Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

What Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression does

The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) is the Chicago chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (NAARPR), a Black-led mass-defense and social-justice organization originally founded in 1973 to free Angela Davis and all political prisoners, re-founded in 2019 under Executive Director Frank Chapman. The organization runs no commercial products or technology platform; its "offerings" are grassroots organizing campaigns, mass-defense of activists, electoral mobilization, policy advocacy, and national/regional conferences. CAARPR serves families impacted by police violence, student activists (including the Tampa 5), political prisoners and targets of government repression, and a coalition of community, labor (SEIU, CTU, AFSCME, ATU), and faith-based partners.

The organization's core methodology combines direct action (rallies, caravans, protests), coalition organizing, electoral campaigns, and legislative advocacy. It does not operate proprietary technology infrastructure; its web presence runs on Ghost CMS, and mobilization is coordinated through coalitions, petition platforms (PeoplesPetitions.org), social media, email, and biannual national conferences. The organization achieves impact via policy and electoral work rather than technology — most notably passage of Chicago's Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) ordinance (2021) and pro-accountability candidates winning 14 of 22 Police District Council seats on February 28, 2023.

CAARPR's revenue model is donations and fundraising only, with no products or services sold. Funds are raised via donation appeals, dedicated fundraisers (e.g., the 50th Anniversary conference fundraiser), conference registration fees, and platforms including Open Collective and CommitChange. As a 501(c)-style nonprofit membership organization, there is no equity ownership, no venture capital, and no disclosed financials. Operating geographies span 18+ chapters across the Midwest, Southeast, Northeast, Southwest, West Coast, and Washington D.C., with Chicago as headquarters since 1973.

Name

Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

Legal name

National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression

Website

https://naarpr.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) is the Chicago chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, a Black-led mass-defense nonprofit serving families of police-violence victims, student activists, and political prisoners via grassroots organizing, electoral campaigns, and coalition advocacy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Rights and Social Justice Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAFAI

Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAFAJ

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAFAN

Government Accountability, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Advocacy

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAFAA

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

Keywords

• Grassroots social justice organizing
• Civil rights advocacy
• Police accountability campaigns
• Community defense organizing
• Mass defense movement

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: CAARPR and NAARPR raise funds through donation appeals, fundraisers, and conference registration fees. The 50th Anniversary Conference had a dedicated fundraiser (dub.sh/naarpr50th) and accepted donations via Open Collective and CommitChange platforms.

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CAARPR is a grassroots mass defense organization that mobilizes community members through direct action, coalition building, electoral campaigns, and policy advocacy to fight racist and political repression. It organizes rallies, protests, voter mobilization drives, national conferences, and legislative campaigns such as the Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance in Chicago. Its offerings are organizing campaigns and advocacy services for community members, families of police violence victims, and allied labor and faith organizations.

Product overview

The National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (NAARPR) and its Chicago chapter (CAARPR) are social justice advocacy and mass defense organizations, not technology product companies. Their 'offerings' consist of grassroots organizing campaigns, advocacy initiatives, annual conferences, and community mobilization efforts focused on police accountability, racial justice, and political prisoner support. No commercial software products, platforms, or technology services are offered.

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Products and services

• Mass Defense and Solidarity Campaigns Direct action, rallies, caravans, and public campaigns organized to defend activists, political prisoners, and communities targeted by police violence and political repression. Includes the Tampa 5 defense, Uhuru 3 solidarity, and similar campaigns for community members and activists.
• Electoral Organizing Campaigns Voter mobilization and candidate support for pro-accountability candidates in municipal elections, including door-to-door canvassing, voter rights caravans, and endorsement work. Targeted Chicago city council and Police District Council races.
• National Organizing Conferences Biannual national conferences that serve as organizing moments and coalition-building opportunities, including the 50th Anniversary Conference (November 2023), 2025 Conference, and regional conferences such as the 2026 Eastern Regional Organizing Conference in Washington D.C.
• Coalition Building and Joint Campaign Organizing Coordination of multi-organization coalitions including the Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC) and Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA) for joint policy advocacy. Includes partnerships with SEIU, CTU, AFSCME, Rainbow PUSH, BLM Chicago, and NAACP.
• Policy Advocacy for Civilian Oversight of Police Policy advocacy and legislative campaigns for civilian oversight and community control of police, including the Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) ordinance in Chicago and subsequent defense of the ordinance.

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024USPCN co-organized the National Week of Action February 5-11, 2024 against U.S./Israeli genocide in Gaza with NAARPR and SDS.
• Students for Democratic Society (SDS)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023National SDS leads campus organizing against police violence and political repression. NAARPR supports SDS campaigns including the Tampa 5 defense and national days of protest.
• Twin Cities Coalition 4 Justice 4 JamarminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Minnesota-based coalition focused on justice for Jamar (George Floyd) that organized large protests including a 4,000-person march following Amir Locke's murder.
• Families Supporting Families Against Police ViolenceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Family-led organization that held rallies following conviction of officers in George Floyd case, partnering with NAARPR branches on accountability demands.
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU HCII)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022SEIU Healthcare Illinois/Indiana partnered with CAARPR on voter rights mobilization, including a car caravan protest on MLK Day 2022 with over 100 participants.
• Rainbow PUSH CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Bishop Tavis Grant from Rainbow PUSH Coalition joined CAARPR's voter rights caravan, adding national visibility and support to voting rights demands.
• Black Lives Matter ChicagomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022BLM Chicago co-organized the voter rights caravan with CAARPR and SEIU, combining forces for the MLK Day 2022 action.
• SOUL (School of Unity and Liberation)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022SOUL participated in voter rights mobilization efforts alongside CAARPR, contributing speakers and support to the MLK Day caravan.
• NAACP Southside BranchminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022NAACP Southside Branch joined the voter rights coalition, providing institutional support for the MLK Day 2022 mobilization.
• Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC) CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021CPAC is a coalition of community organizations that came together to create the Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) ordinance. The coalition represents over 100 organizations working jointly on police reform legislation in Chicago.
• Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021GAPA is a coalition partner that united with CPAC to create the unified ECPS ordinance. Together they represent the broadest community-based, labor-based, and faith-based movement for community control of the police in Chicago history.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• UnidosUS (formerly NCLR): UnidosUS is a national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization with a similar nonprofit advocacy structure, voter mobilization work, and coalition-building approach. Both organizations operate as national advocacy nonprofits with regional chapters serving marginalized communities.
• National Urban League: The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization focused on economic empowerment, social justice, and civic engagement for African Americans and other underserved communities. It operates with broader scope and more institutional infrastructure than CAARPR but in an adjacent cause area.
• Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): SPLC is an established civil rights organization that monitors extremist activity and pursues litigation against hate groups and law enforcement misconduct. It operates in adjacent spaces to CAARPR/NAARPR with greater institutional resources and broader national scope.
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): The ACLU is a broad national civil liberties organization with overlapping mission areas including criminal justice reform, free speech defense, and political repression advocacy. It is a larger, more established incumbent operating in adjacent cause areas to CAARPR/NAARPR's mass-defense work.
• Amnesty International USA: Amnesty International USA focuses on human rights advocacy, including criminal justice and political prisoner support—directly aligned with NAARPR's mass-defense mission. It is a larger, more established incumbent with global reach that overlaps with NAARPR's political prisoner advocacy.

Direct peers

• Movement for Black Lives (M4BL): M4BL is a coalition of Black-led organizations advocating for racial justice, police accountability, and systemic change. As a coalition-based network, it is structurally comparable to NAARPR's federated chapter model and shares overlapping policy priorities.
• NAACP: The NAACP is a foundational U.S. civil rights organization that, like CAARPR/NAARPR, focuses on racial justice, voter rights, and combating systemic racism through advocacy, litigation, and coalition building. Both organizations mobilize Black communities around police accountability and political representation.
• Black Lives Matter: BLM is a directly comparable grassroots movement organization focused on racial justice and police accountability. CAARPR has an active coalition partnership with BLM Chicago (MLK Day caravan 2022), and the two operate in the same activist ecosystem with similar target audiences and tactics.
• Color Of Change: Color Of Change is a racial justice advocacy organization focused on criminal justice reform and political accountability. It pursues a similar mission through digital organizing and policy advocacy, and represents a peer in the modern Black-led social justice ecosystem.

Emerging players

• National Lawyers Guild: The National Lawyers Guild provides legal support for political activists and social movements, including mass defense work that aligns with NAARPR's political prisoner and protest defense mission. It is a peer in the broader movement-lawyering ecosystem.

Market position

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Competitive moat5 records

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Key highlights6 records

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