Horton's Kids

If you’re looking for a nonprofit organization that focuses on empowering at risk youth to fulfill their true potential despite their circumstances, then you’re looking for Horton’s Kids.

Operating on the mission statement that “circumstances should not dictate a child’s future, and every child should graduate from high school ready to succeed in college, career, and life," Horton’s Kids is living up to that standard by providing 500 children out of Ward 8, where most family’s annual income is at or below 10,000, of Washington DC with various support services, including addressing basic health needs and a Community Resource Center. 

Children inWard 8 face numerous challenges, including living with one of the highest crime rates in the city, and underachieving schools where only 15 percent of elementary students are reading at grade level. Horton’s Kids is working to combat these problems by providing a comprehensive model of support. 

Horton’s Kids was founded in 1989 by Karin Walsh, a woman who wanted to provide impoverished youth with new experiences that broadened their perspectives on life and opportunities available to them. One evening, Ms. Walsh was approached by several children who asked to pump her gas in exchange for spare change. Instead, Ms. Walsh offered them a trip to the zoo. That was the spark. Since then, Horton’s Kids has grown into a dynamic organization, thanks to an active volunteer force as well as federal partnerships. Learn more and get involved.

Men Can Stop Rape

Rape Prevention is up to all of us 

MCSR strives to change presumptions about masculinity and to help men become advocates and activists against a culture that is permissive of violence against women. Through the Men of Strength (MOST) Club, young men learn about healthy models of manhood and becoming allies of women. The Where Do You Stand campaign promotes bystander intervention strategies, while special trainings and workshops around the District and nationwide provide men with information and tactics they can pass along to their peers, or to strangers. The onus for preventing rape and sexual assault often falls on women, but the minds behind Men Can Stop Rape believe males are equally responsible for putting an end to sexual violence. MCSR helps boys and young men learn how to speak up effectively when they see mistreatment, and to challenge the accepted notions of masculinity, so men can be seen as potential allies, rather than potential perpetrators. By incorporating active youth training services, MCSR is helping to create a generation of young men who can grow up respecting women and seeing them as equals. Become an ally or learn how to bring a Men Can Stop Rape training session to your organization, youth group or classroom. Men: What can you do to be an active ally in the fight against rape and sexual assault?