Urban Advocates & Achievers

Urban Advocates & Achievers (UAA), founded in 2012, is a 501(c)(3), non-profit community-based organization located in Sacramento, California. UAA strategically coordinates and aligns resources of an entire community together to increase the educational success for students in the Promise Zone, Sacramento's federally designated high-poverty areas. UAA helps students meet A through G Requirements needed for State and University of California colleges. We assist students in the Education Gap that are below basic in math and language arts become proficient and above proficient student achievers. Our students and families receive a host of resources including individual assessments, financial literacy skills, Mentorship, Life Skills and 24-Hour on-line tutoring services.

The Office of Campus Community Relations (OCCR), at UC Davis, is in a Founding Partnership with UAA. The OCCR is committed to UAA as the lead organization to START the "Pipeline-to-Educational-Opportunities" for students to attend UC Davis through the UAA's Reservation for College Community Program, (RCCP).

The creation of UAA was inspired by the lack of educational equity in many school districts across the United States, the lack of 21st Century Learning opportunities that continues to affect outcomes for many students and families of color and to STOP the "School-to-Prison-Pipeline." The horrible and ugly truth is that the number of "Privatized Prisons" built across the United States are based upon data received from the Department of Education regarding students under-performing in reading, math, student suspensions, expulsions, and high school drop-out rates. It is even more shocking to learn that the "School-to-Prison-Pipeline" is determined as early as Pre-K through 3rd grade and especially affects students of color in the Education Gap, students with disabilities, and students "At Promise".