www.btchicago.org
“Blocks Together (BT) is a membership-based community organizing group in the West Humboldt Park (WHP) neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. Since 1995, BT has empowered residents to work together for systematic changes that bring concrete improvement to their lives. [They] tackle social justice issues relating to education, housing, economic justice and the criminalization of youth.”
www.padresunidos.org
“Padres & Jóvenes Unidos is a multi-issue organization led by people of color who work for educational equity, racial justice, immigrant rights and quality healthcare for all. Jóvenes Unidos, the youth initiative of Padres Unidos, emerged as young people became active in reforming their schools, ending the school to jail track and organizing for immigrant student rights.”
www.gwinnettstopp.org
“The Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline (Gwinnett SToPP) formed to lead a parent-driven, community-centered partnership approach to dismantling the school to prison pipeline in Gwinnett County. The mission of Gwinnett SToPP is to build and strengthen relationships with the community in two constructive ways – parent/community advocacy training and policy-change facilitation.”
www.studentsafetycoalition.org
“The Student Safety Coalition works to end the New York City school-to-prison pipeline and its disproportionate impact on youth of color and youth with special needs. Made up of New York City advocacy, academic and community-based organizations, the coalition uses a coordinated set of legislative, public education and organizing strategies to achieve its goals.”
www.teachersunite.net/
“Teachers Unite is an independent membership organization of public school educators in New York City collaborating with youth and parents to transform the city’s and the nation’s public schools. We resist institutions that segregate and criminalize Black and Latino/a youth, such as the school-to-prison pipeline, by organizing educators to work as allies in local and national campaigns for social and economic justice.”
www.urbanyouthcollaborative.org
“Led by students, the Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC) brings together New York City students to fight for real education reform that puts students first. Demanding a high quality education for all students, [their] young people struggle for social, economic, and racial justice in our schools and communities.”
www.youth4justice.org
“The Youth Justice Coalition (YJC) is working to build a youth, family, and formerly and currently incarcerated people’s movement to challenge America’s addiction to incarceration and race, gender and class discrimination in Los Angeles County’s, California’s and the nation’s juvenile and criminal injustice systems. The YJC’s goal is to dismantle policies and institutions that have ensured the massive lock-up of people of color, widespread law enforcement violence and corruption, consistent violation of youth and communities’ Constitutional and human rights, the construction of a vicious school-to-jail track, and the build-up of the world’s largest network of jails and prisons.”
www.sypp.org
“Seattle Young People’s Project is a 25-year-old grassroots community-based organization creating space for anti-racist and intersectional feminist youth-led, adult supported community organizing. [They] are based in the Beacon Hill neighborhood out of the Black Power EPICenter Cooperative, a collective space ran by People of Color-led community groups. SYPP fosters opportunities for youth to form friendships [and] engage in community organizing.”
www.colemanadvocates.org
“Coleman builds the leadership and power of low-income and working class youth and parents of color in San Francisco to advance racial and economic justice in [San Francisco] schools and [San Francisco]. Through grassroots organizing, budget and policy advocacy, and voter engagement, [Coleman is] building a city of hope, justice, and opportunity – a San Francisco where all children and families have access to high-quality education, living wage jobs, family-supporting benefits, affordable housing, and a voice in the decisions that affect us.”
www.savethekidsgroup.org/
“Save the Kids (STK) emerged in the summer of 2009 out of Outdoor Empowerment (OE), a nonprofit established in 2005…Save the Kids National is a grassroots, fully-volunteer organization without a nonprofit government status…Save the Kids focuses on supporting all oppressed youth, but specifically four groups that are the most targeted and stigmatized by the school and juvenile justice systems – (1) Youth of Color, (2) Youth with Disabilities, (3) LGBTTQIPAD Youth, and (4) Youth who are economically disadvantaged.”