Edison Wetlands Association (EWA, Norman grantee 2008–2015) was established in 1989 to protect the public health and environment of New Jersey. In the early 2000s, New Jersey was the most contaminated state in the country, with 114 Superfund sites —…
Founded in 1991, Padres y Jovenes Unidos (PJU, Norman grantee 2002–2007) traces its roots to a group of immigrant parents who came together after a local elementary school forced their children to eat off the floor as a form of…
In 1963, a group of brave mothers — Black, white, Asian, Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish — traveled across Arkansas to speak in churches and civic groups about racial discrimination and the importance of school integration; in their first 18 months,…
The Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN, Norman grantee 1999–2004) was created in 1993 to organize low-income Asian immigrant and refugee communities in the San Francisco Bay Area who were facing some of the most hazardous environmental conditions in the country.…
Founded in 1995, Philadelphia Student Union (PSU, Norman grantee 2002–2009) organizes low-income high school students to fight for high-quality education in the Philadelphia school system and transform schools and communities. In the years that Norman funded PSU, Philadelphia’s school system…