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Advocates for Children of New York (AFC)'s mission is to ensure a high-quality education for New York students who face barriers to academic success, focusing on students from low-income backgrounds. AFC achieves this through four integrated strategies: free advice and legal representation for families of students; free trainings and workshops for parents, communities, and educators and other professionals, to equip them to advocate on behalf of students; policy advocacy to effect change in the education system and improve education outcomes; and impact litigation to protect the right to quality education and compel needed reform.

Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, through direct service and advocacy. In partnership with schools and at Girls Inc. centers, we focus on the development of the whole girl. She learns to value herself, take risks, and discover and develop her inherent strengths. The combination of long-lasting mentoring relationships, a pro-girl environment, and research-based programming equips girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers, and grow up healthy, educated, and independent. Informed by girls and their families, we also advocate for legislation and policies to increase opportunities and rights for all girls.

The Young Adult Role Model Academy Inc. is a national organization that has been created to equip young adults with all the tools and skills necessary to become successful leaders in all areas of life. It is a program that meets once a week, where young adults will learn how to become physically, mentally, and emotionally fit. Upon completion graduates of the program will not only receive numerous awards but most importantly these young adults will receive the instillment of values, skills and habits of a successful and honorable human being.

To prepare youth with a strong foundation through an individually tailored and holistic approach in the four pillars of life; mental, physical, emotional and spiritual that will enable them to reach their highest potential and rise above their circumstances.Heritage Group Homes was founded on the principle that every child deserves the opportunity to deliver their unique gifts to the world and live a happy, healthy and productive life. Our vision is to stop the cycle of abuse, one child at a time, through effective treatment services, loving support and faith in the human spirit to heal itself.

Our goal is to inspire intelligent use of the earth's natural resources and empower individuals to become leaders in biosphere stewardship. The problem - The health of our biosphere – our life support system – is decreasing due to climate change and the needs associated with a growing human population. Our efforts are strategic - We address this global challenge by working locally with island peoples whose livelihood is most affected by sweeping ecological changes. Our projects are collaborative - We learn from individuals about their environment while empowering them to become active advocates, practitioners, and leaders in their communities.

Empowering Children and Families was born out of experience working with children and families whose needs weren’t being met. A dedicated and compassionate group of people decided to join forces and build an organization to help kids and families. It was and is the right thing to do. Our mission is to help children and families construct and sustain a healthy foundation for the future. We do this by taking the time to establish trust and build a collaborative relationship. Many parents are too afraid to ask for help and if they do, they cycle through program after program with little to no progress. ECF makes a difference with families by providing a comprehensive “roadmap” unique to each family’s strengths and challenges that is culturally responsive.

Friends of Cantera envisions supporting the mission of CANTERA by promoting the integral development of all people through the methodology of popular education, by cultivating a Solidarity Network that encourages people to share their talents, time and treasure, and by strengthening financial stability through fundraising, grant writing and endowment funds. CANTERA is a Nicaraguan, humanitarian, not-for-profit NGO that was founded in 1988. Its mission is, "to contribute to the construction of a new society where women and men live as protagonists of their own development and destiny. We collaborate to build a more unified society, one that is more human, more equitable and sustainable, one that is enriched by our very diversity. ”

End of Life Washington upholds your right to the full range of end-of-life choices, including Death with Dignity, through advocacy, education, and support. If you or someone you know needs information and support related to end-of-life options, End of Life Washington can help. We can offer support for: - Talking to your loved ones about dying. - Making decisions about what you want at the end of life. - Talking to your physician about hospice, palliative care, and pain management. - Finding hospice providers. - Understanding all options to achieve a peaceful death including Washington’s Death with Dignity Act and Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED).

Founded more than a century ago to serve the Jewish people, 92nd Street Y promotes individual and family development and participation in civic life within the context of Jewish values and American pluralism. As a nonprofit community and cultural center, the YM-YWHA seeks to create, provide and disseminate programs of distinction that foster the physical and mental health of human beings throughout their lives, their educational and spiritual growth and their enjoyment. 92nd Street Y reaches out beyond its core constituency of American Jews to serve people of diverse racial, religious, ethnic and economic backgrounds, seeking partnerships that leaven our programs and broaden our influence.

We believe in the work of love. Through faithful, consistent efforts, we know each life we touch will yield a MAVUNO (harvest) of hope. Our mission is to spark a movement that is passionate about missions, education and by extending love and support to our local community. We do this by hosting mission's trips to help impoverished communities around the world. We organize and host empowerment seminars, conferences and workshops for women; and by offering educational forums to raise awareness about human sex trafficking here in Miami-Dade County & internationally. We believe, by being a voice for the voiceless we will lead people to FREEDOM.

YEAH! YOGA is a youth development organization sharing the tools of yoga and mindfulness with youth involved with or impacted by the criminal legal system in the Greater New Orleans area. We nurture youth's physical and mental health, social emotional development, healing, and resilience to empower young leaders and help reduce carceral system involvement. We envision a world in which oppressive systems are dismantled, where trauma, poverty, and Blackness are not criminalized, and in which all youth are empowered with resources and opportunities to realize their human potential regardless of their social location. We envision youth that are empowered and self-actualized, that believe in their capacity to achieve their dreams and are supported in doing so.

We envision a world in which all Chicago youth are life champions. Our mission is to empower Chicago youth through wrestling, giving them the opportunity to develop to their full human potential. Our objectives include: providing City-wide access to quality youth wrestling programs; cultivating youth development in under-served communities; emphasizing wrestling’s values of accountability, excellence, integrity, gratitude and grit; developing the student athlete through positive coaching and mentoring; and growing the Chicago wrestling community’s support for our youth. By 2020-21, we will be positively influencing the life trajectory of over 2,000 urban youth, predominantly from Chicago’s most at-risk neighborhoods.