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 serves as the conscience of California's San Joaquin Valley speaking up and out to protect our most vulnerable residents.
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Take Back the Land Rochester is a grassroots direct action movement committed to elevating housing to a human right and gaining community control over housing and land.
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“We work with renters and homeowners to self-organize and defend their right to remain. We fight to preserve affordable housing, for just living conditions, to prevent gentrification, and to build community power for an Atlanta-wide housing justice movement.”
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Communities United (CU) is a grassroots, intergenerational racial justice organization in Chicago. At the heart of CU’s organizing is the development of grassroots leadership to build collective power to achieve racial justice and transformative social change.
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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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“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 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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City Life/Vida Urbana is a grassroots community organization committed to fighting for racial, social and economic justice and gender equality by building working class power.
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We envision a Santa Fe with clean air, water and soil that supports a sustainable community for all its members.
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SAJE is a force for economic justice in our community focusing on tenant rights, healthy housing, and equitable development.
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SMASH is dedicated to creating a new future for our residents, where they control the land and their destiny.
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Tenants Union (TU) is creates housing justice through empowerment-based education, outreach, leadership development, organizing, and advocacy.
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Texas Housers is a dynamic organization which responds to problems and opportunities. We look for opportunities where we can apply our resources to develop model solutions to solve critical housing and community development problems.
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Ironbound Community Corp.’s (ICC’s) mission is to engage and empower individuals, families, and groups in realizing their aspirations and, together, work to create a just, vibrant and sustainable community.
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The People's Alliance for Transit Housing and Employment (PATHE) is a coalition that came together because we were tired of city leaders working only for the interests of developers, big corporations, and the rich.
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