FUREE (Families United for Racial and Economic Equality)

to organize low-income families to build power to change the system so that all people's work is valued and all of us have the right and economic means to decide and live out our own destinies.

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) is a Brooklyn-based, multi-racial organization made up of almost exclusively women of color. We are organizing low-income families to build power to change the system so that all people's work is valued and all of us have the right and economic means to decide and live out our own destinies. We use direct action, leadership development, community organizing and political education to win the changes our members seek. Our guiding principle is that those directly affected by the policies we are seeking to change should lead the organization. Also our youth program organizes, guides, educates and empowers youth through FUREE’s main principles of direct action, leadership development, community organizing, and political education to build youth power.

1. Anti-Gentrification

2. Responsible development with existing community input and forethought

3. Building Community Power through Voter Engagement

4. Building the power of youth of color in Brooklyn