“We need your dollars, and we need you to be unafraid,” says Nakia Woods, director of the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom. Woods joined Lakeesha Harris and Michelle Erenberg, co-executive directors of Lift Louisiana, recently in a convening hosted by Tides' Corporate and Strategic Initiatives team. Read more about actionable steps the corporate social impact sector can take to protect reproductive freedom and help people regain access to this fundamental human right.
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Cyndi Lauper launched her Girls Just Want To Have Fundamental Rights Fund at the Tides Foundation to support abortion access, women, and the LGBTQ+ community. Lauper started the fund in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and as a decades-long advocate for women’s rights, people living with HIV/AIDS, and the LGBTQ+ community.
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Georgia has seen a 54 percent increase in voter participation among the Asian-American Pacific Islander community thanks to a decade of on-the-ground organizing by multi-ethnic and multi-racial community groups, according to Phi Nguyen, executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta. Learn how this Healthy Democracy Fund grantee and others are harnessing the power of local communities to increase voter turnout and protect the voting rights of communities of color.
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We believe a healthy democracy demands and embraces full participation. That is why we strive to build a more inclusive democracy by shifting power to frontline leaders and communities. Tides Foundation and Tides Center have collectively granted $112M+ to support democracy and civic engagement.
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During Climate Week NYC 2022, Tides Foundation launched its first climate justice gathering in support of strengthening the power of social movement leaders. We brought together Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen and Angela Mahecha, program director at the Tishman Environment and Design Center, in conversation with Kimberly Middleton, our new program officer for climate initiatives. They discussed the impact of the Environmental Justice for All Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and how environmental racism is driving policy.
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