All initiatives of Every Voice in Action Foundation are designed to ignite and support youth voice, infusing the community with the unique perspectives of young people.
In this $250-2,500 grant round, we were proud to fund 28 great projects and events that have significant youth leadership, promote the points of view of youth in Greater Tucson, and create a stronger and improved community, as defined by youth:
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Arizona Blind & Deaf Children's Foundation
Art Shed Program for Blind Youth: Creating Successful Lives
$500.00
Arizona Children's Ass'n
"Hey, Baby!" - Art Resisting Sexual Violence
$ 1,500.00
City of Tucson Therapeutic Rec Center
Therapeutic Recreation Youth Advisory Council
$2,000.00
Compass Behavioral Health Care
CAST (Clean and Sober Theatre) Encore! Workshops
$2,000.00
El Rio Neighborhood Association - The History of El Rio
$2,000.00
Kore Press
Literature in Unexpected Places at Marana High School
$1,000.00
Nonviolence Legacy Project (COPA)
Talent Show: Youth Creating the Beloved Community
$300.00
Ocotillo Literary Endeavors -Tucson Youth Poetry Slam
$2,000.00
Pan Left Productions
Youth Summer Media Camp
$2,500.00
Paulo Freire Freedom School Dance Intersession
$1,000.00
Pima County Public Library-Youth Service
Project Mittens
$250.00
Pima County Tucson Women's Commission
Girls/Young Women's Art Contest-35th Anniv Celebration
$600.00
Pima Prevention Partnership
Pima County Teen Court Volunteer Leadership Program
$2,500.00
Reid Park Zoological Society - Be Cool for Polar Bears
$260.00
Social Justice Education Project Retreat
$2,500.00
Sunnyside Neighborhood Association
The Voice of Peace: Youth Perspectives Through Digital Storytelling
$500.00
Tucson Children's Museum Youth Board
New Morris Mascot for the Parade of Lights
$500.00
TUSD's Community Transition Program
Outfitting TUSD's Collaborative Art Studio
$2,000.00
U of A Foundation, Coll of Ag & Life Sciences
Tucson Village Farm's "Edible Orchard"
$1,975.00
U of A Foundation, Poetry Center
U of A Poetry Center's Young at Art Festival
$1,000.00
U of A Mexican American & Raza Studies
U.N.I.D.O.S.
$1,500.00
Volunteer Southern Arizona
Global Youth Service Day
$1,200.00
Walker Elementary School
Art Club Door Project $305.00
Garden Project $900.00
Wingspan
Queer Voices: Stories About the Experience of LGBTOO Youth and Domestic Violence
$1,500.00
WomanKraft Art Center
Girls Making Media Video Showcase '11
$800.00
Women's Foundation of So AZ-Unidas
Girls Fly
$2,500.00
YWCA Tucson Youth, Art and Activism Summer Camp
$2,500.00