Our Community Partners 2023-24

We are elated to introduce our community partners for 2023-2024! Click to view more detailed descriptions.

Partner	CEI	CEP	PennCORP	Service Targets/Causes
Asian Americans United	✅			Asian American, social justice, youth, culture
Children First			✅	children, equity, education, healthcare, policy advocacy
HIAS Pennsylvania	✅			Jewish, refugees, immigrants, inclusion
Juntos	✅		✅	Latinx, immigrants, education, empowerment
Moder Patshala	✅	✅	✅	Bangladeshi-American, children, education
Palms Solutions	✅	✅	✅	African, multicultural diaspora, education, housing, health
Paul Robeson House			✅	cultural preservation, history, community
Philadelphia Legal Assistance	✅			legal aid, justice
Urban Tree Connection	✅	✅	✅	food justice, education, community, sustainability
VietLead	✅			Vietnamese, health, empowerment, culture
Why Not Prosper	✅	✅	✅	incarcerated women, empowerment, employment
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project			✅	children, criminal justice, advocacy

Asian Americans United

Founded in 1985, Asian Americans United (AAU) exists so that people of Asian ancestry in Philadelphia exercise leadership to build their communities and unite to challenge oppression.

Children First

Children First PA works to improve the lives of our region’s children by developing initiatives and advocating for quality health care, child care, public education and family stability. Children First improves the lives and life chances of our region’s low-income, Black, and Hispanic children by advocating for the building blocks of opportunity — equitable access to high-quality early education, sound health care, effective public schools, as well as dependency and delinquency systems that heal children. They work with and organize parents, youth. and concerned citizens to advance these fundamental requirements of a more just society and a better future.

HIAS Pennsylvania

HIAS Pennsylvania supports low-income immigrants of all backgrounds as they build new lives in our community. Through immigration legal services and an array of social services, they work to address their needs, defend their rights, and advocate for their equitable inclusion in American society.

Juntos

Juntos is a community-led, Latinx immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. They believe that every human being has the right to a quality education and the freedom to live with dignity regardless of immigration status.

Juntos combines leadership development, community organizing, and focused collaborations with other community-based and advocacy organizations to build the power of their community members so they may be active agents of change and work against their own oppression.

Moder Patshala

Moder Patshala was founded in 2004 to provide proper education to Bangladeshi – American and other immigrant students and their families. We believe that a balanced education empowers, supports, and strengthens the community in our fulfillment of dreams in America.

Current initiatives include:
After School Program (Homework Assistance)
English as a second Language for Children
English as a second Language for Adults
Computer Literacy
College Admission Preparation
Parental Counseling and Guidance
Cultural Enrichment

Palms Solutions

Palms Solutions aims to transform the lives of the African immigrants and their host city in Greater Philadelphia.

Paul Robeson House

The Paul Robeson House was the home of internationally renowned American bass-baritone concert singer, actor of film and stage, All-American and professional athlete, writer, multi-lingual orator, human rights activist, and lawyer Paul Robeson from 1966 until 1976.

Located in West Philadelphia, the Robeson House produces, presents and promotes traveling lectures, concerts and exhibits so that learning about Robeson is accessible to all ages and cultures.

Philadelphia Legal Assistance

The Philadelphia Legal Assistance Family Law Unit provides assistance in matters pertaining to child custody, child and spousal support and protection from abuse.

Urban Tree Connection

Urban Tree Connection assists historically marginalized urban communities to revitalize their neighborhoods by transforming abandoned open spaces into safe and functional places that inspire and promote positive human interaction.

VietLead

VietLead is a Vietnamese community-based organization that focuses on intergenerational building through leadership development, community engagement, culture & arts, and health promotion work.

Why Not Prosper

Why Not Prosper is a grassroots nonprofit founded by a formerly incarcerated woman for other formerly incarcerated women. They are strong advocates for women and are committed to providing programs and services that support women in their re-entry efforts from prison to community.

Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project

The Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) uses direct service and policy advocacy to transform the experiences of children prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system, and to ensure fair and thoughtful resentencing and reentry for individuals who were sentenced to life without parole as children (“Juvenile Lifers”).

They partner with court-involved youth and Juvenile Lifers, their families, and lawyers to develop holistic, humanizing narratives that mitigate the facts of each case; get cases transferred to the juvenile system or resentenced; and make crucial connections to community resources
providing education, healthcare, housing, and employment. They also provide trainings on mitigation, and recruit, train and supervise students and other volunteers to assist in this work.

Their ultimate goals are to keep children out of adult jails and prisons and to enhance the quality of representation Juvenile Lifers receive at resentencing, and as they prepare to reenter the community.