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Movement for Change

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{{Infobox Organization
|name=Movement for Change, Inc.
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|mission=To improve the prevailing disparities that exist in education, law enforcement, voting process, variations of juvenile intervention and un-addressed solutions.
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|formation=1997
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|type=grassroots activism
|location=[[Center for Social Justice]]<br/>1603 N [[Davis Highway]]
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|leader_title=President
|leader_name=[[LeRoy Boyd]]
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|website=[http://www.movementforchange.org/ www.movementforchange.org]
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[[Movement for Change]] is a grassroots activism organization founded in 1997 to replace an earlier group, '''Progressive Alliance Community Equity Resources and Strategies''' (or '''PACERS'''), whose purpose was to rename [[Palafox]] or [[Alcaniz Street]]s to honor Martin Luther King, Jr (which had already been accomplished to a degree with the [[Martin Luther King Plaza]] on Palafox).

Some of the organizations accomplishments, according to [http://movementforchange.org/staticpages/index.php?page=20060628173536423 its website], include:
*Renamed Alcaniz Street to [[Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard]]
*Initiated the change for a stricter dress code within the school system
*Produced the symbolic and historical Drive for the Drive books, covering the 2 1/2 year struggle to name a street after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
*Sponsored "Back to School" readiness programs
*Registered a significantly large number of new potential voters
*Supported the renaming of the School District Building to [[Dr. Vernon McDaniel building]]
*Provided voters with transportation to the polls
*Created the establishment of "WE VOTE" political action committee
*Supported teacher pay raises
*Used its political savvy to initiate the City Council elected Mayor's referendum

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