Poverty Resolution 

The mission of the Union of Minority Neighborhoods is to ensure that skilled, committed, grassroots leaders of color, effectively organize on issues of concern in their communities, regions and nation. Based in Boston, we bring our mission to life by:

• Developing skills
• Supporting movements
• Building broad-based coalitions

Our programs are constituent driven. Activists develop skills and then put these skills into practice by organizing on the issues that affect them.

The facts speak for themselves.

• In Massachusetts, Blacks are 5.4% of the population, 26.4% of incarcerated adults. Latinos are 6.8% of the population, 26.2% of incarcerated adults
• In Massachusetts, Blacks and Latinos are 12.2% of the population. Only 5% of state senators and representatives are Black or Latino and 0% of congressmen.
• In Boston 68.8% of white students graduate high school, only 54.2% of blacks and 51% of Latinos do. click here for more information
• In Boston, the unemployment rate for Black men is 42%.

It is time to say ENOUGH!
Communities working together, uniting for change, can and will make a difference.