News Archives: April, 2018
Final Day of Grassroots Funding Week This Year
Here is the list of all the community organizations PDF recommends you support during this one-week funding cycle, ending April 30th. ...Read more
Published on April 30, 2018
Today in Grassroots Funding Week – Reclaiming Our Human Rights
Today PDF presents groups challenging the fundamental structure of systems that have deprived their communities of dignity and equity. They are also finding new and innovative ways of establishing their rights, reclaiming their power and pushing back against the policies and practices that keep oppressive structures in place. ...Read more
Published on April 28, 2018
Today in Grassroots Funding Week – Protecting our Environment
In the face of an administration actively weakening environmental protection efforts, PDF recognizes the increasingly important role of grassroots organizing in the climate justice movement. We must halt the destructive practices that degrade our air, water, and soil if we are to maintain a sustainable environment and sustain life on our planet. From burning fossil ...Read more
Published on April 27, 2018
Today in Grassroots Funding Week – How to End Poverty
As the country’s highest earners look towards new tax breaks in 2018, poverty disempowers a vast population in the U.S. Economic security and advancement – from employment opportunities to housing, from education to healthcare – are all impacted when large corporations hold the strongest sway in a community’s economy. PDF knows that no one is ...Read more
Published on April 26, 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 away. LGBTQI rights were then limited to “gay issues,” and disenfranchised women – immigrants, women of color and incarcerated women – were simply silenced. PDF ...Read more
Published on April 25, 2018