mission

Reverse gentrification in historic neighborhoods. 

Our main goal is to repatriate displaced residents to their orginal neighborhoods or homes, provide affordable housing and down payment assistance for first-time home buyers, and help people stay in and maintain their homes.

Provide continual financial support.

Since 2021, we have provided over $125,000 in cash assistance to Tucsonan's to pay for rent, utilities, home repairs, funeral costs, medical bills, auto repair, food and tuition. Please donate to sustain this work!

Promote and sponsor arts, culture and sports programming in the neighborhood. 

We are proud to sponsor students to take Afrikan dance at the Barbea Williams Performing Company and are donors to Sugar Hill's Tucson Seminoles, a youth football team that practices in the neighborhood at Mansfield Park.

Reparations can come in many forms. 

We stand in solidarity with H.B. 40 & S.40; Commission to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans; show your support by signing the Reparations Resolution petition and donating reparations to SHCLT to be redistributed. (tinyurl.com/reparationsresolution).

Neighborhood programming to raise the visibility of the historic residents. 

SHCLT organizes and sponsors annual neighborhood events such as our annual events, the Sugar Hill Block Party and DAT event (Day After Thanksgiving Sugar Hill Family Reunion).

Food security and sustainability in the neighborhood. 

Help neighbors grow organic food and plant trees to develop our green infrastructure and work towards autonomy.