Will you help keep work like this going? (RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK)

 

Hi friend, As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we’ve been reflecting on something we see every day in our work — women on the frontlines of the climate crisis protecting their forests, communities, and futures. In many frontline communities, women are often the ones organizing to safeguard land, water, and livelihoods — and leading some of the most powerful organizing defending forests today. At Rainforest Action Network, supporting these frontline movements is central to our work. One of the most direct ways we do that is through our Community Action Grants (CAG) program, which provides flexible funding to communities already leading the fight to protect forests and defend their rights.

Directly support frontline movements These grants help local groups convene gatherings, mobilize allies, travel to defend their territories, and respond quickly when threats arise. In the past year alone, supporters like you helped distribute more than $825,000 in Community Action Grants across 14 countries, strengthening grassroots advocacy initiatives protecting forests and community rights. And that support is already helping drive powerful victories. Late last year, Indigenous women and community leaders traveled more than 3,000 kilometers as part of the Answer Caravan. Together, they highlighted agribusiness’s destructive expansion into the Brazilian Amazon as they journeyed toward COP30 in Belém. Along the way, they gathered communities, shared frontline stories, and brought Indigenous-led climate solutions to the world stage—making it impossible for negotiators to ignore the voices of the people protecting the Amazon. At COP30, Munduruku leaders and allies continued that momentum through direct action—blocking access to demand protection for their territory—helping secure a historic step toward recognition of their ancestral lands along the Tapajós River. These wins show what’s possible when frontline communities have the support they need to act. Make more wins possible Across the Amazon, Southeast Asia, and beyond, Indigenous and frontline women are resisting destructive projects, protecting vital ecosystems, and building movements rooted in care, courage, and survival. When communities on the frontlines have what they need: Forests stay standing. Communities stay strong. And the struggle for climate justice grows. Resistance efforts like these are gaining momentum — but they need continued backing to keep going. Friend, will you make a gift today to help power Community Action Grants and ensure their work has the support it needs right now? Donate now Your gift helps ensure funding reaches the communities leading the way as they defend land, culture, and life itself. Thank you for helping make this work possible, friend. With gratitude, Tracy Solum Community Action Grants Program Director Rainforest Action Network

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