BU-GATA
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Mission Statement
BU-GATA is a community-based organization that works with adults and youth to provide culturally competent advocacy, education and leadership development throughout Arlington, Virginia, with a particular focus on renter advocacy and civic engagement in low-income, immigrant communities.
About This Cause
Organized by a group of Latino tenants in 1992, BU-GATA was created to stop displacement from a neighborhood multi-family complex, the Gates of Arlington. As the organization grew stronger, residents began to broaden BU-GATA’s focus to include community stability, and in 1998, addressed another neighborhood need – youth leadership development – by creating the Buckingham Youth Brigade. As a community-based non-profit, BU-GATA has focused on defending tenants, educating residents about their rights, and fighting to preserve the community when gentrification threatens. Our goals: To Promote neighborhood stabilization and community activities, especially for the youth. To train and educate renters and community residents about their rights and housing choices, with especial emphasis on the economically most vulnerable residents.