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Grants Awarded - 2005


•PROTECT THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT OF COMMUNITIES THREATENED BY TOXICS & ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Alaska Community Action on Toxics$25,000
Anchorage, AK (www.akaction.org)
General support for a statewide organization working for environmental health and justice through support and assistance to communities and Native tribes in Alaska.

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger$25,000
Merrimac, WI (www.cswab.org)
General support to clean up the Badger Army Ammunition Plant and assist other communities seeking adequate cleanup and restoration at contaminated military bases.

Community Coalition for Environmental Justice$25,000
Seattle, WA (www.ccej.org)
General support for environmental justice organizing in the Northwest, with a focus on Seattle and adjacent communities.

Environmental Justice Action Group$25,000
Portland, OR (http://home.teleport.com/~ejag/)
General support for environmental justice organizing in Portland, and for strengthening local and regional environmental justice alliances.

Grassroots Global Justice$25,000
San Pedro, CA (www.ggjalliance.org)
General support for an alliance of U.S.-based grassroots groups organizing to build an agenda for power for working and poor people.

HEAL Utah$50,000 over two years
Salt Lake City, UT (www.healutah.org)
General support to protect the health and environment of Utah from industrial pollution, and toxic and nuclear waste disposal.

Indigenous Environmental Network$25,000
Bemidji, MN (www.ienearth.org)
General support for technical assistance, networking and advocacy for Native communities confronting issues of economic and environmental justice.

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization$25,000
Chicago, IL (www.lvejo.org)
General support for environmental justice work in predominately Latino communities of Chicago, including connecting with regional and national work on clean air and other environmental justice issues.

Louisiana Bucket Brigade$25,000
Baton Rouge, LA (www.labucketbrigade.org)
General support to assist Louisiana communities fighting to decrease industrial pollution.

Native Action$25,000
P.O. Box 409
Lame Deer, MT 59043

General support for addressing environmental justice issues on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana and adjacent lands.

SouthWest Organizing Project$50,000 over two years
Albuquerque, NM (www.swop.net)
General support for grassroots organizing work on environmental and economic justice issues in New Mexico.

Southwest Research and Information Center$30,000
Albuquerque, NM (www.sric.org)
Project support for the Uranium Impact Assessment Program, assisting the Navajo Nation and communities in mitigating and preventing environmental impacts of uranium mining.

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