Welcome!

The Associated Advocacy Center - Visions for the Future, Inc. is a minority run nonprofit (501c3) organization dedicated to Nurturing the future ensuring a “free and appropriate” public education for all children ages 3-22.
We offer an hourly or reduced fee for our advocacy programs. Services to families who are identified as low-income through the Federal Government “reduced or free lunch” programs, determine fee scale criteria. We include linguistically and culturally sensitive programs and grassroots outreach to our limited English communities.

Our advocates provide knowledgeable representation at team meetings, mediations, and court; for special education, discipline, expulsion hearings and juvenile court proceedings.
Our goal is to educate and empower our parents. This will combat the disparaging education and treatment our children face. Our programs foster parent and student independence and community resource connections.

The “School to Prison Pipeline” is a true phenomenon in our society due to “Zero Tolerance”. We are proud to be an active participant in the struggle against this growing trend through coalitions; community activism and organizing. Racism is rampant within the constructs of our educational and juvenile justice systems, our organization sponsors community organized efforts to combat this truism. Please review our calendar for a schedule of events. If you would like to help plan an event in your area, please call for more information.

MISSION STATEMENT:

To help you understand how to get the best education for your child and build your child's self-esteem and self-image through programs and training that foster nurturing and independence because: "Knowledge is Power"

VISION STATEMENT:

To empower you to build community supports around you and your family so that you can learn how to effectively use the state and federal laws to get your child a good education because; "No society will ever grow if it breaks its own children." Michael Cloud

VALUE STATEMENT:

"Excellence can be attained if you care more than others think is wise, if you risk more than other's think is safe, if you dream more than others think is practical, and if you expect more than others think is possible." Author unknown