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Grant Awards: 1999
Our first round of awards, $100 to each group, was made from donations Karl Muth had received through a year of asking everyone he met for ten or twenty dollars. He raised enough to give out $1,200 and publish our first newsletter to spread the word about these groups and their work.
African-American Resources
Idlewild, MI
An online newsletter for African-American homeschoolers.
Books Through Bars
215-727-8170
A books-to-prisoners group that also does work to educate others about the need for education programs in prisons.
Books through Bars packs books at the A-Space (4722 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA) to send to prisoners every Tuesday from 7:30-10:30pm and every 1st and 3rd Saturday from 11-3pm.
Drop Out Magazine
Sacramento, CA
A resource center and magazine for high school dropouts, run by high school dropouts.
The Learning House
Selma, AL
This alternative education option was created as a result of a civil rights struggle in Selma in the early 1990's.
Linking Up Villages
33 Algonquin Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
617-436-8048
acs@villagenetwork.org
By putting computer terminals in public spaces and teaching tech skills, this group makes their computer program an accessible community organizing tool.
Genius Tribe/Not Back To School Camp
PO Box 1014
Eugene, OR 97440
541-686-2315
NBTSC@aol.com
A catalogue of learning resources and a summer camp for teenagers that choose not to go to school.
Growing Without Schooling
Cambridge, MA
info@holtgws.com
A magazine for homeschoolers and unschoolers, started in 1978 by John Holt.
In The Basement
Washington, D.C.
Pam Mitchell works to increase communication by getting people talking about hard issues.
On The Backs of Our Ancestors
Harlem, NY
A newsletter to get information out to homeschoolers of color.
Seeds of Many Nations Homeschooling Collective
In 1996 SOMN put together the Leothy Miller Owens Homeschool Conference, the first ever conference for homeschoolers of color.
Shabazz Academy
Richmond, VA
A homeschooling family created a "homeschooling school" at the urging of neighbors and spreads a love of learning around.
United Parents Against Lead
Chicago, IL
UPAL is an organization of and for parents of lead poisoned children who have had to educate themselves about the dangers of lead. Many have been continued on to educate their children at home.
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