groups & organizations in the movement
One component of R2W is learning praxis (theory and action) from social justice organizations in the community. Looking for a way to plug into social justice movements? Here are some of our senseis:
CYWD is an organization led and run entirely by young women in San Francisco. CYWD organizes young women in street economies and in the juvenile justice system to move beyond survival to become leaders and advocates. Their guiding principle is that young women are the experts on issues impacting their lives and they should be involved in running and directing the programs that serve them. CYWD is one of the first non-profits in the United States that is led and run by young women under the age of 26.
CCDC is a housing and tenants' rights organization in San Francisco Chinatown. CCDC organizes and advocates for low-income immigrant tenants to create safe, high quality, affordable housing in the densely populated neighborhood. CCDC was instrumental in the redevelopment of the International Hotel (I-Hotel) and the securing of residences within the building for low-income tenants. CCDC community organizer Rev. Norman Fong leads R2W youth on a Chinatown Crawl during R2W each summer.
City of Refuge United Church of Christ
City of Refuge is a radically inclusive church located South of Market in San Francisco. Radical Inclusivity is the intentional inclusion of all persons; especially people who have traditionally lived at the margins of society, such as people suffering from substance abuse, people living with HIV/AIDS, same-gender loving people, the recently incarcerated, and sex industry workers. CIty of Refuge's spirited worship services (complete with a rocking gospel band) lift up the prophetic voices and messages of hope and liberation in a largely poor, working class, LGBTQ people of color congregation.
IDEPSCA is a Los Angeles organization by and for low-income Latina and Latino immigrants and day laborers concerned with solving problems in their own communities through Popular Education. IDEPSCA's programs include day laborer organzing, afterschool and youth programs, and ESL classes to address economic development, immigrant and human rights, and educational inequities.
Youth United for Community Action (YUCA)
YUCA is a grassroots youth-led, youth-run organization in East Palo Alto. East Palo Alto is a working class people of color community just across the highway from Palo Alto, home of Stanford University. YUCA is currently working on community health, environmental justice, and gentrification issues. They just celebrated a big victory in its 18-year campaign against the Romic Environmental Technologies Corporation, a company that had a toxic waste plant in East Palo Alto.
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