Voter Information
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The Cloth is an “organization of organizations"
focusing on resources for children and families
in the greater Third Ward area.
Our Mission and Guiding Principle
To identify, mobilize, unify, stabilize, create and coordinate resources to nurture and enhance the bodies, minds and spirits of children, youth and families in the greater Third Ward area.
About Us
The Third Ward Community Cloth Cooperative (the Cloth) is a direct outgrowth of two community initiatives: SHAPE Community Center's Project Harambee implemented in 1990, and the Houston Area Urban League's Coffee and Conversation organized in 1992. Starting with 16 organizations in 1992, the Cloth has reached over 400 community-based organizations, churches, schools and businesses serving one of Houston's oldest inner-city neighborhoods.
What makes us unique is our concept of being an “ORGANIZATION OF ORGANIZATIONS" focusing on resources for children and families in the greater Third Ward area. Recognizing our guiding principles requires a different approach, twelve threads were established with a focus on addressing existing gaps, deficits and emerging needs, of families, by identifying and/or developing approaches to meet those needs.
OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS:
PABA
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Riverside General Hospital
Riverside Public Health Center
Sew Much Fabric
SHAPE Community Center
South Central YMCA
University of Houston-African American Studies
Access Health
Communities in Schools at Yates
Community Artists' Collective
FUUSA (now Change Happens)
Houston Area Urban League
MLK, Jr. Community Center
Operation Smart
Over the Hill, Inc.
