2025-04-03T21:30:04Z 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 863294081 Georgia Educators for Equity and Justice Inc GEOR 0000000000 227 Sandy Springs PlSuite D489 Atlanta GA 30328 Sandra Ajimotokin 0 4049192037 2025-04-03 true 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.gaeej.org X X 119360 119360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119360 0 0 38756 7208 0 4536 67759 118259 1101 11776 0 12877 11776 12877 0 0 0 0 11776 12877 0 0 11776 12877 We are a professional organization dedicated to elevating the teaching profession with a special focus on creating supportive and empowering environments for Black educators We strive to offer a diverse range of resources and guidance covering areas such as advocacy civic engagement and professional development as well as recruitment and retention We concentrate our organizational activities in public school districts throughout the State of Georgia especially in areas with large disparities between the population of Black educators and Black students In 2024 Georgia Educators for Equity and Justice GAEEJ launched its inaugural teacher training initiative with support from the Dobbs Family Foundation the organizations first institutional funder based in Georgia This grant enabled GAEEJ to design and implement a pilot program focused on advancing educational equity through the professional development of public school educators GAEEJ began recruiting a diverse cohort of teachers across the state to participate in culturally responsive training rooted in justice-centered pedagogy As part of this effort GAEEJ also began planning its signature Educators You Deserve Better summit aimed at elevating educator voices and increasing statewide engagement around equity in education This foundational year marked a critical step in scaling GAEEJs mission to transform Georgias education systems through direct investment in its educators 50 In June 2024 Georgia Educators for Equity and Justice GAEEJ received a 40000 reinvestment grant from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund LDF building on their prior years support and signaling growing institutional confidence in GAEEJs mission This funding strengthened GAEEJs ability to expand programming focused on educational justice for Black students and families across Georgia Key areas of focus included parent engagement initiatives community-centered town halls through the Raise Our Black Voices series and exploratory work in edtech and digital equity The grant also supported efforts to extend GAEEJs footprint beyond Metro Atlanta particularly in Clayton County and other underrepresented Black communities The LDFs continued partnership positioned GAEEJ to deepen its impact foster strategic alliances and further its mission of transforming education systems to center equity and liberation 40 0 Aireane Montgomery CEOFounder 20.00 29 9 0 Aireane Montgomery President 20.00 0 0 0 Herbert Jackson Secretary 10.00 0 0 0 Sandra Ajimotokin Treasurer 20.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false Sandra Ajimotokin 227 Sandy Springs Pl Suite D489 Atlanta GA 30328 4049192037 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 X 0 0 615 189221 27810 119360 337006 615 189221 27810 119360 337006 337006 0 615 189221 27810 119360 337006 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Schedule O: Admin / Management $4,649.00 Travel $392.00 Membership $6,486.00 Marketing $6,637.71 Programming $46,351.00 Taxes / Insurance $3,243.00