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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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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