For Oak Cliff is a culturally responsive organization serving the South Oak Cliff community (Dallas, TX Metroplex). Education, Advocacy, Community Building and Arts are the categories we use to develop various programs with our community.

For Oak Cliff believes in 2-Gen, so we focus on creating opportunities for, and addressing the needs of, both children and the adults in their lives together with the aim of increasing social mobility and social capital.

The work of the organization is based on four pillars:

• Education: creating a culture that sets higher expectations for the education of our children, and we believe that in order to create a true culture of education, we need to educate adults and children alike (2Gen).

• Advocacy: Our systems are broken, and in order for us to have an equitable system that works for all, we have to change policy strategically.

• Community Building: Building a stronger community together leveraging our strengths and providing avenues to use these strengths to support one another.

• Arts: Art is the most creative expression of liberation.  In order to awaken the artists of our community, we must increase access to the arts, artists, and avenues for creative self-expression.