Study Sites
The organizations in the study were selected because of their long-term commitment to education organizing, their consistent activity across the past half-decade, and the visibility they have achieved within their districts for their school reform organizing.
These sites are:
- Austin Interfaith (Austin, TX)
- Chicago ACORN (Chicago, IL)
Note: The work described in this study was carried out by Chicago ACORN until January 2008, when the director, staff, and board left ACORN to start a new group called Action Now, which is continuing the education and other organizing campaigns it initiated while affiliated with ACORN. - Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment and its youth component, South Central Youth Empowered thru Action (Los Angeles, CA)
- Eastern Pennsylvania Organizing Project and its youth affiliate, Youth United for Change (Philadelphia, PA)
- Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (Milwaukee, WI)
- Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition and its youth affiliate, Sistas and Brothas United (Bronx, NY)
- Oakland Community Organizations (Oakland, CA)
- People Acting for Community Together (Miami, FL)
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has funded the education organizing work of these eight organizations across the time frame of our study.