Artists for Immigrant Rights (AIR) started with a desire to do something, and an idea: organize a photo sale to support grassroots groups mobilizing immigrant communities for action. That idea blossomed into something much bigger. In November, their second photo sale, held at Bread & Roses, inspired donations and matching funds that quadrupled their impact—and sparked momentum that is still going today.
Thanks to this groundswell of support from more than 200 people, Bread & Roses made $100,000 in rapid response grants to ten organizations who are fighting attacks on immigrants and building community power:
- Asian Americans United
- CAIR-Philadelphia
- Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas
- Free Migration Project
- Juntos
- Movement of Immigrant Leaders in Pennsylvania
- New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia
- No ICE Philly
- VietLead
- Woori Center