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Program: Public Education Grants Year: 2009
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Program: Public Education Grants
For Year: 2009
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Los Angeles ACORN
3655 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 250
Los Angeles, California 90007
Peter Kuhns, Lead Organizer
213-747-4211
http://www.acorn.org/
Size: $35,000
2009
Public Education Grants
Los Angeles ACORN, a member of the national organizing network, was established in 1995 and today comprises 3,000 dues paying members in South Los Angeles. Since 2003, ACORN leaders and staff have been developing a relationship with the United Teachers of Los Angeles, working together to pass legislation mandating stricter regulation of factories and other polluters located near schools. In 2006 LA ACORN began its campaign for the establishment of a Peer Mentor Program for new teachers and has recently launched a campaign for a teacher retention program within Jefferson/Santee area schools. Hazen’s core grants of $35,000 in 2008 and 2009 will enable them to expand their campaigns and to build the capacity of parent leadership to improve the quality of education in their community’s schools.
CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
(212) 531-3011
20 West 104th Street, Basement
Priscilla Gonzalez, Collective Member
info@c4if.org
(212) 531-3011
www.C4IF.org
Size: $30,000
2009
Public Education Grants
Hazen’s renewed support of $30,000 in 2009 will allow C4IF to continue its campaign to desegregate District 3 schools, ensuring the implementation of equitable admission policies for non-catchment students, eventually eliminating catchment lines and Gifted and Talented programs and to hold the schools accountable for providing adequate language services.
CITIZENS FOR A BETTER GREENVILLE, INC
Southern Echo, Inc. for
662-332-4497
P.O. Box 5673
Greenville, Mississippi 38703
Joyce-Hall Parker, Director
662-332-4497
www.citizensforabettergreenville.org
Size: $35,000
2009
Public Education Grants
Citizens for a Better Greenville (CBG) was founded in 2001 and focuses on improving the quality of education for elementary and high school students in Greenville, MS. CBG has worked on issues including services for students with special needs, composition of the school board, parent/teacher relations and addressing zero tolerance policies as a member of the statewide Prevention of Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Coalition. Most recently, CBG developed a partnership with the Greenville Public School District and successfully advocated for direct parental involvement on six advisory groups including the selection process for appointing the interim superintendent. CBG also supported policy implementation for the rights of parents to have a control over a portion of federal dollars earmarked for parental involvement. Hazen’s one-year core grants of $35,000 in 2008 and 2009 supports CBG’s efforts to continue increasing parental involvement, partnering with the Mississippi Department of Education to develop drop-out prevention plans and to work with statewide coalitions, such as the Prevention of Schoolhouse to Jailhouse, Dismantling the Achievement Gap, and Mississippi Education Working Group.
