Program areas at Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth
Youth Making a Change YMAC and Children Making a Change CMAC: Focused on building the leadership of our children and youth, especially those in middle and high school. The programs were focused on building skills and political education of youth, expanding the support services for youth, advocacy, and support to improve and expand SFUSD student engagement and policy advocacy. The advocacy included eliminating the criminalization of students, equity funding and policies, closing the opportunity gap, and dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
Parents Making a Change PMAC: Focused on building the leadership of parents. The program was focused on building skills and political education of parents, advocacy, and support to improve and expand SFUSD family engagement and policy advocacy. The advocacy included eliminating the criminalization of students, equity funding and policies, closing the opportunity gap, and dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
Fiscally Sponsored Projects: The organization fiscally sponsored the Alliance for Educational Just (AEJ), a national youth alliance. The second fiscal project is the SF Youth Commission, which works to give a voice to young people at city hall. The third project is the Bay Area Coalition on Education Justice, which is a regional coalition focused on school standards, racial justice and leadership development. The fourth project is Tower of Youth, which is focused on engaging Native American students and parents. The fifth project, the California Black Leadership Project, involves researching?and?collecting data. The last fiscal project, Budget Justice Coalition, is focused on advocating for nonprofit organizations. In addition, the organization supports the Coleman Action Fund for Children and Youth.