Community Engagement

All Gun Control is Oppressive

The ‘X’ for Boys is an organization in Albany, Georgia that has one goal, and that is to reinvent the wheel for our young men. Our motto is ‘Let Us Make Man.’ We are interested in trying to reform the minds of our young men. [...] A nonprofit is as strong as the community that holds it up. Together, we can do more than we can do alone. Let's bring our abilities and passions together to affect real change.

The AMERICAN KING FOUNDATION is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization that was founded by Angela Stanton-King. A.K.F. focuses on criminal justice reform, re-entry, and reuniting American Families throughout the United States of America that have been affected by the laws of mass incarceration. A.K.F. provides returning citizens and their families with a pathway to justice, economic stability, and relational wellness.

Project H.O.O.D.’s programming is designed to equip youth, adults, and families with the resources, skills, tools and experiences that are needed to be successful, healthy, and upwardly mobile members of society. We seek to empower, not enable. We seek to equip, not excuse. We seek to inform, not ignore. Project H.O.O.D.’s goal is to be at the forefront of innovation and transformation on the South Side of Chicago and specifically within the Englewood and Woodlawn communities.

Our mission is to transform East Oakland into a healthy and economically robust community by developing the leadership of youth and young adults and improving the systems that impact them. Located in the heart of East Oakland, YU is a neighborhood hub offering young people services and programs to increase physical and mental wellbeing, community connection, educational attainment, and career achievement among youth members. [...] Our primary focus is building a systems change and community economic development platform that supports and strengthens our personal transformation work.

The Federation of Black Cowboys was created in 1994 by a group of diverse people looking to share and promote knowledge of the Black West. Seeking to create greater understanding of African American culture and heritage, we endeavor to provide educational opportunities for the young public of New York. We are a non-profit, tax-exempt 501-C3 organization.

Thread harnesses the power of relationships to create a new social fabric of diverse individuals deeply engaged with young people facing the most significant opportunity and achievement gaps. Our community is committed to ending social isolation and building a more equitable culture in which everyone thrives.

Our Mission: To improve the quality of life for people in need by empowering them to become more self-sufficient through providing short-term assistance, financial counseling, and employment development. Our Vision: To address the economic and social needs of our communities and helping to create a world where individuals and families are not destroyed due to temporary financial hardships.

The Unconditional Freedom Project is a program of Love to Table, a 501c3 organization. Love To Table was originally incorporated in 2002 as Fill Up America. Over time, it changed its name and mission to reflect the expanded focus from an organization using surplus food and clothing to provide educational and charitable assistance, to one dedicated to providing spiritual and material sustenance and balance, to fill what is empty and empty what is full. From the beginning though, the heart of the organization has centered on restoring dignity to the most outcast members of society, and our programs provide the reflection, nourishment and tools necessary to restore human dignity.

The Tamir Rice Foundation invests in the growth and enrichment of all children through after-school programs in arts and culture by allowing them to express their truth to improve their lives as they grow into young adults.

The Tamir Rice Foundation also seeks to advocate for police reform by advocating to change laws and implement new policies for the system with community oversight for police accountability and community reform dialogue.

The Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club evolved from a century-long tradition of Urban Black Cowboys in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ and one man’s commitment to provide horsemanship experience in the inner-city.

Urban Alchemy was founded in 2018 in order to bring a sense of peace and respect to America’s most chaotic urban areas that are struggling with the intersection of extreme poverty, addiction, mental illness, and hopelessness. We understand how impactful it can be when we all join together to build a better tomorrow. We are fueled with passion and believe that giving back is the key to changing lives and communities.

BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, is a nationally-recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Los Angeles, founded by Jesse Lee Peterson, dedicated to Rebuilding the Family by Rebuilding the Man. Since 1990, we’ve offered counseling for people dealing with personal, relationship and family issues, helping them to overcome anger through forgiveness.

Homeboy Industries is the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. For over 30 years, we have stood as a beacon of hope in Los Angeles to provide training and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community.

The world is missing out on a great deal of innovative companies by not investing more heavily in women and diverse entrepreneurs. Harlem Capital is addressing the disparity ourselves rather than waiting for other Venture Capital firms to come around. Communities of color are massive exporters of cultural and economic value, thus the more of us we have on the investor side of the table, the more we can proactively ensure more women and founders of color build equity in the same ecosystem we’re helping to build. We’re changing the face of entrepreneurship and create generational wealth for people of color and women.

Re-wilding activities are conservation efforts aimed at restoring and protecting natural processes and wilderness areas. We restore dignity to the cancelled members of society: the marginalized, the cast out, the prison residents and the wild ones. Our programs provide the reflection, nourishment and tools necessary to restore human dignity. Once reclaimed, we believe people naturally find the desire to contribute their unique gifts to society.

We are the only agency in NYC that seamlessly provides access to therapeutic empowerment services and youth development all under one roof.

The mission of The Center Of Hope & Peace in Kinloch (the oldest African-American community to be incorporated in Missouri) and its Executive Director, Phyllis (Miss Queen) Daugherty is to assist families that have experienced economic crisis to get back on their feet and succeed. The Center serves its clients by obtaining food, shelter, and other resources for them. It specializes in assisting mothers in need.

The 1854 Cycling Company is a premium bicycle & cycling apparel brand founded to create 21st century, living wage employment for the formerly incarcerated. [...] Today, our fight is against the revolving door of the criminal justice system where approximately 76.6% of all released prisoners will be rearrested within 5 years of their release. Such recidivism often contributes to crime, mass incarceration, homelessness, and generational poverty.

The Woodson Center is partnering with groups of Black mothers across the country to create a movement known as Voices of Black Mothers United. Voices of Black Mothers United strives to unite mothers of fallen children and community partners to amplify their voices to the nation, to heal and strengthen communities, and to create an environment of hope and opportunity. Help fuel the movement to heal and transform our communities.

Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change work includes changing the dynamic of trauma within our communities, reducing recidivism, and building strong families and organizations. We take our responsibility head-on by aggressively linking our communities to a wide range of programs and resources.

New City Kids offers after school programming for local low-income youth. Children and teens get a chance to explore music and academics in a creative and fun environment. Though there are many challenges of urban life, especially for youth, these programs give children a safe place to feel and hear that they are valued and loved. New City Kids aims to draw children into hope by developing in them skills, talents, and desires for their future. By surrounding them with a community of love and development, we strive to set youth on a path of transformation that will carry them forward for the rest of their lives.

The City of Hope Outreach exists to advocate for others by opening holistic centers in Central Arkansas's under-resourced areas. Here, we influence change through unique community engagement and philanthropic support. Imagine men, women, and children attending a place where they live and develop every aspect of the self. Imagine a place in which CoHO becomes the center of gravity for holistic renewal for the good of the community, our city, and county.

Children of Promise, NYC is a community-centered organization that partners with children and families impacted by mass incarceration to dismantle the stigma and heal from the trauma plaguing Black and Brown communities.