#AwesomeDisability | January’s Winner & Apply for February's Grant
Our 72nd grant!
The winner of January’s Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter (#AwesomeDisability) grant is Eiryn Griest Schwartzman with COVID Safe Campus
Visit https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/213184-covid-safe-campus-ambassador-program to learn more about the project!
Image Description: Eiryn Griest Schwartzman, a white nonbinary person with curly brown-and-orange ombre hair and oversized rose gold glasses, stands outdoors smiling at the camera. They are wearing a black sweater with silver earrings in the shape of the COVID-19 spike protein encased in a circle with a strike through it. Eiryn is the Founding Executive Director of COVID Safe Campus
IMAGE: COVID Safe Campus Ambassador Program Logo: A white line drawing of the COVID-19 spike protein on a red background. Beneath it is the name of the program in bold white text: COVID Safe Campus Ambassadors.
What our grantee is saying: “COVID Safe Campus is so grateful to receive this award from Awesome Disability. The COVID-19 pandemic is still a serious crisis and disabled students are disproportionately impacted by insufficient protection from it. This grant funding will help us ship out thousands of masks to students across the United States this month and support our first cohort of Campus Ambassadors as they start up campus mutual aid initiatives promoting COVID safety. Thank you Awesome Disability and its trustees for investing in disabled-led community care and public health, it means so much to us!”
What our trustees are saying: "I voted for this project because it's clearer than ever that mutual aid will be what keeps us safe."
A few reminders & updates:
Submit your application between February 1 - 15 to be considered for February’s grant. If you apply outside of this window, you will not be considered. If you have previously applied and were not selected, we would encourage you to re-apply.
Apply for a grant at http://disability.awesomefoundation.org.
Note that we do not accept requests to fund an individual's medical needs, rent, utilities, home repairs, car trouble, appliances, etc. Submissions MUST be submitted in English (use Google Translate if needed).
If you identify as a person with a disability and can commit to contributing $100/month for at least 3 months, join us as a trustee! Help us spread the word on Twitter!
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- Trustees of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter
Tiffany, Walei, Liz, Alexandra, Adam, Ingrid, Kate, Kathryn, Marissa, Marisa, Kathy and Nico
The Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter is an entirely volunteer-run and 100% disability led economic justice initiative launched in 2017 by Alice Wong and Tiffany Yu.
Our impact to date: $71,500 to 72 projects in 10 countries (U.S., India, Canada, the Netherlands, England, Philippines, Tanzania, Ecuador, Peru, and Uganda).