The Border Agricultural Workers Project is based in El Paso, Texas and works in the US-México border region around El Paso, Texas. This corner region of the states of Texas, New Mexico and Chihuahua, is the historic and most important recruitment place for agricultural workers in the Southwest. From this region, thousands of farmworkers, the majority from México, move to various other agricultural areas of America. Moreover, a significant number of workers stay or reside in this area and work in the agricultural fields near El Paso.For this region, there is an estimated 12,000 agricultural workers who live or work in the area of whom about 5,000 are chile pickers. They are the backbone of the "picante sauce" industry which brings in $300 million dollars to New Mexico. At the same time, of all the laborers of this region, the chile pickers are the lowest paid with an annual average income of less than $6,000. They suffer the most inhumane recruitment practices and the worst working conditions existing in the Southwest. The farmworker families who live in the farming communities suffer the most oppressive living conditions. These families live in small old trailer houses without drinking water or electricity. In addition, they also lack access to health care programs and medical services, and educational opportunities are rare.The Border Agricultural Workers Project was initiated with the objective of improving the lives of the poor agricultural workers and their families.The purpose of this project is to promote and protect the civil and human rights of both documented and undocumented agricultural workers. Our commitment is the empowerment of the farmworker community to develop and to implement long-term solutions to the economic and social problems which are the result of the exploitation and oppression of an agricultural system which places profits on top of human dignity.This purpose is achieved by (1) organizing farmworkers committees which serve to raise the consciousness of the farmworkers and by (2) organizing collective pressure to improve working conditions and availability of human services.For more than twelve years, our efforts have played a key role in organizing the farmworker community in Doña Ana County in New Mexico, and El Paso County. During this period, much has been accomplished. Small gains have been achieved in the issues of wages, working conditions, health and housing. Our most important project has been in the development of leadership and in promoting active participation by the farmworkers themselves.Collective activities, meetings and educational activities around specific issues such as the use of pesticides, labor rights, immigration policies, etc., have been our most important means to unite and organize the farmworkers and their families.Our project is part of the Farmworker Network for Economic and Environmental Justice and as a such, we work very closely with 5 of the most active farmworker organizations in the nation. We are also active members of the Rural Coalition and the Southwest Network. We have working and fraternal relations with farmers, indigenous, labor, religious and human rights groups of this country, including México and other countries.We firmly believe that change is the result of the struggle and the work of the same community being affected. Therefore, the farmworkers themselves are an integral part of all aspects of our work. They set priorities and objectives, receive training necessary to represent themselves, and organize collective pressure to solve their problems.

The Borikua Taino Foundation is dedicated to helping Borikua Taino achieve higher levels of education, preserve their unique cultural identity, land preservation, & develop sustainable health programs by uplifting & promoting our traditions.

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 change. To do this, we develop counter-cultural values, build relationships across differences, train and develop leaders, identify key issues of concern and take action for justice. Our goals are to improve the lives of young people, increase real political participation and build community

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 in a wide variety of social justice campaigns! Our work continues to be developing the next generation of social justice leaders through our powerful trainings, our community organizing campaign work, our mentorship of young leaders and our transformational youth program – Sub/Urban Justice.

The Brazilian Women’s Group was created in 1995 by a group of women interested in discussing the issues of being an immigrant woman from Brazil in this country. The Group is now composed of women of various ages and professions. They have different roles in the community, such as grandmothers, mothers, housewives, house cleaners, waitresses, students, beauty consultants, baby sitters, educators and health professionals.

BreakOUT! seeks to end the criminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to build a safer and more just New Orleans.We build on the rich cultural tradition of resistance in the South to build the power of LGBTQ youth ages 13to 25 and directly impacted by the criminal justice system through youth organizing, healing justice, and leadership development programs.

APIBTF recognizes the unique needs of API families in Los Angeles County and seeks to decrease inequities by improving education and support practices, and by removing systemic barriers that prevent breastfeeding from flourishing.

The mission of Brew & Forge is to amplify the collective power of writers to alchemize dreaming and build sustainable movements for liberation, justice, and survival.

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 a seat at the table of power in their local community, state capital, and even Washington, D.C., BIC builds the civic capacity necessary for a healthy, functioning, democratic system. BIC trains its diverse members to improve their community by building good relationships, identifying common concerns, finding solutions, and taking action for the public good.To do this work effectively, BIC has developed a well-tested model of faith-based, grassroots organizing where (a) Relationships are the building blocks, (b) Local leadership creates long-lasting change, and (c) Careful research and cultivations of allies produce innovative policy solutions.

The Brockton Workers Alliance's mission is to educate, support, organize, and empower immigrant workers to confront long-term workplace abuses and to lead the fight for their rights through the development of better local, state, and national policies.

Bus Riders United (BRU) is a community and labor advocacy group working to increase and expand public transportation in Southeastern Massachusetts. BRU formed in 2011 with the platform of expanding bus service past 6:00pm and adding Sunday bus service.Bru has worked to: •increase Transparency in SRTA. •bring back Monday holiday bus service. •restructure the SRTA fare system. •stop exorbitant fare hikes on Demand Response bus riders. •extend Demand Response bus services. •extend evening bus service on 9 SRTA routes. •advocate for evening bus service on all routes, and Sunday bus service.

CCWP is a grassroots social justice organization, with members inside and outside prison, that challenges the institutional violence imposed on women, transgender people, and communities of color by the prison industrial complex (PIC). We see the struggle for racial and gender justice as central to dismantling the PIC and we prioritize the leadership of the people, families, and communities most impacted in building this movement.

California Environmental Justice Coalition takes action for systemic change in industry & government policies and practices to protect health and promote justice and resilient communities by the Principles of Environmental Justice; promote unity and solidarity; using community-based knowledge; and strengthening community leadership.

Born from the first July 2011 hunger strike initiated in the Pelican Bay SHU, a movement of family members came together in September 2011 to support efforts to end solitary confinement in California's prisons. California Families Agaisnt Solitary Confinement (CFASC) is dedicated to stopping the inhumane treatment of prisoners within the California Penal System, especially those held in solitary confinement. Our ultimate goal is to end the use of solitary confinement; our short-term goals are to reduce its use and to insist on due process and fairness. We support the five core demands put forth by the Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers.

Our mission is to protect and restore California Indian Peoples’ cultural traditions, ancestral territories, means of subsistence, and environmental health.

California Prison Focus works to abolish the California prison system in its present condition. We investigate and expose human rights abuses with the goal of ending long term isolation, medical neglect, and all forms of discrimination. We are community activists, prisoners, and their families educating and inspiring the public to demand change.

BlackLine provides a space for peer support, counseling, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences to folks who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.

Calumet Project is a involved in community organizing for social change. The vision is to ensure the disadvantaged, low-income, minority populations residing near polluting industries are treated equally and fairly. We work to help reduce toxic pollution produced by certain industries in Northwest Indiana. The larger movement for social change envisions the fair, equal treatment of all people, no matter their race, income level, or where they live and the sustainability of the planet.

The Cambridge Families of Color Coalition (CFCC) is a collective of families of color working to uplift, empower, celebrate, and nurture our students and each other, whose work is rooted in racial, social, and economic equity.

The Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons (FTP) is a collaboration with the Abolitionist Law Center. FTP’s mission is to conduct grassroots organizing, advocacy and direct action to challenge the prison system which is putting prisoners at risk of dangerous environmental conditions, as well as impacting surrounding communities and ecosystems by their construction and operation. At this time, FTP is focused on opposing the construction of a new federal prison in Letcher County, Kentucky.FTP is inspired by the abolitionist movement against mass incarceration and the environmental justice movement, which have both been led by the communities of color who are hardest hit by prisons and pollution.Both these movements also have long histories of multi-racial alliances among those on the front lines of the struggle and those who can offer support and solidarity, which we aim to build on.

Campaign to Free Kamau Sadiki Now works to gather veteran Black Panther Party members, and younger activists inspired by them, to practice similar community/cultural organizing to free elder BPP political prisoner, Kamau Sadiki, while providing capacity building in the process.

CAMPO transforms Hillsboro's farmland into an educational and economic resource for the region's Latin American population and the community as a whole. They are building a socially and environmentally healthier agriculture from the ground up.

The Carolina Justice Policy Center is dedicated to developing and promoting effective, equitable and humane solutions to criminal justice problems.

Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas works for the betterment and welfare of the Carrizo/Comecrudo People, maintaining connections through ceremony, traditions, and language. They stand together to resist assaults on their ancestral lands coming in the form of land clearing and barrier construction, the waiving of laws that are designed to protect the burials and remains of their ancestors and religious practices, and the violation of First Amendment rights.

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 job training, employment opportunities, and access to services.

The mission of Celebrating the African Spirit is to acknowledge, articulate, research and commemorate the lives of enslaved Africans in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Center for Artistic Revolution is a LGBTQ/SGL centric statewide organization working with diverse communities and allies on Fairness and Equality for ALL Arkansans.

The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.

The purpose of the CPSD-STL is to develop a base of self-determination for the entire community North of Delmar in Saint Louis, Missouri.

They were established by a network of broke millennials with a social conscience who were sick and tired of seeing people going hungry on our city’s streets, being shot and killed for poverty reasons, and generally living short, brutal, and nasty lives. Their purpose is to develop a baseline level of material support for the communities that they've targeted, namely, the Penrose, Greater Ville, JVL, and Academy neighborhoods in regards to food and community space.

Center for Popular Research, Education and Policy (C-PREP) conducts participatory research, capacity building and policy with people who want to restore vitality in their communities. C-PREP addresses the external structural barriers of race and class that limit opportunity and the internalized barriers of fear, alienation and hopelessness that extinguish the human impulse to achieve self-reliance and the drive to create constructive change. C-PREP brings a seasoned team of researchers, trainers, policy analysts and innovators to bear on social problems. C-PREP has deep experience working with low-income communities and people of color. Through knowledge, capacity and policy grounded in everyday reality, C-PREP delivers hope.