Stand for Democracy
East Boston, MA
2019
Stand for Democracy is a faith-rooted community organization that works alongside poor and immigrant communities in East Boston to create and sustain a neighborhood where all can thrive.
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Wellspring Cooperative
Springfield, MA
2019
Wellspring is building a network of worker co-operatives in Springfield, MA to create jobs and wealth building opportunities in the city’s underserved communities; to strengthen/grow worker co-ops and...
A Community Voice
New Orleans, LA
2015, 2011
A Community Voice (ACV) is a community organization comprised of working, poor, elderly, women, children, and families. ACV provides a community voice for its members and constituencies in...
Action Communication and Education Reform
Duck Hill, MS
2017, 2016, 2015, 2013
We encourage individuals to become involved in the decision-making process of their communities and schools to bring about positive social change. Our vision is to ensure that low-income...
Adelante Alabama Worker Center
Hoover, AL
2017
Adelante Alabama Worker Center unites day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage and immigrant workers and their families in the Birmingham area to defend our rights, promote our...
Arise for Social Justice
Springfield, MA
2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
We're a Western MA low-income rights organization which believes we have the right to speak for ourselves. Our members are poor, homeless, at-risk, working, unemployed and people pushed...
Black Economic Justice Institute
Boston, MA
2018
The Black Economic Justice Institute (BEJI) was created in October 2012 because community advocates and activists saw the need for a voice regarding the unemployment and the under...
Boston-area Youth Organizing Project
Boston, MA
2016
We are an organization of youth, led by youth and supported by adults, who are united by a common purpose: to increase youth power and create positive social...
Brockton Interfaith Community (BLC)
Brockton, MA
2016
For over 25 years, Brockton Interfaith Community has been working to change the balance of power in low and moderate income communities. By making sure all people have...
Cayce United
Nashville, TN
2014, 2013
Cayce United is an organized group of residents of the Cayce Place Housing Authority development in Nashville, Tennessee. We work to protect and improve our homes, to secure...
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores
New Bedord, MA
2017
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores’s (CCT) members come from a variety of countries and backgrounds, and speak different languages but, as suggested by our name, we strive to enhance...
Chattanooga Organized for Action
Chattanooga, TN
2014, 2012, 2011
With a vision for a more progressive city burning in their hearts, a small group of friends set their hands to work in the spring of 2010 to...
Community Education Project of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
2013
Community Education Project of New Orleans is a diverse collective of families, students, teachers, and community allies nurturing the movement for education justice through grassroots organizing, transformative workshops,...
Community Movement Builders
Atlanta, GA
2018
Community Movement Builders (CMB) is a 501(c)(3) member based collective of black people dedicated to being a force for creating sustainable self-determining communities through cooperative economic advancement and...
Concerned Citizens for Justice
Chattanooga, TN
2017
Concerned Citizens for Justice (CCJ) was originally founded in August of 1984 by Maxine Cousin, Annie Thomas, and Ms. Thomas' two daughters, Lisa and Lydia. The organization was...