Overview. The School and State Finance Project (schoolstatefinance.org) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy organization that works collaboratively with policymakers, communities, and other key stakeholders to develop data-driven solutions that ensure all public-school students receive equitable education funding that supports their learning needs. . Our Mission. To eliminate racial and economic disparities in Connecticut education funding. . Our ...
Overview. First Teacher. is a community of parents and caregivers working together to prepare all our children for success in kindergarten and beyond. We believe we are our child's first teacher. First Teachers central goal is to increase school readiness by reminding parents/caregivers of their power as their childs first and most important teacher. First Teachers secondary goal is to help rebuild a network of parents/caregivers in Roxbury and i...
Overview. Over 13,000 unaccompanied young people are surviving homelessness on their own in Washington state, at disproportionately higher rates for Black, Indigenous, and other youth of color as well as young people identifying as LGBTQ. Lack of housing stability, supportive connections, and necessary services significantly impacts a young person’s transition to adulthood, leaving their economic, social, civil, and political rights unrealized. B...
Overview. Future Chefs (futurechefs.net) prepares Boston high school students to leave high school ready for quality employment and post-secondary education. With a focus on positive youth development, Future Chefs provides culinary training and authentic work-based learning to prepare teens with the hard skills they will need to succeed in the culinary industry and most importantly the job readiness skills to succeed in any field.Future Chefs’ m...
Overview. TSNE (tsne.org) is working to build to a more just, equitable society. We do this by providing capacity building services, consulting and training services, and operational support for hundreds of nonprofits, foundations, community-based groups, and others working for social change. We are partners and colleagues working collaboratively to support areas critical for organizations, including property management, leadership development a...
Overview. Collective Power for Reproductive Justice (. https://collectivepowerrj.org/. ) is a national reproductive justice organization dedicated to educating, mentoring, and inspiring new generations of advocates, leaders, and supporters. Combining activism, organizing, leadership training, and reproductive justice movement building, Collective Power promotes an inclusive agenda that advances reproductive rights and health, and social and econo...
Overview. The work of Detroit People’s Platform (detroitpeoplesplatform.org)is guided by a commitment to organizing local residents to be leaders in addressing inequality in Detroit, the nation’s largest majority-Black city. DPP is committed to working across all of the city’s seven council districts and across organizational boundaries in order to achieve change locally, across the Southeast Michigan region, and statewide. Detroit People’s Platf...
Overview. COMING SOON. Chief Financial & Administrative Officer. The Housing Collective. will be launching a search for a Chief Financial & Administrative Officer (CFAO). The CFAO is a new role that will oversee all operational and administrative functions of The Housing Collective. This is an exciting role for an individual skilled in finance and administration and interested in being part of a growing organization dedicated to collective impact...
Overview. Workers Justice Project (WJP)(. workersjustice.org). was founded in 2010 to address the racial and economic injustices that low-wage immigrant workers face in New York City by building collective power to win institutional change. WJP runs two long-standing workers centers in Brooklyn. We promote justice and opportunity for low-wage immigrant workers in New York City by pushing for systematic enforcement and expansion of workplace prote...
Overview. Gardening the Community (gardeningthe.org) is a BIPOC-led urban agriculture organization engaged in youth development and advancing racial justice to build healthy and equitable communities. We work with youth to grow food on reclaimed abandoned lots in the Mason Square community of Springfield. We partner with the Springfield Food Policy Council on advocacy campaigns for increased access to healthy food and greater food security for hi...
Overview. Workers Justice Project (WJP) www.workersjustice.org was founded in 2010 to address the racial and economic injustices that low-wage immigrant workers face in New York City by building collective power to win institutional change. WJP runs two long-standing workers centers in Brooklyn. We promote justice and opportunity for low-wage immigrant workers in New York City by pushing for systematic enforcement and expansion of workplace prote...
Overview. Over 13,000 unaccompanied young people are surviving homelessness on their own in Washington state, at disproportionately higher rates for Black, Indigenous, and other youth of color as well as young people identifying as LGBTQ. Lack of housing stability, supportive connections, and necessary services significantly impacts a young person’s transition to adulthood, leaving their economic, social, civil, and political rights unrealized. B...
