For over forty years, the Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) has been a driving force in building movements led by and for people of color. From pioneering the first national training programs for organizers of color in the 1980s to incubating transformative organizations like the Black Organizing Project and BOLD, CTWO has shaped the leadership landscape of the racial justice movement.

We’ve trained and supported thousands of organizers across the country—many of whom now lead grassroots campaigns, national coalitions, and community-based organizations advancing racial, economic, and environmental justice. Our graduates have built voter rights initiatives, fought for police accountability, created youth funding measures, and led cross-sector alliances that continue to shift power toward communities most impacted by inequity.

CTWO’s impact lives on in every organizer we’ve trained, every campaign we’ve seeded, and every community that has gained strength through collective action.