Community Relations Unit
Community Relations programs work to eliminate poverty,
exclusion, and denial of rights in the United States and on the
Mexico-U.S. border.
Links to CRU Resources
CRU Mission and Vision
Current Programs:
- Criminal Justice &
Anti–Death Penalty
The Criminal Justice and Anti–Death Penalty Program
challenges both the morality and the effectiveness of the "tough
on crime" mentality. The program works to reduce and eventually
eliminate the tendency to throw people in jail as a "solution"
to the problems of crime and violence.
- Economic Justice
The Economic Justice Program supports economic rights for
people at the bottom of the economic ladder, focusing on community-based
economic development and programs addressing welfare rights,
housing/homelessness, and other economic justice issues.
- Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The Immigrant and Refugee Rights Program works to defend the
human rights of immigrants by supporting immigrant-led organizations,
advocating for constructive policy change, and increasing public
understanding of the challenges faced by immigrant communities.
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
Rights & Recognition
The LGBT Program supports faith-based organizing for LGBT
rights and recognition; education and networking on the impact
of criminalization on LGBT people, especially youth and people
of color; and lifting up the voice of LGBT communities in movements
for peace and demilitar-ization.
- Mexico-U.S. Border
The Mexico-U.S. Border Program works to change private and
public policies affecting communities along the Mexico-U.S.
border, through public education, policy impact efforts, and
support to our grassroots partner organization, the Comité
Fronterizo de Obrer@s (Border Workers Committee).
- Native American/Native
Peoples
The Native American/Native Peoples program works to increase the visibility and viability of Native American communities through the defense and affirmation of Indian rights. We are refining the focus for our national program.
Find out about our current work in Native American communities around the US.
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