We believe that food and water must be treated as basic human rights and we uphold the internationally recognized principles of food sovereignty.We honor Mother Earth, value biodiversity, and support ecological farming and fishing practices that protect the Earth, animals, and people.We support movement away from the dominant, corporate-controlled food system, which is shaped by systems of power and oppression. Our solutions must dismantle systemic food injustice rooted in race, class, and gender oppression.We respect people and other forms of life over profits. We honor everyone’s work in the food system, including unpaid, underpaid, and devalued labor. We work to honor our human commonalities and restore traditional ways of growing, preparing, sharing, and eating food as a community.

The US Women & Cuba Collaboration is an association of women and organizations working in coalition with women in Cuba to build bridges within and between our nations that foster inclusive and progressive women's movements and networks for justice, real security and women's rights. We educate ourselves and others about legislative issues, cultural issues, and political issues relevant to the Cuba–US relationship and to ending the US blockade of Cuba.

We the youth, envision a future where all people own and control the resources they need to not only survive but to thrive. As youth, we strongly believe it is our duty to usher in a newly liberated and cooperative economy that is diverse and united in coalition with social movements for equity and healing. The purpose of the USA Cooperative Youth Council is to initiate, coordinate, promote, and participate in educational efforts and programs that empower youth to engage in the philosophy and practices of cooperation, especially as they relate to leadership development. Specifically, the USA Cooperative Youth Council provides youth with opportunities to:

Ubuntu ⇔ Freedom is here to support people building freedom. We believe it is imperative for us to embody freedom today, rather than beg someone to give us freedom in some elusive tomorrow. We are developing tools to help and network those we call “Freedom Builders” so that we learn more deeply from each other, share best practices, better support each other and more strongly empower each other.

Ugnayan Youth for Justice and Social Change (Ugnayan Youth) is a comprehensive grassroots organization of Filipino/Filipino American youth based in New York and New Jersey. Through collective leadership, progressive culture and community engagement, we strive to reclaim and re-root to the true history of the Filipino/Filipino-American people to better understand how our local and personal issues and struggles are interconnected. We contribute to various movements for justice, peace, and genuine liberation of the Filipino people wheresoever we may call home and build our community.

Umatilla Morrow Alternatives started in March of 2006 in response to the need for more HIV/AIDS services in Umatilla and Morrow counties. Living in a very conservative area of rural Oregon, this group is bravely building a strong, visible movement for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Trans/Queer (LGBTQ) rights, racial justice, and HIV/AIDS services.

The mission of Unapologetically HERS is to increase access to information flows for system-impacted people and support their leadership development through research, system navigation, and storytelling.

Underground Recovery Jax promotes better health outcomes for individuals affected by the harms associated with substance use, blood-borne infections, and overdose through providing direct peer support, outreach, and education

UCM's mission is to engage the Ohio University and Athens communities in spiritual growth, community service and work for justice, guided by socially progressive and interfaith values.

United Community Development of North Carolina is dedicated to improving life for under-served communities of Asheville in order to mirror proven practices of success in economic development, re-entry assistance for former incarcerated individuals, and mental health issues as they relate to poverty and racism.

The United Farm Workers of America is the nation’s first enduring and largest farm workers’ union

United Hispanic Workers of Detroit (UHWD), a fledgling worker center led by low-wage immigrant workers, organizes around worker empowerment and workplace rights and safety, with a focus in Detroit. The organization emerged from a federal class action wage-theft lawsuit in Detroit, where workers, with community supporters, organized to win back stolen wages and stand up for their rights. UHWD believes in achieving socioeconomic justice through collective empowerment, education, community organizing, leadership development, and creating a sustainable economy. Trabajadores Hispanos Unidos de Detroit (UHWD), un centro para trabajadores dirigido por trabajadores inmigrantes con salarios bajos, se organiza alrededor al empoderamiento y a los derechos y la seguridad de los lugares del trabajo, con un foco en Detroit. La organización surgío de una demanda judicial federal centrado en un caso de robo de salario en Detroit. Trabajadores, con partidarios de la comunidad, se organizaron para ganar los salarios que hubieron robados y para defender sus derechos. UHWD cree en justicia socioeconómico por el empoderamiento colectivo, la educación, la organización de ciudadanos y sus comunidades, el desarrollo de liderazgo, y en la creación de una economía sostenible.

UMD utilizes volunteers, community members, lay scientists, and legal and environmental professionals to achieve three crucial goals: 1) Identify, document, and publicize environmental impacts in TN, 2) Educate and empower communities, 3) Advise, collaborate, litigate, and legislate

United National Antiwar Coalition is a coalition that fights against wars at home and abroad.

United Stateless is a national organization led by stateless people whose mission is to build and inspire community among those affected by statelessness in the United States and to advocate for our human rights.

United Taxidrivers Community Council's mission is to increase the prestige of the taxi driving profession through community service, education, and awareness. We also work towards the economic progress and improved social welfare of taxi drivers, their families, and their communities by providing assistance in enforcing their rights, including civil, political, social, economic, legal, and human rights.

UTOPIA Seattle was created by Taffy Maene and Transgender women in the Pacific Islander community who recognized the unique struggles and challenges our community faces, as well as the unique and inspiring stories, strengths and promise we hold. UTOPIA Seattle was born out of the struggles, challenges, strength and resilience among the Pacific Islander LGBTQI community in Southeast Seattle, South King County and Pierce County. Since 2009, we have strived to create a safe, welcoming, supportive and vibrant space for members of our community to address basic needs, to build pathways toward new expanded career and life opportunities, to foster a sense of common purpose, and to advocate for social justice, education and overall wellness among members of the Pacific Islander LGBTQI community. We also seek to build trust and common ground between the Pacific Islander community and the LGBTQI community, who often share many of the same issues and concerns. We are a transgender-led, member-based organization, and our work is driven by a deeply dedicated group of community volunteers. From the very start, our work has been steeped in the barriers, challenges and experiences of Pacific Islander members of the LGBTQI community who face pervasive racism, homophobia and transphobia in ways that impact their safety, health, sense of wellness, and their desire to build a positive future.

United Vision for Idaho is Idaho's largest statewide coalition and rooted in a core belief that far more unites than divides us, and together we must work to dismantle oppression and enhance the equality, dignity and power of all people.United Vision for Idaho champions the rights of all people, without discrimination, and advocates for policies that provide all people access to the tools and resources to enhance their own lives and that of their communities, and works with organizations to build a systemic Idaho-based movement for change . Our vision is long-term. Across the state, we engage in effective grassroots organizing strategies, and equip people and communities with the tools and resources they need to organize locally.

Unspoken Treasure Society exists to inspire, empower, uplift, and create platforms to give a voice to voiceless Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Americans.

Upstream is an audio documentary and interview podcast that explores a wide variety of themes pertaining to economics—from an anticapitalist, decolonial, and liberation-based perspective.

EpiCenter is a multi-racial, grassroots organization in Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee. The term, EpiCenter, describes the focal point of a disturbance or activity. The Urban EpiCenter is grounded in the belief that community organizing and direct action for racial and economic justice should be the focal points of social and political activity in the underserved, underrepresented and/or under empowered communities in Nashville. Further, the Urban EpiCenter is deeply rooted in the belief of a radical vision of democracy, which situates indigenous activists, the poor and working-class people at the center, or EpiCenter, of critical, vital and necessary grassroots initiatives.

The Urban Survivor’s Union (USU) is a grassroots coalition dedicated to insuring respect, dignity, and social justice for our community. We contest the dominant culture’s misguided attitudes and biases about drug use and drug users. USU stands for a new direction by centering our programs on putting the drug user first and foremost. We believe that efforts to advance our agenda must be guided by democratic principles, and a dedication to diversity. All USU activities are directed and carried out by drug users (former and active) in order to insure the integrity of our mission and that of the drug user’s movement.

VAMOS Unidos (Vendedoras Ambulantes Movilizando y Organizando en Solidaridad /Street Vendors Mobilizing and Organizing in Solidarity) is a Bronx community-based social justice organization founded by low-income Latina/o immigrant street vendors. VAMOS Unidos organizes workers, currently predominantly street vendors, for economic and racial justice, immigrant rights, and police accountability.VAMOS Unidos’s vision is to develop a strong, empowered base and leadership of low-income workers who are politically conscious, economically self sufficient, and able to win change on local and national policies. Our vision is grounded on the importance of social justice at the local, national, and global level by understanding the root causes and connection of our struggles with those in other communities.

Valley Improvement Project's mission is to improve the quality of life of underrepresented and marginalized residents of California’s Central Valley by advocating for social and environmental justice.

Venceremos is a worker-based grassroots organization that works to protect the fundamental human rights of poultry workers to achieve long-term systemic change in the poultry industry. They seek to spearhead the adaptation of the Worker-driven Social Responsability model to the poultry supply chain.

The Vermont Fair Food Campaign (VFFC) is a worker/community organization formed to address the urgent need of Vermont’s food chain workers for justice on the job. While much has been made of the local, environmental and sustainable character of the Vermont food system, little attention has been paid to the conditions of the workers who produce, distribute and sell our food. The VFFC has completed a broad survey of working conditions in our state’s food industry. We found low wages, a high incidence of temporary labor and a large proportion of workers denied paid sick and vacation time. VFFC is building a rank and file led organization to address food chain workers concerns and to establish a Vermont fair food certification program.

The Vermont Workers' Center is a democratic, member-run organization dedicated to organizing for the human rights of the people in Vermont. We seek an economically just and democratic Vermont in which all residents can meet their human needs and enjoy their human rights, including dignified work, universal healthcare, housing, education, childcare, transportation and a healthy environment. We work to build a democratic, diverse movement of people affected by injustice that is locally focused, coordinated statewide, and connected nationally. We work with organized labor to strengthen workers’ rights, and with other allied organizations in support of other human rights. We are committed to taking action on the full range of issues of concern to people most impacted by economic and social injustice, and to building strategic alliances nationally and internationally.

Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. (VVAW) is a national veterans' organization that was founded in New York City in 1967 after six Vietnam vets marched together in a peace demonstration.

Voices of the Sacred 's mission is to support the healing, empowerment and leadership development of Native youth and young adults, by giving voice and experience to those who are most silenced, erased and ignored; through melding expressive arts with community organizing and non-violent direct action.

We are an organization that develops and prepare leaders at the grassroots level to become active participants in creating a more just, democratic system in Oregon. VHCC believes that empowering those who are among the most vulnerable in the community to become agents of positive change will result in stronger communities that are able to provide opportunities for all residents, regardless of age, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or immigration status. We use the model of educación popular (popular education) to train our leaders and organizers to see; to think; to act; to evaluate and to celebrate.