$30,000 / 2010, 2011
3025 W. 37th Avenue, Suite 206
Denver, Colorado 80211
Pam Martinez, Co-Director
Website: www.padresunidos.org
Padres y Jóvenes Unidos (PJU) is a leader in the fight for the rights of immigrants, regardless of immigration status, and has made sure that educational equity is a central element of this struggle. The organization helped to organize the first US Social Forum in 2007 and, in 2008, provided strategic leadership that helped to create the Alliance for Educational Justice (AEJ). Over the coming year, JU will focus on educational equity, with particular attention to the rights and educational needs of immigrants and English learners. It will continue to work on multiple levels (schools, districts, and state-wide) and in multiple ways (direct action, trainings, popular education) and will present increasing numbers of students with multiple opportunities to develop and exercise their leadership. Hazen’s $30,000 core grants in 2010 and 2011 will enable JU to continue to build youth leadership and power in Denver.