Beantown Society
Boston, MA
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
The vision of Beantown Society is to unite youth in Boston across race, class, culture, and neighborhood to end youth violence. We believe in changing youth's oppression, neglect-ion,...
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Blights Out
New Orleans, LA
2018, 2017
Blights Out is a collective of artists, activists, and architects working to imagine and design a new model for housing development centered outside the for-profit market; we generate...
Concerned Citizens for Justice
Chattanooga, TN
2017
Concerned Citizens for Justice (CCJ) was originally founded in August of 1984 by Maxine Cousin, Annie Thomas, and Ms. Thomas' two daughters, Lisa and Lydia. The organization was...
CTCORE-Organize Now!
New Haven, CT
2017, 2016
CTCORE- Organize Now! is committed to supporting collective action and moving in solidarity with marginalized groups.
Denver Justice Project
Denver, CO
2017
The Denver Justice Project works with historically marginalized communities to address systemic racism by transforming law enforcement and the structure of the criminal justice system through intersectional movement...
Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA)
Worcester, MA
2017, 2012, 2011
We believe that social change can only be led by the people who most need the change. No one can give power to someone else. Therefore, those of...
Greensboro Mural Project
Greensboro, NC
2017
The Greensboro Mural Project is an arts organization that engages the people of Greensboro in the process of creating murals through dialogue across the community. The Greensboro Mural...
Indian People's Action
Butte, MT
2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011
Indian People's Action (IPA) works in Montana urban areas to organize for social, economic and racial justice. Indian People's Action is being very deliberate through its training and...
Intelligent Mischief
Boston, MA
2017, 2015, 2014
The work of Intelligent Mischief is to connect the skills, technology, and innovation of the "creative class" to the skills, strategies, and innovation the "creative roots" through social...
Mirror Image Arts
Edgewater, CO
2017
Mirror Image Arts uses theatre as language to inspire dialogue, encourage awareness and promote action in order to build a strong, compassionate, and empowered community.
Pioneer Winter Collective, Inc.
Miami, FL
2017
Pioneer Winter Collective democratizes performance through the unexpected and promotes the performing arts as an anchor for social commentary: unexpected bodies in unexpected places, producing unexpected change.
Survivor Theatre Project
Cambridge, MA
2018, 2017
Survivor Theatre Project brings survivors themselves into the center of the effort to break silence and end sexual violence through empowerment, creativity, and public performance. Performances are engaging,...
The STAY Project (Stay Together Appalachian Youth!)
New Market, TN
2017, 2014
The STAY Project (Stay Together Appalachian Youth) is a diverse regional network of young people throughout Central Appalachia who are working together to advocate for and actively participate...