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.

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Khmer Girls In Action

Khmer Girls in Action is a community-based organization whose mission is to build a progressive and sustainable Long Beach community that works for gender, racial and economic justice led by Southeast Asian young women.

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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

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Menikanaehkem (Menominee Tribe)

Menikanaehkem (Menominee Tribe) of Wisconsin has over 8,500 members worldwide and provides a platform for multi-generational community engagement geared towards holistic health and wellness.

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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.

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Gwinnett SToPP

The Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline (Gwinnett SToPP) formed to lead a parent-driven, community-centered partnership approach to dismantling the school to prison pipeline in Gwinnett County.

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Nollie Jenkins Family Center, Inc.

NJFC visualizes an energized and involved community where all people, young and old, are valued, nurtured and supported as we work together to build and sustain communities that are purposeful in ensuring that the environmental, political, cultural, recreational, educational, economic, and spiritual needs of its citizens are actualized and preserved.

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Genders and Sexualities Alliance (GSA) Network

GSA Network helps LGBTQ students and straight allies organize GSA clubs focused on activism to create safer schools. GSA Network’s resources empower students to advocate for safe school policies, mobilize their peers to stand up for safety and equality, and train teachers to stop bullying.

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Organization for Human Rights & Democracy (OHRD)

Founded in 2014, the Organization for Human Rights and Democracy (OHRD) (formerly, the Atlanta Public Sector Alliance) engages in multi-issue, grassroots, radical, and intersectional human rights organizing to transform communities and the world using Metro-Atlanta as the model.

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Padres y Jóvenes Unidos (PJU)

Padres & Jóvenes Unidos is a multi-issue organization led by people of color who work for educational equity, racial justice, immigrant rights and quality healthcare for all.

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Philadelphia Student Union (PSU)

The Philadelphia Student Union is a youth-led organization that exists to build the power of young people to demand a high quality education in the Philadelphia public school system.

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SIKH COALITION

For 15 years, the Sikh Coalition has defended Sikh civil liberties in the courtroom, classroom, community and halls of Congress. Whether it’s working to secure safer schools, prevent hate and discrimination, create equal employment opportunities, or empower local Sikh communities, the Sikh Coalition’s goal is working towards a world where Sikhs, and other religious minorities in America, may freely practice their faith without bias and discrimination.

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Martinez Street Women's Center

"The Martinez Street Women’s Center transforms communities through women and girls by providing access to vital health services, quality education, and advocacy. We envision a world where women and girls achieve empowerment, equity, and justice." –MSWC's website

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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.

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DRUM - Desis Rising Up and Moving

DRUM - South Asian Organizing Center (formerly Desis Rising Up and Moving) is a multigenerational, membership led organization of low-wage South Asian immigrant workers and youth in New York City that was founded in 2000.

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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.

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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.

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Christina Seix Academy (CSA)

CSA was founded in 2012 by Christina Seix as her life-long dream to create a private school for underserved kids. CSA provides children from single-parent households, and their families, a safe and nurturing environment through academic and family programming.

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Community Asset Development Redefining Education (CADRE)

CADRE is a community-based, membership parent organization in South Los Angeles founded in 2001. The organization is led by African American and Latino parents and caregivers whose children attend local schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

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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.