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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation 6 East 39th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016-0112 TEL: (212) 684-6577 Fax: (212) 689-6549 E-mail: noyes@noyes.org |
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| Alliance for Nuclear Accountability | $25,000 |
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1914 N. 34th Street Suite 407 Seattle, WA 98103 The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (previously Military Production Network) is a network of grassroots groups representing citizens in communities impacted by the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons complex. This grant supported the Alliance's efforts to protect affected communities through citizen organizing, advocacy, research and public education, and to broaden the coalition of groups working together on this issue. (Total grants since 1995: $160,000.) Susan Gordon, Director | |
| Phone: 206-547-3175 | Fax: 206-547-7158 |
| E-mail: ananuclear@earthlink.net | Web: www.ananuclear.org |
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| The Arkansas Public Policy Panel | $25,000 |
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1308 W. Second Street Little Rock, AR 72201 The Arkansas Public Policy Panel focuses on citizen involvement in public policy issues affecting low-income citizens and people of color. This grant supported the Panel's technical assistance and training for community-based groups working on environmental issues, and its role in linking those groups to develop a statewide environmental network. (Total grants since 1995: $150,000.) Bill Kopsky, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 501-376-7913 | Fax: 501-374-3935 |
| E-mail: appp@igc.org | Web: www.arpanel.org |
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| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | $26,000 |
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310 - 8th Street Suite 309 Oakland, CA 94607 The Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) seeks to unify and empower the Asian Pacific community to achieve multicultural environmental justice. APEN also collaborates with community organizations, environmental groups, and public agencies to promote public policies that advance environmental justice. This grant provided ongoing support. Of this grant amount, $1,000 assisted APEN in participating in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance. (Total grants since 1993: $146,000.) Joselito Laudencia, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 510-834-8920 | Fax: 510-834-8926 |
| E-mail: apen@apen4ej.org | Web: www.apen4ej.org |
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| Center for Health, Environment and Justice | $30,000 |
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P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA 22040-8389 The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (previously the Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste, Inc.) was founded in 1981 following the 1978-1980 struggle at Love Canal, New York, where 900 families fought for and won relocation after they discovered that their neighborhood was built next to 21,000 tons of toxic waste. This grant supported the Center's work to help local citizen groups to participate effectively in the decision and policy-making processes that affect the environment and health of their communities. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $60,000. Total grants since 1992: $250,000.) Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 703-237-2249 | Fax: 703-237-8389 |
| E-mail: chej@chej.org | Web: www.chej.org |
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| Chemical Weapons Working Group | $1,000 |
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c/o Kentucky Environmental Foundation P.O. Box 467 Berea, KY 40403 The Chemical Weapons Working Group (CWWG) is a coalition of 30 groups from communities in the United States and the Pacific that house chemical weapons. This grant assisted CWWG in participating in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance. (Total grants since 1996: $141,000.) Craig E. Williams, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 859-986-7565 | Fax: 859-986-2695 |
| E-mail: craig@cwwg.org | Web: www.cwwg.org |
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| Citizen Alert | $30,000 |
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P.O. Box 1717 Las Vegas, NV 89114 Since 1975, Citizen Alert, a statewide membership organization, has built alliances among ranchers, miners, Native Americans, peace activists, and environmentalists to address environmental concerns facing the citizens of Nevada. This grant provided ongoing support. Of this grant amount, $5,000 supported local and national strategic planning meetings to develop a coordinated citizens' approach to high-level nuclear waste disposal. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $55,000. Total grants since 1990: $245,000.) Peggy Maze Johnson, Executive Directo | |
| Phone: 702-796-5662 | Fax: 702-796-4886 |
| E-mail: citizenalert@citizenalert.org | Web: www.citizenalert.org |
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| Citizens Coal Council | $25,000 |
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1705 S. Pearl Street, Suite 5 Denver, CO 80210 The Citizens Coal Council (CCC) was established in 1989 to help revitalize the coalfield justice movement. It is a national coordinating body for organizations working on coal-related issues, consisting of citizens' groups in 21 states and Native American nations. Representatives to the CCC reside in coalfield communities and are impacted by coal mining operations. This grant supported the ongoing work of the organization. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1992: $219,000.) Carolyn Johnson, Staff Director | |
| Phone: 303-722-9119 | Fax: 303-722-8338 |
| E-mail: ccc6@mindspring.com | |
| John L. McCormick, Communications/Training Coordinator 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Room 408 Washington, DC 20002 | |
| Phone: 202-544-6210 | Fax: 202-544-7164 |
| E-mail: citzcoal@starpower.net | Web: www.citizenscoalcouncil.org |
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| Clean Water Fund of North Carolina | $25,000 |
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29-1/2 Page Avenue Asheville, NC 28801 Clean Water Fund of North Carolina is a statewide membership organization founded in 1984 to increase public awareness and activism on water concerns in the state, and to advocate for environmental policies. This grant provided ongoing support. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1989: $219,000.) Hope C. Taylor-Guevara, Executive Director, Asheville Office | |
| Phone: 828-251-1291 | Fax: 828-255-7953 |
| E-mail: hope@cwfnc.org | Web: www.cwfnc.org |
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| Colorado People's Environmental and Economic Network | $15,000 |
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2332 E. 46th Avenue Denver, CO 80216 (Fiscal Sponsor: Cross Community Coalition) Formed in 1993, the Colorado People's Environmental and Economic Network (COPEEN) grew out of work in Northeast Denver where traditionally stable Latino and African American, low-income communities are severely affected not only by industries interspersed among its residents, but also by city policies that target the area for undesirable developments. This grant supported COPEEN's work with people-of-color and low-income communities in Colorado struggling to secure their right to a clean and healthy environment. (Total grants since 2000: $31,000.) Fernando Pineda-Reyes, Project Director | |
| Phone: 303-292-1236 | Fax: 303-292-3341 |
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| Community Coalition for Environmental Justice | $25,000 |
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105 14th Avenue, Suite 2D Seattle,WA 98122 Formed in 1994, the Community Coalition for Environmental Justice is a people-of-color led, multiethnic organization working on social, economic and environmental health issues that disporportionately impact people of color, immigrants, refugees, indigenous peoples and low-income communities. This grant supported the Northwest Network for Environmental Justice, an emerging network for people of color and indigenous peoples in the Northwest United States. (Total grants since 2000: $30,000.) Yalonda Sindé, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 206-720-0285 | Fax: 206-720-5241 |
| E-mail: justice@ccej.org | Web: www.ccej.org |
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| Community Toolbox for Children's Environmental Health | $25,000 |
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999 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94109 (Fiscal Sponsor: The Tides Center) The Community Toolbox works to build and sustain small grassroots groups, usually made up of parents, who work to protect children at highest risk from environmental health threats. This grant provided small grants and technical and organizational assistance to groups working on children's environmental health in disproportionately impacted communities. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 2000: $50,000.) Parin Shah, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 415-614-9533 | Fax: 415-614-9537 |
| E-mail: info@communitytoolbox.org | Web: http://www.communitytoolbox.org |
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| Democracy Resource Center | $22,500 |
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253 Regency Circle Suite A Lexington, KY 40503 Since 1990 the Democracy Resource Center has been working to help citizens traditionally excluded from government decision-making to build groups in nine Kentucky counties, getting many people actively involved in their government for the first time. This grant supported an Environmental Justice Initiative to help citizens in Kentucky build power to participate in decisions about factory hog farms, logging, hazardous waste dumps and toxic air emissions. Of this grant amount, $7,500 provided research, analysis and popular education tools to the Community Farm Alliance to help them build support for their campaign for a farmer-led restructuring. (Total grants since 1998: $92,500.) Heather Roe Mahoney and Jason Bailey, Co-Directors | |
| Phone: 859-276-0563 | Fax: 859-276-0774 |
| E-mail: info@kydrc.org | Web: www.kydrc.org |
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| Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment | $25,000 |
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HC-63, Box 263 Dilkon Chapter Winslow, AZ 86047 Diné CARE was formed in 1988 as a grassroots Navajo environmental organization seeking to empower local people to protect their environment and cultural heritage. This grant supported organizational development, and the Navajo Radiation Health and Justice Committee project, addressing impacts of uranium mining and related developments on the environment and health of Navajos and other communities in the Southwest. (Total grants since 1995: $108,000.) Anna M. Frazier, Coordinator | |
| Phone: 970-259-0199 | Fax: 970-259-3413 |
| E-mail: dinecare@cnetco.com | Web: dinecare.indigenousnative.org |
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| Environmental and Economic Justice Project | $25,000 |
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c/o AGENDA/SCOPE 1715 W. Florence Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90047 (Fiscal Sponsor: Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education) The Environmental and Economic Justice Project provides organizational training and support to local and regional environmental justice groups around the country. This grant supported the training of people of color as community organizers and leaders. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1990: $190,000.) Deepak Pateriya, Program Director | |
| Phone: 323-789-7920 | Fax: 323-789-7939 |
| E-mail: dpateriya@igc.org | |
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| Environmental Community Action, Inc. | $25,000 |
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44 Broad Street, N.W., Suite 711 Atlanta, GA 30303 Environmental Community Action, established in 1989 to address toxic waste and solid waste issues, provides technical and organizing assistance, education and hands-on training to community groups throughout the state. This grant provided ongoing support. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1990: $280,000.) Carol Williams, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 404-584-6499 | Fax: 404-584-6497 |
| E-mail: ecoact@mindspring.com | Web: www.eco-act.org |
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| Environmental Health Coalition | $30,000 |
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1717 Kettner Boulevard Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92101 Founded in 1980, the Environmental Health Coalition is committed to community empowerment and the prevention of illness resulting from exposure to toxics in the home, workplace and community. This grant supported the Coalition's work to protect natural resources and human health through education and organizing in the San Diego area, and through connecting regionally and nationally with others working on pollution prevention and environmental justice. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $60,000. Total grants since 1993: $358,500, including an Organizational Strengthening Award of $100,000 in 1998.) Diane Takvorian, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 619-235-0281 | Fax: 619-232-3670 |
| E-mail: dianet@environmentalhealth.org | Web: www.environmentalhealth.org |
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| Environmental Research Foundation | $30,000 |
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P.O. Box 5036 Annapolis, MD 21403-7036 The Environmental Research Foundation (ERF) was founded in 1980 to provide technical and informational services to environmental organizations. ERF produces "Rachel's Environment & Health News," a bulletin that alerts activists to reliable sources of information; provides data on chemical hazards through an electronic library; operates a "bad actor'' tracking system to identify companies that violate state and federal environmental laws and regulations; and offers assistance and information for grassroots groups working on environmental issues. This grant provided ongoing support. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $60,000. Total grants since 1991: $303,000.) Peter Montague, Director | |
| Phone: 410-263-1584 | Fax: 410-263-8944 |
| E-mail: erf@rachel.org | Web: www.rachel.org |
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| Families Against Incinerator Risk | $25,000 |
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68 S. Main Street Suite 400 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Families Against Incinerator Risk is a grassroots organization founded in 1996 to promote non-incineration, chemical neutralization technologies to dispose of chemical weapons stockpiled in Utah. This grant supported efforts to address toxic waste disposal, industrial pollution and nuclear waste disposal in Utah, and to provide leadership for the Healthy Alliance of Utah whose mission it is to protect the people of the state from federal government and private industry plans to dump much of the nation's toxic and nuclear waste in Utah. Jason Groenewold, Director | |
| Phone: 801-364-5110 | Fax: 801-363-7283 |
| E-mail: comments@fair-utah.org | Web: www.fair-utah.org |
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| Fund for Southern Communities | $25,000 |
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4285 Memorial Drive, Suite G Decatur, GA 30032 The Fund for Southern Communities provides funding, technical assistance and networking for community groups working for progressive change in North and South Carolina and Georgia. This grant supported the Fund's assistance to groups working on environmental justice issues. (Total grants since 1995: $150,000.) Jack Beckford and Alice Jenkins, Co-Directors | |
| Phone: 404-292-7600 | Fax: 404-292-7835 |
| E-mail: fsc@fund4south.org | Web: www.fund4south.org |
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| Indigenous Environmental Network | $30,000 |
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P.O. Box 485 Bemidji, MN 56619 (Fiscal Sponsor: Seventh Generation Fund) The Indigenous Environmental Network was established to address land rights and environmental health concerns of Native peoples. This grant provided ongoing support for organizing and advocacy for Native communities confronting issues of economic and environmental justice, and for participation in the broader environmental justice movement. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $60,000. Total grants since 1992: $275,000, including an Organizational Strengthening Award of $100,000 in 2000.) Tom Goldtooth, National Director | |
| Phone: 218-751-4967 | Fax: 218-751-0561 |
| E-mail: ien@igc.org | Web: www.ienearth.org |
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| Jobs with Justice Education Fund | $30,000 |
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501 Third Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Founded in 1987, Jobs with Justice Education Fund is a national campaign for economic justice that consists of 42 local coalitions in cities across the United States. It is guided by the belief that struggles for workers' rights must be part of a larger campaign for social, economic and environmental justice. This grant supported increased participation of community-based environmental justice groups in work to combat corporate power and corporate-led globalization. Of this grant amount, $10,000 supported involvement in and follow-up from the Global Justice Strategy Session and preparation for the Global Justice Week of Action. Fred Azcarate, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 202-434-1106 | Fax: 202-434-1477 |
| E-mail: info@jwj.org | Web: www.jwj.org |
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| Just Transition Alliance | $25,000 |
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1328 U Street, N.W. Suite 3E Washington, DC 20009 This grant supported the Public Health Institute's Just Transition Consortium working with environmental justice activists and labor activists to build consensus around agreements reducing the environmental impact of production on communities, while protecting the rights of workers. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1997: $125,000.) Jenice L. View, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 202-588-1850 | Fax: 202-588-1851 |
| E-mail: justtransition@aol.com | Web: www.jtalliance.org |
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| Kentucky Coalition | $27,000 |
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P.O. Box 1450 London, KY 40743 The Kentucky Coalition is a policy and education organization affiliated with Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, a grassroots, multi-issue, membership-based organization. This grant supported the Environmental Leadership Project's advocacy and organizing efforts to protect groundwater and other natural resources, and to reduce the impact of toxics on community health. Of this grant amount, $2,000 was for the documentation of the Martin County, Kentucky, oil spill and attempts at cleanup. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $52,000. Total grants since 1989: $382,000, including an Organizational Strengthening Award of $100,000 in 1998.) Burt Lauderdale, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 606-878-2161 | Fax: 606-878-5714 |
| E-mail: stonehouse@kih.net | Web: www.kftc.org |
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| Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches | $25,000 |
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11100 South Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90047 The Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches is a network of 40 African American congregations in Los Angeles County. The group works to build the capacity of small to mid-size churches to organize their congregants and neighbors to make positive changes in their communities. This grant provided support for the Environmental Justice Project, organizing in African American churches for environmental cleanup of South Central Los Angeles. (Total grants since 1999: $51,000.) Rev. Eugene Williams, III, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 323-242-6770 | Fax: 323-242-6775 |
| E-mail: maatinc@earthlink.net | Web: www.lametro.org |
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| Louisiana Environmental Action Network | $25,700 |
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P.O. Box 66323 Baton Rouge, LA 70896-6323 The Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) is a statewide grassroots organization concerned about toxic pollution and its effect on environment and human health. This grant supported LEAN's organizing and technical assistance work with community groups in the state and its policy analysis and development activities. Of this grant amount, $200 was designated for work with the residents of Myrtle Grove Trailer Park. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $50,700. Total grants since 1989: $282,200.) Marylee Orr, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 225-928-1315 | Fax: 225-922-9247 |
| E-mail: lean007@aol.com | Web: www.leanweb.org |
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| Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project | $25,800 |
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2416 South Darla Avenue Gonzales, LA 70737 Established in 1991, Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project grew out of a coalition of community, environmental and union activists formed during a worker lockout at the BASF Chemical Corporation plant in Geismer, Louisiana. Labor-Neighbor provides organizing and technical assistance to community, labor and church groups in the lower Mississippi River corridor. This grant supported Louisiana Communities United, a coalition of community groups helping to guide Labor-Neighbor's community work. Of this grant amount, $300 was designated for work with St. James Citizens for Jobs and the Environment. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $50,800. Total grants since 1997: $120,800.) Pam Taylor, Staff Director | |
| Phone: 225-647-5865 | Fax: 225-644-8492 |
| E-mail: ptaylor@pace-llnp.org | Web: www.pace-llnp.org |
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| Military Toxics Project | $25,000 |
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P.O. Box 558 Lewiston, ME 04243-0558 The Military Toxics Project is a membership organization composed of individuals and groups working to document the overall environmental, economic and public health consequences of the nation's military establishment and to organize citizens nationwide to hold the Pentagon accountable for its environmental degradation. This grant provided ongoing support. (Total grants since 1989: $346,000.) Tara Thornton, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 207-783-5091 | Fax: 207-783-5096 |
| E-mail: tara@miltoxproj.org | Web: www.miltoxproj.org |
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| Misión Industrial de Puerto Rico, Inc. | $20,000 |
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P.O. Box 363728 San Juan, PR 00936-3728 Misión Industrial de Puerto Rico was founded in 1969 as a response to the impact of economic development strategies that had detrimental consequences for people's health and their environment. It is sponsored by six major religious denominations, two ecumenical projects and several community organizations. This grant supported Misión Industrial's work on environmental justice issues in Puerto Rico. (Total grants since 1989: $105,000.) Marianne Meyn, Administrative Officer | |
| Phone: 787-765-4303 or 787-767-0820 | Fax: 787-754-6462 |
| E-mail: mipr@coqui.net | |
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| Native Action | $25,000 |
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P.O. Box 409 Lame Deer, MT 59043 Organized in 1984, Native Action is a multi-issue, community organization on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. This grant supported the group's work on environmental issues. (Total grants since 1994: $65,000.) Gail Small, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 406-477-6390 | Fax: 406-477-6421 |
| E-mail: gsmall@rangeweb.net | |
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| North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN) | $25,000 |
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P.O. Box 61051 Durham, NC 27715-1051 The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network was founded in 1988 to help communities facing siting of a mammoth hazardous waste incinerator. It now provides organizing, advocacy and technical assistance to groups working on hazardous and nuclear waste issues in North Carolina. This grant provided ongoing support. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1996: $75,000.) Jim Warren, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 919-490-0747 | Fax: 919-493-6614 |
| E-mail: ncwarn@ncwarn.org | Web: www.ncwarn.org |
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| Northern Plains Resource Council | $31,000 |
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2401 Montana Avenue, #200 Billings, MT 59101-2336 The Northern Plains Resource Council (NPRC) promotes citizen participation in public policy development, environmental integrity, local autonomy, and family farm and ranch preservation. This grant supported NPRC's Montana Groundwater Protection Project, concentrating on threats to groundwater from mining, landfills, agriculture and development. NRPC works through community organizing, public education, research and legal strategies. It focuses particularly on building bridges and fostering dialogue across constituencies. Of this grant amount, $6,000 was for training in negotiating for members and staff involved in corporate negotiations with Fidelity Exploration. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $56,000. Total grants since 1992: $221,000.) Teresa Erickson, Staff Director | |
| Phone: 406-248-1154 | Fax: 406-248-2110 |
| E-mail: info@nprcmt.org | Web: www.northernplains.org |
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| Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition | $26,000 |
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P.O. Box 6753 Huntington, WV 25773 The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition provides public education and grassroots organizing around pulp mill and coal mining issues in the Ohio Valley region. This grant provided ongoing support. Of this grant amount, $6,000 was for a campaign focusing on mountaintop removal. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $46,000. Total grants since 1997: $92,000.) Dianne Bady, Director | |
| Phone: 304-522-0246 | Fax: 304-525-6984 |
| E-mail: ohvec@ohvec.org | Web: www.ohvec.org |
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| Oil & Gas Accountability Project | $25,000 |
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P.O. Box 1102 863 1/2 Main Avenue Durango, CO 81302-1102 The Oil & Gas Accountability Project was created by the San Juan Citizens Alliance, a citizen-action group committed to social change in the San Juan Basin of southwestern Colorado. This grant supported a coalition of local, state, regional, national and tribal organizations working on health and environmental issues associated with development of oil and gas resources. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1998: $93,000.) Gwen Lachelt, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 970-259-3353 | Fax: 970-259-7514 |
| E-mail: gwen@OGAP.org | Web: http://www.OGAP.org |
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| Powder River Basin Resource Council | $25,000 |
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23 North Scott Sheridan, WY 82801 The Powder River Basin Resource Council (PRBRC) is a multi-issue grassroots organization that promotes citizen involvement in environmental decision-making. This grant supported PRBRC's community organizing and leadership development around the groundwater impacts of coalbed methane extraction and other natural resource issues of concern to its members. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1989: $260,000.) Kevin F. Lind, Director Jill Morrison, Organizer | |
| Phone: 307-672-5809 | Fax: 307-672-5800 |
| E-mail: prbrc@powderriverbasin.org | Web: www.powderriverbasin.org |
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| Project Underground | $25,000 |
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1916A Martin Luther King Jr. Way Berkeley, CA 94704 Project Underground is a human rights organization working with communities to build power in the face of abuse by the mining and oil industries. It uses a combination of on-the-ground support for community-based organizations; legal, technical, corporate and scientific information services; direct corporate campaigns; coalition and movement building; and broader outreach and public education. This grant supported the Indigenous Mining Campaign project to build the capacity of North American indigenous communities to develop corporate campaigns and other strategies addressing abuses of multinational corporations on Native lands. Sayo':kla Kindness, Organizer | |
| Phone: 510-705-8981 | Fax: 510-705-8983 |
| E-mail: project_underground@moles.org | Web: www.moles.org |
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| Save Our Cumberland Mountains | $25,000 |
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P.O. Box 479 Lake City, TN 37769 Save Our Cumberland Mountains is an eastern Tennessee membership organization working on mining, toxic and solid waste issues. This grant supported advocacy and organizing activities and community-based training to encourage improved state and national environmental policies; promote toxic and solid waste reduction and recycling; and increase citizen involvement in interrelated environmental and economic concerns. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1990: $265,000.) Maureen O'Connell, Director | |
| Phone: 865-426-9455 | Fax: 865-426-9289 |
| E-mail: maureen@socm.org | Web: www.socm.org |
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| Southern Echo, Inc. | $30,000 |
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P.O. Box 2450 Jackson, MS 39225-2450 Southern Echo was founded in 1989 as a community-based leadership education and training institute to develop and promote political, economic, social and cultural justice. This grant supported Southern Echo's community organizing and leadership development training for environmental justice in Mississippi. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $60,000. Total grants since 1993: $305,000, including an Organizational Strengthening Award of $100,000 in 1999.) Hollis Watkins, President Leroy Johnson, Director | |
| Phone: 601-352-1500 | Fax: 601-352-2266 |
| E-mail: souecho@bellsouth.net | |
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| Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice | $30,000 |
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P.O. Box 10518 Atlanta, GA 30310 (Fiscal Sponsor: The SOC Education Fund, Inc.) The Southern Organizing Committee (SOC) was formed in the mid-1970s from roots in the civil rights and peace movements. This grant supported SOC's assistance to communities and its multi-state organizing efforts to develop new alliances among people working against environmental destruction in their communities and workplaces. (Total grants since 1991: $281,500.) Connie Tucker, Director | |
| Phone: 404-755-2855 | Fax: 404-755-0575 |
| E-mail: socejp@igc.apc.org | Web: www.igc.apc.org/socejp/ |
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| Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice | $31,000 |
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P.O. Box 7399 Albuquerque, NM 87194 (Fiscal Sponsor: Community Networking Resources, Inc.) The Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ) promotes networking, cooperation and coordination among grassroots activists from people-of-color communities seeking to combat environmental racism throughout the Southwest and Mexico. This grant provided ongoing support. Of this grant amount, $1,000 assisted SNEEJ in participating in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $61,000. Total grants since 1991: $255,500.) Richard Moore, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 505-242-0416 | Fax: 505-242-5609 |
| E-mail: info@sneej.org | |
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| SouthWest Organizing Project | $26,000 |
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c/o Southwest Community Resources, Inc. 211 10th Street, S.W. Albuquerque, NM 87102 The SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) is a grassroots membership organization that addresses environmental contamination as part of a broad agenda for social, racial and economic justice. This grant provided support for SWOP's Community Environmental Program, which combats a range of toxic pollution problems affecting communities in New Mexico. Of this grant amount, $1,000 assisted SWOP in participating in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $52,500. Total grants since 1989: $353,600, including an Organizational Strengthening Award of $100,000 in 1999.) Jeanne Gauna and Michael Leon-Guerrero, Co-Directors | |
| Phone: 505-247-8832 | Fax: 505-247-9972 |
| E-mail: swop@swop.net | Web: www.swop.net |
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| Southwest Research and Information Center | $30,000 |
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P.O. Box 4524 Albuquerque, NM 87106 The Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) is a research, technical assistance and policy advocacy organization working to protect natural resources and promote environmental justice. This grant supported the Uranium Impact Assessment Project and SRIC's work in providing technical assistance, training and public education to grassroots groups working on environmental issues in the region. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $60,000. Total grants since 1989: $323,100.) Chris Shuey, Director, Uranium Impact Assessment Program | |
| Phone: 505-262-1862 | Fax: 505-262-1864 |
| E-mail: sricdon@earthlink.net | Web: www.sric.org |
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| Southwest Workers' Union | $25,000 |
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1416 East Commerce Street San Antonio, TX 78205 (Fiscal Sponsor: Centro Por La Justicia) The Southwest Workers' Union was founded in 1988 as a grassroots, community-based organization working to address threats to health and safety posed by toxic substances and hazardous materials in the community and workplace. This grant supported environmental justice work in South Texas and along the border. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1996: $145,000.) Chavel López, Executive Director Ruben Solis, Program and Planning Coordinator | |
| Phone: 210-299-2666 | Fax: 210-299-4009 |
| E-mail: swu@igc.org | Web: www.swunion.org |
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| Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network | $26,000 |
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1515 East Magnolia Avenue Suite 403 Knoxville,TN 37917 Formed in 1989, the Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network is an alliance of Tennessee-based community organizations, environmental groups, labor unions, religious groups and individuals addressing welfare reform, environmental justice, peace and justice, strip-mining, forestry, and worker organizing to help its 42 member organizations make the links between their local struggles and corporate globalization. This grant provided support for the Fair Trade and Globalization program. Of this grant amount, $1,000 assisted TIRN in participating in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $51,000. Total grants since 2000: $51,000.) Judy Roitman, Director | |
| Phone: 865-637-1576 | Fax: 865-522-7476 |
| E-mail: judy@tirn.org | Web: www.tirn.org |
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| Virginia Organizing Project | $25,000 |
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703 Concord Avenue Charlottesville, VA 22903 -5208 The Virginia Organizing Project is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. This grant supported the building of a grassroots citizen power base in Virginia that includes groups working on environmental and health issues. (Total grants since 1998: $101,000.) Joe Szakos, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 804-984-4655 | Fax: 804-984-2803 |
| E-mail: szakos@virginia-organizing.org | Web: www.virginia-organizing.org |
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| Western Colorado Congress | $16,000 |
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7A North Cascade Avenue P.O. Box 472 Montrose, CO 81402 Western Colorado Congress (WCC), a multi-issue, membership-based organization, undertakes community organizing, research and advocacy on issues affecting rural people, including environmental issues. This grant supported WCC's efforts to protect groundwater and other resources from contamination from coalbed methane extraction, improve government and corporate policies and practices posing toxic threats in the region and develop citizen leadership. Of this grant amount, $1,000 assisted WCC in participating in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance. (Total grants since 1989: $251,000.) Susan Baker, Director | |
| Phone: 970-249-1978 | Fax: 970-249-1983 |
| E-mail: info@wccongress.org | Web: www.wccongress.org |
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| Western Organization of Resource Councils | $25,000 |
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2401 Montana Avenue, No. 301 Billings, MT 59101 The Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) is a regional federation of grassroots organizations in the states of Idaho, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. WORC provides research and policy analysis, community organizing assistance, leadership development training and technical assistance services to enable its constituent groups and their local chapters to protect natural resources. This grant provided support for the Corporate Accountability and Community Action Project. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1992: $225,000.) Patrick Sweeney, Director | |
| Phone: 406-252-9672 | Fax: 406-252-1092 |
| E-mail: billings@worc.org | Web: www.worc.org |
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| Western Shoshone Defense Project | $20,000 |
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P.O. Box 211308 Crescent Valley, NV 89821 (Fiscal Sponsor: Seventh Generation Fund) The Western Shoshone Defense Project was created in 1991 by the Western Shoshone Nation to support tribal members fighting for sovereignty on traditional Western Shoshone land. This grant supported the Mining Awareness and Action Program to protect land and water resources from the effects of gold mining and to maintain the health of the traditional Western Shoshone land base. (Total grants since 1999: $60,000.) Christopher Sewall, Program Director, Mining Action and Awareness Project Carrie Dann, Executive Director James Stroud, Assistant Director | |
| Phone: 775-468-0230 | Fax: 775-468-0237 |
| E-mail: wsdp@igc.org | Web: www.alphacdc.com/wsdp/ |
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| Women's Voices for the Earth | $25,000 |
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P.O. Box 8743 Missoula, MT 59807 Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE) was founded in 1995 to represent the voices of women and others who have not traditionally been leaders in the environmental movement in the Northern Rockies. This grant supported WVE's work on pollution in western Montana. (Total grants since 1997: $115,000.) Aimee Boulanger, Executive Director | |
| Phone: 406-543-3747 | Fax: 406-542-5632 |
| E-mail: wve@wildrockies.org | Web: www.wildrockies.org/wve |
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| YouthAction | $25,000 |
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P.O. Box 12372 Albuquerque, NM 87195 Founded in 1987, YouthAction encourages and trains young people of ages 15 to 25 to become involved in social issues that affect them and their communities. This grant supported the development of young community organizers who are able to educate, empower and engage other youth in environmental and social justice efforts. (Second year of a two-year grant totalling $50,000. Total grants since 1993: $177,000.) Patrick Masterson, Development Coordinator | |
| Phone: 505-873-3345 | Fax: 505-873-3245 |
| Web: www.youthaction.net | |
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