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A.J. MUSTE MEMORIAL
New York, New York
Size: $1,000
2005
President's Discretionary Grants
A one-time grant of $1,000.00 to the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, on behalf of Jack Doyle of New Settlement Apartments (NSA), toward the War Resistor League’s campaign to stop military recruitment in high schools.
ACORN
American Institute for Social Justice
718-246-7900
739 8th Street, SE
Washington, District of Columbia
Steve Kest Executive Director
skest@acorn.org
718-246-7900
http://www.acorn.org
Size: $50,000
2002
Public Education Grants
For more than a decade, affiliates of the national community organizing network, ACORN, have prioritized education organizing in their local work, focusing particularly on issues of equity. Their efforts have identified inequitable treatment of parents and students of color and in low income communities, increased resources to schools serving low income students, changed the distribution of resources among schools and classrooms, ensured that all families have equal access and information to high quality educational experiences. As a national network, ACORN realizes that there is enormous potential for cross-site replication of successful strategies, collective research and action. With the Foundation's grant of $50,000, ACORN will increase the effectiveness of local education organizing through national, local and cross-site training and research and will build national campaigns based upon local work and the opportunities presented by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
ACORN Institute
718-246-7900 ext. 201
2-4 Nevins Street, Brooklyn
New York, New York 11217
Pat McCoy Director
718-246-7900 ext. 201
http://www.acorninstitute.org
Size: $40,000
2007
Public Education Grants
Founded in 1970, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), is a national network of local grassroots organizations with over 350,000 low and moderate income members in 110 cities and 39 states. ACORN chapters in California, New York, Illinois and Philadelphia have led successful campaigns to engage lower income parents and community members in education reform efforts to increase resources for schools, improve teacher recruitment and retention, provide professional development for new teachers, and increase access to rigorous coursework for all students. Through the national office, ACORN has developed formal mechanisms for training affiliate chapters and engaging them in addressing educational inequities in their communities. Hazen’s grant of $40,000 will enable ACORN to utilize the skills and knowledge dispersed throughout the network to increase the capacity to undertake successful education campaigns in other cities, including Miami/Dade County, FL; St. Louis, MO; Hartford, CT; and Houston, TX.
