Stand for Democracy
East Boston, MA
2019
Stand for Democracy is a faith-rooted community organization that works alongside poor and immigrant communities in East Boston to create and sustain a neighborhood where all can thrive.
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Wellspring Cooperative
Springfield, MA
2019
Wellspring is building a network of worker co-operatives in Springfield, MA to create jobs and wealth building opportunities in the city’s underserved communities; to strengthen/grow worker co-ops and...
Arise for Social Justice
Springfield, MA
2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
We're a Western MA low-income rights organization which believes we have the right to speak for ourselves. Our members are poor, homeless, at-risk, working, unemployed and people pushed...
Arise for Social Justice
Springfield, MA
2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
We're a Western MA low-income rights organization which believes we have the right to speak for ourselves. Our members are poor, homeless, at-risk, working, unemployed and people pushed...
Families for Justice as Healing
Boston, MA
2016, 2015, 2014
At Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) we organize formerly incarcerated women to join the movement toward creating alternatives to mass incarceration. Our membership advocates for community wellness,...
Fuerza Laboral - Power of Workers
Central Falls, RI
2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011
We are a workers' rights center that organizes workers in our community to end labor exploitation. Based in Central Falls, Rhode Island and founded in 2006, we educate...
Green Mountain Crossroads
Brattleboro, VT
2017, 2015
Green Mountain Crossroads connects rural LGBTQ people to build community, visibility, knowledge and power. Based in Brattleboro, Vermont, we work locally and regionally throughout northern New England. We...
Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC)
Blue Hill, ME
2018, 2016, 2015
*Banner created by ARRT! (https://vimeo.com/92197599) The Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC) is comprised of Maine prisoners, their friends and families, victims of crime, and others committed to ethical,...
National Alliance of HUD Tenants
Boston, MA
2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Founded in 1991, National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT) is the first national membership organization of resident groups advocating for 2.1 million lower income families in privately-owned, HUD-assisted...
National Alliance of HUD Tenants
Boston, MA
2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Founded in 1991, National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT) is the first national membership organization of resident groups advocating for 2.1 million lower income families in privately-owned, HUD-assisted...
North Shore Workers Community Fund/New Lynn Coalition
Lynn, MA
2015
The mission of the North Shore Workers Community Fund is to knit together, through grassroots community organizing, a divided working class, based on race and ethnicity, in Essex...
Prison Birth Project
Northampton, MA
2015, 2014, 2013
When the gender-specific jail opened in Chicopee in 2008, co-founders Lisa Andrews and Marianne Bullock understood that incarcerated women are not offered the full spectrum of reproductive options,...
Resilient Sisterhood Project
Boston, MA
2015, 2014
The Resilient Sisterhood Project’s mission is to educate and empower women of African descent regarding common but rarely discussed diseases of the reproductive system that disproportionately affect them...
Southern Maine Workers' Center
Portland, ME
2016, 2015, 2013
The Southern Maine Workers’ Center is a nonprofit membership organization committed to creating a grassroots, people-powered movement that improves the lives, working conditions, and terms of employment for...
Youth Justice and Power Union
Boston, MA
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Youth Justice and Power Union unites youth and youth organizations to build a youth movement in Boston. We are a group led by youth and young adults and...