Our Alliances

El Refugio

El Refugio is a nonprofit organization based in Lumpkin, Georgia that provides crucial support to immigrants detained at the Stewart Detention Center. Their work includes support for the detainees in the form of visitation, emotional support, educational resources, and free lodging and food for family members hoping to see their loved ones. El Refugio is one of the few nonprofits in Georgia that provides direct advocacy for these immigrants and their families, and Sweetwater is fully committed to supporting them in their ongoing mission.

GRACE Marketplace

GRACE Marketplace is a “one-stop homeless services agency” in Gainesville, Florida, whose mission is to end homelessness by removing barriers to assistance and providing shelter, services, and pathways to permanent housing.

Peaceful Paths

Peaceful Paths is a certified domestic violence center serving Alachua, Bradford, and Union counties in Florida. Its core mission is to support survivors of domestic partner violence, provide safety and healing, and advocate for community awareness and prevention.

Remedy-Gainesville (Fmr. St. Francis Pet Care)

Remedy-Gainesville Pet Care (formally St. Francis Pet Care) is a nonprofit veterinary clinic in North Central Florida dedicated to providing primary and preventive veterinary care to companion animals of homeless persons, veterans, and low-income communities. Its core goal is to help people in vulnerable situations remain with their pets by reducing financial and access barriers to pet health care.

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

The Southern Poverty Law Center is a non profit civil rights and legal advocacy-based organization committed to researching and combating hate groups, discrimination, and bigotry in the United States since 1971.

UNITE Inc. and The Dignity Index

The Dignity Index is a structured, research-informed program aimed at measuring and encouraging public discourse free from degrading or demeaning others in the process of disagreement. Through its scoring tool, educational resources, and pilot applications, the initiative seeks to shift American culture toward respect, collaboration, and problem-solving rather than division and conflict.