Who We Back

Equips Brooklyn residents with policy and community education programs, leadership training, and financial services to tackle housing, economic, and environmental injustices across Flatbush, East New York, Brownsville, and beyond.

Strengthens family relationships and promotes parent-child bonding through volunteer days, youth leadership programming, adult ESL classes, social service assistance, and a wide range of culturally competent programs.

Connects immigrants in Sunset Park to a range of services including health screenings and English classes, providing a welcoming community resource hub.

Provides pro-bono translation services for displaced people  to support them building a strong legal case for asylum, bridging gaps between social services agencies and refugees while creating employment opportunities by also hiring refugees as interpreters.

Runs weekly “Know Your Rights” clinics for immigrants, offering legal information, peer support, and attorney access to help Brooklynites navigate the immigration system.

This grant was made in partnership with CitizensNYC.

Conducts grassroots labor organizing to support the rights of street vendors—NYC’s smallest small businesses—using public education, business and leadership development, legislative advocacy, and direct legal support to expand vending as a viable, lawful employment option for immigrants and other entrepreneurs

Fosters a supportive, compassionate alternative for canners — people who collect empty beverage containers to then redeem for five cents each — to access redemption services that create pathways for their financial, social, and environmental empowerment.

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 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.

Organizes low-wage and immigrant workers across industries including construction, cleaning, food and app delivery services, tobacco processing, and more to advocate for fair wages and safe working conditions through education, leadership development, grassroots outreach, and legislative advocacy that builds a strong labor movement.