Who Do We Work With?
Empower DC: The District of Columbia Grassroots Empowerment Project’s mission is to enhance and improve the self-advocacy of low income and working people in the District of Columbia in order to bring about sustained self improvement in their quality of life. Take action for affordable housing, child care and government accountability with Empower DC.
One DC: ONE DC (formerly Manna CDC) was founded in 1997 in the midst of this neighborhood change. From early on, ONE DC’s approach to community development addressed structural causes of poverty and injustice, an orientation that stemmed from deep analysis of race, power, and the economic, political, and social forces at work in Shaw and the District. As a result, ONE DC’s community development work centers on popular education, community organizing, and alternative economic development projects.
WEAVE: Women Empowered Against Violence works closely with adult and teen survivors of relationship violence and abuse, providing an innovative range of legal, counseling, economic and educational services that leads survivors to utilize their inner and community resources, achieve safety for themselves and their children and live empowered lives.
API Domestic Violence Resource Project: Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project (DVRP) is a local non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that is committed to ending domestic violence in the Asian/Pacific Islander communities. Through direct assistance, community engagement and training of service providers, DVRP strives to address and prevent domestic violence in a manner that supports survivors of domestic violence and promotes cultural competency to meet the diverse needs of our communities.
Latino Economic Development Corporation: LEDC is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1991. LEDC’s mission is to improve the wealth-building capacity of low- and moderate-income Latinos and other under served communities in the Washington area They achieve this mission by pursuing four objectives, which are to: Increase the number and strength of small businesses; Increase home ownership; Preserve affordable housing and prevent tenant displacement; and Strategically target all of LEDC’s services to revitalize the economies and appearance of the neighborhoods where our target population lives and works.
