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Grants Awarded - 2005

•ENSURING QUALITY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT

African American Women Evolving$25,000
Chicago, IL (www.aaweonline.org)
General support to promote the activism and leadership of African American women in Illinois around reproductive freedom and justice.

Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights$15,000
Denver, CO (www.colorlatina.org/)
General support to protect the reproductive health and rights of Latinas in Colorado.

Feminist Women's Health Center$15,000
Atlanta, GA (www.feministcenter.org)
Project support for the Latina Outreach Phase of the Atlanta-based Young Women's Leadership initiative, a community education, grassroots organizing and advocacy leadership development program that augments clinic services.

Georgians for Choice$40,000 over two years
Atlanta, GA (www.georgiansforchoice.org)
General support for a statewide coalition working through grassroots organizing and public education, and in collaboration with the faith-based community, to attain and protect reproductive freedom.

Missouri Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice$50,000 over two years
St. Louis, MO (www.morcrc.org)
General support to protect and expand reproductive choice for all people in Missouri, with an emphasis on the African American community.

NARAL Pro-Choice Montana Foundation$40,000 over two years
Helena, MT (www.prochoicemontana.org)
General support to ensure that women and men in Montana can make informed decisions about sexuality, contraception, pregnancy, childbearing and abortion.

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum$10,000
Washington, DC (www.napawf.org)
General support to strengthen and build leadership among Asian Pacific American female advocates working to augment reproductive justice at the state and national levels.

Sistas on the Rise$10,000
Bronx, NY (www.sistasontherise.org)
General support for community-based work in the South Bronx and citywide that focuses on assuring adequate education and opportunities for adolescent mothers to develop as leaders in their communities.

Third Wave Foundation$15,000
New York, NY (www.thirdwavefoundation.org)
Project support for the Young Women's Collaborative to build long-term capacity among its five participating groups, engage in joint projects, and expand outreach to the next generation of reproductive rights activists and supporters.

Utah Progressive Network$50,000 over two years
Salt Lake City, UT (www.upnet.org)
Program support for the Gender Justice initiative, a collaborative effort to integrate reproductive health and rights issues into the broader social justice movement.

West Virginia FREE$45,000 over two years
Charleston, WV (www.wvfree.org)
General support for a statewide coalition working for reproductive freedom for all West Virginia women.

Western States Center$45,000 over two years
Portland, OR (www.westernstatescenter.org)
Program support to broaden the reproductive rights debate among Western social justice organizations through the sharing of strategies and models that prevent the use of wedge tactics around gender issues.

Young Women United$15,000
P.O. Box 8490
Albuquerque, NM 87198

General support to address the issues of violence against women, reproductive rights and other issues for young women of color.

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