2002
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 U.S. (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. Fiscal
sponsorships, 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/ Catholic
Action Network for Social Justice [email protected]
Saint Louis, MO: $1,500 For the educational work of “Instead of War,” a campaign
carried out jointly with the Center for Theology and Social Analysis (CTSA), geared
at consolidating local opposition to war against Iraq. Center
on Conscience & War www.centeronconscience.org
Washington, DC: $1,000 For publicity and other expenses of distributing
a newly revised edition of the “Draft Counselor’s Manual.”
Central
New York-Citizens Awareness Network www.nukebusters.org
Syracuse, NY: $1,500 For direct outreach and organizing in Oswego County
to raise awareness about the health impact of the county’s three nuclear reactors
and to increase involvement of community members in opposing nuclear power, corporate
domination and environmental racism. Citizens
for Safe Water Around Badger www.cswab.com
Merrimac, WI: $1,500 For community outreach toward building public pressure
for full cleanup of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, and to ensure a clean and
sustainable future use for the land. Coalition
for the Human Rights of Immigrants (CHRI) www.itapnet.org/chri/
New York, NY: $1,500 For the Stop the Disappearances! Campaign http://www.geocities.com/detentionalertnyc/index.html,
seeking justice and due process for immigrant detainees and demanding an end to
the immigration detention system. Committee for
the Rescue and Development of Vieques www.prorescatevieques.org
Vieques, Puerto Rico: $2,000 For educational work of the “Ocupando Territorio
Ocupado” (Occupying Occupied Territory) campaign, to establish a permanent peace
presence on the bombing range of Camp Garcia on the island of Vieques. Educators
for Peace www.educapaz.org.br/
Porto Alegre, Brazil: $10,000 (SFE) $5,000 F or a training for 100 teachers
from southern Brazil, to expand peace education through the school system; and
$5,000 for printing a Portuguese-language version of the nonviolence training
curriculum From Violence to Wholeness. Fellowship
of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean
www.forusa.org/ San Francisco, CA: $1,000
For “Colombia Peace Presence,” a volunteer accompaniment project in support
of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó and La Unión in the Colombian region
of Urabá. Free The Slaves www.freetheslaves.net/
Washington, DC: $1,500 For improving and updating website and email
outreach to community groups and students in the US, to encourage them to take
action against slavery. Fundación Paz, Ecología
y Arte www.fundacionpea.org
Buenos Aires, Argentina: $2,000 (INTF) For nonviolence training for
youth leaders at the One Thousand Years of Peace congress in Buenos Aires in September
2002. Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space www.space4peace.org
Gainesville, FL: $2,000 For outreach and promotion of “Keep Space for
Peace,” an international week of educational and protest events in October 2002.
Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving
Train (video project) www.agitfilm.com
Burlington, VT: $1,000 For post-production expenses of a one-hour video
documenting the life of historian and social justice activist Howard Zinn, sponsored
by Chicago Filmmakers and co-produced by Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller. International
Women’s Peace Service - Palestine [email protected]
Norfolk, UK: $2,000 For education and mobilization of a collective of international
women to document and respond to human rights injustices in Palestine and to support
local nonviolence efforts there. National Lawyers
Guild www.nlg.org San Francisco,
CA: $1,500 For distribution of materials and coordination of educational
and media work for the Post 9-11 Project, which seeks to defend the rights of
immigrants and activists following Sept. 11, 2001. New
Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium www.njmoratorium.org
Cape May, NJ: $2,000. For the development of organizing materials to
build support for a death penalty moratorium in New Jersey. New
Yorkers Against The Death Penalty www.nyadp.org
Albany, NY: $1,000 For the New York City Council Moratorium Resolution
Campaign and other educational work against the death penalty in New York State.
Peace Action New Mexico www.peace-actionnm.org
Santa Fe, NM: $1,500 For educational materials in connection with local
events marking the anniversaries of the 1945 US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
www.peacefultomorrows.org
Cary, NC: $1,000 For the work of this group of people who lost loved
ones in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, seeking to break the endless cycle
of violence and retaliation engendered by war, by exploring effective alternative
responses to terrorism. Pennsylvania Abolitionists
United Against the Death Penalty www.pa-abolitionists.org
Philadelphia, PA: $1,000 For the Death Penalty Moratorium Campaign,
using education and nonviolent action to push for a halt to executions in Pennsylvania.
Project South: Institute for the Elimination of
Poverty & Genocide www.projectsouth.org
Atlanta, GA: $2,000 For the”Living & Working in Peace” program of Project
South’s Youth Council, working with other youth groups and local high schools
to encourage young people to make change in their communities using nonviolent
action. SER PAZ
[email protected] Guayaquil,
Ecuador: $15,000 (SFE) For a project establishing youth-led and youth-centered
“mediation offices” at high schools in the Ecuadoran city of Guayaquil, and other
work with students and high-risk youth in the city’s urban areas. Servicio
Paz Y Justicia (SERPAJ)-Morelos
[email protected]
Cuernavaca, Mexico: $1,000 (SFE) For participation of a SERPAJ-Morelos member
in an international peace encampment in Ecuador in March 2002, challenging the
expansion of militarism in Latin America. SERPAJ–Paraguay
[email protected]
Asunción, Paraguay: $10,000 (SFE) For construction of the Training Center
for Democracy, Human Rights and Peace, which will house the group’s offices and
serve as a meeting space and resource center for local peace and human rights
work. Support Team International for Textileras
(STITCH) www.stitchonline.org
Washington, DC: $2,000 For a six-month training institute with Honduran
women workers organizing at export assembly plants (maquiladoras). Vietnam
Veterans Against The War www.vvaw.org
Chicago, IL: $2,000 For a national media campaign, drawing public attention
to anti-war messages through the voices and perspectives of Vietnam veterans.
War Resisters League www.warresisters.org
New York, NY: $2,000 For updating WRL’s website, and for literature
distribution and trainings organized by the New England regional office. Wisconsin
Network for Peace & Justice www.mindspring.com/~wnpj
Madison, WI: $1,500 For the Corporate Accountability Task Force, educating
and mobilizing public opinion around economic justice issues. Youth
Forum for Peace and Justice www.unoy.org/YOUTH
FORUM FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE.htm Kitwe, Zambia: $1,000. For the Peace
Education Campaign, educating and training high school and college teachers to
play a role in guiding students toward nonviolent activism. 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 $3,900 in 2002.
2002
Totals General grants
(23): $35,500.00 SFE grants (4): 36,000.00 INTF grants (1): 2,000.00
Sponsored grants (15): 340,278.50 Freeman intern stipends (2): 3,900.00
Total distributions: $417,178.50
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