Who We Back

Works to end mass incarceration and promote social justice by championing a grassroots campaign that proposes legislation for the release of aging people in prison and those serving long sentences.

Provides justice-involved adults with community-based residential and outpatient programs that utilize a therapeutic community model to help them prepare to re-enter their communities and lead healthy, positive lifestyles.

Equips New York City public school students with the tools to organize their communities and amplify their voices in order to reimagine an equitable, anti-racist future for themselves and their communities.

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 power among low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness through community organizing, leadership development, policy advocacy, direct services, and research.

Gives low-wage immigrant workers the tools to be advocates in their workplaces and build strong and economically sustainable communities through education, organizing, leadership development, and grassroots alternatives.

Connects foster youth with permanent families via family finding, parent training, youth trauma therapy, and more to ensure that they have safe and secure support systems that allow them to thrive.

Addresses the obstacles young people, especially youth of color, face in becoming informed, engaged voters and civic leaders so that they can channel their collective power and mobilize change.

Supports women and girls, champions gender equity, and strives to eliminate racism through housing support, leadership development, immigration services, advocacy and policy, and community engagement.