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CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities/Youth Leadership Program:  CAAAV is a multi-issue, intergenerational, membership based organization led by poor and low-income Asian immigrant communities in New York City addressing social and economic justice.  HSF provided a $25,000 grant to support CAAAV’s Youth Leadership Program (YLP), a youth-led project designed to strengthen the organizing and leadership capacity of young people by addressing the issues of public education, economic justice, and challenging racist law enforcement. 
Contact:  Jane Sung E. Bai, Executive Director, 2473 Valentine Ave., Bronx, NY 10458, (718) 220-7391
http://www.caaav.org
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Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment (CAFE)/Next Generation:  CAFE’s mission is to uplift low-wage, non-unionized workers and their families by building a multi-racial, democratic organization and collectively working for justice on the job and in their communities.  HSF provided a $30,000 grant in support of CAFE Youth: the Next Generation, which addresses racism in public schools, unfair employment practices by temporary employment agencies, and job discrimination. 
Contact: Carol Bishop, Executive Director, 1 Chick Springs Rd., Suite 114, Greenville, SC 29609, (864) 235-2926
http://www.cafesc.org
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Center for Community Change:  Founded in 1968, the Center for Community Change’s (CCC) mission is to build the power and capacity of low-income people, particularly people of color, to change the institutions and policies that affect their lives.  One of CCC’s ongoing goals is to cultivate a diverse generation of community organizing leaders among those who historically have lacked a voice in public policy, including immigrants, low-wage workers and, more recently youth and Native Americans.  HSF made a $45,000 grant to support CCC’s efforts to build the leadership and capacity of groups organizing in these underserved communities, with a particular interest in promoting CCC’s efforts to develop a national immigrant youth organizing agenda focused on college access for undocumented students.
Contact:  Lynn Kanter, Acting Development Director, 1536 U St., NW, Washington, DC 20009, (202) 339-9333
http://www.communitychange.org
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Tenants and Workers United (TWU):  The mission of the TWU is to empower low-income people of color in Northern Virginia to struggle against racism and sexism through education and direct action, to develop multi-national leadership and win campaigns for social and economic justice, and to democratically control community resources including housing, education and health care.  HSF provided a $45,000 grant to support TWU’s cross-generational organizing for educational and economic justice in Northern Virginia.
Contact:  Jon Liss, Executive Director, 3801 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22305, (703) 684-5697
http://www.twsc.org
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