| Provided by: | Americans for Informed Democracy |
| Deadline: | |
| Type of Award: | Grant |
| Awards Available | Amount |
| Varies | equal to $200 |
Description
Outraged about genocide in Sudan?
Incensed about lack of access to essential medicines in the Global South?
Fuming about university apparel being produced in sweatshops?
Would you like $200 to make your voice heard? Then take action and start a campaign to protect human rights at your school with AID’s "Rights Camera Action" project!
What is Rights Camera Action? Rights Camera Action is aninitiative that seeks to equip young leaders with the resources and skills to design and implement effective human rights campaigns in their communities. During the previous Spring semester, students from around the country organized innovative campaigns on global human rights issues and documented their experiences on film. Now you have the chance to emulate one of the winning campaigns on your campus!
How Do I Apply?
Step 1: Click here to view last year's campaigns videos.
Step 2: Sign up to emulate a campaign here.
Step 3: Submit a 1-2 page proposal, outlining your campaign to sarah@aidemocracy.org.
Proposals should include:
- What do you foresee as potential obstacles and strengths of your campaign?
- Timeline and description of campaign—potential events?
- How do you plan to use the $?
- If you are a member of a student group, what is your current group membership (at meetings and on listserv)?
- Have you worked in coalition with other groups on this campaign?
- Phone number where you can be reached?
Proposals will be evaluated on how well the campaign connects global human rights challenges to local issues, its creativity and its potential to create substantive change at your university.
Selected proposals will receive:
- $200 mini-grant to implement your campaign on your campus.
- Ongoing support from AID staff, including organizing tools, contacts and materials, as well as personalized guidance, to ensure the health and success of your campaign.
If possible, students are encouraged to film, photograph and otherwise document the steps they take and the results achieved with their campaign to serve as a reference for students looking to replicate similar campaigns.
If you have questions, please contact sarah@aidemocracy.org.
**At this time, we are only able to offer this opportunity to students who attend school in the United States.**
