Awarded Grants

To support the “Black Mama's Bail Out Storytelling Campaign,” which will amplify stories of people formerly incarcerated, pre-trial in Philadelphia, through short videos that will serve as the centerpiece of their community education and advocacy work for their annual Black Mama's Bail Out campaign in Spring 2026.

To support “Red de Confianza: Información, Cuidados y Movimiento Comunitario,” which seeks to strengthen access to reliable and culturally relevant information in Philadelphia's Latino migrant community, activate a network of community spokespersons to produce verified multimedia content in Spanish, and update a community directory that fosters organizing, advocacy, and collective action based on care.

To support “Project Dream Forward,” a youth-led cultural organizing campaign that seeks to advance a vision for collective liberation using zines, wearable messaging, and film production to transform apathy into action and develop new leaders, while contributing to a citywide movement.

To support “Project Engage,” an intergenerational community storytelling project in Chester, PA that: trains youth in podcasting, audio production, and journalism; lifts up the vital histories and cultural legacies of local elders; and empowers Chester residents to shape how their city is seen and understood.

To support the “With All Due Respect Campaign,” a worker-led fight to regulate Philadelphia’s temporary workers industry and amplify the voices of Black and formerly incarcerated workers navigating exploitative labor conditions.

To expand "Pardon Me,” an impact campaign based on the eponymous documentary, that will grow the West Philly Pardon Network into a statewide training and storytelling hub and launch a statewide digital storytelling initiative that amplifies community voices, builds pressure for pardon recommendations, and increases awareness of second chances as an economic and moral imperative.

To support “Speculative Horizons: Philadelphia 2126,” a series of community storytelling workshops that will result in an audio anthology told from the perspective of a future generation living in a world transformed by the movement-building work we are embedded in today.

To support “Immigrant Voices in the Black Freedom Struggle: A Diaspora Oral History Initiative,” which seeks to capture the firsthand accounts of immigrant voices in the Black freedom struggle by building a digital archive and multimedia storytelling initiative.

To support Prison Health News' initiative to expand access to health information and support health-justice strategy sharing among disenfranchised communities in prison through a platform where people in prison can tell their stories and educate themselves and others about prison abolition, health justice, and tools for surviving prison.

To create a short documentary which will explore the lives and transformative stories of Indonesian immigrants and their families, as well as the importance of art and Indonesian culture in igniting resilience, fostering healing, and building community.