Education Justice Alliance

What Education Justice Alliance does

Education Justice Alliance (EJA), also known in Spanish as "Alianza por la Justicia en la Educación," is a Charlotte, North Carolina-headquartered non-profit advocacy organization founded in 2012 that operates statewide with deep roots in Wake County. EJA organizes parents, youth, and community members to dismantle the school-to-prison and school-to-deportation pipelines and to advance equitable, inclusive public education in North Carolina. Its work is structured around four signature campaigns — Counselors Not Cops, Too Young to Suspend, Protecting Immigrant Students, and H.E.A.L. Together NC — and is delivered through named programs including the Youth Power Institute, the Parent Power Institute, and "Know Your Rights" trainings. Supporting infrastructure includes the EJA Community Hub (a physical coworking and meeting venue in Raleigh opened April 11, 2025), bilingual English/Spanish resources (most recently the Navigating ICE Guide for Educators launched December 2025), formal complaint intake systems for students' rights and School Resource Officer incidents, and primary community-research reports (e.g., the 2025 Too Young to Suspend report with Duke Children's Law Clinic; the February 2026 "Alarming New Data" report on restraint, seclusion, and suspensions). Co-Executive Directors Jenice Ramírez-Garvin and Letha Muhammad lead a small team of roughly six organizers, supported by a coalition of 28+ allied organizations across the state.

EJA's underlying "technology" is its organizing and community-research infrastructure rather than software: a WordPress-based bilingual website (ejanc.org), social channels (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube), two email newsletters, complaint forms, and a physical Hub. Its proprietary assets are methodological — parent-investigator community research, a Plyler v. Doe-based students' rights complaint system, and an SRO Complaints program in collaboration with ADVP and Emancipate NC. Its business model is hybrid non-profit: recurring individual donations via the Education Justice Sustainers program, one-time tiered donations ($10–$201+), rapid-response emergency appeals during ICE/CBP activity, branded merchandise ("Fighting For Our Schools" shirts $25, tumblers $20), and modest earned income from Community Hub coworking passes and hourly conference-room rentals. Customer/beneficiary segments are diversified across immigrant and mixed-status families, Black/Brown/Latine/LGBTQ+/disabled students, parents and caregivers, educators, youth leaders, and other community organizations, with Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) and NC policymakers as advocacy targets.

Name

Education Justice Alliance

Legal name

Education Justice Alliance

Website

https://ejanc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Education Justice Alliance is a North Carolina non-profit (founded 2012) that organizes parents and youth through campaigns and leadership programs to dismantle school-to-prison and school-to-deportation pipelines, serving immigrant families, students of color, and disabled students in NC public schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Education Advocacy Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immigration Law Literacy & Rights Education (EDAAADAB), Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy (BPAGAFAI), Reentry & Justice-Involved Support Services (BPAGAEAN)

Keywords

• Education justice advocacy
• Community organizing services
• Youth leadership training
• Immigrant student rights
• School discipline reform

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Monthly Sustainers / Recurring Donations: Education Justice Sustainers program offering recurring monthly donor support described as reliable, committed partnership to shift policy, practice, and culture in the public education system.
2. One-time / Tiered Giving Network Donations: One-time donations with suggested tiers: $10-$15 (meals for youth/parents at organizing events), $51-$100 (interpretation services), $101-$200 (statewide coalition building), $201+ (professional development). EJA believes education can be liberation.
3. Rapid Response Donations: Emergency fundraising appeals in response to immigration enforcement activity (e.g., ICE/CBP operations in Wake County); supports rapid response on-the-ground assistance, organizer training, and policy advocacy.
4. Branded Merchandise Sales (Swag): Sells branded apparel and accessories: "Fighting For Our Schools" shirts ($25) and tumblers ($20). Orders processed manually via team outreach.
5. EJA Community Hub Rental Income: Generates revenue from renting shared workspace (daily co-working passes) and conference rooms (hourly rates) at the EJA Community Hub in Raleigh, NC.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Education Justice Alliance is a North Carolina-based non-profit advocacy organization that coordinates campaigns, leadership-development programs, training, and policy research to dismantle school-to-prison and school-to-deportation pipelines. Its work centers on immigrant student protections, racial disparities in school discipline, and replacing school policing with counselors, delivered through named campaigns (Counselors Not Cops, Too Young to Suspend, Protecting Immigrant Students, H.E.A.L. Together NC), the Youth Power Institute, the Parent Power Institute, Know Your Rights trainings, complaint intake services, the physical EJA Community Hub in Raleigh, and bilingual English/Spanish resource guides.

Product overview

Education Justice Alliance (EJA) is a North Carolina-based non-profit advocacy organization whose offering is a portfolio of coordinated campaigns, leadership-development programs, community spaces, and educational resources rather than a single unified software product. Its core work is organized around named campaigns — Counselors Not Cops, Too Young to Suspend, Protecting Immigrant Students, and H.E.A.L. Together NC — which together drive its policy and organizing agenda. Supporting these campaigns are skill-building programs such as the Youth Power Institute (YPI) and the Parent Power Institute, a physical EJA Community Hub that hosts an Artist-in-Residence, and member-facing resources including Know Your Rights trainings, Navigating ICE Guides (for families and educators), a Students' Rights Violation Complaint Form, an SRO Complaints process, and the Education Justice Sustainers recurring-donor program. These modules fit together as: campaigns define the policy goals, the Institutes and trainings build leadership capacity to advance them, the Hub and complaint processes provide community infrastructure, and the donor program sustains the work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EJA Community Hub: Shared community workspace and meeting venue in Raleigh, NC operated by Education Justice Alliance for grassroots organizing, coworking, and event rentals.
• Youth Power Institute (YPI)
• Parent Power Institute
• Education Justice Sustainers

Products and services

• EJA Community Hub A physical shared workspace and meeting venue in Raleigh, NC offering coworking day passes and hourly conference room rentals (Allison R. Brown Conference Room, Rukiya Dillahunt Conference Room, Library of Liberation) plus a backyard event space for community organizations and grassroots groups.
• Youth Power Institute (YPI) A summer youth leadership and organizing program for Black and Brown youth in Wake County, NC, focused on political education, community organizing, and student voice.
• Parent Power Institute A virtual training series for parents and caregivers of children in North Carolina's early childhood system, focused on the impact of exclusionary discipline in early childhood settings, parent leadership, and community building.
• Know Your Rights Trainings Free educational workshops delivered by EJA to inform students, families, educators, and community organizations about legal rights related to school discipline and immigration enforcement, available via training request on ejanc.org.
• Navigating ICE in NC Public Schools Guides Print and digital guides (Family edition and Educator edition) providing practical guidance for responding to ICE encounters in school and community settings, including summaries of NC immigration-related laws and tools for creating immigrant-aware school safety policies.
• Students' Rights Violation Complaint Service A formal complaint intake and monitoring service for alleged violations of student rights in NC public schools (including enrollment denial, SSN requests, chilling practices, and differential treatment), grounded in Plyler v. Doe.
• SRO Complaints Process A formal complaint reporting and intake mechanism for incidents involving School Resource Officers (SROs) and school security guards in North Carolina schools, supported in collaboration with ADVP, Emancipate NC, and other partners.
• Education Justice Sustainers A recurring monthly donor/sustainer program (Aliados de la Justicia Educativa in Spanish) providing sustained financial partnership to shift policy, practice, and culture in the public education system.
• Fighting For Our Schools Branded Merchandise Branded apparel and accessories sold to support EJA's work, including "Fighting For Our Schools" shirts ($25) and tumblers ($20), available in sizes S, M, L, XL, 2XL, with manual order processing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 28 organizations signed the 2017 campaign letter demanding immigrant student protections in WCPSS
• +7 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Journey for Justice Alliance: National network of youth and parent organizers building community-led alternatives to school policing and closures. Direct peer given its parent-and-youth-driven organizing model and emphasis on dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
• North Carolina Justice Center: Statewide NC policy and advocacy organization that is part of EJA's 28-organization coalition. Comparable on education equity, immigrant rights, and state-level policy advocacy in North Carolina.
• Dignity in Schools Campaign: National coalition of organizations working to end the school-to-prison pipeline and promote restorative, inclusive school climates. Direct peer given its overlapping campaigns on counselors not cops, ending pushout, and student rights.
• NC Council of Churches: Interfaith NC advocacy coalition listed as an EJA coalition partner. Comparable given its statewide NC footprint and shared advocacy on immigrant and education justice.
• Emancipate NC: NC-based youth justice organization that partners with EJA on SRO complaints and school policing advocacy. Comparable given shared focus on dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline in North Carolina.
• El Centro Hispano: NC Latino advocacy and community organization listed as a 28-organization signatory on EJA's 2017 immigrant student protection campaign. Direct peer in immigrant family advocacy and bilingual community organizing.
• Southern Coalition for Social Justice: Durham, NC-based racial and social justice organization that co-leads the #CounselorsNotCops campaign with EJA. Direct peer given its NC focus, education equity work, and overlapping advocacy on SRO presence and student rights.
• Duke Children's Law Clinic: Duke Law School clinic that partnered with EJA on the May 2025 community report on early-grade suspensions. Comparable given its NC base, education policy research focus, and direct collaboration with EJA on parent-led data collection.

Broad incumbents

• Advancement Project: National racial justice organization with major work on school discipline disparities and the school-to-prison pipeline. Broad incumbent given its national footprint and policy research capabilities overlapping EJA's mission.
• Southern Poverty Law Center: National civil rights organization with broad education justice and immigrant rights litigation and advocacy work. Broad incumbent comparable to EJA on school-to-prison pipeline and immigrant student protections, but at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@educationjusticealliance8063
• Facebookfacebook.com/EJARALEIGHNC
• Instagraminstagram.com/eja_nc
• Xx.com/EJARALEIGHNC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ejaraleighnc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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