Equity and Justice Grants Program
Funding bold, innovative projects that effect positive
social change in the lives of women and girls
and challenge the root causes of gender oppression
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For applications for 2013 grants,
check this site in summer 2012
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This funding program supports projects done by Unitarian Universalist organizations or groups, or groups or organizations with a significant number of UUs involved in the hands-on work of the project.
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Recent Grant Recipients
The Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist — $2,500 toward start-up costs for a ministry to incarcerated women in several U.S. prisons, providing them with an alternative to the fundamentalist Christian ministries more commonly available to them.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fort Myers, FL — $3,000 for free workshops addressing reproductive and family health, domestic violence, human trafficking, prenatal care, self care, and community resources serving farm worker and indigenous women and adolescent girls in southwest Florida.
Mujeres Iniciando en las Americas — $5,500 toward radio spots in Spanish and Qui'che providing information about sexual harassment and domestic violence, as well as informing listeners where those affected can obtain help.
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