As a grassroots social justice organization, Communities United builds power by developing local leadership and empowering communities to identify and address the root causes of inequity at the neighborhood, city, state and national levels. We believe that community members hold the solutions to the challenges they face. Through a community organizing approach, Communities United develops institutions and community residents as leaders, convenes broad-based coalitions, and unites people across age, race, ethnicity, income, sexual orientation, gender identity, abilities and religion to advance structural change that concretely improves peoples’ lives. Communities United engages community members who live, work, go to school or worship in the diverse immigrant communities of Albany Park, Belmont-Cragin, North Park, Irving Park, West Ridge, North Austin, and North Lawndale.
