Member Organizations
In addition to providing needed services, Community Works member organizations challenge the conditions that have put individuals and families in need – economic inequality, discrimination, and injustice. Through education, organizing, and advocacy programs, Community Works’ organizations get people involved in creating real change in their communities.
2000/ Community Works!
Community Works is a portfolio of 33 local social justice organizations providing Massachusetts residents a unique opportunity to invest in long-term systemic change. Community Works members have joined forces to work for affordable housing, quality health care, environmental justice, civil rights, safe neighborhoods, economic equity, and youth leadership. Contributions to Community Works are divided evenly among our full member organizations. Associate Members* receive designated contributions.
www.communityworks.com
617-423-9555
2048 / ACCION USA*
Makes economic opportunity available to help low and moderate income micro-entrepreneurs, often minorities and women, build assets, provide for their families and strengthen their communities.
www.accionusa.org
2039 / Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE)
Builds a resident-led environmental justice movement in communities of color and low- income communities by employing policy, legal, and organizing strategies to create healthy environments.
www.ace-ej.org
2060/ American Civil Liberties Union Massachusetts (ACLU-MA)*
Mobilizes activists and students for advocacy, education and organizing campaigns to uphold the rights and protections that are hallmarks of our constitutional system.
www.aclum.org
2001 / Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW)
Utilizes arts, anti-racist education, leadership development, and community activism to support and develop Asian Pacific Islander American community and identity.
www.aarw.org
2036 / Association of Haitian Women of Boston / Asosiyasyon Fanm Ayisyen nand Boston (AFAB)
Organizes low-income Haitian women and their children to improve their social, economic and personal health, through affordable housing, domestic violence prevention, legal advocacy and education.
www.afab-kafanm.org
2003 / Boston Self Help Center (BSH)
Created by and for people with a disability or chronic illness, BSH improves access to services through peer-driven information sharing, counseling and advocacy training.
617-277-0080 voice/TTY
2047 / Boston Tenants Coalition (BTC) *
Mobilizes grassroots groups to protect the rights of tenants and increase the supply of affordable housing for poor, disabled and elderly individuals and families.
wwww.bostontenant.org
2004 / Boston Women’s Fund (BWF)
Sustains communities by providing grants and developing programs that strengthen grassroots initiatives and create a legacy of leadership for women and girls.
www.bostonwomensfund.org
2900 / Communities Without Borders*
Massachusetts volunteers build community to community relationships to provide education for AIDS orphans, primarily in Africa.
www.communitieswithoutborders.org
2010 / Concerned United Birthparents (CUB)
Works with birthparents, adoptees and adoptive parents to educate, advocate and promote reform of adoption policy and practice in the best interest of the child.
www.cubirthparents.org
2011 / Cooperative Artists Institute (CAI)
Applies arts as a catalyst, empowering people to overcome challenges created by family and community fragmentation, through communication, caring and understanding across cultures and generations.
www.tribal-rhythms.org
2014 / Emerge: Counseling and Education to Stop Domestic Violence
Pioneers innovative collaborations, trainings and abuser education programs to end intimate partner violence, promoting healthy, respectful relationships and improving institutional responses to domestic violence.
www.emergedv.com
2037 / Greater Four Corners Action Coalition
Spearheads efforts with low-income residents and people of color in this Dorchester neighborhood to increase job opportunities, improve transportation services and address crime and safety.
617-436-0289
2015 / Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) (Park Square Advocates, Inc.)
Uses proven, strategic leadership to end discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, gender identity and expression, through legal and legislative advocacy and education.
www.glad.org
2016 / Hawthorne Youth and Community Center (HYCC)
Prepares youth for academic, career, and personal success through diverse educational, cultural, recreational and vocational programming, and empowers Highland Park residents to address community issues.
617-427-0613
2043 / Health Care for All, Inc. (HCFA) *
Seeks to create a comprehensive, affordable and accessible consumer-centered health care system for everyone through legal, legislative and policy advocacy, education, referrals and community organizing.
www.hcfama.org
2017 / Jane Doe Inc., The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
Mobilizes a state-wide membership to improve understanding, change social norms, influence policy and practice and promote safety, liberty and dignity of survivors and their children.
www.janedoe.org
2052 / Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
A research organization focused on improving the lives of lower and middle income people, strengthening our state’s economy, and enhancing quality of life in Massachusetts.
www.massbudget.org
2042 / Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH)
The Massachusetts Coalition of School-Based Health Centers is the statewide organization leading the movement to put health services where kids are – in schools.
www.masscosh.org
2042 / MA Association for School-Based Health Care*
Engages youth and adults to change policy, build alliances to end dangerous working conditions and create safe, healthy jobs and promote environmental and economic justice.
2018 / Massachusetts Senior Action Council (MSAC)
Addresses seniors’ common concerns, including issues such as health care, safety, transportation and housing through the collective action of low and moderate income seniors.
www.masssenioraction.org
2020 / Mental Patients Liberation Front (MPLF)
Provides peer-run alternatives to traditional mental health services through projects at the Ruby Rogers Advocacy and Drop-In Center and the Homeless Empowerment Advisory Project.
617-625-9933
2048 Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts (N2N-MA)
Is an organization of low-income and working people organizing for economic justice, including access to living wage jobs, affordable housing, health care, and quality education.
www.n2nma.org
2005 / Our Bodies Ourselves (also known as Boston Women’s Health Book Collective)
Shares unique evidence-based information and expert advocacy to promote the improved health and well-being of women and their families, locally and around the world.
www.ourbodiesourselves.org
2021 / Paige Academy
Fosters academic excellence, individual worth and collective responsibility through an African-centered, culturally affirming and developmentally-based Arts, Sciences, Humanities, Technology program for children under twelve.
www.paigeacademy.org
2022 / Poor People’s United Fund (PPUF)
Offers vital support to poor, homeless, hungry and elderly people and emphasizes the moral and ethical dimensions of poverty.
www.ppuf.org
2024 / Renewal House (Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Churches, Inc.)
Provides safety and hope for victims of domestic violence by providing shelter, counseling and advocacy that fully address their physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
617-566-6881 (hotline) 617-277-4194 (office)
2045 / Survivors, Inc.*
Organizes and advocates for the rights of low-income women, challenging economic injustice and mobilizing for a decent standard of living for all people.
617-522-7774
2046 / Teen Voices/Women Express , Inc.
Changes the world for girls through media generated by a journalism leadership and mentoring program that produces an international magazine by and for teen girls.
www.TeenVoices.com
2041 / WATCH Community Development Corporation
Promotes and creates affordable housing, provides adult education and training, and develops low-income and immigrant leaders who influence local decision making in the Waltham area.
www.watchcdc.org
2033 / The Welcome Project
Partners with Somerville’s immigrant community at the Mystic Public Housing Development and surrounding neighborhoods to access services and be engaged in civic and community life.
www.welcomeproject.org
2050 /The Women’s Center, Inc.*
Space and support for activism, learning, developing new skills, advancing the voices of women, and healing from domestic violence, child sexual abuse and other trauma.
www.cambridgewomenscenter.org
2035 / Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD)
Empowers women of all races to become effective leaders in the labor movement through education and training for women in unions, workplaces and community organizations.
www.wildlabor.org
*Associate members receive designated contributions only.
