Groundswell believes that strong grassroots organizing that holds public officials accountable in their home districts is critical to protecting and advancing rights; and that, in the era of Trump, the two groups that bear the greatest burden of white supremacy and misogyny in the US – women of color and transgender people of color – have a vital leadership role to play in the larger resistance movement.
The Liberation Fund, is a joint project of Groundswell Fund (501c3) and Groundswell Action Fund (501c4). The fund’s expansive approach advances Groundswell’s mission of reproductive justice — ensuring we all have the power to make decisions about our bodies, families and futures.
Liberation Fund grants have been awarded at the recommendation of the fund’s advisors – 15 prominent women of color leaders from various U.S. social justice movements from environmental, racial and economic justice, to immigrant, Native and transgender rights:
Ai-jen Poo
National Domestic Workers Allliance
Alicia Garza
National Domestic Workers Allliance
Black Lives Matter
Angelica Salas
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Bamby Salcedo
TransLatin@ Coalition
Chrissie Castro
Native Voice Network
Cindy Wiesner
Grassroots Global Justice
Denise Perry
Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD)
Elle Hearns
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Isa Noyola
Mijente Center
Linda Sarsour
MPower Change
Mary Hooks
Southerners On New Ground
Miya Yoshitani
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Sarita Gupta
Ford Foundation
Saru Jayaraman
Restaurant Opportunities Center ROC United and One Fair Wage
Donate online or if you would like to discuss making a gift to the Liberation Fund, please contact Chief Development Officer, Meenakshi Menon at mmenon@groundswellfund.org.