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 grant recipients from our June 2007 allocation cycle. For information, contact the groups at the addresses below.

Interfaith Alliance of Idaho
PO Box 15893, Boise, ID 83715
www.tiaidaho.org
An affiliate of The National Interfaith Alliance, the Interfaith Alliance of Idaho (TIAI) works to unite activists across faith perspectives to undo racism, sexism, and heterosexism, and to work toward livable wages and a better environment. TIAI challenges ultra-right wing religious leaders whose “independent” churches and organizations (such as Focus on the Family) promote hate and fear in the state. TIAI’s recently helped defeat a proposed state constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions, an effort that built new statewide relationships.
A $3,000 multi-year grant from RESIST will provide general support for their progressive statewide work.

Jobs with Justice- Kentucky
1800 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Suite 2E, Louisville, KY 40203
www.kyjwj.org
A coalition of labor, student, and faith organizations, Jobs with Justice Kentucky fights economic injustice by addressing the lack of sustainable, family-supporting jobs in Louisville, broadening relationships with the city’s Latino community, fighting with the Kentucky Nurses Association for a better contract and creating a stronger presence eastern KY, and working statewide to raise the minimum wage.

A multi-year $3,000 grant will help Jobs with Justice KY and their partners build a database of progressive voters for ongoing organizing campaigns.

UNETE, Center for Farm Worker Advocacy
PO Box 8408, Medford, OR 97504; unite@nu-world.com
Now over 10 years old, UNETE works to empower the farm worker community in Oregon through education about local political systems and building organizing skills. In connection with three workers’ rights organizations in the state, UNETE provides technical assistance and addresses issues that confront immigrants at state and national levels. UNETE has also developed an economic cooperative project to increase economic stability through micro-enterprises, and mobilizes parents and students around quality of instruction and bilingual education issues.
UNETE received a grant of $3,000 from RESIST to support their efforts.
Veterans for Peace- Maine
13 Soper Road, Chesterville, ME 04938
www.vfpmaine.org
Veterans for Peace-Maine seeks to abolish war, challenge the country’s militarism, and move toward a military that is used solely for defense. The group recently convinced the School Board of Portland to publicize the right of students to opt out of military recruitment activities. They hosted anti-war teach-ins and symposia about post-traumatic stress disorder for homeless veterans and medical workers. VfP-Manie publicly reads the names of deceased US soldiers and Iraqi civilians, and they have occupied legislators’ offices to demand de-funding the war in Iraq. A RESIST grant of $3,000 will help VfP-Maine continue to confront the country’s militarists until “they let go of our country’s youth.”

Women’s Project
PO Box 164320, Little Rock, AR 72216
After experiencing organizational transitions and a destructive storm, the Women’s Project now boasts of a rebuilt workspace, a core group of friends and allies working to rededicate the group to its original mission—monitoring sexism, racism, and homophobia, especially in its violent forms. The group’s rebirth stands as a model for continuing the struggle for multi-racial women’s rights (including around prisoner, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS issues). A grant of $3,000 from RESIST will support the Women’s Project.