Instituto (Norman grantee 2022–present) was founded in 2019 as a training hub for Arizona leaders and organizations that aim to increase civic participation and build political power in marginalized communities throughout the state. They incubate emerging projects — civic engagement…
Just Transition Northwest Indiana (JTNWI, Norman grantee 2022–present) is a grassroots environmental justice organization founded in 2020 by Michigan City, IN, residents concerned about the Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s (NIPSCO) coal ash crisis. NIPSCO had plans to phase out…
The Awood Center (Norman grantee 2019–present) — “Awood” means “power” in Somali — was founded in 2017 in Minneapolis to build power and leadership in the East African community in response to labor abuses experienced by immigrants and refugees in…
RISE St. James (Norman grantee 2019–2026) was founded in 2018 by Sharon Lavigne, a lifelong resident of St. James Parish in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” an 85-mile stretch along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans that is home…