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,…
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…