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Community Alliance for Reform in Education: The Community Alliance for Reform in Education (C.A.R.E), is an alliance of grassroots organizations, parents, and concerned citizens, whose primary mission is to achieve systemic educational reform that will ensure equitable access to quality education for all students in Palm Beach county's schools.
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.
Tutor/ Mentor Connection: A program of the grassroots Chicago nonprofit, Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connections was created to help youth entering the 7th grade have mentoring support to help them finish high school and move on to a job and career. The Tutor/Mentor Connections mission is to provide an organized structure that empowers and encourages volunteers to give their time, talent, and dollars in seeking life-changing solutions for children who live in educationally disadvantaged environments.
Southwest Youth Collaborative: The Southwest Youth Collaborative is a community-based network of youth and community development organizations working together in five diverse neighborhoods on the southwest side of Chicago. Their mission is to work with youth between the ages of 5 and 19 from diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds to unleash their potential to become successful and actively contributing members of society.
Children & Family Justice Center of Northwestern University School of Law: The Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) is a local and national leader in juvenile court reform and in issues and initiatives affecting children and families in crisis. CFJC is a comprehensive children's law center where law students, under the supervision of attorneys and clinical professors, represent young people on matters of delinquency and crime, family violence, school discipline, health and disability, and immigration and asylum. We collaborate with communities and child welfare, educational, mental health and juvenile justice systems to develop fair and effective policies and solutions for reform. They work with neighborhoods, law enforcement, and youth-serving organizations to create community programs that keep children out of the juvenile justice system, reduce confinement and incarceration of children, develop and teach educational programs that inform adolescents of their rights and responsibilities under the law, seek greater protections for children during pre-court police interrogations, improve conditions of confinement for children deprived of their liberty, and challenge the disproportionate presence of children of color in the public justice system.