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Lawsuit alleges ‘horrific sexual abuse’ at Arizona facility for troubled teens
13 alleged victims claim sexual assault or abuse by staff at Mingus Mountain Academy By: Jennifer Kovaleski Posted 11:31 PM, Feb 07, 2025 To watch video report, Click Here. PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ…

Democrats propose bill protecting undocumented immigrants in Arizona
‘No one should fear that living their normal, everyday life could lead to deportation,’ state senator says By: Manuelita Beck Posted 7:47 PM, Feb 10, 2025 PHOENIX — Democratic lawmakers unveiled an…

Scottsdale city council votes to eliminate DEI programs
By: Ashley Holden Posted 11:48 PM, Feb 11, 2025 To watch video report, Click Here. Community members in Scottsdale stepped up to the microphone at Tuesday’s city council meeting to ask why…

Arizona Capitol protesters voice concerns over Trump’s immigration, federal agency orders
Katrina Michalak Feb. 5, 2025 PHOENIX – Protesters gathered at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday to voice their opposition to the Trump administration and President Donald Trump’s executive orders since…

Arizona joins 21 other states to oppose Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants
Emma Paterson Jan. 21, 2025 WASHINGTON – Arizona and 21 other states went to court Tuesday hoping to block President Donald Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship for children born…

‘Take repatriation seriously’: Hobbs pledges $7M to speed state museum’s work to return ancestors, artifacts to Arizona tribes
Mackenzie Miller, Matthew Bird and Justin Patton/Cronkite News and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU Jan. 21, 2025 PHOENIX – The mood at the Arizona State Museum at…

WATCH: CASS to open new 100+ bed facility for seniors experiencing homelessness
The facility is the former Phoenix Inn By: abc15.com staff Posted 6:58 PM, Jan 16, 2025 To watch video, Click Here. PHOENIX — Central Arizona Shelter Services is set to unveil a…

Two day operation targeting online predators leads to 14 arrests in Apache Junction
Firearms and drugs were also seized By: abc15.com staff Posted 2:30 PM, Jan 22, 2025 APACHE JUNCTION, AZ — The Apache Junction Police Department led a multi-agency operation that recently resulted in…
Local Organizations
Every day, Keep Phoenix Beautiful provides tools to empower our diverse communities to improve overall quality of life. Our vision is a vibrant Phoenix where each neighborhood is a healthy, beautiful place to live. To achieve that vision, we aim to inspire individuals and organizations through leadership, active partnerships, and meaningful volunteer experiences.
Hope’s Crossing was founded in 2010 to meet the needs of women in transition from prisons, addictions, or homelessness to a life of work, family, and community. Hope’s Crossing offers job skills training, housing assistance, and, most importantly, a program of emotional support geared toward creating a new belief system that promotes whole and healthy living. Over the past five years, Hope’s Crossing has assisted hundreds of women of all ages to develop self-worth, personal accountability, and restoration of hope in the family.
Harmony Project harnesses the transformative power of music to increase access to higher education for underserved students by removing systemic barriers to achievement through academic and social support.
Financial, educational, and societal impacts have continued to expand the economic wealth gap for minorities. Our vision is a world where economic equity and access to opportunities & resources are no longer a barrier for people of color.
Casa has been the Arizona leader for over 40 years in addressing child abuse, relationship violence and bullying. As a result, we are convinced that the integration of SEL and EQ is the solution to decrease bullying, meanness, abuse and violence.
The mission of YWCA Southern Arizona is eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Our vision is a world free of injustice, where all people can thrive.
Challenged Communities need help, especially with areas where there is increased incarceration and poor health choices. The TigerMountain Foundation reverses that problem through our community gardens and agri-landscaping initiatives. These initiatives teach practical life skills to youth, adults and seniors, keeping them out of jail, and improving their lives and community. We are a Non-Profit Organization that manages Community Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona.
Act One is actively working with arts organizations across the state exploring digital and virtual platforms to share with schools to ensure that Arizona's children continue to have access to the arts. Exciting things are soon to come and we look forward to being innovative in our ways to continue to connect children with the arts.
Kitchen on the Street (KOS AZ) began serving the community in 2007 when the Scarpinato family learned about the prevalence of food insecurity in local Arizona children. Hearing that thousands of children that received breakfast and lunch at school, but were going hungry on weekends, compelled Vince, Lisa and Taylor Scarpinato to found Kitchen on the Street as a means of bringing food and hope to children in need.
Our goal is to create a platform through which we are able to reach out and lend a helping hand to any woman in need of aid, but most specifically homeless women and single mothers struggling to make ends meet. We believe that every woman has her own unique gifts, and through uniting in sisterhood and sharing these gifts, we have the power to spread out our resources and make the world a better place for all.
Since its founding in 1929, the Heard Museum has grown in size and stature to become recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, world-class exhibitions, educational programming and its unmatched festivals. Dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art, the Heard successfully presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitions that showcase the beauty and vitality of traditional and contemporary art.
Our mission is to empower Southern Arizonans with the resources required to pursue a stabilized and enhanced quality of life. Individuals and families have overcome obstacles, gained confidence, and learned the skills to be self-sufficient.
Assistance League® of Tucson is a nonpolitical, nonsectarian, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation that is managed and staffed by volunteers who are dedicated to working to improve the lives of those in need in the Tucson area. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our DEI Policy promotes a culture of belonging for our more than 330 members who donate over 50,000 hours annually serving our community through our philanthropic programs. Based on the U.S. Department of Labor’s value of volunteer hours, that translates to a contribution of more than a million dollars during our most recent fiscal year.
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