Dream Defenders is a Florida-based Black-led youth and student organizing group founded in 2012 after the killing of Trayvon Martin. It focuses on building political power, advancing racial and economic justice, and organizing young people around liberation, self-determination, and community-based solutions.
Civil rights, racial justice, criminal justice reform, voting rights, youth organizing, economic justice, immigrant justice, and anti-policing / anti-prison policy
Primarily supported by individual donations, membership support, grants, and philanthropic contributions
Black and Latinx youth organizers; Dream Defenders Fight PAC; associated with broader racial justice, civic engagement, and social justice coalitions
Nonprofit advocacy organization
