Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism
@urgentactionfund.bsky.social
We partner with frontline feminist movements to support women, trans, and non-binary activists striving to create a more just and equitable world. Learn more at urgentactionfund.org.
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Hi, we are Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism. We partner with frontline feminist movements to support women, trans, and non-binary activists striving to create a more just and equitable world. We’d love to build community here on Bluesky.
Learn more about us! urgentactionfund.org
Learn more about us! urgentactionfund.org
“The fact is that queer people do not have the same rights. There is this huge new political, conservative push to silence us and take away our rights.”
Meet Diana – a queer human rights defender who spoke truth to power and faced backlash from delegates at the UN www.linkedin.com/pulse/risk-b...
Meet Diana – a queer human rights defender who spoke truth to power and faced backlash from delegates at the UN www.linkedin.com/pulse/risk-b...
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“The fact is that queer people do not have the same rights. There is this huge new political, conservative push to silence us and take away our rights.”
Meet Diana – a queer human rights defender who spoke truth to power and faced backlash from delegates at the UN www.linkedin.com/pulse/risk-b...
Meet Diana – a queer human rights defender who spoke truth to power and faced backlash from delegates at the UN www.linkedin.com/pulse/risk-b...
“We have plenty of recommendations and proposals. In our lands lie our source of life, our stewardship, our future. Through time, we have learned to mitigate and adapt. We want to be part of the conversation.” #DecolonizeCOP30
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'We are not here for theater': Can the 'most Indigenous COP' live up to the hype?
Brazil’s push to spotlight Indigenous voices at COP30 could redefine what inclusion looks like — or expose how shallow it’s been.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“We have plenty of recommendations and proposals. In our lands lie our source of life, our stewardship, our future. Through time, we have learned to mitigate and adapt. We want to be part of the conversation.” #DecolonizeCOP30
grist.org/global-indig...
grist.org/global-indig...
Every home has a story.
Our latest report, “Rumah Kita: The Story of Our Becoming,” shares how Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific came into being—through courage, collaboration, and the wisdom of sisterhood.
Watch out for the report—dropping soon!
Our latest report, “Rumah Kita: The Story of Our Becoming,” shares how Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific came into being—through courage, collaboration, and the wisdom of sisterhood.
Watch out for the report—dropping soon!
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Every home has a story.
Our latest report, “Rumah Kita: The Story of Our Becoming,” shares how Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific came into being—through courage, collaboration, and the wisdom of sisterhood.
Watch out for the report—dropping soon!
Our latest report, “Rumah Kita: The Story of Our Becoming,” shares how Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific came into being—through courage, collaboration, and the wisdom of sisterhood.
Watch out for the report—dropping soon!
“Activists from Strength” is now available in Arabic & Russian.
This isn’t just a report—it’s a powerful tool built by the direct experiences of disability and gender justice activists in the Middle East, Central Asia, & Eastern Europe.
urgentactionfund.org/publications/
This isn’t just a report—it’s a powerful tool built by the direct experiences of disability and gender justice activists in the Middle East, Central Asia, & Eastern Europe.
urgentactionfund.org/publications/
Publications – Urgent Action Fund
2601 Blanding Ave Suite C, #155 Alameda, California 94501
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November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“Activists from Strength” is now available in Arabic & Russian.
This isn’t just a report—it’s a powerful tool built by the direct experiences of disability and gender justice activists in the Middle East, Central Asia, & Eastern Europe.
urgentactionfund.org/publications/
This isn’t just a report—it’s a powerful tool built by the direct experiences of disability and gender justice activists in the Middle East, Central Asia, & Eastern Europe.
urgentactionfund.org/publications/
"Back in 2023, UAF A&P was one of the first funders to send relief aid to our organization... Since then, the UAF Sister Funds in the Pacific have given me incredible opportunities to gather in transnational spaces with other organizers & activists across the globe." shorturl.at/zUxQ2
Militarization Took The Home I Knew — Here’s Why I’m Fighting Back with Words
In militarized Micronesia, human rights defender Siobhon Rumurang shows how militarization rewrites ordinary life. Here's her story.
www.globalcitizen.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"Back in 2023, UAF A&P was one of the first funders to send relief aid to our organization... Since then, the UAF Sister Funds in the Pacific have given me incredible opportunities to gather in transnational spaces with other organizers & activists across the globe." shorturl.at/zUxQ2
Injustice requires silence to take root and grow.
🗣️ But feminist activists are its fierce, daily opposition. They speak truth to power to demand a more just world and they are targeted—often by the state actors they challenge.
They won't give up. We won’t either. www.linkedin.com/pulse/femini...
🗣️ But feminist activists are its fierce, daily opposition. They speak truth to power to demand a more just world and they are targeted—often by the state actors they challenge.
They won't give up. We won’t either. www.linkedin.com/pulse/femini...
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Injustice requires silence to take root and grow.
🗣️ But feminist activists are its fierce, daily opposition. They speak truth to power to demand a more just world and they are targeted—often by the state actors they challenge.
They won't give up. We won’t either. www.linkedin.com/pulse/femini...
🗣️ But feminist activists are its fierce, daily opposition. They speak truth to power to demand a more just world and they are targeted—often by the state actors they challenge.
They won't give up. We won’t either. www.linkedin.com/pulse/femini...
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I saw Miss Major speak once; she received many questions about handling hard things, e.g. burnout, disagreement w/ allies, etc.
Over and over, Miss Major gave a short and pointed reply which basically boiled down to “You get up, every day, and you do the work.”
So let’s do the work, for her.
Over and over, Miss Major gave a short and pointed reply which basically boiled down to “You get up, every day, and you do the work.”
So let’s do the work, for her.
“Major never abandoned the struggle against fascism, which is to say, the fight to free us all… the way to honor Major is to keep hammering holes in the walls that confine us, and to expand the trans and queer spaces she built.”
- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
truthout.org/articles/to-...
- Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley
truthout.org/articles/to-...
To Honor Miss Major, We Fight for the Trans and Queer Spaces She Built
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy embraced the messiness of revolt with magnetic optimism.
truthout.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I saw Miss Major speak once; she received many questions about handling hard things, e.g. burnout, disagreement w/ allies, etc.
Over and over, Miss Major gave a short and pointed reply which basically boiled down to “You get up, every day, and you do the work.”
So let’s do the work, for her.
Over and over, Miss Major gave a short and pointed reply which basically boiled down to “You get up, every day, and you do the work.”
So let’s do the work, for her.
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83% of feminist orgs can’t meet their goals due to underfunding.
This is about survival and justice.
Join the global #WITM Report webinar on 29 Oct, 2–3:30 PM UTC.
Let’s expose the funding crisis + imagine better futures together
Webinar Registration: https://bit.ly/3JdACX7
This is about survival and justice.
Join the global #WITM Report webinar on 29 Oct, 2–3:30 PM UTC.
Let’s expose the funding crisis + imagine better futures together
Webinar Registration: https://bit.ly/3JdACX7
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
83% of feminist orgs can’t meet their goals due to underfunding.
This is about survival and justice.
Join the global #WITM Report webinar on 29 Oct, 2–3:30 PM UTC.
Let’s expose the funding crisis + imagine better futures together
Webinar Registration: https://bit.ly/3JdACX7
This is about survival and justice.
Join the global #WITM Report webinar on 29 Oct, 2–3:30 PM UTC.
Let’s expose the funding crisis + imagine better futures together
Webinar Registration: https://bit.ly/3JdACX7
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📙 The Urgent Action Funds launched a report that provides insights on prioritizing collective care to mitigate risks and promote the well-being and sustainability of feminist movements.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📙 The Urgent Action Funds launched a report that provides insights on prioritizing collective care to mitigate risks and promote the well-being and sustainability of feminist movements.
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@urgentactionfund.bsky.social
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Indigenous WHRDs lent their powerful voices for land, environment, and justice to the UN during #WHRDAdvocacyWeek, which we had the honor of co-organizing.
Read the full recap of their impact: shorturl.at/5CmpI
Read the full recap of their impact: shorturl.at/5CmpI
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Indigenous WHRDs lent their powerful voices for land, environment, and justice to the UN during #WHRDAdvocacyWeek, which we had the honor of co-organizing.
Read the full recap of their impact: shorturl.at/5CmpI
Read the full recap of their impact: shorturl.at/5CmpI
To sustain movements and ensure our own wellbeing, care is central to how feminist activists organize.
How can movements use collective care to respond to reprisals? Collective care can take many forms based on the community, geography, culture, and risks.
Swipe through for three examples ⏩
How can movements use collective care to respond to reprisals? Collective care can take many forms based on the community, geography, culture, and risks.
Swipe through for three examples ⏩
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
To sustain movements and ensure our own wellbeing, care is central to how feminist activists organize.
How can movements use collective care to respond to reprisals? Collective care can take many forms based on the community, geography, culture, and risks.
Swipe through for three examples ⏩
How can movements use collective care to respond to reprisals? Collective care can take many forms based on the community, geography, culture, and risks.
Swipe through for three examples ⏩
Rest in power, Miss Major www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Miss Major, trailblazing US trans rights activist and Stonewall veteran, dies aged 78
Longtime organizer and founder of House of gg earned reputation as champion for liberation of Black trans women
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Rest in power, Miss Major www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
How does the struggle for a better world impact your mental health? For many feminist activists, this isn't a theoretical question.
Feminist activists deserve psychological protection and safety. Here’s what you can do help activists heal and regroup: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...
Feminist activists deserve psychological protection and safety. Here’s what you can do help activists heal and regroup: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...
![A quote from Hana, a feminist activist working to release people who have been arbitrarily detained, reads: "Lots of team members suffer from the things they see most, also through physical pain. When they see a doctor, it turns out it is the result of panic [and] anxiety, because we are exposed to all this violence and all these threats.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kbtco4ssh7lsdw6afwfcaruj/bafkreihep752vcb3jgkbrfjgn7o5qswfctndjo3w4ya5hqs6atl75njbba@jpeg)
October 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
How does the struggle for a better world impact your mental health? For many feminist activists, this isn't a theoretical question.
Feminist activists deserve psychological protection and safety. Here’s what you can do help activists heal and regroup: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...
Feminist activists deserve psychological protection and safety. Here’s what you can do help activists heal and regroup: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...
For activists & refugees who’ve escaped ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, finding a safe harbor is critical for healing & collective care. Our grantee partner is providing a safe space for women & LGBTQ+ people to transform their pain into power through art & build community. shorturl.at/ATR5v
October 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
For activists & refugees who’ve escaped ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, finding a safe harbor is critical for healing & collective care. Our grantee partner is providing a safe space for women & LGBTQ+ people to transform their pain into power through art & build community. shorturl.at/ATR5v
We recently collaborated with @womenenabled.bsky.social to create “Activists From Strength.” This report, now available in Arabic & Russian, isn't just data; it's the voices of activists from the Middle East, Central Asia, & Eastern Europe demanding change. urgentactionfund.org/publications/
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We recently collaborated with @womenenabled.bsky.social to create “Activists From Strength.” This report, now available in Arabic & Russian, isn't just data; it's the voices of activists from the Middle East, Central Asia, & Eastern Europe demanding change. urgentactionfund.org/publications/
Feminist movements are fearless, and so are the funders and supporters who stand with them in solidarity. Are you wondering how you can help build collective power and care?
Get 3️⃣essential recommendations now: feministactivismwithoutfear.org/wp-content/u...
Get 3️⃣essential recommendations now: feministactivismwithoutfear.org/wp-content/u...
October 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Feminist movements are fearless, and so are the funders and supporters who stand with them in solidarity. Are you wondering how you can help build collective power and care?
Get 3️⃣essential recommendations now: feministactivismwithoutfear.org/wp-content/u...
Get 3️⃣essential recommendations now: feministactivismwithoutfear.org/wp-content/u...
All feminist activists face enormous risks, but environmental defenders face particularly virulent threats. In fact, at least 2,253 have been killed or disappeared since 2012.
As hundreds gather for #ClimateWeekNYC, meet one of the many activists at the frontlines:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
As hundreds gather for #ClimateWeekNYC, meet one of the many activists at the frontlines:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All feminist activists face enormous risks, but environmental defenders face particularly virulent threats. In fact, at least 2,253 have been killed or disappeared since 2012.
As hundreds gather for #ClimateWeekNYC, meet one of the many activists at the frontlines:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
As hundreds gather for #ClimateWeekNYC, meet one of the many activists at the frontlines:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
Feminist activists are leading powerful movements for justice & liberation even as they face a tidal wave of backlash. We’re telling their stories in a new series.
Because fearless supporters show up in solidarity with feminist movements. Let’s be fearless together: www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-se...
Because fearless supporters show up in solidarity with feminist movements. Let’s be fearless together: www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-se...
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Feminist activists are leading powerful movements for justice & liberation even as they face a tidal wave of backlash. We’re telling their stories in a new series.
Because fearless supporters show up in solidarity with feminist movements. Let’s be fearless together: www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-se...
Because fearless supporters show up in solidarity with feminist movements. Let’s be fearless together: www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-se...
In 2024, we made 632 grants to fuel feminist activism in 43 countries! Our grants enabled our partners to defend reproductive freedom, fight for climate, disability, racial, and gender justice, and sustain themselves during crises. Learn more about our impact: urgentactionfund.org/2024-annual-...
September 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In 2024, we made 632 grants to fuel feminist activism in 43 countries! Our grants enabled our partners to defend reproductive freedom, fight for climate, disability, racial, and gender justice, and sustain themselves during crises. Learn more about our impact: urgentactionfund.org/2024-annual-...
Congratulations to our friends at Healing Justice Lineages on the launch of their beautiful and timely website today!
Explore 35 powerful oral testimonies for #CollectiveCare and #liberation from organizers, health care workers, healers, spiritual practitioners, and more: lnkd.in/gf7YYZ_5
Explore 35 powerful oral testimonies for #CollectiveCare and #liberation from organizers, health care workers, healers, spiritual practitioners, and more: lnkd.in/gf7YYZ_5
August 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Congratulations to our friends at Healing Justice Lineages on the launch of their beautiful and timely website today!
Explore 35 powerful oral testimonies for #CollectiveCare and #liberation from organizers, health care workers, healers, spiritual practitioners, and more: lnkd.in/gf7YYZ_5
Explore 35 powerful oral testimonies for #CollectiveCare and #liberation from organizers, health care workers, healers, spiritual practitioners, and more: lnkd.in/gf7YYZ_5
Today is Aytaj Tapdig Ahmadova's birthday and she's spending it in prison. A prolific journalist in #Azerbaijan, Aytaj has been incarcerated for 7 months for doing her job. Join us in calling for her freedom.
cpj.org/2024/12/azer....
#FreeAytaj #JournalismIsNotACrime
cpj.org/2024/12/azer....
#FreeAytaj #JournalismIsNotACrime
July 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today is Aytaj Tapdig Ahmadova's birthday and she's spending it in prison. A prolific journalist in #Azerbaijan, Aytaj has been incarcerated for 7 months for doing her job. Join us in calling for her freedom.
cpj.org/2024/12/azer....
#FreeAytaj #JournalismIsNotACrime
cpj.org/2024/12/azer....
#FreeAytaj #JournalismIsNotACrime
Activists around the 🌏 are charting new pathways for #DisabilityJustice with limited resources. Here are some recommendations from activists we work with in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia on how to show up in solidarity and support them. urgentactionfund.org/2025/03/04/a...
July 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Activists around the 🌏 are charting new pathways for #DisabilityJustice with limited resources. Here are some recommendations from activists we work with in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia on how to show up in solidarity and support them. urgentactionfund.org/2025/03/04/a...
Join us tomorrow at 12pm ET for the last session in a dialogue series on #climate and #authoritarianism hosted by the CLIMA Fund and moderated by our Kate Kroeger to discuss the role of #philanthropy in supporting movements that defend #democracy. RSVP here: climasolutions.org/climate-auth...
June 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Join us tomorrow at 12pm ET for the last session in a dialogue series on #climate and #authoritarianism hosted by the CLIMA Fund and moderated by our Kate Kroeger to discuss the role of #philanthropy in supporting movements that defend #democracy. RSVP here: climasolutions.org/climate-auth...
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Please join us for our side-event on Tomorrow: "Beyond Conflation: A Rights-Based Approach to Trafficking and Sex Work"
Listen to Shaunna-May tell us why you can't miss it!
📣 #HRC59 side-event
🕚Wednesday 25 June: 13:00 to 14:00 CET
📍Palais des Nations, Room XXV
Listen to Shaunna-May tell us why you can't miss it!
📣 #HRC59 side-event
🕚Wednesday 25 June: 13:00 to 14:00 CET
📍Palais des Nations, Room XXV
June 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Please join us for our side-event on Tomorrow: "Beyond Conflation: A Rights-Based Approach to Trafficking and Sex Work"
Listen to Shaunna-May tell us why you can't miss it!
📣 #HRC59 side-event
🕚Wednesday 25 June: 13:00 to 14:00 CET
📍Palais des Nations, Room XXV
Listen to Shaunna-May tell us why you can't miss it!
📣 #HRC59 side-event
🕚Wednesday 25 June: 13:00 to 14:00 CET
📍Palais des Nations, Room XXV
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🚨 LIVE from #SB62: 200+ env, youth, women, disability & Indigenous orgs launch bold proposals to reform the UN Climate Talks #TheCOPWeNeed
📅 Mon June 23, 4:30 PM CEST
📍 Nairobi Room 4
🔴 Livestream: shorturl.at/ohJ0K
30 years of talks have failed to deliver #ClimateJustice. Time to #FixTheUNFCCC.
📅 Mon June 23, 4:30 PM CEST
📍 Nairobi Room 4
🔴 Livestream: shorturl.at/ohJ0K
30 years of talks have failed to deliver #ClimateJustice. Time to #FixTheUNFCCC.
June 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🚨 LIVE from #SB62: 200+ env, youth, women, disability & Indigenous orgs launch bold proposals to reform the UN Climate Talks #TheCOPWeNeed
📅 Mon June 23, 4:30 PM CEST
📍 Nairobi Room 4
🔴 Livestream: shorturl.at/ohJ0K
30 years of talks have failed to deliver #ClimateJustice. Time to #FixTheUNFCCC.
📅 Mon June 23, 4:30 PM CEST
📍 Nairobi Room 4
🔴 Livestream: shorturl.at/ohJ0K
30 years of talks have failed to deliver #ClimateJustice. Time to #FixTheUNFCCC.