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Recommitting to SW-led Movements: Announcing our 2022 SWGC Grantees

12/20/2022

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Three BIPOC people of different genders, sizes, and skin tones are standing or squatting defiantly in front of four red roses. The words “Sex Worker Giving Circle” and “Third Wave Fund” appear in black at right. One person in pink clothing stands with walking forearm crutches, another person wearing black pants and bandana stands with their shirt off and holds a sign that reads “Decriminalize SW”, and the third person squats between them in teal high heels and a miniskirt, with a red umbrella tattoo on their leg and a phone in their hand.

December 17th marked the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (IDEVASW), a day of mourning and also of recommitting to solidarity with sex workers everywhere. Today, we’re also reflecting on the life and work of Carol Leigh, aka ‘Scarlet Harlot’, an activist and cultural worker who recently passed on.

Carol coined the term “sex work” in 1979, and contributed so much brilliance to our sex worker-led movements. Carol’s legacy and the many organizers we fund through the Sex Worker Giving Circle (SWGC) show us every day that resourcing sex worker leadership is critical not only to gender justice but all movements for bodily autonomy and self-determination.

While sex worker movements remain stigmatized, criminalized, and critically under-resourced, thanks to brave supporters like you, the SWGC’s fifth year of grantmaking was our largest yet. In 2022, our SWGC cohort of 9 Fellows - all current or former sex workers - made a total of $304,000 in new grants and $301,250 in renewal grants to 25 organizations across the U.S. and territories, who you can learn about below.

Please help us keep resourcing sex worker self-determination in 2023 and beyond by giving or increasing a one-time gift, or by committing to a monthly or annual donation today. Thank you for joining with us as we affirm that sex worker liberation is liberation for us all.

With love and gratitude,
Chris ‘Chicklet’ Giraldo & Pati Morales
Sex Worker Giving Circle Team

We are excited to announce grantees awarded funding by this year’s Fellows:

New Grantees in 2022:

Bantu Safe Haven - Philadelphia, PA - $26,250/year for two years
Black Sex Workers of Colorado - Denver, CO - $15,750/year for two years
EspicyNipples (EntrePutxs PR) - Carolina, PR - $27,500/year for two years
Tranzzlation - Seattle, WA - $15,750/year for two years
Zepp Wellness Center - National - $25,000/year for two years

Returning Grantees in 2022:

Best Practices Policy Project - National - $25,000/year for two years
Coalition for Rights & Safety for People in the Sex Trade - Federal Way, WA - $26,625/year for two years
Love Me Unlimited 4 Life - Jackson, MS - $25,000/year for two years
Organización Latina Trans in Texas - Houston, TX - $25,000/year for two years
Street Youth Rise Up - Chicago, IL - $25,500/year for two years
Support Ho(s)e Collective - National - $15,000/year for two years
The Outlaw Project - Phoenix, AZ - $26,625/year for two years
WeCareTN - Memphis, TN - $25,000/year for two years

Year 2 Grantees from 2021:

Black Sex Worker Collective - National & Global - $26,875 for this year
Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo - Queens, NY - $25,000 for this year
Community EsTr(El/La) - Atlanta, GA - $26,250 for this year
Trans Sistas of Color Project - Detroit, MI - $25,000 for this year
BIPOC Adult Industry Collective - National - $26,875 for this year
Black & Pink National (Sex Worker Liberation Project) - National - $25,000 for this year
Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center (Kua'ana Project) - Honolulu, HI - $25,000 for this year
Hoe is (Our) Life: Support & Beyond Surviving - Beacon, NY - $27,375 for this year
LIPS Florida (fka LIPS Tampa) - Apopka, FL - $27,500 for this year
MO Ho Justice - St. Louis, MO - $25,250 for this year
Together In Service (D/B/A SWOP Los Angeles) - Los Angeles, CA - $16,125 for this year
Urban Survivors Union (Sex Worker Organizing Group) - National - $25,000 for this year

El 17 de diciembre marcó el Día Internacional para poner fin a la violencia contra les trabajadoras sexuales (IDEVASW), un día de luto y también de compromiso de solidaridad con les trabajadores sexuales por todas partes. Hoy, también estamos reflexionando sobre la vida y obra de Carol Leigh, también conocida como 'Scarlet Harlot', una activista y trabajadora cultural que falleció recientemente.

Carol acuñó el término “trabajo sexual” en 1979 y contribuyó de manera brillante a nuestros movimientos dirigidos por trabajadores sexuales. El legado de Carol y les muches organizadores que financiamos a través del Circulo de donaciones de trabajadores sexuales (CDTS, o SWGC por sus siglas en inglés) nos muestran todos los días que invertir recursos al liderazgo de les trabajadores sexuales es fundamental no solo para la justicia de género, sino también para todos los movimientos por la autonomía corporal y la autodeterminación.

Si bien los movimientos de trabajadores sexuales continúan estigmatizados, criminalizados y con una escasez crítica de recursos, gracias a valientes partidaries como usted, el quinto año de otorgamiento de subvenciones del CDTS fue el más grande hasta el momento. En 2022, nuestre cohorte del CDTS de 9 becaries, todes trabajadores sexuales actuales o anteriores, otorgo un total de $304,000 en nuevas subvenciones y $301,250 en subvenciones de renovación para 25 organizaciones en los EE. UU. y territorios, sobre las cuales puede obtener información a continuación.

Ayúdenos a seguir financiando la autodeterminación de las personas que ejercen el trabajo sexual en 2023 y más allá dando o aumentando una donación única, o comprometiéndose a una mensual o anual hoy. Gracias por unirse a nosotres mientras afirmamos que la liberación de les trabajadores sexuales es una liberación para todes nosotres.

Con amor y gratitud,
Chris 'Chicklet' Giraldo y Pati Morales
Equipo de Circulo de donaciones de trabajadores sexuales (CDTS)

Estamos emocionades de anunciar a les grupos recipientes a les cuales fueron otorgado fondos de les becaries de este año:

Nuevos grupos recipientes en 2022:

Bantu Safe Haven - Filadelfia, PA - $26,250/año por dos años
Black Sex Workers of Colorado - Denver, CO - $15,750/año por dos años
EspicyNipples (EntrePutxs PR) - Carolina, PR - $27,500/año por dos años
Tranzzlation - Seattle, WA - $15,750/año por dos años
Zepp Wellness Center - Nacional - $25,000/año durante dos años

Grupos recipientes que regresan en 2022:

Best Practices Policy Project - Nacional - $25,000/año durante dos años
Coalition for Rights & Safety for People in the Sex Trade - Federal Way, WA - $26,625/año durante dos años
Love Me Unlimited 4 Life - Jackson, MS - $25,000/año por dos años
Organización Latina Trans en Texas - Houston, TX - $25,000/año por dos años
Street Youth Rise Up - Chicago, IL - $25,500/año por dos años
Support Ho(s)e Collective - National - $15,000/año por dos años
The Outlaw Project - Phoenix, AZ - $26,625/año por dos años
WeCareTN - Memphis, TN - $25,000/año por dos años

Grupos recipientes del año 2 a partir de 2021:

Black Sex Worker Collective - Nacional y Global - $26,875 para este año
Colectivo Intercultural TRANSgrediendo - Queens, NY - $25,000 para este año
Community EsTr(El/La) - Atlanta, GA - $26,250 para este año
Trans Sistas of Color Project - Detroit, MI - $25,000 para este año
BIPOC Adult Industry Collective - Nacional - $26,875 para este año
Black & Pink National (Proyecto de liberacion de trabajadores sexuales) - Nacional - $25,000 para este año
Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center (Proyecto Kua'ana) - Honolulu, HI - $25,000 para este año
Hoe is (Our) Life: Support & Beyond Surviving - Beacon, NY - $27 375 para este año
LIPS Florida (antes LIPS Tampa) - Apopka, FL - $27,500 para este año
MO Ho Justice - St. Louis, MO - $25,250 para este año
Together In Service (D/B/A SWOP Los Ángeles) - Los Ángeles, CA - $16,125 para este año
Urban Survivors Union (Grupo organizador de trabajadores sexuales) - Nacional - $25,000 para este año

Image Description of SWGC logo at the top of this blog; also in ALT text: Three BIPOC people of different genders, sizes, and skin tones are standing or squatting defiantly in front of four red roses. The words “Sex Worker Giving Circle” and “Third Wave Fund” appear in black at right. One person in pink clothing stands with walking forearm crutches, another person wearing black pants and bandana stands with their shirt off and holds a sign that reads “Decriminalize SW”, and the third person squats between them in teal high heels and a miniskirt, with a red umbrella tattoo on their leg and a phone in their hand.

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Announcing the Disability Frontlines Fund

12/13/2022

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Artwork above by Acacia Rodriguez. Image description at the bottom of this post.

As the pandemic continues with long-term impact on our communities, people with disabilities continue to sound the alarms and support each other with little to no resources for their life-saving work. In response, we’re excited to announce a new grantmaking program that disrupts this major gap in funding. Today we’re announcing the Disability Frontlines Fund at Third Wave, and our inaugural grantee cohort.

We are in a critical time to resource Disability Justice (DJ) organizations across all of our social justice movements. In an ongoing global pandemic in which public infrastructure continues to abandon disabled people, the Disability Frontlines Fund (DFF) focuses on directly resourcing groups across the United States and Territories that center the leadership of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) who identify as D/disabled, D/deaf, hard of hearing, chronically sick, neurodivergent, and/or mad, and who practice DJ. At Third Wave, we know that there is no liberation without DJ, a critical component of all movements for justice.

Grounded in the definition of DJ from the 10 Principles of Disability Justice offered by Sins Invalid, we are developing values that integrate these principles into our funding practices. The Disability Frontlines Fund began its work in late 2021 with a field analysis of the funding landscape for DJ organizations. For this process, we interviewed ten BIPOC DJ leaders - Patty Berne, Lydia X.Z. Brown, Jen Deerinwater, Daphne Frias, Elliot Fukui, Sandy Ho, Najma Johnson, TL Lewis, Leroy Moore, and Max Vega. From these interviews, we developed a strategy to fund grassroots BIPOC groups practicing DJ, while still doing our own learning and development. These two-year learning grants are helping us develop and refine our longer-term grantmaking strategy.

We’ve seen traditional philanthropy hold back resources as they spend multiple years refining their funding strategies, despite the urgency of the work on the ground. As an intervention, our first cycle of learning grants seeks to resource groups while also allowing us to learn from their strategies, priorities, and success. For our inaugural round of learning grants, we are pleased to announce that we are awarding $960k per year for two years across the 18 following organizations and individuals:

Large Grants– $100,000 per year

Collectivo Ilé, Caguas, PR
DAWN, Washington, DC
Fireweed Collective, National
Generation Patient, Greenwood, IN
HEARD, Washington, DC
The Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, National

Mid Sized Grants– $35,000 per year

Autistic People of Color Fund, National
Deaf Queer Resource Center, San Francisco, CA
Disability Justice Culture Club, Oakland, CA
Entre Putxs PR, San Juan, PR
La Sombrilla Cuir, San Juan, PR
Los Angeles Spoonie Collective, Pasadena, CA
Masjid al-Rabia, Chicago, IL
Strategies for High Impact, National

Individual Grants– $12,000 per year

Imani Barbarin, King of Prussia, PA
Sky Cubacub, Chicago, IL
Najma Johnson, Washington, DC
André Pó Rodil Rivera, San Juan, PR

Disability Justice must be a part of every movement because people living with disabilities exist in every community. Grants from this new fund are already increasing disability communities’ individual and organizational access to the care and capacity that they demand and deserve.

While this fund is not currently accepting applications for new funding at this time, we’ll be providing information on future grantmaking cycles after this cycle of learning grants concludes in 2024.

If you are a donor, funder, or general admirer of the Disability Frontlines Fund, reach out to Maryse Mitchell-Brody (Development Officer, Spotlight Funds) to learn more about making a donation or other ways to support at [email protected].

Image Description (top): Four disabled people are gathered around a white banner that says “Disability Frontlines Fund” in black text, against a background of abstract pink and purple hued flowers and green leaves. All the people depicted are smiling and wearing colorful clothing, and have varying genders, ages, and body types. From left: One person has magenta hair and is sitting in a powerchair to the left of the banner. There are two people standing behind the banner. The second person has gray, thick curly hair; they have a cane in one hand and their other hand on the shoulder of the third person. The third person has a prosthetic leg and is wearing a shirt with a fist on it and holding up a megaphone. The fourth person is framed within an online video call screen propped up in bed with their laptop and a small dog by their side.

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