Issues
Civic Engagement
Tubman organizers work with communities on voter registration drives and candidate forums.
Employment Access
Ban the Box
In 2010 Detroit Action Commonwealth ran a successful campaign to remove the check box on employment applications in the City of Detroit requiring applicants to declare any previous felony convictions. In the Fall of 2010, City Council voted in favor of removing the box from employment applications.
Youth Employment
In 2010 Youth Voice worked with City of Detroit officials to secure 50 summer jobs for high school students in Southwest Detroit.
International Solidarity
HTC believes that our interns and organizers must be in solidarity with organizers around the world. Our particular focus is on grassroots movements in Honduras, where people’s organizations are confronting poverty, land use abuses, repression, coups and corruption.
Quality Affordable Housing
Tubman organizers work with communities in Section 8 HUD multi-family housing to ensure they have quality affordable housing and services.
Quality Schools
Harriet Tubman organizers work with Coming Together for a Better Detroit, a coalition of youth, parents, educators, faith leaders, and community agencies, to present public officials with solutions to issues related to education and educational institutions in urban areas.
Currently, the coalition is focusing on the following issues related to Quality Schools: early teacher assignment, college readiness tracker, new school design, charter management selection, increased bilingual access.
Safe and Clean Neighborhoods
Tubman Organizers work with communities to keep their neighborhoods safe and clean. Past and current activities include: removal of stray dogs, clean-up of illegal dump sites, boarding up or demolishment of open and dangerous buildings, and organizing neighborhood clean-ups.
Youth Violence Reduction
Since August 2010 YOUTH VOICE have been campaigning to get Ceasefire, a successful youth violence reduction model, implemented in the City of Detroit.
Youth Violence in Detroit: The Facts
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