| Arkansas
Advocates
for Community and Rural Education
(ACRE)
ACRE describes itself as a community organization that
works to improve rural schools. The organization’s
goal is to get citizens involved at both the local and
state levels in order to identify rural schools that
are threatened by fiscal problems, academic problems,
or school closings, and to take steps to save those
schools.
President: Lavina
Grandon
Communications Director: Cyndi
Moorman
Arkansas
Advocates for Children and Families (AACF)
The Arkansas
Advocates for Children and Families works to protect and promote the rights and
well-being of children and families through research, education, and advocacy.
Areas of focus in education are school funding, low-income tax relief, supports
for working families, child care and early childhood education. AACF filed
an amicus
brief with the Arkansas Supreme Court in the Lakeview
case. Executive Director: Amy L. Rossi, LCSW
Lafayette Building
523 Louisiana St., Suite 700
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 371-9678
Fax:
(501) 371-9681
aacf@aradvocates.org
Arkansas
Citizens First Congress The Congress is a multi-issue statewide
coalition of grassroots and policy organizations with over 50 member organizations,
including labor unions, grassroots environmental, civil rights, child advocacy
and good government groups. Areas of focus in education are funding equity, school
tax reform, civil rights. 1308 West Second Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 376-7744 ext. 14
Fax: (501) 374-3935
congress@citizensfirst.org
Arkansas
Public Policy Panel The Arkansas Public Policy Panel is dedicated
to achieving social and economic justice in Arkansas by organizing and strengthening
local citizen groups statewide and building coalitions. The Panel organizes mostly
in rural, low-income and minority communities. Areas of focus in education are
public school funding, funding equity, vouchers/privatization, school tax reform,
funding for special needs students, capital needs, and civil rights. Executive
Director: Bill Kopsky
1308 West Second Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 376-7913
appp@igc.org | 
