Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition

Weatherization - work to help reduce energy consumption in buildings with low income tenants. We also hold tenant meetings and provide individual environmental education and services to tenants so that they can reduce energy consumption in their own apartments and save money as well.

Sbu youth programs - sistas and brothas united (sbu) is our youth organizing program. Sbu's vision is to help train and develop young people to think critically and independently about thei current socio-economic landscape and decelop organizing strageties to bring jsutice to their communities and schools in particular. Our organization provides leadership opportunities for young people to unfluence major policy decisions in the coommunities on issues of education, employment, Community development, land use and recourse allocations. Sbu operates a range of youth-designed and led Community decelopemtn and educational reform campaigns based on a shared progressive social vision that emphasizes our core values of class equity, racial justice and democracy. Sbu puts youth and parent voices from the Bronx at the decision making table where they belong, particularly during this crucial transitional period in public education. Through strategic education jsutice campaigns, we are continuing to shift power in favor of Bronx students and parents to continue to change the public debate on education.

Community outreach and education - the nwbccc works develops Community leadership, and works with leaders in committees to address issues important to our Community, supporting those most impacted to find creative solutions that build ownership and collective governance wihtin a racial justice framework through intergenerational organizing. Among our primary issue areas are affordable housing, responsible Community development and health justice.