This Christmastide, as the pandemic dragged on and canceled our best-laid plans, it was easy to fall into fatigue and lose hope. That’s why we were grateful for the wise men who gave gifts to a poor, colonized family because they saw that God was restoring the entire world through their new baby.
Following their example, we brought as gifts our stimulus checks and our own financial reserves to stand in solidarity with those whose very livelihood is threatened by the greatest economic and health crisis of our generation.
Together we gave exactly $50k to 36 different organizations listed below. Additionally, our CWOW Missions Fund has matched with a $10k grant divided between our five highlighted organizations. This Christmas we heard Mary say that God is “lifting up the lowly and filling the hungry with good things” through her baby boy. We are privileged to participate, even in a small way, in what God is doing!
Highlighted Organizations:
Achieve Academy, Oakland
Takataka Plastics, Uganda
For details and updates on our highlighted organizations, please see our Justice Blog or Stimulus Jubilee page. And you can still give any time by clicking on the orange buttons!
Other Organizations We Donated to this Giving Week…
Alameda County Food Bank
Asian Health Services
Asian Prisoner Support Committee
Berkeley Food and Housing
Berkeley Food Network
Berkeley Relief Fund
Center for Empowering Refugees & Immigrants
Child Voice International
Covenant House California (YEAH)
Emmanuel Gospel Center
Equal Justice Initiative
Farmworkers Pandemic Relief Fund (Hispanics in Philanthropy, 94-3040607)
Feed the Hungry
Give Directly
Harbor House
Justice for Migrant Women
K.I.N.D. Fund
La Clinica de la Raza
La Cocina Emergency Relief Fund (59-3838549)
Life Family Fund
Living Water
Multicultural Institute (Works with Day Laborers in East Bay and on Peninsula)
New Georgia Voter Project
Novo
Pink Ribbon Riders
Sunrise Movement
The Bail Project
W.H.O
World Central Kitchen
World Resources Institute
World Vision (Coronavirus Emergency Funds)
