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Tenants and Workers United - Inquilinos y Trabajodores Unidos

Building community power and advancing social justice since 1986.

aka Tenants and Workers United (TWU)   |   Alexandria, VA   |  www.tenantsandworkers.org

Mission

Tenants and Workers United is a democratically-controlled, grassroots organization committed to winning economic and social justice for the people in Northern Virginia.
We are Latinos/as, African Americans, tenants, immigrants, workers, women, youth and low-income people.
We believe that all people have the right to housing, health, and education; our communities have the right to control our own resources; and power is in collective action. 
We organize our communities to win social and economic justice.
We challenge injustice through education and direct action.

Notes from the nonprofit

Thank you for your interest in Tenants and Workers United! Our mission is to organize low-income communities of color - immigrants, workers, women, and youth - to build power and help people become change agents who push for transformative systemic changes that will advance social justice and improve the quality of life for working class people in Northern Virginia. Join us! Sign up for our emails: https://www.tenantsandworkers.org/email Donate: https://www.tenantsandworkers.org/donate Volunteer: https://www.tenantsandworkers.org/contact Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TenantsandWorkers Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/TenantsandWorkers Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tenantsworkers Find us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4QV-l_yUEU_qqXrzonXgMg

Ruling year info

1996

Executive Director

Ms. Evelin Urrutia

Main address

3801 Mount Vernon Avenue

Alexandria, VA 22305 USA

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Formerly known as

Tenants and Workers Support Committee

EIN

54-1515305

NTEE code info

Civil Rights, Social Action, and Advocacy N.E.C. (R99)

Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (S01)

Leadership Development (W70)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Tenants and Workers United (TWU) uses civic education, leadership development, and community organizing to build power and advance racial justice and social equity across Northern Virginia.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Alexandria United Teens (AUT)

TWU's youth program, Alexandria United Teens (AUT), focuses on building the leadership skills of young people of color so they can be change agents in their schools and communities.  AUT won the implementation of Restorative Practices in Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) and continues to push for program expansion and sufficient allocated resources to train teachers and staff to implement the program with fidelity. AUT is also organizing for police accountability in Alexandria City and recently won allocated funding for a Community Police Review Board with investigatory power. AUT is also pushing for police-free schools that focus on holistic approaches to support students, including Restorative Practices, school-based mental health resources, and community-building.

Population(s) Served
Adolescents
Young adults
Preteens
Immigrants
Low-income people

Where we work

Awards

Human Rights Award 2023

Prince William Human Rights Commission

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total number of new organization members

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Other - describing something else

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

In 2023, TWU connected with and added over 3,000 new contacts to our growing database.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We aim to build power among low-income communities of color and win changes that advance social justice and racial equity. Issue areas are community-identified, campaigns are community-led, and priorities include deeply affordable and dignified housing, education justice, immigrants' rights, and more.

We utilize civic education, leadership development, and power-building with low-income communities of color.

Our staff and Board members largely represent the communities we aim to serve. We have a nearly 40-year history and a strong track record of success.

A full list of accomplishments can be found at https://www.tenantsandworkers.org/about

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Tenants and Workers United - Inquilinos y Trabajodores Unidos

Board of directors
as of 08/21/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Ana Diaz

No Affiliation

Term: 2020 -

LaDonna Sanders

Jonathan Liss

Evelin Urrutia

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Not applicable
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 8/21/2024
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Gender identity
Female

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/18/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.