California Coalition of Barrios Unidos began as a community-based peace movement in 1977. A nonprofit organization, the agency offers a wide variety of social services and helps youths and their families. Located in Santa Cruz, Calif., it is affiliated to the Macsa Intervention Center, Evangelical Lutheran Church In America, CJNY, California Rural Legal Assistance and Career Works - Workforce Development. The agency s programs include the Cesar E. Chavez School for Social Change, Community Outrearch and Community Economic Development.