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By Yamani Yansá Hernandez Yamani Yansá Hernandez (she/they) is the CEO of Groundswell Fund and Groundswell Action Fund, one of the largest funders of women of color-led organizing in the United States and one of the oldest funders of the Reproductive Justice (RJ) Movement. It’s Black August, a time to pay homage to Black freedom…
J Mase III is a Black/Trans/queer poet & educator based in Seattle by way of Philly. As an educator, Mase has worked with community members in the US, UK, and Canada on the needs of LGBTQIA+ folks and racial justice in spaces such as K-12 schools, universities, faith communities, and restricted care facilities. He is…
Aaryn Lang(NY) (she/her/hers) is a Black, Ohio-born, consultant, writer, public speaker, and media personality. Miss Lang’s primary focus is championing the social, economic, and political well-being of the Transgender community, specifically the needs of Black Transgender women. Currently, Miss Lang is developing IGABI Consulting, a consulting practice where she will guide individuals and organizations in…
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More Than Just a Conversation Research supports what we already know: the prevailing gender norms in the United States harm everyone. Trans and gender-expansive communities are playing a leading role in liberating all people from gender-based oppression. Groundswell Fund has clear and public benchmarks regarding its grantmaking investments. Ones that prioritize Indigenous, Black, transgender women…
From a young age, Miya Yoshitani’s father was a source of inspiration. An environmental engineer, he cleaned hazardous waste sites next to neighborhoods that were home to communities of color struggling with poverty. She grew to understand that residents in these communities need the technical skills and power to advocate for healthy, clean environments where…
Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed (she/her) is an activist, storyteller, and politico based in Los Angeles. An electoral organizer by trade, she’s mobilized thousands of Asian American and Pacific Islanders to the polls in over 17 different languages over the past 15 years. At the age of 25, she founded South Asian American Voting Youth (SAAVY), a…
A multi-issue fund for the frontlines From January to July 2022, Groundswell’s Rapid Response Fund (RRF) provided fast funding to grassroots organizations led by women of color, trans people of color, low-income women, and trans people in critical but unexpected fights to protect and advance reproductive and social justice. The Rapid Response Fund’s mid-year…
A multi-issue fund for the frontlines From January to July 2022, Groundswell’s Rapid Response Fund (RRF) provided fast funding to grassroots organizations led by women of color, trans people of color, low-income women, and trans people in critical but unexpected fights to protect and advance reproductive and social justice. The Rapid Response Fund’s mid-year update…
Groundswell Fund takes care of our natural world and recognizes the interdependence of environmental and community health. That’s why we’ve bolstered our environmental investments by prioritizing climate justice on our Blueprint for 2025. Since our beginnings, GF has supported women of color-led organizing at the intersections of environmental and reproductive justice. Acknowledgment Groundswell Fund…