Program areas at The Leadership Conference Education Fund
All voting is local (avl): avl launched in 2018, fights modern-day voter suppression with modern-day solutions, deploying a three-pronged approach of: data driven organizing, strategic communications, and building grassroots power. The collaborative campaign housed at The Education Fund fights to eliminate needless and discriminatory barriers to voting before they happen, to build a democracy that works for us all. Avl's long-term goal is to eliminate needless and discriminatory barriers to voting, leveraging The collective strength of local and national partners.on june 1, 2022, avl moved its operations and program to a new independent 501(c)(3) organization. All unspent avl grant balances as of may 31, 2022, were transferred to amalgamated charitable foundation, a fiscal agent for The new entity, in accordance with The spinoff agreement between The Education Fund and avl dated april 28, 2022.
Criminal justice and policing: transforming The legal system to ensure equal justice, accountability, and The protection of civil rights, and partnering with communities and police departments to rethink public safety and renew trust in policing.
Census & data equity: this program works to achieve more robust and inclusive data collection, analysis, and reporting - including through The decennial census and american community survey- in order to identify and remedy disparities that undermine equal opportunity and harm marginalized communities. The program is building off The successful work to achieve an accurate and inclusive count in The 2020 census to develop a continuous and informed census strategy between decennial counts that involves public Education, communications outreach, and field mobilization. The program is also expanding its focus beyond our census work to achieve better data collection policies and practice more broadly in a number of areas, including health and health care.
Communications: through strategic communications including The dissemination of information, videos, fact-sheets, tools and trainings, The Education Fund is shifting The narrative on civil and human rights to gain public will in our fight towards justice.
Voting rights: The Education Fund's voting rights program aims to work with our partners and local communities across The nation to modernize elections and build a 21st century democracy - a democracy where all of our voices are heard.
Education equity: The Education Fund's Education equity program works towards ensuring all young people are fully included in responsive, welcoming, rigorous, and fairly resourced schools from early childhood through higher Education that prepare all of them for college, careers, life, and The full exercise of their social, political, and economic rights. Our goal is to transform Education decision-making at every level so that marginalized students and their families drive decision-making.
Fighting hate and bias
Fair courts
Employment and economic security programs
Other programs, including field services, government affairs, media and tech, and public Education on civil rights issues
Field services & government affairs program
Media & tech program
Capacity building program