Montana Action
Montana Action seeks to assist low income people and families in Montana be providing them with information so that they might improve their station in life. One orginization that is not just doling out information but is acutually providing active support is the Montana Peoples Action MPA. Below is a brief description of the good work that they are doing, but to learn more, please visit there site. Montana People's Action
Montana Peoples Action (MPA) is a socially and racially diverse organization of low to moderate income Montanans. Montana Peoples Action is a statewide citizen action organization with a membership of over 5,000 low and moderate income individuals and families. MPA empowers its members to reach lasting change for social, economic, and racial justice using direct action. Members participate through geographic or issue oriented local chapters. Since MPA's birth in 1983, its members have illustrated a constant aptatude to mobilize their peers to teach decision makers, and secure their demands.
Montana People's Action (MPA) is funded by the Dream Fund to build long term working collaboratives between city Indians, the ten representatives of the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council and the low paid members of Montana People's Action to address, make better, and make sure that affirmative action laws are not overturned. Traditionally the three groups do not work together because of which, have been manipulated by decision makers to work against each other in ways that result in further seperation based on race and economic status. , MPA gets support to teach others in the wider community on the root causes of unequal treatment based on color and economic status.
The Fulfilling the Dream Fund (Dream Fund) is a funders' collaborative to support affirmative action and other efforts to support full inclusion of people of color and women in our culture, constant with our core democratic values. The Dream Fund focuses on getting rid of systemic barriers to opportunity in three areas: education, employment and contracting. The Dream Fund was created in 2004 with a $10 million pledge by the Ford Foundation. Funds raised by other donors are matched on a one-to-one basis.
The Dream Fund supports efforts that:
* Improve public comprehending of systemic barriers to opportunity and the benefits to culture of increased racial and gender diversity
* Expand philanthropic support for affirmative action
* Demonstrate the links between racial/gender exclusion and systemic flaws in education and employment that affect the broader public, and
* Create more platforms to explore the nation's commitment to opportunity
Affirmative action is an efficient legal tool for redressing inequities and lack of chances based on race and ethnicity or gender. The term "affirmative action" was first used in Executive Order 11246, signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. It requires federal contractors to "take affirmative action to make sure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to race, creed, color or national origin." In 1967, President Johnson expanded the Executive Order to also include women. Today, affirmative action continues to be a vehicle to promote the full inclusion of women and people of color in education, employment and public contracting. It has led directly to a series of actions designed to address the lingering effects of discrimination.
