Cultures of Resistance Network

9/18/2020—In the aftermath of the Beirut explosion last month, our ally KAFA: Enough Violence & Exploitation is expanding its reach to support women and girls who were directly impacted by the explosion or who had their vulnerabilities exacerbated by the combination of Lebanon’s socioeconomic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.

9/14/2020—Our ally Bambini nel Deserto is supporting women in Burkina Faso who are producing face masks and hand sanitizer.

9/11/2020—Our allies The Loveland Foundation and Black Men Heal are working to dismantle the stigma around therapy and provide quality mental health care to Black communities.

9/9/2020—Our friends at Nhaka Foundation provide access to education and health care for vulnerable and orphaned children in Zimbabwe—and they’ve been working overtime to adjust to increased need during the Covid-19 pandemic.

9/2/2020—About a month after the explosion that killed hundreds and injured thousands, people in Beirut are still struggling to recover from the devastation.

8/28/2020—The Al-Naqab Center works to improve the lives of young refugees in the camp through educational, cultural, and social activities, relying on volunteers and grassroots efforts.

8/25/2020—Our friends at Grassroots International are still working to amplify and respond to calls for action from allies that are struggling to get the resources needed to fight a pandemic.

8/24/2020—This weekend, the Innocence Project jointly filed a petition for DNA testing in the case of Pervis Payne, who is on death row in Tennessee.

8/19/2020—Our ally CONAIE, Ecuador’s largest Indigenous organization, is working to prevent the spread of Covid-19, including helping to create a guide for how to use masks.

8/16/2020—But our ally UNRWA USA is providing critical emergency relief during this challenging time!