2020
Grants Awarded
| Category | Organization and Summary | Amount | Location | Description | |
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| Stone Leaders for Change | Youth United for Change, Rapheal Randall, Executive Director | $5,000 | Philadelphia, PA |
Youth United for Change’s (YUC) model of community organizing brings diverse groups of youth together to target common concerns and act collectively on their own behalf, both to impact institutions and policy and to develop themselves as young leaders. As a Stone Leader for Change, Executive Director Rapheal Randall deepened his understanding of participatory budgeting as a means to expanding the democratic participation of Black and brown working-class communities. |
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| Stone Leaders for Change | Philadelphia Student Union, Fred Pinguel, Executive Director | $5,000 | Philadelphia, PA |
The Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) builds the power of young people and provides youth with tools that will allow them to organize and build their own power in order to make a positive change in their schools and communities. As a Stone Leader for Change, Executive Director Fred Pinguel has had the opportunity to strengthen the organization’s communications and financial literacy in order to make it more efficient with planning, performance, operations, and to productively communicate PSU’s story. |