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If we are accepting applications, the opportunities will be listed below.
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About the Fellowship:
The Immigrant Rights and Advocacy Fellowship recognizes and supports individuals with a demonstrated commitment to immigrant rights advocacy work within the State of Oregon.
Fellowship funds provide monetary support for professional development and immigrants rights advocacy work, such as:
- training, workshops, or coaching;
- skills development in leadership, community organizing;
- continuing education or study;
- development of a new community-based organization or initiative.
The Immigrant Rights and Advocacy Fellowship was established from funds managed by Seeding Justice due to the dissolution of Causa. The dissolution of Causa was a huge and disruptive loss to the Immigrant Rights Advocacy community. Our charge is to manage the distribution of assets and to steward these funds into immigrant advocacy and organizing.
SELECTION CRITERIA AND ELIGIBILITY
In order to be eligible for funding, individuals must:
- be 18 years of age or older;
- have a demonstrated commitment to Immigrant Rights work in Oregon;
- work or have worked in an immigrant rights and advocacy focused non-profit organization in the last five years, whether in a paid or volunteer capacity
Seeding Justice will prioritize individuals who:
- through their immigrant rights and advocacy work they have addressed root causes of injustice and focus(ed) on changing systems, or built collective power in their work.
- are intentionally anti-racist, anti-oppression, and intersectional in their thinking, approaches and solutions;
- are Black and Indigenous people or from other communities of color, especially those people who identify as LGBTQIA2S+, immigrants and refugees, folks living with disabilities, people living with low incomes, folks that are currently or formerly incarcerated, houseless people, and those living in rural communities.
Acerca de la beca
La beca del programa Immigrant Rights and Advocacy reconoce y apoya a las personas que han demostrado su compromiso con el trabajo de defensa de los derechos de los inmigrantes dentro del estado de Oregon.
Los fondos de esta beca ofrecen apoyo monetario para el desarrollo profesional y el trabajo de defensa de los derechos de los inmigrantes, como los siguientes casos:
- Capacitación, talleres o entrenamiento;
- Desarrollo de habilidades de liderazgo y organización comunitaria;
- Continuación de un estudio o de la educación;
- Desarrollo de una nueva iniciativa u organización comunitaria.
La beca de Immigrant Rights and Advocacy se estableció con los fondos administrados por Seeding Justice a raíz de la disolución de Causa. La disolución de Causa fue una pérdida enorme y perturbadora para la comunidad de Immigrant Rights Advocacy. Nuestra labor consiste en gestionar la distribución de activos y administrar estos fondos para fines de organización y defensa de los inmigrantes.
CRITERIOS DE SELECCIÓN Y ELEGIBILIDAD
Para ser elegible para recibir fondos, los aspirantes deben:
- Tener 18 años de edad o más;
- Haber demostrado su compromiso con el trabajo por los derechos de los inmigrantes en Oregon;
- trabajar o haber trabajado en una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a la defensa de los derechos de los inmigrantes en los últimos cinco años, ya sea como voluntario o con un puesto remunerado
Seeding Justice dará prioridad a las personas que:
- a través de su trabajo por la defensa y los derechos de los inmigrantes, hayan abordado causas de origen de las injusticias y se hayan enfocado en cambiar sistemas o crear poder colectivo en su trabajo.
- sean deliberadamente anti-racistas, anti-opresiones e interseccionales en su forma de pensar, en sus métodos y soluciones;
sean personas negras e indígenas o que provengan de otras comunidades de color, especialmente aquellas personas que se identifican como LGBTQIA2S+, inmigrantes y refugiados, personas que viven con discapacidades, que viven con bajos ingresos, que actualmente están en prisión o lo estuvieron alguna vez, personas sin techo y quienes viven en comunidades rurales.
Seeding Justice funds primarily grassroots, Oregon-based organizations that believe, like we do, that those most impacted by the pain of injustice are the ones best equipped to come up with solutions to the problems that affect them.
- Type of Award: Grant
- Award Amount and Duration: Up to $5,000 amount over time
- Funding available: Varies
- Proposals due: Rolling
About the Opportunity Overview
Our Rapid Response grants provide mission aligned organizations with quickly deployed small grants to respond to emergencies and opportunities.
Funding can be used for immediate and critical needs. For example, organizing community gatherings/meetings in response to events; unexpected challenges within the organization, or unique and timely opportunities.
No part of these funds may be used to support or oppose any political party or candidate for public office. Funds must be used for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals for Rapid Response grants must clearly articulate the urgency for funds or immediate need of the organization. If the request is not urgent, we encourage groups to apply for our General Fund grants.
Seeding Justice prioritizes funding small, emerging, and grassroots organizations that:
- are led by the people most impacted;
- address the root causes of injustice and focus on changing systems, not just addressing symptoms of problems;
- build collective power by using community organizing, leadership development, base building, policy advocacy, and/or other strategies;
- are intentionally anti-racist, anti-oppression, and intersectional in their thinking, approaches and solutions.
ELIGIBILITY
In order to be eligible for funding, the organization's:
- Work must benefit those who call Oregon home; and
- Have 501(c)(3) tax exemption, be a Tribal Nation or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor.
For the full list of eligibility requirements, please visit our website.
GRANT TYPES and AMOUNTS
- Operating support are unrestricted awards to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations with operating budgets under $700,000 or Tribal Nations unless otherwise requested by the applicant.
- Project support are restricted awards to a specific project or program within an organization with budgets over $700,000 and fiscally sponsored organizations must apply for project support grants
PROCESS + TIMELINE
This opportunity is on a rolling basis.
Organizations may apply for Rapid Response grant funding on a rolling basis provided that funds are available.
REPORTING
A grant report is not required, but we may reach out to schedule a chat to learn more about your grant period (i.e. insights, key takeaways, any lessons learned) or if you have any feedback for us on what we can improve in our grantmaking process.
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