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We empower survivors of domestic violence and their children to believe in themselves and build new lives filled with dignity, respect, safety, and hope. Empowerhouse gives victims the time, space, and tools to heal their hearts, renew their spirits, restore their connections, and rebuild their lives. We break the cycle of domestic violence through shelter, housing, support, education, prevention, and intervention.Empowerhouse serves the Counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford and the City of Fredericksburg in Virginia.

At Nivas we believe that a healthy, safe home environment is crucial to moving families beyond poverty. Focusing our efforts in rural Nepal, we assist extremely vulnerable families to build new homes or amend their current homes; creating safe, healthy and resilient places to raise their children. By empowering families to have a safe home situation, they are able to go about the business of making life wonderful, engaging in opportunity, and expanding horizons.

Elder Law and Disability Rights (ELDR) Center believes that low-income seniors and people with disabilities are among the fastest growing vulnerable populations falling into a gap in our justice system. We have an obligation to ensure they can live with dignity and independently make end of life plans despite their income. ELDR Center is committed to filling the justice gap by providing free and low-cost legal services and education to seniors and people with disabilities.

YWCA Evanston/North Shore is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. We are a social justice organization that works in the areas of: racial justice and civil rights women's empowerment and economic advancement health and safety of women and girls we do this through: direct service education, training and outreach advocacy We empower thousands of individuals to transform their lives and make our communities more just and equitable for all its members. We invite you to stand with ywca evanston/north shore in our mission and our work.

Colorado Name Change Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of transgender and non-binary Coloradans by assisting them with their legal name change and gender marker corrections. Through workshops across the state, pro bono legal assistance, financial assistance, nonpartisan advocacy, and innovative technology implementation, we seek to make a being who you truly are easier to accomplish. Our goal is to increase access to resources, provide accurate information, reduce the bureaucracy, streamline the process, and reduce financial barriers for transgender Coloradans seeking to have their legal identity match their true identity.

Based in Chicago’s Woodlawn community, The Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices (the Center), is a trauma recovery center, founded on the belief that no one's legacy should ever be defined by their worst mistake. Our mission is to eradicate the individual behaviors we believe to be at the core of gun-violence by offering trauma-centered recovery services to women, children and formerly incarcerated men ages 16-25, who have experienced the effects of violent crime as either a victim or an offender.

Most people believe slavery ended with the civil war. Not true. 45.8 million people are enslaved today, more than at any time in human history. These are real slaves by the harshest definitions, people who are forced to work under threat of violence, without pay and unable to escape. More than half of them are women and children. These slaves are trapped in brothels, factories, mines, farm fields, and restaurants. That’s the bad news. The good news is there’s a solution, and we’re a part of it.

YWCA Spokane is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. YWCA Spokane is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. We believe in a community where all women and children have a safe place to live. A place where women have the opportunity to earn a livable wage and families can live free from violence, in peace, and with dignity.

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. We defend the rights of blind people of all ages and provide information and support to families with blind children, older Americans who are losing vision, and more. Founded in 1940, the NFB is the transformative membership and advocacy organization of blind Americans with affiliates, chapters, and divisions in the fifty states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. Together, with love, hope, and determination, we transform dreams into reality.

To empower individuals to lead fulfilling, self-determined lives by providing the needed supports to make informed choices, build relationships, experience respect, and make contributions as fully participating citizens. The HIVE uses a different model and different way of thinking than most of us are used to, and we like it that way! We are a learning and community-connecting club for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities and autism spectrum. Unlike an adult daycare, you can use Community Living Support hours at the HIVE to work on individual goals in a safe, fun, interactive environment that is conducive to learning and values your unique gifts and abilities.

Feed Hope empowers the joyful children of Malawi out of extreme poverty. Our projects focus on four key areas: Clean water, Nutrition, Health and Education. We believe a holistic, community-based approach is the best way to effect sustainable change. Rather than focusing on a single issue like water or education, we tackle multiple issues to bring broad-based transformation; one village at a time. Some see poverty. We see possibility.

Friends of African Village Libraries is committed to long-term management of and support for small community libraries in rural Africa. Our goal is to establish long-term relationships with community libraries, rather than provide an initial donation and move on to another village. We believe that every child and adult should have the opportunity to pick up a book and read, so we are dedicated to increasing access to reading material and other information in rural villages in sub-Saharan Africa.