Empower DC

Empower DC is a city-wide grassroots organization committed to building the power of low-income communities of color to create long lasting, positive change in our communities.

Civic Participation, Community Infrastructure, Education System, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Socioeconomic ConditionsGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020Empower DCDistrict of Columbia (DC)

Fe y Justicia Worker Center (FJWC)

Fe y Justicia Worker Center is a safe space for low-wage workers to learn about their workplace rights and organize to improve working conditions. - FJWC's Website

Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Civic Participation, Community Safety, Education System, Housing, Immigration Climate, Socioeconomic ConditionsGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020Fe y Justicia Worker Center (FJWC)Texas

La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE)

César Chávez and Dolores Huerta founded LUPE, a community union, rooted in the belief that members of the low-income community have the responsibility and the obligation to organize themselves.

Civic Participation, Community Safety, Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Community Infrastructure, Healthcare, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Immigration ClimateGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020LA UNIÓN DEL PUEBLO ENTERO (LUPE)Texas

Miami Children's Initiative

Miami Children's Initiative was founded in 2006 and seeks to break the cycle of poverty in Liberty City, Miami with a “block-by-block approach”, and by focusing on the growth and development of the cities youth.

Community Safety, Civic Participation, Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Criminal Legal System, Education System, Food Systems, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Socioeconomic ConditionsGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020Miami Children's InitiativeFlorida

Mothers on the Move (MOM)

Mothers on the Move/Madres en Movimiento (MOM) is a member-led community organization which was founded in 1992 as a vehicle for low-income people of color to take strategic leadership in campaigns to transform ourselves and our communities.

Community Infrastructure, Food Systems, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Immigration Climate, Reproductive Life, Socioeconomic Conditions, TransportationGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020Mothers on the Move (MOM)New York

Media Mobilizing Project

"Media Mobilizing Project works with movements to communicate and organize to win. We amplify the voices of communities fighting for justice, equity and human rights…

Civic Participation, Community Infrastructure, Valued Cultures & Identities, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Marketing & Retail EnvironmentGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020Media Mobilizing ProjectPennsylvania

Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO)

Founded in the 1960s, the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization has facilitated organizing campaigns that increased the resources and services available to families and residents of the North Kenwood and Oakland communities of Chicago.

Connection with Neighbors, Education System, Food Systems, Healthcare, Hope and Efficacy, HousingGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO)Illinois

Freedom, Inc.

Freedom, Inc. has engaged low income communities of color in Dane County, WI since 2003, working to end violence against people of color, women, those that non-traditionally gender identify, youth, and elders, to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Community Safety, Civic Participation, Valued Cultures & Identities, Connection with Neighbors, Healthcare, Hope and Efficacy, HousingGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020Freedom, Inc.Wisconsin

Community Coalition (COCO)

The Community Coalition is a grassroots community based organization that was established in 1989 to create a more prosperous, safer and healthier South L.A.

Civic Participation, Community Safety, Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Criminal Legal System, Education System, Food Systems, Healthcare, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Socioeconomic ConditionsGuest UserJanuary 10, 2020Community Coalition (COCO)California

Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)

Founded in 1972, Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) conducts tenant and worker organizing, youth and student organizing, civic engagement, and movement and alliance building for low-income Chinese immigrant communities in San Francisco.

Community Safety, Civic Participation, Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Education System, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Immigration Climate, Socioeconomic ConditionsGuest UserJanuary 9, 2020Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)California

Causa Justa Just Cause

Causa Justa::Just Cause was formed in 2010 as the product of three different grassroots organizations (St. Peter’s Housing Committee, Just Cause Oakland, and People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) in 2015). CJJC fights for tenant and immigrant rights in Oakland and San Francisco.

Community Safety, Civic Participation, Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Community Infrastructure, Criminal Legal System, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Immigration Climate, Socioeconomic ConditionsGuest UserJanuary 9, 2020Causa Justa::Just CauseCalifornia

CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities

CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities is a pan-Asian community-based organization that has worked to build the power of low-income Asian immigrants and refugees in New York City since 1986.

Community Safety, Civic Participation, Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Criminal Legal System, Education System, Food Systems, Healthcare, Housing, Socioeconomic ConditionsGuest UserJanuary 9, 2020CAAAV Organizing Asian CommunitiesNew York

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)

Since 1993, Asian Pacific Environmental Network seeks to empower low-income Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities to achieve environmental and social justice.

Civic Participation, Environmental Justice, Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Food Systems, Healthcare, Hope and Efficacy, Housing, Reproductive Life, Physical Environment - Water Air & Soil, Socioeconomic Conditions, Community InfrastructureGuest UserJanuary 9, 2020Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)California

AYPAL: BUILDING API COMMUNITY POWER

Founded in 1998, AYPAL is a leadership development, community organizing and coalition building organization that seeks to create healthy, safe, and thriving communities. It serves the Asian and Pacific Islander Immigrant community of Oakland, CA.

Civic Participation, Community Safety, Connection with Neighbors, Valued Cultures & Identities, Criminal Legal System, Education System, Hope and Efficacy, HousingGuest UserJanuary 9, 2020aypalCalifornia

Pan-African Community Development Initiative (CDI)

Pan-African Community Development Initiative (CDI) is an organization based in the Bronx, NY. PACDI realizes that in order to stimulate the Bronx community (the most unbanked community in the state of New York) they need to help establish a local credit union to relieve residents of this borough of all the predatory lending services that are available.