Innocence Project - Rex beneficiary 2006
The mission of the Innocence Project is to provide post-conviction legal assistance to people in prison whose claims of innocence can be proven through DNA testing and to bring needed reforms to the criminal justice system. The primary policy objectives are to guarantee access to DNA testing, to establish professional standards and independent oversight of crime labs and to prevent mistaken eyewitness identifications. The Innocence Project forges common ground among all those affected: the wrongfully convicted and their families, crime victims and their families and criminal justice professionals.
Give Me Back My Rights Campaign - Rex beneficiary 2006
The Give Me Back My Rights Campaign seeks to end the use of unfair, binding mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer, employee and small farmer contracts. Mandatory arbitration may be appropriate when negotiated in contracts between equal-sized parties but has been increasingly and unfairly used to restrict the legal rights of consumers, employees and farmers in disputes with powerful corporate interests. Mandatory arbitration clauses are increasingly inserted as "take it or leave it" provisions in form contracts such as for health insurance, cell phone, credit cards, etc and must by accepted as a condition with no Constitutional right to go to court.
The Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County - Rex beneficiary 2003
The Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County believes that the dignity of all work demands just wages to meet today's living costs. A living wage includes income and benefits sufficient for basic housing, healthcare, child care, nutrition, transportation, education and retirement. To this end, the LWCSC is focused on educating our entire community about the necessity of legislating living wages to foster a better society.
Mwangaza Tanzania - Rex beneficiary 2003
Mwangaza Tanzania is dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals, especially children, in underserved, rural northern Tanzania by providing medical, rehabilitative and educational services for the physically disabled. The focus is on grassroots, community-based projects that foster long-term self-sufficiency. Mwangaza Tanzania has created a model of working with local communities to overcome barriers to obtaining needed health care and to carrying out educational programs for preventative action.
Just Act - Rex beneficiary 2003
JustAct coordinates a national U.S. network of about 30 progressive grassroots organizations, led primarily by youth of color. The organizations work on a variety of local issues including the prison industrial complex, education, and environmental justice. The purpose for the network is to develop common goals and strategies for the member organizations to collectively organize around and be more effective in terms of movement building and social justice organizing.
Magic City Harvest - Rex beneficiary 2002
A non-profit prepared and perishable food distribution program of greater Birmingham, helping to alleviate hunger, malnutrition and food waster through the distribution of donated excess foods to programs feeding those in need.
Ruckus Society - Rex beneficiary 2002
Ruckus Society provides environmental and human rights organizers with the tools, training and support needed to achieve their goals. The mission is to: 1) Train leadership and teach activism by implementation of nonviolent direct action. 2) Organize strategic development for campaign goals 3) Establish broad coalitions with common objectives. 4) Teach effective media outreach and internet activism 5) Include respect for all living beings and commit to the power of diversity.
Project Avary - Rex beneficiary 2002
Project Avary is year-round support and enrichment program for Bay Area children, ages 8 to 15, who share the difficulties presented by a parent's incarceration or ongoing involvement with the criminal justice system. Through two primary program components, Camp AVARY during the summer, and monthly Adventure Day gatherings throughout the school year, AVARY focuses on experimental learning, leadership development, creative arts, and recreation as means of improving opportunities and quality of life for this group of under-served children. The mission is to discourage cycles of violence and criminal activity by providing a consistent, nurturing community in which children may: 1) express themselves creatively, 2) cultivate trusting relationships with peers and adults, 3) build self-esteem and self knowledge, 4) practice managing their emotions in order to achieve productive outcomes, and 5) gain a broadened sense of what is possible in their lives.
Clowns Without Borders - Rex beneficiary 2002
No child without a smile. Clowns Without Borders seeks to improve the psychological condition of populations living in refugee camps and areas of conflict by organizing volunteer artist performances, and through performance workshops with children and with educators. CWB also seeks to raise our society's awareness of affected populations and to promote a spirit of solidarity. Missions specific to this grant: 1) Future mission to Chiapas, Mexico. 2) Return expedition to Bhutanese Refugee Camps in Nepal - over 100,000 refugees in 7 camps.
Agape Foundation - Rex beneficiary 1995
Agape Foundation Fund for Nonviolent Social Change is a non-profit public foundation founded in 1969 out of opposition to the war in Southeast Asia. Pacifists, World War II conscientious objectors and anti-Vietnam War activists founded it in order to build a movement that seriously challenged the Pentagon and the American culture of violence. The Foundation's purpose is to fund nonviolent social change organizations committed to peace and justice issues. Unlike social services that aid and assist individuals, social change efforts confront the root causes of social problems by challenging the responsible systems and institutions.
Drug Policy Alliance - Rex beneficiary 1994
The Drug Policy Alliance envisions a just society in which the use and regulation of drugs are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights, in which people are no longer punished for what they put into their own bodies but only for crimes committed against others, and in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more. Their mission is to advance those policies and attitudes that best reduce the harms of both drug misuse and drug prohibition, and to promote the sovereignty of individuals over their minds and bodies.
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) - Rex beneficiary 1994
A national nonprofit organization founded in 1991, FAMM challenges inflexible and excessive penalties required by mandatory sentencing laws. FAMM promotes sentencing policies that give judges the discretion to distinguish between defendants and sentence them according to their role in the offense, seriousness of the offense and potential for rehabilitation. FAMM's 25,000 members include prisoners and their families, attorneys, judges, criminal justice experts and concerned citizens. FAMM does not argue that crime should go unpunished - but the punishment must fit the crime.
New York Harm Reduction Educators, Inc. - Rex beneficiary 1994
(NYHRE) was formed to prevent the spread of AIDS by offering harm-reduction services. Injecting drug users, whether infected or not, are the people being served. Recognizing that these individuals are part of a larger community, their significant others are included. We will take a harm reduction approach by promoting safer injecting and safer sex practices and by helping participants gain access to medical and social services. Services - Needle exchange (clean needles and syringes) - Distribution of harm reduction materials - HIV/AIDS and harm reduction education - On-site medical services - Referrals to medical and social services - Participant-driven advocacy.
Swords to Plowshares - Rex beneficiary 1994
Across the country, nearly one third of all homeless people are veterans. Since 1974, Swords to Plowshares has strived to help this disenfranchised population by offering services to bring about lasting change, and by educating the public about the unmet needs of homeless veterans.
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