Third Wave Fund resources youth-led, intersectional gender justice movements to advance the community power, well-being, and self-determination of young BIPOC.
Today, we are reflecting on the accomplishments of our grantee partners in 2023 and the milestones we have collectively reached at Third Wave along the way. We are excited to share with you our 2023 Year in Review!
Check it out here:
We are excited to announce that Third Wave Fund has received a $3 million unrestricted donation, the largest individual donation we’ve received in our 25 year history, in the latest round of giving from MacKenzie Scott.
Read our full statement here:
Abortion should be safe, legal, & accessible to ALL people. We're enraged by the recent bills being passed. We're in in the process of making rapid-response grants to orgs on the frontlines of resistance. In the meantime, here are some orgs you can support right now: [THREAD]
As the pandemic continues with long-term impact on our communities, people with disabilities continue to sound the alarms and support each other with little to no resources.
In response, we’re excited to announce the Disability Frontlines Fund at TWF:
WE’RE HIRING 📣 Join our team as the next Development Officer! This position is remote, full time (32-hr/week), and has a salary of $86k.
Learn more & apply by July 26, 2022:
Resharing a helpful and necessary Abortion Access Resource Guide compiled by
@cemicool
. Tap in and learn more about abortion funds, reproductive justice history, and more: .
Conversations about abolition can and must include a discussion about the entanglement of punishment and treatment, the carceral state and social work, and caging and “rehabilitation.”
Sign up for a conversation about exactly that, 5/21 at 3p ET:
This gorgeous, radical (in every sense of the word), abolitionist workbook was made by and for young people of color to get creative about how we imagine liberated new worlds.
@projectnia
Sex workers are creative, capable, and resilient as hell - their ability to find new ways to work and maintain a sense of community during this pandemic just proves it.
Now is the time (if you're able) to support orgs like:
❤️
@RedCanarySong
- grassroots collective of Asian + migrant SWers
❤️
@aaopmn
- org empowering AAPI youth
❤️
@QTPoC
- mental health resources for queer & trans people of color
❤️
@AtlantaSwop
- GA's SWOP chapter
As the year winds down, we’re remaking history — committing over $800K to sex worker-led groups in just two years! We owe this success to SWGC Fellows & the 23 SWGC grantees who take risks everyday to fight criminalization & keep their communities safe.
These 14 trans asylum-seekers should have never been detained by ICE in the first place, but we're still celebrating the good news that
@ACLU_Mass
helped release them all!
#AbolishICE
NEW GRANT ALERT!🚨 As sex workers mobilize across the country, we’re excited to announce the launch of a new grant opportunity for efforts led by & for sex workers! Apply today: -- Deadline is June 27th!
#SexWorkisWork
#LetUsSurvive
Read and share! New zine from
@prisonculture
is full of history, activities, and info about how Black girls are punished by racist systems + harmed by the school to prison pipeline.
Today, we honor
#InternationalWhoresDay
by upholding vibrant sex worker elders and leaders whose wisdom has taught us that without dismantling and abolishing white supremacist carceral systems, decriminalization will never be enough to keep sex workers safe 🌹
If nothing else, this year confirmed that our communities consistently show up for each other in crisis, celebrating each win along the way. In the words of
@prisonculture
, we hope you let this moment radicalize you rather than lead you to despair. Art by
@monicatea2
.
Today is
#TransDayofRemembrance
. We remember those we have lost to anti-trans violence. May we continue moving boldly & swiftly in our work for trans lives.
#TDOR
On this
#IDEVASW
, we honor the comrades we’ve lost and continue to fight like hell for the living. We encourage you to attend or amplify a virtual event being held today by a SW-led organization. We’ll link to some below that are being led by
#SWGivingCircle
grantees & beyond.
Black & Brown girls/youth have a long history of leading and being a part of movements to fight for social justice - yes, even when those fights involve civil disobedience.
#HiddenHerstory
The
#SWGivingCircle
Fellowship application is live! 2023 Fellows will lead the SWGC at Third Wave in building community & political power, raising funds, & moving at least $585K to SW-led groups in the US. Deadline to apply: 2/9.
Spread the word!
Make no mistake: The protest featured on this TIME cover was organized & led by Black trans folks, specifically our friends at Baltimore Safe Haven - they also created this incredible mural to make sure the world knows
#BlackTransLivesMatter
💙💗💙
We got 2 BIG ways you can show up for sex worker-led organizing tomorrow!
1) GIVE: We got a $5K matching challenge to meet!
2) JOIN US AT: SWGC x Pride party w/ SWGC fellows & friends! 6-8 pm at
@friendsloversbk
!
#SexWorkisWork
#Stonewall50
#SWGCPride
Abolish the police.
Anything less is a failure to ensure justice for Black and brown communities, sex workers, trans people, and every other marginalized group oppressed by systems upheld by cops. (thanks for this chart,
@C_Resistance
&
@prisonculture
)
Happening Now: Chicago
#NoCopAcademy
activists have been at City Hall since 7:30am to get into Council mtg where votes will happen on the academy & Obama library (
#CBANow
), but weren't allowed inside while ROTC & police were ushered in. Funding for communities, not more policing!
If you couldn't be there for today's
#MarchForBlackWomen
but still want to support this important work, you can always donate to the march or directly to our friends at
@BlackWomensBP
We keep saying this because it is *regularly* proven true: Policing is not a system that can be reformed.
For the safety and well-being of all communities (especially BIPOC, queer + trans, sex working, disabled communities and all their intersections): Abolish the police.
Our abolitionist strategy isn't true healing justice unless people with disabilities are included and centered. This webinar led by Elliott Fukui (summarized by the graphic below) is a great place to start understanding this intersection.
#WeKeepUsSafe
Listen to sex workers. Support sex workers. End violence against sex workers.
WATCH:
@DecrimNowDC
's amazing vid about what decriminalizing sex work really means.
#DecrimNOW
We're reopening the Own Our Power Fund for new capacity building project proposals! Info on eligibility, criteria, example projects & previously funded grantees can be found on our website. We anticipate making 10 to 12 two-year grants of $25,000 per year.
"We've seen a 75-80% increase in sex workers on the streets of DC since SESTA/FOSTA passed last year" - Tamika Spellman on the harms of anti-trafficking,
@HIPSDC
"When you asked me about what I would tell people to take away from it, I want us to stop building and organizing in reaction to when people die. I want us to organize to keep people alive.”
@yvesandthemoon
Resource: For anyone looking to organize for/with incarcerated survivors (especially those who are QTBIPOC) - check out the
@survivepunish
toolkit for info on crowdfunding, working with lawyers, letter-writing, and everything in between.
#FreeThemAll
💥 We moved $2M+ during a global pandemic & uprisings for Black lives to grassroots gender justice movements last year. Whew! We couldn't have done it without our 3,000+ one-time, monthly/quarterly & institutional donors. 💖 Here’s our 2020 Year in Review!
Don't forget we make ⭐️monthly⭐️ rapid response grants for direct action, community mobilizing, & healing justice work, regardless of fiscal sponsorship or tax status, by phone, written, or video! Next deadlines: May 4, June 1, & July 6, 2021. More info:
By now we all know that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and several states have already begun criminalizing abortion access and care.
🧵Here's a thread w/ 5 actions you + philanthropy can take to support abortion access and reproductive justice for the long haul.
This is an incredible training + resource for folks who are sex workers! Doxxing prevention is a crucial part of harm reduction and until we make sex work fully decriminalized, info like this could save someone's life.
@milcahhalili
@hackinghustling
Shoutout to the disability rights activists & organizers currently out here fighting for their right to live in their own communities by supporting the Disability Integration Act ♥
#CripTheVote
@Rewire_News
As Juneteenth approaches, it's a good time to (re)visit
@Mvmnt4BlkLives
Reparations Now toolkit for the history of struggles for reparations, arguments about why reparations for U.S. Black folks are essential, & more ways to organize for Black liberation:
We're excited to announce the Accountable Futures Fund at Third Wave Fund for transformative justice, restorative justice, and community accountability ✨📣
Visit our website to learn more, and check out the amazing artwork by
@croadcore
!
📣 NEW RESOURCE ALERT 📣
You can pre-order a copy of No More Police by
@prisonculture
and
@dreanyc123
TODAY 💫 A powerful primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers! Learn more at .
ICYMI:
@culturejedi
breaks down why communities of color, women, rural communities, low income people and everyone who relies on an open internet will be most impacted by the loss of
#NetNeutrality
SWers in the SF Bay area!
@comebystjames
will be offering Covid Vaccines for Sex Workers! Appointments available Saturday 4/10 between 11a-3pm.
Book an appointment by contacting the Registration Manager, Sam Formo at 1 (415) 554-9634, or at sam.formo
@stjamesinfirmary
.org
No matter where we live or travel on Turtle Island, we are on Indigenous lands.
We've committed to paying rent to
@RRentDuwamish
(Washington),
#MannahattaFund
(New York) & we’re looking for ways to pay rent to Native people in Illinois. If you know of funds in IL, let us know!
#NoCopAcademy
youth are at City Council today to make public comment! Our ears are to the ground and we’ll be live-tweeting all afternoon!
#MobilizePower
A main youth organizer & canvasser with
#NoCopAcademy
lets City Council know that they surveyed over 500 people in the 37th ward, 85% are against the cop academy being built and 7% just need more info. Go
@marimora2k
! Tell ‘em!
Congratulations to trans organizers in Maryland! The Trans Health Equity Act would make “medically necessary gender-affirming treatment” a mandatory part of all Medicaid plans, beginning on January 1, 2024 in MD.
#transjoy
Calling all current and former sex workers in the NYC area: Applications opened today for our first ever Sex Worker Giving Circle. APPLY! Deadline: April 15.
#LetUsSurvive
We're currently seeking TWO individuals to join our growing team this Spring!
💫Sex Worker Giving Circle (SWGC) Program Associate
💫Administrative Assistant
Deadline to apply is 2/28. Spread the word! Learn more:
Did you know we accept grant applications via video and phone call, too?
Use one of these methods to apply for our
#MobilizePower
Fund — a rapid response fund for direct action, community mobilizing, and healing justice! Next application deadline is September 7, 2021.
"Some might be wondering, is abolition too drastic? Can we really get rid of prisons and policing all together? The short answer: We can. We must. We are."
@prisonculture
"We will not stop fighting until all unsheltered folks have housing...All sides need to come together to stop this. Commodifying a basic need is ridiculous."
Curious about
@moms4housing
+ their goals? This is a great interview w/ founder Dominique Walker
🌹The
#SWGivingCircle
is ready to set a new record of giving in 2021! 🌹The screening application deadline for funding is May 26, 2021! Visit our website for application materials, eligibility requirements, and grant criteria in English & Spanish.
WE’RE HIRING 📣 Join our team as the next Program Officer of the Disability Frontlines Fund (DFF)!
🌱 Remote work, U.S. based
🌱 Full-time (32 hours/week)
🌱 Starting Salary is $83,500
🌱 Benefits package
🌱 Deadline to apply is 9/17
Learn more & apply:
Learn more about the do's/don'ts of writing to incarcerated folks AND raise some $$ for
@supporthosechi
post-release funds at the same time - sign up for their Letter Writing Party!
Attend the Zoom, watch the recording, or get a PDF of the training:
We're hiring! The Comms Associate will support the Comms Officer in the implementation of our communications strategy to amplify our mission, the inspiring work of our grantees, and the support of our donor base. Remote. Salary $52-62K. Deadline: 4/25.
The
#SWGivingCircle
Fellowship application is live! 2022 Fellows will lead the SWGC in building community and political power, raising funds, and moving at least $550K to sex worker-led groups in the US. Deadline to apply: 3/1. Spread the word!
If you (or someone you know) is a sex worker in the Bay Area who needs a little extra help right now, apply for an emergency grant through our friends at
@BAWSupport
! Requests from BIPOC, trans/GNC, disabled, and street-based workers will be prioritized ♥ ...
Only 1% of human rights funding is allocated to funding for sex work organizing. And only half of the orgs that get that funding are actually led by sex workers.
This is why we work so hard to fund movements led by affected communities.
@traversjul
The DFF focuses on directly resourcing groups across the US and Territories that center the leadership of BIPOC who identify as D/disabled, D/deaf, hard of hearing, chronically sick, neurodivergent, and/or mad, and who practice DJ.
Check out our inaugural grantee cohort!:
Now accepting applications for our
#MobilizePower
Fund — a rapid response fund for direct action, community mobilizing, and healing justice! Next application deadline is August 3, 2021.
We see you,
@TaranaBurke
! YOU sparked an incredible movement, and you deserve all the recognition!
@3Wave
gave the
#MeToo
movement its first grant in 2007.
We love
@TeenVogue
for centering the words of Black youth who are on-the-ground and leading the
#NoCopAcademy
campaign in Chicago. Check out this new article on yesterday's sit-in!
On the eve of the National Day of Mourning, we’re reflecting on what solidarity with Indigenous peoples looks like as a funder in this country. Beyond land acknowledgements, we’re paying rent.
Read our full statement & check out !
SisterSong works to strengthen the collective voices of indigenous women & women of color to achieve reproductive justice by eradicating reproductive oppression and securing human rights.
@SisterSong_WOC
#AbortionIsHealthcare
#AbortionIsARight
It's
#GiveOUTDay
! Don’t leave
#PrideMonth
without honoring the Stonewall riots. Stonewall was a trans & SWer-led riot against police violence. Support our
#SWGivingCircle
bc there's no queer liberation without SWers! We're raising $30K. Help us get there:
The Yellowhammer Fund provides funding for anyone seeking care at one of Alabama's three abortion clinics and will help with other barriers to access (travel, lodging, etc.) as well as able.
#AbortionIsHealthcare
#AbortionIsARight
New York City rising up tonight demanding
#NoWarWithIran
! Hear from
@RahaCollective
member Manijeh on how patriarchy and militarism go hand in hand.
“As feminists, we believe all genuine liberation comes from below.” ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿
Sex workers know better than anyone that in struggle there must also be joyful resistance. Amidst the challenges of 2020, we moved $400K to
#SWGivingCircle
grantees — a total of over $1 million in 3 years. Learn more about our work at . Art: Rebeca Soto🌹
We’re proud to support the Manna-hatta Fund and
@aichnyc
to benefit the self-determination and sovereignty of Native people in NYC. You can support them by becoming a monthly donor (long-term funding is KEY right now!):
#indigenouspeoplesday
As our grantee partners call on all of us to move as much money as we can in intentional and sustainable ways, this donation bolsters the infrastructure that is needed to resource our movements for the long haul!
Join us for the long road ahead:
"Yes, the woman you love, the woman we all love, the incomparable Dr. Maya Angelou was a sex worker and she proved, in her life and her stories, that there’s nothing wrong with it." Real talk.
#BlackHistoryMonth
via
@titsandsass
by
@_peech
New art drop! As we dive into
#GivingTuesday
& end-of-year fundraising, we're excited to share this art by Chicago-based non-binary artist Grae Rosa! Today we're aiming for $10K + 10 new monthly donors to help us sustain our work in resourcing movements!
#MayDay
celebrates workers and economic justice. For May Day to hold gender justice, the economic empowerment of sex workers must be a part of that conversation.
#Sexwork
is work!
Resource: If you or someone you know is facing a pregnancy decision / an emotional or spiritual resolution to their abortion, check out and share these free downloadable workbooks 💖
The
#SWGivingCircle
Fellowship application is live! 2021 Fellows will lead the SWGC in raising money, building community & political power, & making at least $550K in grants to SW-led groups, our biggest year yet. Deadline to apply: 3/14. Spread the word!
Looking for rapid response funds for your next direct action, community mobilization, or healing justice work? Our next
#MobilizePower
deadline is April 6th! No fiscal or 501c3 needed. Applications accepted via phone or selfie video, too! For more info:
This time requires us to follow the lead of people who are most impacted by state-sanctioned violence.
That means recognizing and respecting the organizing of sex workers (especially SWers of color) who have been working to
#AbolishThePolice
for decades.
Spark Reproductive Justice Now works to ensure individuals have resources and power to make sustainable and liberatory decisions about their bodies, gender, sexualities, and lives in Georgia & the South.
@SPARKRJNOW
#AbortionIsHealthcare
#AbortionIsARight
The
#SWGivingCircle
is now accepting grantee applications for 2022! 🌹🌸The screening application deadline for funding from this year's SWGC is May 18, 2022.
Learn more and apply now: /
Our SWGC report is live! Creating Community is a Threat to Power is a new report that shares the brilliance of our
#SWGivingCircle
and how the SWers who lead our grantmaking & fundraising have changed the funding landscape of the U.S. sex worker movement.
We’re outside in full support and endorsement of the
#EndIntersexSurgery
protest outside of
@LurieChildrens
in Chicago! We urge this hospital to take lead and be an example to all hospitals across the country and end this unnecessary, cosmetic surgery on children!
Labor Day was originally intended to discourage low-income workers from organizing. Today, it's still a holiday that fails to benefit most workers, since it only helps workers with a set M-F schedule. More on the history of Labor Day by
@GrimKim
:
Resource Alert ‼️📣
Check out
@sinsinvalid
's new Black Disability Justice Syllabus which honors the legacies of Black disabled artists, thinkers, activists, and leaders, and is also a tool for future work.
Learn more here!:
♥♥ this resource! We need more guides like this (created by and for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, POC and LGBTQ Communities, centered on structural change + abolitionist frameworks) to keep each other safe through the COVID-19 pandemic.
@FwdTogether
!
"Public safety is about housing, it’s about jobs, it’s about people having a quality of life. That’s how you get public safety. It’s not because of how many cops you have on the street or how many people you keep in a cage."
#BlackMamasBailOut
NEW BLOG: We chatted w/
@TaranaBurke
to dive deeper into the invisible labor of Black women that brought us to where the
#MeToo
movement is today, and the importance of redirecting philanthropy away from primarily funding large-scale, trending movements.