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…
Founded in 2002 by young workers in low-wage jobs, Young Workers United (YWU, Norman grantee 2003–2011) set out to organize the workers juggling school and jobs in the service and retail sectors, who were not reached by unions nor youth…
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…