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 August 2006 allocation cycle. For more information, contact the groups at the addresses below.

Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools
PO Box 3012, South Pasadena, CA 91031
www.militaryfreeschools.org
The Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS) formed after the invasion of Iraq and the subsequent aggressive military recruitment occurring on public high school campuses. Militarism is embedded in the public school system in the greater Los Angeles area in many ways, including: direct recruiting in schools and at career fairs; establishing the ASVAB military exam as a “normal” career placement test; and increasing JROTC classes.

A $2,000 grant from Resist will support their work to demilitarize schools and transform them into institutions where social justice, critical thinking and conflict resolution are at the center.


Veterans for Peace - Minnesota Chapter 27
2123 Clinton Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN 55406
www.twincitiesvfp.org
Veterans For Peace — Chapter 27 was founded in 1988. VFP hopes that the stories of veterans can empower community members to organize for non-violence and encourage better, more sustainable ways for nations to settle their disagreements. For young people in particular, VFP takes the discussion of war from an abstract political idea to a very real story of endless human suffering.

A Resist grant of $3,000 will help VFP to increase awareness of the costs of war, seek justice for veterans and victims of war, and work to abolish war as an instrument of international policy.


Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO)
PO Box 230157, Encinitas, CA 92023
www.projectyano.org
Project YANO provides young people with an alternative point of view about military enlistment. Many of its members are armed forces veterans who believe that high school students are getting a distorted picture of the military and war from recruiting ads and marketing. Since its founding in 1984, Project YANO has educated school officials about the need to give students a more balanced view on the military. They also urge schools to make students and their families aware of how to opt out if student information is going to be released to military recruiters. A $3,000 Resist grant will help counter–recruitment campaigns highlight non-military alternatives for job training, education and community service.


Michigan Peaceworks
120 1/2 West Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
www.michiganpeaceworks.org
Michigan Peaceworks is a grassroots organization dedicated to peace, democracy, civil rights, and civil liberties. To that end, they undertake education and action on local and state levels to influence US foreign and domestic policy, including: providing accurate information and analysis about the “War on Terrorism” and nonviolent alternatives and recruiting and training youth as social activists.

A Resist grant of $1,000 will provide funding to organize for social change in the areas of peace, democracy, civil rights and civil liberties.


Justice Works!
PO Box 1489, Lake Stevens, WA 98258
www.justiceworks.info
In 1999, members of the Black Prisoners’ Caucus at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe began seeking ways to create a safe, affirming and unique community whereby African Americans, with the support of their allies, could solve problems encountered in or created by the criminal justice system. In 2003 Justice Works! was founded as a means of implementing that vision. A $3,000 Resist grant will support this group of prisoners, ex-prisoners and allies organizing against racism in the criminal justice system.