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Women’s Fund, along with seven other funds/foundations nationwide, is part of a matching grant program that brings new funding and attention to women of color-led organizations engaged in reproductive justice work. With a belief that women who are directly impacted by reproductive injustice must be at the center of any effort to transform the systems that impact their lives,  Women’s Fund is  partnering with the Tides Foundation Catalyst Fund to build a strong Reproductive Justice movement. The Tides Foundation Catalyst Fund will match all donations received in 2010 in support of this initiative. Organizations awarded grants address a broad spectrum of issues that create better lives for women, healthier families and sustainable communities.
 

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2010 Reproductive Justice Projects in Miami-Dade

Alliance for Early Care & Education (AECE): $10,000
Access to affordable child care is integral to the economic security of women with children.  AECE trains and mobilizes child care practitioners to be involved in advocacy of policy issues affecting the child care industry.

Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami (FANM), Haitian Women of Miami: $10,000
Concerns for modesty among Haitian women create a resistance to Pap smears leaving them vulnerable to cervical cancer.  FANM offers an alternative which teaches self-screening methods and provides Haitian women the tools to advocate for increased access to affordable health care for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Miami Workers Center: $15,000

People of color, and the economically disadvantaged, carry an inequitable environmental burden in their communities. The Build Healthy Communities program at Miami Workers Center engages Black and Latina women from low income communities to advocate for affordable community healthcare, childcare, and safe, environmentally healthy housing.

National Farm Worker Ministry: $15,000
Women farm workers exposed to pesticides are at greater risk for chronic health problems such as cancer, infertility, birth defects and neurological damage. The National Farm Worker Ministry’s program educates women in South Dade on the health hazards of pesticides and builds their self-esteem so they will feel confident in advocating for their rights.

Power U Center for Social Change: $20,000
Black infant mortality in Miami Dade County is 2.5 times higher than Whites and 3 times the rate of Hispanics. Mortality of Black women from breast cancer is 41% higher than Whites and 64%higher than Hispanics.  Power U educates and empowers women living in Overtown about their bodies, birthing options, and the health of mothers, children, and community.  By teaching women self-determination over their bodies, Power U can then engage them in advocacy activities to create a healthy community.

Sahara of South Florida: $15,000

South Florida is home to more than 35,000 Asians from varied backgrounds who are often isolated both physically and linguistically. Sahara provides culturally sensitive advocacy and support to Asian women survivors of domestic violence.

Serve the People: $7,500
Women of color are systematically discouraged from reaching positions of leadership and denied opportunities for informal mentorships.  Serve the People's Advanced Leadership Development Program will identify female leaders and train them to become effective social justice advocates.

Sisterhood of Survivors Advocate Program: $20,000
Domestic violence is a social and public health issue that has devastating physical, emotional, financial, legal, and social effects, not just on women and children, but on society as a whole. The Bridging Families and Communities program organizes domestic abuse survivors to be advocates for changing social systems that blame the survivors and place little accountability on the abuser.

Unite for Dignity - Women Workers Co-operative: $7,500
Women who work in “cleaning and caring” professions experience extremely low wages, wage theft (non-payment for work performed), and physical threats from their employers which reflects the devaluing of women’s work and bodies. The Women Workers Co-operative provides low-income women entrepreneurial skills and trains them to conduct outreach to other women affected by wage theft.

Urgent, Inc.: $11,000
Young women of color have disproportionately higher rates of teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS.  Urgent's Rites of Passage Pregnancy Prevention program empowers at-risk girls to make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive/sexual health and advocate for these rights.

Contact
The 2010 Grant cycle is now closed.

Next Grant Period: January 2011 to December 2011

Proposals due Fall of 2010 (date to be announced).

For more information contact:

Fran Katz, Associate Director
305-441-0506
fran@womensfundmiami.org

To make a matching donation:

Dannaliz Segrera, Director of Development and Communications
305-441-0506
dannaliz@womensfundmiami.org

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