Organizations

The Opportunity Agenda works to ensure that the United States lives up to its promise as the land of opportunity for every person who lives here. It works across social justice issues to build public support for greater opportunity and to demonstrate the link between geographic place and the persistent absence of opportunity. It partners with groups that span diverse issues and constituencies, and it has worked to increase public support for a just rebuilding of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, for policies that integrate immigrants into the fabric of American life, for diversity in public schools under threat by the Supreme Court, and for other aspects of opportunity for all. It uses research on values and public opinion to understand public attitudes and craft strategies for influencing the public debate, convenes workshops and planning sessions with diverse coalitions, provides media training and placement, develops communications and advocacy tools, and works to translate social science research into social justice solutions. The Opportunity Agenda was founded with the mission of building the national will to expand opportunity in America.