Human Rights Defense: 20 grants, $251,952
Quilombola win land rights victory in Brazil
Grassroots International connects people in the US with global movements addressing the root causes of injustice and oppression.
Our Impact
Our grantmaking supports deep transformations in unjust systems by advancing social movements. Thanks to our supporters, we had many successes in 2019:
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Sustainable Livelihoods: 33 grants, $551,440
African women lead on food policy
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Grassroots Feminism: 48 grants, $772,427
Women "resist to live, march to transform"
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AgitArte's "End the debt! Decolonize! Liberate Puerto Rico! Scroll" lives at an incredible intersection of art, storytelling, resistance, and collective healing.Tracing the island’s history from the colonization of Puerto Rico (Borikén) to the disastrous US response to Hurricane Maria, the scroll is a powerful piece of narrative giving a voice to a history often overlooked and deliberately forgotten.
Scrolling Through the Past, Collective Healing | Grassroots International
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Story-telling and art can be powerful tools for collective healing — as seen in AgitArte's “End the debt! Decolonize! Liberate Puerto Rico! Scroll" project.3 hours ago ·
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