The Southwest Organizing Project in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is committed to providing leadership development to young people with opportunities and access to resources they need to think for themselves and analyze their surroundings, to have a voice in decisions that affects their lives, and to build power in their communities.
SWOP has done many projects with students in the past, including focusing on the criminalization of students in schools, writing a comprehensive students bill of rights, and more. Current projects continue examining the school-to-prison pipeline.