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Our Mission United Parents and Students UPAS is an independent 501c3 nonprofit organization seeking to empower lowincome communities to become powerful selfadvocates for sustainable neighborhood revitalization. Through our work we partner with local public schools and communitybased organizations to create training centers that teach families the formal skills of community organizing and authentic civic engagement. As a result of this training families are equipped to identify clear and actionable issues within their communities unify to develop meaningful and community centered solutions and organize to advocate for deep systemic change on these issues. Our vision is to establish a national network of permanent selfsustaining coalitions of informed and mobilized community members.