Community Organizing Initiative (COI)

aims through youth and adult activism and grassroots organizing, to increase the voice and power of those directly affected by oppression and bring them into a movement for racial and economic justice and gender equality. Generation Y, recognized as a leader among youth organizing projects in Chicago, has demonstrated the power for positive change that young people can be. COI also coordinates adult organizing through Families Organized for Real Change and Empowerment (FORCE), and advocacy efforts for the Community Justice Project.