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The Audre Lorde Project
is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and Transgender People of Color center for community organizing in New York City.
works to empower communities of color through the arts, education and activism.
 

Casa Atabex Ache

A woman's organization dedicated to healing, transformation and action. It is based in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
Center for Immigrant Families works primarily with low-income immigrant women of color and relies on a "participatory action research" approach to organizing that believes in a community's participation in its transformation."
CAAAV-Organizing Asian Communities The Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence organizes across diverse, low-wage and poor Asian communities in New York City focusing on institutional violence that affects immigrant working-class communities.
organization of working class and poor South Asians immigrants that organizes for racial, economic, and social justice on local and global struggles.
Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment is a membership organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, Two Spirit, transgender and Questioning youth addressing social justice issues.
The Latin American Workers Project is a membership organization based in Brooklyn that organizes low-wage immigrant workers for better wages, working conditions and civil rights.

B
ased in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the organization fights for racial, social and economic justice through collective community organizing to achieve self-determination.


The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
defends human rights and promotes self-determination. It is building a network of Black/New Afrikan activists and organizers committed to protracted struggle for the liberation of the New Afrikan Nation.

MOTHERS OF THE NEW YORK DISAPPEARED, a grassroots project working to reform New York State's Rockefeller drug laws and increase awareness about the destructive results of the expanding prison system.

Mothers on the Move
(MOM) mobilizes parents to improve local public schools in the South Bronx. MOM emphasizes community empowerment and representation.
National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, Justice Committee is a grassroots organization dedicated to securing full equality and an end to discrimination against Puerto Ricans.



NYAHN is a grassroots community coalition of homeless and formerly homeless people living with HIV/AIDS who are organizing for more and better housing.

Nodutdol, a nonprofit organization promoting the empowerment and unity of the Korean people.
Prison Moratorium Project, a grassroots organization dedicated to stopping prison expansion and advocating for a fair and humane criminal justice system.
Sista II Sista is a collective-led organization dedicated to the holistic development of teenage women of color in Brooklyn, New York.
UPROSE - United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park is dedicated to youth, family and community empowerment. Through educational workshops, organizing, and leadership development, UPROSE builds community power.
Vamos a la Pena del Bronx, a community and cultural center located in the South Bronx, reaches out to neighborhood residents including the hungry, homeless, unemployed, and undocumented. La Peņa is open daily and is staffed by volunteers.

Voices UnBroken provides poetry and writing workshops to young people living in institutionalized settings such as prisons, correctional facilities and homeless shelters as well as to youth in public schools and community centers.

Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, based in the Soundview/ Bruckner community in the Bronx, is dedicated to fostering peace and justice through youth and community development and organizing.
1372 Stratford Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472 (718) 328-5622

 

Contact information:
Latin@ Education Network Service
Email:information@palante.org
Columbia University Station
P.O.Box 250073
New York, New York 10025