POWER makes concrete impacts in the lives of poor and working-class families via its issue-based organizing in the areas of affordable housing, improving public education and coalition organizing (including saving the State and Federal safety net and work on immigration issues). POWER leaders understand that by organizing, building relationships and fighting for neighborhood and citywide agendas, they can not only win concrete improvements for their families and neighborhoods but also, more importantly, build a base of organized people. It is this base of organized people that gives our community power.  This transforms the way local leaders see themselves in relation to others, helping them become powerful and important voices in shaping public policy and effecting community change.

View Our Current Campaigns:

• Education
• Affordable Housing
• Boaters’ Rights
• Political Action

Coalition Building

POWER’s local organizing campaigns clearly foster social transformation but the impact of our work is greatly expanded by our strong collaborations with local and national organizations. These relationships have given POWER leaders a stronger voice and more significant impact at the state and federal levels. Our key collaborations include:

• National Campaign for Jobs & Income Support
• Center for Community Change
• Los Angeles ACORN
• Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
• Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
• National People’s Action
• L.A. Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness
• Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing (SCANPH)
• United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
• Coalition L.A.
• National Training and Information Center
• Mercy Housing California
• Movement of Organizations to Reform Education in Los Angeles (MORE-L.A.)