Saffron Circle

$3,000 general operating grant for the BIPOC-led youth organization in Revere, whose work focuses on education and racial justice. Specifically, this funding will provide support for its ethnic studies program in which BIPOC youth will develop a model ethnic study curriculum based on the Khmer experience in Revere under the guidance of Dr. Asha Chana, a social justice educator at Revere High School.

$3,500 grant to support AWFH’s Achieving Whole Health program, which aims to address mental and physical health and wellbeing of Asian women. This virtual program employs a peer-to-peer model to empower Asian women to develop whole health goals and enact behavior changes for healthier lives. Participants of the program will have the opportunity to apply and be trained as peer facilitators, in turn creating greater impact in the community. The program aims to shift attitudes about mental health, build participants' capacity for self care and self-efficacy, and prevent crisis situations by addressing physical and mental health concerns.

$3,500 grant to provide general operating support for NEBAF, which serves immigrant communities from Bangladeshi and other South Asian countries. NEBAF aims to improve cultural cooperation, access to jobs and civic engagement through cross cultural programs, job fair, and a public campaign focused on education on local government processes over the next year.