Power U Center for Social Change

Power U Center for Social Change We are developing youth of color to lead & organize their own communities in order to build upon the Asst.

1998 Power University was formed to build an organizing base around urban issues in low-income inner-city neighborhoods.

1999 Power U Center for Social Change was incorporated as a separate, community-owned grassroots organization.

2001 Secured over $1 million in inner city school improvements.

2003 Co-founded Root Cause and sponsored 34 mile march against the Free Trade Area of the Americas

2003 Provided alternative certified graduation for more than 140 students who met graduation requirements but were denied diplomas due to FCAT.

2003 Established the People of Color Alliance for Public Schools to work for the systemic change in the Miami-Dade public school system.

2004 Stopped toxic dumping in Wagner Creek; won the fight for a Turnpike Noise Wall

2005 Stopped the expansion of an I-95 ramp in Overtown, already devastated by I-95.

2005 Created the SCRUB program, which required a standard of excellence and accountability for clean schools and clean bathrooms.

2005 Conducted community planning session with Florida Atlantic University and Overtown residents.

2006 Submitted Environmental Community Impact Report on proposed use of public land for luxury condo development.

2006 Won first lawsuit against the City of Miami for improper bidding procedures.

2007 Won second lawsuit against City of Miami and Crosswinds Developers.

2007 Organized several town hall meetings, vigils, and marches to City Hall where residents spoke out against luxury condos requesting low-income housing.

2007 County takes back the land from City and Power U provides input to the new RFP process.

2007 Youth leaders trained by Power U conduct assessment of disciplinary practices in Booker T. Washington High School and present findings and demands to School Board, teachers, and students.

2007 Established first Overtown Renter's Association.

2009 Renter's Majority Project did a city wide survey for renters.


2010 Power U introduces a new program called Powerful Women & Families.


2011 Suspension rates have gone down this school year in part due to our pressure on school board and Vitti to make this happen. Superintendent Nikoli Vitti is disallowing the "Tardy Tank" and making principals figure out how to keep students in classes, so that they are receiving their education for the day.

2011 Power U Youth held their first community forum to end the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Pipeline.

2012 Restorative Justice trainings with people from 26 schools identified as "persistently lowest-achieving"

We’re living in an unprecedented moment of political uncertainty. Greedy billionares, corporations, and corrupt electeds...
10/08/2026

We’re living in an unprecedented moment of political uncertainty. Greedy billionares, corporations, and corrupt electeds bulldoze our neighborhoods chasing dollar signs, while working people and families pay the price. 

That ain’t right! We need to fight back, but we only win what we’re organized to take 🌳💪🏾👥

By joining an organization and building relationships together, we can transform shared values and scattered resources into collective power, the kind that can achieve extraordinary things 🌟

Power U and Miami Workers Center are on a Membership Drive until October 31st, inviting people to join our organization that want to develop as leaders and join a movement to build the world we deserve.

Join our Membership Open House on Friday, October 23rd to learn more about our history, our current work, and how you can get involved.

Comment POWER down below if you’ll be joining us 💥

We’re living in an unprecedented moment of political uncertainty. Greedy billionares, corporations, and corrupt electeds...
10/08/2026

We’re living in an unprecedented moment of political uncertainty. Greedy billionares, corporations, and corrupt electeds bulldoze our neighborhoods chasing dollar signs, while working people and families pay the price. 

That ain’t right, and we need to fight back - but we only win what we’re organized to take 🌳💪🏾

By joining an organization and building relationships together, we can transform shared values and scattered resources into collective power, the kind that can achieve extraordinary things ⭐️

Power U and Miami Workers Center are on a Membership Drive until October 31st, inviting people to join our organization that want to develop as leaders and join a movement to build the world we deserve.

Join our Membership Open House on Friday, October 23rd to learn more about our history, our current work, and how you can get involved!

Comment JOIN if you’ll be joining us ☀️

10/08/2026

Hello U-turners,

This year, we have partnered with several organizations to bring you critical conversations about the issues impacting the youth and families we serve. Miami Workers Center and Power U Center for Social Change will lead an important conversation at this year’s Saving Our Youth Symposium on Breaking Up Families: School-Centered Systems, exploring how school-centered systems can impact children, families, and communities.

For many families, a child’s first significant interaction with a system outside the home happens at school. A disciplinary referral can become a suspension. A suspension can mean missed classroom time. Repeated exclusion can contribute to disengagement, weakened school connection, and, in some circumstances, greater contact with the juvenile justice system.

But what happens when the response to a child’s behavior becomes part of the child’s larger life story?

What happens when a student begins to see school as a place where they are punished rather than supported?

And what happens when a family’s experience with school systems begins to shape how they view education, authority, and the justice system?

These are the questions we must be willing to ask.

Register www.uturnyouthconsulting.com

Robin Hood, For Us By Us!! Last weekend, West Little River/Robin Hood neighbors came together to share a meal, dance, an...
09/25/2026

Robin Hood, For Us By Us!! Last weekend, West Little River/Robin Hood neighbors came together to share a meal, dance, and celebrate the culture that reminds us our communities are worth fighting for ☀️ (Huge shoutout to Sellers Memorial United Methodist Church for welcoming us!)

That’s why students, teachers, parents, and residents are building a movement to keep their neighborhood in their own hands. We’re organizing, learning, and building power to push back against the forces threatening our ability to stay in the places we call home.

That’s what the West Little River People’s Assembly is all about. Join us Saturday, October 10 for a day of dialogue and action, to talk about the issues working families and residents face and what we can do to build better futures for us all.

Register to attend: link in bio!

Saturday October 10, Time and Location TBD

✅ Free Admission
✅ Free Food
✅ Cultural Activities
✅ Kid’s Corner
✅ Community Resource Fair w/ Housing & Legal Support, Medical & Maternal Health, Employment Opportunities, and Wellness Services

If knowledge is power then research is power building 💪🏾Join us Monday, September 14 for a RESEARCH PARTY 🎉 in defense o...
09/09/2026

If knowledge is power then research is power building 💪🏾

Join us Monday, September 14 for a RESEARCH PARTY 🎉 in defense of our public schools — we’ll be taking a peak into the WHO, WHAT, and HOW behind the push for charter schools into our neighborhoods. WHO is profiting? WHAT is their goal? HOW is money influencing education policy?

No expertise is required to participate — research is for everyone!

Sign up: bit.ly/school-research

Level up with us this month! We’re stepping into the ring and flexing our campaign muscles 🏆💪🏾Register for trainings: Mi...
09/04/2026

Level up with us this month! We’re stepping into the ring and flexing our campaign muscles 🏆💪🏾

Register for trainings: Miami workers center.org/events or tap the link in our bio💥

👀 Interested in collaborating on a training, or have a topic you’d like to recommend that you, your team, or your members want to skill up in? Fill out this form ➡️ bit.ly/collabwithmiatraininglab

09/03/2026

“Local residents are funding charter schools while leaving the public schools with little to no resources, and billionaire-backed initiatives like Success Academy, accelerate this inequity.”

Erika is a Miami Jackson graduate, and a member of the People’s Alliance for Public Education, a coalition of alumni, students, parents, and teachers of MDCPS concerned about charter school expansion. Decisions made about our schools should reflect the community’s best interests, not billionaires or politicians.

To learn more and get involved, comment PAPE below ⬇️

via Florida Education Association 🔁Underfund. Blame. Privatize. Repeat. That’s the playbook.Starve public schools of res...
09/02/2026

via Florida Education Association 🔁

Underfund. Blame. Privatize. Repeat. That’s the playbook.

Starve public schools of resources. Blame public schools and educators for the problems that follow. Then funnel more taxpayer dollars to private operators with fewer rules, less transparency, and no obligation to serve every student.
That’s not reform. It’s a transfer of public money to private hands.

Public dollars should fund public schools, not private profits.

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