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
28 locally-led organizations
The DART Network is comprised of 28 affiliated congregation-based community organizations throughout nine states:
• Florida
• Georgia
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Ohio
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia
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Our Latest News
‘Epidemic’ of gun violence prompts call for Virginia to use federal dollars to curb shootings
By Graham Moomaw For years, Norfolk Police Chief Larry Boone has been trying to gather data on how firearms flow from gun-store shelves to crime scenes in his city’s high-poverty…
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