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Roster of Grants
Direct
grants are issued from the Muste Institute's grantmaking program to a particular
project or organization. These grants range from $500 to $2,000. The International
Nonviolence Training Fund (INTF) is a special donor-directed fund which makes
grants to nonviolence training projects outside the US (or in native communities
within the US); INTF grants range from $500 to $3,000. Sheilah's Fund East (SFE)
is a donor-advised fund which supports active nonviolence work, primarily in Latin
America; grants are made on the recommendation of the donor. In
2001, the Muste Institute also distributed a number of grants from a special September
11 Emergency Fund; these are listed on a separate roster. Fiscal
Sponsorships, also listed on a separate roster, are funds from institutional
grants and individual tax-deductible donations which the Muste Institute accepts
as agent for the fiscally sponsored project or organization. Separate
guidelines are available for general grants, fiscal
sponsorships, and INTF grants. For information,
please contact the Muste Institute at 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012; phone
212-533-4335; fax 212-228-6193; [email protected];
www.ajmuste.org/
Andean Information Network
www.scbbs-bo.com/ain
Cochabamba, Bolivia: $2,000.
For education and advocacy around the issue
of US-sponsored drug policy in the Andes, with a focus on the coca-growing Chapare
region of Bolivia. Bat Shalom
www.batshalom.org
Jerusalem, Israel: $2,000.
For a public awareness campaign promoting
"Equality for Arab Israeli Citizens," carried out by the Jezreel Valley regional
branch of Bat Shalom (Daughter of Peace), an organization of Jewish and Arab Israeli
women. Boston Mobilization for Survival
www.bostonmobilization.org
Boston, Massachusetts: $1,000.
For the Youth for Peace Project, educating
and mobilizing young people and students around issues of militarism, including
university links to defense contractors. Campaign
to End the Death Penalty
www.nodeathpenalty.org
Chicago, IL: $2,000.
For six public "town hall meetings" in different
US cities as part of a national educational and media campaign called "Stop All
Executions: Moratorium Now!" Citizens Opposed
to Defense Experimentation
www.alaskacode.org
Anchorage, AK: $2,000.
For the Alert Alaska project, organizing Alaskans
to oppose the deployment of the National Missile Defense (NMD) system in their
state. Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
www.ccmep.org
Denver, CO: $2,000
For efforts to build public opinion against the US government's ongoing embargo
and military aggression against the people of Iraq. The Muste Institute also acts
as fiscal sponsor for CCMEP. Corporación Jorge
Artel
[email protected]
Cartagena, Colombia: $2,000.
For the Civil Disobedience Training and
Education Project, involving educational work in African-descended communities
on Colombia's Atlantic coast about civil disobedience as a form of nonviolent
resistance to oppression. The Muste Institute is also acting as fiscal sponsor
for Corporación Jorge Artel. Izmir War Resisters
Association
[email protected]
Izmir, Turkey: $3,000 (INTF)
This grant from the Muste Institute's International
Nonviolence Training Fund (INTF) went for a conference on "Peace and Women's Movement
in Turkey: Practice and Ideology," to discuss nonviolent strategies for confronting
militarism and sexism. Kentucky Alliance Against
Racist and Political Repression
Louisville, KY: $2,000.
For the Prison
& Justice Critical Resistance Committee, working to build a strong local movement
in the Louisville area toward reversing the injustices of the prison system. Long
Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
[email protected]
Garden City, NY: $1,000.
For a program of outreach and educational empowerment,
using techniques of popular education and liberation theology to bring new activists
and leaders into United People for Social, Economic and Racial Justice (UPSERJ),
a coalition of 50 community-based and religious organizations working on racism
and poverty issues. Mexico Solidarity Network
www.mexicosolidarity.org
Chicago, IL: $2,000.
For workshops around the U.S. with the curriculum "Corporate
Agenda vs. People's Agenda," using popular education techniques to encourage analysis
of and resistance to corporate globalization and the Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA). Nevada Desert Experience
www.NevadaDesertExperience.org
Oakland, CA: $2,000. For the 2001
August Desert Witness, an action of
nonviolent resistance to nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site. Activists gathered
on August 6-9 to commemorate the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and protest the
US government's "Stockpile Stewardship" nuclear weapons development program. New
Hampshire Peace Action Education Fund
www.nhpeaceaction.org
Concord, NH: $2,000.
For a project building opposition to US military
aid to Colombia, with an emphasis on exposing the role of New Hampshire weapons
makers in US military aggression. Northampton
Committee to Lift the Sanctions on Iraq
Northampton, MA: $2,000.
For educational forums to accompany an exhibit of a child-to-child art exchange
between local children and Iraqi children, seeking to break the barrier of isolation
and build solidarity between US and Iraqi citizens. Observatorio
Internacional por la Paz
[email protected]
Quito, Ecuador: $5,000 (SFE)
This Sheilah's Fund East grant went for
the International Observatory for Peace (OIPAZ), seeking to document and expose
the human consequences of the US-sponsored military "Plan Colombia" in Ecuador,
Colombia and the surrounding region. Philadelphia
Area Jobs With Justice
[email protected]
Philadelphia, PA: $1,000.
For organizing rank and file union members,
faith leaders and community groups to take action in support of workers who are
struggling for economic justice and rights on the job. SER
PAZ
[email protected]
Guayaquil, Ecuador: $10,000 (SFE)
This Sheilah's Fund East grant went for
work with school-age children and high-risk youth, including gang members, teaching
conflict resolution and active nonviolence toward building a culture of peace
in Ecuador. Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ)-América
Latina
www.nonviolence.org/serpaj
Montevideo, Uruguay: $15,000 (SFE)
This Sheilah's Fund East grant went
for administration of the regional coordinating office of SERPAJ (Peace and Justice
Service), a network of national organizations in 10 Latin American countries which
promote education and nonviolent action for social justice. SERPAJ-Costa
Rica
www.nonviolence.org/serpaj/cr
San José, Costa Rica: $5,000 (SFE)
This Sheilah's Fund East grant went
for the "Educating for Peace" project, training rural, urban and indigenous youth
in active nonviolence and alternative conflict resolution so they can serve as
promoters of peace and human rights in Costa Rica. SERPAJ-Ecuador
www.nonviolence.org/serpaj
Quito, Ecuador: $5,000 (SFE)
This Sheilah's Fund East grant went for
the youth-led Action for Peace project, involving educational work around active
nonviolence and conscientious objection to military service; and for strengthening
of the Institute of Peace Education (Instituto de Educación para la Paz, IDEPAZ),
promoting alternative conflict resolution and active nonviolence in Ecuador. SERPAJ-Mexico
www.nonviolence.org/serpaj/mexico
Mexico City, Mexico: $5,000 (SFE)
This Sheilah's Fund East grant went
for workshops, educational materials and related activities, promoting a culture
of peace and active nonviolence within the context of civil resistance in Mexico.
SERPAJ-Morelos
www.nonviolence.org/serpaj/mexico/morelos
Cuernavaca, Mexico: $7,000 (SFE)
This Sheilah's Fund East grant went
to SERPAJ-Morelos (formerly SERPAJ-Cuernavaca) for educational materials, workshops
and other activities promoting a dialogue on active nonviolence as a strategy
to resist militarization and injustice in Mexico. Servicio
Internacional por la Paz (SIPAZ)
www.sipaz.org
Santa Cruz, CA: $5,000 (SFE)
This Sheilah's Fund East grant went to
support the peace process in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas through violence-reduction
and peacebuilding strategies in Chiapas and efforts to inform and mobilize the
international community. Students Transforming
and Resisting Corporations (STARC) Alliance
starcalliance.org
La Jolla, CA: $1,500.
For publicity and organizing
expenses of a "National Student/Youth Conference on Terrorism" in February 2002,
to build public support for economic and political alternatives to war. Women's
International League for Peace & Freedom-NY Metro Branch
www.wilpfnymetro.org
New York, NY: $2,000.
For a part-time membership
coordinator to broaden outreach and facilitate communication with members. Founded
in 1915, WILPF's NY Metro Branch now has programs addressing racial justice, economic
globalization, peace and disarmament. The Muste Institute also acts as a fiscal
sponsor for WILPF-NY Metro. In addition, the Muste
Institute operates the Freeman
Internship Program, providing a stipend to interns working in the War Resisters
League national office. This program was established through a generous bequest
from Ruth and Harrop Freeman. Distributions to interns totaled $6,000 in 2001.
2001
Totals
General grants
(16): $ 27,500.00
SFE grants (8): 57,000.00
INTF grants (1): 3,000.00
Sponsored grants (14): 230,419.80
Freeman intern stipends (4): 6,000.00
Total distributions: $ 323,919.80
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