Resist awards grants six times a year to groups throughout the United States engaged in activism for social and economic justice. In this issue of the Newsletter we list a few recent grant recipients from our October 2006 allocation cycle. For more information, contact the groups at the addresses below.

Center for Artistic Revolution
PO Box 2300, Little Rock, AR 72114
www.artisticrevolution.org

The Center for Artistic Revolution (CAR) was founded in 2003 to create change for a just and peaceful society that provides equitable access to civil rights, a democratic process, and economic and environmental justice. CAR brings together African-American, Latina, white, elder, young adult and GLBT members who merge organizing strategies, advocacy and creativity/cultural work.

A $3,000 multi-year grant from Resist will enable CAR to continue building bridges and collaborations among diverse communities through organizing initiatives that address the issues and systemic oppressions that undermine access to equality.


NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota
401 East 8th Street, #330G, Sioux Falls, SD 57103
www.prochoicesd.org

In March 2006, the South Dakota legislature passed one of the most extreme bans on abortion in the country. This severe law prohibits abortion even in cases of rape and incest. NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota acts as a statewide clearinghouse for the dissemination of information on reproductive health issues. Originally, the organization's purpose had been to educate citizens about their reproductive rights and how to obtain these services. However, since 2000, women of all ages and marital statuses are in jeopardy of losing their right to basic contraception. As a result, NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota has widened its focus to include education about contraception as well as abortion and emergency contraception.

A $3,000 grant from Resist will help NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota improve access to reproductive services for all women in the state.


EPOCA
21 Plantation Street, #3, Worcester, MA 01604
www.massepoca.org

Previously incarcerated people formed Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA) in 2004 to confront the many ways in which people are punished even after their sentence has been completed. For example, in Massachusetts an individual's Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) includes offender information for 15 years after the end of parole, probation or payment of a fine–more than twice the period suggested by studies which show that after seven years there is no statistical likelihood that they will commit another crime. CORI information has been used by employers and lenders to deny ex-prisoners the opportunity to secure a job or a loan.

A grant of $2,000 will support EPOCA's work to reform the criminal justice system and oppose the misuse of CORI information by employers and housing authorities.


Nebraskans for Peace
941 O Street, #1026, Lincoln, NE 68508
www.nebraskansforpeace.org

Nebraskans for Peace (NFP) was founded in 1970 by people across the state who opposed the US role in the Vietnam War. From the beginning, members considered NFP to be a peace and justice organization, supporting early African-American civil rights protests in Omaha with tractorcades of Nebraska farmers. Over the years, NFP has actively opposed the arms race, the deployment of MX missiles in Nebraska, American military operations in Central America, the Middle East and around the world, and since 9/11, StatCom's re-invention as the nerve center for the Bush Administration's global war on terrorism.

A Resist grant of $2,500 will help NFP work nonviolently for peace with justice through community building, education and political action.