You & Your Community

DC residents’ needs drive our work. We ask our neighbors about their needs and then we engage and empower residents to improve their lives and neighborhoods.

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“UPO is embedded in the community. Most importantly, it’s the people UPO brings, who commit themselves and keep their commitment to making a difference.

Ab Jordan

You & Your Community

Advocacy Initiatives

How do you and your neighbors become more powerful?  By joining our Community Advocacy, Legislative Advocacy, and Volunteer programs. Together, we create grassroots change.

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Community Health

We support health and well-being through education, treatment, and outreach; ensure that people can keep food on their tables; protect people who are living on the streets, and then help them move from homelessness to stability.

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Community Impact

Our devoted team works hand-in-hand with residents to tackle the causes and conditions of poverty in 4 Community Impact Zones.

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Our Valued Partners

Bethesda Baptist Church DC
Bombas
Bread for the City
Brentwood Recreation Center
Capitol Skyline Hotel
Community Connections
DC Dept. of Health
DC Dept. of Transportation
DC Public Library
DC Mayor’s Office
Fairfield Inn
The Fisher of Men Ministries
Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative
Giant Food
House of Ruth
Howard University Hospital

Martha’s Table
MedStar
Miriam’s Kitchen
Latin American Youth Center
Metropolitan Police Dept.
Northeastern Presbyterian Church
Royce da Voyce
Safeway
SOME (So Others Might Eat)
T Mobile
Temple University, Harrisburg
Thrive DC
TM Associates
The Triumph – Community of Hope
Washington National Cathedral