Program areas at ICS
Brothers, sons, selves - this area of work focuses on ending the criminalization of young boys and men of color by creating and influencing public policy.
United students - this component empowers and develops the leadership capacity of young people in area high schools through education, academic services, and youth organizing training.
Eastside leads - this area of work focuses on demanding new development policies that meet the communities needs instead of pushing them out, preserving the culture of the neighborhoods.
Civic engagement - this component educates, activates, and mobilizes eastside residents on issues that impact their quality of life and increases their civic participation at the ballot box and beyond.
Families unidas - this component develops a powerful and influential base of parents and community members to promote educational justice in public education and builds the leadership of families to have positive collective impact.
Housing justice - this area of work identifies quantitative and qualitative data and research methods to build a case for housing justice and community change. Specific policy and research areas include tenet protection: eviction laws, tenet / landlord rights, housing scarcity, unhoused issues and homelessness issues, including statewide policies impacting inequities.