Who We Back

Runs a community center that connects residents of the Starrett City and East New York area to career prep, benefits counseling, and wellness services, alongside community meals and food grown on-site in its Learning Garden.

Provides parenting programs and resources that help caregivers tap into their inherent potential to parent sensitively and nurture their children’s developing brains during the first 1,000 days of life, striving to reverse intergenerational trauma and adverse childhood experiences.

Supports families across Brownsville through affordable housing development and early childhood programming, using public data and insights from local residents and businesses to improve the overall quality of life in the neighborhood.

Combats income-based housing discrimination with tenant-led tech tools, direct advocacy, and data analysis that hold landlords accountable and promote the rights of low-income voucher holders.

Builds the collective power of migrants and other under-served residents through community leadership and organizing, including working with street vendors  — many of whom are immigrant women — to open and run a market in Sunset Park.

Provides free civil legal services and a citywide pro bono network, helping low-income older adults in Brooklyn plan for their medical and financial futures and navigate systems that often exclude them.

Provides immigrant women with holistic support and case management services, from safety planning to secure emergency housing and medical assistance, to ESL, Know Your Rights, financial literacy and  job training courses, and connection to vital resources for women without access to other social service agencies.