Alabama

Alabama Silent Witness Initiative
ASWI works towards the elimination of domestic violence and bringing further awareness to collateral crimes against persons. More specifically crime in underserved black and minorities communities which continue to represent the most affected class of people of criminal behavior and victimization.

Birmingham

Birmingham Urban League, Inc
The Birmingham Urban League Youth Services program is designed to address the academic social and economic issues facing youth, particularly African Americans and other youth of color.

Black Boys Can
The National Black Boys Can Association, a community led organization, has risen up in direct response to this challenge. It is a proactive, action-oriented organization that aims to provide black boys with educational opportunity, valuable life skills, and the self-esteem, confidence and determination to succeed. All these qualities are essential if they are to overcome disadvantage and make the most of their formative and adult years.

Mayor’s Office Division of Youth Services
DYS has been serving youth in the City of Birmingham for over 15 years. In 1992, a Youth Advisory Commission was formed to address teen pregnancy, education and illiteracy, youth gang violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and unemployment problems affecting Birmingham’s youth. From this Commission, the City of Birmingham’s Division of Youth Services (DYS) was created. The Division’s role was to develop an approach to address these and other issues directly impacting our city’s youth population.

Stand Up For Kids
The mission of STANDUP FOR KIDS is to help homeless and street kids. We do this, every day, in cities across America. We carry out our mission through our volunteers who go to the streets in order to find, stabilize and otherwise help homeless and street kids improve their lives.

The Gifted Urban Youth Project
The G.U.Y Project is a personal development program for the community. We specialize in one to one and group personal mentoring, and personal development workshops.

Voice for Alabama’s Children
The organization’s goal is to ensure that all Alabama children have the best chance to succeed in life. VOICES focuses on the issues that matter most to children and families: health, safety, education, and economic security.

Selma

Blackbelt Community Foundation
The Black Belt Community Foundation works to leverage many region-wide improvement efforts toward a common goal of transforming the Black Belt. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about how we work with community organizations, donors, and volunteers to forge a collective stream of giving from the community and other sources so we can enhance our continuing efforts to lift ourselves by “taking what we have to make what we need.”

Trussville

Just Like You Project
Our organization works with the most high-risk of these children to redirect their path toward a positive and productive way of life. We accomplish this in our school-based workshops that teach them critical things like Social skills, self esteem, peaceful problem solving and assertiveness – The things they aren’t taught at home. The workshop environment is always open, honest, accepting and free of judgment for all participants. This allows each child to receive the utmost in benefit from each workshop they attend.