FUREE

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) is a Brooklyn-based multi-racial organization that organizes low-income and working families to promote equality, improve economic conditions, and build collective power to win systemic changes at the local, state and national level. Primarily led by women of color with an emphasis on community and family, FUREE uses direct action, leadership development, community organizing, and political education to achieve our vision and goals. Our on-going and mounting organizing efforts to develop the leadership ability of our members and build community power so that low-income families and people of color in Brooklyn can win systemic changes at the local, state and national level including: (1) Preventing the mass shutdowns of family day care centers in low-income and working communities while working to win better wages, benefits and working conditions for family day care providers; (2) Building low-income families’ power to win changes in their communities by increasing voter engagement, turn out and civic participation; (3) Organizing for community-led accountable economic development and against displacement and gentrification; (4) Building youth power through grassroots organizing, coalition building and leadership development.