Communities United

A survivor-led racial justice organization in Chicago. Communities United develops grassroots and intergenerational leadership among low-income people of color, including predominantly Black and immigrant communities. Its organizing addresses affordable housing, health equity, education justice, youth investment, immigrant rights, and restorative justice alternatives to criminal and juvenile justice systems. The organization supports community members in analyzing shared root causes, building collective power, and advancing transformative systems change. Its healing-through-justice approach recognizes present-day and historical trauma while promoting personal and collective healing through social change. Communities United also highlights youth-led efforts, including mental health advocacy and initiatives that bring young people and community organizations into policy conversations.