Community Partners

Currently, we are working with three organizations that have a strong organizing capacity and commitment to education reform: Padres Unidos (Denver, CO) and the Beloved Community Center (Greensboro, NC), and Tenants and Workers United (Alexandria, VA). We support our partners with legal and policy research, advocacy, litigation and communications strategies that will increase their capacity to diagnose and address the institutional and structural barriers that contribute to the exclusion of children of color and poor children from a quality K-12 education and college admission.

Padres/Jovenes Unidos:
With roots in the struggle for educational justice, Padres Unidos has evolved into a multi-issue organization led by people of color fighting for educational equity, student rights and justice for immigrants. Out of these struggles for justice, Jovenes Unidos has emerged. Both Padres and Jovenes Unidos challenge the root cause of discrimination, racism and inequity by exposing the economic, social and institutional basis for injustice as well as developing effective strategies and tactics to change it. Parents and students are empowered to organize, develop new leadership and realize meaningful change.

Beloved Community Center:
The mission of the Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, Incorporated is to foster and model a spirit of community based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s vision of a "Beloved Community." In this spirit, they envision and work towards social and economic relations that affirm and realize the equality, dignity, worth, and potential of every person. The essence of all the work of the BCC - regardless of what particular issue, activity, or area of involvement - is to foster a spirit of authentic community.

Tenants and Workers United:
Tenants & Workers United is a democratically-controlled, grassroots organization committed to winning social and economic justice and building the power of low-income people of Northern Virginia – Latinos/as, African Americans, tenants, immigrants, workers, women, and youth. They build power by:

• Organizing low-income communities and workers and forming both geographic and workforce-sector based chapters.
• Challenging racism and sexism through education and direct action.
• Deepening our political analysis and awareness – developing community leaders.
• Creating campaigns and coalitions to win social change.
• Cooperatively controlling community resources.