FALL 2003 AGAPE FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS

Cultural Unity Orange County Dyke March United Nations Association Film Festival   Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch United For Justice Whispered Media   Environmentalists Against War

Cultural Unity Nishat Kurwa 863 Leo Way Oakland, CA, 94611 510-220-4802 Nsk17@aol.com   Cultural Unity, Oakland, CA, is a student based organization at Berkeley High School established to promote intra-cultural exchange between students and cultural understanding among the larger Berkeley High population, reduce in-school incidences of hate crimes/speech, and develop a grassroots community organizing model with immigrant English-language learner youth. They received a $2000 grant from the Board of Trustees for the continuation of political education workshops and for the production of youth driven ethnic studies curricula/media projects to be distributed in Berkeley High classrooms, and to stipend youth participants and adult facilitators. Top

Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch Bob Graham PO Box 2898 Arnold, CA 95223 209-795-8260 www.forestwatchers.org   Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch, Arnold, CA, is an organization dedicated to the protection, promotion and restoration of healthy forests and watersheds to maintain a high quality of life in the Sierra Nevada. They received a $2000 grant from the Board of Trustees for expenses incurred by the volunteers who attend monthly meetings of the California Board of Forestry. Top

Environmentalists Against War Peter Drekmeier PO Box 19742 Stanford, CA 94309 650-223-3333 www.envirosagainstwar.org   Environmentalists Against War, Stanford, CA, is a coalition of environmental organizations and individuals that formed in January of 2003 to oppose the US war on Iraq. They strive to influence decision-makers, provide information about the connection between war and the environment to the media and the public and mobilize people at the grassroots level. They received a $2000 Board of Trustees grant for the hiring of a coordinator for their Teach-In and Activist Convergence held in October 2003. Top

Orange County Dyke March Lori Hutson 12832 Garden Blvd, Suite A Garden Grove, CA 92832 714-534-0862 ext. 105 www.dykemarchoc.org   Orange County Dyke March, Garden Grove, CA, is a grassroots organization that facilitates progressive social change by empowering lesbian, bisexual and transgender women to fight discrimination, harassment, and anti-gay violence on the job, in schools, in families and throughout Orange County. They received a $2000 Board of Trustees grant to support their annual Dyke March. Top

United For Justice Idelle Clarke 280 West Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre, CA 91024 626-836-9265 www.unitedforjustice.org   United For Justice, Sierra Madre, CA, is an advocacy organization dedicated to providing strength, power and a unified voice for women and children caught in crisis in America's courts. They received a $2000 Board of Trustees grant for resource development and volunteer coordination. Top

United Nations Association Film Festival Jasmina Bojic PO Box 19369 Stanford, CA 94309 650-725-0012 www.unaff.org   United Nations Association Film Festival, Stanford, CA, is an annual festival that presents the creative vision of the world's filmmakers to viewers, informing them about human rights, women's issues, racism, homelessness, environmental survival, health issues, war and peace. They received a $2000 Board of Trustees grant for organizing the special screening in San Francisco of two UNAFF films: "Discovering Dominga," and "Liberia: America's Stepchild." Top

Whispered Media Sabrina Alonso PO Box 40130 San Francisco, CA 94140 415-717-8733 www.whisperedmedia.org   Whispered Media, San Francisco, CA, is a collective that promotes the use of video and other media tools in progressive grassroots movements. They received a combined grant of $2000 from the Wayne R. Hultgren Memorial Fund for Peace and Social Justice and the Agape Foundation's Board of Trustees Grant Fund for the distribution of the documentary "We Interrupt this Empire" through innovative multimedia art events. Top

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