Grassroots Community Building

Trident Ploughshares - Trident Ploughshares is a part of the international nuclear disarmament movement. Trident Ploughshares activists have pledged to disarm the UK Trident nuclear weapons system in a non-violent, open, peaceful, safe and fully accountable manner. At this time over 200 Trident Ploughshares activists have signed a pledge to prevent nuclear crime.

Street Vendor Project - The Street Vendor Project is a membership-based project with more than 750 active vendor members who are working together to create a vendors' movement for permanent change. We reach out to vendors in the streets and storage garages and teach them about their legal rights and responsibilities. We hold meetings where we plan collective actions for getting our voices heard. We publish reports and file lawsuits to raise public awareness about vendors and the enormous contribution they make to our city. Finally, we help vendors grow their businesses by linking them with small business training and loans.

Turning the Tide - All over the world, people join together to challenge injustice, overcome oppression and make a more just and peaceful society. Turning the Tide promotes the understanding and use of nonviolence to help such groups become more effective. Active nonviolence is a way of confronting injustice - not doing nothing, not responding violently, but struggling creatively to transform the situation.

Washington Heights:

Northern Manhattan Improvement Coalition - Economic development in Washington Heights

Fresh Youth Initiatives - Service and leadership for local teens.

Alianza Dominicana - Grassroots community organization

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