Brooklyn Org is proud to fund impactful work across our communities
Provides Mexican and Latin American immigrants with a wide range of services spanning migrant rights, economic justice, mental health, and health and wellness, and encourages community organizing and civic engagement to help immigrants establish sustainable themselves socially and economically.
Connects Ecuadorian and Latino immigrants to healthcare, housing, legal, and education resources while offering newcomer support, older adult engagement programs, and cultural workshops that strengthen community connection.
Builds community power through arts and culture by organizing artists, businesses, and neighborhood leaders into neighborhood-based cultural councils, delivering multilingual programming, festivals, and peer learning exchanges that support local artists and nurture creative and cultural ecosystems at a neighborhood level.
Mobilizes volunteers and faith communities to support immigrants facing detention and deportation through court accompaniment, legal clinics, rapid response to ICE activity, and community organizing.
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.
Builds collective power for immigrant communities by coordinating a statewide network of over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups advancing campaigns for access to representation, expanded healthcare coverage, and lasting protections for Brooklyn residents facing rising enforcement and instability.
Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting rights.
Creates spaces in Sunset Park where immigrant families connect through cultural programming, youth tutoring, and workshops that strengthen parent engagement and community connection.
This grant is part of the Neighborhood Collective Impact Project, which provides funding for local nonprofit collaborations addressing concerns raised through Brooklyn Org’s annual Listening Tours and 2025 People’s Pulse survey.
Nonprofit Partners: The Center for Anti-Violence Education and Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project
Neighborhood: East Flatbush; Flatbush; Prospect Lefferts Gardens
The Anti-Violence Workshops for Youth and Families is a public programming initiative led by the Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) and the Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project. The initiative provides Haitian youth and their families with workshops and tools focused on safety and violence prevention. Programming includes Empowerment Self-Defense workshops, safety trainings, and violence intervention and prevention sessions, as well as a year-long Peer Educators program that offers opportunities for connection, skill-building, advocacy, healing, access to mental health resources, and professional development.
Offers therapy groups, legal assistance, English classes, case management, and multilingual peer support alongside community events like Brighton Beach Pride to help LGBTQ+ immigrants and refugees in South Brooklyn navigate services, reduce isolation, and build visibility.
Connects immigrants in Sunset Park to a range of services including health screenings and English classes, providing a welcoming community resource hub.