Sylvia Woods- Josephine Wyatt & Clarice Durham Memorial Foundation

Project support

Support for community organization

FOR THE DALLAS ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL REPRESSION

support for the Chicago Alliance Against Racial and Political Repression's GAPA activities for the time period of july - September 2022

SPECIFICALLY, THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE CORRECTIVE CLEMENCY CAMPAIGN MATERIALS TO 1700+ INCARCERATED MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE, AND THEREBY HELP MOBILIZE BOTH INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND THEIR LOVED ONES TO SHARE THEIR STORIES IN SUPPORT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. THE GRANT ALSO WILL BE USED TO HIRE AN ORGANIZER FOR 6 MONTHS WHO CAN FOCUS ON THE CCC. THE ORGANIZER WILL SERVE AS A CONTACT PERSON FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING THOSE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED. THEY WILL MAINTAIN THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE OUTSIDE TEAM MEMBERS, TRAIN THEM ON HOW TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT EXTREME SENTENCING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND ORGANIZE TOWN HALLS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS AT WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE CAN SHARE THEIR STORIES.

Support for the Chicago Alliance Against Racial and Political Repression's GAPA activities for the time period of April - June 2022

General operations

ACTION GRANT

General operations