Mijente is excited to announce our 2nd round of La Vida Local, an initiative to help incubate Sin el Estado projects and work within the Mijente network.

In late February of 2020, we piloted La Vida Local right before the coronavirus pandemic hit and had to quickly pivot to meet the needs of our gente. We had the incredible opportunity to support multiple projects that rose to the occasion to fill in gaps in our communities when the State failed to respond to the needs of our gente, during a burgeoning global health crisis. 

Nearly two years into the pandemic, we know that building Latinx power and self-determining our futures is critical. La Vida Local allowed us to move resources to groups that were moving food, healthcare, and medical supplies to our people. Read about past projects we’ve supported here. 

In 2022, we’re looking to continue to uplift and support projects focused on building the autonomy and self-governance of Latinx communities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico; to grow the network of Latinx people who believe in our ability to create alternatives to capitalism, harmful institutions and ways of being in relationship to each other. 

SUBMIT A PROPOSAL HERE

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La Vida Loca(l) initiative is an opportunity for Latinx artists, street medics, cooperators and troublemakers to apply for up to $5,000 to support the building and sustaining of local organizing work and desmadre focused on building Latinx power without the State. We invite proposals that focus on projects and campaigns that build collective autonomy, community buen vivir and self-governance structures. 

THE SCOPE OF WORK: 

• We are looking for proposals that attempt to build Latinx power y bienestar sin el estado (without the state) projects and campaigns that focus on building autonomy and self-governance 
• Must align with Mijente’s Principles of Unity
  
  

CRITERIA: 

• Must be Latinx-led
• Your application must provide a description of what the work you intend to do is, how much you’re applying for and how you anticipate spending the money. It can be a short paragraph or bullet points, just make sure it is clear.
• Your project/proposal should aim to create a community-based solution such as:

• Alternatives to policing
• Cooperatives and other economic alternatives
• Community care projects (healthcare collectives, childcare collectives, etc.)

MIJENTE’S COMMITMENT: 

• Fund up to $5,000 to Latinx-led sin el estado work 
• Ongoing mentorship and technical assistance in order to support the growing and sustainability of your work
• Guidance and support in creating work-plans with clear goals and benchmarks to facilitate progress and evaluation
• Access to organizational digital tools and other tech support 

WHAT WE CANNOT OFFER AT THIS TIME

• Funds for individual projects or needs. We cannot cover people’s rent, food, or personal bills. 
• More than $5,000 per project

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APPLY BY FEBRUARY 21ST