Request for Information: Call for Community Stakeholders to Inform the Grantmaking Strategy for The Sex/Health Alliance

The Alliance is planning stages for its first round of grantmaking; we anticipate mobilizing approximately $45,000 in cash grants, as well as technical assistance in the Mississippi Delta region (Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Louisiana) to advance decriminalization efforts at the state level. Potential grantees could include statewide coalitions that emphasize cross movement collaboration; state-level HIV Advocacy organizations; state-level LGBTQ rights organizations and networks; state-level criminal legal reform initiatives; community legal groups; sex worker networks and organizations; reproductive justice organizations; and grassroots organizations focused on the health equity and racial justice. This includes organizations who have already been involved in HIV decriminalization efforts, or those who are involved in intersectional efforts (e.g. sex work decrim). We anticipate funding these organizations or a range of activities to advance our shared decriminalization framework, including but not limited to: public education and communication campaigns; base-building activities and advocate training; policy analysis and development; general operating support for organizations led by people with lived experience; leadership support and development; engagement of currently or recently incarcerated people as advocates; and cultural and arts based programming that highlights the shared framework on decriminalization.