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GRANT INFORMATION SESSIONS IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA
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Learn more about Leeway, our grants and application process at a grant information session. At each session, past recipients will share their experiences, and Leeway representatives will provide tips and best practices on how to prepare your application.
Tuesday, April 7 from 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Hosted by New Sanctuary Movement
(at Visitation BVM Community Center)
2646 Kensington Ave. Click here to register.
Monday, April 13 from 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Hosted by the Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP)
2231 N. Broad Street, Suite 200. Click here to register.
If you have any questions or need more information please contact Leeway, not the host sites.
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SCI FI AND DIRECT ACTION TRAINING WITH ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN ON APRIL 11
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Join Leeway Foundation for an exciting workshop focused on direct action and campaign building, led by writer and social justice facilitator adrienne maree brown. During this training, participants will use familiar stories of other worlds (e.g. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Oz, Harry Potter, etc.) to design direct action campaigns that parallel the world we are fighting for in the here and now. By the end of the session, regimes will be toppled, evil forces vanquished and solid skills in direct action organizing developed. On Saturday, April 11 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm at the Leeway Foundation (1315 Walnut St, Suite 832). Admission is free, but registration is required. Click here to RSVP and to find out more. Venue is wheelchair accessible.
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APPLICANT SUPPORT SESSION IN CENTER CITY ON APRIL 20
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Applying for a 2015 Leeway grant or award? Sit one-on-one with a Leeway representative at an applicant support session to get help or feedback on your grant application. This drop-in session does not require an appointment; applicants will be seen on a first-come first-served basis. Monday, April 20, from 2:00pm to 7:00pm at the William Way LGBT Community Center (1315 Spruce Street). Venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any questions or need more information please contact Leeway, not the William Way LGBT Community Center. For more info click here.
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FILM SCREENING: OUT IN THE NIGHT ON APRIL 21
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Leeway Foundation and Bread & Roses Community Fund present Out in the Night, a documentary that tells the story of the New Jersey 4 - four young African American women who fought back against a violent attack by a stranger on a New York City street. As a result of their self-defense, the women are convicted in the courts and ridiculed by media. The film reveals how race, gender identity and sexuality are used to criminalize these women of color.
The film screening will be preceded by a trailer for the upcoming documentary FREE CeCe, about CeCe McDonald, a trans African American woman who survived a violent, racist, and transphobic attack, and served time in a men’s prison in Minnesota.
After the screening, stay for a discussion with filmmaker blair dorosh-walther, Patreese Johnson (one of the New Jersey 4), Hearts on a Wire (a collective of trans and gender variant people inside and outside of Pennsylvania prisons); moderated by scholar-activist Heath Davis. This event takes place at 5:30pm on Tuesday, April 21 at Drexel University's URBN Center (3501 Market Street). Click here to RSVP and to find out more.
This screening is part of RELEASE, an ongoing exhibition and program series that explores the intersection of gender justice and mass incarceration. RELEASE aims to provide shared spaces for women, transgender, and gender non-conforming survivors of the prison industrial complex, local artists, cultural producers, and activists to critically reflect and build power for change. The exhibit is on view at the Leeway Foundation through June 30. Exhibit Hours: by appointment only, Monday – Friday, 10:00am – 5:00pm. Please call 215.545.4078 to schedule your visit. (Venue is wheelchair accessible)
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