News Archives: April, 2018
Today in Grassroots Funding Week – More than #MeToo
When Anita Hill testified against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, citing sexual harassment, she faced an all-male, all-white Congressional panel. It was 1991, and the #MeToo movement would be decades […]
Published on April 25, 2018
Today in Grassroots Funding Week – Youth Are Organizing
After the horrors in Parkland, Florida, students catalyzed youth and adult supporters with the #NeverAgain movement, and they haven’t gone away. Like the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins that spawned the […]
Published on April 24, 2018
Today in Grassroots Funding Week – Immigrants are Holding the Line
The unimaginable is happening. Mass arrests, mothers torn from their children, fathers incommunicado, people terrified. The mean-spirited, jingoistic campaign promise to build a wall has shape-shifted into ICE round-ups in […]
Published on April 23, 2018
New Ways to Think About Grantmaking
Peace Development Fund is happy to announce the conclusion of the first grant cycle for the Pioneer Valley Community Advised Fund with two grants to support grassroots efforts of communities […]
Published on March 20, 2018
Justice, Dignity and Human Rights: Community Organizing Around the Globe
In the early 2000s PDF began three program initiatives: Cross Border, Criminal Justice and Building Action for Sustainable Environments (BASE). The cross border work encompassed building stronger networks among the […]
Published on February 21, 2018
