$30,000 /2012, 2013
Jackson Heights, NY
Javier Valdes, Co-Director
Website: www.maketheroad.org
Renewal grants of $30,000 in 2012 and 2013 will support Make the Road New York’s (MRNY) adult and youth organizing for education equity, youth organizing for immigration policy reform and for fair and just policing in New York City. Over the last three years, parents from MRNY’s Education Justice Project have participated in an extensive issue identification and campaign development process with allies in two adult collaboratives, the Annenberg Institute Community Involvement Program’s NYC Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ) and the New York Immigration Coalition’s (NYIC) Education Task Force, which is a coalition of education organizing groups who focus on issues impacting immigrant students. MRNY’s Youth Power Project is also a member of the Annenberg Community Involvement Program’s citywide Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC).