Support Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice
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Peace Development Fund IncSupport Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice this Grassroots Funding Week!
$2,677
raised by 35 people
$2,500 goal
We're so close to reaching our goal! Will you help us to cross the finish line?
We're so close to reaching our goal! Will you help us to cross the finish line?
Grassroots Fundraiser for:
Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice
Mission
The Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice will work to build a movement led by a core group of jailhouse lawyers who are survivors of gender-based violence in U.S. state and federal prisons, as well as grassroots gender justice leaders who are not incarcerated to dismantle patriarchal oppression
The Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice has received a Community Organizing Grant from the Peace Development Fund and all of the money raised from this fundraiser will be added to that grant to help support their organizing in 2022. Give today to support the Center!
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Your support will help to fund: 1) Opportunities for inside and outside, as well as cis and trans, gender justice advocates to learn from one another, strategize, and collaborate to end gender-based violence 2) Self-advocacy materials and other resources to support the gender justice work of jailhouse lawyer survivors; 3) Organizing to shift power through fighting for changes to make it easier for jailhouse lawyers and grassroots leaders to participate politically.
Can you share a story of one of the leaders in your organization and how they’ve made a difference in their community?
Rayne Vylette, ARC Gender Justice core member and advisor, explains, "I do all my fighting with my pen and my voice. I've written and submitted work to many organizations and newsletters. I love hearing from other incarcerated people about how my writing reflects their experiences too. Right now most of my advocacy is around access to gender-affirming healthcare and pushing other young people inside to speak up and fight back. Helping further work like yours (at ARC) gives this experience (being locked up) worthwhile."
Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice is a participant in Grassroots Funding Week, a week-long crowdfunding campaign that supports several social justice organizations from across the country.
Click on the links below to read about other organizations participating in Grassroots Funding Week.
Monday: Racial Justice - A Movement, Not a Moment!
Building it Together - New Haven, CT
Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality - Dayton, OH
New Britain Racial Justice Coalition - New Britain, CT
Tuesday: Building Power in the US South
Black Life Response - New Orleans, LA
Fountain Heights Farm - Birmingham, AL
Wednesday: Indigenous Community Resilience
Lakota Well Being Project - McLaughlin, SD
People of the Confluence - Bothell, WA
Seeds of Harmony - Round Rock, AZ
Thursday: Taking Back Our Bodies
Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice - National
The Queer-Trans Project - Atlantic Beach, FL
Friday: Investing in a Just Economy
The Womanist Working Collective - Philadelphia, PA
Fuerza Latina (Fort Collins Community Action Network) - Fort Collins, CO
Comunidades Enraizadas Community Land Trust - Chelsea, MA
Home Roots Foundation - Jean Rebel and Belle Fontaine, Haiti
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores - New Bedford, MA
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