We build people power to do justice
What we do
We believe communities ought to determine their own futures
We bring this belief to life by training community leaders and professional organizers to build power and take direct action on problems facing their communities. We:
Listen Deeply
to their community for what they are struggling with and what their vision is for the future.
Research Effectively
to better understand problems that members of the community face, and to determine what might be done to solve those problems.
Organize & Take Direct Action
so that those who hold the power of decision making are held accountable to putting people first and solving the problems that their community faces.
Our impact
Our collective impact
Since 1982, DART has trained over 10,000 community leaders and 270 professional community organizers, who together have greatly impacted their communities.
Where we work
23 locally-led organizations
The DART Network is comprised of 23 affiliated congregation-based community organizations throughout nine states:
• Florida
• Georgia
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Ohio
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia
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BUILD a sense of wholeness
Interfaith coalition organizes to better serve people living with mental illness By Margaret Gabriel Every spring, some 2,000 people gather in Lexington to demand action of the people who have…
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