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger seeks to end hunger, homelessness and poverty in Georgia by providing leadership development, education and organizing low-income communities to get involved and take action. HSF made a $30,000 renewal grant to strengthen chapters in Georgia cities (Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Athens and Savannah), conduct media campaigns and voter engagement, and to continue to press to increase and expand GA's minimum wage.
Contact info: Sandra Robertson, Executive Director, 9 Gammon Ave., Atlanta, GA 30315
(404) 622-7778
http://ga-hungercoalition.org
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Grass Roots Organizing (GRO): GRO is a community organizing group based in rural, central Missouri which engages low-income community members around welfare implementation, health care access, tenants' rights and related issues. HSF made a$25,000 renewal grant to help support GRO's ongoing campaign around preserving state support for Medicaid, and to broaden its ability to educate, register and mobilize new voters throughout Missouri.
Contact: Robin Acree, Executive Director, 304 South Calhoun Street, Mexico, MO 65265
(573) 581-9595
http://www.gromo.org
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Miami Workers Center (MWC): The Miami Workers Center is a strategy and organizing center for no- and low-wage workers in low-income communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida. HSF made a $30,000 renewal grant to help MWC increase the power, participation and influence of working class constituencies in urban planning priorities, policies and material development at the County level, particularly around affordable and public housing measures and the Liberty City Transit Hub.
Contact: Gihan Perera, Executive Director, 6127 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127
(305) 759-8717
http://www.miamiworkerscenter.org
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National Employment Law Project (NELP): NELP is a national advocacy and research organization which provides intensive support to grassroots organizing and initiatives that enforce and expand employment protections for the nation's low-wage workers. HSF made a $20,000 general support grant for NELP to provide support to active organizing campaigns around unemployed and immigrant workers, networking opportunities for disparate groups and engage in policy advocacy at the local, state and national level.
Contact: Christine Owens, Executive Director, 80 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038
(212) 285-3025
http://www.nelp.org
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New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice: Founded in 2006, the Center organizes across lines of race and industry in order to transform workers' current vulnerability into civic participation and power, multi-ethnic/inter-community trust, and a just reconstruction of New Orleans. HSF made a renewal grant award of $25,000 to support the Center's current campaigns organizing immigrant day laborers, foreign guestworkers around the Gulf Coast region, as well as displaced New Orleans residents facing homelessness.
Contact: Saket Soni, Organizer, 916 St. Andrew Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 881-6610
http://www.neworleansworkerjustice.org
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Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO): The Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO) is a regional network of four grassroots organizations, whose mission is to achieve systemic change by building strong affiliate organizations and by executing national and regional campaigns that advance economic, racial and social justice. HSF made a renewal support grant of $30,000 to NWFCO for its grassroots healthcare reform work aimed at strengthening and expanding private and public health insurance coverage, including access for undocumented immigrants in universal health care plans and fighting against historic racial and geographic disparities in healthcare.
Contact: LeeAnn Hall, Executive Director, 1265 S. Main St, #305, Seattle, WA 98144
(206) 568-5400
http://www.nwfco.org
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People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER): POWER is a multi-racial, multi-lingual membership organization of no-and low-wage workers who come together to find permanent solutions for poverty and unemployment in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. HSF made a $30,000 renewal grant to support POWER's ongoing campaign to win accountable development measures and prevent the displacement of African American residents from San Francisco; organize domestic workers; strengthen its leadership pool; and promote closer connections between POWER's diverse membership constituencies.
Contact: Steve Williams, Executive Director, 32 Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 864-8372
http://www.unite-to-fight.org
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South Florida Jobs with Justice: An affiliate of national Jobs with Justice, SF JwJ is a coalition of labor unions, community groups, and religious organizations that formed in 1999. HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant to help SF JwJ organize day laborers to stop wage theft and police harassment, negotiate a community benefits agreement for the new Marlins stadium, organize residents of mobile homes, and implement leadership development activities for women of color.
Contact: Alyce Gowdy Wright, Executive Director, 1671 NW 17th Ave., Miami, FL 33125
(305) 324-1107
http://www.sfjwj.org
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Southwest Workers Union (SWU): SWU is a multi-issue economic justice organization working to forge stronger ties with multi-racial social justice groups across the region. HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant to help SWU secure better wages and working conditions for workers employed by the school districts in San Antonio and Austin, and to develop stronger campaign roles for youth.
Contact: Genaro Rendon, Co-Director, PO Box 830706, San Antonio, TX 78283
(210) 299-2666
http://www.swunion.org
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