Our Direct Support Project continues to provide small amounts of funding to grassroots activists and organizations working toward social change on shale gas issues around the region. Since the launch of the project in August, our committee has approved 15 applications for funding– see below for a short summary.
We still have funds available. For more information and application instructions please click here or contact Stephanie Novak.
North Braddock Residents For Our Future: Keep The View Grand in North Braddock: Community Education Initiative
Westmoreland Marcellus Citizens’ Group: Public Information Events
Thomas Jefferson: Social Change And The Way We Live
Protect Our Parks: Citizen Ordinance for moratorium on fracking remaining 8 Allegheny County Parks.
People for a Healthy Environment, Inc.: Forum on Landfill Expansion Proposal
Environmental Justice Committee at the Thomas Merton Center: Welcoming the “Great March for Climate Action” to Pittsburgh
Michael Bagdes-Canning: Global Frackdown Welcomes Great March for Climate Action
Lou Hancherick: Global Frackdown Welcome Rally for Great March for Climate Action
Fracking Resistance of Lawrence County: Lawrence County PA Great #ClimateMarch Border Crossing Celebration #GlobalFrackdown
Climate March through the Marcellus Shale Region as part of the Great March for Climate Action: Great March for Climate Action
Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air (PACWA): Hazardous to Your Health
Concerned Citizens Against the Pipeline: Stop The PennEast Pipeline Outreach Project
Mars Parent Group (MPG): Viewing of the Triple Divide with Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman
Friends of the Harmed: Shalefield Stories
Carol Cutler: Education Initiative for Residents Impacted by APEX well’s in Penn Township and Murrysville
Shalefield Organizing Committee: Sullivan County Community Listening Project
Public Herald: Triple Divide – Second Edition