Thoreau Center for Sustainability

QWOCMAP, the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, utilizes film as a powerful medium to challenge stereotypes, reveal social inequalities, and promote activism through art. By fostering creativity and leadership among filmmakers, QWOCMAP builds community solidarity and strengthens movements that address the social justice issues affecting diverse marginalized groups. The organization creates and distributes films that authentically reflect the lives of African descent, Black, Native American, Indigenous, and other communities, including multiethnic lesbian, bisexual, queer women of color. Through initiatives like the Film Freedom Academy and the International Queer Women of Color Film Festival, QWOCMAP sparks awareness and galvanizes collective action within these communities. Generated from the website

Tides Advocacy Fund in San Francisco is a leading organization dedicated to dismantling inequities and fostering social change through innovative advocacy initiatives. With a focus on empowering marginalized communities, the organization collaborates with diverse partners to promote democracy, equality, and human rights. Leveraging over 25 years of experience, Tides Advocacy offers comprehensive support services, including political infrastructure, capacity building, and grantmaking. Central to their mission is the Pro-Black Framework, which emphasizes the importance of centering Black lives in the pursuit of collective liberation. Generated from the website

Biodiversity Funders Group is a San Francisco-based organization dedicated to supporting and expanding a community of grantmakers focused on biodiversity. Their mission is to foster collaboration and complementary strategies among these grantmakers, with the ultimate vision of achieving a just, healthy, and sustainable future for all life on Earth. Through sharing knowledge, building partnerships, identifying emerging issues, and providing a forum for leadership, Biodiversity Funders Group aims to address the pressing challenges of global warming, urban growth, and the preservation of biodiversity, while also highlighting the link between environmental factors and brain damage or cancer.Generated from the website