Power U is organizing and developing the leadership of Black and Brown youth and Black women in South Florida so that they may help lead the struggle to liberate all oppressed people. Power U Center Social Change (Power U) was co-founded in 1999 by renowned organizers, Denise Perry and Sheila O’Farrell. Being originally based in Miami’s Historic Black Community, Overtown. Much of their early work centered on environmental justice, affordable quality housing, and fighting gentrification. Power U soon began organizing youth to fight back against school-push out, criminalization and speaking out on current national issues. Currently, our central focus is on organizing young people to fight for safe and supportive schools. We are building Power U chapters in different high schools and fighting for schools that prioritize human development over profit, where all youth have the resources, access, and opportunity to reach their full potential and where they are treated with dignity, regardless of race, gender or economic situation. Photos by Greg Clark.
