Funding

The Mertz Gilmore Foundation awarded a two-year, $150,000 grant to the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights in November 2006 in support of its “Strengthening the Midwest Human Rights Network” initiative.  Objectives of the initiative include issue-based networking and campaigning, specifically on the meatpacking workers’ rights project; enhancing the Coalition’s project work through media outreach and web-based communications; and expanding public education initiatives and issue-based training on human rights issues of significa

In April 2006, the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights received a three-year, $145,000 grant from the US Human Rights Fund to support its initiative, “Building a Human Rights Network in the Midwest.”  The initiative builds upon the Coalition’s decade of successes and expertise by engaging in issue-based networking; providing educational forums; building capacity on applying human rights laws and mechanisms to domestic issues; and coordinating human rights advocacy.

Midwest Coalition members do not pay a fee to belong to the membership. Members do, however, contribute extensively to the continued success of the Coalition through in-kind donations and the sharing of expertise and resources. The commitment of members to come together collaboratively is a unique and impressive characteristic of the membership. This collaboration enables all members to leverage their individual efforts in working to promote and protect the human rights for all.