Our Impact

The ever-growing list of wins from our Affiliate Organizations

Formed CG Healthcare Coop

insuring over

60,000

People IN
wisconsin
Built and launched the
Forward Scholars
tutoring program with

over 220

volunteer tutors working 1-on-1 with Milwaukee grade school students
rebuilding neighborhoods:

WON

$33.8 Million

from banks to repair the damage of predatory lending in Milwaukee
improve educational outcomes
for cleveland’s children by leveraging

$90M

For Public

School

increased annual state budget from
$92M to over $110M
for public housing
Advocating for incarcerated individuals To get state issues Id one month prior to release
Supported passage of zoning reforms in three mass municipalities: arlington lexington and brookline
employed hundreds of young adults through a green jobs program in howard county, md
won quality after-school programming for elementary schools in low-income neighborhoods
has collectively trained over 30,000 leaders in community organizing and building power
created the office of the public defender in prince williams county also helped return

625,000

driving
Privileges
to those whose licenses were suspended merely due to court debt
working to get detained kids out of adult courts and prisons and into programs proven to give kids second chance
helped low-income
households
switch from fossil-fueled heat and appliances to cleaner electric
Working with tenants on a multi-year campaign for

Public housing

reform

in milwaukee

New places to exercise and play: partnered with neighbors and Milwaukee school district on a

$2.3 Million

turf field and track

WON A

$6M/YEAR

campaign that provides free driver’s ed for low-income students across the state of wisconsin

Rehabbed and sold

91

foreclosed
properties
work with ohio republication governor to expand medicaid
covering over

70,000

people

Championed legislation to enable $2 Billion commitment in bonding to restore state owned public housing across massachusetts
Advocating for a multimillion dollar increase in funding in housing support for citizens returning from prison
created battle for democracy (BFD) to increase voter participation in communities with low voter turnout in every election
together we organize 291 institutions and over a half million people
won $10M from cuyahoga county from the first mental health & Addiction crisis diversion center in ohio
built the successful turnaround thursday movement from $1.3M County funds which connects returning citizens with skills and employment
won $1.2B for affordable housing from for montgomery county, maryland
in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, won ~$300M from 3 big banks for foreclosure prevention, restoration, and reinvestment into affordable housing
secured $106M of investment in black home ownership

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