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Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice

Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, formerly ACRE, was originally founded in 2002 as part of the Alabama Rural Initiative of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise. A model for addressing poverty in economic development in one of the poorest areas of the nation, ACRE is located in Lowndes County, Alabama. According to the 2000 census, the per capita income for the county was $12,457. Approximately 26.60% of the families and 31.40% of the population live below the poverty line…

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The Central Valley Urban Institute

The Central Valley Urban Institute serves as the conscience of California's San Joaquin Valley speaking up and out to protect our most vulnerable residents.

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Asian Services In Action, Inc.

Asian Services In Action, Inc. (ASIA) was founded in 1995 by four women who sought to improve the quality of life for Asians in Northeast Ohio. Today, the organization is the only Asian American and Pacific Islander focused health and social services 501(c)(3) organization in the State of Ohio.

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Cultiva La Salud

Cultiva La Salud (translates to Cultivate Health) is a community-based grassroots organization in Fresno, CA. Cultiva La Salud (Cultiva) works to promote healthy eating and active living in communities with high levels of disinvestment, such as Southeast Fresno and similar neighborhoods throughout California’s Central Valley.

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Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children (FFLIC)

"As mothers and fathers, grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles and allies, we believe in and implement a model of organizing that is people-and community-centered, and is explicitly anti-racist." FFLIC's website

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Cook Inlet Tribal Council

“Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) stands for people, partnership and potential. We are a tribal nonprofit organization helping Alaska Native and American Indian people residing in the Cook Inlet Region of southcentral Alaska reach their full potential.

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North Bay Organizing Project

North Bay Organizing Project Graton seeks effective ways to address the divide. We stand with other progressive organizations, immigrant rights organizations and unions, we know that no matter how hard poor people work, without organizing for structural change the conditions that keep them poor will continue.

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Community Movement Builders

Community Movement Builders (CMB) is a member based collective of black people dedicated to being a force for creating sustainable self-determining communities through cooperative economic advancement and collective community organizing.

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Southeast Immigrant Rights Network (SEIRN)

SEIRN envisions a shared struggle between the immigrant community and other marginalized communities to build a movement that transforms the Southeast into a place that respects the dignity and the human rights of all.

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