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About DART
The Direct Action and Research Training Center, or DART, is a national network of 21 affiliated grassroots, nonprofit, congregation-based community organizations.
Where We Work
The DART Network is currently comprised of twenty-one affiliated congregation-based community organizations throughout Florida, Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Organizing Careers
DART is currently accepting applications for full-time community organizing positions. Application deadline: February 3, 2019.
Latest News
Community groups urge Knox County Schools to revamp strategic plan
October 1, 2018. Knox News. Eight community organizations are calling on the Knox County Board of Education to retool its strategic plan with specific goals ranging from reducing class sizes to enhancing the diversity of the district’s workforce. In a…
Three finalists to conduct racial bias audit of CPD will present to city on Monday
September 20, 2018. Charleston City Paper. A 15-person committee will hear presentations from three firms interested in conducting a racial bias study of the Charleston Police Department Monday afternoon. The firms were narrowed down from a list of seven that…
SOTO Ride-to-Work program so successful more dollars needed; JEDO steps up
September 13, 2018. The Topeka Capital-Journal. A pilot transportation project helping workers get to jobs in south Topeka has been so successful that it is running out of funds, and the Joint Economic Development Organization agreed Wednesday to add $7,800…
Editorial: Best decision on mental health
August 19, 2018. Lawrence Journal-World. The Douglas County Commission made the right decision in choosing to seek a quarter-cent sales tax increase to fund the construction and operation of a mental health campus. The county’s other options included a half-cent…
Douglas County to put quarter-cent sales tax for behavioral health projects on November ballot
August 15, 2018. Lawrence Journal-World. The Douglas County Commission agreed Wednesday to ask voters to approve a quarter-cent sales tax to build a behavioral health campus and fund enhanced mental health and substance abuse programming. If approved by voters in…
Mayor, CLOUT in apparent deadlock over police de-escalation training
August 14, 2018. Insider Louisville. Following a contentious meeting and an official rebuff from the mayor’s office, the leadership of Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together said the group wants to meet with Mayor Greg Fischer again to hash…
Testimonials
BREAD is the most important organization in Columbus, Ohio, with a permanent and strong program for Hispanic civil rights in this city.
Wilson Hernandez / Owner, El Sol de Ohio

DART has done something that I’d never have thought possible – especially in Charleston, South Carolina! Over two dozen congregations now celebrate the “diversity of our unity and the unity of our diversity” by doing justice in ways that tear down walls, build bridges and change our community for the better.
Rev. Joseph Darby / Presiding Elder, Beaufort District, AME

“DART’s work is an authentic and highly effective answer to God’s call to do justice.”
Dr. Robert Linthicum / Pastor and Author of Transforming Power

“Five years ago, I could not imagine the cross-section of clergy and congregations that have come together to fight for justice under the banner of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry with the help of DART. This organization has been a real blessing to my ministry.”
Rev. Nelson Rivers III / Head Pastor, Charity Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, SC

DART groups are on the ground doing the hard work of justice ministry. They are putting prophetic imagination into action. The leadership that DART provides is urgent, given the deep crisis we face in our society.
Walter Brueggemann / Old Testament Scholar and Theologian

“I have had the privilege of working with several DART organizations as they wage campaigns to provide affordable homes for low income people, and their victories have served as models for other communities across the country.”
Mary Brooks / Housing Trust Fund Project, Center for Community Change
