Who we are
We believe communities ought to determine their own futures. We bring this belief to life by training community leaders and professional organizers how to build power and take direct action on problems facing their communities. Our network of 23 grassroots organizations bring people together across racial, religious, and socioeconomic lines to pursue justice.
We train community leaders and professional organizers how to:
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.
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About DART
DART is a national network of 23 grassroots community organizations. These organizations bring people together across racial, religious and socioeconomic lines to pursue justice in their communities.
Where We Work
The DART Network is comprised of 23 affiliated congregation-based community organizations throughout Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Organizing Careers
Join the team of motivated and inspiring DART organizers who are building people power in order to create more just communities.
Latest News
Hillsborough ponders racism as health care crisis
By CT Bowen, Tampa Bay Times TAMPA — After Tampa City Council’s recent apology for the city’s racist history, Hillsborough County commissioners are poised to consider their own initiative declaring racism a public health crisis. “Hillsborough County’s collective prosperity depends…
Burton defends amendment to shift funds to housing; others say it ‘defunds’ police
By John T. Martin, Evansville Courier & Press EVANSVILLE, Ind. —The Evansville City Council sparred Monday over how to best meet public safety and affordable housing needs for 2021, at a time when revenues are challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic….
Skepticism and hope for equity impacts of Charleston 10-year plan
By Health Ellison, Charleston City Paper The city of Charleston’s update to its 10-year comprehensive plan at a time of social upheaval seems serendipitous. With conversations about race and reconciliation hurled into the spotlight over recent months. With “strength in…
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
