FALL 2002 AGAPE FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS

Bay Area Regional Exchange and Development (BREAD) Making Change   California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty San Francisco Bay Area Jubilee Debt Cancellation Coalition   Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (FACES) The People’s Grocery

Bay Area Regional Exchange and Development (BREAD) Berkeley, CA   Bay Area Regional Exchange and Development, Berkeley, CA, encourages proactive solutions to community needs left unmet by the global economy. BREAD provides education and tools to promote ecologically sustainable, community-based economics, As a grassroots organization, BREAD promotes self-reliance and builds connections for a healthy community. BREAD received a $2,000 grant for economic justice work including a unique local currency system, BREAD HOURS (valued at $12 federal currency), that works toward building an ecologically sustainable local economy. Top

California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty Terry McCaffrey 11154 La Paloma Drive Cupertino, CA   California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty, Cupertino, CA, is a statewide coalition that came together to empower California’s diverse faith communities to end the death penalty through advocacy, education and prayer. They received a $1,330.95 grant to support a weekend retreat in Oakland for a network of faith-based activists and religious congregations working to abolish capital punishment. Top

Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (FACES) Aimee Suzara 825 55th Street Oakland, CA 94608 Aimee@facessolutions.org www.facessolutions.org   Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (FACES), Oakland, CA, seeks U.S. responsibility for the toxic contamination left behind at the former U.S. bases in the Philippines and raises funds for the toxic waste victims. They received $2,000 to fund Crizel's World: Butterflies and Benzene, a traveling exhibit of art by Crizel Jane Valencia, a six-year-old victim of leukemia caused by the toxic waste at Clark Naval Air Base, Philippines. Top

Making Change Jennafer Yellowhorse P.O. Box 3622 Santa Monica, CA 90408 Makingchange@earthlink.net www.geocities.com/homelessm   Making Change, Santa Monica, CA, is a project operated by homeless people to educate the public about homelessness from homeless people's perspectives. They received a $2,000 grant to provide equipment and support for homeless organizers. Top

San Francisco Bay Area Jubilee Debt Cancellation Coalition William Lesher 1733 Capistrano Berkeley, CA 94707-1805   San Francisco Bay Area Jubilee Debt Cancellation Coalition, Oakland, CA, is a grassroots expression of the International Jubilee 2000 movement that began in the United Kingdom. They received a $2,000 grant to fund a Jubilee Congregation Program within African American communities for debt cancellation for the world’s most impoverished nations. Top

The People’s Grocery Malaika Edwards 820 Wood Street Oakland, CA 94607 Malaika@hotmail.org www.peoplesgrocery.org   The People’s Grocery, Oakland, CA, strengthens food security, economic justice and community self-reliance in West Oakland through community organizing, health, education and local economic development. They received a $2,000 grant to develop and implement The People's Grocery Mobile Market and to educate West Oakland residents about the value of sustainable agriculture and local economy. Top

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