Working Families
Towards Justice
Often, the law is stacked against those seeking to combat injustice. Towards Justice is a nonprofit law firm that represents workers in litigation and other advocacy to build worker power and advance economic justice in Colorado and across the country. Towards Justice envisions a country where every worker is compensated fairly, is free from discrimination, goes to work in a safe workplace, is paid on-time, and has the power and voice to effectively demand those basic rights.
Local First Education Foundation
Local First Education Foundation helps develop stronger economies grounded in local business ownership and advocates for sustainable, resilient economic systems.
Maryland Family Network
Maryland Family Network was formed in 2009 to make sure that all young children and their families have the resources to learn and succeed. The organization helps parents locate quality early learning environments, offers state-of-the-art training mentoring, coaching, and other supports to Maryland’s dedicated childcare workforce; and ensures the interests of young children and their families are priorities with lawmakers in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Overwhelming research proves that investments in early childhood education greatly benefit a child’s future and our communities as a whole.
Maine Children’s Alliance
MCA’s vision is that all Maine children are safe, healthy, nurtured by family and community, and have the opportunity to learn and grow to reach their full potential.
Center for Innovation in Worker Organization/Rutgers University
The Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) was created in 2014 to support worker and community organizations and serve as a space where labor and community connect; where new research, ideas, and strategies are shared and scrutinized; and where leaders and staff at all levels can refine their skills and develop new ones
Maryland PIRG
Maryland PIRG Foundation works to find common ground around common sense solutions to problems that affect the public’s health, safety and well-being. Maryland PIRG Foundation has advocated for changes that have resulted in more recycling and less waste, healthier and safer choices in the marketplace, and greater accountability in government and will continue to work on making a difference to put us on a path to a better future.
Southwest Women’s Law Center
The Southwest Women’s Law Center provides opportunities and education for women and girls to gain access to their full economic and personal potential. This includes working on issues that impact women and girls around reproductive rights, pay equity, paid family and medical leave, pregnant worker discrimination, gender discrimination, and a range of other issues that help create greater opportunity for women and girls
Maine CAHC
Consumers for Affordable Health Care (CAHC) is a Maine-based nonprofit dedicated to improving access to affordable, quality, and equitable health care for all people living in Maine. CAHC serves as Maine’s Consumer Assistance Program and helps consumers tackle issues in health coverage, develops policy initiatives to improve access to care, and strives to improve health equity in Maine.
