Soul City Movement
Brooklyn, NY
2019
To empower a diverse collective of artists and youth to explore creativity as a tool for personal and community development.
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Southern Birth Justice Network
Miami Shores, FL
2019
Southern Birth Justice Network's mission is to expand Birth Justice by using story telling, popular education, and community organizing to improve access to midwifery and doula care.
3rd Eye Youth Empowerment
New Bedford, MA
2011
3rd Eye Youth Empowerment develops youth leadership through mentoring, skill building, and social justice organizing campaigns.
500 Years of Dignity and Resistance
Cleveland, OH
2017, 2014
The Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance initially formed in 1991 to educate the public about negative stereotyping against the indigenous people in sports and media...
A Woman's Way
Charlotte, NC
2018
A Woman’s Way's mission is to offer women health information, aimed at improving both Infant and Maternal health within African American Communities. Our strategies include forging collaboratives with...
Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras
Tucson, AZ
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Our mission is to affirm the rights of indigenous peoples, their right to self determination, their collective human and civil rights, the rights of sovereignty and the protection...
All Relations United
Las Cruces, NM
2018
All Relations United utilizes the Lakota philosophy of Mitakuye Oyasin, which translates as "we are all related," to unite, reinvest in and empower our communities. We believe in...
Aloha Dream Team
Honolulu, HI
2015
Aloha DREAM Team is a youth advocacy group with members who have benefited from the DACA program and focuses on outreach efforts and support of immigration policy reform.
Arizona Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project
Phoenix, AZ
2015
The Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project (QUIP) is an advocacy group for those who identify themselves as both undocumented and LGBTQ+
Assata's Daughters
Chicago, IL
2015
Assata's Daughters is a grassroots, intergenerational, organizing collective of Black women who love and support each other. Inspired by the Radical Monarchs, Assata’s Daughters was started to hold...
Barrio Writers
Austin, TX
2018
Barrio Writers (BW) is a creative writing program founded by author Sarah Rafael García, which provides free college level writing workshops to teenagers in underserved communities. In the...
Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS)
San Francisco, CA
2015
Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating a forum for the...
BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth
Oakland, CA
2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011
BAY-Peace supports and empowers Bay Area youth to confront militarism and other forms of violence through youth organizing and artistic resistance. We are the only group of our...
Beantown Society
Boston, MA
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
The vision of Beantown Society is to unite youth in Boston across race, class, culture, and neighborhood to end youth violence. We believe in changing youth's oppression, neglect-ion,...
Boston Mobilization
Boston, MA
2018
Boston Mobilization was founded in 1977 as part of a national movement for workers rights and smart green energy. Since then we have taken leadership and support roles...