4 non-profit organizations in Bushwick that you can support right now

by ANGELICA TEJADA

Non-profit organizations are community-driven and in Bushwick, they support, empower and help the Latinx community. Many of them have been established for decades and need the support to keep offering vital services and programs for the community. Read more to find out how you can give your support.

Coalition for Hispanic Family Services (CHFS)

315 Wyckoff Avenue, 4th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Coalition for Hispanic Family Services (CHFS) is a non-profit community-based family service agency in Bushwick. CHFS began as a sub-committee of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families in 1986 and consisted of child welfare professionals focused on the presence of child welfare services for Latino children and families in New York City. Three years later, in 1989 it was established as a non-profit organization. From their website, CHFS’ mission is “to empower children, youth and families with opportunities for success and self-reliance while reinforcing their sense of culture and self-identity. This is achieved through a holistic, culturally competent, family based approach.”

Services:

  • Foster Care and Adoption
  • Treatment Family Foster Care
  • Outpatient Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Services
  • Children’s Community Residence
  • After School & Summer Programs
  • Child Abuse Prevention

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Make the Road New York

301 Grove Street, Brooklyn NY 11237

Make the Road New York (MRNY) is a non-profit organization that helps millions of people in immigrant and working-class communities through legal and survival services, transformative education, community organizing and policy innovation. The issues MRNY focuses on are education, health justice, housing & environmental justice, immigration, policing & criminal justice, TGNCIQ Justice and workplace justice. On their website, it states, “everyone who comes with an individual story of abuse and exploitation finds that they are not alone – that in collectivizing our experiences and voices, we can build the power to change not just one case, but entire systems.”

Services:

  • Adult Literacy
  • Civic Engagement
  • Community Organizing
  • Health Access
  • Leadership Development
  • Legal Services
  • Youth & School Programs

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Riseboro Community Partnership

565 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Riseboro Community Partnership is a non-profit organization that was established in 1973 and has offered services to support the needs of the Bushwick community. The organization has five divisions, which are seniors, housing, education, health and empowerment. In each of these divisions, programs are offered to help connect people to helpful resources, specifically for the communities in most need. From their website, Riseboro Community Partnership’s mission is to “unleash the potential of communities to thrive, no matter the odds.”

Services include:

  • Seniors
    • Senior Centers & Clubs
    • Caregiver Support
    • Home-Delivered Meals
  • Housing
    • Tenant Services
    • Housing Development
    • Property Management
  • Education
    • Adult Education
    • Youth Programs
  • Health
    • Homecare
    • Assisted Living Program
  • Empowerment
    • End Homelessness Program
    • Workforce Development Program

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Mayday Space

176 Street Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11237

Mayday Space is a community center and organizing hub in Bushwick that hosts various events for grassroots organizations and groups, Bushwick residents, artists and activists. Mayday Space is a volunteer-powered project that works collectively with other organizations and collaborators. Recently, Mayday partnered with Bushwick Ayuda Mutua, a grassroots organization dedicated to helping those in Bushwick impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. On their website Mayday Space includes in their mission that they’re “a resource for activists and organizers working to envision and promote alternatives to current injustices, to build collective power and to push for broader systemic change.”

Services:

  • Program events
  • Access to space for event (priority to people of color, immigrants, women-led groups, LGBTQ, poor and working-class communities)

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