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Proposed Phoenix ordinance would limit food, medical services for unhoused in public parks

By Volunteer Editor | April 7, 2026

A revised draft ordinance in Phoenix would limit food distribution and medical care in city parks, sparking concerns from nonprofits that provide services to the unhoused. The new proposal would restrict these activities to two permits per calendar month for each city park. The permits would cover either a major food distribution event or medical…

A new ICE detention center in Marana raises fears among residents: ‘People shouldn’t have to live like this.’

By Volunteer Editor | April 3, 2026

by Abby Jurek April 3, 2026 MARANA – An abandoned, run-down prison just outside of Tucson has sat untouched for years. Now, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to fill the former Marana prison with a new kind of inmate: immigrants in the country illegally. “We’ve already had these huge tanks and raids here…

Recording-breaking March heat leaves organizers scrambling to aid people experiencing homelessness

By Volunteer Editor | March 20, 2026

by Audrey Lippert March 20, 2026 PHOENIX – A truck full of plastic water bottles arrived along with the heat to the Key Campus in downtown Phoenix on March 18. As forklifts lined up to unload pallets, volunteers began distributing water to people experiencing homelessness across the 13-acre space nearly two months ahead of the…

Community members and officials speak out against potential ICE detention facility in Maran

By Volunteer Editor | March 11, 2026

Community members and elected officials gathered on Tuesday to speak in opposition to a potential ICE detention facility in Marana. By: Madison Thomas Posted 9:24 AM, Mar 11, 2026 MARANA, AZ — Community members and elected officials gathered on Tuesday to speak in opposition to a potential ICE detention facility in Marana. This comes after ICE posted…

ICE agent confronts activist recording 21 arrests during a smuggling operation: ‘They have more rights than we do’

By Volunteer Editor | March 4, 2026

by Audrey Lippert and Dermont Stevenson March 4, 2026 PHOENIX – An urgent knock on Alma Mendoza’s door alerted her to the situation. She jumped in her car and rushed to the Ark on Desert Cove apartment complex where 21 handcuffed individuals sat lined up on a red brick wall. A fence separated her from the scene,…

They’re not saying please anymore: Arizonans are carrying more documents to prove citizenship to avoid detention

By Volunteer Editor | February 20, 2026

by Dermont Stevenson February 20, 2026 PHOENIX – Every morning, Raul Piña wakes up before dawn to take his Rottweiler, Beau, out for a walk near his home in Buckeye. He has a routine. He gets dressed and gathers Beau’s equipment. He kneels down to clip in Beau’s leash and puts on his shoes. Then…

One year later, Emily Pike’s legacy fuels reform and demands justice

By Volunteer Editor | February 17, 2026

by Emily Fox-Million February 17, 2026 PHOENIX – Turquoise light wraps around the painted portrait of a dead girl. It is part of a makeshift memorial that sits off a highway road beneath Mount Triplet in Peridot. After a year it has begun to moulder, the teddy bears hanging from a chain-link fence, their fur…

Cowboy culture and ‘stand your ground’ laws clash in Arizona, AZ AG Mayes’ comments stir controversy

By Volunteer Editor | February 11, 2026

by Dermont Stevenson and Audrey Lippert February 11, 2026 PHOENIX – A knock on Ryan Whitaker’s door reverberated through his apartment at approximately 10:52 p.m on May 21, 2020, while he was playing video games on the couch with his girlfriend. Less than a minute later, his body collapsed to the tile floor of his entryway, following…

Protests erupt at Phoenix City Council meeting on city response to ICE activity

By Volunteer Editor | February 10, 2026

by Bella Mazzilli February 10, 2026 PHOENIX – Protesters descended on Phoenix City Hall on Tuesday as the City Council, led by Mayor Kate Gallego, met to discuss a community initiative in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Inside the council chambers, protesters sealed their mouths with black duct tape. Outside, other demonstrators chanted in protest of ICE…

Customers worry about what’s next after Zipps raids: ‘Welcome to Nazi America’

By Volunteer Editor | February 6, 2026

by Kamri Radden and Bella Mazzilli February 6, 2026 PHOENIX – As the dull chatter of basketball commentators echoed on the flat-screen televisions above the square-shaped bar, Jalen Jones nursed a White Claw black cherry seltzer. One of a few customers at a mostly empty midtown Zipps Sports Grill, Jones was at the popular bar when federal…

Local Organizations

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Keep Phoenix Beautiful

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

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 Phoenix

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.

Opemia Empowerment Center

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 Cares

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.

YWCA Southern Arizona

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.

Braver Angels

Americans on opposite sides of the political spectrum don’t only disagree on issues — they increasingly dislike one another.
This growing partisan animosity is the crisis of our time and threatens our nation.

Braver Angels exists to address this challenge.

Tiger Mountain Foundation

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

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

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.

Vision One Women

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.

Heard Museum

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.

IMPACT of Southern Arizona

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 Tucson

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.