Mertz Gilmore Foundation

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 significance to the Midwest region.