2010 Grants from Third Wave Foundation. Detailed docket.

1. 2010 Reproductive Health & Justice Initiative Docket
Third Wave Foundation centers youth most impacted by inequity as the architects for community
and systemic change. We are a feminist, activist foundation that works nationally to support young
women, transgender and gender non-conforming youth, ages 15 to 30. We do this through strategic
grantmaking, leadership development, capacity building, and philanthropic advocacy.
Third Wave created the Reproductive Health and Justice Initiative (RHJI) in 2004 to build a stronger reproductive
rights movement by lifting up young leaders and organizations in communities that have been historically under-
resourced or under-represented. Reproductive justice is a framework that locates reproductive health and rights within
the context of many socioeconomic factors, including but not limited to class, race, gender, sexuality, and citizenship
status. Third Wave uses a justice and equity lens in our grantmaking, directing resources toward organizations that
prioritize young women, transgender and gender non-conforming young people, people in low income communities,
and communities of color. These communities disproportionately lack access to reproductive & sexual health, rights
and education. Organizing and developing leaders in these communities helps build a broader base which can
achieve sustainable policy wins.
Third Wave invests in the grassroots organizations led by young people in these communities to ensure that they
have the skills, power, and opportunity to engage in and lead efforts for reproductive and social justice. We seek to
improve reproductive health outcomes and grow the reproductive justice movement through strategic grantmaking,
technical assistance, movement building, and directly funding abortions for low-income young people.
2010 Reproductive Health & Justice Initiative: Geography

2. Third Wave makes single (discretionary) and multiyear commitments of
Demographics
Third Wave’s grant partners represent and serve
operating support and capacity-building resources to emerging and
a broad constituency of young people who are impactful reproductive justice organizations around the country. We are
fighting for reproductive health and justice. also a proud partner of the Catalyst Fund, a national initiative that
directs resources toward women of color-led reproductive justice work.
In our 2010 RHJI docket, we are proud to report This partnership enables us to support organizations in targeted
that all of our grant partners’ work is geographic regions (the Southwest and Southeast) and at the national
representative of/in service to young people
of color. About two-thirds (61%) serve LGBQ level.
young people, and almost half (48%) serve
transgender/gender non-conforming young We convene our grant partners annually and support the Reproductive
people. Justice (RJ) Network. Convenings are a community-building space for
our grant partners to share knowledge and skills. The RJ Network
We continue to emphasize funding organizations builds upon these relationships and moves groups toward shared
that represent young mothers/parents and young
people involved in sex work or the sex trade and
analysis and action. Third Wave also operates an Emergency Abortion
street economies; accordingly, over one-third of Fund, which provides direct funding for young people who are seeking
our 2010 grant partners work with young abortion services in the face of systemic, financial, and legislative
parents (39%) and young people involved in barriers. Through providing this direct service, we are not only
sex work/the sex trade (43%). improving health outcomes for young people, but are supporting their
self-determination and empowerment. In 2010, Third Wave provided
Third Wave’s 2010 RHJI grant partners bring a
diversity of voices and issues to the national
$68,242 towards abortion procedures for people who are 30 years old
conversation and movement for reproductive and younger. In 2011, we will focus on funding women who reside in a
health and justice. state or region without access to other national abortion funds, and
whose personal circumstances make them ineligible for Medicaid
coverage of their procedures.
Third Wave Foundation's 2010 RHJI Docket showcases some of the most innovative and impactful approaches to
youth-led reproductive health and justice work. The groups we support use a wide range of strategies, including:
• organizing & policy advocacy Core Issues and Strategies
• leadership development At the bottom of each organizational description, you will find a list
• political & peer education of their core strategies, frameworks, and issue areas, illustrating
• community participatory research the range of approaches that our grant partners are using to
advance reproductive justice.
• direct service
In keeping with our desire to grow and sustain the reproductive justice movement, we focused on leadership
development and base-building as key strategies in our grantmaking. Leadership development is an approach that
empowers young people to understand and value their experiences while providing tools to move from personal
realization to action. This approach helps build a powerful base for organizing and mobilization by meeting young
people’s needs while they realize and exercise their political power. Through 2010 we made grants to partners in nine
states and the District of Columbia, as well as to three national endeavors. In RHJI, we seek to strengthen links
between local, state, and national organizations to ensure that the reproductive justice movement is rooted in
community priorities and is viable at all political levels.
Brown Boi Project Chicago Abortion Fund
Oakland, CA | $15,000 | Discretionary Chicago, IL | $5,000 | Discretionary
Through leadership development, political education, and The Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF) assists low-income women in
community organizing, the Brown Boi Project cultivates spaces in obtaining safe abortion services by providing clinic referrals,
which young queer womyn and men of color can explore and negotiated discounts and financial assistance. CAF also engages
develop healthy frameworks of masculinity within the context of young people who have used their services in public education,
family, gender, race, sexual orientation, and class. With Third organizing and advocacy through the My Voice, My Choice
Wave’s support, the Brown Boi Project will develop a health leadership group. This capacity-building grant from Third Wave will
curriculum that speaks specifically to young masculine of center assist CAF in developing internal leadership.
womyn and gender nonconforming youth of color, and creates core: community health and healing, direct service,
space for these young people within the reproductive health and organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer education, leadership
justice movement. development
core: gender justice, racial justice, community health and healing,
political/peer education, leadership development, movement
building, economic justice, trans health

3. Choice USA GenderJUST
Washington, D.C. | $20,000 | Catalyst, discretionary Chicago, IL | $15,000 | Discretionary
Choice USA organizes young people on college campuses around Gender JUST is a grassroots organization that seeks to build
the country to engage in reproductive justice campaigns that power and develop leadership among queer youth of color by
address national, state, and local policies. Choice USA's organizing for racial, economic, and gender justice. Gender JUST
leadership training program is nationally recognized for developing has worked successfully within Chicago Public Schools to
young leaders and facilitating their entry into the reproductive implement policy changes to ensure that all young people receive a
justice movement. Recently, Choice USA members have mobilized safe and affirming education. With Third Wave’s support, Gender
to ensure coverage for young people under the recent healthcare JUST will apply their successful organizing strategy towards
reform and worked with COLOR to defeat the 2010 fetal winning comprehensive sexuality education and increased access
personhood amendment introduced in Colorado, Amendment 62. to health resources for queer youth of color in Chicago.
core: organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer education, health core: comprehensive sex ed, LGBTQ rights, gender justice,
care access, leadership development, comprehensive sex ed economic justice, racial justice, anti-violence organizing/policy
advocacy, political/peer education, leadership development
Colorado Anti-Violence Program
Denver, CO | $15,000 | Discretionary Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network, Inc.
The Colorado Anti-Violence Program is a community-based (JASMYN)
organization that works to eliminate violence within and against Jacksonville, FL | $20,000 | Multiyear
LGBTQ communities, including internalized, interpersonal and JASMYN offers the only teen-friendly safe space in northeast
institutional violence. Third Wave Foundation's grant is in support Florida for LGBTQ and gender queer youth to grow and develop
to the Branching Seedz of Resistance: Youth Violence Prevention their leadership and activism skills. In addition to hosting a drop-in
Project, the first sexual violence prevention project in Colorado to health clinic, JASMYN runs the Gender Connections Project,
center the experiences, leadership, and organizing capacity of which promotes wholeness and social change with transgender
LGBTQ high school-aged youth. (including gender variant) youth through empowerment,
core: community health and healing, LGBTQ rights, anti-violence, reproductive justice awareness, education, advocacy, and support
direct service, organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer education, services. JASMYN’s youth leaders were instrumental in the
leadership development, research passage of anti-harassment policy in Florida public schools.
core: community health and healing, direct service, political/peer
education, leadership development, gender justice, LGBTQ rights,
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and trans health
Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
Denver, CO | $20,000 | Catalyst, multiyear
COLOR is dedicated to protecting and promoting Latina Justice Now
reproductive health and justice by engaging young Latinas and Oakland, CA | $15,000 | Discretionary
their families in education, civic participation, leadership Justice Now is a human rights organization that partners with
opportunities, and social change activism. COLOR utilizes people in women's prisons, former prisoners and people with family
accessible issues like teen pregnancy prevention, family health, in prison to build a safe, compassionate world without prisons.
and Latina civic participation as entry points to engage young Justice Now bridges movements for reproductive justice, human
Latinas and their families in advocacy for social and reproductive rights, and prison abolition through their campaign to end so-called
justice. In the 2010 election, COLOR’s base-building and “gender-responsive” prison expansion and their Right to Family
organizing strategy was critical in defeating a number of human rights documentation program. Third Wave’s grant will
conservative ballot measures, including fetal personhood and support Justice Now in their campaign to halt illegal and coercive
“fiscal reform” initiatives. sterilization in California prisons.
core: organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer education, policy core: criminal/legal system, gender justice, human rights,
advocacy, racial justice, immigrant and refugee rights, leadership organizing/policy advocacy, direct service, political/peer education,
development, comprehensive sex ed leadership development, research, anti-violence
Different Avenues Kalpulli Izkalli
Washington, D.C. | $25,000 | Multiyear Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | Multiyear
Different Avenues strives to protect the health, rights and safety of Kalpulli Izkalli is an intergenerational resource and action center
girls and women of color who engage in alternative economies and dedicated to transforming the health and environment of
activities and are affected by systemic and interpersonal violence communities of color in New Mexico. Kalpulli Izkalli centers the
and health disparities. By developing leaders and providing harm needs of under-resourced women and families and uses the
reduction services, Different Avenues seeks to strengthen and provision of traditional health and healing services as an entry point
support girls and women of color who engage in survival strategies to leadership within the organization, community, and reproductive
and build their power within the reproductive justice movement. In justice movement. Kalpulli Izkalli is a leader in community
2011, Different Avenues will be one of the lead US-based education around midwifery, birthing practices, and the dangers of
organizers in preparation for the International AIDS Conference in environmental toxins.
2012, working to ensure the representation of sex workers’ core: community health and healing, environmental justice,
concerns and strategies in that space. leadership development, direct service, political/peer education,
core: HIV/AIDS, harm reduction, sex work and sex trade, organizing/policy advocacy, racial justice, birthing rights
criminal/legal system, organizing/policy advocacy, leadership
development, research, political/peer education, direct service,
policy advocacy, anti-violence

4. Khmer Girls in Action New Voices Pittsburgh: Women of Color for Reproductive
Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | Multiyear Justice
Khmer Girls in Action (KGA) empowers young women of Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | Multiyear
Cambodian and Southeast Asian descent in Long Beach, New Voices Pittsburgh (NVP) is a human rights activist
California to be leaders within the reproductive justice movement. organization led by and for women of color. NVP elevates the
As they move along KGA’s leadership development pipeline, powerful voices of women of color ages 12-35 through social
members are equipped with the necessary educational tools and justice activism, civic engagement and leadership development.
organizing skills to create positive change in their communities. NVP promotes cross-movement collaboration through hosting
Alongside their young women’s program, KGA is preparing to reproductive justice ally trainings and dialogues on challenging
launch an 8-week pilot Young Men’s Empowerment Program in homophobia in Black communities. NVP recently launched the
2011. The program seeks to develop male leaders and prepare SistahSpeak Youth Project, a six-week curriculum for young
them with political knowledge to challenge patriarchy and become women who want to organize for reproductive justice. As a direct
strong allies within the reproductive justice movement. result of their FOCUS on Women Campaign, the Pennsylvania
core: racial justice, immigrant and refugee rights, criminal/legal Senate passed "The Healthy Birth for Incarcerated Women Act,” a
system, leadership development, research, political/peer bill that prohibits the shackling of incarcerated women during
education, organizing/policy advocacy childbirth.
core: criminal/legal system, leadership development,
organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer education, human rights
Media Literacy Project
Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | Discretionary
The Media Literacy Project (MLP) cultivates critical thinking and Power U Center for Social Change
analysis of the media in order to advance social justice. With Miami, FL | $15,000 | Discretionary
support from Third Wave, MLP will continue to operate the Girl Power U seeks to organize low-income communities directly
Tech Collective, a program that provides leadership development impacted by institutional oppression to create an equitable and just
to young women of color by uniting reproductive justice and media society. Third Wave’s grant will support the POWERful Women and
justice issues. Girl Tech members are each connected to New Families project, which addresses maternal and child health
Mexican social justice organizations that want to integrate disparities in communities of color. Childbirth classes are an entry
reproductive justice into their work. The videos created in Girl Tech point for young leaders to engage with Power U's birthing justice
utilize a reproductive justice lens to address immigration, domestic campaign, which advocates for policies that are baby-friendly,
violence, and healthcare issues of women of color. support breastfeeding infants and mothers, and expand access to
core: political/peer education, leadership development, movement the midwifery model of care within the Jackson Health System.
building, media justice, racial justice core: organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer education,
community health and healing, leadership development, racial
justice, young mothers' and birthing rights, economic justice, health
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health care access
New York, NY | $20,000 | Catalyst, discretionary
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH)
works to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW
health and justice for Latinas, their families and their communities Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | Catalyst, multiyear
through public education, community mobilization and policy SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW works to build and sustain a
advocacy. Through coalition-building, public education, and policy powerful reproductive justice movement in Georgia and the South
advocacy, NLIRH has been a major force in bringing the struggles that centers the experiences of young women of color, LGBTQ
and triumphs of immigrant women to the forefront of the youth of color, and other marginalized communities. Last year,
reproductive health and women’s movements. Third Wave’s SPARK was instrumental in the defeat of a race and sex selection
support increases NLIRH’s capacity to cultivate a highly skilled anti-abortion bill, and the accompanying racist billboard campaign.
cadre of young Latina reproductive justice activists who are In early 2011, SPARK released “Giving Birth Behind Bars: A Guide
mobilizing for social change. to Achieving Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women,” as an
core: organizing/policy advocacy, leadership development, introduction to their state-wide anti-shackling campaign.
political/public education, racial justice, immigrant rights, human core: organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer education, media
rights, research, young mothers' and parents' rights justice, leadership development, LGBTQ rights, racial justice,
gender justice, anti-violence
National Sex Worker of Color Network
Washington, D.C. | $13,000 | Discretionary St. James Infirmary
The National Sex Worker of Color Network's Leadership San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | Multiyear
Development Institute (LDI) is a collaborative effort on the part of St. James Infirmary is the only peer-led occupational health and
Different Avenues, Young Women's Empowerment Project and safety clinic run by and for sex workers in the US. St. James
Women with a Vision. The LDI will foster leadership among people Infirmary also operates the STRIDE program, which provides
of color involved in sex work or the sex trade to build a national appointment-based hormone therapy services as well as drop-in
network of activists who can support policy analysis, community- clinic hours and a support group series for transgender sex
based research, and develop joint strategies with other social workers. In 2011, St. James Infirmary will launch a new research
justice movements. project to assess the consequences of condoms-as-evidence
core: leadership development, organizing/policy advocacy, policies and the health impact of sex workers' encounters with the
movement building, sex work and sex trade, racial justice, harm police.
reduction, anti-violence core: community health and healing, criminal/legal system, direct
service, research, political/peer education, sex work and sex trade,
trans health, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS

5. Sylvia Rivera Law Project Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition
New York, NY | $15,000 | Discretionary New York, NY | $10,000 | Discretionary
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all The Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition (YWCHAC)
people are free to self-determine their gender identity and provides support services, training, workshops and events for
expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing youth and service providers in order to address rising HIV rates
harassment, discrimination, or violence. Much of SRLP’s work among young women of color 13-24. Third Wave supports the WE
centers around ensuring the right of all people to access the range SPEAK program, in which young people receive sexual health
of healthcare they need and to make their own decisions about education, advocacy and organizing training, and leadership
their bodies, including trans people and those who are living in development. YWCHAC is conducting a research and public
poverty or in prison. Third Wave’s grant will support SRLP’s education campaign that explores the connections between quality
Transgender Youth Initiative, which works to improve safety and of life, schooling, and related socioeconomic indicators.
access to respectful and affirming social, health, and legal services core: HIV/AIDS, organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer
while simultaneously building the leadership of youth to participate education, community health and healing, racial justice, leadership
more fully in movements for social justice. development, research
core: organizing/policy advocacy, direct service, political/peer
education, leadership development, LGBTQ rights, criminal/legal
system, racial justice, gender justice, movement building, health Young Women United
care access, economic justice Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | Multiyear
Young Women United (YWU) was created by young women of
color and allies to change the relations of power in Albuquerque.
Women with a Vision YWU members seek to reduce violence, improve health, and build
New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | Discretionary power in their communities through public education, organizing
Women with a Vision (WWAV) seeks to promote wellness and and advocacy. YWU is nationally recognized for their leadership in
disease prevention for women and their families living at or below the fight for comprehensive sexuality education in New Mexico.
the poverty line through health promotion, advocacy, and Currently, YWU operates the Strong Women, Healthy Communities
community based research. WWAV is a harm reduction program, which offers leadership development and advocacy
organization that has, in response to the rapidly changing political opportunities for women in order to increase their access to health
context in New Orleans, adopted a focus on women who are care and shift the local and national dialogues around teen
impacted by street economies, the sex trade, who are or were motherhood and alternatives to violence.
formerly engaged in sex work, or who are homeless or street- core: community health and healing, political/peer education,
based. With Third Wave’s support, WWAV will increase the leadership development, organizing/policy advocacy, racial justice,
engagement of young people in their NO Justice Project, which research, young mothers’ and parents’ rights, anti-violence,
challenges the criminalization of sex work under the Louisiana comprehensive sex ed
Statute 14:89, the Solicitation of a Crime Against Nature (SCAN)
statute. This statute is currently being challenged in federal courts.
core: organizing/policy advocacy, political/peer education, sex
work and sex trade, harm reduction, criminal/legal system, direct
service, research, leadership development, community health and
healing, anti-violence
Young Women's Empowerment Project
Chicago, IL | $20,000 | Multiyear
The Young Women’s Empowerment Project (YWEP) is a youth
leadership organization grounded in harm reduction and social
justice organizing by and for girls and young women, including
transgender women, (ages 12-23) impacted by the sex trade and
street economies. In 2011 YWEP will continue to operate the Bad
Encounter Line, through which girls and young women can report
their experiences with institutional violence. Through the Chicago
Task Force for Homeless, Homefree and Street Based Youth,
YWEP will help author and promote the adaptation of a Street
Youth Bill of Rights among youth-serving organizations in Chicago.
core: community health and healing, criminal/legal system,
research, political/peer education, sex work and sex trade,
organizing/policy advocacy, anti-violence, harm reduction,
leadership development

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