BTW, I know Sidious is supposed to be, at least pre-Sequel Trilogy. However, I was more talking about who each side represents.
First off, there is talk that Palpatine actually represented Richard Nixon. Nixon even said “I am the Senate!” or something similar. Lucas said that the Galactic Empire was the USA and the Ewoks and the Alliance were the Vietcong. Lucas called Han Solo a murderer for shooting Greedo in self-defense.
(To Be Continued)
Well, I found the need to create a third page.
Groups: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/act-locally/
8th Amendment Project Opportunity Fund -The 8th Amendment Project coordinates the national campaign to end the death penalty. The campaign employs all available tools to achieve, repeal, and decrease the number of death sentences and executions. At the same time, it works to change public discourse about the death penalty in this country. The campaign systematically pushes for both reduced usage and repeal in the states to achieve a successful U.S. Supreme Court review, and includes: litigation, legislation and policy reform, field and outreach efforts, communication, and where applicable, electoral strategy. It fosters the partnerships between national organizations, state groups, litigators, advocates, and funders that are essential to create lasting change.
Alliance for Citizenship – Alliance for Citizenship builds support for workable comprehensive immigration reform. The Campaign connects people from communities across the country who are ready to work together towards achieving the 279 votes needed to win just and humane comprehensive immigration reform legislation. Read more about A4C’s story at TAF.
Dream Defenders Action Fund – Dream Defenders is an organization that was formed in the aftermath of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s killing in 2012. The group, whose name alludes to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous speech at the 1963 March on Washington, aims to address the structural problems at the heart of the Martin case: the criminalization of people of color, police brutality, and mass incarceration – all of which add up to a system that can be called “the new Jim Crow.” They seek to train and organize youth and students in nonviolent civil disobedience, civic engagement, and direct action, while creating a sustainable network of youth and student leaders to take action and create change in their communities.
Fund for Fair and Just Policing in NYC – The Fund for Fair and Just Policing in NYC is a campaign engaged in stopping abusive stop-and frisk practices by New York City police by substantially decreasing bias-based encounters with the police, increasing the ability of the most affected communities to hold the police accountable and prevent abusive policing, and building the political will in New York City among the public and policymakers to advance a more just and humane policing paradigm in New York City.
Alliance for Safety and Justice Action – Vote Safe launched the Yes on Proposition 47 campaign on the California ballot in the Fall of 2014, allowing voters the chance to reduce seven low-level, nonviolent drug and theft offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The millions of dollars saved will go towards K-12 education, mental health treatment for prisoners, and victim services. Read more about ASJ Action’s story at TAF.
Demos Action – Demos is a public policy organization working for an America where we all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy.
Indivisible Project – Indivisible is fueling a progressive grassroots network to defeat the Trump agenda. Across the nation, over 5,800 local groups (at least 2 in every congressional district) are using the Indivisible Guide to hold their members of Congress accountable.
New Media Ventures – New Media Ventures is a national angel network that introduces progressive investors to powerful new startups who are building progressive media, communications, and organizing tools and capacity. The community has invested more than $4 million into startups that use media and technology to drive progressive change, revolutionizing the political landscape.
Rethink Media – Rethink Media is a unique nonprofit organization focused on building the communications capacity of nonprofit think tanks, advocacy organizations, experts, and allies towards a more constructive US Foreign and national security policy, the protection of human and civil rights, and strengthening our democracy. They provide its member groups with affordable access to state of the art media technologies, communications training, public opinion data, and messaging support.
National Employment Law Project Action Fund – The National Employment Law Project Action Fund fights for policies to create good jobs, expand access to work, and strengthen protections and support for low-wage workers and the unemployed. They seek to ensure the promises of opportunity and economic security for America’s workers in the 21st century economy.
NPH Action Fund – NPH engages community leaders and stakeholders in finding solutions for the crisis in housing affordability through time-tested and innovative strategies that serve low-income families, seniors, veterans, formerly homeless and people at risk.
Roosevelt Forward – Roosevelt brings together thinkers and doers—from a new generation of leaders in every state to Nobel laureate economists—working to redefine the rules that guide our social and economic realities. We rethink and reshape everything from local policy to federal legislation, orienting toward a new economic and political system: one built by many for the good of all.
SCOPE Agenda Action – SCOPE builds grassroots power to create social, economic, and environmental justice for low-income, female, immigrant, black, and brown communities in Los Angeles.
Tenants Together Action – The Tenants Together Action Fund is the newly formed political arm of California’s statewide tenant movement. The Action Fund uses the political and legislative process to defend and advance the rights of California tenants to safe, decent, and affordable housing. The fund strengthens the statewide tenant movement as they fight for fairness and justice for tenants across California.
California Environmental Justice Alliance Action Fund – CEJA is a statewide coalition of grassroots, environmental justice organizations. They work to achieve environmental justice by organizing in low-income communities and communities of color – those most impacted by environmental hazards – and by pushing for policies at the federal, state, regional and local levels that protect public health and the environment.
CCAEJ Action – CCAEJ Action is dedicated to improving both our social conditions and the natural environment we inhabit, so that everyone has a safe, healthy, toxic free place to live, work, learn, and play. Their services include leadership training and skills development, projects that improve the natural environment and well-being of our families, and advocacy for changes in public policy that are community-driven, protective, and enhance local resources.
Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) – One of the preeminent environmental justice organizations in the nation, CBE seeks to build people’s power in California’s communities of color and low income communities to achieve environmental health and justice. They work to prevent and reduce pollution and build green, healthy, sustainable communities and environments.
Eldercare Workforce Alliance – The Eldercare Workforce Alliance is a group of 31 national organizations, joined together to provide care services to meet the needs of older adults. As a non-profit, their mission is to provide the highest quality care possible to their residents, and propose practical solutions to strengthen our eldercare workforce and improve the quality of care.
Lead Locally – Lead Locally identifies and supports efforts in key local jurisdictions where the national climate movement can organize people power to stop major fossil fuel infrastructure and pave the way for a clean energy economy.
Safer Chemicals Healthy Families – Safer Chemicals Healthy Families coalition represents more than 11 million individuals, including parents, health professionals, advocates for people with learning and developmental disabilities, and environmentalists from across the nation. They work to protect the health of all Americans by persuading Congress and the President to reform our outdated chemical safety law, the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA), through comprehensive legislative reform. They seek to phase out hazardous chemicals from the marketplace and educate the public about ways to protect one’s family from toxic chemicals.
Voices for Progress – Voices for Progress is working to create capacity for major donors and other opinion leaders to urge elected officials to support progressive public policy. They provide timely information on relevant issues, coordinating members’ efforts to expand opportunity, strengthen democracy, and prevent climate change.
Vote Solar Action Fund – Vote Solar is a non-profit grassroots organization working to fight climate change and foster economic opportunity by brining solar energy into the mainstream, working at the state, local, and federal level to remove regulatory barriers and implement key policies needed to bring solar to scale.
Source: https://advocacyfund.org/projects/
Indivisible, Democratic Socialists of America, Women’s March, Democracy for America, Working Families Party, Resist Here, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Mi Familia Vota, OurRevolution, Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, People’s Action, Courage Campaign, Greenpeace, #AllOfUs, #Resist, 350.org, OFA, United We Dream, Win Without War, Voto Latino, MoveOn.org, Sierra Club, Pantsuit Nation, Town Hall Project, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, iAmerica, National Immigration Law Center, #MarchForTruth, Color of Change, UltraViolet, IfNotNow, People Power, Faith in Public Life, CREDO, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Brand New Congress, South Asian Americans Leading Together, NARAL Pro-Choice America, RootsAction, SEIU, Hip Hop Caucus, CODEPINK, Peoples Climate Movement, T’ruah, Public Citizen, Daily Kos, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, CPD Action, Stand Up America, American Federation of Teachers, Emerge America, Jewish Voice for Peace, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Moms Rising, RISE Stronger, Democracy Spring, FIRM, Demos, Sunrise Movement, Spread The Vote, Stand.earth, Our Climate, People For the American Way, Food & Water Watch, NextGen America, Fast Food Justice, Action Together Network, Jews United for Justice, New Leaders Council, Run for Something, Corporate Accountability International, Moms Demand Action, Beyond the Choir, Friends of the Earth, Jobs with Justice, League of Conservation Voters, Truman National Security Project, Progressive Democrats of America, Natural Resources Defense Council, People for Bernie, Common Defense, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, #VOTEPROCHOICE, Emily’s List, Sister District, American Association of University Professors, Network NOVA, Climatetruth.org, National Education Association, National LGBTQ Task Force, Quaker Voluntary Service, Toxics Action Center, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, Woman’s National Democratic Club, Rainforest Action Network, AFSCME, Avodah, NAMI St. Louis, Raising Our Future PAC, Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, Presente.org, Refuse Fascism LA, Welfare Warriors, I.A.T.S.E. Local 28, Voices for Dignity, Platform, Climate Hawks Vote, Japanese American Citizens League, Register Blue, The Plant Fund, Defenders of Wildlife, Wisconsin NOW, Orange County Racial Justice Collaborative, Vets for the 99%, NEAT – National Equality Action Team, Together We Will, Local Berniecrats, Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives, Brazilian Women’s Group, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Frontline Dads, Harrisburg Area NOW, Family Values @ Work, Progress Texas, Western Center on Law and Poverty
Source: http://act.indivisibleguide.com/event/stand-in-solidarity-with-charlottesville/search/
Source: https://www.sisterdistrict.com/allies/
350.org
Advancement Project
Alliance for Educational Justice
Autonomous Tenants Union
Black & Brown Workers Collective (Philly)
Black Lives Matter Global Network
Black Womens’ Roundtable
BlackOut Collective
BLM Network
BLOC (Charlotte)
BYP 100
Causa Justa :: Just Cause
Climate Justice Alliance
Color of Change
Community to Community Development
Cooperation Jackson
Ella Baker Center
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement
Fight for 15
Freedom Inc.
Grassroots Global Justice
Highlander Center for Research & Education
It Take Roots
Mijente
MPower Change
National Domestic Workers Alliance
New Economy Coalition
Philly REAL Coalition
Philly Student Union
Recover The World
R3Coalition
Right to the City
sankofa.org
SolidarityIs
St. Louis Action Council
United We Dream
Women’s March
Source: https://www.beyondthemoment.org/background/
Gar Alperovitz, Washington, DC, author and political historian, founding principal, Democracy Collaborative
Jack Balkwill, Norfolk, VA, editor, LUV News
Judy Bello, Rochester, NY, Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars
Carrie Biggs-Adams, Communications Workers of America
Roshan Bliss, Denver, CO, Colorado Student Power Alliance
Bill Blum, Washington, DC, editor Anti-Empire Report
Leah Bolger, CDR, USN (Ret), Corvallis, OR, Past President, Veterans For Peace, Green Shadow CabinetSecretary of Defense
Terry Bouricius, Burlington, VT, former Senior Analyst at Fair Vote
Pamela Brown, New York, NY, Tidal Magazine/Occupy Theory, Move to Amend, People’s Investigation of Wall Street
Robert Brune, Columbia, MD, DC Media Group
Lee Camp, New York, NY, comedian, activist, and creator of the Moment of Clarity web series. He’s also the Commissioner for The Comedic Arts in the Green Shadow Cabinet.
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Washington, DC, EPA whistleblower and author No Fear
Ronnie Cummins, Finland, MN, executive director, Organic Consumers Association
Jill Dalton, Writer/performer, RecoveringArmyBrat Blog
Ellen Davidson, New York, NY and Woodstock, NY,the Indypendent newspaper, board member, Ecosocialist Horizons and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA
Steve Early, Richmond, California, TNG/CWA member, Pacific Media Workers Guild, Freelancers’ Unit
Margaret Flowers, Baltimore, MD, co-director, It’s Our Economy and co-host Clearing the FOG.
Michael Fox, Baltimore, MD, executive director, United Workers
Kymone Freeman, Washington, DC, co-founder We Act Radio
Bruce K. Gagnon, Brunswick, ME, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Paul Glover, Philadelphia, PA, Green planner, community justice organizer
Howie Hawkins, Syracuse NY, Green Party
Tarak Kauff, New York, NY and Woodstock, NY, Veterans For Peace Direct Action Group
Brett Kimberlin, Director Justice Through Music, co-founder Velvet Revolution
Ben Manski, Madison, WI, executive director, Liberty Tree Foundation, Move to Amend Executive Committee, Chief of Staff, Green Shadow Cabinet
Sarah (Steve) Mosko, BoogieGreen.com
Bill Moyer, Vashon Island, WA, executive director, Backbone Campaign
Michael Nagler, Petaluma, CA, Metta Center for Nonviolence
Tom Neilson, Folk musician, social justice teacher TomNeilsonMusic.com
Larry Pinkney, Black Commentator, Intrepid Report
Emanual Sferios, Grass Valley, CA, Occucards
Reena Shadaan, International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, North Americablack
Cindy Sheehan, Vacaville, CA, Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox, LLC
Lisa Simeone, Baltimore, Maryland
Arthus Stamoulis, Portland, OR, Citizen’s Trade Campaign
Kat Stevens, Ithaca, NY, Marcellus Shale Earth First!, Shaleshock Direct Action Working Group, Tar Sands Blockade, co-founder Wildseeds Collective
Rivera Sun Cook, Artistic Director, Dancer, Actor, Author, Rising Sun Dance and Theater
David Swanson, Charlottesville, VA, WarIsACrime.org and Roots Action
Erika Thorne, Minneapolis,MN Training for Change
Dennis Trainor, Jr., Boston, MA, ACRONYM TV
Stephanie Van Hook, Petaluma, CA, Metta Center for Nonviolence
Stephen Wallace, Maryland
Tom Weis, Boulder, CO, President, Climate Crisis Solutions
Kevin Zeese,Baltimore, MD, co-director, It’s Our Economy and co-host Clearing the FOG.
Source: https://popularresistance.org/aboutus/
Source: http://www.fairvote.org/financials#year_end_reports
Source: http://advancingjustice-aajc.org/corporate-alliance
American Express Foundation, the Baker Street Foundation, the California Endowment, the ChevronTexaco Foundation, the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, the Fannie Mae Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Hilton Foundation, the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, the Philadelphia Foundation, the New World Foundation, the New York Community Trust, the New York Times Company Foundation, George Soros‘s Open Society Institute, the Rockefeller Family Fund, the Shefa Fund, the Target Foundation, and the Vanguard Public Foundation.
Source: http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6186
Source: http://www.resistandprotest.com/organizers
Groups: https://www.risestronger.org/groups
Source: https://nationalsecurityaction.org/who-we-are/
Andrus Family Fund, The Arca Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, The Ford Foundation, General Service Foundation, The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, NoVo Foundation,Open Society Foundations, Rosenberg Foundation and The Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock.
Source: See footer at http://fundersforjustice.org/philanthropic-responses-to-ferguson/
Source: http://www.nfg.org/members
Source: http://newmediaventures.org
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Catalog for Giving of New York City
Foundation for Civic Leadership
Ford Foundation
The Issroff Family Foundation
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
State Farm Youth Advisory Board
Pinkerton Foundation
BayTree Fund
Elfenworks Foundation
F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation
Gamble Foundation
Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation
Wellington Management Foundation
Westly Foundation
Con Edison
Fidelity Investments
Herb Block Foundation
Hunt Alternatives Fund
Microsoft
Otto H. York Foundation
The Rhode Island Foundation
State Farm
Van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Wells Fargo
The Bay and Paul Foundations
Colgate Palmolive
Hyde and Watson Foundation
John Hancock Financial Services
Medium
MFS Management
Orville W. Forte Charitable Foundation
Sasaki Associates
Source of Hope Foundation
TUGG
Yesware
WeWork
ActBlue
Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.
AllianceBernstein
Ariel Group
Ariel Investments
The Boston Foundation
Boston Private Bank and Trust Company
Brigade
Chevron Corporation
Eastern Bank Foundation
Eckert Seamans
General Atlantic
General Electric
Hinckley and Allen
I.F. Hummingbird Foundation
Investors Foundation
Kapor Center for Social Impact
Liberty Square Group
MassVote
Maverick Capital Foundation
Maximus Charitable Foundation
Mead Johnson
Mintz Levin
Navigant Consulting
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Putnam Associates
RedStone Strategy Group
Research Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc.
Rough Draft Ventures
The San Francisco Foundation
State Street Foundation
Tech Credit Union
The White Family Foundation/TACO
Yammer
Source: https://generationcitizen.org/our-team/our-supporters/
IssueVoter is an innovative non-partisan platform that gives everyone a voice in our democracy by making civic engagement accessible, efficient, and impactful. Users select issues they care about then receive customized email alerts before Congress votes on new bills.
Each email includes a summary of the bill, what proponents and opponents are saying, and related news for context. Individuals simply click ‘Support’ or ‘Oppose’ to send their opinion directly to their representative. IssueVoter tracks how often people’s elected officials vote their way, helping voters make informed decisions at election time.
Women’s March EMPOWER is an initiative of Women’s March Youth through a coalition with PeaceFirst, Rise To Run, The Gathering For Justice, Rock the Vote and Teen Vogue. Women’s March EMPOWER upholds the Unity Principles of the Women’s March platform. Our goal is to provide young people with the tools needed to create high school and college chapters that guide students in making a positive impact on their community. We believe that the single most powerful act we can do is prepare young people with the skills and commitments to take actions around causes that matter to them with courage, compassion and collaboration. Our goal is to help Young Leaders in starting a high school or college chapter and becoming a leader in their community.
Pennsylvania Voice and Rock the Vote, worked closely together to release a free Pennsylvania Voter Registration App, the first of it’s kind. The Pennsylvania Voter Registration App is unique in that it works without internet access, providing constant access to electronic voter registration without the need for WiFi or a data plan. Additionally, it allows citizens to sign their voter registration application with a stylus, thus allowing the first truly seamless voter registration system in the country.
Progress Virginia teamed up with Rock the Vote to launch a nonpartisan digital voter guide for Virginia’s November 2017 state election. The guide featured video and written responses from candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General, as well as legislative seats across the state, on priority issues for young voters including college affordability, women’s healthcare, the economy, immigration and climate change.
Source: https://www.rockthevote.org/partners-and-advocates/
5 Calls
Calling is the most effective way to influence your representative. 5 Calls is the easiest and most effective way for citizens to make an impact in national and local politics. |
Act Local
ActLocal is a national network of local leaders focused on building local power and promoting allyship and coordination across the progressive movement through in-person gatherings. |
Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter Global Network is a chapter-based, member-led organization whose mission is to build local power and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. |
Color of Change
Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. They help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. |
EMILY’s List
Emily’s List works to elect pro-choice Democratic Women to office and pursues larger leadership roles for pro-choice Democratic women in our legislative bodies and executive seats |
Flippable
Help win back states for democrats—and reclaim our country’s democracy. |
Indivisible
Indivisible seeks to fuel a progressive grassroots network of local groups to resist the Trump Agenda. Their straightforward guide teaches you how to effect change in Congress |
March for Science
March for Science works toward a future where science is fully embraced in public life and policy. The March for Science organization empowers a global community of science supporters for nonpartisan advocacy in service of equitable and effective science and science policy. |
March On
MARCH ON is galvanizing the millions who marched into a political movement that will mobilize around an election-focused agenda. Our election work begins today with March On The Polls 2018. |
MobilizeAmerica
MobilizeAmerica is a platform that connects individuals, grassroots groups, and national progressive organizations with the most impactful volunteer-led electoral actions to elect Democrats. Our mobile app and event scheduling platform allow anyone to find high impact campaign events near them, and allows hard working candidates to know help is coming. |
MoveOn.org
MoveOn is the largest independent, progressive, digitally-connected organizing group in the United States. MoveOn members step up as leaders by using the MoveOn Petitions DIY organizing platform to create their own petitions and campaigns to drive social change. |
Onward Together
Onward Together is dedicated to advancing the vision that earned nearly 66 million votes in the last election. By encouraging people to organize, get involved, and run for office, Onward Together will advance progressive values and work to build a brighter future for generations to come. |
Organizing for Action
Organizing for Action is committed to finding and training the next generation of great progressive organizers, because at the end of the day, we aren’t the first to fight for progressive change, and we won’t be the last. |
PL+US
PL+US: Paid Leave for the United States is a bold new organization with a single mission: win paid family leave for everyone in the United States. Our strategy layers public advocacy and accountability campaigns with state-of-the-art communications and digital grassroots engagement to win ambitious solutions for working people in the United States. |
Planned Parenthood Action
Planned Parenthood was founded over 100 years ago on the revolutionary idea that women have the right to access the information and care they need to live strong, healthy lives. Today, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) fights to protect that right — often in the face of extreme politicians trying to take it away. |
RAINN
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. |
Resistance School
Resistance School is a free practical training program to sharpen the tools progressives need to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels. |
Run for Something
Run For Something will recruit and support talented, passionate young people who will advocate for progressive values now and for the next 30 years, with the ultimate goal of building a progressive bench. |
Sister District
The Sister District Project is leading the movement to turn state legislatures blue and ensure fair redistricting by empowering an enduring community of volunteers who are formidable in their ability to help Democrats win elections. |
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality. |
Swing Left
Swing Left helps you find and commit to supporting progressives in your closest Swing District so that you can help ensure we take back the House in 2018. |
Town Hall Project
Town Hall Project empowers constituents across the country to have face-to-face conversations with their elected representatives. |
United We Dream
United We Dream is the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation. They organize and advocate for the dignity and fair treatment of immigrant youth and families, regardless of immigration status. |
Source: https://www.pantsuitnation.org/allies.html
Civic Engagement Fund and Civic Engagement Action Fund
Source: https://www.pantsuitnation.org/mission.html
#AllofUs, American Friends Service Committee, Beautiful Trouble, Chelsea Manning Support Network, Electronic Frontier Foundation, #IfNotNow, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Lancaster Stands Up, MoveOn.org, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Our Homes, United for Peace & Justice, Rainforest Action Network, Veterans For Peace, Working Families Party
Source: https://beyondthechoir.org/partnerships/
Wall-of-Us
Action Group Network
Daily Kos
Center for American Progress
Assemble
Action Together Network
Together We Will
The People’s Supper
OFA
RISE Stronger
These are guys that aren’t already listed as Gates funded, aren’t listed as CTE supporters, and are not on my other lists but that I am fairly certain are tied to the Common Core/Fed Ed stuff.
City of Boston – Boston Centers for Youth & Families
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Wellington Management Foundation
Source: https://bostonbeyond.org/about/funders/
Source: http://www.educationcities.org/members/the-mind-trust/
Source: http://www.educationcities.org/members/citybridge-foundation/
Scott Anderson, President & CEO, Zions Bank
Ron Jibson, Retired Chairman & CEO, Questar
Gail Miller, Owner, Larry H. Miller Group of Companies
The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley
Council of Chief State School Officers
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
The ECDC is supported through funding from the Alliance for Early Success, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Richard W. Goldman Family Foundation.
Source: http://www.ecedata.org/about-us/partners-and-funders/
School’s Out Washington
School’s Out Washington is an intermediary organization dedicated to building community systems to support quality afterschool and youth development (AYD) programs for Washington’s 5-18 year olds through training, advocacy and leadership. Through a range of training and professional development services, we promote quality standards and offer opportunities for AYD program providers to develop skills, receive support and network with peers. We disseminate research on the benefits of programs and mobilize children’s advocates to take action on issues impacting the AYD field. Our grant programs support quality programs in a variety of ways. We also facilitate communication among AYD professionals, schools, law enforcement officials, policymakers, civic leaders, foundations and other partners to establish accountability and a system of support for Washington’s young people.
Research from the University of Arkansas shows that field trips to cultural institutions produce notable benefits for students, particularly those from less-advantaged backgrounds. Students from rural areas and high-poverty schools, as well as minority students, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than the average gains for all students in critical thinking, historical empathy, tolerance, and becoming art consumers.
Washington Alliance for Bilingual Education
Does your site have significant numbers of English Language Learners? You might be interested in attending the WABE Conference (What’s academic language got to do with it?), April 19-20 in Yakima.
Afterschool Alliance
The Afterschool Alliance is the only organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for more afterschool investments. The Afterschool Alliance works with the Administration, the U.S. Congress, governors, mayors and advocates across the country.
AfterSchool.org
Designed for afterschool program directors who want to improve the quality of their programs, this site is also a useful tool for program staff, volunteers, parents, policymakers, and anyone else who cares about children. Promising Practices in Afterschool (PPAS) is an effort to find and share what’s working in afterschool programs.
Child Nutrition
Child Nutrition assists school districts and other program sponsors in providing quality nutrition programs that promote life-long healthful living while providing nutritious meals each day that prepare children for learning.
Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
Title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Parts 74-86 and 97-99, December 2008 edition
National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
For nearly 30 years NIOST at Wellesley College has moved the afterschool field forward through its research, education and training, consultation, and field-building. Much of NIOST’s work has encompassed projects of national scope and influence, several representing “firsts” for the field and many focusing on building out-of-school time systems.
Resources On Afterschool
Resources On Afterschool is an online tool featuring selected resources in the areas of: research and evaluation, promising practices, professional development, public awareness and communications, policy, and financing in afterschool.
Forum for Youth Investment
The Forum for Youth Investment is a nonprofit, nonpartisan “action tank” dedicated to helping communities and the nation make sure all young people are Ready by 21: ready for college, work and life. Informed by rigorous research and practical experience, the Forum forges innovative ideas, strategies and partners to strengthen solutions for young people and those who care about them. A trusted resource for policy makers, advocates, researchers and program professionals, the Forum provides youth and adult leaders with the information, connections and tools they need to create greater opportunities and outcomes for young people.
SEDL
SEDL is a private, nonprofit education research, development, and dissemination (RD&D) corporation that specializes in afterschool programming.
The David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality
The core mission of the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality is to position point of service quality as a powerful public idea that drives the out-of-school time field towards higher levels of understanding, expectation, and action about the quality of experiences available to youth.
Harvard Family Research Project
HFRP focuses on three areas that support children’s learning and development: early childhood education, out-of-school time programming, and family and community support in education. Underpinning all of their work is a commitment to evaluation for strategic decision making, learning, and accountability. They have a particular interest in complementary learning, which is the idea that a systemic approach, which integrates school and nonschool supports, can better ensure that all children have the skills they need to succeed.
National Summer Learning Association
The National Summer Learning Association serves as a network hub for thousands of summer learning program providers and stakeholders across the country, providing tools, resources, and expertise to improve program quality, generate support, and increase youth access and participation. They offer professional development, quality assessment and evaluation, best practices dissemination and collaboration, and other resources.
Learning Points
Grantee data will be reported annually via the 21st CCLC Information Collections System (PPICS), an online performance reporting system developed.
U.S. Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers
This program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools.
Source: http://www.k12.wa.us/21stCenturyLearning/Resources.aspx
IDEO is a design + innovation consultancy that uses human-centered design to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems.
We always start with human needs, and then design appropriate solutions from there. Our Education studio focuses on innovations ranging from learning tools, to school models, to spreading creative confidence. We created the Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit to share our innovation process with teachers and administrators.
The d.school is a hub for innovators at Stanford. Students and faculty in engineering, medicine, business, law, the humanities, sciences, and education find their way here to take on the world’s messy problems together. Human values are at the heart of our collaborative approach. We focus on creating spectacularly transformative learning experiences. Along the way, our students develop a process for producing creative solutions to even the most complex challenges they tackle. This is the core of what we do.
The K12 Lab at the d.school inspires and develops the creative confidence of educators and supports edu-innovators to catalyze impactful models for teaching and learning.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation helps people build measurably better lives. The Education Program makes grants to improve education by expanding the reach of openly available educational resources, improving California education policies, and by supporting “deeper learning”— a combination of the fundamental knowledge, practical basic skills and valuable dispositions all students will need to succeed. The Education Program plays a role in connecting Deeper Learning partners and resources.
Startup Edcuation
Source: http://www.startupeducation.org
Power My Learning
Source: https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/powermylearning-grant–5376085d
New Classrooms Innovation Partners
Source: https://www.newclassrooms.org/about/supporters/
Silicon Schools Fund
Source: http://www.siliconschools.com/team/
National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education
Source: http://www.naate.org/page/newsroom/publications/15731
Digital Promise
Source: http://digitalpromise.org/about/supporters/
The Learning Accelerator
Source: https://learningaccelerator.org
Character Lab Inc.
Source: https://www.characterlab.org/donors
Center for American Progress
Source: https://www.americanprogress.org/c3-our-supporters/
Next Generation Learning Challenges
Source: https://www.nextgenlearning.org/about
EnLearn
Bellwether Education Partners
Source: https://bellwethereducation.org/who-we-work
College Advising Corps
College Board
Summit Public Schools
Vision to Learn
Source: https://www.chanzuckerberg.com/initiatives
Source: http://www.achievementstandards.org/content/community
Source: https://www.strivetogether.org/investors/
Source: https://www.strivetogether.org/the-network/
At Crown Castle Fiber, we build, own, and maintain the fiber networks that help you run your organization today, while setting the stage for tomorrow’s most transformative innovations. We take the time to understand your needs and deliver a solution that’s right for you. A solution that lets you share ideas and pursue new opportunities―free from the constraints of speed, capacity, or distance. And we’ll be your partner through it all―no matter what lies ahead.
In the past, learning was constrained by time and place. Today, digital transformation is opening a new world of educational opportunities—to learn in new ways, in new places, with new connections to resources around the globe.
Cisco is leading this digital transformation in education with the Cisco Digital Education Platform, which supports blended learning opportunities, worldwide collaboration, and rich online media experiences. With this completely integrated digital environment, schools have the technology in place to ensure that buildings are connected, educators are empowered, administrators are informed, and students can learn without limits. For more information, visit www.cisco.com/go/education
As a member of the Dell Technologies unique family of businesses, Dell EMC serves a key role in providing the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. Dell EMC enables our enterprise customers’ IT and digital business transformation through trusted hybrid cloud and big-data solutions, built upon a modern data center infrastructure that incorporates industry-leading converged infrastructure, servers, storage, and cybersecurity technologies. Dell EMC brings together Dell’s and EMC’s respective strong capabilities and complementary portfolios, sales teams and R&D. We seek to become the technology industry’s most trusted advisor, providing capabilities spanning strategy development, consultative services and solution deployment and support to help our customers and partners drive the digital transformation of their businesses.
Ed-Fi securely and seamlessly connects educational data systems. Empowering educators with a complete view of every student, classroom, and school.
The Ed-Fi Alliance is the group of educators, technologists, and thought leaders shaping the future of education technology through the Ed-Fi Data Standard and the ecosystem of Ed-Fi Technologies.
As a nonprofit organization fully funded by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, this allows Ed-Fi to take a mission-driven, stable and long-term approach, independent from shifting government priorities.
Bringing together a variety of stakeholders—including educators, superintendents, consultants, and educational technology developers—the Ed-Fi Community regularly contributes feedback that helps the Ed-Fi Data Standard and technology suite grow more usable, practical, and sophisticated. Working closely with Ed-Fi’s staff, these contributors form the heart of the Ed-Fi Alliance Community. Ed-Fi has attracted some of the most experienced, passionate, and mission-driven experts from across the country. We’d love to count you as a member of the growing Ed-Fi Community. Go to www.ed-fi.org to get more info and sign up for our bi-monthly newsletters.
Since 2002, Jamf has made it easy for schools and businesses to use and manage Apple devices in their organizations. With Jamf Pro, IT departments and EdTech staff have the industry’s single best tool to inventory, image, configure, secure and distribute software and apps on every Mac, iPad, iPhone or Apple TV under their control. Teachers and students work with products they prefer and that enhance the learning experience in the classroom. IT and EdTech get their weekends back. Find out why more than 10,000 schools and businesses rely on Jamf to manage over 7,000,000 Apple devices across the globe at jamf.com.
| PowerSchool provides student information systems, learning management and classroom collaboration, assessment, analytics, behavior, and special education case management. As well as student registration, school choice, and finance/HR/ERP. |
Schoology is the education technology company putting collaboration at the heart of the learning experience with an easy-to-use LMS that connects the people, content, and systems that fuel education. Millions of students, faculty, and administrators from over 60,000 K-12 schools and universities worldwide use Schoology to shape learning experiences and improve student outcomes. Find us online, follow us on Twitter, or join us on Facebook.
BrightBytes, the leading end-to-end data management solution for education organizations, provides educators with the power to turn big data into big benefits for students. With the data integration platform, DataSense, BrightBytes enables educators to cleanse, integrate, and bi-directionally manage complex data from multiple systems. The decision support platform, Clarity, then analyzes and organizes meaningful data across research-based frameworks to deliver visualized, actionable information that drives student learning.
Ruckus, an ARRIS company, delivers simply better connections, so you can deliver awesome customer experiences. Ruckus’ high-performance network infrastructure provides secure, reliable access to applications and services no matter how tough the environment. Ruckus innovates across wireless and wired technology to meet industry-specific needs. When connectivity really matters, organizations turn to Ruckus. #simplybetterconnections
ContentKeeper helps secure schools nationwide. Our Multi-layered Gateway Security Platform delivers a powerful combination of innovative security technologies, enabling educational institutions to protect their networks, users and data from emerging cyber threats. ContentKeeper is committed to developing the world’s most innovative, high-speed web filtering and security solutions to protect students and IT assets today and in the future.
Source: http://www.cosn.org/about/corporate-sponsorship/corporate-and-media-partners
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Asia Society The Asia Society’s education mission is to develop global competence in students, young leaders, and educators as the foundation for understanding between people in the Asia Pacific region and throughout the world. It works with public schools throughout the United States in its International Studies Schools Network to prepare students to be globally competent and ready for the global innovation age. Visit the Site » |
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Big Picture Learning Big Picture Learning’s mission is the education of a nation, one student at a time. As a non-profit organization dedicated to a fundamental redesign of education in the United States, Big Picture Learning’s (BPL) vision is to catalyze vital changes in K-Adult education by generating and sustaining innovative, personalized learning environments that work in tandem with the real world of their greater community. Visit the Site » |
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Catholic Diocese of Parramatta As well as nurturing the spiritual lives of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics in its care, the Diocese supports thousands more in the local community. Its Catholic education system is committed to giving every student a quality education, while CatholicCare and its other agencies and ministries work alongside local people from all walks of life, as well as organizations committed to enhancing the way of life we enjoy in Western Sydney. Visit the Site » |
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Coalition of Essential Schools The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is at the forefront of creating and sustaining personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools. Essential schools are places of powerful learning where all students have the chance to reach their fullest potential. Visit the Site » |
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ConnectEd ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career is dedicated to advancing practice, policy, and research aimed at helping young people prepare for both college and career through Linked Learning — a high school improvement approach. As the national hub for Linked Learning practice, ConnectEd develops tools, supports demonstration projects, provides technical assistance, leads collaboration, and promotes policies that expand high-quality pathways. Visit the Site » |
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EdLeader21 EdLeader21 is a national network of school and district leaders focused on integrating the 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity) into education. Visit the Site » |
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EdVisions EdVisions’ goal is to create schools that will enhance relationships and build relevant learning environments that empower students, parents and teachers to make choices. These learning environments utilize self-directed, project-based learning to build student autonomy through relevant learning opportunities; create student belongingness through full-time advisories; and empower teachers via teacher-led and democratically governed schools. Visit the Site » |
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Envision Schools BIE is a strong supporter of Envision Schools, a charter school management organization creating small high schools that target underserved urban youth, particularly those who are first in their families to attend college. PBL is a major focus of Envision pedagogy. Visit the Site » |
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Expeditionary Learning Schools BIE is a strong supporter of the ELS instructional approach which is experiential and project-based, involving students in original research — with experts — to create high-quality products for audiences beyond the classroom. Visit the Site » |
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The George Lucas Educational Foundation BIE partnered with GLEF to create instructional videos for the PBL-Online.org website. GLEF’s own website provides print and video resources about PBL, Comprehensive Assessment, Integrated Studies, Social & Emotional Learning, Teacher Development and Technology Integration and includes opportunities for users to discuss content presented. Visit the Site » |
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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Deeper Learning program is working to revitalize education for all students so that they master core academic content, while learning how to think critically, collaborate, communicate effectively, direct their own learning, and believe in themselves (known as an “academic mindset”). BIE, through its participation in the Deeper Learning Network and creation of PBLU.org, is proud to be a partner in this effort. Visit the Site » |
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High Tech High High Tech High began in 2000 as a single charter high school launched by a coalition of San Diego business leaders and educators. It has evolved into an integrated network of schools spanning grades K-12, housing a comprehensive teacher certification program and a new, innovative Graduate School of Education. Visit the Site » |
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iEARN iEARN is a non-profit organization made up of over 30,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 140 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. Over 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide. Visit the Site » |
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Kean University Center for Innovative Education CIE offers rich professional development activities with an emphasis on 21st century approaches to learning and teaching, incorporating BIE’s PBL methodology into their PD offerings. Visit the Site » |
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National Academy Foundation NAF’s more than 500 career academies in 41 states prepare high school students to successfully go on to higher education and enter professions of their choosing. BIE consulted for NAF and the Pearson Education Foundation in the creation of standards-focused, project- and inquiry-based curricula. Visit the Site » |
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New Tech Network New Tech Network (NTN) is a design partner for comprehensive school change, currently working in 29 states with more than 175 schools. We work closely with districts and schools to create innovative learning environments. Through a proven school model, Project-Based Learning platform, and powerful professional development, we guide schools toward lasting change and ongoing improvement. Visit the Site » |
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New Visions for Public Schools New Visions for Public Schools, founded in 1989, is the largest education reform organization dedicated to improving the quality of education children receive in New York City’s public schools. BIE is working with New Visions to expand the use of Project Based Learning in New Visions supported high schools. Visit the Site » |
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Omar Dengo Foundation The Omar Dengo Foundation (ODF) of Costa Rica is a private non-profit organization that has been managing and carrying out national and regional projects in the fields of human development, educational innovation and new technologies since 1987. Its different projects have benefitted more than 1.5 million Costa Ricans, including children and young people, students, educators, professionals, people from the community, and senior citizens. Visit the Site » |
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PMI Educational Foundation The PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF) is a 501(c)(3) supporting organization of Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading not-for-profit professional membership association for the project, program, and portfolio management profession. Founded in 1990, PMIEF develops, implements, and delivers innovative programs to leverage project management for social good globally. These include grants, scholarships, and awards as well as educational resources that strengthen project management knowledge of teachers, youth, and nonprofit organizations. PMIEF’s vision that “all people worldwide have a better tomorrow by applying project management skills in their daily lives” comes to the life through the generosity of individual and corporate donors as well as the PMI community. Visit the Site » |
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Southern Regional Education Board – High Schools That Work More than 1,200 High Schools That Work (HSTW) sites in 30 states and the District of Columbia currently use the framework of HSTW Goals and Key Practices to raise student achievement and graduation rates. Visit the Site » |
Source: http://www.bie.org/about/partners
AASA, the School Superintendents Association, advocates for the highest quality public education for all students. AASA is the foremost national and global professional organization for educational leaders including CEOs, superintendents, senior level school administrators, and aspiring school system leaders. AASA members are the chief education advocates for children. They advance the goals of public education and champion children’s causes in their districts and nationwide. As school system leaders, AASA members set the pace for academic achievement. They help shape policy, oversee its implementation, and represent school districts to the public at large. ENA is a member and corporate sponsor of AASA.
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, the Bureau of Indian Education and the five U.S. extra-state jurisdictions. As an organization, they are committed to ensuring that all students participating in the public education system — regardless of background — graduate prepared for college, careers, and life. To realize this, CCSSO brings together dedicated leaders and exceptional ideas to achieve measurable progress for every student. Their work includes supporting states as they implement new standards, reinvent systems that develop effective teachers, explore and adopt new technologies, and navigate political turmoil-all in the pursuit of helping students succeed. ENA is a Collaborative Partner in the Education Information Management Advisory Consortium (EIMAC).
The Center for Digital Education serves as a resource for the education market, researching K-12 and higher education technology trends, policy and funding, and providing insight and information on technology issues to both education experts and industry leaders. The organization unites public and private sector partners to advance the utilization of new technologies in school districts and on campuses nationwide. ENA sponsors several events including the Large District Fly-in and DELC.
Common Sense Media is dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology. They empower parents, teachers, and policymakers by providing unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids’ lives. Common Sense Education provides teachers and schools with free research-based classroom tools to help students harness technology for learning and life. Their K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum teaches students how to make safe, smart, and ethical decisions in the digital world and their educational rating system, Graphite, helps educators discover, use, and share high-quality digital products that propel student learning. ENA has a strategic partnership with Common Sense Media.
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is the premier professional association for district technology leaders. For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools they need to succeed. Today, CoSN represents over 10 million students in school districts nationwide and continues to grow as a powerful and influential voice in K–12 education. ENA is an active member and Gold sponsor of CoSN. Our Vice President of Client Services, Lillian Kellogg, is a member of their Board of Directors and works on their Finance committee. ENA participates in several initiatives and committees including the Smart Education Networks by Design (SEND), Becoming Assessment Ready (BAR), the Empowered Superintendent, and Advocacy Dinner and Auction.
CGCS is a national organization that exclusively represents the needs of urban public schools and its students. It is composed of 68 large city school districts whose special mission is to educate the nation’s most diverse student body to the highest academic standards and prepare them to contribute to our democracy and the global community. The organization promotes the cause of urban schools and advocates for inner-city students through legislations, research, and media relations. The CGCS’s objectives include educating all urban school students to the highest academic standards and leading, governing, and managing our urban public schools in ways that advance the education of our children and inspire the public’s confidence. ENA actively supports and sponsors several events with the CGCS.
Education Commission of the States (ECS) is committed to providing unbiased, factual information and resources to help policymakers make informed decisions to improve public education from early childhood to postsecondary. ECS partners with education policy leaders to address issues by sharing resources and expertise. The organization is proud to serve the people who develop and implement education policy and the students who directly benefit from effective policy change. ENA is a sponsor of ECS and participates in ECS events.
EDUCAUSE® is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education. The organization actively engages with colleges and universities, corporations, foundations, government, and other nonprofit organizations to further the mission of transforming higher education through the use of information technology. Through various programs and activities, EDUCAUSE and its members contribute to thought leadership on major issues, help clarify the current environment, document effective practices, and highlight how emerging trends and technologies may influence the evolution of IT in higher education. ENA is a corporate member of EDUCAUSE.
Internet2 is a member-owned advanced technology community founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 provides a collaborative environment where US research and education organizations can solve common technology challenges and develop innovative solutions in support of their educational, research and community service missions. The community touches nearly every major innovation that defines our modern digital lives—and continues to define “what’s next.” ENA is a corporate member of the organization and is an active participant on the Internet2 K–20 Advisory Committee. Learn about Internet2-qualified ENA customer benefits.
The National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc ® (NMSDC®) is one of the country’s leading corporate membership organizations. Whether you are a small minority-owned business or a billion dollar powerhouse, the NMSDC helps organizations solve the growing need for supplier diversity. The NMSDC is committed to advancing Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American suppliers in a globalized corporate supply chain. ENA is proud to be a member of this esteemed organization.
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is a nonprofit organization representing state associations of school boards and member districts across the United States. Its mission is to foster excellence and equity in public education through school board leadership. NSBA achieves that mission in three ways: 1. It represents the school board perspective before federal government agencies. 2. It works with national organizations that affect education. 3. It provides vital information and services to state associations of school boards and local school boards throughout the nation. NSBA has created an “army of advocates” poised to influence key federal legislative issues. ENA supports NSBA and is a corporate sponsor.
The Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21) was founded in 2002. The coalition was formed to bring the business community, education leaders, and policymakers together to position 21st century readiness at the center of K–12 education and to kick-start a national conversation on the importance of 21st century skills for all students. P21’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for 21st century learning, and to build collaborative partnerships among education, business, community and government leaders. ENA is a Gold sponsor and member of P21. ENA’s Vice President of Client Services, Lillian Kellogg, is a past chair and holds a seat on the executive board. ENA associates also participate in several P21 committees.
The SHLB Coalition promotes government policies and programs to enable schools, libraries, health care providers, and other anchor institutions and their surrounding communities to obtain open, affordable, high-speed, broadband connections to the Internet. The SHLB Coalition is based in Washington, DC and has a diverse membership of commercial and non-commercial organizations that support their mission from across the United States. ENA is a founding member, sponsor, and active participant of SHLB. ENA’s Bob Collie is a member of SHLB’s Board of Directors and serves as Vice Chairman.
The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. The Education Technology Industry Network (ETIN) of SIIA represents and supports developers of educational software applications, digital content, online learning services, and related technologies across the K–20 sector. SIIA provides leadership, industry advocacy, critical market information, and a forum for connecting and shaping the software and digital content industry. ENA is an active member of SIIA and the ETIN, and we are members of their Education Board of Directors Alumni Committee.
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is a not-for-profit membership association launched by state education agency leaders in 2001 to serve, support, and represent their emerging interests and needs with respect to the use of technology for teaching, learning, and school operations. Their mission is to build and increase the capacity of state and national leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice. In carrying out their mission, they are committed to: serving every U.S. state and territorial education agency to help maintain a future-focused, holistic view on how to leverage technology for education; fostering collaboration among their members, strategic partners, and other education leaders and policymakers; and taking action on important issues facing public education. ENA is an active member and corporate Platinum sponsor and participates in several SETDA projects and programs.
The Quilt is a national coalition of advanced regional networks for research and education representing 36 networks across the country. Participants in The Quilt provide advanced network services and applications to over 200 universities and thousands of other educational institutions. The Quilt’s goals are to promote consistent, reliable, interoperable, and efficient advanced networking services that extend to the broadest possible community, and to represent common interests in the development and delivery of advanced network services. The Quilt facilitates collaboration among regional networks, advocates on behalf of regional networks, and helps regional networks leverage their collective experience and buying power. ENA is an active member and participates in the organization’s steering committee.
The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose vision is to be the leader in women’s business development. Founded in 1997, WBENC is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States. The organization is committed to accelerating opportunities and creating a superior resource pool for all constituents. Through its strategic partnerships, WBENC is able to deliver world-class programming that enhances business development and growth by maximizing relevant knowledge programs and capitalizing on the wealth of industry expertise in its community. ENA is a proud supporter of WBENC and its dedication to fostering diversity in the world of commerce.
Source: https://www.ena.com/company/partnerships/national-affiliates/
Source: http://afterschoolsystems.org/section/partners
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The JPB Foundation
Source: http://afterschoolsystems.org/section/supporters
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Center for Community Change
The Center for Leadership Innovation
Harlem Children’s Zone
National Council of La Raza
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Urban League
The Harwood Institute
American Association of School Administrators
American Federation of Teachers
AFT’s Community Schools Page)
American School Counselor Association
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Center for the Collaborative Classroom
Citizen Schools
Council of Chief State School Officers
Council of the Great City Schools
Data Quality Campaign
Education Development Center
Elev8, Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Learning First Alliance
National Association for Bilingual Education
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of State Boards of Education
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
National Education Association– (PARTNER SPOTLIGHT)
National Parent Teachers Association
National School Boards Association
National School Climate Center
Say Yes to Education
National Association of Social Workers
Alliance for Strong Families and Communities
American Public Human Services Association
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Child Welfare League of America
Children & Families First
Enterprise Community Partners
Harvard Family Research Project
National Center for Children and Families
The National Center for Children and Families
United Way Worldwide(United Way’s Community Schools Page)
Federal Government
Corporation for National and Community Service
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Public Health Association
American School Health Association
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, George Washington University
Healthy Schools Campaign– (PARTNER SPOTLIGHT)
School-Based Health Alliance
Mental Health America
National School Climate Center,
Center for Social and Emotional Education
Society of State Leaders of Health, Physical Education
Trust for America’s Health
UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools
ABC Community Schools Partnership,
Albuquerque, NM
Ball State University – Teachers College,
Muncie, IN
Baltimore City Community Schools Initiative,
Baltimore, MD
Berea College – Partners for Education,
Bearea, KY
Binghamton University – Broome County Promise Zone,
Binghampton, NY- (PARTNER SPOTLIGHT)
Binghamton University School of Social Work – College of Community and Public Affairs,
Binghampton, NY
Boost! (United Way),
New Haven, CT
Boston Public Schools,
Boston, MA
Brooklyn Center Community Schools District,
Brooklyn Center, MN
Broome County Promise,
Binghampton, NY
Central New Mexico Community College – School of Business & Information Technology,
Albuquerque, NM
Children and Families First,
East Wilmington, DE
Children’s Aid Society Community Schools,
New York, NY
Children’s Services Council Palm Beach County,
Palm Beach County, FL
Cincinnati Community Learning Centers,
Cincinnati, OH
City of San Pablo,
San Pablo, CA
Closing the Gap- FSCS Initiative, Buffalo, NY
CMSD Community Wrap Around Schools,
Cleveland, OH
Columbia College-Chicago – Center for Community Arts Partnerships,
Chicago, IL
Columbia University – Government and Community Affairs,
New York, NY
Columbia University – Teachers College,
New York, NY
Community Service Council – Center for Community School Strategies,
Tulsa, OK
CPS Community Schools Initiative,
Chicago, IL
Cranston Family Center and COZ,
Cranston, RI
Dayton Neighborhood School Centers,
Dayton, OH
Des Moines Public Schools,
Des Moines, IA
Detroit Public Schools,
Detroit, MI
Drexel University – Lindy Center for Civic Engagement,
Philadelphia, PA
Drexel University – School of Education,
Philadelphia, PA
Elev8 Baltimore,
Baltimore, MD
Elev8 Chicago- LISC,
Chicago, IL
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation,
Evansville, IN
Fall River Public Schools,
Fall River, MA
Family Service of Rhode Island, Inc.,
Providence, RI
Florida International University,
Miami, FL
Florida International University – Office of Engagement,
Miami, FL
Flowing Wells Unified School District,
Tuscon, AZ
Franklin and Marshall College – Ware Institute For Civic Engagement,
Lancaster, PA
Gainesville City Schools,
Gainsville, GA
Goucher College,
Baltimore, MD
Greater Homewood,
Baltimore, MD
Greater Lehigh Valley-COMPASS,
Lehigh Valley, PA
Hartford Community Schools,
Hartford, CT
Higher Education Forum of Oklahoma,
Tulsa, OK
Holyoke Public School District,
Holyoke, MA
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis – Center for Service and Learning,
Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis – Family, School, and Neighborhood Engagement Initiative,
Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis – Community Initiative,
Indianapolis, IN
IUPUI Community Learning Network,
Indianapolis, IN
Kent County School Services Network,
Grand Rapids, MI
LA Education Partnership,
Los Angeles, CA
Lafayette College – Landis Center,
Easton, PA
Lancaster School District,
Lancaster, PA
Lehigh University – College of Education,
Bethlehem, PA
Lincoln Community Learning Centers,
Lincoln, NE
Linkages to Learning,
Montgomery County, MD
Local Investment Commission,
Kansas City, MO
Manhattanville College – School of Education,
Purchase, NY
Mercer Street Friends,
Trenton, NJ
Metro Nashville Public Schools,
Nashville, TN
Montclair State University – Center for Community Engagement,
Montclair, NJ
Netter Center for Community Partnerships,
Philadelphia, PA
New Jersey Community Development Corporation,
Paterson, NJ
New York City Public Schools,
New York, NY
New York University – Center for Student Activities, Leadership, and Service,
New York, NY
Northampton Community College,
Bethlehem, PA
Norwood Resource Center,
Montgomery, AL
Oakland Unified School District,
Oakland, CA
Office of Community Engagement: Family, School and Neighborhood Engagement,
Indianapolis, IN
Ogden School District,
Ogden, UT
Ohio Department of Education – Community Schools,
Columbus, OH
Ohio State University – College of Social Work, Community, and Youth Collaborative Institute,
Columbus, OH
Ohio State University – Community and Youth Collaborative Institute,
Columbus, OH
Briarglen Community Schools Program,
Stillwater, OK
Ontario-Montclair School District,
Ontario, CA
Pasadena Unified School District,
Pasadena, CA
Peoria Full Service Community School Initiative,Peoria, IL
Redmond School District Community Schools,
Redmond, OR
Redwood 2020,
Redwood City, CA
Rockland 21c Collaborative for Children and Youth,
Rockland County, NY
San Francisco Beacon Inititative,
San Francisco, CA
Santa Rosa City Schools,
Santa Rosa, CA
St. Louis Public Schools,
St. Louis, MO
SUN Service System and Community School,
Portland, OR
The Austin Project,
Austin, TX
Thrive – Five Signature Programs,
Bozeman, MT
Twin Cities YMCA,
Minneapolis, MN
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County,
Asheville, NC
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County,
Milwaukee, WI
United Way of Greater Toledo- Schools as Community Hubs,
Toledo, OH
United Way of Salt Lake City,
Salt Lake City, UT
United Way of the Bay Area,
San Francisco, CA
University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
Knoxville, TN
Vallejo Unified School District,
Vallejo, CA
Vancouver Public Schools,
Vancouver, WA
West Chicago School District 33,
West Chicago, IL
YMCA Dane County,
Sun Prairie, WI
YMCA of Greater Long Beach,
Long Beach, CA
Youth & Opportunity United,
Evanston/Skokie, IL
Zion Elementary School District,
Zion, IL
Youth Development Institute
Children’s Aid Society
Communities In Schools– (PARTNER SPOTLIGHT)
Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania
Schools of the 21st Century, Yale University
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund
Ford Foundation
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Lincoln Community Foundation
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rose Community Foundation
Stuart Foundation
The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Wallace Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Association for Learning Environment
Concordia, LLC
International
Education Facilities Clearinghouse
New Schools/Better Neighborhoods
Smart Growth America
21st Century School Fund
California Department of Education
California Consortium of Education Foundations
Child and family policy center
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children/ National Center for School Engagement
Georgia Family Connection Partnership
Illinois Community School Partnership / Voices for Illinois Children
Illinois Federation for Community Schools
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
New Jersey School-Based Youth Service/Department of Human Services
Office of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers, Frankfort, KY
Ohio Department of Education
State Education and Environment Roundtable
Tennessee Consortium of Full Service Schools Washington State Readiness-To-Learn Initiative
After-School All-Stars–
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America’s Promise Alliance
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Boys and Girls Clubs of America–
(PARTNER SPOTLIGHT)
California Afterschool Partnership/Center for Collaborative Solutions
Camp Fire USA
Citizen schools
ExpandED
Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund
Forum for Youth Investment
Generation Citizen
John W Gardner Center
National Center on Time and Learning
National Collaboration for Youth
National Summer Learning Association
National Institute On Out-of-School Time
Partnership for After School Education
YMCA of the USA
Youth Development Institute
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Strada Education Network, formerly USA Funds, is a new kind of nonprofit organization that takes a fresh approach to improving the college-to-career connection. Through a unique combination of strategic philanthropy, research and insights, and innovative solutions, Strada Education Network advances Completion With a Purpose, building a more purposeful path for America’s students to rewarding careers and fulfilling lives. Learn more at www.stradaeducation.org and follow Strada Education on Twitter @StradaEducation.
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure all people – especially those with the fewest resources – have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. For more information, please visit www.gatesfoundation.org.
The Wallace Foundation is a national philanthropy that seeks to improve learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children and foster the vitality of the arts for everyone. For more information, please visit http://www.wallacefoundation.org.
The philanthropic vision of Sam and Helen Walton has driven the work of the Walton Family Foundation for nearly three decades. Their legacy is more important than ever as we accelerate our efforts to improve K-12 education for all students in America, to protect our rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and to give back to the region that first gave Sam and Helen Walton opportunity. Learn more at www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org or follow us on Twitter (@waltonfamilyfdn).
ACT is an international, mission-driven, nonprofit organization providing highquality assessments grounded in more than 50 years of research. The ACT® test is the most widely used US college admissions test, taken in 2015 by 1.9 million high school seniors. Our ACT Aspire® assessment system measures student growth from grades 3 to 10 and links to the ACT to build a complete picture of college and career readiness. More than 3 million people have earned the ACT National Career Readiness CertificateTM, powered by ACT WorkKeys®, to demonstrate they have foundational workplace skills. Learn more at www.act.org.
AdvancED is a non-profit, non-partisan organization serving the largest community of education professionals in the world. Founded on more than 100 years of work in continuous improvement, AdvancED combines the knowledge and expertise of a research institute, the skills of a management consulting firm and the passion of a grassroots movement for educational change to empower pre-K to 12 schools and school systems to ensure that all learners realize their full potential. AdvancED’s position as a global leader in school improvement and accreditation continues to expand by providing a national and international voice to inform and influence policy and practice on issues related to education quality. Learn more at www.advanc-ed.org.
Recognizing that an effective teacher is the most important school-based factor impacting student achievement, the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) is committed to ensuring a highly skilled, strongly motivated and competitively compensated teacher for every classroom in America. NIET supports states, districts and schools in attracting, developing, supporting and retaining high-quality human capital in order to raise achievement levels for all students. Learn more at http://www.niet.org/.
Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, providing educational materials and services to learners of all ages around the globe. For more information, please visit www.pearsoned.com.
Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and related services and children’s media. Scholastic creates quality books and ebooks, print and technology-based learning materials and programs, magazines, multimedia and other products that help children learn both at school and at home. The Company distributes its products and services worldwide through a variety of channels, including school-based book clubs and book fairs, retail stores, schools, libraries, on-air and online at www.scholastic.com.
The State Farm® mission is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams. We achieve our mission through the products and services we offer, as well as through our involvement in and commitment to the community. We make it our business to be like a good neighbor, helping to improve the quality of life in the communities where our associates live and work. For more information, please visit www.statefarm.com.
KnowledgeWorks is a social enterprise focused on ensuring that every student experiences meaningful personalized learning that allows him or her to thrive in college, career and civic life. By offering a portfolio of innovative education approaches and advancing aligned policies, KnowledgeWorks seeks to activate and develop the capacity of communities and educators to build and sustain vibrant learning ecosystems that allow each student to thrive. Learn more at www.knowledgeworks.org.
MetaMetrics® is focused on improving education for students of all ages. The organization developed The Lexile® Framework for Reading and its companion scale, The Quantile® Framework for Mathematics. The Lexile Framework provides a common scale for matching reader ability and text complexity. For more information, please visit www.lexile.comand www.quantiles.com.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. For more information, please visitwww.microsoft.com.
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is committed to advancing excellence and accountability in the charter school sector and to increasing the number of high-quality charter schools across the nation. NACSA provides training, consulting, and policy guidance to authorizers. For more information, please visit www.qualitycharters.org.
NWEA™ is a research-based, not-for-profit organization that supports students and educators worldwide by creating assessment solutions that precisely measure growth and proficiency—and provide insights to help tailor instruction. For 40 years, NWEA has developed Pre-K – 12 assessments and professional learning offerings to help advance all students along their optimal learning paths. Our tools are trusted by educators in 140 countries and more than half the schools in the US. For more information, visit www.nwea.org.
Renaissance Learning is a leading provider of cloud-based assessment and teaching and learning solutions that fit the K12 classroom, improve school performance, and accelerate learning for all. Renaissance Learning enables educators to deliver highly differentiated and timely instruction while driving personalized student practice in reading, writing, and math, every day. For more information, please visit www.renaissance.com.
Some educators see data as facts and figures. But it’s more than that. It’s the lifeblood of your schools. It contains history. And it can tell you something about the future. SAS helps you make sense of the data. As the leader in education analytics software and services, SAS transforms your data into insights that give you a fresh perspective on your students and schools. You can identify what’s working. Fix what isn’t. And discover new opportunities. Please visit sas.com/k12.
AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a global nonprofit organization that operates with one guiding principle: Hold students accountable to the highest standards, provide academic and social support, and they will rise to the challenge. AVID’s kindergarten through higher education system brings research-based curriculum and strategies to students each day that develop critical thinking, literacy, and math skills across all content areas. For more than 30 years, AVID has prepared students for college readiness and success. It now impacts the lives of almost 1.3 million students throughout the United States and the world. For more information, please visit www.avid.org.
Education Networks of America ® is the leading provider of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions to K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and libraries. Since 1996, we have worked with our customers to ensure they have the robust and reliable high-capacity broadband, Wi-Fi/LAN, communication, and cloud solutions they require to meet the present and emerging technology needs of the communities they serve. For more information, please visit www.ena.com.
At ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for people worldwide by creating assessments based on rigorous research. ETS serves individuals, educational institutions and government agencies by providing customized solutions for teacher certification, English language learning, and elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, and by conducting education research, analysis and policy studies. Founded as a nonprofit in 1947, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC ® tests, the GRE® tests and The Praxis Series® assessments — in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. For more information, visit www.ets.org.
Questar Assessment Inc. is a K–12 assessment solutions provider focused on building a bridge between learning and accountability. As a wholly-owned, independently-operated subsidiary of Educational Testing Service (ETS), we share a belief that better measurement solutions can make a positive impact on education. We take a fresh and innovative approach to design, delivery, scoring, analysis, and reporting. And we are reimagining how assessments can empower educators by giving them the insights they need to improve instructions and fully prepare students for college or career. Our high-quality, reliable assessment products and services are easily scaled and tailored to meet the specific needs of states and districts at an unprecedented value. Educators trust our high-performing teams and dependable technology to minimize risks and ensure success for states, districts, schools, teachers, and students.
Source: https://www.ecs.org/about-us/partners/
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports our League of Innovative Schoolsinitiative, which connects the most forward-thinking leaders of the nation’s school districts; our procurement research; and our Marketplace program, which supports education leaders to use research and data to select edtech products.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York supports Digital Promise Micro-credentials, to recognize educators for the skills they learn throughout their careers; our Research initiatives; and our Education Innovation Clusters, which are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers and other community stakeholders to support innovative teaching and learning in their region.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports Digital Promise’s Research@Work project by investing in the development of videos that broadly communicate relevant and applicable findings from learning science research.
Chevron supports Digital Promise’s Maker Promise initiative by investing in efforts to elevate the stories of maker students, teachers and schools, and by partnering on a campaign to advance the understanding and application of safety in school makerspaces.
The Kauffman Foundation supports Digital Promise’s Education Innovation Cluster initiative, which are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers and other community stakeholders to support innovative teaching and learning in their region.
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supports our maker learning efforts including the development of the Maker Promise network of educators to facilitate and engage youth in science and engineering.
The Grable Foundation supports our Education Innovation Cluster, which are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders to support innovative teaching and learning in their region; as well as and our Maker Learning efforts.
The Joyce Foundation supports Digital Promise’s work to expand access to learning opportunities for adults through technology.
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation invests in Digital Promise Micro-credentials, which provides teachers with the opportunity to gain recognition for skills throughout their careers; and supports the League of Innovative Schools and League Chief Technology Officers.
The Overdeck Family Foundation supports Digital Promise’s Marketplace Researchefforts to develop more efficient, evidence-based practices for creating and testing edtech products.
PricewaterhouseCoopers supports Digital Promise Micro-credentials by investing in the development of financial literacy micro-credentials and by funding research to assess the impact of these competency-based resources.
The Verizon Innovative Learning Schools directed by Digital Promise provides teachers and students in U.S. middle schools with always-available access to technology and empowers them to be content creators, adept problem-solvers and responsible consumers of digital media and learning resources.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation invests in our work to engage a coalition of educators and partners to develop Digital Promise Micro-credentials, which provides teachers with the opportunity to gain recognition for the deeper learning skills they master throughout their careers.
The XQ Institute is supporting Vista High in California, one of 10 high schools in the US that received an XQ Super School grant to reimagine teaching and learning.
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Source: http://digitalpromise.org/about/supporters/
Since 2015, Pivot has received gifts from the following supporters:
Boeing
California Collaborative for Education Excellence
California Community Foundation
California Education Policy Fund (a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors)
City National Bank
S.H. Cowell Foundation
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Silver Giving Foundation
Sobrato Family Foundation
State Farm
Stuart Foundation
Executive Leadership Center and Masterful District Leadership Sponsors
Association of California School Administrators
BCA Architects
Bergman Dacey Goldsmith
Blach Construction
Blackboard
Dale Scott & Company
Girard & Edwards
Illuminate Education
Imperial County Office of Education
K12 Insight
NextLesson
Ray Morgan Company
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union
Source: http://www.pivotlearning.org/about/supporters/
| Adelanto Elementary School District | Nevada Joint Union High School District |
| Apple Valley Unified School District | Newcastle Elementary School District |
| Baldwin Park Unified School District | Newhall School District |
| Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District | North Monterey County Unified School District |
| Bassett Unified School District | Pacific Grove Unified School District |
| Bellevue Union Elementary School District | Palmdale School District |
| Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District | Paradise Unified School District |
| Berryessa Union Elementary School District | Paramount Unified School District |
| Biggs Unified School District | Parlier Unified School District |
| Black Oak Mine Unified School District | Penn Valley Unified School District |
| Brawley Union High School District | Pine Ridge Elementary School District |
| Buena Park Elementary School District | Pleasanton Unified School District |
| Burrel Union Elementary School District | Pollock Pines Elementary School District |
| Butte County Office of Education | Pomona Unified School District |
| Cabrillo Unified School District | Ravenswood City Elementary School District |
| Calexico Unified School District | Redlands Unified School District |
| Central Unified School District | Redwood City School District |
| Chino Valley Unified School District | Rialto Unified School District |
| Clear Creek School District | Richland School District |
| Colton Joint Unified School District | Riverbank Unified School District |
| Corona-Norco Unified School District | Riverside Unified School District |
| Covina-Valley Unified School District | Saint Helena Unified School District |
| Delhi Unified School District | Salinas City Elementary School District |
| Durham Unified School District | San Bernardino County Office of Education |
| El Rancho Unified School District | San Bruno Park Elementary School District |
| Enterprise Elementary School District | San Diego Unified School District |
| Escondido Union High School District | San Francisco Unified School District |
| Fremont Unified School District | San Gabriel Unified School District |
| Fresno City College | San Luis Coastal Unified School District |
| Fruitvale Elementary School District | San Mateo County Office of Education |
| Galt Joint Union Elementary School District | San Mateo-Foster City School District |
| Galt Joint Union High School District | Santa Ana Unified School District |
| Glendale Unified School District | Santa Maria Joint Union High School District |
| Glendora Unified School District | Santa Paula Unified School District |
| Gonzales Unified School District | Santa Rosa City Schools |
| Gorman Elementary School District | Sebastopol Union Schools |
| Grass Valley School District | Sequoia Union High School District |
| Gridley Unified School District | Sierra Unified School District |
| Hayward Unified School District | Sonoma County Office of Education |
| Houston Independent School District | South San Francisco Unified School District |
| Huntington Beach Union High School District | Sutter County Office of Education |
| Inglewood Unified School District | Taft City School District |
| Kern County Office of Education | Taft Union High School District |
| Kernville Union Elementary School District | Tehachapi Unified School District |
| La Puente Valley Regional Occupational Program | Thomas Edison Charter Academy |
| Lancaster School District | Tracy Unified School District |
| Las Lomitas Elementary School District | Twin Rivers Unified School District |
| Laytonville Unified School District | Ukiah Unified School District |
| Lennox School District | Union Hill School District |
| Linden Unified School District | Victor Elementary Unified School District |
| Livermore Valley Joint Unified | Walnut Valley Unified School District |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | Wasco Union Elementary School District |
| Los Banos Unified School District | Wasco Union High School District |
| Manzanita Elementary School District | West Contra Costa Unified School District |
| Marin County Office of Education | Westside Union School District |
| Middletown Unified School District | Williams Unified School District |
| Mojave Unified School District | Willits Unified School District |
| Monrovia Unified School District | Willows Unified School District |
| Moreland School District | Wornick Jewish Day School |
| Mt. Diablo Unified School District | Wright Elementary School District |
| Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District |
| Nevada County Office of Education |
Source: http://www.pivotlearning.org/about/partners/
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The Office of Educational Access & Success (OEAS) advances P-20 student success through transformative partnerships, practices, and research. The Office leads seven programs structured around three broad areas: college access and completion; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and educator preparation within University System of Georgia (USG) institutions. It also facilitates faculty involvement in secondary school improvement and the transition from high school to college.
To learn more about OEAS and the University System of Georgia visit http://www.usg.edu/educational_access/ and http://www.usg.edu.
The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) oversees public education throughout the state. It ensures that laws and regulations pertaining to education are followed and that state and federal money appropriated for education is properly allocated to local school systems. We also provide education-related information to students, parents, teachers, educational staff, government officials, and the media. We hope this information will help answer people’s questions, empower them with resources, and allow them to navigate the state’s educational infrastructure with a minimum of difficulty. To learn more about the DOE, visit http://www.doe.k12.ga.us.
Jobs for the Future is an action/research and policy organization that promotes innovative reform in education and workforce development. It is the lead coordinator, manager and policy advocate for the Early College High School Initiative. To learn more about the Jobs for the Future, visit http://www.jff.org and http://www.earlycolleges.org
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to improving people’s lives by sharing advances in health and learning with the global community. The foundation believes all students can achieve at high levels. New standards, more diverse students, and new technologies provide both opportunities and challenges. Many educators and schools have already made great progress addressing these issues, but the challenge remains to “scale up” the success rate and the effective strategies. The foundation has a three-pronged investment strategy reflecting a commitment to building successful models that will help every student achieve at high levels. Grants support schools and districts, leadership development and scholarships.
To learn more about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org
The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. is an independent private foundation with a broad charter to support charitable, scientific and educational activities. The Foundation is governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees under the laws of the state of Georgia. Grants generally are limited to tax-exempt public charities located and operating in Georgia. Principal giving interests are focused on the following program areas:
Traditionally, preference has been given to one-time capital projects and to other extraordinary needs of well established public charities.
To learn more about the foundation, visit http://www.woodruff.org/
The primary goal of the University System of Georgia is to ensure access to academic excellence and educational opportunities for all Georgians. Its mission is to contribute to the educational, cultural, economic, and social advancement of Georgia by providing excellent undergraduate general education and first-rate programs leading to associate, baccalaureate, masters, professional, and doctorate degrees; by pursuing leading-edge basic and applied research, scholarly inquiry, and creative endeavors; and by bringing these intellectual resources, and those of the public libraries, to bear on the economic development of the State and the continuing education of its citizens.
To learn more about the University System visit http://www.usg.edu
Source: http://gaearlycolleges.org/partners
| Educational Data & Analytics Initiative | K-12 Institutional Leadership Board | Platforms, Apps & Tools Initiative |
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Source: https://www.imsglobal.org/initiativesponsors.html
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) is a higher education member organization that represents approximately 4,600 institutions worldwide to promote best practices for records management, enrollment management, admissions, student services and administrative information technology. IMS and AACRAO are collaborating to extend the traditional transcript as a comprehensive digital record of student achievement to support innovative new education models such as Competencey Based Education.
Achievement Standards Network (ASN) provides open access to machine-readable representations of learning objects published by education agencies and organizations, including the Common Core State Standards. IMS is in close partnership with ASN (powered by D2L) to enable use of the ASN RDF framework in conjunction with the IMS standards, such as Common Cartridge, Question and Test Interoperability, and Learning Tools Interoperability, both in the U.S. and around the world.
Association of Public & Land Grant Universities (APLU) is a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. APLU is actively involved with the IMS institutional Caliper Analytics leadership group to identify metric profiles needed to support adaptive learning technologies at scale.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded IMS a 3-year grant in the Fall of 2014 to accelerate deployment of IMS standards that provide a foundation for connectivity of learning platforms, digital courseware, tools and resources so that they can be used together to support the needs of instructors and students. It is anticipated that the results from this grant will greatly increase the number of personalized learning solutions that can be readily integrated by suppliers and institutions, providing greater choice for students, instructors and institutions to improve educational participation and achievement.
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. Some 220 institutions representing higher education, publishing, network and telecommunications, information technology, and libraries and library organizations make up CNI’s Members.
Competency Based Education Network (C-BEN) is a group of colleges and universities working together to address shared challenges to designing, developing and scaling competency-based degree programs. IMS and C-BEN have been collaborating since 2014 to identify the applications, platforms and tools used for CBE programs and to address interoperability challenges.
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is an association of K-12 technology leaders. IMS works closely with CoSN on K-12 initiatives and is a member of CoSN.
Dublin Core has established a widely accepted technical specification for meta-data for the content of digital libraries. The IMS Learning Resources Meta-data Specification incorporates major aspects of the Dublin Core by defining extensions that are appropriate specifically for educational and training materials.
Ed-Fi Alliance, funded by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, provides standards and software for the actionable use of data by K-12 states and school districts. IMS Global and Ed-Fi have joined forces to collaborate on K-12 standards – bringing together IMS’s “front-end” learning technology standards with Ed-Fi’s “back-end” data standards. The collaboration will focus on broad adoption of IMS’s OneRosterTM standards and targeting several additional high need areas in order to accelerate connecting district level to state level systems. These additional areas include assessment, learning analytics and digital credentials (competency-based education and digital badges).
EDUCAUSE is a non-profit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education. IMS came into existence as a project within EDUCAUSE in 1995. IMS continues to have a close relationship with EDUCAUSE, including a close affiliation with the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), to align efforts to advance the effective use of technology to support teaching and learning impact.
European Committee for Standardization/Information Society Standardization System (CEN/ISSS) is an international association, formally recognized by the European Community, managing the cooperation amongst the national standards bodies of the 15 EU states, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. ISSS was formed to focus specifically on “Information Society” standardization requirements, and has established a number of open workshops. IMS is a participant in the CEN/ISSS Workshop on Metadata for Multimedia Information. In addition, IMS is involved in consideration of a Memorandum of Understanding with CEN/ISSS and other organizations to build consensus for educational technology, improving access to lifelong learning across Europe.
European University Information Systems (EUNIS) is an organisation focused on helping member institutions develop their IT landscape by sharing experiences and working together. IMS is frequently invited to participate in the their programs to expand awareness for IMS standards and practices.
GÉANT is a fundamental element of Europe’s e-infrastructure, delivering the pan-European GÉANT network for scientific excellence, research, education and innovation. Through its integrated catalogue of connectivity, collaboration and identity services, GÉANT provides users with highly reliable, unconstrained access to computing, analysis, storage, applications and other resources, to ensure that Europe remains at the forefront of research.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the IMS Global Learning Consortium will continue to collaborate with the IEEE toward efforts to establish international learning technology standards. IMS GLC is a member of the IEEE Standards Association.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36) is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. IMS GLC is a Category A Liaison.
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) publishes K-12 curriculum standards to help guide the integration and application of tools and curriculum that are aligned with teaching and learning goals. The goal for ISTE and IMS collaboration is to help districts create a framework for technology adoption for teaching and learning that addresses both the critical infrastructure and pedagogy factors.
MacArthur Foundation is one of the nation’s largest independent foundations. Through the support it provides, the Foundation fosters the development of knowledge, nurtures individual creativity, strengthens institutions, helps improve public policy, and provides information to the public, primarily through support for public interest media. IMS and the MacArthur Foundation are participating in ongoing collaboration to evolve Open Badges as part of the IMS Digital Credentialing Initiative to fit the needs of educational institutions and corporations.
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| See how Fulton County Schools are using OneRoster to help the district achieve more personalized learning for students. | ||
| Learn how Gwinnett County Schools’ strategy for a seamless digital ecosystem has been a tremendous success. | ||
| Find out how the Katy Independent School District is creating a plug-and-play ecosystem for teachers and students revolutionizing the district’s digital learning environment. | ||
| Learn how through the use of the LTI standard, the University of Central Florida has been able to significantly extend the capabilities of their learning management system. | ||
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Agilix American Psychological Association Anglia Ruskin University Atomic Learning Aubrey Daniels International Authentica Solutions Awato Barnes & Noble Blue Earth Interactive Bisk Education, Inc bluedoor BrainPOP Calibrand CampusCruiser Capital Education CareDox Cattura Video Chemvantage.org Claymore Inc Codesters, Inc. Computerized Assesments and Learning, LLC CompuScholar, Inc. Coursera Curriki Cypher Learning Data Pacific Defined Learning dialogEDU Discovery Education eBackpack, Inc. edmentum Electric Paper Evaluation Systeme eMetric Encore Technology Group Evaluation Kit Faria Education Group Foundation for Educational Equity
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FutureLearn Genuine Genuis Technologies Great River Learning Hawkes Learning Systems Helix Education Heritage Christian Online School Hurix Systems Impelsys India Pvt Limited Innovative Learning Solutions, Inc. Interactyx ISS, Newcastle University Jobzology Joysglobal Kendall Hunt Publishing Key Data Systems Knewton Knowledgevision Systems Lab Learning LearnZillion Lesson Planet LeQuest BV Mackin Educational Resources Maplesoft Naiku National Paralegal College National University of Singapore (CIT) NEARPOD NetRef Noteflight Nystrom Education Omninox Corp OpenStax, Rice University Overdrive, Inc. Panther Learning Peerceptiv Planet Software Positive Learning Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Press4Kids Proctorio Progress Testing Prulu QuaverMusic.com Queralyze QuestionMark
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Rediker Software, Inc. RedShelf Sagence Learning Inc Sano School of Culinary Medicine SAS School Loop, Inc. SchoolMint SciMind AB ShareStream SmartMind Smart Sparrow Software Secure, Inc. Sonic Foundry, Inc. SPi Global Talis Education Ltd TaskStream Teamie PTE LTD Texthelp Systems Time IT Newcastle Triumph Learning Tutteo Ltd. Ucertify Unify Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León University of Hertfordshire University of Southampton – Learning Societies Lab University of Southampton University of St Andrews University of Warwick Vatebra Venture Highway Verbena Consulting Vidversity VoiceThread Vocareum Warpwire Waseda University WebStudy, Inc. WikiGrads.org Wolters Klewer Yuja Corporation
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Achievement First – New York, NY
The Achievement School District (ASD) – Memphis, TN
Alpha Public Schools – San Jose, CA
Archdiocese of Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA
Aspire Public Schools – Bay Area, CA & Memphis, TN
Carmen Schools of Science and Technology – Milwaukee, WI
Cristo Rey Boston – Boston, MA
Democracy Prep Public Schools – New York, NY
Denver Public Schools – Denver, CO
DSST Public Schools – Denver, CO
Education for Change Public Schools – Oakland, CA
Envision Education – Oakland, CA
Explore Charter Schools – New York, NY
Friendship Public Charter Schools – Washington, DC
Great Oaks Charter School – Wilmington, DE
Harlem Village Academies – New York, NY
HOPE Christian Schools – Milwaukee, WI
IDEA Public Schools – Rio Grande Valley, TX
KIPP Bay Area – Bay Area, CA
KIPP Memphis – Memphis, TN
Lawrence Public Schools – Lawrence, MA
LEAD Public Schools – Nashville, TN
Memphis Business Academy – Memphis, TN
MESA Charter School – New York, NY
New Haven Public Schools – New Haven, CT
Expeditionary Learning School of Community Leaders – New York, NY
Promise Academy – Memphis, TN
Providence Public School District – Providence, RI
San Antonio Independent School District – San Antonio, TX
Shelby County Schools – Memphis, TN
STRIVE Preparatory Schools – Denver, CO
The Soulsville Charter School – Memphis, TN
VOICE Charter School – Queens, NY
Source: http://www.naate.org/page/partners
Harvard Business School
Schools That Can – Milwaukee
Teach for America
TeacherTown.org
Vanderbilt University, Owen School of Management
Yale School of Management
Source: http://www.naate.org/page/partners/sector_partnerships
The Clayton Christensen Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to improving the world through disruptive innovation. Founded on the theories of Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen, the Institute offers a unique framework for understanding many of society’s most pressing problems. Our mission is ambitious but clear: work to shape and elevate the conversation surrounding these issues through rigorous research and public outreach.
Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is a collaborative, multi-year initiative created to address the barriers to educational innovation and tap the potential of technology to dramatically improve college readiness and completion in the United States. NGLC is guided by the belief that providing investment capital to expand the use of proven and emerging learning technologies, collecting and sharing evidence of what works, and fostering a community of innovators and adopters will result in a robust pool of solutions and greater institutional adoption which, in turn, will dramatically improve the quality of learning experiences in the United States. Many potentially breakthrough solutions are being developed and tested by educators, institutions, technologists, and entrepreneurs, but too often they operate with little access to each other or to opportunities to disseminate their innovations. Support is needed to refine and rigorously test their solutions, to connect with other like-minded innovators, and to develop strategies to broaden their reach and impact.
NGLC is led by EDUCAUSE in partnership with the League for Innovation in the Community College, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Funding is being provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Silicon Schools Fund is a new non-profit venture philanthropy fund in the Bay Area of California that supports the creation and replication of blended-learning schools. Silicon Schools Fund seeks to encourage innovative models that personalize learning for students and reimagine what is possible in schools. Committed to a research and development approach, Silicon Schools Fund works to attract the best educators and technologists in the world to the Bay Area to launch or re-design next-generation schools.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is guided by the belief that every life has equal value. The Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy and productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people – especially those with the fewest resources – have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.
The Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) is a non-profit venture capital fund working to transform K-12 education by investing in innovative charter school networks that offer outstanding educational options for underserved students. Founded in 2005, its mission is to invest philanthropic venture capital in the nation’s highest performing charter school operators to dramatically expand their impact on low-income and minority students. Its Next Generation School initiative supports entrepreneurs developing next generation schools in the charter sector. Many of these schools will blend learning by combining online learning technology with the key tenets of successful bricks-and-mortar CMO’s, creating personalized learning experiences for students, and delivering dramatically better results.
California Community Foundation
Katherine and Frank Baxter Foundation
Lisa and Maury Friedman Foundation
Joseph Drown Foundation
Walton Family Foundation
Wasserman Foundation
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
California Education Policy Fund
Rogers Family Foundation
Broad Foundation
Biller Family Foundation
The Hastings/Quillin Fund
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
East Bay Community Foundation
Source: http://parentrevolution.org/our-funders-1/
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation
City Education Partners
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Daniels Fund
Education Forward DC
Project Renaissance
Overdeck Family Foundation
New Schools for Baton Rouge
The William R Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Houston Endowment
RAISE Your Hand Texas
Memphis Education Fund
Source: https://www.relay.edu/about-us/partners
Center for Innovation in Education (CIE) at the University of Kentucky
Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) at EDUCAUSE
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The first one was getting pretty long and hard to edit so I made a second part to it.
Anti-Racist Action Los Angeles / People Against Racist Terror
antiracistaction_la@yahoo.com
POBOX 1055
Culver City, CA 90232
323-636-7388
Turning The Tide
Central Florida Antifa
cflafa.blogspot.com
cflantifa@gmail.com
Central Texas Anti-Racist Action
Western North Carolina Antifa
wncantifa@riseup.net
Philly Antifa
phillyantifa.org
Twitter: @PhillyANTIFA
phillyantifascists@gmail.com
South Side Chicago Anti-Racist Action
southsideantifa.blogspot.com
Twitter: @Chicago_ARA
southsideara@riseup.net
Rocky Mountain Antifa
rockymountainantifa.blogspot.com
Twitter: @RckyMtnAntifa
rockymountainantifa@riseup.net
Antifa Sacramento
antifasac.noblogs.org
Facebook: AntifaSac
antifasac@riseup.net
Rose City Antifa
rosecityantifa.org
Facebook: sometimesantisocialalwaysantifascist
Twitter: @RoseCityAntifa
GPG: 0x93BBA0CA
Tor: cii57rkdtcgg55fe.onion
fight_them_back@riseup.net
Atlanta Antifascists
afainatl.wordpress.com
Facebook: Atlanta-Antifa
Twitter: @afainatl
afainatl@riseup.net
Pacific Northwest Antifascist Workers Collective
pnwawc.com
Facebook: pnwawc
Twitter: @PNWAWC
PNWAntifascist@protonmail.com
Antifa Seven Hills
Facebook: AntifaSevenHills
Twitter: @ash_antifa
Source: https://torchantifa.org/?page_id=42
Source: https://nycantifa.wordpress.com
Mitt Romney
Source: http://www.dailywire.com/news/19777/mitt-romney-tweets-support-antifa-robert-kraychik
Anathema – A Philadelphia Anarchist Periodical
Hub City (New Brunswick, NJ) Anti-Racist Action
Rose City (Portland, OR) Antifa
South Side Chicago Anti-Racist Action
Threewayfight – An Insurgent Blog on the Struggle Against State and Fascism
Source: https://phillyantifa.org/links/
John McCain
Marco Rubio
Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/16/mccain-romney-rubio-join-republicans-antifa-club/
Left Voice
Source: http://www.leftvoice.org/In-Support-of-the-Anti-Milo-Berkeley-Antifa-Action
Hoods for Justice
Source: https://actionnetwork.org/groups/hoods4justice
Source: https://rockymountainantifa.blogspot.com
It’s Going Down
itsgoingdown.org
Anti-Fascist News
antifascistnews.net
Three Way Fight
threewayfight.blogspot.com
Idavox / One People’s Project
idavox.com
Source: https://itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/howtoantifa-revised.pdf
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) in San Francisco
Source: https://hotair.com/archives/2017/09/06/national-lawyers-guild-san-francisco-antifa/
With an ambitious commitment to social justice and environmental activism and a small staff, Ruckus is busy. To achieve our goals we rely on a diverse network of over 150 talented, committed trainers, coordinators and workers who volunteer their time to train other people to be effective nonviolent activists and direct action organizers. http://ruckus.org/
Training for Change builds capacity for powerful training and education among activists and organizers. We work with groups taking nonviolent direct action, building strong teams, and working for grassroots social change. Since 1992, we’ve trained over 15,000 participants in over 20 countries across diverse sectors and issues. http://www.trainingforchange.org/
To build movements capable of winning real change, we need to do more than just “preach to the choir.” Beyond the Choir partners with social justice organizations to craft resonant messaging, plan strategic campaigns, and mobilize larger bases of support.
https://beyondthechoir.org/
Source: http://www.rallylist.com/organize/
Win Without War Coalition
Source: http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6935
Open Society Institute
Aetna Foundation, the American Express Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, the AT&T Foundation, the Bank of America Foundation, the Bauman Family Foundation, the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Boston Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Clinton Family Fund, the Compton Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Fannie Mae Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Heinz Trust, the JEHT Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Park Foundation, the Ploughshares Foundation, the Public Welfare Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Sara Lee Foundation, the Scherman Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, the Tides Foundation, the Verizon Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Source: http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6160
Wal-Mart, Shell Oil, General Motors and American Airlines
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/jul/21/20030721-113723-6114r/
Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union
Byrd Retail Group, LLC
McGuire Woods Los Angeles
CBS Corporation
Williams & Connolly
The Sunlight Foundation
Akin Gump
Madstone Company, Inc.
Eland Capital Partners
The UNICEF Bridge Fund
Global Infrastructure Partners
Corporate Group Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
National Basketball Players Association
JS Capital Management, LLC
VallotKarp Consulting, LLC.
Source: http://www.naacpldf.org/board
Source: http://adaedfund.org
Source: https://movementvote.org/about
| #Not1More |
| 350.org |
| ACT UP New York |
| Adhikaar |
| African Communities Together |
| Align |
| Audre Lorde Project |
| Autistic Self Advocacy Network |
| Bend the Arc |
| Black Alliance for Just Immigration |
| Black and Pink |
| Black Youth Project |
| Brooklyn For Peace |
| Brooklyn Movement Center |
| Brooklyn NAACP |
| CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities |
| Center for Frontline Retail |
| Chinese Staff and Workers Association |
| Churches United for Fair Housing |
| Cidadao Global/Global Citizen |
| Community Voices Heard |
| Cosecha |
| Council on American Islamic Relations |
| Critical Resistance |
| Damayan Migrant Workers Association |
| Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) |
| Domestic Workers United |
| Equality for Flatbush |
| Faith in NY |
| Families for Freedom |
| Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) |
| FIERCE |
| Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation |
| Girls for Gender Equity |
| Global Action Project |
| GOLES Good Ole Lower East Side |
| Hand in Hand |
| IfNotNow |
| IndyKids |
| Iraq Veterans Against the War |
| Jewish Voice for Peace |
| Jews for Racial & Economic Justice |
| Jobs With Justice |
| Laundry Workers Center |
| Make the Road NY |
| Malcolm X Grassroots Movement |
| Mass Transit Street Theater and Video |
| Mekong NYC |
| Met Council on Housing |
| Milk not Jails |
| National Action Network |
| National Lawyer’s Guild |
| National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights |
| Native Organizers Alliance |
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Inc. |
| Neighbors Together |
| New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement |
| New York Communities for Change |
| Nodutdol |
| Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition |
| NY/NJ Teamsters for a Democratic Union |
| NYC Coalition for Educational Justice |
| NYC Community Garden Coalition |
| Omo Obatala Egbe, Inc |
| Open Hillel |
| Paper Tiger Television |
| Peoples Power Assemblies |
| Picture the Homeless |
| Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP) |
| Project Reach |
| Raza Youth Collective |
| Resource Generation |
| Restaurant Opportunities Center |
| Retail Action Project |
| Revolutionary Students Coordinating Council |
| Riders Alliance |
| Right to the City |
| Rockaway Youth Task Force |
| Sikh Coalition |
| Street Vendor Project |
| SURJ |
| Sylvia Rivera Law Project |
| T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights |
| Teachers Unite |
| Tenants and Neighbors |
| The Correctional Association of NY Women in Prison Project |
| Time’s Up |
| Transgender & Intersex Justice Project |
| Ugnayan Youth for Justice and Social Change |
| UPROSE |
| Urban Youth Collective |
| US Department of Arts and Culture |
| VOCAL NY |
| Voices of Women Organizing Project |
| War Resisters League |
| WE ACT |
| WESPAC |
| Women in Media and News |
| Women on the Rise Telling HerStory |
| Worker’s Justice Project |
| Ya-Ya |
| NDWA |
| JStreet |
Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12Je1kwtXEripmNSDeGJEbZ2YhRPISw-EAmOqisoZ58E/edit#gid=0
| 350 Bay Area |
| Anti Police Terror Project |
| Arab Resource and Organizing Center |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network |
| Bend the Arc |
| Black Lives Matter |
| Bloom Health Care |
| California Coalition for Women Prisoners |
| Causa Justa:: Just Cause |
| Chinese Progressive Association |
| Coleman Advocates |
| Communities United Againt Violence |
| Critical Resistance – Oakland |
| Ella Baker Center |
| Filipino Advocates for Justice |
| Hand in Hand |
| IfNotNow |
| International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network |
| Iraq Veterans against the war |
| Jewish Voice for Peace |
| Jewish Youth for Community Action |
| Mujeres Unidas y Activas |
| National Resource Defense Council |
| Phat Beets |
| Resource Generation |
| Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth |
| SF Women Against Rape |
| Showing Up for Racial Justice |
| Sierra Club |
| Solidaire |
| Women’s Donors Network |
| Young Workers United |
| Youth Uprising |
(Note, I don’t believe ALL of the groups below are dangerous radical hard Left groups. Some seem rather tame. Still, I kept the whole list as many certain seem radical Leftist.)
1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence Eases the detrimental & traumatic impact of violence on homicide & violent crime victim-survivors. Family-focused continuum of care provides mental health & grief support, groceries, home decor, outreach, networking & advocacy. To date, the organization has served more than 500 families throughout the greater S.F. bay area(Oakland, Antioch, Fremont, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, Richmond, Berkeley, Hayward) and beyond.&With the help of seven volunteers, 1K MPV serves approximately 50 victim-survivor families each month dealing with grief-related illnesses by way of legal referral services, peer and grief support groups, delivering groceries, networking & and advocacy. Address: POBox 781, Hayward CA 94543 Voice: (510) 583-0100 Email: mothers1000@aol.com Web: http://1000mothers.org/ [07 Jan 2017]
100Reporters A news organization dedicated to forging new frontiers in responsible journalism. It joins scores of the planet’s finest professional reporters with whistle-blowers and citizen journalists across the globe to report on corruption in all its forms. The organization, spearheaded by veteran correspondents of top-tier news outlets, aims to raise the caliber, impact and visibility of citizen-driven investigative journalism, as a means of promoting transparency and good government. Web: http://100r.org [15 Jul 2017]
2-1-1 211 is an easy to remember, toll-free phone number that connect callers with local community services, such as food, shelter, counseling, employment assistance, quality child care and more. During a disaster, 211 provides critical information about evacuation routes, food and shelter, as well as job search and permanent housing support during long-term recovery. 211 is confidential and available 24 hours a day in more than 150 languages. Voice: 211 Web: http://www.211BayArea.org [16 Jan 2016]
350BayArea.org Building a grassroots climate movement, working for deep CO2 emission reductions in the San Francisco Bay Area & beyond. Web: http://www.350bayarea.org [09 Oct 2016]
48 Hills A new kind of newspaper – the progressive daily that San Francisco has always needed. Not a blog, not a content aggregator, but a place where you can read original work by reporters and critics who know the city. Breaking news, analysis, investigative reporting, cutting-edge arts and culture … that’s 48 Hills. We are a nonprofit venture, under the auspices of the San Francisco Progressive Media Center, formed by former Bay Guardian editors with a community-based board and a mission to serve a city battered by evictions, displacement, and economic inequality. We are unafraid of controversy, proud of our politics, owned by no investors, driven not by profit but by a passion for journalism that matters. Web: http://48hills.org/ [23 Jan 2017]
51Oakland A non-profit that is committed to building opportunity for ALL of Oakland’s youth to have access to culturally vibrant art and music programming across all schools in the district. By working closely with Oakland public school educators and administrators, parents, and involved community members, 51Oakland strives to provide students access to mentoring, nurturing, instruction and training by dedicated professional artists and musicians, thereby filling the gaps in Arts & Music opportunities caused by spending cuts, and re-engaging the full potential of Oakland youth. Address: 328 63rd Street, Oakland CA 94618 Web: https://51oakland.org/ [16 Jun 2017]
A1 Sun, Inc. Installs solar systems of the highest quality. We are committed to providing the best value for our clients, while benefitting the planet by doing business sustainably. Our office is solar powered and charges our expanding electric vehicle fleet. We precycle, recycle, and use environmentally-friendly materials. We are proud of our environmental commitment and socially conscious business practices. Address: 1435 4th Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 526-5715 Email: info@a1suninc.com Web: http://www.a1suninc.com [09 Jan 2015]
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center (ACSF) ACSF works to preserve, develop, and share the art of capoeira with integrity and to use capoeira to build a healthy, just, and vibrant society in which people feel connected to and responsible for their community. By exploring creative ways of sharing capoeira and related arts, ACSF remains a pioneering force in the preservation and development of Brazilian arts. Address: 3221 22nd Street (at Mission), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 206-0650 Email: info@abada.org Web: http://www.abada.org/ [09 Apr 2016]
Abilities United Supports children and adults with disabilities, their families and the community, and champions a culture in which all members of society are included and appreciated for their distinctive contributions. Abilities United provides a lifetime of services to individuals with developmental and physical disabilities. During our 50 year history, we have served over 65,000 people in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Address: 525 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 494-0550 Fax: (650) 855-9710 Email: info@abilitiesunited.org Web: http://www.AbilitiesUnited.org [05 Apr 2015]
ABODE Services Mission is to end homelessness by assisting low-income, un-housed people, including those with special needs, to secure stable, supportive housing; and to be advocates for the removal of the causes of homelessness. We develop and implement innovative programs to end homelessness. Our agency is built on the principles of Housing First, a proven approach that has demonstrated results far superior to the traditional approaches to homelessness. Address: 40849 Fremont Blvd, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 657-7409 Fax: (510) 657-7293 Email: info@abodeservices.org Web: http://www.abodeservices.org [09 Oct 2016]
Abolition 2000 An international global network of organisations and individuals working for a global treaty to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons. Abolition 2000 is open to all organisations endorsing the Abolition 2000 Founding Statement. The Network provides a forum for the exchange of information and development of joint initiatives and campaigns. We meet once a year and communicate on an ongoing basis via a number of list servers an through conferences, teleconferencing, and period mailings. Web: http://www.abolition2000.org [08 Apr 2017]
Abortion Clinics OnLine (ACOL) A directory service comprised of websites of over 400 providers of abortion services and other reproductive healthcare. They may be private physician’s offices, state licensed abortion clinics, private abortion clinics, or hospital abortion services. To the best of our knowledge, no anti-abortion “pregnancy consultation” centers are included here. Web: http://www.gynpages.com [09 Apr 2014]
About-Face We equip women and girls with tools to understand and resist harmful media messages that affect their self-esteem and body image. Our workshops and workshop leader trainings take place throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and our online presence reaches across the United States in all directions. Why we do it All the major studies point to the problem: Western culture’s emphasis on stereotypes of women and girls, and thinness as the beauty ideal, is a risk factor for depression, negative mood, and binge eating. In turn, dieting is linked with eating disorders. Address: POBox 191145, San Francisco CA 94119 Voice: (415) 839-6779 Web: http://www.about-face.org [12 Jul 2014]
ACCESS ACCESS Fights Barriers and Builds the Power of Women to Achieve Reproductive Justice. Most people believe that reproductive health care is easy to get in California, because our reproductive rights are stronger than in many other states. Yet despite our legal rights millions of women in California still suffer consistent and persistent health care inequities and injustice, and continue to lack the resources and support to make the sexual and reproductive choices that are best for them, their families and communities. Address: POBox 3609, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 923-0739 Fax: (510) 923-0014 Email: info@accesswhj.org Web: http://www.whrc-access.org/ [05 Apr 2015]
Access Institute for Psychological Services We offer low and no-fee psychological services to those who want and need psychological support, but aren’t able to access it for any number of reasons including: income, cultural barriers, stigma around mental health, and lack of mobility. Our dual mission: (1) Serve the people in our community who too often fall through the cracks. Help them develop healthier behaviors and relationships so they may thrive. (2) Provide clinical internship training to the next generation of therapists who believe that everyone matters and deserves high-quality care. Address: 110 Gough Street, Suite 301 (at Page), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 861-5449 Fax: (415) 8961-3252 Email: info@accessinst.org Web: http://www.accessinst.org [09 Jan 2015]
ACCION International A global nonprofit dedicated to building a financially inclusive world with economic opportunity for all, by giving people the financial tools they need to improve their lives. We are building the next generation of top-tier microfinance institutions, and over the last 50 years have helped create 64 such institutions in 32 countries on four continents that today reach millions of clients. Our impact investing initiatives are pushing beyond microfinance to catalyze more than 20 innovative start-ups dedicated to improving the efficiency, reach and scope of financial services for the poor. And our Center for Financial Inclusion is helping to build a stronger industry with high standards. Web: http://www.accion.org [11 Oct 2015]
Accion Latina A nonprofit organization with a 40-year history enriching the lives of Bay Area Latinos by engaging them in the arts and connecting them to culturally relevant news, information and ideas. Since 1970, we have produced El Tecolote, a free, bilingual print and online publication. We also produce an annual Encuentro del Canto Popular Festival, the Mission Latin Jazz Festival, the S.F. Son Jarocho Festival (with Brava Theater), and other performing, literary and visual arts events. Address: 2958 24th Street (between Harrison and Alabama), San Francisco CA 94110 Web: http://accionlatina.org [05 Apr 2017]
Act for Love The online personals service that lets you take action while getting action. The idea is simple. Everyone wants to meet their perfect match. And in recent years, millions have turned to online personals services as a way to do that. So we figured, why not channel all that energy towards some good? Why not create a site where 100% of the profits were specifically earmarked to support progressive activism? If you’re going to try searching for the perfect date, why not do it via a service that promotes activism at the same time? Web: http://www.actforlove.org/ [09 Apr 2014]
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project (ANV) Elevates life in the inner city by challenging oppressive dynamics and environments through urban farming. ANV’s quarter acre farm located in the City of Oakland’s Tassafaronga Park (83rd Ave & E Street, 94621) is planned, planted, harvested and sold by youth grades K-8 and 100% of the proceeds are placed into individual savings accounts for those who have participated. Web: http://anvfarm.org [30 Aug 2014]
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth A 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Palo Alto that brings people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet. We focus on what you can do locally to address current environmental problems. In the face of daunting environmental challenges, our science-based approach instills hope while building community. Acterra’s staff provides environmental education in the areas of energy and climate change, corporate sustainability, and advocacy to build an informed and empowered citizenry. Our programs include Energy and Climate, Business Partnerships for Sustainability, a Public Lecture Series, and an Environmental Library and Resource Center. Our programs engage people and companies in the Bay Area, with a focus on Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303-4303 Voice: (650) 962-9876 Web: http://www.Acterra.org [08 Apr 2017]
Action For Nature (AFN) An international non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, that encourages young people to take personal action to better their environments and to foster love and respect for nature. Honors Eco-Heroes: 8-16 year olds who have completed a substantial project to help sustain our planet. Eco-Heroes have gone onto work as ambassadors for the UN, save cheetahs in Namibia, and work for Google while creating partnerships between China and the United States. Eco-Heroes are often creating connections between ecosystems and humans, making the world a more livable, breathable, and healthier place. Address: 2269 Chestnut Street #263, San Francisco CA 94123 Email: mail@actionfornature.org Web: http://www.actionfornature.org [09 Apr 2017]
The Action Network A progressive online organizing platform. Anyone can become an organizer by creating a free account. With that account, organizers can publish actions to the public, such as a petition to an elected official, an event RSVP form for a meeting the organizer is holding, a survey form to collect answers from a community, a fundraising form to collect money for an upcoming campaign, a ticketed event page to sell tickets to an event, or a letter campaign to have activists email elected officials. As other activists take action and fill out the forms an organizer has published, those activists are opted in to the organizer’s email list. Using our built-in mass mailing tool, organizers can contact that list of activists whenever they want, and download the data on their list too! Web: https://actionnetwork.org/ [01 Feb 2017]
Active Voice Lab Builds tools that help people use stories, art, and culture to advance social change. We leverage three decades of hands-on experience to conduct research, test pilot projects, and consult with creative leaders. Address: 145 Ninth Street, Suite 102, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 487-2000 Fax: (415) 487-2260 Email: info@activevoice.net Web: http://www.activevoice.net/ [09 Apr 2016]
Activist San Diego A social justice organization that promotes and facilitates the development of an active, inter-related, progressive community in San Diego through networking, culture and electronic technology. Web: http://www.activistsandiego.org/ [11 Oct 2015]
Adams ESQ (Oakland office) Over a decade ago, attorney Jean Murrell Adams opened the law firm of ADAMS ESQ, a Professional Corporation, to provide high quality legal service at no cost to qualifying parents of children with special needs. Her own experience fighting for the rights of her exceptional child prompted her to dedicate her career to helping other parents. ADAMS ESQ focuses exclusively on special education law. With locations in Los Angeles, Oakland, Riverside, Sacramento and Las Vegas, our staff, paralegals, advocates and attorneys are committed to helping children with disabilities obtain a free and appropriate education throughout California and Nevada. Address: 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 832-6000 Email: oaklandadmin@adamsesq.com Web: http://www.adamsesq.com [09 Jan 2015]
Adopt A Special Kid (AASK) AASK believes that every child has the right to a safe, stable, and nurturing home and that all children are adoptable. AASK America provides education and support services to adoptive and foster families and children. We also promote positive changes to benefit children who are in the child welfare system. AASK inspires change in the lives of children in foster care by promoting and sustaining permanent families. We identify and train competent, caring foster care and adoptive parents, provide education and support services, and nurture stable homes for foster kids. AASK has promoted permanency for foster youth and placed thousands of children with loving families since 1973. Address: 1330 Arnold Drive, Suite 241, Martinez CA 94553 Voice: (888) 680-7349 Web: http://aask.org/ [09 Oct 2016]
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program (ASCA) An innovative and effective support program designed specifically for adult survivors of physical, sexual, and/or emotional child abuse or neglect. The program was designed to support and assist survivors of child abuse, irrespective of their financial situation, in moving on with their lives. The two basic components of the ASCA program are individually reading and working the Survivor to Thriver manual and participating in ASCA meetings. Meetings are the backbone of the ASCA recovery program. Address: The Morris Center, POBox 281535, San Francisco CA 94128 Email: info@ascasupport.org Web: http://www.ascasupport.org [16 Jul 2016]
Afghan Women’s Mission Founded in January 2000 by a small group of Americans to support the humanitarian and political work of RAWA. Projects include many programs run by Afghan women including Malalai Clinic, schools, orphanages, agricultural programs, demonstrations and functions in support of women’s and human rights. We are an all-volunteer organization based in the United States. Web: http://afghanwomensmission.org [11 Oct 2015]
afghans for Afghans A humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that sends hand-knit and crocheted blankets and sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, and socks to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan. This grassroots effort is inspired by Red Cross volunteers who made afghans, socks, slippers, and other items for soldiers and refugees during World Wars I and II and other times of crisis and need. Address: POBox 475843, San Francisco CA 94147-5843 Web: http://www.afghansforafghans.org/ [09 Jan 2015]
African Advocacy Network (AAN) Serves the growing Diaspora with community-based services focusing in Immigration Legal services, social services and psycho-social case management, as well as promoting cultural integration through the arts. AAN couples these programs with experienced and trained linguistic capacity in more than ten languages that span the African continent such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Arabic to French, Wolof, Berber, Haitian Creole, and more. AAN is a program of Dolores Street Community Services (DSCS). Address: 938 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 503-1032; (415) 282-6209 x128 Fax: (415) 282-2826 Email: adoubou@dscs.org Web: http://africanadvocacynetwork.org [09 Jan 2015]
African American Art and Culture Complex A community based, 501(c)3 arts and cultural organization. Our mission is to empower our community through Afro-centric artistic and cultural expression, mediums, education and programming. We are dedicated to inspiring children and youth to serve as agents of change, cultivating their leadership skills and fostering a commitment to community service and activism. In addition, we encourage, support and promote the work of young, aspiring Bay Area artists. We also strive to develop partnerships with organizations that are similarly committed to our mission, and offer our space to the community for special events. Address: 762 Fulton Street (between Webster and Laguna), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 922-2049 Email: info@aaacc.org Web: http://www.aaacc.org/ [05 Oct 2014]
Against the Grain A radio and web media project whose aim is to provide in-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters — political, economic, social and cultural — important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. We’re based at the studios of Pacifica station KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California. ATG focuses on meaty theoretical and action-oriented issues that the mainstream media tends to ignore, matters like political economy, the global justice movement, philosophical and cultural ideas, and race and gender relations. We strive to bring these perspectives to the airwaves in a way that’s accessible, engaging, and, most of all, useful to people working for social change. Web: http://www.againstthegrain.org [11 Oct 2015]
Agrarian Trust Mission is to support land access for next generation farmers, and is a project of the Schumacher Center for New Economics. In the next two decades, 400 million acres of U.S. farmland will change hands, and the question of what will happen to that land when it reaches the market is crucial to the future of our food system. Just in time for this pivotal land transition is a new generation of young farmers, eager to become stewards of our land and healthfully provide for their communities. However, these farmers face ever greater odds in accessing affordable and secure land tenure; the price of land in the US has skyrocketed in the past decade, and one acre of farmland is lost to development every minute. Web: http://agrariantrust.org [19 May 2014]
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement This film examines a cooperative of the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST) in the South of Brazil, which struggled for access to land and then transitioned to ecological agriculture, or agroecology. This MST cooperative is demonstrating the possibility of an alternative model of flourishing rural life, which provides thriving livelihoods for farmers, produces high quality and low cost food for the region, and rehabilitates the earth. Web: http://www.soilstruggleandjustice.org [23 Nov 2014]
Agua Para la Vida (APLV) Helps communities in rural Nicaragua to build their own gravity-flow clean drinking water systems and sanitation. We develop sustainable local health education programs in the communities and also run a technical school which is providing the next generation of water technicians to Nicaragua. All APLV projects follow a community-driven process. The community requests the project, organizes itself to build, and does the manual labor of the building, resulting in a project which can maintain itself indefinitely. APLV provides technical leadership, community organization support, and materials. Address: 2311 Webster Street (near Telegraph and Ashby), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 914-1988 Web: http://www.aplv.org [09 Apr 2016]
AIDS Emergency Fund Responds compassionately to the AIDS crisis by providing immediate, short-term financial assistance to help people disabled by HIV/AIDS to cover their basic human needs and stabilize their living situations. Address: 12 Grace Street, Suite 300 (between 9th and 10th Streets), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 558-6999 Fax: (415) 558-6990 Email: mikesmith@aef-sf.org Web: http://www.aef-sf.org [09 Apr 2014]
AIDS Housing Alliance / SF Believes in a world where all people have a safe, decent, and affordable home. Toward this vision, we prevent homelessness for people with HIV/AIDS by protecting the housing we already have, providing resources to secure new housing, and promoting public policy to increase opportunity for all. Address: 350 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 552-3242 Email: brian.basinger@ahasf.org Web: http://www.ahasf.org [09 Apr 2014]
AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) The only institution in the San Francisco Bay Area solely dedicated to providing free and low-cost legal assistance and education on virtually any civil matter to persons living with HIV/AIDS. This includes such widely disparate areas as housing, bankruptcy/credit, immigration, employment, insurance, confidentiality matters, family law, government benefits, and public accommodations. We accomplish this mission through either direct representation of clients by one of ALRP’s eight attorneys or by careful placement of clients with one of ALRP’s 700 Panel attorneys. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 500, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 701-1100 (client line); (415) 701-1200 (business line) Fax: (415) 701-1400 Web: http://www.alrp.org/ [10 Jan 2015]
AK Press A worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We’re small: seven people who work long hours for short money, because we believe in what we do. We’re anarchists, which is reflected both in the books we provide and in the way we organize our business. Decisions at AK Press are made collectively, from what we publish, to what we distribute and how we structure our labor. Our goal isn’t profit (although we do have to pay the rent). Our goal is supplying radical words and images to as many people as possible. The books and other media we distribute are published by independent presses, not the corporate giants. Address: 370 Ryan Avenue, Unit 100, Chico CA 95973 Voice: (510) 208-1700 Email: info@akpress.org Web: http://www.akpress.org [27 Nov 2016]
Akha Heritage Foundation Seeks to defend the human rights and culture of the Akha people and promote self determination for the Akha while assisting with nutrition, medical and educational needs. We believe that the security and well-being of Akha communities must take priority over “development” by outside interests. We are strongly opposed to mission organizations which would remove Akha Children and destroy Akha language, literature, culture and identity. We believe that the defense of land rights and other human rights is at the heart of any just system, and we would oppose those who remain silent while these abuses continue. Web: http://www.akha.org/ [16 Jul 2016]
Al Jazeera America An American news channel reporting unbiased, fact-based and in-depth journalism that gets you closer to the people at the heart of the news. First announced in January of 2013 and launched on August 20th, Al Jazeera America has one of the largest newsgathering capabilities of any news organization in the United States with 12 bureaus in major cities around the country, 3 broadcast centers, a headquarters in New York City and a team of close to 800 journalists and staff. Web: http://america.aljazeera.com [09 Apr 2014]
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition A broad-based, non-partisan, democratic, and charitable organization of grassroots activists and students committed to comprehensive public education on the rights of all Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and lands of origin, and to full restitution of all their confiscated and destroyed property in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International law and the numerous United Nations Resolutions upholding such rights. Web: http://al-awda.org/ [11 Oct 2015]
Alameda County Community Food Bank We are the hub of a vast collection and distribution network that provides food for 240 nonprofit agencies in Alameda County. In 2014, the Food Bank distributed 25 million meals — more than half of the food was fresh fruits and vegetables. Since moving into our permanent facility near the Oakland Airport in 2005 and leading the national food bank movement for a ban on the distribution of carbonated beverages, the Food Bank has ramped up distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables by more than 1,000%. Located at 7900 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA 94621. Address: POBox 2599, Oakland CA 94614 Voice: (510) 635-FOOD (3663) Fax: (510) 635-3773 Email: info@accfb.org Web: http://www.accfb.org [11 Jan 2015]
Alameda Creek Alliance Works to restore native wildlife, plants, habitats and ecosystems within the Alameda Creek watershed as much as possible given modern constraints. We also seek to protect undeveloped areas along the creek for their habitat value to native flora and fauna. Our efforts are focused on bringing wild steelhead trout, often cited as an “indicator species” of watershed health, back to our watershed. But restoration involves far more than charismatic fish, for as John Muir famously said, “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” Address: POBox 2626, Niles CA 94536 Voice: (510) 499-9185 Web: http://www.alamedacreek.org [05 Apr 2015]
Alameda Family Services A human services organization, active in Alameda and the East Bay, whose programs improve the emotional, psychological, and physical health of children, youth, and families. Address: 2325 Clement Avenue, Suite A, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 629-6300 Fax: (510) 865-1930 Email: info@alamedafs.org Web: http://www.alamedafs.org/ [09 Apr 2017]
Alameda Food Bank Mission is to provide nutritious food to the low-income residents of the City of Alameda on a non-discriminating basis. The Alameda Food Bank is a private, non-affiliated, non-profit, tax-exempt agency. The Food Bank is overseen by a board of directors composed of community volunteers. Its day to day operation is run by two paid staff members and over 150 volunteers. Located at 1900 Thau Way in Alameda. Address: POBox 2167, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 523-5850 Email: director@alamedafoodbank.org Web: http://www.alamedafoodbank.org [05 Apr 2015]
Alameda Green Parties The web site of the City of Alameda Greens, Oakland Greens, and Campus Greens. Web: http://cagreens.org/alameda/ [09 Oct 2016]
Alameda Peace Network Believes that peaceful solutions to local, national and international conflicts are possible and desirable. We are committed to nonviolence and welcome diversity and new ideas. Web: http://woodard.freemanbusiness.com/apn/ [09 Apr 2014]
Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) A supportive housing community that uses all its resources to help families and individuals break the cycle of homelessness and poverty. We are the largest supportive housing provider for homeless families in Alameda County, and our wide range of services give residents the tools they need for long-term success. Residents work with on-site case managers and counselors to break down barriers to stability. Adults in the community may participate in our workforce development program and take advantage of one of our on-the-job training opportunities. The nearly 300 children and youth who call APC home get the help they need for academic success. Address: 677 West Ranger Avenue, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 898-7800 Fax: (510) 898-7858 Web: http://www.apcollaborative.org/ [16 Jan 2016]
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq. Rated a “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” by the National Trial Lawyers Organization, I am dedicated to providing aggressive, intelligent, and ethical legal representation in the areas of Business & Property Law, Criminal Defense, Divorce Law, and Education Law in California, New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC. You can read more about me on my website. Voice: (510) 910-3198 Email: info@AEesq.com Web: http://www.AEesq.com [09 Apr 2017]
All Of Us Or None poster archive project (AOUON) Started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document the poster-work of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though earlier work is included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance, which began in 1965 and continues to this day. The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. Web: http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/AOUON http://www.museumca.org [09 Oct 2016]
Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care Purpose is to protect and enhance the abilities of nonprofit health care organizations to serve society and their individual communities. Through research, public education, and advocacy, the Alliance seeks to provide a strong, cohesive and persistent “voice” for a wide range of nonprofit health care organizations sharing many common goals and challenges–hospitals, health insurers, nursing homes, home care providers, and others. In addition, through education and other types of programs, the Alliance seeks to enhance the performance of nonprofit health care organizations in carrying out their unique roles and responsibilities. Web: http://www.nonprofithealthcare.org/ [12 Jul 2014]
Alliance for Girls A membership-based association developing leadership in the service sector in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nationally, we are the largest regional alliance of girl-serving organizations, which now includes 150 organizations and individuals that employ 2,400 people with more than 5,100 volunteers serving more than 300,000 girls across 6 Bay Area counties. Our member organizations collectively support girls in a wide range of issues including education, STEM, media literacy, outdoor exploration and athletics, domestic violence, leadership skills, political participation, restorative justice, human trafficking and sexual exploitation, and physical and mental health. Address: c/o Girls Inc. of Alameda County, 510 16th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 629-9464 Fax: (510) 318-5399 Email: emma@alliance4girls.org Web: http://www.alliance4girls.org [22 Jan 2017]
Ally Electric and Solar A locally owned and operated electric and solar company serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area since 1998. We specialize in creating energy efficient solutions for residential and commercial properties. We are also a full service electrical company so you get two solutions under one roof! No need to deal with extra vendors for electrical upgrades and energy assessments, we get you ready to go solar and can upgrade your electrical needs! We strive to be an ally for the environment, for our customers and for our business partners. We value our employees and foster a company culture that supports growth and forward thinking in our own lives. ALLY Electric and Solar works towards a brighter future. Address: 855 Marina Bay Pkwy, Suite 29, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 559-7700 Email: info@allyelectricandsolar.com Web: http://www.AllyElectricAndSolar.com [03 Oct 2016]
Alternative Family Services, Inc. (AFS) They say, “It takes a village to raise a child.” AFS is that village for hundreds of Northern California foster children and their families. AFS is a foster, adoptions and mental health agency that has been creating safe, permanent connections for foster children and youth in the Bay Area since 1978. Address: 401 Roland Way, Suite 100, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 839-3800 Fax: (510) 839-3888 Web: http://www.afs4kids.org/ [12 Jul 2014]
Alternative Radio A weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and beyond. AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media. Our program airs on over 185 radio stations. Our headquarters, with three paid staff, is located in Boulder, Colorado. Web: http://www.alternativeradio.org/ [09 Apr 2016]
AlterNet (Alternative News Network) An award-winning news magazine and online community that creates original journalism and amplifies the best of hundreds of other independent media sources. AlterNet’s aim is to inspire action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, health care issues, and more. Since its inception in 1998, AlterNet.org has grown dramatically to keep pace with the public demand for independent news. We provide free online content to millions of readers, serving as a reliable filter, keeping our vast audience well-informed and engaged, helping them to navigate a culture of information overload and providing an alternative to the commercial media onslaught. Our aim is to stimulate, inform, and instigate. Web: http://www.alternet.org [09 Apr 2017]
AlterNetRides.com The premier way to encourage all forms of alternative transportation: carpooling, vanpooling, biking, walking, using public transportation and more. It is fast, simple to use, and easy to setup. Web: http://AlterNetRides.com [09 Apr 2017]
Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA) Organized and operated exclusively for cultural, educational, and scientific purposes to contribute to saving, promoting, and enriching the Amazigh (Berber) language and culture. While the heartland of Amazigh culture lies in North Africa, including the Canary Islands, people of Amazigh background also live around the globe, by reason of emigration. The need for many people of Amazigh descent in America to connect culturally with the Amazigh world can be seen, ultimately, as the major reason for the birth of ACAA. Web: http://www.tamazgha.org [12 Jul 2014]
Amazon Watch Works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon’s ecological systems. Web: http://www.amazonwatch.org/ [12 Jul 2014]
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) Defends and advances civil liberties and rights. We work to make constitutional rights a reality for everyone. Our legal and legislative advocacy fights for freedom, fairness, justice, and equality. With our organizing and public education, we empower communities and help people stand up for their rights. Address: 39 Drumm Street (near 13th Street), San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 621-2493 Fax: (415) 255-1478 Web: http://www.aclunc.org [12 Jul 2014]
American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) A bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities. The Association recognizes that community gardening improves people’s quality of life by providing a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulating social interaction, encouraging self-reliance, beautifying neighborhoods, producing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, conserving resources and creating opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education. Web: http://www.communitygarden.org [09 Apr 2016]
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) A national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom. Web: http://www.adapt.org/ [13 Jul 2014]
American Farmland Trust (AFT) Mission is to protect farmland, promote sound farming practices, and keep farmers on the land. Web: http://farmland.org [09 Apr 2017]
American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office) (AFSC) A Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds, we nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems. Address: 65 Ninth Street, San Francisco CA 94103-1401 Voice: (415) 565-0201 Email: pmr@afsc.org Web: http://www.afsc.org/ [09 Apr 2016]
American Hiking Society (AHS) Ours is a vision in which hiking, foot trails and their surrounding natural areas inspire Americans to get outdoors, volunteer and protect trails. As the national voice for hikers, American Hiking Society will promote hiking, build a nationwide constituency of hikers and trail stewards, establish strategic alliances with national, regional and local partners and advocate for hikers in the nation’s capital. Sustainable hiking trails and trail systems will bring people together, connect them with our national and cultural heritage, promote healthy lifestyles and serve an integral role in conservation. We will expand our nation’s hiking community and recruit, motivate and educate tomorrow’s hiking leaders, advocates and volunteers. Web: http://www.americanhiking.org/ [13 Jul 2014]
American Humanist Association (AHA) We strive to bring about a progressive society where being good without a god is an accepted and respected way to live life. We are accomplishing this through our defense of civil liberties and secular governance, by our outreach to the growing number of people without traditional religious faith, and through a continued refinement and advancement of the humanist worldview. Humanism encompasses a variety of nontheistic views (atheism, agnosticism, rationalism, naturalism, secularism, and so forth) while adding the important element of a comprehensive worldview and set of ethical values – values that are grounded in the philosophy of the Enlightenment, informed by scientific knowledge, and driven by a desire to meet the needs of people in the here and now. Web: http://www.americanhumanist.org/ [09 Apr 2016]
American Indian Movement – West (AIM-WEST) AIM-West contains a spirit of resistance to colonization, respect for traditional knowledge and self-determination, and a commitment to inter-tribalism. Among the objectives of AIM-West is to raise awareness on issues that concern or impact upon Indians of the Americas on a daily basis ranging from racism in sports and public schools, to protection of sacred sites, mining and water contamination, youth and the rights of the child, honor and respect for treaties and agreements, political prisoners, police brutality, immigration and militarization of the borders, climate change, and implementation of the recent adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the “Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”. Voice: (415) 577-1492 Email: eltony1492@gmail.com Web: http://www.aim-west.org/ [16 Jul 2016]
American Muslim Voice (AMV) Our mission is to foster friendships among all Americans by bridging cultural and religious gaps. We also work towards protecting and preserving civil liberties and constitutional rights for ALL. The AMV Foundation is committed to connect people from all walks of life. Through education and social interaction we will erase our fears and will joyously accept each other so we can celebrate our diversity. We are taking the interfaith dialog to the next level by fostering life long friendships among all Americans. Address: 120 Park Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 387-1994 Email: saminasundas@gmail.com Web: http://www.amuslimvoice.org [09 Apr 2017]
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) A civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage. ADC was founded by former U.S. Senator James Abourezk in 1980. Today, ADC is the largest Arab American grassroots organization in the U.S. ADC supports the human and civil rights of all people and opposes racism and bigotry in any form. Web: http://www.adc.org/ [09 Apr 2017]
Americans for a Palestinian State Our mission is to provide support to congressional representatives in order to enable them to help find a fair solution to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. The peace and security of the United States are tied to the peace and security of both Israel and the Palestinians. No one can be safe until all are safe. While both sides are committing atrocities, the cause of the conflict is the occupation, settlements and crimes against humanity committed by Israel on the Palestinians. These crimes are aided and abetted by us, the American taxpayer. Address: POBox 99635, Emeryville CA 94662 Voice: (888) 878-3708 Web: http://apstate.us/ [11 Jan 2015]
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR) The leading national lobbying organization (501 (c) 4), dedicated to nonsmokers’ rights, taking on the tobacco industry at all levels of government, protecting nonsmokers from exposure to secondhand smoke, and preventing tobacco addiction among youth. ANR pursues an action-oriented program of policy and legislation. Address: 2530 San Pablo, Suite J, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 841-3032 Fax: (510) 841-3071 Web: http://www.no-smoke.org [13 Jul 2014]
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Mission is to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis (marijuana) for therapeutic uses and research. ASA works with our grassroots base of over 50,000 members to effect change using public education and direct advocacy at the local, state, and federal level. ASAF trains and educates patients, advocates, health care professionals and other stakeholders. ASAF also provides direct legal support and uses impact litigation to protect and expand patients’ rights. Web: http://www.safeaccessnow.org [13 Jul 2014]
Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSV) We are dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation as the only way to ensure religious freedom for all. AU represents members and supporters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. We come from different religious, political and philosophical viewpoints, but we share a common commitment to church-state separation and individual freedom. Web: http://www.au.org [09 Apr 2017]
Amnesty International (AI) Through our detailed research and determined campaigning, we help fight abuses of human rights worldwide. We bring torturers to justice. Change oppressive laws. And free people jailed just for voicing their opinion. Web: http://www.amnesty.org/ [05 Apr 2015]
AnewAmerica Exists to enrich the lives of its participants and their families while strengthening their contributions to America as a whole. AnewAmerica provides training and technical assistance to targeted communities for economic and social empowerment through a focus on green entrepreneurship, asset building, social responsibility and civic engagement. We work with traditionally challenged communities, which include new Americans (new citizens, refugees and immigrants), women, minorities and low to moderate income households, to empower them to make their American dream a reality while contributing to the economic growth and social capital of their communities. Address: 1918 University Avenue, Suite 3A, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 540-7785 Fax: (510) 540-7786 Email: info@anewamerica.org Web: http://www.anewamerica.org [09 Oct 2016]
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) For more than three decades, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has been fighting to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. Founded in 1979 by attorneys active in shaping the emerging field of animal law, ALDF has blazed the trail for stronger enforcement of anti-cruelty laws and more humane treatment of animals in every corner of American life. Today, ALDF’s groundbreaking efforts to push the U.S. legal system to end the suffering of abused animals are supported by thousands of dedicated attorneys and more than 100,000 members and supporters. Address: 170 East Cotati Avenue, Cotati CA 94931 Voice: (707) 795-2533 Fax: (707) 795-7280 Email: info@aldf.org Web: http://aldf.org [13 Jul 2014]
Animal Place One of the oldest and largest sanctuaries for farmed animals in the country. Nestled on 600-acres in Grass Valley, CA, Animal Place provides refuge to hundreds of neglected farmed animals. In addition to permanent sanctuary, Animal Place’s Rescue Ranch is a 60-acre adoption center, placing needy farmed animals into permanent homes. Sanctuary is important work, but Animal Place strives to create meaningful change for farmed animals through advocacy and education. Thousands of visitors flock to the sanctuary each year to learn more about the animals and farming. Volunteer classes introduce folks to the more intense ways people can help. Internships are also available. Address: POBox 1118, Grass Valley CA 95945 Voice: (530) 477-1757 Email: info@animalplace.org Web: http://AnimalPlace.org/ [11 Oct 2015]
Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) Saves dogs and cats who have run out of time at public shelters and brings people and animals together to enrich each others lives. ARF strives to create a world where every loving dog and cat has a home, where every lonely person has a companion animal, and where children learn to care. Address: POBox 30215, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 256-1273 (1ARF) Fax: (925) 977-9079 Web: http://www.arf.net/ [11 Jan 2015]
Animal Switchboard Providing information, connections, resources, and referrals on animal rights, animal welfare, animal legislation, spay/neuter, rescue/adoption, volunteer opportunities, animal organizations, and other animal-related issues and concerns. Voice: (415) 533-0133 Email: info@animalswitchboard.net [09 Aug 2017]
Animals Voice An independent online resource for helping animals and the people who defend them. We are an award-winning networking source of recent media coverage, timely information, and an incalculable volume of resources for animals and their defenders. We feature the latest animal rights news, multimedia, events, victories, thought-provoking and inspirational editorial, graphic and compelling photography, and in-depth investigative reports. Web: http://www.animalsvoice.com/ [16 Jul 2016]
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) A social enterprise founded on the belief that women are vital to building technology that the world needs. Women in technology are at the heart of ABI’s mission. We are on a quest to accelerate the pace of global innovation by working to ensure that the creators of technology mirror the people and societies who use it. Address: 1501 Page Mill Road, MS 1105, Palo Alto CA 94304 Voice: (650) 236-4756 Fax: (650) 618-6802 Web: http://www.anitaborg.org [25 Jul 2014]
Anti-Defamation League Founded in 1913 “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Now the nation’s premier civil rights/human relations agency, ADL fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all. Web: http://www.adl.org/ [12 Nov 2016]
Anti-Slavery International Works at local, national and international levels to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world. Web: http://www.antislavery.org/ [25 Jul 2014]
antiwar.com This site is devoted to the cause of non-interventionism and is read by libertarians, pacifists, leftists, “greens,” and independents alike, as well as many on the Right who agree with our opposition to imperialism. Our initial project was to fight against intervention in the Balkans under the Clinton presidency. We applied the same principles to Clinton’s campaigns in Haiti and Kosovo and bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan. Our politics are libertarian: our opposition to war is rooted in Randolph Bourne’s concept that “War is the health of the State.” With every war, America has made a “great leap” into statism, and as Bourne emphasized, “it is during war that one best understands the nature of that institution [the State].” At its core, that nature includes an ever increasing threat to individual liberty and the centralization of political power. Web: http://www.antiwar.com/ [09 Apr 2016]
API Equality – Northern California (APIENC) Builds LGBTQ API power to amplify our voices and increase visibility of our communities. Through organizing, we inspire and train leaders, establish intergenerational connections, and document and disseminate our histories. We envision a world where Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Asians and Pacific Islanders can be present and affirmed in our families and communities as our full authentic selves. Address: c/o Chinese for Affirmative Action, 17 Walter U. Lum Place, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 274-6750 x317 Fax: (415) 397-8770 Email: info@apiequalitync.org Web: http://apiequalitync.org/ [16 Jul 2016]
API Wellness We are an LGBTQ and people of color health organization that transforms lives by advancing health, wellness, and equality. We believe everyone deserves to be healthy and needs access to the highest-quality health care. We foster resilience, strength, connection, health, and wellness for all communities. To us, health care will always be grounded in social justice. Address: 730 Polk Street (between Ellis and Eddy streets), San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 292-3400 Fax: (415) 292-3404 Email: info@apiwellness.org Web: http://www.apiwellness.org [15 Jul 2017]
Arab Cultural and Community Center (ACCC) Devoted to preserve, promote and strengthen Arab culture and the community through art, education and culturally relevant social services in the San Francisco Bay Area. The ACCC is a leading resource for social services and referrals for Arab American communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is the only agency in Northern California providing domestic violence and sexual assault education and prevention programs, as well as intensive case management and mental health care in Arabic for Arab and Muslim survivors of domestic violence. Address: 2 Plaza Street, San Francisco CA 94116 Voice: (415) 664-2200 Fax: (415) 664-2280 Email: info@arabculturalcenter.org Web: http://www.arabculturalcenter.org [05 Apr 2015]
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) A grassroots organization working to empower and organize our community towards justice and self-determination for all. AROC members build community power in the Bay Area by participating in leadership development, political education, and campaigns. Address: 522 Valencia Sreet, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 861-7444 Email: info@araborganizing.org Web: http://www.araborganizing.org/ [16 Jul 2016]
Arc Ecology (Arc) A technical services provider to environmental and economic justice communities struggling with the impacts of pollution, urban planning, community development, and military activities and communities seeking to develop new strategies to improve their environment and quality of life. Arc Ecology is an advocacy organization promoting civic engagement in governmental policy making. Address: 1331 Evans Avenue, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 643-1190 Fax: (415) 643-4779 Email: info@arcecology.org Web: http://www.arcecology.org [25 Jul 2014]
Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter) (ADPSR) Works for peace, environmental protection, ecological building, social justice, and the development of healthy communities. ADPSR programs aim to raise professional and public awareness of critical social and environmental issues, further responsive design and planning, and honor persons and organizations whose work exemplifies social responsibility. Address: POBox 9126, Berkeley CA 94709-0126 Voice: (510) 845-1000 Web: http://adpsr.org [25 Jul 2014]
Armenian National Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (ANC) A grassroots public affairs organization serving to inform, educate, and act on a wide range of issues concerning Armenian Americans throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area ANC, or “Hai Tad” committee has been an important presence for Armenian American political action in the Bay Area for decades. Our efforts span a wide range: meeting with political representatives and diplomats about issues affecting our community, participating in local campaigns, publicizing the Armenian Cause and educating the community, fighting historic revisionism, and promoting recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Address: 51 Commonwealth Avenue, San Francisco CA 94118 Voice: (415) 387-3433 Fax: (415) 751-0617 Email: mail@ancsf.org Web: http://www.ancsf.org [09 Oct 2016]
Art in Action Provides a high quality, comprehensive K-8 visual arts curriculum. Students learn about works of art from cultures around the world, how to look at art using art vocabulary and concepts; and how to express themselves by creating their own unique masterpieces. Taught by parent volunteers or teacher, the program is supported by training classes and online resources and creates a community of art at schools. The multifaceted lessons develop students’ critical-thinking skills, creativity, visual literacy, self-esteem, and an appreciation of other cultures. Address: 3925 Bohannon Drive, Suite 300, Menlo Park CA 94025 Voice: (650) 566-8339 Fax: (650) 566-8319 Email: info@artinaction.org Web: http://www.artinaction.org [12 Oct 2015]
Art of Yoga Project Designed to help at-risk girls by focusing on early intervention and preparing girls for a positive future. We are leaders in revolutionizing the rehabilitation of girls by offering trauma-informed, strength-based, gender-responsive services. Our mission is to lead teenage girls in the California juvenile justice system toward accountability to self, others and community by providing practical tools to affect behavioral change. Address: 555 Bryant Street #232, Palo Alto CA 94301-1704 Web: http://www.theartofyogaproject.org/ [09 Apr 2016]
Artists’ Television Access (ATA) A San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit organization that cultivates and promotes culturally-aware, underground media and experimental art. We provide an accessible screening venue and gallery for the presentation of programmed and guest-curated screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops and events. We believe in fostering a supportive community for the exhibition of innovative art and the exchange of non-conformist ideas. Address: 992 Valencia Street (near 21st), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 824-3890 Email: ata@atasite.org Web: http://www.atasite.org [11 Oct 2015]
ArtSpan Committed to cultivating a vibrant, accessible, and world-class art community in San Francisco and to promoting the city’s unique creative energy locally and globally. We champion an inclusive art experience by providing hundreds of local artists with the equal opportunity to showcase their work and make direct connections to diverse audiences and patrons. We are guided by the belief that artists play a vital role in society and that broad public engagement with their work is essential to defining a new cultural environment for our changing city. Address: SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-9838 Email: info@artspan.org Web: http://www.artspan.org [17 Jan 2015]
As You Sow Promotes environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. Our efforts create large-scale systemic change by establishing sustainable and equitable corporate practices. As You Sow was founded on the belief that many environmental and human rights issues can be resolved by increased corporate responsibility. As investor representatives, we communicate directly with corporate executives to collaboratively develop and implement business models that reduce risk, benefit brand reputation, and protect long term shareholder value while simultaneously bringing about positive change for the environment and human rights. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1450, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 735-8158 Fax: (510) 735-8143 Web: http://www.asyousow.org [12 Jan 2014]
Asexuality Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) Hosts the world’s largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike. Unlike celibacy, which is a choice, asexuality is a sexual orientation. Asexual people have the same emotional needs as everybody else and are just as capable of forming intimate relationships. Web: http://www.asexuality.org [17 Apr 2016]
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center (Ashkenaz) Presents concerts, classes, and workshops of participatory dance and music rooted in traditional cultures from around the world. We are committed to providing a great place to dance that supports local and international bands of both established and emerging artists in a respectful, comfortable, safe, and family atmosphere. Through this we build friendship and culturally inclusive community that encourages social awareness, education, and dedication to fairness, honor, and equality. Address: 1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman), Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 525-5099 (office); (510) 525-5054 (showline) Fax: (510) 525-3630 Web: http://www.ashkenaz.com/ [25 Jul 2014]
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) Santa Clara County’s largest community-based organization focused on the Asian community. Our mission is to improve the health, mental health and well-being of individuals, families and the Asian community by: * Providing an array of high quality health and human services. * Sharing expertise about the Asian community’s needs and best service delivery practices. * Providing Asian leadership in advocating on key health and human services issues. Address: 2400 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 300, San Jose CA 95128 Voice: (408) 975-2730 Fax: (408) 975-2745 Email: info@aaci.org Web: http://www.aaci.org [17 Jan 2015]
Asian Americans for Community Outreach (AACO) An organization dedicated to creating a forum in the San Francisco Bay Area where Asian American professionals and students can meet and foster the common goal of community service, benefiting the extended community as a whole. AACO members can be found throughout the Bay Area. AACO organizes community service and social events and promotes awareness of social and political issues relevant to Asian Americans. By bringing together people from many diverse fields, AACO hopes to pool its members’ knowledge, strength, and experience to make a positive impact on our community. Email: info@aaco-sf.org Web: http://www.aaco-sf.org [15 Jul 2017]
Asian Community Mental Health Services Provides multicultural and multilingual services, empowering the most vulnerable members of our community to lead healthy, productive and contributing lives. Our vision is to grow as a responsive and innovative organization, embracing diversity and compassionate care, setting the standard of excellence for integrated services to Asian & Pacific Islander communities. Address: 310 Eighth Street, Suite 201, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 869-6000 Fax: (510) 268-0202 Email: info@acmhs.org Web: http://www.acmhs.org [17 Jan 2015]
Asian Health Services We are a community health center that offers primary health care services with 36 exam rooms and a dental clinic with 7 chairs. Our mission is to serve and advocate for the medically underserved, including the immigrant and refugee Asian community, and to assure equal access to health care services regardless of income, insurance status, language, or culture. Our staff is fluent in English and eleven Asian languages: Cantonese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Karen Korean, Khmer (Cambodian), Mien, Mongolian, Tagalog, Lao and Burmese. Address: 818 Webster Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 986-6800 Web: http://www.asianhealthservices.org/ [17 Jan 2015]
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) As a community based organization, AIWA is primarily concerned with developing the collective leadership of low-income immigrant women and youth to organize for positive changes in their living and working conditions. Since 1983, AIWA has focused its programs in three major areas: Education, Leadership Development and Collective Action. Address: 310 Eighth Street #301 (near Harrison), Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 268-0192 Fax: (510) 268-0194 Email: info@aiwa.org Web: http://www.aiwa.org [25 Jul 2014]
Asian Law Caucus The nation’s first legal and civil rights organization serving the low-income Asian Pacific American communities. Advancing Justice – ALC focuses on housing rights, immigration and immigrants’ rights, labor and employment issues, student advocacy (ASPIRE), civil rights and hate violence, national security, and criminal justice reform. As a founding affiliate of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the organization also helps to set national policies in affirmative action, voting rights, Census and language rights. Address: 55 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 896-1701 Fax: (415) 896-1702 Web: http://www.asianlawcaucus.org [15 Jul 2017]
Asian Neighborhood Design Dedicated to providing low- and moderate-income community residents with a full range of high quality professional architectural and planning services. Plus we plan, design, and build affordable and sustainable housing. Address: 1245 Howard Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 575-0423 Web: http://www.andnet.org [05 Apr 2015]
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) Brings together a collective voice to develop an alternative agenda for environmental, social and economic justice. Through building an organized movement, we strive to bring fundamental changes to economic and social institutions that will prioritize public good over profits and promote the right of every person to a decent, safe, affordable quality of life, and the right to participate in decisions affecting our lives. APEN holds this vision of environmental justice for all people. Our work focuses on Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Address: 426 17th Street, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 834-8920 Fax: (510) 834-8926 Web: http://www.apen4ej.org [15 Jul 2017]
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach A community-based, social justice organization serving the Asian and Pacific Islander, and other communities of the Greater Bay Area. With offices in Oakland and San Francisco, our work is focused in the areas of violence against women/family law, immigration and immigrant rights, senior law and elder abuse prevention, the rights of those with disabilities, anti-human trafficking, youth violence prevention, affordable housing preservation and tenants’ rights, and other social justice issues. Address: 1121 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 567-6255 Fax: (415) 567-6248 Web: http://www.apilegaloutreach.org [09 Apr 2017]
Asian Women’s Shelter Mission is to eliminate domestic violence by promoting the social, economic and political self-determination of women and all survivors of violence and oppression. AWS is committed to every person’s right to live in a violence-free home. AWS works with all survivors and has specific expertise to address the cultural and language needs of Asian and other immigrant and refugee survivors, as well as others who face barriers to accessing existing sources of safety and support. In order to address how domestic violence is compounded for survivors and communities as it combines with sexism, classism, racism, homo/bi/transphobia, xenophobia, ableism and ageism, AWS operates through a margin-to-center anti-oppression framework that can create holistic and lasting change toward peace. This perspective is reflected in our broad strategy that integrates culturally relevant and language-accessible shelter and transitional services, training and capacity-building programs, systems and public policy work, and community mobilization initiatives and advocacy. Address: 3543 18th Street #19, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 751-7110 Fax: (415) 751-0806 Email: info@sfaws.org Web: http://www.sfaws.org [16 Jul 2016]
Aspect Foundation Mission is to build international goodwill, cross-cultural understanding and a peaceful future through educational and cultural exchange. Aspect Foundation was founded in 1985 as a small non-profit organization offering affordable study-abroad opportunities to students from around the world. We continue our mission today by providing a variety of outstanding educational and cultural exchange programs both in the United States and countries abroad. Students and host families alike have the opportunity to make lasting connections and meaningfully experience new cultures, traditions, and points of view. Address: 211 Sutter Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (800) 879-6884 Fax: (415) 228-8051 Email: exchange@aspectfoundation.org Web: http://www.aspectfoundation.org [25 May 2015]
Aspire Education Project Because better education builds communities, increases economic potential and enriches lives, Aspire Education Project is dedicated to providing the best academic support to all K-12 students. In order to make a lasting impact, our educators build relationships with students, model lifelong learning and empower those they teach to educate others. Address: POBox 10083, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 658-7500 Fax: (510) 452-1727 Email: info@aspireeducation.org Web: http://www.aspireeducation.org [25 Jul 2014]
Association for India’s Development (AID) A volunteer movement promoting sustainable, equitable and just development. AID supports grassroots organizations in India and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres such as education, livelihoods, natural resources including land, water and energy, agriculture, health, women’s empowerment and social justice. Web: http://www.aidindia.org [07 Jan 2017]
Asylum Access An innovative international nonprofit dedicated to making refugee rights a reality. Asylum Access empowers refugees in Africa, Asia and Latin America to live safely, work, send children to school and rebuild their lives. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite #1111, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 891-8700 Email: info@asylumaccess.org Web: http://www.asylumaccess.org/ [25 Jul 2014]
Atheist Advocates of San Francisco We are inspired by a vision of a vibrant Bay Area atheist and freethinker movement that is tied into the national movement. We strongly advocate activism, including rallies and speaking at government meetings on issues of vital importance to atheists and freethinkers. We certainly welcome atheists and freethinkers who want to socialize at picnics and have discussions at educational meetings without getting more active. We will continue to organize such events, as we have done in the past, but are convinced that we must go beyond meetings and dinners to activism in order to affect change. Web: http://atheistadvocatesofsanfrancisco.com/ [17 Jan 2015]
Atheists of Silicon Valley We are an atheist organization founded by atheists for atheists. We want to live religion-free lives and promote our U.S. Constitutional right of freedom from religion. We are affiliated with American Atheists, and are committed to: Defending the separation of government & religion, and the civil rights of atheists Promoting critical thinking, with science as our basis for knowledge Understanding our love and compassion Promoting respect toward all Freethinkers Educating the public about atheists & atheism Meeting other atheists for mutual learning and enjoyment Web: http://www.godlessgeeks.com/ [15 Jul 2017]
Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. (AHC) Empowers individuals to be self aware and inspired through arts, creativity and education, making positive choices to break the cycle of violence for themselves and their communities. Address: 3278 West Street (near 33rd Street), Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 652-5530 Fax: (510) 652-8233 Email: info@ahc-oakland.org Web: http://www.ahc-oakland.org [17 Jan 2015]
Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) Mission is to secure equal protection for, and broaden public and legal recognition of, children’s legal and human rights to bodily integrity and self-determination that are violated by unnecessary genital cutting of male, female and intersex children. By understanding the medical and psychological harm caused by circumcision and by positioning ourselves to enforce the legal and human rights guarantees of physical integrity and self-determination, we can work for the best interests of children, by guaranteeing them equal protection under the law. Address: c/o J. Steven Svoboda, Esq., 2961 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 464-4530 Web: http://www.arclaw.org/ [15 Jul 2017]
Automobile Moratorium A grassroots organization committed to the realization of a Car-Free Day in towns and cities across America… A day in which the streets will be open to people, bicycles and other human powered vehicles – but closed to private fossil-fueled transportation. Address: POBox 9409, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 967-4722 Email: moxieman@marctwang.com Web: http://www.marctwang.org/auto.html [05 Apr 2015]
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights An independent, human rights non-profit organization committed to protect and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons. Our vision, mission, programs and relationships are defined by our Palestinian identity and the principles of international humanitarian and human rights law. We seek to advance the individual and collective rights of the Palestinian people on this basis. Web: http://www.badil.org/ [09 Apr 2017]
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Carries one of the largest selections of seeds from the 19th century, including many Asian and European varieties. The company has become a tool to promote and preserve our agricultural and culinary heritage. They also work extensively to supply free seeds to many of the world’s poorest countries, as well as here at home in school gardens and other educational projects. It is their goal to educate everyone about a better, safer food supply and fight gene-altered, Frankenfood and the companies that support it. Their West Coast store is the Petaluma Seed Bank, in a historic bank building. Web: http://www.rareseeds.com [04 Dec 2014]
Bank Information Center (BiC) Partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote social and economic justice and ecological sustainability. BIC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that advocates for the protection of rights, participation, transparency, and public accountability in the governance and operations of the World Bank Group and regional development banks. Web: http://www.bankinformationcenter.org/ [28 Jan 2017]
Baring Witness A global partnership of men and women who create words of peace with their bodies. A project of Mow and Sow, a 501(c)(3) organization, we manifest a continuum of global peace and environmental actions. Baring Witness maintains the website BaringWitness.org and provides international media contacts and communications for the global network of the hundreds of thousands of people in our extended community. Our mission is to promote non-violent community-based action by educating the public through media, web, print and film venues. Our aim is to create a peace-based culture of partnership between men and women, without blame. Web: http://www.baringwitness.org/ [09 Apr 2014]
Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits (BAAITS) A community-based volunteer organization offering culturally relevant activities for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Native Americans, their families and friends. Two-Spirit refers to the commonly shared notion among many Native American tribes that some individuals naturally possessed and manifested both a masculine and feminine spiritual qualities. American society commonly identifies Two-Spirit People as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender. Address: SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, Box 95, San Francisco CA 94102-6227 Web: http://www.baaits.org [05 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Animal Rights Network (BAARN) A network of animal advocates and organizations within the San Francisco Bay Area working on behalf of animals and animal rights. BAARN activists may be concerned with factory farming, vivisection and animal research/testing, animals used for their fur, circuses, rodeos, pet issues, promoting vegetarianism/veganism, and more. Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baarn/ [25 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BAADS) Seeks to make all aspects of sailing accessible. To fulfill this mission, we offer weekly dinghy sailing, keelboat sailing, and Veterans sailing out of South Beach Marina, adjacent to AT&T Park. In addition to our weekly sailing programs, BAADS hosts and participates in a variety of regattas and informal races both locally and internationally. Address: Pier 40, The Embarcadero, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 281-0212 Web: http://www.baads.org [09 Oct 2016]
Bay Area Barns and Trails Assists landowners and land managers with preservation and maintenance of publicly accessible barns, stables, pastures, staging areas, horse camps, and trails throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma Counties. Address: POBox 2435, Mill Valley CA 94942-2435 Voice: (415) 457-1940 Email: babtt@sonic.net Web: http://bayareabarnsandtrails.com [11 Oct 2015]
Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN) Based in San Francisco with members from all over the Bay Area. Our mission is to develop a healthy, vibrant, multicultural bisexual community in the San Francisco Bay Area and to promote better understanding of bisexual lives and issues within the larger lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTIQQ) community and the public. We offer: * Two email lists. The events list is a low-volume, moderated list. Our chat list is a free-form discussion of whatever you fancy. * Facebook Open Group with about 250 members. This Open Group is lightly moderated and is high volume. * Information and referral. * A monthly trans/bi brunch group that meets at Crepevine on Church and Market at 12:30pm on the 4th Saturday. * Other Cultural & social events. Address: SFLGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street, PMB #101, San Francisco CA 94102 Email: director@bayareabisexualnetwork.org Web: http://www.bayareabisexualnetwork.org [09 Feb 2014]
Bay Area Center for Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC) BayNVC is home to a number of projects and groups working under the same umbrella to apply and promote the principles and practices of Nonviolent Communication. Most of these are operated and run by BayNVC staff and trainers and include private sessions, classes, organizational services, retreats, and a variety of projects designed for social transformation. In addition, BayNVC provides fiscal sponsorship and financial services to other relevant projects by request. Address: POBox 22872, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 433-0700 Fax: (510) 452-3900 Email: nvc@baynvc.org Web: http://www.baynvc.org/ http://www.cnvc.org [15 Jul 2017]
Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Forest (BACH) Mission is to educate and build support in the Bay Area for the preservation of biologically viable redwood and other forests, and to provide links to rural grassroots organizations and campaigns in Northern California. BACH connects local environmentalists with forest activists to strengthen campaigns to preserve old growth native ecosystems, with real solutions for forest workers and communities. Address: 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 548-3113 Email: bach[at]headwaterspreserve[dot]org Web: http://www.headwaterspreserve.org [17 Apr 2016]
Bay Area Community Exchange (BACE Timebank) With BACE Timebank, the currency is time, and everyone’s time is equal. For every hour you spend doing something for someone in your community, you earn one hour to use to have someone do something for you. It is an alternative way to give and receive resources. It’s that simple. Timebanks have been helping to rebuild the informal, village economy for over twenty years. There are now over 300 communities in 22 countries that are using this (pay it forward) system to help their communities grow and thrive. Web: http://timebank.sfbace.org/ [09 Apr 2017]
Bay Area Crisis Nursery Free residential childcare (1 to 30 days) for families in crisis or parents just needing a break (respite). Children must be aged zero to 11 years. No other restrictions such as family location or financial means. Address: 1506 Mendocino Drive, Concord CA 94521 Voice: (925) 685-8052 Web: http://www.bayareacrisisnursery.org/ [27 Mar 2016]
Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition An all volunteer group of students, community leaders, business leaders and people of faith to raise awareness and build demand for fair trade products here in the Bay Area. Through our community outreach events, retail canvasses and product giveaways, we work to increase awareness of the benefits of fair trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. Web: http://bayareafairtradecoalition.blogspot.com/ [15 Jul 2017]
Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT) Mission is to study, promote interest in, and actively preserve Tibetan culture in all its aspects; to educate the general public in matters pertaining to Tibet and the Tibetan people; and to provide assistance to Tibetans. Address: 1310 Fillmore Street, Suite 401, San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 409-6353 Email: bafot@friends-of-tibet.org Web: http://www.friends-of-tibet.org [15 Jul 2017]
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp (BAGRC) Empowers girls through music, promoting an environment that fosters self-confidence, creativity and teamwork. Although our camp centers the experiences of young women, we are committed to gender justice and creating an inclusive environment that supports a wide range of marginalized gender identities and expressions. BAGRC challenges gender stereotypes, encourages collaboration and tolerance among peers, and provides a comfortable space for people of all backgrounds to express themselves. Through music lessons, workshops, group activities, and performances, girls acquire skills that help guide them throughout their lives. Address: POBox 72213, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 267-1808 Web: http://www.bayareagirlsrockcamp.org [15 Jul 2017]
Bay Area Green Business Program Verifies that businesses meet our higher standards of environmental performance. Our partnership of government agencies and utilities helps local businesses comply with environmental regulations and take additional actions to conserve resources, prevent pollution, minimize waste, and reduce their carbon footprint. We offer businesses and agencies an easy-to-use framework for improving environmental performance. More than 2,300 businesses and public agencies have been certified since 1996. Web: http://www.greenbiz.ca.gov/ [17 Jan 2015]
Bay Area Green Tours We provide educational tours and events that demonstrate the sustainable economy in action, inspire support of local green businesses, and empower people to incorporate environmental responsibility and social justice into their personal and professional lives. Serves as a conduit to solutions for a more sustainable future and a bridge from the past to all new possibilities.The fundamental idea of Bay Area Green Tours arose from a fourth grade field trip to a waste water treatment plant in New York City which our Founding Executive Director, Marissa LaMagna, attended. She couldn’t help but wonder: “Where does all the waste go”? Address: 339 15th Street, #208, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 704-0379 Email: info@bayareagreentours.org Web: http://www.bayareagreentours.org/ [27 May 2017]
Bay Area Intactivists A human rights organization comprised of community members who are working to end forced genital modification. Our mission is to defend the human right to genital integrity and to ensure that the genital autonomy of every individual is respected without discrimination based on sex, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We oppose all forms of unnecessary genital modification such as non-therapeutic circumcision and genital “normalizing” surgery when performed on individuals who are unable to provide informed consent. Web: http://www.bayareaintactivists.org [14 May 2016]
Bay Area Iranian American Democrats (BAIAD) A grassroots political organization that stands for protecting the rights and interests of Iranian-Americans by empowering the Iranian-American political voice. BAIAD seeks to promote progressive values such as social justice, responsibility and fairness through education, political participation, public and political advocacy, and grassroots activism. A 100% volunteer-based organization that was founded in June 2004 on the basic principle that the time has come for Iranian Americans to develop a powerful political voice and influence by becoming active and responsible participants of American democracy. Voice: (415) 315-9959 Email: info1-at-baiad.org Web: http://www.baiad.org/ [11 Oct 2015]
Bay Area Labor Heritage Rockin’ Solidarity Chorus Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and is made up of workers from many unions, as well as students and independent folks who love to sing. We are dedicated to building more democracy and representation within our unions and we come together to celebrate our love of music and workers’ culture. Voice: (415) 648-3457 Email: wynnegilbert@igc.org Web: http://laborchorus.com/ [25 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) Provides free civil legal advice, counsel and representation to low-income people living in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. Address: 1735 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 663-4745 Web: http://baylegal.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
Bay Area Legal Aid, Contra Costa County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 1025 Macdonald Avenue, Richmond CA 94801 Voice: (510) 233-9954 Fax: (510) 236-6846 Web: http://www.baylegal.org [05 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Legal Aid, Marin County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 30 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 479-8224 Fax: (415) 479-8549 Web: http://www.baylegal.org [05 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Legal Aid, San Francisco County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 1035 Market Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 982-1300 Fax: (415) 982-4243 Web: http://www.baylegal.org [05 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Legal Aid, San Mateo County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 1048 El Camino Real, Suite A, Redwood City CA 94063 Voice: (650) 358-0745 Fax: (650) 358-0751 Web: http://www.baylegal.org [05 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Legal Aid, Santa Clara County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 2 West Santa Clara Street, 8th Floor, San Jose CA 95113 Voice: (408) 283-3700 Fax: (408) 283-3750 Web: http://www.baylegal.org [05 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Literacy (BALIT) Serves adults in the Bay Area who choose to improve their reading and writing skills. BALit’s 24 member programs are located in libraries from Marin County to Santa Clara County. Each year these programs serve some 6,500 adults, helping them to achieve their goals and expand their opportunities. Library-based literacy programs offer free, individualized and confidential tutoring with trained volunteer tutors from the community. Learners gain the skills they need to read to their children, complete job applications, pass the driver’s test, write a birthday card and achieve whatever goals they have set for themselves. Tutors are amazed by what they learn from their partners. Web: http://www.balit.org [15 Jul 2017]
Bay Area Naturists A loosely-knit collection of people in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas who believe that the human species must live in harmony with itself and the other species which populate Planet Earth, believe in the fundamental wholesomeness of the human body, and regard it as neither an object of shame nor a subject for degrading exploitation, and advocate the acceptance of suitable areas for nude recreation. Address: POBox 23781, San Jose CA 95153-3781 Web: http://www.bayareanaturists.org/ [30 Jul 2014]
Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP) Works to improve the health, independence and social integration of people with physical disabilities through sports, fitness and recreation programs. At BORP, we believe that sports and recreation provide a path to greater achievement to which all people should have access, and we continually strive to make this a reality. Address: 3075 Adeline Street, Suite 200, Berkeley CA 94703-2578 Voice: (510) 849-4663 Fax: (510) 849-4616 Email: info@borp.org Web: http://www.borp.org [05 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Reporter (BAR) The nation’s oldest and highest circulation LGBT news weekly serving San Francisco’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. Founded in 1971, B.A.R. is regarded for its original writing covering news and entertainment relevant to our lives. B.A.R. is published every Thursday by BAR Media Inc., and is distributed in San Francisco and surrounding cities of the Bay Area. Address: 225 Bush Street, 17th Floor, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 861-5019 Email: michael@ebar.com Web: http://www.ebar.com/ [13 Apr 2014]
Bay Area Seed Interchange Library (BASIL) A library of vegetable, herb, and flower seeds freely available to the public. Patrons check out seeds, grow them, let some plants go to so seed, then return those seeds to the library to share with other gardeners. We are located at the Berkeley Ecology Center. Email: basil@ecologycenter.org Web: http://www.ecologycenter.org/basil [12 Apr 2015]
Bay Area United Against War Newsletter (BAUAW) Anti-war news from Bay Area United Against War, an activist-oriented newsletter based in San Francisco, CA. Web: http://www.bauaw.org [11 Oct 2015]
Bay Area Vegetarians (BAVeg) A grassroots, all-volunteer organization dedicated to supporting and promoting a compassionate, vegan lifestyle through our calendar/newsletter covering the 9 countines within the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma). We also offer an online guide to vegan and vegetarian restaurants and services, and the email discussion list SFBAVeg. Volunteers welcome. Web: http://bayareaveg.org [09 Nov 2014]
Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) A community hub and resource for media makers in the Bay Area and across the country, serving over 7,500 freelancers, filmmakers, job-seekers, activists, and artists every year. BAVC provides access to media making technology, storytelling workshops, a diverse and engaged community of makers and producers, services and resources. BAVC advocates for those whose stories aren’t being told, and provides the resources for anyone to create and share, and amplify their stories and those of their communities. BAVC’s diverse, innovative programs lead the field in media training for youth and educators, technology and multimedia focused workforce development, visually-driven new media storytelling and audio-visual preservation. Address: 2727 Mariposa Street, Second Floor (at Bryant), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 861-3282 Fax: (415) 861-4316 Email: info@bavc.org Web: http://www.bavc.org [16 Jul 2016]
Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT) Founded with the idea that California’s bountiful wilderness areas are a vast – yet untapped – resource for local youth-serving organizations. BAWT promotes the wise use of these national, state and regional parks through our professional wilderness leadership training. Then, we connect the teachers and youth workers to our outdoor gear libraries. That way, youth organizations and schools may outfit their groups for trips of their own – free of charge! We believe that well led trips to granite cliffs, isolated beaches and ancient redwoods provide youth with powerful, life changing experiences. Address: 1050 East 8th Street, Oakland CA 94606 Voice: (510) 452-BAWT (2298) Email: info@bawt.org Web: http://www.bawt.org [12 Apr 2015]
Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR) From its beginnings in 1971, BAWAR has addressed the problem of sexual assault with two basic goals: 1) to establish a place where rape and incest survivors could receive the quality counseling and advocacy they need, and 2) to provide community education regarding sexual assault issues. Address: 470 27th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 430-1298 (office); (510) 845-7273 (24-hour crisis line) Fax: (510) 430-2579 Email: bawar@bawar.org Web: http://www.bawar.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
Bay Area Women in Black Bay Area Women in Black are Jews and allies in the United States who stand against militaristic and fundamentalist leadership in all countries, including our own. We are committed to nonviolent resistance against injustice, believing that all people have the right to security, home, education, justice and freedom. We are part of the international movement of Women in Black, a transnational network of feminist activists which includes women of many ethnic and national backgrounds who cooperate across these and other differences. Our international solidarity is an expression of the political decision to attempt to create a moral and ethical way to live our interconnected lives. Web: http://www.bayareawomeninblack.org [30 Jul 2014]
Bay Bucks We believe that our current monetary system, where private banks issues and controls debt-based money that necessitates infinite growth, is the root of many evils. Thus, we must first build a regional currency to serve as the foundation of a new regional economy. The currency must be designed to incentivize collaborative and sustainable rather than selfish and destructive behaviors. We learned from an immensely successful regional currency from Switzerland called the WIR, enhanced it with more social features, and implemented it in the Bay Area. This complementary monetary system operates through a business-to-business barter exchange. Web: http://www.baybucks.com [19 May 2014]
The Bay Institute The leader in protecting and restoring the entire watershed which drains into San Francisco Bay. For nearly 30 years, we have been developing and leading model scientific research, education and advocacy programs to preserve this watershed, which includes the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers and their tributaries; Suisun Marsh; San Pablo Bay; and San Francisco Bay. Address: 350 Bay Street, #100 PMB 316, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 262-4735 Fax: (415) 623-5324 Email: bayinfo@bay.org Web: http://www.bay.org [30 Jul 2014]
Bay Nature Institute Dedicated to educating the people of the San Francisco Bay Area about, and celebrating the beauty of, the surrounding natural world. We do so with the aim of inspiring residents to explore and preserve the diverse and unique natural heritage of the region, and of nurturing productive relationships among the many organizations and individuals working towards these same goals. Address: 1328 Sixth Street, Suite 2, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 528-8550 Fax: (510) 528-8117 Email: baynature@baynature.org Web: http://www.baynature.org [12 Apr 2015]
Bay Rising A burgeoning network of high-impact community-led organizations that are building collaborative infrastructure to advance equity at the regional level through coordinated civic engagement and public policy change efforts. Bay Rising represents a regional expansion of a model that has been successfully piloted at the local level by Oakland Rising and San Francisco Rising. Working Partnerships USA who is focusing their work in the San Jose area is an additional steering committee member. Web: https://bayrising.org/ [27 Oct 2016]
Bay Trail The Bay Trail is a planned recreational corridor that, when complete, will encircle San Francisco and San Pablo Bays with a continuous 500-mile network of bicycling and hiking trails. It will connect the shoreline of all nine Bay Area counties, link 47 cities, and cross the major toll bridges in the region. To date, approximately 330 miles of the alignment—over 60 percent of the Bay Trail’s ultimate length—have been completed. Web: http://www.baytrail.org [09 Apr 2014]
BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth Supports and empowers Bay Area youth to transform militarism and other forms of violence through youth organizing and artistic resistance. We offer a wholistic youth leadership program that integrates vocational development, artistic expression, socio-political education, community organizing, healing and personal transformation. Voice: (510) 863-1737 Email: baypeace@baypeace.org Web: http://www.baypeace.org [16 Jul 2016]
BayRail Alliance A non-profit, 501(c)4 organization founded in 1983. For more than 20 years, we have advocated for improvements to rail public transit in the San Francisco Bay Area that will efficiently produce a quantum leap in their quality and convenience. Our mission is to build public awareness of and support for these plans, so as to improve our environment and quality of life. We’re interested in rail’s current and future potential to help the Bay Area reduce its dependence on automobiles, stop climate change and improve air quality, and for many other benefits. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 Web: http://www.bayrailalliance.org [16 Jan 2016]
BayVajra.info A guide to San Francisco Bay Area Tibetan Buddhism, with a list of selected events and a directory of organizations. Web: http://bayvajra.info/ [12 Apr 2015]
Bayview Hunter’s Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT) The Digital Divide is not news anymore. But it continues to grow and evolve. Many young people in the Bay Area’s underserved neighborhoods are being left behind. They are not equipped to build a future in the digital creative field. That’s what BAYCAT is changing. Through education, employment and entertainment in digital media, we empower underserved youth and young adults, helping them find their place in the world. Address: 2415 Third Street, Suite 230, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 701-8CAT (8228) Web: http://www.baycat.org/ [11 Oct 2015]
Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center (HERC) Mission is to promote the health & wellness of residents in low-income communities and to improve the environment where residents live & work. Address: 6301 Third Street, Floor 2, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 467-5555 Fax: (415) 467-5172 Web: http://www.bayviewherc.org/ [30 Jul 2014]
Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care The only holistically oriented animal rescue in the San Francisco bay area. We offer services including rescue, hospice, rehabilitation, counseling, and adoption. We also do “TNRC” (trap, neuter, return, care for) free-living cats in established colonies. We believe that cats need and deserve outdoor access: Hunting! Tree-sitting! Being part of the great web of life! We use therapeutic modalities such as homeopathy, acupuncture, flower essences, and chiropractic care, and we work with intuitive communicators. We feed only raw organic food (yes, they ALL eat it!) Our cats thrive, physically and emotionally, under our care. Located in Richmond Hills. Voice: (510) 237-1190 Email: Cynthia@BeeHolistic.com Web: http://www.BeeHolistic.com [09 Oct 2016]
Ben Lomond Quaker Center A self-service conference and retreat center in northern California that offers simple, modestly priced, comfortable accommodations. We are located on 80 acres of redwood forest, an hour and a half south of San Francisco and 25 minutes outside of Santa Cruz. Address: POBox 686, Ben Lomond CA 95005 Voice: (831) 336-8333 Fax: (831) 336-0218 Email: mail(at)quakercenter.org Web: http://www.quakercenter.org/ [18 Oct 2015]
berberworld.com A web site covering the Berber (Amazigh) people and culture. Berbers are the indigenous people of Northern Africa (Tamazgha), and continue to comprise a substantial portion of the population of Morocco and Algeria and elsewhere, yet their culture and language (Tamazight) are being actively repressed. Web: http://www.mondeberbere.com/ [17 Jan 2015]
Berkeley Climate Action Coalition (BCAC) A strong and growing network of local organizations and community members joining together to help implement the City of Berkeley’s ambitious, forty-year Climate Action Plan. We include residents, non-profits, the City of Berkeley, neighborhood groups, faith based organizations, schools, businesses, UC Berkeley, and others! The BCAC initiates projects that address climate change on a wide variety of issues — energy, water, food, waste, the built environment, and transit. We are working toward a future that includes clean air and water, energy efficient housing, and food, energy and transportation that is local, affordable, accessible and safe. Voice: (510) 548-2220 x 240 Email: rebecca@ecologycenter.org Web: http://ecologycenter.org/climatecoalition/ [11 Nov 2016]
Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative (BCGC) BCGC is composed of diverse community garden members who share a common commitment to organic, urban agriculture and access to healthy food for all residents of Berkeley. By providing a forum for mutual support and the sharing of common resources, BCGC assists and protects existing gardens, facilitates the formation of new gardens, and advocates food security initiatives in our local schools and city. Address: Ecology Center, POBox 2801, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 883-9096 Web: http://ecologycenter.org/bcgc [30 Jul 2014]
Berkeley Community Media (BCM) A media production haven for auteur and experienced filmmakers, television producers and students of all forms of life! We are a P.E.G. access television media center living right in the heart of Berkeley, California! BCM’s primary goal is to provide residents of Berkeley and beyond a space to learn how to produce media as well as share it with their community! Our television channels are on the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week, cablecasting voices from all over the San Francisco Bay Area! Look for us on B-TV Channels 28 & 33 on Comcast Cable in Berkeley, and on Channel 99 via AT&T U-Verse, and on the web: WWW.BCMTV.ORG Address: 2239 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (between Bancroft and Allston), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 848-2288 Email: admin@bcmtv.org Web: http://www.betv.org/ [18 Oct 2015]
Berkeley Daily Planet An online newspaper covering Berkeley, California. Address: POBox 5534, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 845-8440 Web: http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com [17 Jan 2015]
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) A dynamic Unitarian Universalist congregation that plays an important role as a progressive spiritual community in the heart of Berkeley. The Fellowship enriches the life of the surrounding community as a much-used and much-loved venue for social justice and cultural programs. Address: 1606 Bonita Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709-2022 Voice: (510) 841-4824 Email: office@bfuu.org Web: http://www.bfuu.org [09 Apr 2014]
Berkeley Food and Housing Project (BFHP) To ease and end the crisis of homelessness in our community, Berkeley Food and Housing Project provides emergency food and shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, and housing placement with support services to homeless individuals and families. BFHP sees a future where the community of residents, business and government offers the support needed to ease and end homelessness in our community. Referrals into our programs will come from true emergency situations, not a chronic state of hunger, poverty and homelessness. Address: 2362 Bancroft Way (near Dana), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 649-4965 Fax: (510) 649-4982 Email: info@bfhp.org Web: http://www.bfhp.org [13 Apr 2014]
Berkeley Food Pantry A non-profit organization providing monthly bags of nutritious and delicious emergency groceries to Berkeley and Albany residents in need. Through the combined efforts of two paid part-time staff, a core of 50 dedicated volunteers, the Alameda County Community Food Bank, community members, local businesses, and the USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program, we are able to provide enough emergency groceries for 3 days or 9 meals to over 2,000 Berkeley and Albany residents monthly. The Berkeley Food Pantry operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the Berkeley Friends Church, a 501(c)(3) charitable organizstion and is governed by the church’s Peace, Environment, and Christian Social Concerns Committee. Address: 1600 Sacramento Street, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 525-2280 Email: info@berkeleyfoodpantry.org Web: http://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/ [11 Nov 2016]
Berkeley Free Clinic Founded in 1969 as a “street medicine” clinic that quickly found a niche and a permanent home in the Berkeley community. It has become an icon in the area, and has served countless thousands in a variety of ways during its 40-year history. Fees have never been charged for any services, materials, medications or supplies provided at the Berkeley Free Clinic. Income has been generated solely via individual or organizational donations and government programs. An emphasis on education, self-knowledge and an increasing awareness of appropriate resources infuses all of our medical, dental, counseling, and information/referral services. Address: 2339 Durant Avenue (between Dana and Ellsworth), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 548-2570; (800) 6-CLINIC Fax: (510) 548-1730 Email: info@berkeleyfreeclinic.org Web: http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org [17 Jan 2015]
Berkeley Healthy Child Initiative A plan to require Big Soda to pay a small fee when they sell sugar sweetened beverages in Berkeley. The science is clear – sugar sweetened beverages contribute to the growing rates of diabetes and obesity. The Healthy Child Coalition is gathering signatures on a petition asking the City Council to place a sugary drink tax on the Nov. 2014 ballot. Voice: (510) 842-5404 Email: healthychildcoalition@gmail.com Web: berkeleyvsbigsoda.com [14 Feb 2014]
Berkeley Information Network (The BIN) A resource file of local organizations, agencies, services, non profits, clubs, etc at the Berkeley Public Library. The BIN has information on museums, disabled services, low-cost legal aid, recycling, schools, emergency dental referrals, parks, summer camps, senior resources, job lines, consumer groups, etc. Address: c/o Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street (at Shattuck), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 981-6166 Web: http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org [13 Apr 2014]
Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project A revolutionary new way to collect food: It’s a donor drive, not a food drive. Instead of asking for one-time contributions of food, our volunteers (Neighborhood Coordinators) enlist their neighbors to become long-term Food Donors. Neighbors give a bag of food every two months. It’s incredibly easy, because we supply the bag…and we pick up the food! This provides food pantries with a steady, year-round supply of food…and provides donors with the ongoing satisfaction of making a real difference. People also get to know their neighbors, which builds a powerful sense of community. So everyone wins. Voice: (510) 525-2280 Email: info@berkeleyfoodproject.org Web: http://www.berkeleyfoodproject.org/ [11 Nov 2016]
Berkeley Open Source Food Project (BOSF) We work on food equity, sustainability, nutrition, and gastronomy. We focus on increasing the supply of fresh, affordable, nutritious, drought-resistant, low-carbon-impact greens, especially in urban food deserts. Our work includes mapping the availability and abundance of wild and feral edible plants. We test urban soils and plants for nutrition and toxicity. We promote urban foraging through education and outreach, including teaching plant identification and publishing field guides. Web: http://forage.berkeley.edu [25 May 2015]
Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy (BOAA) An ASUC-sponsored student organization on the UC Berkeley campus. We have weekly meetings to discuss animal rights issues, our events, and how to become better advocates for the other beings on this planet. We are currently working on a number of campaigns, including weekly letter writing, revising and relaunching our fight against on-campus animal research, and raising awareness of animal rights issues among students, faculty, and members of the local community. Address: c/o ASUC Office of Student Affairs, University of California, 400 Eshleman Hall, MC 4500, Berkeley CA 94720-4500 Email: boaarocks@gmail.com Web: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~boaa/ [17 Apr 2016]
Berkeley Partners for Parks (BFPF) A citywide nonprofit organization that encourages volunteerism and community development for parks, community gardens, natural habitat, and open space, and recreation in our area. We help citizens form new groups, help those groups find needed financial and volunteer resources, provide voices of experience and help with publicity, and serve as a 501(c)3 nonprofit fiscal sponsor, providing bookkeeping, tax filing, insurance, and the ability to receive tax-free donations and grants. Address: POBox 12521, Berkeley CA 94712 Web: http://www.bpfp.org [15 Jul 2017]
Berkeley Path Wanderers Association (BPWA) A grassroots volunteer group of community members who have come together to increase public awareness of the City of Berkeley’s pathways. BPWA hopes to accomplish this goal through volunteer-led path walks; identification and accurate mapping of Berkeley’s complete path network; and eventual restoration of paths that have been blocked or obscured. We hope the final outcome of the community effort will be the preservation and ongoing maintenance of all the paths, lanes and steps throughout Berkeley. Address: 1442A Walnut Street, Box 269, Berkeley CA 94709 Email: info@berkeleypaths.org Web: http://www.berkeleypaths.org/ [09 Oct 2016]
Berkeley Post Office Defenders (BPOD) BPOD came into existence in May of 2013, after the U.S. Postal Service announced its “final” decision to sell the downtown Berkeley Post Office. Members of Save The Berkeley Post Office, Strike Debt Bay Area and Occupy Oakland came together to form an independent committee to plan for and execute an encampment/outside occupation of the downtown Berkeley Post Office. Web: http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/ [17 Jan 2014]
Berkeley Progressive Alliance Works at the local level to address the challenges of global climate change and growing economic inequality. We stand for open, transparent, and fair governance, social and economic justice and an inclusive, diverse city. Our Progressive Agenda: We will work to elect progressive candidates to local office and to develop and enact a progressive agenda for Berkeley. Formed to support the election of a progressive Mayor and City Council in the November 2016 election and to promote progressive policies. Many in Berkeley find that their voices are being ignored and that a grassroots response is needed. Address: POBox 2961, Berkeley CA 94702 Email: berkeleyprogressivealliance@gmail.com Web: https://berkeleyprogressivealliance.org/ [17 Apr 2016]
Berkeley Student Food Collective (BSFC) Works to provide healthy, sustainable, and affordable food for the East Bay community. Through our volunteer-run grocery collective, we operate as a local hub for both leadership development and food-related education for our members. Address: 2440 Bancroft Way, Suite 102, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 845-1985 Web: https://www.facebook.com/foodcollective [09 Apr 2017]
Berkeley Women in Black We stand each Friday from noon to 1 PM at the south side of UC Berkeley campus, at Bancroft and Telegraph, to protest the brutal Israeli Occupation of Palestine. We are a non-hierarchical group. At the present time three men join us every Friday. We create new flyers about the situation on the ground and also distribute map cards (showing Palestinian taken land) and other material to inform people. We work for the human rights of the people of Palestine. Join us when you can. Voice: (510) 548-6310 Email: wibberkeley@yahoo.com [15 Aug 2015]
Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) A community based organization. Our vision is to provide a secure and nurturing environment for all the children, youth, and families of our community. We desire to promote, to their fullest potential, the freedom to develop individual skills and visions of the world. Our mission is to help children, youth, and their families address issues and problems via Prevention by reaching youth before their problems become crises, and via Intervention through the provision of support services to youth entangled in the juvenile justice system. BYA helps to build capacity within individuals to reach their innate potential. Address: 1255 Allston Way (at Bonar), Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 845-9010 Fax: (510) 849-1421 Web: http://www.byaonline.org/ [17 Jan 2015]
Between The Lines (BTL) A weekly syndicated half-hour news magazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Because Between The Lines is independent of all publications, media networks or political parties, we are able to bring a diversity of voices to the airwaves. This award-winning program provides a platform for individuals and organizations generally ignored or marginalized in corporate media. Web: http://www.btlonline.org/ [09 Aug 2014]
Beyond Chron We provide coverage of political and cultural issues often distorted or ignored by other media. Beyond Chron presents a critical look at the cutting edge issues of the day. Beyond Chron is published by the San Francisco-based Tenderloin Housing Clinic. Clinic Director Randy Shaw is the paper’s editor. Shaw is a longtime San Francisco activist who has published four books on activism, including The Activist’s Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century and Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century. Address: 126 Hyde Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 771-9850 Fax: (415) 771-1287 Email: feedback@beyondchron.org Web: http://www.beyondchron.org/ [12 Apr 2015]
Beyond Pesticides A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., which works with allies in protecting public health and the environment to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides. The founders, who established Beyond Pesticides as a nonprofit membership organization in 1981, felt that without the existence of such an organized, national network, local, state and national pesticide policy would become, under chemical industry pressure, increasingly unresponsive to public health and environmental concerns. Beyond Pesticides believes that people must have a voice in decisions that affect them directly. We believe decisions should not be made for us by chemical companies or by decision makers who either do not have all of the facts or refuse to consider them. Web: http://www.beyondpesticides.org [09 Apr 2017]
Big Think Studios A group of advertising and graphic design professionals dedicated to social change. We craft strategies and communication materials that inspire people to take action to improve the world around them. We understand this is no small task. That’s why we think big. Our clients come to us because we’re experts at transforming complex issues into simple, powerful messages. We help you set achievable marketing goals, motivate your target audience, and distinguish your brand identity. We do all of this with creativity, a strong commitment to collaboration, and a healthy dose of humor. Address: 512 Missouri Street, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 934-1111 Email: lael@bigthinkstudios.com Web: http://www.bigthinkstudios.com/ [17 Apr 2016]
Bike East Bay Works for safe, convenient and enjoyable bicycling for all people in the East Bay. We are committed to improving access to biking, walking and transit for all residents of the East Bay, with particular attention to those communities and areas that have been historically underserved. We seek to increase bicycling to improve the health and quality of life of all residents, reduce environmental impacts and make our streets and communities vibrant places to live, work and play. Address: POBox 1736, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 845-RIDE (7433) Web: https://bikeeastbay.org [09 Aug 2014]
The Bike Kitchen Teaches people of all ages and backgrounds how to repair bicycles. The Bike Kitchen promotes personal development and provides leadership opportunities. Operating as a cooperative shop, we provide affordable ways to acquire and maintain a bike, encourage re-use and recycling, and work with community groups to get more people on bicycles. Address: 650H Florida Street (between 18th and 19th), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 506-RIDE (7433) Web: http://www.bikekitchen.org [09 Aug 2014]
Bike Walk Alameda Mission is to make our city a safe and enjoyable place to walk and bike. We support active and healthy citizens by promoting everyday walking and biking in and around Alameda and seek to enhance our environment by removing barriers that restrict our ability to walk and bike comfortably and safely. We believe in developing positive partnerships in order to accomplish our goals and in educating to reach our goals. By working together, we can enhance the quality of life on the island. Address: POBox 2732, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 595-4690 Fax: (510) 595-4690 (same as voice) Web: http://www.bikealameda.org/ [13 Apr 2014]
Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) Protects the right of political expression to strengthen participatory democracy, and to fulfill the promise of the Bill of Rights for everyone. We seek to hold government accountable to We the People and create a nation where police and intelligence agencies cannot be used as tools of repression or to silence dissent. Our work will ensure government accountability and transparency, end profiling based on personal characteristics (such as race, religion, ideology or gender) by law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and will protect our private information and activities from unwarranted government spying. Web: http://www.bordc.org [09 Apr 2017]
Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation (BORDC/DDF) Protects the right of political expression to strengthen participatory democracy, and to fulfill the promise of the Bill of Rights for everyone. We seek to hold government accountable to We the People and create a nation where police and intelligence agencies cannot be used as tools of repression or to silence dissent. Our work will ensure government accountability and transparency, end profiling based on personal characteristics (such as race, religion, ideology or gender) by law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and will protect our private information and activities from unwarranted government spying. Web: http://bordc.org/ [21 Jan 2017]
Bill Wilson Center Provides direct services to more than 3,500 children, youth, young adults and families in Santa Clara County through our various programs. We reach more than 34,000 clients indirectly through our Street Outreach and crisis line programs. Bill Wilson Center programs focus on housing, education, counseling, and advocacy. Bill Wilson Center is committed to working with the community to ensure that every youth has access to the range of services needed to grow to be healthy and self-sufficient adults. Bill Wilson Center has been providing services to runaway and homeless youth since 1973. Address: 3490 The Alameda, Santa Clara CA 95050 Voice: (408) 243-0222 Fax: (408) 246-5752 Email: bwcmail@billwilsoncenter.org Web: http://www.billwilsoncenter.org [17 Jan 2015]
Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center Provides community, leadership, advocacy, services and support to the Silicon Valley’s LGBTQ People and their Allies. Address: 938 The Alameda, San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 293-3040 Email: fabulous@defrank.org Web: http://www.defrank.org http://www.Facebook.com/billydefrank [25 Mar 2017]
Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc. A social enterprise that advances a mission of creating social change by promoting mental health training and services. Provides on site continuing education credit trainings on mental health topics to people who work in a variety of professions, including: Psychologists, Psychiatrists, LCSWs, & MFTs (CEUs) Attorneys (continuing legal education – CLE) Law Enforcement Foster Care & Juvenile Justice Professionals Nurses, Physicians, & Health Care Professionals Voice: (510) 594-4332 Web: http://blackbirdfamilytherapy.com [07 Jan 2017]
Blue Planet United (Pop!ulation Press) A public-benefit non-profit organization that helps people make connections between population stabilization, sustainable consumption, and the preservation of wild landscapes and seascapes. We create educational films, web sites, and print publications that foster environmental awareness and action to save the last great wild places of this tiny blue planet. Web: http://www.populationpress.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
Bolerium Books Purveyors of rare and out-of-print books, posters, and ephemera on social movements. Address: 2141 Mission Street, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th Streets, 3rd floor), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-6353; (800) 326-6353 Fax: (415) 255-6499 Email: info@bolerium.com Web: http://www.bolerium.com [09 Aug 2014]
The Borneo Project Brings international attention and support to community-led efforts to defend forests, sustainable livelihoods, and human rights. Protecting human rights and environmental integrity in Borneo is a critical component of the global movement for a just and peaceful world. Address: c/o Earth Island Institute, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704 Email: info@borneoproject.org Web: http://borneoproject.org [18 Oct 2015]
Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County Our mission is to inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential and contribute to their communities. Our vision for children and youth is that: Every child achieves academic success, and has developed a plan for their future Every child is physically active every day Every child develops a positive sense of self Address: 201 West Orange Avenue, South San Francisco CA 94080 Voice: (650) 589-7090 Web: http://www.theclubs.org [09 Oct 2016]
Brass Liberation Orchestra (BLO) Makes loud on the streets to inspire, instigate, agitate, mourn, celebrate, and communicate. We stand in solidarity with groups and movements who are working for a more just and equitable world. We are a work in progress. We work to build a multigender/multiracial/multigenerational group that enhances and strengthens the culture of the Left. Web: http://brassliberation.org/ [12 Apr 2015]
Brave New Films Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films are at the forefront of the fight to create a just America, and we want you to join us. Using new media and internet video campaigns, Brave New Films has created a quick-strike capability that informs the public, challenges corporate media with the truth, and motivates people to take action on social issues nationwide. We are an organization that can produce a hard-hitting three-minute video in less than 24 hours that exposes John McCain’s double talk, for instance, and receive 9 million views around the world. Web: http://www.bravenewfilms.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
Bread & Roses Brings hope and healing through live music to isolated individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our performances uplift the spirits of children undergoing chemotherapy, teens battling substance abuse, families in homeless shelters, veterans recovering from wounds visible and invisible, seniors nearing the end of life transition, and others living apart from friends and family while facing challenging times. Address: 233 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 100, Corte Madera CA 94925-1415 Voice: (415) 945-7120 Email: info@breadandroses.org Web: http://www.breadandroses.org/ [09 Apr 2017]
Breast Cancer Action (BCAction) Among the endless sea of lucrative breast cancer charities, corporate donors, and pharmaceutical-funded research agendas, the independent voice that defines Breast Cancer Action has never been more urgently needed, and our relevance as an activist watchdog organization is greater than ever. At BCAction, we focus on systemic interventions that will address the root causes of the disease and produce broad public health benefits. These benefits will ensure that fewer women develop breast cancer and die from breast cancer and no community bears a disproportionate burden of diagnosis or death from this disease. Address: 657 Mission Street, Suite 302, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 243-9301; (877) 2STOPBC (toll-free) Email: info@bcaction.org Web: http://www.bcaction.org [05 Oct 2014]
Breast Cancer Fund (TBCF) Works to connect the dots between breast cancer and exposures to chemicals and radiation in our everyday environments. We translate the growing body of scientific evidence linking breast cancer and environmental exposures into public education and advocacy campaigns that protect our health and reduce breast cancer risk. We help transform how our society thinks about and uses chemicals and radiation, with the goal of preventing breast cancer and sustaining health and life. We find practical solutions so that our children, grandchildren and planet can thrive. Address: 1388 Sutter Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94109-5400 Voice: (415) 346-8223 Email: info@breastcancerfund.org Web: http://www.breastcancerfund.org [16 Jul 2016]
Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust (BALT) Works with Contra Costa farmers and the community so that future generations in the Bay Area will have a local source of food. The rich agricultural lands on the urban edge of Contra Costa County include more than 12,000 acres of irrigated farmland located just fifty miles from the Bay Area. With rich delta soils, ample water and a year-round growing season, Brentwood farms have provided food for the Bay Area since the 1880’s. Today Brentwood farmers continue to grow a remarkable diversity of food, primarily fruits and vegetables. Address: POBox 2046, Brentwood CA 94513 Voice: (925) 634-6738 Email: brentwoodagtrust@sbcglobal.net Web: http://www.brentwoodaglandtrust.org/ [16 Jan 2016]
Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group (BBCAG) Purpose is to provide an open forum and community-based input from the communities of Brisbane, Daly City, and San Francisco, and to advise the agencies charged with the remediation actions on the area commonly referred to as the Brisbane Baylands. Formed in response to an application to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Under the auspices of the DTSC, the BBCAG has investigated and continues to investigate toxic contamination in the Brisbane Baylands. Voice: (415) 468-1548 Email: maryc@gutekanst.com Web: http://www.bbcag.com/ [15 Jul 2017]
Brush Fire Painting Workshops Uses the power of the arts to heal hearts and transform lives. We teach Process Oriented Painting to unleash the therapeutic qualities of the creative process. We believe creativity is a basic human need; we strive to bring art to the lives of marginalized youth throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Address: 743 Taraval Street, Suite 302 (at 19th Avenue), San Francisco CA 94116 Voice: (415) 572-3159 Web: http://www.PaintBrushFire.org [12 Jan 2014]
Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) Mission is to serve as a catalyst for socially engaged Buddhism. Our purpose is to help beings liberate themselves from the suffering that manifests in individuals, relationships, institutions, and social systems. BPF’s programs, publications, and practice groups link Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion with progressive social change. Address: POBox 3470, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 239-3764 Web: http://www.bpf.org [07 Jan 2017]
Build It Green Works with building and real estate professionals, local and state governments, and homeowners to increase awareness and adoption of green building practices. Our mission is to promote healthy, energy- and resource-efficient building practices in California through outreach and education. Our vision is for a more sustainable world where all homes are built to support the health and vitality of people and the natural environment. We believe that changing how homes are designed, built, and remodeled is essential to preventing climate change, minimizing pollution, and protecting natural resources for future generations. Address: 1330 Broadway, Suite 1702, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 590-3360 Fax: (510) 590-3361 Web: http://www.builditgreen.org/ [12 Apr 2015]
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) BOSS provides comprehensive services that help homeless families and individuals move from homelessness to homes ~ with improved skills and knowledge of resources so they can stay healthy and housed. First established in 1971 in response to the closure of mental health hospitals which put many mentally ill men and women onto the streets, today BOSS serves over 1,500 homeless families and individuals with multiple barriers to self-sufficiency. We do our work through a network of housing and service programs in Berkeley, Oakland, and Hayward. Address: 1918 University Avenue #2A, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 649-1930 Fax: (510) 649-0627 Web: http://www.self-sufficiency.org [09 Aug 2014]
Building REsources San Francisco’s only source for reusable, recycled and remanufactured building and landscaping materials. Building Resources is a not for profit organization dedicated to providing our community with low cost high quality materials, in a friendly, clean and organized setting. Our 1 1/2 acres are full of wonderful finds and great values. Project ideas are demonstrated throughout our buildings and gardens, all of which are built using 100% reused materials. Address: 701 Amador Street, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 285-7814 Fax: (415) 285-4689 Email: info@buildingresources.org Web: http://www.buildingresources.org/ [09 Oct 2016]
Bullfrog Films The leading US publisher of independently-produced, environmental DVDs & videos that point the way to living healthily, happily, and with greater concern for the other inhabitants of this planet, and for our descendants. We also distribute world-famous performing arts programs from Rhombus Media. Web: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com [16 Jul 2016]
Bureau of Public Secrets This web site features “The Joy of Revolution” and other writings by Ken Knabb (collected in the book PUBLIC SECRETS) as well as Knabb’s translations from the Situationist International (the notorious group that helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France). Address: POBox 1044, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: knabb@bopsecrets.org Web: http://www.bopsecrets.org [09 Aug 2014]
Burma Humanitarian Mission (BHM) Seeks a healthy and vibrant Burma where the human rights of all people are protected and empowers people from around the world to exercise their health to support and advocate on behalf of the people of Burma. BHM supports community-based backpack medics who administer village healthcare services in Burma, grass-roots education projects that empower the youth of Burma and projects that promote cross-cultural sharing and collaboration for refugees from Burma living in the U.S. Web: http://burmamission.org [09 Aug 2014]
Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) The primary objective of BADA is to help bring democracy, freedom and prosperity to the (60 million) people of Burma through advocacy, awareness, partnerships and corporations. We therefore strive to be an exemplar and a beacon of hope to the fellow citizens of Burma who has been seeking democracy and freedom for decades. We work, To highlight the social injustices and human rights abuses in Burma To provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Burma To inform, educate and raise awareness of the social, political, and economic situation in Burma to the American people To promote culture, education, and social activities in the Community Address: 1952 Mcnair Street, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (415) 895-BADA Email: badaonline@gmail.com Web: http://www.badasf.org/ [16 Jan 2016]
Burning Issues Provides public education about the medical hazards of exposure to wood smoke and other fine particulate pollution. Smoke from residential burning of wood and coal, wood burning restaurants and outdoor burning of wood, leaves, crops, tires and debris is permeating our neighborhoods, resulting in high ground level concentrations of toxic air pollution. Address: Box 1045, Point Arena CA 95468-1045 Email: Mary.Rozenberg@gmail.com Web: http://burningissues.org [12 Jan 2014]
Los Angeles Bus Riders Union Recognized nationally for its historic civil rights Consent Decree and signature creative tactics, the Bus Riders Union is a multiracial dynamo of 200 active members, 3,000 dues-paying members, and 50,000 supporters on the buses of L.A. The BRU has literally saved public transportation in Los Angeles and become the country’s largest grassroots mass transit advocacy organization. From our focus on mass transit, the BRU carries out a wide, multi-issue progressive agenda based in comprehensive principles of unity and strong membership agreement. Web: http://www.busridersunion.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) BALLE (pronounced bolly) was founded in 2001 to nurture and curate the emergence of a new economy – one that will gradually displace our destructive and failing economy with a system that supports the health, prosperity, and happiness for all people and regenerates the vital ecosystems upon which our economy depends. With a focus on real change within a generation, BALLE works to identify and connect pioneering leaders, spread solutions, and attract investment toward local economies. Address: 2323 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 587-9417 Email: info@bealocalist.org Web: http://livingeconomies.org/ [25 Jan 2015]
Buy Local Berkeley Our mission is to boost our strong, vibrant local economy: Shifting consumer spending to independent, locally-owned & operated businesses whenever possible. Connecting consumers with businesses, promoting Berkeley’s amazing, unique businesses and producers. Marketing, publicity, advertising, education on the social, economic, cultural, environmental and community benefits and personal joys of shopping local, unique businesses. Empowering independent, locally-owned & operated businesses to promote their business and communicate the benefits of Buying Local. Address: c/o Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, 1834 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 219-5524 Email: buylocalberkeley@gmail.com Web: http://www.buylocalberkeley.org [17 Apr 2016]
Cal Tzedek Progressive Jewish Students of U.C. Berkeley. Web: http://caltzedek.blogspot.com/ [20 Sep 2014]
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) Dedicated to improving the choices, care and quality of life for California’s long term care consumers. Through direct advocacy, community education, legislation and litigation it has been CANHR’s goal to educate and support long term care consumers and advocates regarding the rights and remedies under the law, and to create a united voice for long term care reform and humane alternatives to institutionalization. Address: 650 Harrison Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 974-5171; (800) 474-1116 Email: canhrmail@canhr.org Web: http://www.canhr.org/ [09 Aug 2014]
California Anti-SLAPP Project (CASP) A public interest law firm and policy organization dedicated to fighting Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) in California. Often these suits are filed in the form of claims of defamation, libel, slander, malicious prosecution and/or abuse of process, among others. Address: 2903 Sacramento Street, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 486-9123 Fax: (510) 486-9708 Email: info[at]casp[dot]net Web: http://www.casp.net [07 Jul 2015]
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) A full-service organic certification agency and trade association passionate about being the leading voice for organic, and certifying, educating, advocating, and promoting organic. CCOF is more than just a certifier; we’re your partner in the organic movement. We support and promote organic through certification, education, and advocacy. Buying organic is a direct investment in the future of our planet, so we work to grow the organic market and our members’ businesses by educating consumers about this important relationship to our food. Address: 2155 Delaware Avenue, Suite 150, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (831) 423-2263 Fax: (831) 423-4528 Email: ccof@ccof.org Web: http://www.ccof.org/ [09 Aug 2014]
California Clean Money Action Fund A non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(4) organization that is the political advocacy arm of the 501(c)(3) California Clean Money Campaign. The California Clean Money Action Fund has been fighting for legislation and ballot measures to limit the undue influence of Big Money in California politics since 2006. Our supporters include over 100,000 Californians that either are active Clean Money members or who have signed the petition for Clean Money or the California DISCLOSE Act. Web: http://www.yesfairelections.org/ [22 Jan 2017]
California Clean Money Campaign A non-profit, non-partisan organization that started its efforts in March, 2002 when it became increasingly clear that politics in California is dominated by Big Money special interests, not voters. It gets worse every year. Our long-term mission is to educate Californians about the need to clean up its broken campaign finance system by bringing real campaign disclosure and full Clean Money, Fair Elections public financing of campaigns to California so that everybody has a voice and so that politicians are accountable to voters, not special interests. Web: http://www.caclean.org [25 Jan 2015]
California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) A coalition that advances policy solutions at the nexus of climate change and sustainable agriculture. There is an increasingly urgent scientific, economic and social mandate for agriculture to address climate change with boldness and innovation. In California, climate change is expected to cause prolonged and frequent heat waves, drier conditions, reduced water resources and increased pest and disease pressures. These profound challenges to the viability of California agriculture require action. The vision for California’s agricultural future that has long been articulated and modeled by sustainable agriculture provides powerful solutions to the climate crisis. Address: POBox 1366, Sebastopol CA 95473 Voice: (707) 329-6374 Email: info@calclimateag.org Web: calclimateag.org [09 Oct 2016]
California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) A grassroots social justice organization, with members inside and outside prison, that challenges the institutional violence imposed on women, transgender people, and communities of color by the prison industrial complex (PIC). We see the struggle for racial and gender justice as central to dismantling the PIC and we prioritize the leadership of the people, families, and communities most impacted in building this movement. Address: 1540 Market Street, Suite 490, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 255-7036 x4 Fax: (415) 552-3150 Email: info@womenprisoners.org Web: http://www.womenprisoners.org [23 Oct 2016]
California FarmLink Mission is to link independent farmers and ranchers to the land and financing they need for a sustainable future. California FarmLink began as a technical assistance provider and linking service for aspiring farmers looking to connect with retiring farmers. Over its history, FarmLink has diversified to provide other critical services to farmers. Currently, FarmLink provides access to capital and land to low income, beginning, underserved, minority and small-scale farmers. Web: http://californiafarmlink.org/ [25 Jan 2015]
California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC (SEE-fak)) An award-winning, nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to advancing free speech, more open and accountable government, and public participation in civic affairs. Web: http://www.cfac.org/ [16 Jul 2016]
California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA) As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization exclusively focused on food policy, CFPA can dedicate the whole of its time, resources, and energy towards increasing low-income Californians access to healthy food. Address: 436 14th Street, Suite 1220, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 433-1122 Fax: (510) 433-1131 Email: george@cfpa.net Web: http://www.cfpa.net/ [17 Apr 2016]
California Housing Law Project (CHLP) A project of the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation in collaboration with other leading housing and legal services advocacy groups. The Law Project focuses on affordable housing advocacy in the state legislature, as well as outreach and education on a wide variety of affordable housing and land use issues. Through the Housing Advocates website, the Law Project seeks to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information on statewide housing policy issues of interest to affordable housing and homeless advocates in California. Web: http://www.housingadvocates.org [25 Jan 2015]
California Indian Environmental Alliance (CIEA) CIEA’s core programs are the the Mercury Tribal Health Program, Tribal Self-Advocacy Program and the Native Youth Environmental Leadership Program. A fourth program the Global Mercury Program links California Tribes with the Minamata Global Mercury Treaty. Together these programs empower California Indian communities to practice subsistence fishing cultures, avoid mercury and PCBs in fish, self-advocate for cleanup of California lands and waterways, and train the future generation to be environmental stewards. Address: POBox 2128, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 848-2043 Email: sherri@cieaweb.org Web: http://www.ciea-health.org/ [09 Apr 2017]
California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) We want to increase social justice in rural California for all residents, building sustainable communities based on a healthy agriculture. Foremost in our work will be marginalized populations. The goals of our public interest research are to strengthen social justice and increase the sustainability of California’s rural communities. Our work informs public policy and inspires action for social change while providing a fact-based foundation for organizations and individuals working to ameliorate rural injustice. Web: http://www.cirsinc.org/ [16 Jul 2016]
California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) CIIS is pioneering a unique educational vision. The university encompasses 18 leading-edge graduate programs and an undergraduate program that attract passionate learners and international renown. At CIIS, you engage in issues vital to you, to today’s world, and to your personal growth, exploring the deep connections that unite them. You study in innovative graduate programs or complete your bachelor’s degree, all in an academically rigorous setting. Here you find the knowledge and experience you need for the life and career you want. Address: 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 575-6100 Email: admissions@ciis.edu Web: http://www.ciis.edu [09 Aug 2014]
California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL) Mission of California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL) is to be faithful stewards of Creation by responding to global warming through the promotion of energy conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy. This ministry intends to protect the earth’s ecosystems, safeguard public health, and ensure sufficient, sustainable energy for all. Address: 369 Pine Street, Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 391-4214 Fax: (415) 561-4892 Web: http://www.interfaithpower.org/ [25 Jan 2015]
California Labor Federation Made up of more than 1,200 AFL-CIO and Change to Win unions, representing 2.1 million union members in manufacturing, retail, construction, hospitality, public sector, health care, entertainment and other industries. The California Labor Federation is dedicated to promoting and defending the interests of working people and their families for the betterment of California’s communities. From legislative campaigns to grassroots organizing, our affiliates are actively engaged in every aspect of California’s economy and government. Address: 600 Grand Avenue, Suite 410, Oakland CA 94610-3561 Voice: (510) 663-4000 Fax: (510) 663-4099 Email: info@calaborfed.org Web: http://www.calaborfed.org [17 Apr 2016]
California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) The non-partisan political action arm of California’s environmental movement. The CLCV mission is to protect and enhance the environment and the health of all California communities by electing environmental champions, advancing critical priorities, and holding policymakers accountable. Address: 350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 1100, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 271-0900; (800) 755-3224 Fax: (510) 271-0901 Web: http://www.ecovote.org [18 Oct 2015]
California Legislative Information A web site containing the complete texts of California Codes, the California Constitution, and all statutes enacted on or after 1 Jan 1993, plus information on pending legislation. Web: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ [10 Aug 2014]
California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Works to protect California’s native plant heritage and preserve it for future generations. CNPS actively promotes the use of science in land use and management decisions through our Online Rare Plant Inventory and essential reference book: Manual of California Vegetation, 2nd Edition, both of which are the most advanced resources available for identifying and managing critical habitat in California. We work closely with decision-makers, scientists, and local planners to advocate for well-informed and environmental friendly policies, regulations, and land management practices. Web: http://www.cnps.org [12 Apr 2015]
California Newsreel Produces and distributes cutting edge, social justice films that inspire, educate and engage audiences. Founded in 1968, Newsreel is the oldest non-profit, social issue documentary film center in the country, the first to marry media production and contemporary social movements. Address: 44 Gough Street, Suite 303, San Francisco CA 94103-5424 Voice: (415) 284-7800 Fax: (415) 284-7801 Email: contact@newsreel.org Web: http://www.newsreel.org/ [13 Apr 2014]
California Nurses Association (CNA) A premiere organization of registered nurses and one of the nation’s fastest growing labor and professional organizations in the U.S. with more than 86,000 members in hospitals, clinics and home health agencies in all 50 states. In the past 15 years, CNA/NNOC has grown by nearly 400 percent. CNA/NNOC is also a founding member of the 185,000-member National Nurses United, which in 2009 united CNA/NNOC, the United American Nurses, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association to create the largest union and professional association of nurses in U.S. history. Web: http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/site/entry/california-nurses-association [25 Jan 2015]
California Physicians Alliance Health care is a human right. Our mission is to educate and advocate for health care reform in order to achieve guaranteed, high quality, comprehensive and equally accessible care for all. While the California Physicians Alliance supports efforts to help all people obtain health care, we work to establish a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer health care system in California and the nation. We were founded in 1987 as California Physicians Alliance (CaPA) with the goal of promoting progressive change in health care at the state and national levels. From 1993 to July 2016, CaPA also was the California chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. That affiliation agreement has now been dissolved, and the California Physicians Alliance has returned to using its original name. Web: http://caphysiciansalliance.org/ [13 Aug 2016]
California Prison Focus (CPF) We stand up strong against the cruel and torturous conditions of the California prison system, especially advocating for the immediate shut down of all SHU (Security Housing Units) cells and similar conditions of solitary confinement. We publish a quarterly magazine, Prison Focus, distributed free to SHU prisoners, $6 a year to other prisoners, and $20 a year to former prisoners, their family members, activists, and friends of CPF. We travel regularly to Pelican Bay and Corcoran state prisons to uncover and disseminate information on the current conditions prisoners must endure. Address: near 19th Street BART, 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 507, Oakland CA 94612 Email: contact@prisons.org Web: http://www.prisons.org [26 Jan 2015]
California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) An applied policy research center of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health that identifies, tracks, and analyzes policies to improve health care access for the state’s most vulnerable populations, including migrants, agricultural workers, the working poor, low-income women and children, prisoners, and the recently released. CPAC was established in August 1997 at the behest of the California State Legislature. CPAC’s directive, as set by the UC Office of the President, is to serve as a critical linkage between the expertise of the University of California faculty and policy makers to improve access to care for vulnerable Californians. Address: 50 University Hall, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 643-3140 Fax: (510) 642-7861 Email: cpac@berkeley.edu Web: http://cpac.berkeley.edu [09 Apr 2017]
California Public Health Association – North (CPHA) We influence the development of statewide health policy through our: Strong working relationships with the State legislature and administration, local health officials, and elected representatives Close ties with schools of public health, teaching hospitals, and the research community Collaboration with community-based organizations and coalitions, advocates, and labor unions Dialogue with public and private health care providers, traditional and non-traditional Address: 555 Twelfth Street, 10th floor, Oakland CA 94607-4046 Email: office@cphan.org Web: http://www.cphan.org [10 Aug 2014]
California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) A consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security or our right to fully participate in our democratic society. For decades, we’ve stood up for consumers, countering the influence of big banks, insurers, chemical manufacturers and other powerful special interests. Our team of researchers uncover the facts; our staff bring our findings to the public, through the media as well as one-on-one interactions; and our advocates are bringing the voice of the public to the halls of power on behalf of consumers. Web: http://calpirg.org/ [18 Oct 2015]
California Straw Building Association (CASBA) We are a non-profit organization whose members are designers,contractors, owner builders, and people interested in straw building. We serve as a clearinghouse for information and as a network of resources. Since 1996, our members have worked to develop testing and to improve techniques and standards for building with straw, in order to gain its acceptance by municipalities, officials, lenders, and insurance companies throughout California. There are now many fine examples of permitted straw bale homes throughout the state, as well as a number of commercial buildings, that stand as a testament to this pioneering work. Web: http://www.strawbuilding.org [17 Apr 2016]
California Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC) A broad network of student sustainability organizations throughout the state. Managed and coordinated by students and recent alumni, we strive to implement policies and programs at various institutional levels that enhance the three key components of sustainability: ecology, economy, and equity. CSSC provides a platform for driving institutional change and a forum for networking and sharing best practices. CSSC is also a community of student activists who support one another both directly and indirectly. CSSC members develop personal leadership, skills, and direction. CSSC is an inclusive organization and finds strength in diversity. Like the Swedish proverb, CSSC members believe that shared pain is half pain and shared joy is double joy. Web: http://www.sustainabilitycoalition.org/ [17 Apr 2016]
California Trade Justice Coalition (CTJC) We are a grassroots coalition across California fighting for better trade policy and an economy that works for all. A new coalition of labor, environmental, family farm, public health, immigrant rights, human rights, pro-democracy, and socially conscious business leaders — all committed to building a strong California economy that works for all. Address: 436 14th Street, Suite 1216, Oakland CA 94612 Email: aaron@citizenstrade.org Web: http://catradejustice.org/ [06 Apr 2017]
California Voter Foundation A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working through research, oversight, outreach and demonstration projects to improve the election process so that it better serves the needs and interests of voters. Web: http://www.calvoter.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
California Walks A statewide organization of affiliated nonprofit and volunteer groups dedicated to creating healthy, safe, and walkable communities. Our mission is to provide a statewide voice for pedestrian safety and walkable communities through policy advocacy, community empowerment, and a growing unified statewide network of local community organizations and affiliates—with particular focus on healthy equity and communities disparately impacted by pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 709, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 292-4435 Fax: (510) 292-4436 Email: info@californiawalks.org Web: http://www.californiawalks.org/ [10 Aug 2014]
Californians for Electoral Reform (CfER) We are a nonpartisan coalition of Californians who believe that all citizens deserve equal and satisfactory representation in government. We are working to change California’s voting methods to realize this vision. Web: http://CFER.org [16 Jul 2016]
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture A statewide coalition of organic and sustainable agriculture and food safety organizations committed to ecologically responsible and economically viable agriculture. Californians for GE-Free Agriculture provides education and resources in support of the rights of farmers and communities to evaluate and address the environmental, human health and economic risks of genetic engineering in agriculture. Web: http://www.calgefree.org/ [26 Jan 2015]
Californians for Justice (CFJ) A statewide grassroots organization working for racial justice by building the power of youth, communities of color, immigrants, low-income families, and LGBTQ communities. Led by students, we organize to advance educational justice and improve our social, economic, and political conditions. Address: 520 3rd Street #209, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 452-2728 Fax: (510) 452-3552 Web: http://www.caljustice.org [26 Jan 2015]
Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) A statewide coalition of more than 185 organizations, founded in 1996 to fundamentally shift the way pesticides are used in California. CPR’s mission is to protect public health, improve environmental quality and expand a sustainable and just agriculture system by building a diverse movement across California to change statewide and local pesticide policies and practices. CPR has built a diverse, multi-interest coalition to challenge the powerful political and economic forces opposing change. Our member organizations include public health, children’s health, educational and environmental advocates, clean air and water organizations, health practitioners, environmental justice groups, labor, organizations, farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1200, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 788-9025 Web: http://www.pesticidereform.org [23 Oct 2016]
Californians United for A Responsible Budget (CURB) A broad-based coalition of over 50 organizations seeking to CURB prison spending by reducing the number of people in prison and the number of prisons in the state. CURB seeks member organizations who are working on issues related to the prison industrial complex and organizations concerned about our state budget priorities. Address: 1322 Webster Street # 210, Oakland CA 94612-3217 Voice: (510) 435-1176 Email: emily@curbprisonspending.org Web: http://www.curbprisonspending.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
Campaign for America’s Future The strategy center for the progressive movement. Our goal is to forge the enduring progressive majority needed to realize the America of shared prosperity and equal opportunity that our country was meant to be. To attain our ultimate goal, we spearhead a compelling progressive agenda that addresses the kitchen-table issues working families face. We regularly convene and educate progressive thinkers, organizers and community activists so our voices will be coordinated, cogent and potent. And we incubate national campaigns on the critical issues that will define America for generations to come. Web: http://www.ourfuture.org/ [26 Jan 2015]
Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict (CIVIC) Focused on helping civilians caught in the midst of armed conflict. We work directly with people who have the power to transform the planning, conduct, and aftermath of conflicts for civilians—from military officials and policymakers to UN bodies and civilians themselves. Our staff is found in places like Syria, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Afghanistan, with our headquarters in Washington, DC. Web: http://www.civicworldwide.org [30 Apr 2016]
Bay Area Campaign for New Priorities Brings together organizations and individuals from diverse constituencies, communities and movements to demand of our public officials a change of direction for the U.S. – one that prioritizes putting people back to work, restoring and fully funding essential public services, rebuilding and repairing infrastructure, funding the development of new alternative energy technologies, cleaning up and protecting the environment, developing a sustainable peace economy, reducing poverty and inequality, and generally meeting important social and other human needs. Web: http://newprioritiescampaign.org/ [06 Jul 2015]
Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP) A national grassroots organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment. We have active chapters and members across the United States—including California, Texas, Delaware, New York, and Chicago. To win abolition, we need to build a grassroots struggle. We believe that those who have experienced the horrors of death row ?rst hand–death row prisoners themselves and their family members–should be at the forefront of our movement. Their experiences help to shape our strategies. Web: http://www.nodeathpenalty.org http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cedp_oakland/ [30 Apr 2016]
Canal Alliance We believe that every new American deserves the opportunity to thrive! We are a non-profit organization on the mission to help low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrants in Marin County acquire the tools they need to thrive. We help improve family stability and prepare immigrants for success at school and work. Our comprehensive programs serve more than 3,000 people annually with services that include crisis counseling, a food pantry, and classes in English, computers and citizenship. We also provide affordable legal help to keep families together. Address: 91 Larkspur Street, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 454-2640 Fax: (415) 454-3967 Email: contact@canalalliance.org Web: http://www.canalalliance.org [13 Apr 2014]
CANFIT When it comes to improving the health of today’s youth, CANFIT is a leader in building community leadership and stimulating change at multiple levels, from individual behavior to public policy. Our unique approach to partnering with communities builds capacity and leadership, while helping to advance sustainable change in low income communities and communities of color. Address: 2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 610, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 644-1533 Fax: (510) 644-1535 Email: info@canfit.org Web: http://www.canfit.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
Carbusters Magazine Aims to serve as both an information source and a call to action, providing a full range of content from direct action skills to the latest research developments, feature articles on topics ranging from Driving as Addiction to Ecocity Visions, world news and even cartoons poking fun at the car and oil industries. The magazine shares information, ideas and resources within the movement and informs a broader audience of transport actions and campaigns happening around the world. In this way Carbusters can inspire new activists and nurture current ones. Web: http://www.carbusters.org/ [10 Aug 2014]
Carfree.com The web site that goes with the books Carfree Cities and Carfree Design Manual propose a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles. Web: http://www.carfree.com/ [15 Jul 2017]
Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center (CREEC) A state and federally recognized, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3), public interest charity incorporated in 1995.The role of this nonprofit organization is to effect wildlife habitat and enhancement, maintenance and restoration projects in the communities and open lands surrounding the Carquinez Strait – California’s most significant wildlife migratory corridor. The sole goal of CREEC is the betterment of the area’s natural resources through cooperative, constructive and mutually beneficial partnerships with the industries, families and agencies who live and work along the Strait. Web: http://www.creecyouth.org/ [12 Jan 2014]
Cat Support Network A Trap-Neuter-Return group focused on spay/neuter of feral and free-roaming cats. Adoption of cats/kittens rescued from the streets. A hyper-focused rescue organization specifically created to focus exclusively on cats spay and neutering. Mission is to develop and implement grassroots outreach programs that address cat overpopulation, suffering and wellness in our community. Address: POBox 3645, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 252-5445 Email: info@catsupport.net Web: http://www.catsupport.net [06 Jul 2015]
Catchafire A community of individuals striving to push the social good sector forward by focusing on efficient and effective ways to give back. One way we do this is by matching professionals with nonprofits based on their skills, cause interest and time availability. Web: https://www.catchafire.org [17 Apr 2014]
Catholic Charities of San Jose (CCSJ) Serves and advocates for families and individuals in need, especially those living in poverty. Rooted in gospel values, we work to create a more just and compassionate community in which people of all cultures and beliefs can participate. Address: 2625 Zanker Road (near Trimble), San Jose CA 95134-2107 Voice: (408) 468-0100 Fax: (408) 944-0275 Web: http://ccsj.org [10 Aug 2014]
Causa Justa / Just Cause (CJJC) Builds grassroots power and leadership to create strong, equitable communities. Born through mergers between Black organizations and Latin@ organizations, we build bridges of solidarity between working class communities. We provide tenant rights advocacy and information; fight grassroots campaigns to win immigrant and housing rights; and work toward building a larger movement for social transformation. Through rights-based services, policy campaigns, civic engagement, and direct action, we work to improve conditions in our neighborhoods in the San Francisco / Oakland / Bay Area.. Address: POBox 3596, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 763-5877 Fax: (510) 763-5824 Email: info@cjjc.org Web: http://www.cjjc.org https://www.facebook.com/causajusta/ [07 Jan 2017]
Center for a New American Dream Mission is is to improve well-being by inspiring and empowering all of us to shift the ways we consume. We work with individuals, institutions, businesses, and communities to conserve natural resources, counter the commercialization of our culture, support community engagement, and promote positive changes in the way goods are produced and consumed. New Dream seeks to change social norms around consumption and consumerism and to support the local movement of individuals and communities pursuing lifestyle and community action. Web: http://www.newdream.org/ [18 Oct 2015]
Center for Accessible Technology (CforAT) CforAT’s focus is on access to computers and technology for people with disabilities. We do this so children with disabilities can succeed in school, adults with disabilities can find (and keep) jobs and all people with disabilities can use the internet, email and benefit from the digital revolution. CforAT also provides business consulting services to corporations, libraries and government entities. We provide assistance on creating accessible websites and have a test bank of users with disabilities to test products and services. CforAT also works as an advocate on behalf of people with disabilities in proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission. Address: 3075 Adeline, Suite 220, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 841-3224 Fax: (510) 841-7956 Email: info1@cforat.org Web: http://www.cforat.org [12 Jan 2014]
Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) Mission is to research, develop, and advance sustainable food and agricultural systems that are environmentally sound, economically viable, socially responsible, nonexploitative, and that serve as a foundation for future generations. Through our research, education, and outreach programs, the Center works to create agriculture and food systems that sustain both human communities and the environments in which they live. The growing public and academic interest in sustainable agriculture, organic food, resource-conserving farming techniques, and issues of social justice underscores the need for the type of work conducted by Center staff, faculty, and students. Address: UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz CA 95064 Voice: (831) 459-3240 Email: casfs@ucsc.edu Web: http://casfs.ucsc.edu [16 Jul 2016]
Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office We believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive. Address: 1212 Broadway, Street #800, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 844-7100 Fax: (510) 844-7150 Web: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org [06 Jul 2015]
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to advance strong policy and action to address the twin challenges of energy and climate change. Launched in 2011, C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, long recognized in the United States and abroad as an influential and pragmatic voice on climate issues. Web: http://www.c2es.org/ [09 May 2015]
Center for Community Change Mission is to build the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to change their communities and public policies for the better. Right now, we’re empowering the people most affected by injustice to lead movements to improve the policies that affect their lives. Our focus areas include jobs and wages, immigration, retirement security, affordable housing, racial justice and barriers to employment for formerly incarcerated individuals. Web: http://www.communitychange.org/ [15 Jul 2017]
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. Web: http://ccrjustice.org [20 Jan 2014]
Center for Corporate Policy (CCP) A non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable. Web: http://www.corporatepolicy.org/ [18 Oct 2015]
Center for Creative Land Recyling ((CCLR or “see clear”)) A nonprofit organization founded on the belief that intelligent, innovative land use is the key to ensuring a healthy future for both our communities and our environment. Our mission is to enable communities to develop sustainably and equitably through land recycling—restoring underutilized, blighted sites to productive use. Address: 333 Pine Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 398-1080 Fax: (415) 398-5738 Web: http://www.cclr.org [20 Jan 2014]
Center for Democracy and Technology A champion of global online civil liberties and human rights, driving policy outcomes that keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. We believe in the power of the Internet. Whether it’s facilitating entrepreneurial endeavors, providing access to new markets and opportunities, or creating a platform for free speech, the Internet empowers, emboldens and equalizes people around the world. We work to preserve the user-controlled nature of the Internet and champion freedom of expression. We support laws, corporate policies, and technology tools that protect the privacy of Internet users, and advocate for stronger legal controls on government surveillance. Web: http://www.cdt.org/ [10 Aug 2014]
Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) Recognized as one of the leading consumer protection and privacy organizations in the United States. Since its founding in 2001 (and prior to that through its predecessor organization, the Center for Media Education), CDD has been at the forefront of research, public education, and advocacy protecting consumers in the digital age. Web: http://www.democraticmedia.org/ [16 Jul 2016]
Center For Digital Storytelling (CDS) We create spaces for transforming lives and communities, through the acts of listening to and sharing stories. Since 1993, we have partnered with organizations around the world on projects in StoryWork, digital storytelling, and other forms of digital media production. Our public workshops support individuals in creating and sharing stories. Address: 1250 Addison Street, Suite 103, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 548-2065 Email: info@storycenter.org Web: http://www.storycenter.org http://www.silencespeaks.org [09 Apr 2017]
Center for Ecoliteracy (CEL) Advances ecological education in K–12 schools. We recognize that students need to experience and understand how nature sustains life and how to live accordingly. We engage with school communities, foundations, filmmakers, and other change agents to further education that is smart, hopeful, and vital. Founded in 1995, the Center creates books and resources, offers professional development, and provides strategic consulting. Our work is based on systems thinking, leadership dynamics, and how young people learn. We recognize nature as our teacher and that sustainability is a community practice. Address: The David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 270, Berkeley CA 94704-1377 Voice: (510) 845-4595 Email: info@ecoliteracy.org Web: http://www.ecoliteracy.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Conducts both professional research and public education. The professional research is oriented towards filling important gaps in the understanding of particular economic and social problems, or the impact of specific policies. The public education portion of CEPR’s mission is to present the findings of professional research, both by CEPR and others, in a manner that allows broad segments of the public to know exactly what is at stake in major policy debates. An informed public should be able to choose policies that lead to an improving quality of life, both for people within the United States and around the world. Web: http://www.cepr.net [20 Jan 2014]
Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) Works to promote social justice through human rights. In a world where poverty and inequality deprive entire communities of dignity, justice and sometimes life, we seek to uphold the universal human rights of every human being to education, health, food, water, housing, work, and other economic, social and cultural rights essential to human dignity. Web: http://www.cesr.org/ [10 Aug 2014]
Center for Ecosystem Survival (CES) We are committed to inspiring participation and awareness in the preservation of fragile ecosystems by providing opportunities for personal direct action to save the diversity of life on Earth. Since 1988 we have focused our efforts on protecting entire ecosystems and natural communities, not just individual species, to ensure a long term conservation strategy. We raise donations and awareness for these biologically diverse ecosystems through our Adoption Programs, Conservation Meters and Insect Discovery Lab. We partner with schools, universities, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, natural history museums, and science centers worldwide to protect wildlife and nature. Address: 699 Mississippi Street, Suite 106, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 648-3392 Email: info@savenature.org Web: http://www.savenature.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) A non-profit Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) health plan for seniors age 55 and older who prefer not to move into a nursing home but whose health problems make it impossible for them to stay at home without the help of caregivers. Serving people in the East Bay (of San Francisco Bay). Provides high quality, affordable, integrated health care services to the elderly, which promote autonomy, quality of life and the ability of individuals to live in their communities. Address: 510 17th Street, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 433-1150 Fax: (510) 452-8836 Email: info@cei.elders.org Web: http://www.cei.elders.org/ [17 Apr 2016]
Center for Environmental Health (CEH) Protects people from toxic chemicals by working with communities, consumers, workers, government, and the private sector to demand and support business practices that are safe for public health and the environment. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 302, Oakland CA 94612-3017 Voice: (510) 655-3900 Fax: (510) 655-9100 Web: http://www.ceh.org/ [18 Oct 2015]
Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office) (CFS) A national non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy organization working to protect human health and the environment by curbing the use of harmful food production technologies and by promoting organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture. CFS also educates consumers concerning the definition of organic food and products. CFS uses legal actions, groundbreaking scientific and policy reports, books and other educational materials, market pressure and grass roots campaigns through our True Food Network. CFS’s successful legal cases collectively represent a landmark body of case law on food and agricultural issues. Address: 303 Sacramento Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 826-2770 Fax: (415) 826-0507 Email: info@truefoodnow.org Web: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) A national, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that provides organizing and technical assistance to grassroots community groups in the environmental health and justice movement. CHEJ was founded in 1981 by Lois Gibbs, who helped win the relocation of over 900 families from their neighborhood which was contaminated by chemicals leaking from the Love Canal landfill in Niagara Falls, NY. Through this effort, Gibbs and her neighbors woke up the nation to recognize the link between people’s exposures to dangerous chemicals in their community and serious public health impacts. Web: http://www.chej.org [20 Jan 2014]
Center for Human Rights and Privacy (CeHRP) Dedicated to the promotion of human rights and privacy in the United States. Our current project involves the use of surveillance technologies by local police and other government agencies. CeHRP was founded by Mike Katz-Lacabe and Margarita Lacabe and welcomes the collaboration of other human rights and privacy activists. Web: https://www.cehrp.org/ [18 Feb 2017]
Center for Independence of the Disabled (CID) A private, nonprofit corporation located in San Mateo, California. Incorporated in 1979, CID is a consumer-driven, community-based, services and advocacy organization serving San Mateo County. By federal mandate, the majority of our Staff, Management, and Board of Directors consist of people with disabilities. Address: 1515 South EI Camino Real, Suite 400, San Mateo CA 94402 Voice: (650) 645-1780; (650) 522-9313 (TTY) Fax: (650) 645-1785 Web: http://cidsanmateo.org [20 Jan 2014]
Center for Independent Living (Berkeley) (CIL) Pprovides direct services to residents of Alameda and West Contra Costa Counties with disabilities. We also offer extensive information and referral to anyone who needs them. Founded in Berkeley, California, the Center for Independent Living (CIL) emerged from the independent living movement of the 1960’s as a powerful force in helping people with disabilities achieve their independence. Address: 3075 Adeline St, Suite 100, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 841-4776 Fax: (510) 841-6168 Email: info@cilberkeley.org Web: http://www.cilberkeley.org/ [13 Aug 2014]
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Works to strengthen and use international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society. CIEL also has a vibrant intern program for law school students and fellows in both our DC and Geneva offices. Over its 20 years, CIEL has trained more than 350 interns from 53 countries, providing an important educational opportunity for lawyers in training. Web: http://www.ciel.org/ [20 Jan 2014]
Center for International Policy (CIP) Promotes cooperation, transparency and accountability in global relations. Through research and advocacy, our programs address the most urgent threats to our planet: war, corruption, inequality and climate change. CIP’s scholars, journalists, activists and former government officials provide a unique mixture of access to high-level officials, issue-area expertise, media savvy and strategic vision. We work to inform the public and decision makers in the United States and in international organizations on policies to make the world more just, peaceful and sustainable. Web: http://www.ciponline.org/ [14 Apr 2017]
Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) Mission is to engage and empower the public through investigative journalism and groundbreaking storytelling in order to spark action, improve lives and protect our democracy. CIR is among the most innovative, credible and relevant media organizations in the country. Reveal – our website, public radio program, podcast and social media platform – is where we publish our multiplatform work. Our award-winning journalists hold the powerful accountable and reveal government fraud and waste of taxpayer funds, human rights violations, environmental degradation and threats to public safety. Address: 1400 65th Street, Suite 200, Emeryville CA 94608 Voice: (510) 809-3160 Fax: (510) 849-6141 Web: https://www.revealnews.org/ [18 Oct 2015]
Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) A National Resource Center dedicated to promoting research and community awareness about issues affecting Latin America. The Center works to: host public events that bring leading scholars, policymakers and social leaders to the Berkeley community; support faculty and student research; bring information about Latin America to a wider audience through our website and publications; build networks among Latin Americanist scholars, students and practitioners. Address: 2334 Bowditch Street (between Durant and Haste), Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 642-2088 Fax: (510) 642-3260 Email: clas@berkeley.edu Web: http://www.clas.berkeley.edu/ [14 Apr 2017]
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS) CLGS was established at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California and opened its doors in the fall of 2000. The Center serves three distinct but overlapping constituencies: the world of academic religious scholarship; faith communities; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and organizations. For each of these constituent groups, CLGS is committed to providing programming and support for research, resources, education for leadership, and community-building/advocacy. All programming is devoted to carrying out the Center’s fundamental mission: Address: Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 849-8206 Fax: (510) 849-8212 Email: info@clgs.org Web: http://www.clgs.org/ [05 Oct 2014]
Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Art and Culture (QCC) A multiracial community-building organization that fosters the artistic, economic and cultural development of San Francisco’s LGBT community. We implement our mission by operating programs that commission and present Queer artists, that promote the development of culturally diverse Queer arts organizations and that document significant Queer arts events taking place in San Francisco. By presenting, exhibiting, screening and documenting queer artists’ work, Qcc contributes to the development of a multicultural perspective on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender experience. Address: c/o African American Art and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 935-5948 Email: Managing@queerculturalcenter.org Web: http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/ [30 Apr 2016]
Center for Media & Democracy (PR Watch) A national watchdog group that conducts in-depth investigations into corruption and the undue influence of corporations on media and democracy. The findings of CMD’s investigative journalism are regularly cited by the leading national and state newspapers in the U.S., including the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Washington Post. CMD’s reporting is credited by news shows on major broadcast stations including HBO, Showtime, PBS, NBC, CBS, and others, and has also been featured on in-depth news programs, such as Moyers & Company, Democracy Now, and the Thom Hartmann Show, as well as NPR and other public broadcasting agencies, such as the BBC and CBC. Web: http://www.prwatch.org/ http://www.sourcewatch.org [30 Apr 2016]
Center for Nonprofit Success A nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide the training, knowledge and resources to help nonprofit organizations succeed. We believe that the most important asset in an organization is its people, and our programs and services are designed with your most important asset in mind. Offerings include mentoring, workshops, a job bank, consulting, and research. Web: http://www.cfnps.org/ [16 Jan 2016]
Center for Popular Economics A nonprofit collective of political economists based in Amherst, MA. Since our founding in 1979, thousands of people have participated in our workshops and Institutes. Our programs and publications demystify the economy and put useful economic tools in the hands of people fighting for social and economic justice. We examine root causes of economic inequality and injustice including systems of oppression based on race, class, gender, nation and ethnicity. CPE provides a forum for activists, organizers, educators, and progressive economists to come together, learn from one another and work to build a movement for social and economic justice. Web: http://www.PopularEconomics.org [12 Apr 2015]
Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO) Promotes and facilitates public participation in the oversight of environmental activities at federal facilities, private “Superfund” sites, and Brownfields. CPEO educates public stakeholders on both the process and technologies for cleanup and environmental protection. CPEO conducts sites visits, convenes workshops and forums, publishes articles, and maintains the web-based “technology tree.” Address: c/o PSC, 278-A Hope Street, Mountain View CA 94041 Voice: (650) 961-8918 Email: cpeo@cpeo.org Web: http://www.cpeo.org [05 Oct 2014]
Center for Public Integrity (CPI) We are one of the country’s oldest and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organizations. Our mission: To serve democracy by revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of public trust by powerful public and private institutions, using the tools of investigative journalism. Web: http://www.publicintegrity.org [13 Apr 2014]
Center for Reproductive Rights Uses the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill. Web: http://www.reproductiverights.org [05 Oct 2014]
Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) The nation’s premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the organization aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more transparent and responsive government. Web: http://www.opensecrets.org/ [07 Oct 2014]
Center for Sex and Culture Mission is to provide judgment-free education, cultural events, a library/media archive, and other resources to audiences across the sexual and gender spectrum; and to research and disseminate factual information, framing and informing issues of public policy and public health. Aims to provide a community center for education, advocacy, research, and support to the widest range of people. We offer classes that run the gamut from informational to experiential. We host classes and cultural events as well as offer our space to other organizations and teachers as scheduling allows. Located at 1349 Mission Street (between 9th and 10th) in San Francisco. Address: 2261 Market Street Box 455-A, San Francisco CA 94114 Email: info@sexandculture.org Web: http://www.sexandculture.org/ [15 Jul 2017]
Center for Story-based Strategy (CSS) A national movement-building organization dedicated to harnessing the power of narrative for social change. We offer social justice networks, alliances and organizations the analysis, training and strategic support to change the story on the issues that matter most. We’ve trained over 4,000 activists since 2002. Through collaboration consulting, and direct partnership we’ve supported over 200 innovative social change organizations to win critical campaigns. Formerly smartMeme. Address: 900 Alice Street #320, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 903-1809 Email: info@smartmeme.org Web: http://www.storybasedstrategy.org [23 Mar 2014]
Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) A 25-year-old environmental economics think tank that works to speed the transition to a sustainable society. We do this by analyzing the impacts of public policy, programs, and projects, by developing creative solutions for government agencies, businesses, non-profits, and educators, and by providing expert support for legislative, administrative, and legal campaigns. We keep our organization lean and effective by minimizing administrative staff and overhead and by relying on a network of distinguished fellows with expertise in the fields of ecological economics, conservation biology, sustainability analysis, and public interest law. We serve our partners by providing expertise they need but also take initiative on our own campaigns when key opportunities arise. Web: http://sustainable-economy.org/ [04 Sep 2016]
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) The mission of CASSE is to advance the steady state economy, with stabilized population and consumption, as a policy goal with widespread public support. We pursue this mission by: * educating citizens, organizations, and policy makers on the conflict between economic growth and (1) environmental protection, (2) ecological and economic sustainability, and (3) national security and international stability; * promoting the steady state economy as a desirable alternative to economic growth; * studying the means to establish a steady state economy. Web: http://steadystate.org [13 Aug 2014]
Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA) Dedicated to discussing the realities and challenges we face in the age of globalization. Due to the dominance of international corporate interests and the collusion of political elites, much of the world’s populace lives in misery, alienation and conflict while the planet earth is ravaged by imperial wars and an ecological crisis. Web: http://globalalternatives.org [09 Aug 2015]
Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) A racial-justice organization dedicated to building a social-justice movement led by people of color. We were established in 1980 as a training and resource center that promotes and sustains direct-action organizing in communities of color in the United States. CTWO provides organizer training programs, including the model Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP), and builds an active network of organizations and activists of color to achieve racial justice in its fullest dimensions. Additionally, CTWO also provides consultation and customized training. Address: 900 Alice Street, Suite 300, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 201-0080 Fax: (510) 433-0908 Email: ctwo@ctwo.org Web: http://www.ctwo.org [07 Oct 2014]
Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens Fairview Gardens, located in Goleta, California, builds critical connections between community, agriculture and education by: * Innovating and producing safe, organic, locally-grown foods in a sustainable manner * Serving as a community-based educational resource * Advocating for appropriately scaled, healthy food systems, and * Providing engaging, hands-on experience with farming Web: http://www.fairviewgardens.org [22 Mar 2014]
Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 1994 to educate urban consumers about sustainable agriculture and to create links between urban dwellers and local farmers. We have managed the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco since 1999. CUESA’s educational initiatives include cooking demonstrations, farm tours, youth programs, a weekly email newsletter, and more. Address: One Ferry Building, Suite 50, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 291-3276 (291-FARM) Fax: (415) 291-3275 Email: info@cuesa.org Web: http://cuesa.org [07 Oct 2014]
Center for Voting and Democracy (FairVote) Advances systemic electoral reform to achieve a fully participatory and truly representative democracy that respects every vote and every voice in every election. We work toward these goals by providing advocates with innovative research and reform strategy. We promote ranked choice voting (“instant runoff”), a constitutionally protected right to vote, a national popular vote for president, and, most fundamentally, fair representation voting forms of proportional representation. Web: http://www.fairvote.org/ [12 Apr 2015]
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) A nonprofit nonpartisan organization whose mission is to reduce society’s reliance on incarceration as a solution to social problems. In pursuit of this mission, CJCJ provides direct services, technical assistance, and policy analysis that work in unison to promote a balanced and humane criminal justice system designed to reduce incarceration and enhance long-term public safety. Address: 40 Boardman Place, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 621-5661 Fax: (415) 621-5466 Email: dmacallair@cjcj.org Web: http://www.cjcj.org [23 Jul 2017]
Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) An independent research and media organization based in Montreal. The CRG is a registered non-profit organization in the province of Quebec, Canada. In addition to the Global Research websites, the Centre is involved in book publishing, support to humanitarian projects as well as educational outreach activities including the organization of public conferences and lectures. The Centre also acts as a think tank on crucial economic and geopolitical issues. The Global Research website at http://www.globalresearch.ca publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on social, economic, strategic and environmental processes. Web: http://globalresearch.ca/ [13 Apr 2014]
Centro Legal de la Raza A comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of immigrant, low-income, and Latino communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy. By combining quality legal services with know-your-rights education and youth development, Centro Legal promotes access to justice for thousands of individuals and families each year throughout Northern and Central California. Address: 3400 East 12th Street, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 437-1554 Fax: (510) 437-9164 Email: info@centrolegal.org Web: http://centrolegal.org/ [05 Apr 2017]
Challenging White Supremacy (CWS) Believes that the most effective way to create fundamental social change in the U.S. is by building mass-based, multi-racial grassroots movements led by radical activists of color. We also believe that the major barrier to creating these movements is racism or white supremacy. CWS coordinated anti-racist training workshops in the Bay Area from 1993 until 2005. Material from the workshops is still available at http://www.cwsworkshop.org. Address: 2440 Sixteenth Street #275, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 647-0921 Email: cws@igc.org Web: http://www.cwsworkshop.org [20 Jan 2014]
ChangeLab Solutions Specializes in researching and drafting model laws and policies, providing analysis and recommendations on environmental change strategies, developing educational toolkits and fact sheets, and providing on-demand training and technical assistance to support stakeholders in their policy reform efforts. Our interdisciplinary team of lawyers, urban planners, architects, policy analysts, and public health specialists successfully apply this approach in the context of land use and transportation planning, childhood obesity prevention, tobacco control, food systems, school environments, and more. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 502, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 302-3380 Web: http://changelabsolutions.org [31 Jan 2014]
ChangeLab Solutions Specializes in researching and drafting model laws and policies, providing analysis and recommendations on environmental change strategies, developing educational toolkits and fact sheets, and providing on-demand training and technical assistance to support stakeholders in their policy reform efforts. Our interdisciplinary team of lawyers, urban planners, architects, policy analysts, and public health specialists successfully apply this approach in the context of land use and transportation planning, childhood obesity prevention, tobacco control, food systems, school environments, and more. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 502, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 302-3380 Web: http://changelabsolutions.org [30 Aug 2014]
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic (CMCC) A California state licensed free clinic and 501(c)(3) organization providing complementary integrative medical treatments and safety net social services to low-income women with cancer since 1991. Address: 610 16th Street, Suite 426, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 601-7660 Fax: (510) 601-7669 Web: http://www.charlottemaxwell.org [18 Oct 2015]
Chelsea Green Publishing The publishing leader for books on the politics and practice of sustainable living. We are a founding member of the Green Press Initiative and have been printing books on recycled paper since 1985, when our first list of books appeared. We lead the industry both in terms of content—foundational books on renewable energy, green building, organic agriculture, eco-cuisine, and ethical business—and in terms of environmental practice, printing 95 percent of our books on recycled paper with a minimum 30 percent post-consumer waste and aiming for 100 percent whenever possible. This approach is a perfect example of what is called a ”triple bottom line“ practice, one that benefits people, planet, and profit, and the emerging new model for sustainable business in the 21st century. Web: http://www.chelseagreen.com [07 Oct 2014]
Chelsea Manning Support Network The trial of military whistle-blower and democracy advocate Chelsea Manning (known as Bradley Manning until her Aug 22, 2013 announcement) finished on August 21st. After a prosecution which starkly showcased US government officials’ misplaced priorities when it comes to human rights, Army whistleblower PVT Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison. This case sets a dangerous precedent for the first amendment, opening whistle-blowers and those who help them to extreme prosecution. However, as we enter the appeals process, [Chelsea] Manning’s story is far from over. Web: http://www.chelseamanning.org/ [09 Aug 2014]
Chiapas Support Committee (CSC) A grass roots all-volunteer organization in Oakland, California. We support indigenous and campesino organizations in Mexico. Currently, we work with the Zapatista Good Government Junta in the Caracol of La Garrucha and its education coordinators to build and equip schools, support training and continuing education of schoolteachers and provide needed supplies for students. In the Bay Area we provide public information about Chiapas through public events and workshops, our newsletter, Chiapas Update, our listserv, web site and CompaManuel blog. We organize delegations to Chiapas and also recruit and certify human rights observers and volunteers. Address: POBox 3421, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 654-9587 Email: cezmat@igc.org Web: http://www.chiapas-support.org [19 Oct 2015]
Child Care Links Acts as a link between government social service agencies and families. Income-eligible families can receive needed funds to pay for child care and education on how to find quality child care. Child Care Providers, parents and employers receive valuable one-on-one support and education from the agency. Free child care referrals are provided to parents in the Tri-Valley area. Address: 6601 Owens Drive, Suite 100, Pleasanton CA 94588 Voice: (925) 417-8733 Fax: (925) 730-4942 Email: mail@childcarelinks.org Web: http://www.childcarelinks.org [25 Oct 2015]
Child Family Health International (CFHI) Provides community-based Global Health Education Programs for students and institutions. Our unique model fosters reciprocal partnerships and empowerment in local communities, transforming perspectives about self, healing and global citizenship. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations. Address: 2369 Ocean Avenue #200, San Francisco CA 94127 Voice: (415) 957-9000 Fax: (415) 840-0486 Web: http://www.cfhi.org [23 Oct 2016]
Children’s Council of San Francisco Connects families to child care that meets their needs and works with parents, providers, and community partners to make quality child care and early education a reality for all children in our city. Address: 445 Church Street (between 16th and 17th Streets), San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 276-2900 Web: http://www.childrenscouncil.org [12 Apr 2015]
Children’s Defense Fund – California (Oakland office) (CDF-CA) A national child advocacy organization founded by Marian Wright Edelman that has worked relentlessly for over 40 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. CDF-CA was established in 1998 to meet the needs of underserved children in the state of California.With offices in Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento and Long Beach, CDF-CA champions policies and programs that lift children out of poverty, ensure all children have access to health coverage and care and a quality education, and invest in our justice-involved youth. Address: 405 14th Sreet., Suite 1012, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 663-3224 Fax: (510) 663–1783 Web: http://www.cdfca.org [30 Apr 2016]
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) Founded in 1969 to protect the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans and to advance multiracial democracy in the United States. Today, CAA is a progressive voice in and on behalf of the broader Asian and Pacific American community. We advocate for systemic change that protects immigrant rights, promotes language diversity, and remedies racial injustice. Address: 17 Walter U Lum Place (near Portsmouth Square Park), San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 274-6750 Fax: (415) 397-8770 Email: info[at]caasf[dot]org Web: http://www.caasf.org [14 Apr 2017]
Choice Medical Group Has been providing quality abortion care to the women of Northern California for over 25 years. We are dedicated to the highest standard of medical care in a comforting, supportive atmosphere, and thousands of women rely on us each year. We are committed to providing the support and education you need to make the best health care decisions. The decision to terminate a pregnancy is not an easy one to make. We are sensitive to the thought, and sometimes confusion or stress, involved in the decision to terminate a pregnancy. Address: 400 29th Street, Suite 301, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 899-7099 ; (800) 338-1361 Web: http://www.choicemedicalgroup.com/ [25 Oct 2015]
Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, Inc. (CAPGH) A nonprofit organization formed to provide full and material disclosure ofall the factors that can have profound effects on your decision to buy into an HOA controlled property. We believe that the regulation of planned communities must be under local government statutes to provide for the constitutional protection of homeowner rights. Web: http://pvtgov.org [13 Apr 2014]
Citizens for Balanced Growth A Tri-Valley (Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol, Dublin) registered 501(c) (3) non-profit group in California. Founded in 1982, we strive to support activities which enhance the quality of life for residents of this beautiful convergence of valleys and hills. Such a special place is worth protecting. Address: 661 South N Street, Livermore CA 94550 Voice: (925) 449-8147 Email: info@citizensforbalancedgrowth.org Web: http://www.citizensforbalancedgrowth.org [14 Jan 2017]
Citizens for Healthy Options In Children’s Education (CHOICE) Launched in 1994 by a group of concerned parents to promote a choice of wholesome plant-based meals and nutrition education in our nation’s schools. It is supported entirely by individual contributions. CHOICE produces and distributes teaching materials, supports parents working for change in their schools, assists school administrators and food service providers in developing healthier meals, encourages students to select healthier food choices, and reports on similar efforts throughout the U.S. Web: http://www.choiceusa.net/ [16 Jul 2016]
Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) A 501(c)(4) public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on federal, state and local tax policies and their impact upon our nation. CTJ’s mission is to give ordinary people a greater voice in the development of tax laws. Against the armies of special interest lobbyists for corporations and the wealthy, CTJ fights for: Tax fairness for middle and low-income families Requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share Closing corporate tax loopholes Adequately funding important government services Reducing the federal debt Taxation that minimizes distortion of economic markets Web: http://www.ctj.org/ [24 Jul 2016]
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter) (CCL Alameda County) We exist to create the political will for climate solutions by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power. CCL Alameda County started in 2014 and has been working to build political will for Carbon Fee and Dividend in our area ever since. We are building a strong relationship with Representative Barbara Lee in congressional District CA-13 and with our Senators Boxer and Feinstein. In addition we have had numerous letters to the editor and Op-ed’s published in the Oakland Tribune, SF Chronicle, and the LA Times. We work to find support for climate action at a federal level from local civic leaders, the business community, communities of faith, and other NGOs. Web: http://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/CA_Alameda_County/ http://citizensclimatelobby.org/ [11 Nov 2016]
City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment (SF Environment) Creates visionary policies and innovative programs that promote social equity, protect human health, and lead the way toward a sustainable future. We put our mission into action by mobilizing communities and providing the resources needed to safeguard our homes, our city, and ultimately our planet. Topics we work on include: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Justice, Green Building, Green Business Program, School Education Program, Toxics Reduction, Transportation, Urban Forestry and Urban Agriculture, Zero Waste. Address: 1455 Market Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 355-3700 Email: environment@sfgov.org Web: http://sfenvironment.org [18 Feb 2017]
City CarShare In 2001, City CarShare was launched by transportation visionaries as a Bay Area nonprofit with the goal to make our community a more livable place. Carsharing means fewer cars on the road, less congestion, and less pollution — plus significant savings for you. At City CarShare we have the best rates, the greenest fleet, and the most secure insurance coverage of any carsharing organization. Address: 28 Geary Street, Suite 590, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 995-8588 Fax: (415) 995-8589 Email: memberservices@citycarshare.org Web: http://www.citycarshare.org [25 Oct 2015]
City Lights Bookstore The nation’s first all-paperback bookstore, City Lights has expanded several times over the years; we now offer three floors of both new-release hardcovers and quality paperbacks from all of the major publishing houses, along with an impressive range of titles from smaller, harder-to-find, specialty publishers. The store features an extensive and in-depth selection of poetry, fiction, translations, politics, history, philosophy, music, spirituality, and more, with a staff whose special book interests in many fields contribute to the hand-picked quality of what you see on the shelves. Address: 261 Columbus Avenue (near Broadway), San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 362-8193 Fax: (415) 362-4921 Web: http://www.citylights.com [14 Apr 2017]
City of Refuge United Church of Christ We all need community. When access to existing communities is not available, marginalized people must seek to develop community for and among themselves. We at City of Refuge UCC are giving birth to a fresh, emerging Christian community. We believe that now, as in the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry, seemingly marginalized people respond to a community of openness and inclusivity, where other people from the edge gather. City of Refuge UCC welcomes people to be who they are by embracing a theology of acceptance – a radical inclusivity that leaves no one behind. Address: 8400 Enterprise Way, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 633-6316 Email: info@cityofrefugeucc.org Web: http://www.sfrefuge.org [07 Oct 2014]
City Repair An organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists. Web: http://cityrepair.org/ [13 Aug 2014]
City Slicker Farms Mission is to empower West Oakland community members to meet the immediate and basic need for healthy organic food for themselves and their families by creating high-yield urban farms and backyard gardens. Our programs are an immediate solution to West Oakland’s lack of real choice for fresh, affordable, healthy food. Our programs also have a long-term sustainable impact, changing underutilized urban landscapes into ones that provide healthy, affordable food and improve the environment for generations to come. Address: 1625 16th Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 763-4241 Email: info[at]cityslickerfarms[dot]org Web: http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
Civicorps Schools Mission is to re-engage young adults, so they can earn a high school diploma, gain job skills, pursue college, and embark on family sustaining careers. All of our students have dropped out of high school, are low-income, and 97% live in poverty. Almost all (99%) students are an ethnic minority, 39% have been convicted of a crime, 50% are homeless, 45% are single parents, 25% are former foster youth, and 40% have learning disabilities and/or emotional disturbance. Not only do we have a 72% graduation rate (one of the highest in Oakland), but also one year after graduation, 73% of our graduates are still enrolled in college and/or employed. This success ripples out into the community, creating a legacy of achievement for our city. Address: 101 Myrtle Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 992-7800 Fax: (510) 992-7950 Email: info@cvcorps.org Web: http://www.cvcorps.org/ [30 Apr 2016]
Civil Liberties Defense Center Mission focuses on defending and upholding civil liberties through education, outreach, litigation, and legal support and assistance. The CLDC strives to preserve the strength and vitality of the Bill of Rights and the U.S. and state constitutions, as well as to protect freedom of expression. Web: http://www.cldc.org/ [13 Apr 2014]
Class Action Inspires action to end classism and extreme inequality by providing change-makers with tools, training and inspiration to raise awareness, shift cultural beliefs about social class, build cross-class solidarity, and transform institutions and systems. Class Action provides a dynamic framework and analysis, as well as a safe space, for people of all backgrounds to identify and address issues of class and classism. We do this through powerful interactive trainings, workshops, presentations, organizational consulting, and public education. Web: http://www.classism.org [07 Jan 2017]
Clean Energy Action Clean Energy Action…Accelerating the transition to a post-fossil-fuel world built on clean energy …by educating citizens on the impacts of fossil fuel use and on clean energy options …by supporting data-driven, informed action in coal-reliant states …by conducting and disseminating research on coal supplies and utilities …by envisioning the integrated renewable energy future Web: http://cleanenergyaction.org [16 Jun 2014]
Clean Water Action (CWA) A one million member organization of diverse people and groups joined together to protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life. Our goals include clean, safe and affordable water; prevention of health threatening pollution; creation of environmentally safe jobs and businesses; and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups and coalitions and campaigns to elect environmental candidates and solve environmental and community problems. Address: 350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (415) 369-9160 Fax: (415) 369-9180 Web: http://www.cleanwateraction.org [02 Nov 2015]
Climate Ark A climate change and global warming portal, search engine and newsfeed that promotes public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency, and ending deforestation. Web: http://www.climateark.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
Climate Disobedience Center Purpose is to serve as a catalyst for direct action, creating points of vivid moral clarity, emboldening both climate activists and the unlikeliest of allies, to capture the heart and soul of the climate debate. Web: http://www.climatedisobedience.org/ [01 Feb 2017]
The Climate Mobilization Mission is to protect civilization and the natural world from catastrophic climate disruption. We are dedicated to living in climate truth, and believe that working to solve the climate crisis is everyone’s responsibility. Dozens of leading environmental analysts have determined that the only way to save civilization from climate change is with a wartime-style mobilization, akin to the American home-front effort during World War II. In that sense, The Climate Mobilization is a single-issue campaign. We demand a WWII-scale mobilization to restore a safe climate. Web: http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/ [27 Nov 2015]
Clinic by the Bay A volunteer-powered nonprofit organization that provides free healthcare to those living or working in the San Francisco and San Mateo counties. Address: 4877 Mission Street (between France and Russia Avenues), San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 405-0222 (patient line); (415) 405-0207 (business line) Fax: (415) 405-0223 Email: info@clinicbythebay.org Web: http://www.clinicbythebay.org [19 Aug 2017]
Close to Home: Exploring Nature in the East Bay (CTH) Offers a year-long program of 10 Saturday field trips to some of the East Bay’s most interesting and beautiful places, led by expert naturalists. From these experiences, we hope to deepen our familiarity and sense of kinship with the natural world of the East Bay. Monthly outings are led by naturalists who know and love the East Bay parks we visit. Yearlong field trip participants form a learning community, interacting with naturalists who help us attune our senses to what is revealed in a variety of habitats. Address: 3758 Grand Avenue #38, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 655-6658 Email: spring5@mindspring.com Web: http://www.close-to-home.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE) An all-volunteer Internet end-user advocacy organization. CAUCE has moved beyond its original mission of advocating for anti-spam laws, to a broader stance of defending the interests of all users in the areas of privacy and abuse in all its forms on the Internet. CAUCE is led by a Board of Directors with a cumulative century of experience in the field of Internet advocacy who are active in consulting with governments, law enforcement agencies, and Industry associations. See some of the papers and talks they have given. Web: http://www.cauce.org/ [24 Jul 2016]
San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness Comprised of homeless people and allies who have been organizing together since 1987 to expand access to housing in one of the richest cities in the country, to protect the rights of the poorest people in our society, and to create real solutions to contemporary homelessness. Address: 468 Turk Street (between Hyde and Larkin), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 346-3740 Web: http://www.cohsf.org [18 Apr 2015]
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) Deepens and broadens the Jewish community’s commitment to stewardship and protection of the Earth through outreach, activism and Jewish learning. Through a network of Jewish leaders, institutions and individuals, COEJL is mobilizing the Jewish community to conserve energy, increase sustainability, and advocate for policies that increase energy efficiency and security while building core Jewish environmental knowledge and serving as a Jewish voice in the broader interfaith community. COEJL has been an initiative at the Jewish Council for Public Affairs since 1993 and serves as the Jewish partner in the National Religious Partnership on the Environment. Web: http://www.coejl.org [20 Jan 2014]
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) A mass, democratic, integrated, national organization dedicated to building a new mass civil rights movement to defend affirmative action, integration, and the other gains of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and to advance the struggle for equality in American society by any means necessary. Become a leader of the new, independent, integrated, youth-led, civil rights/ immigrant rights movement! Web: http://www.bamn.com/ [17 Apr 2017]
CODEPINK Women for Peace A women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. Founded in fall 2002 as a grassroots effort to prevent the US war on Iraq, we continue to organize for justice for Iraqis and to hold war criminals accountable. We actively oppose the continuing U.S. war in Afghanistan, torture, the detention center at Guantanamo, weaponized and spy drones, the prosecution of whistleblowers, U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine and repressive regimes. Web: http://www.codepinkalert.org/ [17 Apr 2016]
Codornices Creek Watershed Council (CCWC) A local, volunteer organization made up of stakeholders who live and work in the watershed. The purpose of the Council is to protect and restore watershed processes and function, and to promote awareness and stewardship through collaborative partnerships with agencies, businesses, organizations, and the community. Web: http://www.codornicescreekwatershed.org [25 Oct 2015]
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth A member-led, multi-racial community organization working to create a city of hope, opportunity, and justice for all children and all families in San Francisco. Over the last 30 years, Coleman has become the leading voice for low to moderate income youth and families in San Francisco. Through grassroots leadership development, youth and parent organizing, budget and policy advocacy, civic engagement and strategic alliance-building, Coleman has transformed public institutions, improved the lives of tens of thousands of residents, and become a national model for community-driven change. Address: 459 Vienna Street, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 239-0161 Fax: (415) 239-0584 Email: info@colemanadvocates.org Web: http://www.colemanadvocates.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
ColorLines Magazine A daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning investigative reporting and news analysis. Colorlines is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice. Colorlines is produced by a multiracial team of writers who cover stories from the perspective of community, rather than through the lens of power brokers. Address: 900 Alice Street, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 653-3415 Fax: (510) 653-3427 Email: community@colorlines.com Web: http://www.colorlines.com [01 Feb 2015]
Guy Colwell A Berkeley based visual artist and activist making accessible to progressive organizations a large inventory of socially conscious illustrations on themes of peace, justice, and the environment to enhance activist messages, usually at no cost. Email: info@atelier9.com Web: http://www.atelier9.com [14 Apr 2017]
Commercial Alert Mission is to keep the commercial culture within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and democracy. Commercial Alert became a project of Public Citizen in 2011. Web: http://www.commercialalert.org [07 Jan 2017]
Committee for Green Foothills Mission is to protect the open spaces, farmlands, and natural resources of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties through advocacy, education, and grassroots action. Address: Peninsula Conservation Center, 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 968-7243 Email: info@GreenFoothills.org Web: http://www.greenfoothills.org [23 Jan 2017]
San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (SF-CHRP) Shares the vision of human rights advanced by the National Democratic movement of the Philippines. SF-CHRP educates, organizes, and mobilizes people and communities in the Bay Area to take progressive action in upholding and supporting human rights in the Philippines and throughout the world. Web: http://sfchrp.weebly.com [13 Apr 2014]
Bay Area Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) We are a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting the Salvadoran people’s struggle forself-determination and social and economic justice. CISPES is committed to working for a world without oppression. We recognize that the roots of oppression run deep in our society and in ourselves, and that all freedom struggles. Address: 2940 16th Street #301, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 503-0789 Email: bayarea@cispes.org Web: http://www.cispes.org [13 Aug 2014]
Committee of 100 for Tibet (C100) A unique organization in its composition, strategy and uncompromising support of the Tibetan people in their peaceful struggle. In addition to pursuing its own projects, the C100 actively endorses and contributes to the work of other key organizations supporting Tibet and the Tibetan people. The C100 is dedicated to educating people throughout the world on the tragic situation in Tibet today. Tibetans continue to be deprived of their basic human rights and freedoms, are marginalized and impoverished by unjust and discriminatory policies, and their unique culture and Buddhist religion – an ancient heritage of inestimable value to all humanity – is in peril. Web: http://www.c100tibet.org/ [07 Jan 2017]
Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste Mission is to eliminate toxic contaminants of the soil, groundwater, plants, and atmosphere through remediation and by drastically reducing and eventually eliminating the generation and storage of hazardous, radioactive and radioactive mixed wastes. Address: POBox 9646, Berkeley CA 94709 Web: http://cmtwberkeley.org/ [24 Jul 2015]
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) A nationwide organization with deep roots in many social movements. We are active in labor and community groups, in peace and justice coalitions, among students and youth, in the women’s and LGBT movements, and in environmental, immigrant rights and electoral campaigns. Address: 522 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-6637 Email: national@cc-ds.org Web: http://www.cc-ds.org/ [23 Jul 2017]
Common Cause The original citizens’ lobby, founded in 1970 by John Gardner, and still battling for open, honest and accountable government in Washington, D.C. and in all 50 states. We have 400,000 members and supporters, offices in 35 states and activists everywhere. Please explore our site, learn about our work and join our community. This is our democracy, it’s up to all of us to make it work. Web: http://www.commoncause.org [19 Oct 2014]
Common Dreams News Center A non-profit independent newscenter created in 1997 as a new media model. By relying on our readers and tens of thousands of small donations to keep us moving forward — with no advertising, corporate underwriting or government funding — Common Dreams maintains an editorial independence our readers can count on. We are optimists. We believe real change is possible. But only if enough well-informed, well intentioned — and just plain fed up and fired-up — people demand it. We believe that together we can attain our common dreams. Web: http://www.commondreams.org/ [24 Jul 2016]
The Commons San Francisco e lead four-session seminars in The Principles of Economics. In eight hours of class time, participants get an overview of how the economy works. They understand why the economy’s topsy-turvy when it is, and why there’s so much acrimony and confusion regarding taxes. In other words, participants are equipped to powerfully interpret social and environmental questions of the day. What’s more, they perceive systemic solutions to environmental and social challenges. We are commited to ending involuntary poverty, worldwide. Public policy featuring the commons can achieve that goal. Address: 189 Ellsworth Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 970-9306 Email: info@thecommonssf.org Web: http://www.thecommonssf.org [20 Jan 2014]
Commonweal Works in three core fields—health and healing, art and education, and environment and justice. Within those fields, Commonweal incubates and supports a dozen different programs including programs in cancer, health professional education, environmental health, adult learning, yoga, healing nutrition, permaculture gardening, and juvenile justice. Address: POBox 316, Bolinas CA 94924 Voice: (415) 868-0970 Fax: (415) 868-2230 Email: commonweal@commonweal.org Web: http://www.commonweal.org [06 Jul 2015]
The Commonwealth Fund A private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries. Web: http://www.cmwf.org/ [20 Jan 2014]
Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) One of the preeminent environmental justice organizations in the nation. The mission of CBE is to build people’s power in California’s communities of color and low income communities to achieve environmental health and justice by preventing and reducing pollution and building green, healthy and sustainable communities and environments. CBE provides residents in blighted and heavily polluted urban communities in California with organizing skills, leadership training and legal, scientific and technical assistance, so that they can successfully confront threats to their health and well-being. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 600, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 302-0430 Fax: (510) 302-0437 Web: http://www.cbecal.org/ [18 Apr 2015]
Communities United in Defense of Olmstead (CUIDO) A Bay Area grassroots disability rights activist organization committed to defending the human and civil rights of people with disabilities. We take our name from the 1999 Olmstead Supreme Court ruling, which declared that people with disabilities have the right to live in the community, and that placing us in nursing homes or other institutions against our will when we are capable of living in the community amounts to segregation based on disability. We engage in nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience, focusing (so far) primarily on the California budget cuts to programs serving people with disabilities, seniors, and poor people. We are a cross-disability organization and an all-volunteer group which relies on modest community donations to fund its work. Address: 1927 Fairview Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 686-3139 Web: http://cuido.org [14 Mar 2014]
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office (CAFF) A California-based nonprofit that advocates for family farmers and sustainable agriculture. We run extensive, on-the-ground programs in many regions throughout California, enabling community members and businesses to find and choose local food, and helping farmers increase their income and sustainability. CAFF has been recognized nationally and internationally for its pioneering programs, and played key roles in enacting the nation’s toughest laws regulating pesticide use; promoting the development of organic farming; bringing fresh, local produce into school cafeterias; and establishing programs to distribute locally grown produce to community grocery stores, hospitals, restaurants and farmers markets. Address: 405 14th Street, Suite 209, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 832-4625 Fax: (510) 832-1265 Web: http://www.caff.org/ https://www.facebook.com/BA.CAFF [25 Oct 2015]
Community Boards Operates the oldest, longest-running public conflict resolution center in the United States. We maintain a corps of 350+ highly skilled volunteer Community Mediators. Our neighborhood mediation services are offered citywide in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and English at little or no-cost. Our professional mediation services are a perfect fit for independent contractors, small businesses, tech startups, property managers, homeowner associations, and nonprofit organizations. Address: 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2040, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 920-3820 Web: http://www.communityboards.org [25 Oct 2015]
Community Food & Justice Coalition (CFJC) Promotes the basic human right of access to healthy food. We take a holistic and systemic approach to creating a food system that is equitable, environmentally and economically sustainable, and community-driven. We see food as a tool for building a just and equitable society. Therefore, we work to be a connector and provide support across issues that impact our communities and our food system; including food and farm policy, healthy food access, climate change, economic development, and health equity. Equity and social justice are the basis for how we approach all of our work. We support communities to affect systemic change starting at the local level. Address: 398 60th Street, Oakland CA 94618 Voice: (510) 547-1547 Email: info@cafoodjustice.org Web: http://comfoodjustice.org [30 Aug 2014]
Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) A North American coalition of diverse people and organizations working from the local to international levels to build community food security. We have a diverse membership with almost 300 organizations from social and economic justice, anti-hunger, environmental, community development, sustainable agriculture, community gardening and other fields. We are dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food to all people at all times. We seek to develop self-reliance among all communities in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing, processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability. Web: http://foodsecurity.org [24 Jul 2016]
Community Housing Partnership (CHP) Mission is to help homeless people secure housing and become self-sufficient. An outcomes-focused nonprofit that fulfills its mission by developing and managing high quality supportive housing and providing services to homeless individuals, seniors and families to help them rebuild their lives and break the cycle of homelessness. Address: 20 Jones Street, Suite 200, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 852-5300 Email: info@chp-sf.org Web: http://www.chp-sf.org [30 Apr 2016]
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) We provide legal assistance to low-income individuals and families in East Palo Alto and the surrounding community. Our practice areas include immigration, housing, anti-predatory lending and home mortgage foreclosure prevention, and consumer protection (Volunteer Attorney Program). Services range from advice and counseling, brief services, and full representation. CLSEPA does not provide legal assistance with criminal matters. Call your local Public Defender’s office or bar association. Address: 1861 Bay Road, East Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 326-6440 Web: http://www.clsepa.org [19 Oct 2014]
Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL) A peer-based disability resource organization that advocates and provides resources for people with disabilities to improve lives and make communities fully accessible. CRIL offers independent living services at no charge to persons with disabilities living in southern and eastern Alameda County. In order to become a CRIL consumer, an individual must have a disability or functional limitation and be able to benefit from independent living services. Everyone is welcome regardless of race, ethnicity, the nature of the disability or limitation, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, immigration status, health condition or any other characteristics. Address: 439 ‘A’ Street, Hayward CA 94541 Voice: (510) 881-5743; (510) 881-0218 (TTY) Fax: (510) 881-1593 Web: http://www.cril-online.org/ [25 Oct 2015]
The Community Solution We are a community of educators, authors, filmmakers, and activists exploring Community Solutions to Peak Energy and Climate Change. Web: http://www.communitysolution.org/ [14 Apr 2017]
Community Technology Alliance (CTA) Provides technology solutions and support to nonprofits and public agencies who are working with us to end poverty and homelessness. Through our tech-savvy solutions, we’re helping hundreds of programs provide more efficient and effective services to tens-of-thousands of men, women and children each year. In 2013 alone, over 75,000 people received lifesaving services from Community Technology Alliance and our partners. Our partners think of us as their technological backbone. We are based in Silicon Valley, but we provide database and telecommunications solutions, as well as training, technical assistance and facilitation services to communities throughout the country. Address: 1671 The Alameda, Suite 300, San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 437-8800 Fax: (408) 437-9169 Email: info@ctagroup.org Web: http://www.ctagroup.org [01 Feb 2015]
Community United Against Violence (CUAV) Works to build the power of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) communities to transform violence and oppression. We support the healing and leadership of those impacted by abuse and mobilize our broader communities to replace cycles of trauma with cycles of safety and liberation. As part of the larger social justice movement, CUAV works to create truly safe communities where everyone can thrive. Address: 427 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 777-5500 Fax: (415) 777-5565 Email: info@cuav.org Web: http://www.cuav.org [23 Jul 2017]
Community Works (CW) We empower people impacted by incarceration, and we use our work on the front lines to advocate for a more humane justice system. We call it translational justice. Address: 110 Broadway, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 268-8116 Fax: (510) 268-8132 Email: info@communityworkswest.org Web: http://www.communityworkswest.org [19 Aug 2017]
Community Youth Center (CYC) Since 1970, CYC has set the standard for awareness and activism in the Asian community. Originally founded to address the problems of juvenile delinquency and gang violence in Chinatown, CYC has grown to encompass behavioral health, education, intervention, leadership development, street outreach and workforce development in all our programs. We offer services directed at responding to the complex set of issues the youth in our community face including acculturation, difficulties in school, economic hardship, substance abuse, and gang involvement. Our educational enrichment, leadership building, and job-readiness programs have earned CYC a unique reputation as a key agency for Asian youth services in San Francisco. Address: 1038 Post Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 775-2636 Fax: (415) 775-1345 Email: cyc@cycsf.org Web: http://www.cycsf.org [20 Jan 2014]
Community-Wealth.org Resources for democratic, community-based economic development. Few Americans are aware of the steady build-up of innovative community wealth building strategies throughout the United States. Community-Wealth.org brings together, for the first time, information about the broad range of community wealth building activity. Web: http://community-wealth.org [11 May 2014]
CommunityGrows Our mission is to cultivate healthy youth through growing gardens in low-income, diverse communities. In the past decade, CommunityGrows has renovated and/or maintained eight parks and gardens in the Western Addition, providing welcoming oases for residents and outdoor classrooms for youth. Today, CommunityGrows serves over 1,330 youth each year through three interconnected programs: Environmental Education; Seed to Mouth cooking classes; and the BEETS paid teen internship. Address: 762 Fulton Sreet, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 731-1837 Web: http://www.communitygrows.org [16 Jan 2016]
Compass Family Services Helps homeless families and families at imminent risk for homelessness to achieve housing stability, family well-being, and self-sufficiency. Our seven programs provide services to more than 5,000 parents and children each year, 50% of whom are under age 18. Of our 80+ staff members, 57% are people of color, 73% are women, and more than 20% have been homeless and bring firsthand knowledge to their work with clients. Address: 49 Powell Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 644-0504 Web: http://www.compass-sf.org [01 Feb 2015]
Compassion & Choices The leading nonprofit organization committed to helping everyone have the best death possible. We offer free consultation, planning resources, referrals and guidance, and across the nation we work to protect and expand options at the end of life. For over thirty years we have reduced people’s suffering and given them some control in their final days – even when injury or illness takes their voice. We are experts in what it takes to die well. Web: http://www.compassionandchoices.org/ [25 Oct 2015]
Compassion Over Killing (COK) A national nonprofit 501(c)(3) animal advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC with an additional office in Los Angeles, CA. Working to end animal abuse since 1995, COK focuses on cruelty to animals in agriculture and promotes vegetarian eating as a way to build a kinder world for all of us, both human and nonhuman. Since 1995, COK has served as an unwavering force bringing about positive changes for animals and thanks to our many generous supporters, we’ve come a long way in our short history: starting as an all-volunteer high school club and evolving into a national voice for animals. Web: http://www.cok.net/ [13 Apr 2014]
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services Guides nonprofits as they become better managed, more adaptive, and achieve higher impact. With our 24 staff working in San Francisco, the East Bay, Silicon Valley, and beyond, we strengthen today’s leaders, and are helping to grow a healthy pipeline of diverse leaders for the future. We influence the dialogue about policies, emerging practices, and the resources needed for nonprofits to create change. And we convene partners, link fields, and strengthen networks that accomplish more by working together. Address: 500 12th Street, Suite 320, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 318-3755 Fax: (415) 541-7708 Email: info@compasspoint.org Web: http://www.compasspoint.org [20 Jan 2014]
Computer & Technology Resource Center (ACCRC) We are a non-profit environmental charity focused on the responsible collection of e-waste, and helping to lessen the digital divide by donating free computers and training to underserved portions of our community. Since 1994 we have given away thousands of computers to schools, non-profit organizations and economically and/or physically disadvantaged individuals. Discarded electronics are reclaimed and refurbished in our training program where volunteers learn to restore computers for home, school, and office applications. A second location is 620 Page Street, Berkeley, CA 94710. Address: 42 Digital Drive, Novato CA 94930 Voice: (415) 883-1428 Fax: (415) 883-2984 Email: info@ewastecollective.org Web: http://www.accrc.org/ [12 Jul 2014]
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) A global organization promoting the responsible use of computer technology. Founded in 1981, CPSR educates policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues. CPSR has incubated numerous projects such as Privaterra, the Public Sphere Project, EPIC (the Electronic Privacy Information Center), the 21st Century Project, the Civil Society Project, and the CFP (Computers, Freedom & Privacy) Conference. Originally founded by U.S. computer scientists, CPSR now has members in 26 countries on six continents. Web: http://www.cpsr.org [19 Oct 2014]
Congregation Sha’ar Zahav A historically LGBTQ synagogue. We are a progressive, diverse and participatory community that welcomes everyone who wants to create a Judaism that reflects our lives. Please join us for worship, learning and celebration at our home at the corner of Dolores Street and 16th Street in San Francisco. Address: 290 Dolores Street (at 16th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-6932 Web: http://www.shaarzahav.org/ [18 Apr 2015]
Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) The leading organization promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities and healthier living conditions. For over twenty years, CNU members have used the principles in CNU’s Charter to promote the hallmarks of New Urbanism, including: Livable streets arranged in compact, walkable blocks. A range of housing choices to serve people of diverse ages and income levels. Schools, stores and other nearby destinations reachable by walking, bicycling or transit service. An affirming, human-scaled public realm where appropriately designed buildings define and enliven streets and other public spaces. Web: http://www.cnu.org/ [20 Jan 2014]
congress.gov The official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC’s Congressional Research Service. Web: https://www.congress.gov/ [10 Dec 2016]
Chris Conrad Chris Conrad is an author, museum curator, consultant, public speaker, cannabis expert witness and internationally respected authority on cannabis, industrial hemp, medical marijuana, cultivation, garden yields, processing, dosages, commercial intent, personal use and cannabis culture. Web: http://www.chrisconrad.com [20 Jan 2014]
Conservation Corps North Bay Helps young people achieve their educational and career goals. We can help you get somewhere – whether you are just out of college, or want to finish your high school diploma. We make the opportunity available to young adults in Marin and Sonoma Counties, regardless of background, language, income, or ability. In addition to turning young lives around, our environmental programs also provide a valuable service for land management agencies, homeowners’ associations and nonprofit organizations. The work our crews perform includes creek and trail maintenance, ecosystem monitoring, fire fuel reduction, habitat restoration, and recycling to name a few. Address: 27 Larkspur Street, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 454-4554 Email: meckert@conservationcorpsnorthbay.org Web: http://www.conservationcorpsnorthbay.org [23 Mar 2014]
Consider The Homeless We are a grassroots community based group of like-minded neighbors and friends who want to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Unlike most other services for the homeless we do not expect them to come to us. We deliver dinner and supplies to whomever needs them by driving slowly around downtown and calling out to those huddled in doorways, on sidewalks and in parks – “Sir/Ma’am, would you like some hot homemade soup?” We never offer, nor give, cash or cigarettes – we offer a smile and a cup of hot nutritious soup, and thanks to Acme Bakery, some bread and we deliver directly to the homeless hand-to-hand. We tell them, “Stay here, we can bring it to you.” Address: POBox 2771, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 560-4CTH (4286) Email: info@ConsiderTheHomeless.org Web: http://www.considerthehomeless.org [11 Nov 2016]
Consortium For Independent Journalism Tackles tough, important stories that the mainstream media either ignored or failed to cover accurately. Editor / publisher Robert Parry broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-contra scandal, including the first stories on contra cocaine smuggling. Web: http://www.consortiumnews.com/ [19 Oct 2014]
Consume This Movie Are Americans too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planetary ecology in order to serve the desires and drives of the ego? And what, or who could be driving this powerful force of seduction? Consume This Movie takes a critical look at social injustice, peak oil, resource depletion and our deep need to feel connected to each other through what we choose to consume. This 80 minute documentary also examines the frenzied pace of fast-lane materialism that is beggining to burn us out. We Americans are just now beginning to yearn for a simpler life, but is it too late? Have we set in motion a runaway train that threatens to undermine the ecological, social and spiritual cornerstones that make the pursuit of happiness possible in the first place? Walk, don’t drive to see this powerful documentary film, while supplies last! Web: http://consumethismovie.com [30 Apr 2016]
Consumer Action (CA) Through multilingual financial education materials, community outreach, and grassroots “make your voice heard” advocacy, Consumer Action empowers underrepresented consumers nationwide to assert their rights in the marketplace and financially prosper. Address: 221 Main Street, Suite 480, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 777-9635 (Consumer Complaint Hotline); (415) 777-9648 (Business) Web: http://www.consumer-action.org [19 Oct 2014]
Consumer Federation of America (CFA) An association of non-profit consumer organizations that was established in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, advocacy, and education. Today, nearly 300 of these groups participate in the federation and govern it through their representatives on the organization’s Board of Directors. Web: http://www.consumerfed.org/ [30 Apr 2016]
Consumers for Dental Choice (CDC) The goal of our Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry is to phase out the use of amalgam, a 50% mercury product — worldwide. The recently concluded draft mercury treaty requires each signing nation to phase down its use of amalgam, and it provides a road map how. We aim to: Educate consumers about the use of mercury in dentistry so they can make informed decisions Stop dental mercury pollution Protect consumers – especially vulnerable populations such as children and the unborn – from exposure to dental mercury Empower dental workers – dental assistants and hygienists – to protect themselves from mercury in the workplace Promote access to mercury-free alternatives to amalgam Web: http://www.toxicteeth.org/ [23 Jul 2017]
Consumers International Consumers International (CI) is the world federation of consumer groups that, working together with its members, serves as the only independent and authoritative global voice for consumers. There are eight basic consumer rights which define and determine our principles. You can also read about our work to protect and empower consumers everywhere. Founded in 1960, we are fighting for a fair, safe and sustainable future for all consumers in a global marketplace increasingly dominated by international corporations. Web: http://www.consumersinternational.org/ [19 Oct 2014]
Contra Costa Child Care Council In the business of ensuring that Contra Costa’s children are nurtured, healthy and achieve their full potential. As the only child care resource and referral agency serving all of Contra Costa, the Council is at the center of the child care delivery system. Through a wide range of free and low cost services and programs, it partners with parents, child care providers, businesses, and the community to promote quality care and early education so that children are ready for school and parents can work. Address: 1035 Detroit Avenue, Suite 200, Concord CA 94518 Voice: (925) 676-KIDS (5437) Fax: (925) 825-2732 Web: http://www.cocokids.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
Cooperative Community Energy (CCEnergy) Founded in 2001 to make the purchase and installation of renewable energy systems easy and affordable. As a co-op, our customers are part owners of the business, keeping our focus on the benefits we deliver to our members. This philosophy guides everything we do, from initial site evaluations to the long-run efficiency and productivity of each renewable energy system. Address: 534 Fourth Street, Suite C, San Rafael CA 94901-3360 Voice: (877) 228-8700; (415) 457-0215 Fax: (415) 457-0216 Email: solar@ccenergy.com Web: http://www.ccenergy.com [18 Apr 2015]
Berkeley Copwatch Berkeley Copwatch is the original Copwatch group. We began in 1990 on Telegraph Ave. as an all-volunteer organization dedicated to monitoring police actions and non-violently asserting our rights. Since that time, many Copwatch-type organizations have sprung up across the nation, in various forms. Berkeley Copwatch is based on the idea that WATCHING the police is a crucial first step in the process of organizing. We do not attempt to interfere in police activity or to resist police misconduct physically. It is our hope that, one day, mass outrage at police and government violence will increase to a point where fundamental change in the nature of policing becomes inevitable. Address: 2022 Blake Street (near Shattuck), Berkeley CA 94704-2604 Voice: (510) 548-0425 Email: berkeleycopwatch@yahoo.com Web: http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/ [23 Jul 2017]
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) The only international organization working exclusively to save coral reefs. CORAL provides education, tools, and inspiration to help local communities become passionate environmental stewards for the reefs. Together we develop managed marine protected areas and sustainable businesses to benefit coral reefs and people. Address: 351 California Street, Suite 650, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: 1-888-CORAL-REEF Email: info@coral.org Web: http://www.coral.org [28 Jan 2014]
Corporate Accountability International We are committed to stopping life-threatening abuses by global corporations and increasing their accountability to public institutions and people around the world. As global corporations have grown richer and more powerful than many nations, they increasingly operate without limits on their power or influence. Around the world, global corporations drive government policies, unchecked by strong global policies to protect public health, human rights and the environment. Web: http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org [07 Jan 2017]
Corporate Watch A not-for-profit co-operative providing critical information on the social and environmental impacts of corporations and capitalism. Since 1996 our research, journalism, analysis and training have supported people affected by corporations and those taking action for radical social change. We are currently working on climate change and ecology, militarism and social control, democracy, privatisation and housing. All of our work is available for free on our website. Web: https://corporatewatch.org/ [18 Sep 2016]
The Corporation (the film) A film that explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal “person” to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist’s couch to ask “What kind of person is it?” The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics – including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore – plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. Web: http://www.thecorporation.com/ [18 Apr 2015]
CorpWatch Non-profit investigative research and journalism to expose corporate malfeasance and to advocate for multinational corporate accountability and transparency. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations. We seek to expose multinational corporations that profit from war, fraud, environmental, human rights and other abuses, and to provide critical information to foster a more informed public and an effective democracy. Address: POBox 29198, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 226-6226 Web: http://www.corpwatch.org [19 Oct 2014]
COTS Committee on the Shelterless We empower homeless families, veterans, and adults to rebuild their lives and find housing. COTS is nationally recognized for our programs that consistently achieve housing results at twice the national average. We are more than a shelter; we provide comprehensive services that break the cycle of homelessness for good. Address: PO Box 2744, Petaluma CA 94953 Voice: (707) 765-6530 Web: http://www.cots-homeless.org/ [10 Dec 2016]
Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG) Represents the public interest and fosters public debate about the social, ethical and environmental implications of genetic technologies. CRG works through the media and concerned citizens to distribute accurate information on emerging issues in biotechnology. CRG also publishes a bimonthly magazine, GeneWatch, the only publication of its kind in the nation. Web: http://www.gene-watch.org [08 Feb 2015]
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Vision is to be a leading advocate for justice and mutual understanding. CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding. Web: http://www.cair.com [19 Oct 2014]
CounterCorp Seeks to spotlight, curtail, and ultimately prevent the corrosive effects of corporate impunity around the world by raising public and media awareness, promoting critical thought and analysis, and encouraging informed discussion and debate about how corporations actually operate, and what they really add to — and subtract from — humanity’s “bottom line”. Address: 2017 Mission Street, Second Floor (at 16th Street), San Francisco CA 94110 Web: http://www.countercorp.org [23 Jul 2017]
Countercurrents.org An alternative news site that stands for peace and justice. Our sympathies are with all those who are engaged in struggles for economic, political, social, cultural, gender, environmental justice and more. Web: http://www.countercurrents.org [19 Oct 2014]
CounterPULSE A home for grassroots arts and culture in San Francisco. Located at 9th and Mission in SOMA in San Francisco, CounterPULSE is a theater, performance space, community center, gallery and more. With roots deep in the Bay Area’s creative and provocative performance and dance scenes CounterPULSE provides space for performances, rehearsals, workshops, classes, and discussions. As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization CounterPULSE offers subsidized rehearsal and rental space for artists, operates a fiscal sponsorship program for local creative and socially-relevant projects and supports the creation of new artistic work through a notable artist in residence program. Address: 1310 Mission Street (at 9th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 626-2060 Email: info@counterpulse.org Web: http://www.counterpulse.org/ [17 Aug 2014]
CounterPunch The bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Twice a month it brings its readers the stories that the corporate press never prints. Muckraking with a radical attitude. Web: http://www.counterpunch.org/ [08 Feb 2015]
Courage Campaign Fights for a more progressive California and country. We are an online community powered by more than 1.3 million members. Our proven strategy combines digital tools with grassroots community organizing. Every day, we use email, social media, petitions, offline events and data-driven outreach to educate public opinion, mobilize action, and hold our leaders accountable. We focus on THREE priorities: Economic Justice Human Rights Corporate and Political Accountability Web: http://www.couragecampaign.org [24 Jul 2016]
Courage to Resist A group of concerned community members, veterans and military families that supports military objectors to illegal war and occupation and the policies of empire. Our People Power strategy weakens the pillars that maintain war and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere by supporting GI resistance, counter-recruitment and draft resistance, which cuts off the supply of troops. We are autonomous from and independent of any political organization, party or group. Address: 484 Lakepark Avenue # 41, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 488-3559 Web: http://www.couragetoresist.org [18 Apr 2015]
Covenant House California A non-profit agency whose mission is to reach out to at-risk homeless youth living on the streets and offer them hope and opportunities to turn their lives around. We help abused or neglected youth who have nowhere else to go. A large number have been thrown out of their homes while others have aged out or left the foster care system with no family, no support system, and no one to turn to. Address: 200 Harrison Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 379-1010 Fax: (510) 379-1036 Email: info@covenanthousecalifornia.org Web: http://www.covenanthousecalifornia.org [25 Oct 2015]
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret A groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it. Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill. Yet it goes on, almost entirely unchallenged. Web: http://www.cowspiracy.com [30 Nov 2014]
Creativity Explored Advances the value and diversity of artistic expression. We provide artists with developmental disabilities the means to create, exhibit, and sell their art in our studios and gallery, and around the world. We are committed to supporting people with developmental disabilities in their quest to become working artists, and to promoting their work as an emerging and increasingly important contribution to the contemporary art world. Address: 3245 16th Street (between Dolores and Guerrero), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 863-2108 Email: store@creativityexplored.org Web: http://www.creativityexplored.org [28 Jan 2014]
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County (CSS) Mission is to reach out and offer support to people of all ages and backgrounds during times of crisis, to work to prevent the suicide of those who are actively suicidal, and to offer hope and caring during times of hopelessness. Offers a broad range of counseling, education and prevention services in a safe environment. CSS’ 24-hour crisis hotline responds to more than 60,000 calls each year. Services include on-going therapy groups, school-based counseling, supportive services for seniors, suicide prevention for youth; and community education. Address: POBox 3120, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 420-2460 (office); (800) 309-2131 (crisis line) Web: http://www.crisissupport.org [08 Feb 2015]
Crissy Field Center A dynamic hub of youth engagement for the Golden Gate National Parks and a model program of the National Park Service. Crissy Field Center programs encourage new generations to become bold leaders for thriving parks, healthy communities, and a more environmentally just society. With our focus on engaging people who traditionally have had little—if any—access to national parks, the Center has developed strong partnerships with schools and community centers in underserved areas, providing a majority of its programming for free or at low cost. Address: Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 561-3000 Fax: (415) 561-3003 Email: tellmemore@parksconservancy.org Web: http://www.crissyfield.org [30 Apr 2016]
Critical Mass (Berkeley) This fun ride begins at the Ashby Bart Station, where riders meet at 6pm on the 2nd Friday of each month. A local rider frequently brings a powerful bicycle sound system to the rides. Web: http://criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/Berkeley,_California http://www.bclu.org/berkeleycriticalmass.org/ [25 Oct 2015]
Critical Mass (San Francisco) A monthly mass bicycle ride that takes place on the last Friday of each month in cities around the world. It was started here in San Francisco in 1992 by cyclists and activists who wanted to increase the visibility of bicyclists and reclaim public space by making social use of the streets on a regular basis. Meets on the last Friday of each month at 5:30 pm at Justin Herman Plaza, at the foot of Market Street in San Francisco. Web: http://www.sfcriticalmass.org [02 Nov 2015]
Critical Resistance Seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that it reflect communities most affected by the PIC. Because we seek to abolish the PIC, we cannot support any work that extends its life or scope. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 504, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-0484 Email: crnational@criticalresistance.org Web: http://www.criticalresistance.org [08 Feb 2015]
CropChoice An alternative news and information source for American farmers and consumers about genetically modified crops, corporate agribusiness concentration, farm and trade policy, sustainable agriculture, wind farming and alternative energy, and rural economic and social issues. CropChoice has news that big companies may not want farmers to hear. The CropChoice news service provides balance. It complements other news sources and helps American producers make the best planting and management decisions. Consumers are better infomed about the food they’re buying, how it was produced and processed, and its source. Web: http://www.cropchoice.com [08 Feb 2015]
CropMobster Community Exchange An invaluable tool for sharing agricultural and food surplus AND getting the word out about your operation and story. The main principle is creating daily “Win-Win” solutions in the spirit of sharing. If everyone sticks to that we’ll be good to go! Publish Alerts & Offers to Share! Any time you have food to sell, donate or share you can post an alert on your terms. It can be a deal, donation, trade and more! Have extra produce in the garden? Well post an alert! Web: http://sfbay.cropmobster.com/ [19 May 2014]
The Crucible A 501(c)(3) non-profit arts education organization that fosters a collaboration of arts, industry, and community. Through training in the fine and industrial arts, The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials, and innovative design, while serving as an accessible arts venue for the general public in the Bay Area. Known for one-of-a-kind industrial arts education programs, The Crucible is also highly regarded for its innovative performances. Address: 1260 7th Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 444-0919 Email: info@thecrucible.org Web: http://www.thecrucible.org/ [08 Feb 2015]
Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) Drives development and adoption of practical digital imaging and preservation solutions for people passionate about saving humanity’s treasures today, before they are lost. The technologies and principles that guide our work are leading to new and easy-to-learn imaging techniques that can be made available and accessible to people all over the world. By providing tools, technology, and training, CHI drives the adoption of new practices by a broad constituency, from major art museums to remote archaeological sites to fields in the natural sciences. Address: 2325 3rd Street, Suite 323, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 558-8672 Email: info@c-h-i.org Web: http://culturalheritageimaging.org/ [24 Nov 2014]
Culture and Animals Foundation (CAF) CAF takes a distinctive approach to animal advocacy: it is the only all-volunteer organization exclusively dedicated to intellectual and artistic expression to raise awareness of animal rights. With a unique approach best described as cultural activism, CAF funds academic and artistic projects that raise public awareness about concern for animals. Moreover, for twenty-three years CAF produced or co-produced the International Compassionate Living Festival, which brought animal advocates together for dialogue, presentations and performances. Web: http://www.cultureandanimals.org/ [17 Aug 2014]
Culture Change Mobilizes people to slash petroleum consumption immediately. Our reasons are well understood: drastically reduce pollution, avert complete climate chaos, stop the assault of petrochemical toxins on our bodies, end war for oil, and localize economics. So that these needs are understood to a greater degree by more and more people, we engage in education and activism oriented toward the big picture and fundamental change, rather than reforming the system we often refer to as the dominant paradigm. Address: POBox 3387, Santa Cruz CA 95063 Voice: (215) 243-3144 Fax: (215) 243-3144 (same as voice) Web: http://www.culturechange.org [16 Jan 2016]
Cycles of Change Works to improve the health and sustainability of our neighborhoods by increasing the use of bicycles as transportation, connecting youth with the extraordinary living systems of our local area, and building a diverse community of visionary young leaders. The organization began in 1998 at Roosevelt Middle School in East Oakland and has grown steadily to sites in Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley. Address: 1246 23rd Avenue, Oakland CA 94606 Voice: (510) 842-1006 Email: info@cyclesofchange.org Web: http://www.cyclesofchange.org/ [13 Aug 2017]
Daily Acts A sustainability non-profit that inspires action to create more nourishing, connected, and resilient communities. Grounded in the core belief that every choice you make matters, we take a heart-centered approach to personal and community transformation. Our education programs, action campaigns, and strategic alliances connect people to each other and to their own power to grow food, conserve resources and build local resilience. Address: 245 Kentucky Street, Petaluma CA 94953 Voice: (707) 789-9664 Web: http://www.DailyActs.org [14 Apr 2017]
Dark Mountain Project A network of writers, artists and thinkers who have stopped believing the stories our civilisation tells itself. We see that the world is entering an age of ecological collapse, material contraction and social and political unravelling, and we want our cultural responses to reflect this reality rather than denying it. The Project grew out of a feeling that contemporary literature and art were failing to respond honestly or adequately to the scale of our entwined ecological, economic and social crises. We believe that writing and art have a crucial role to play in coming to terms with this reality, and in questioning the foundations of the world in which we find ourselves. Web: http://www.dark-mountain.net/ [17 Aug 2014]
David Brower Center Provides a home for the environmental movement by advocating for the beauty, diversity and ecological integrity of Earth. The Brower Center accomplishes this mission through a distinctive combination of permanent infrastructure and ongoing programs in a unique institution that Informs the public about the environmental challenges we face and the bold actions we must take if ours is to remain a living planet; Inspires people to recognize their own power and responsibility to act on behalf of the Earth; and Connects individuals and organizations dedicated to social equity and ecological sustainability. Address: 2150 Allston Way, Suite 100, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 809-0900 Fax: (510) 809-0909 Email: contact@browercenter.org Web: http://www.browercenter.org/ [14 Apr 2017]
DCARA (Deaf, Counseling, Advocacy & Referral Agency) A non-profit, community-based social service agency serving the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened and Deaf-blind (D/HH/LD/DB)community. Established in 1962 as one of the first Deaf-run agencies in the country, DCARA provides a comprehensive range of programs and services to the Deaf community living in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area of California. Address: 14895 East 14th Street, Suite 200, San Leandro CA 94578-2926 Voice: (510) 343-6670 VP & Voice Fax: (510) 483-1790 Email: info@dcara.org Web: http://www.dcara.org [02 Nov 2015]
Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) A national nonprofit resource and information center for, by and about the Deaf Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex and Questioning communities. This is “the place” to find the most comprehensive and accurate information about this unique community. Web: http://www.deafqueer.org/ [02 Nov 2015]
Death of a Million Trees Although we have preferences, we like all trees and we don’t like to see any healthy tree destroyed. Unfortunately, others believe their preference for certain trees justifies the destruction of those they don’t like. The purpose of this blog is to inform the San Francisco Bay Area of the destruction of trees and to confront the rationale for their destruction. We will describe the projects in the San Francisco Bay Area that have destroyed or are planning to destroy over a half million trees. There are probably many other projects of which we are unaware. We invite you to tell us about the projects that you know about. Web: http://milliontrees.me [14 Jan 2017]
Death Penalty Focus Committed to the abolition of the death penalty through public education, grassroots organizing and political advocacy, media outreach, and domestic and international coalition building. We believe that the death penalty is an ineffective, cruel, and simplistic response to the serious and complex problem of violent crime. It institutionalizes discrimination against the poor and people of color, diverts attention and financial resources away from preventative measures that would actually increase public safety, risks the execution of innocent people, and does not deter crime. Address: 5 Third Street, Suite 725, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 243-0143 Fax: (415) 766-4593 Email: information@deathpenalty.org Web: http://www.deathpenalty.org/ [28 Jan 2014]
Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC) Mission is to promote Death with Dignity laws based on our model legislation, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, both to provide an option for dying individuals and to stimulate nationwide improvements in end-of-life care. Web: http://www.deathwithdignity.org [06 Jul 2015]
Defend Knowland Park Knowland Park (Ohlone Territory called Huchiun) is a 500-acre wild open space in the Oakland hills of California. It was deeded to the City by the State in the 1970’s under the condition that it would always remain a public park but now the Oakland Zoo is trying to expand onto the park, fencing in a large portion of the area and will cut down dozens of trees, some of which are old growth Oaks. The western highlands and northern slopes are currently a home to rare native plant communities, thriving but threatened wildlife, and a critical migratory corridor for coyotes, mountain lions and bobcats. The park is also home to threatened species of animals such as the Alameda Whipsnake and The Great Horned Owl. Web: http://defendknowlandpark.org/ [18 Aug 2015]
Defend Science We have launched an ad hoc emergency initiative from – and reaching out to – scientists in various fields, science educators, science writers, etc. Coming from a diversity of perspectives, we are extremely concerned about the current attack on science, including on its very foundation in scientific method and thinking. Our goal is to mobilize scientists and issue this public call, “Defend Science,” whose purpose is nothing less than to bring society wide attention to the real issues and the real stakes. We launched the Defend Science website in the summer of 2005 and at that time started to circulate the Defend Science Statement broadly. Address: 2124 Kittridge Street #182, Berkeley CA 94704 Email: mail@defendscience.org Web: http://defendscience.org/ [23 Jul 2017]
Defenders of Wildlife A major national conservation organization focused solely on wildlife and habitat conservation and the safeguarding of biodiversity. We believe in the inherent value of wildlife and the natural world, and this singular focus defines our important niche in the environmental and conservation community and serves as the anchor for our organizational values. Web: http://www.defenders.org/ [06 Jul 2015]
Defense of Place A nimble watchdog organization that upholds the inviolability of protected lands. Defense of Place collaborates with citizen activists nationwide to protect parks, nature preserves, wildlife refuges, open spaces, and conservation easements from sale, development and predatory changes in use. While climate change may affect landscapes’ character and species over time, Defense of Place is committed to the principal of saving land in perpetuity for the benefit of future generations. Whether it’s honoring a donor’s legacy or protecting a public asset, Defense of Place can help save a protected place you love. Address: 187 East Blithedale Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941 Voice: (415) 928-3774 Email: info@rri.org Web: http://defenseofplace.rri.org/ [08 Feb 2015]
Demand Progress We work to win progressive policy changes for ordinary people through organizing and grassroots lobbying. We focus on issues of civil liberties, civil rights, and government reform. We run online campaigns to rally people to take action on the news that affects them — by contacting Congress and other leaders, funding pressure tactics, and spreading the word in their own communities. We work in Washington to provide an advocate for the public in all the decisions that affect our lives. Web: https://demandprogress.org [02 Dec 2016]
The Democracy Center Works globally to help citizens understand and influence the public decisions that impact their lives. Through a combination of investigation and reporting, advocacy training, and leading international citizen campaigns, we have worked with social and environmental justice activists in more than three-dozen countries on five continents. As The Democracy Center begins its third decade, a special emphasis of our work is strengthening citizen action on the global climate crisis and helping citizens challenge the power of corporations. Address: POBox 22157, San Francisco CA 94122 Voice: (415) 564-4767 Fax: (978) 383-1269 Email: contact@democracyctr.org Web: http://www.democracyctr.org/ [14 Apr 2017]
Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County (DUHC) A community organizing group located in Humboldt County, CA. We work locally and across the country to help ordinary Americans reclaim our power from corporate rule. We’re all about organizing at the local level to grow healthy communities and a democratic society. Check out the pages above to learn more about our organization and get involved. Web: http://www.duhc.org/ [08 Feb 2015]
Desert Survivors An affiliation of desert lovers committed to experiencing, sharing and protecting desert wilderness wherever we find it. We recognize the places we love to explore will not remain wild unless we give others the opportunity to experience them as we do and unless we remain vigilant and active in our efforts to monitor and preserve them. Web: http://www.desert-survivors.org [06 Jul 2015]
Design Action Collective Provides graphic design and visual communications for progressive, non-profit and social change organizations. By providing these high-quality professional services, we seek to contribute to building a broad and effective progressive movement and participate in the struggle for social justice. Address: 1730 Franklin Street #103, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-1912 Email: info@designaction.org Web: http://www.designaction.org/ [18 Apr 2015]
Destiny Arts (De-Escalation Skills Training Inspiring Nonviolence in Youth) Exists to end isolation, prejudice and violence in the lives of young people. We accomplish our mission by: * Offering skills training to youth, ages 3-18, through after-school, weekend and summer programs in the performing and martial arts, and violence prevention at our main site, and in outreach programs at local schools and community centers. * Providing youth with caring adult mentors. * Supporting youth in developing an individualized series of artistic expression. * Giving youth opportunities to share a message of peace and empowerment through performances, events, and workshops. * Nurturing the physical, emotional and spiritual development of young people. Address: 970 Grace Avenue, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 597-1619 Email: info@destinyarts.org Web: http://www.destinyarts.org/ [30 Apr 2016]
The Development Group for Alternative Policies Assists in the promotion of economic justice across the South, or Third World, by helping to maximize control by poor communities and sectors over their own development in the face of impositions from the North. It was founded on the principle of the right to self-determination and on the belief that local knowledge is indispensable to the shaping of sound development policies, programs and projects relevant to local needs and conditions. Web: http://www.developmentgap.org/ [19 Oct 2014]
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) A leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. Americans with disabilities make up one of the United States’ largest minorities. More than 25% live in poverty and only about 20% have gone to college. Seventy–five percent are unemployed. Such economic and social disenfranchisement is not an inevitable consequence of the physical and mental limitations imposed by disability; it is the result of society’s historic response to those limitations: lack of accessibility in the built environment and policies that encourage or even require exclusion, segregation, and institutionalization. The result is a legacy of prejudice and paternalism that is deeply embedded in the social consciousness. Address: 3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 644-2555 Fax: (510) 841-8645 (fax and tty) Email: info@dredf.org Web: http://www.dredf.org [14 Apr 2017]
DisabledCommunity.Org (DCO) Seeks to educate by sharing information both online and in the community. We are run by volunteers. Our website makes a great starting point that provides resources and information to help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, their family, friends, caregivers and social service agencies. Address: 275 Fifth Street, Suite 419, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 508-6130 Email: admin@disabledcommunity.org Web: http://www.disabledcommunity.org [14 Jan 2017]
Dissident Voice (DV) An internet newsletter dedicated to challenging the distortions and lies of the corporate press and the privileged classes it serves. The goal of Dissident Voice is to provide hard hitting, thought provoking and even entertaining news and commentaries on politics and culture that can serve as ammunition in struggles for peace and social justice. Web: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/ [06 Jul 2015]
Dollars and Sense Publishes economic news and analysis, reports on economic justice activism, primers on economic topics, and critiques of the mainstream media’s coverage of the economy. Our readers include professors, students, and activists who value our smart and accessible economic coverage. Web: http://www.dollarsandsense.org/ [19 Oct 2014]
Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog A family-owned and operated mailorder business that has been designing and distributing progressive materials promoting peace, social and environmental justice and human rights since 1975. We offer over 1,400 items in stock; almost all the items are union-made and union printed in the U.S. Handmade items are fair trade produced. We also do wholesale Custom Printing for more than 20 kinds of products for you or your organization, business, campaign, project, club, band or special event. Web: http://www.donnellycolt.com [28 Jan 2014]
Dorothy Day House We are a Berkeley-centered nonprofit founded in the spirit of social change activist Dorothy Day, providing nutritional support, emergency winter shelter, and other services to Berkeley’s homeless and very low-income residents. Address: POBox 12701, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (925) 519-9881 Email: dorothydayhouse@gmail.com Web: http://dorothydayhouse.org [08 Feb 2015]
DrawBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children Mission is to provide art programs for homeless and other underserved children in an environment that fosters their sense of joy, creativity and exuberance. Address: POBox 2698, San Rafael CA 94912 Voice: (415) 444-0930 Email: drawbridge@drawbridge.org Web: http://www.drawbridge.org [08 Feb 2015]
Drinking Liberally (DL) An informal, inclusive progressive social group. Raise your spirits while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher. Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place to talk politics. You don’t need to be a policy expert and this isn’t a book club – just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent frustration and hang out in an environment where it’s not taboo to talk politics. Bars are democratic spaces – you talk to strangers, you share booths, you feel the bond of common ground. Bring democratic discourse to your local democratic space – build democracy one drink at a time. Web: http://livingliberally.org/drinking/ [16 Jan 2016]
Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Bay Area Office (DPA Network) The nation’s leading organization promoting drug policies that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights. Our supporters are individuals who believe the war on drugs is doing more harm than good. Together we advance policies that reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and seek solutions that promote safety while upholding the sovereignty of individuals over their own minds and bodies. We work to ensure that our nation’s drug policies no longer arrest, incarcerate, disenfranchise and otherwise harm millions – particularly young people and people of color who are disproportionately affected by the war on drugs. Address: 1330 Broadway, Suite 1426, Oakland CA 94612 Web: http://www.drugpolicy.org [23 Oct 2016]
Drug Reform Coalition Network (DRCNet) Works for an end to drug prohibition worldwide, and an end to the “drug war” in its current form. We believe that much of the harm commonly attributed to “drugs” is really the result of placing drugs in a criminal environment. We believe the global drug war has fueled violence, civil instability, and public health crises; and that the currently prevalent arrest- and punishment-based policies toward drugs are unjust. Web: http://www.drcnet.org/ [23 Oct 2016]
Earth Island Institute A non-profit, public interest, membership organization that supports people who are creating solutions to protect our shared planet. Since 1982, Earth Island Institute has been a hub for grassroots campaigns dedicated to conserving, preserving, and restoring the ecosystems on which our civilization depends. Our Project Support program acts as an incubator for start-up environmental projects, giving crucial assistance to groups and individuals with new ideas for promoting ecological sustainability. In addition to our project support work, we also inform and inspire people to take action through our award-winning quarterly magazine, Earth Island Journal, our New Leaders Initiative, and our Restoration Initiative. Address: 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704-1375 Voice: (510) 859-9100 Fax: (510) 859-9091 Web: http://www.earthisland.org [23 Oct 2016]
Earth Policy Institute (EPI) Founded to provide a plan of a sustainable future along with a roadmap of how to get from here to there. EPI works at the global level simply because no country can fully implement a Plan B economy in isolation. EPI’s goals are (1) to provide a global plan (Plan B) for moving the world onto an environmentally and economically sustainable path, (2) to provide examples demonstrating how the plan would work, and (3) to keep the media, policymakers, academics, environmentalists, and other decision-makers focused on the process of building a Plan B economy. Web: http://www.earth-policy.org [19 Oct 2014]
Earth Share California (Northern California office) Coordinates workplace giving for over eighty carefully selected environmental charities. Part of the national Earth Share network, EarthShare California offers business partners the opportunity to connect with the most respected organizations, offering solutions to environmental business questions, volunteer opportunities and networking. Our member organizations have been instrumental in maintaining the California landscape, and many have influenced eco-friendly legislation, including the tax credit for energy efficient vehicles. Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 703, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 981-1999; (800) 368-1819 Fax: (415) 800-6592 Email: esca@earthshareca.org Web: http://www.earthshareca.org [20 Oct 2014]
Earthjustice The nation’s premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer. Address: 50 California Street, Suite 500, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 217-2000 Fax: (415) 217-2040 Email: info@earthjustice.org Web: http://www.earthjustice.org [23 Jul 2017]
EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living A seedbed and greenhouse of eco-spiritual writing, artwork and video brought to you by the EarthLight Community in Oakland, California featuring original work and links to the evolving world of earth-inclusive spirituality. Address: 111 Fairmount Avenue, Oakland CA 94611 Voice: (510) 451-4926 Email: Admin@EarthLight.org Web: http://www.earthlight.org [21 Feb 2015]
EarthRights International (ERI) Combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, which we define as “earth rights.” We specialize in fact-finding, legal actions against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, training grassroots and community leaders, and advocacy campaigns. Through these strategies, EarthRights International seeks to end earth rights abuses, to provide real solutions for real people, and to promote and protect human rights and the environment in the communities where we work. Web: http://www.earthrights.org/ [20 Oct 2014]
EarthSave Foundation EarthSave’s Meals for Health program teaches a lifestyle and plant-based diet proven to reverse serious diseases, get subjects off medication, and greatly improve the participants’ quality of life. Until now, these programs have been available exclusively to wealthy individuals or employees of forward-thinking companies. We make them available at no cost to needy individuals and families. Web: http://www.earthsave.org [20 Oct 2014]
East Bay Agency for Children (EBAC) The U.S. Surgeon General estimates that at some point between pre-kindergarten and 12th grade about 20 percent of American children will need treatment for mental health issues. Sadly, only a small percentage will get the care they require to succeed in school and life. East Bay Agency for Children helps address this urgent need in our local communities by providing students experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties—most of them from low-income families—with vital mental health and specialized educational services. For the larger public school community, EBAC works to improve student wellbeing through after-school programs, parent support services and child assault prevention classes. Address: 303 Van Buren Avenue, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 268-3770 Fax: (510) 268-1073 Email: info@ebac.org Web: http://www.ebac.org/ [26 Apr 2014]
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) Advances economic, racial and social justice by building a just economy in the East Bay based on good jobs and healthy communities. We address the root causes of economic injustice by developing strategic alliances among community, faith, and labor to build power and create change with low-income workers and communities of color. Address: 1814 Franklin Street, Suite 325, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 893-7106 Fax: (510) 893-7010 Email: info@workingeastbay.org Web: http://www.workingeastbay.org [26 Apr 2014]
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) A nonprofit community development organization celebrating 40 years of building healthy, vibrant and safe neighborhoods in Oakland and the greater East Bay. We develop and manage high quality affordable apartments and homes, retail spaces for local small businesses and community centers, while fostering increased economic opportunities for low-income families and individuals. These comprehensive programs help families and individuals begin a path toward financially security and access the resources they need to lead healthy, stable and fulfilling lives. Address: 1825 San Pablo Suite 200, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 287-5353 Email: communications@ebaldc.org Web: http://www.ebaldc.org [13 Aug 2017]
East Bay Atheists Meets each month in the Berkeley main library to discuss atheism and other topical events of interests to atheists. Our collective mission includes local activism when “freethinkers” rights to be free from religion are threatened, or when government promotes religion. An Atheist is one who has no belief in or knowledge of any god/gods. We want to live a religion-free life. We promote our US Constitutional right of freedom from religion. We do not want our taxes supporting religion or faith-based organizations. We invite fellow Atheists to join us in peacefully promoting our principles and protecting our rights. Voice: (510) 222-7580 Email: info@eastbayatheists.org Web: http://www.eastbayatheists.org [21 Feb 2015]
East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC) Promotes healthy, sustainable communities by making bicycling safe, fun and accessible. The East Bay is a leader for innovative and accessible bikeways and streets that meet the needs of all users. Bicycling is a mainstream, comfortable and safe choice for people of all cultures, ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Bicycles are well integrated into the transportation system and are a key part of our thriving communities. Office is in Jack London Square in Oakland. Address: POBox 1736, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 845-RIDE (7433) Web: http://www.ebbc.org/ [30 Apr 2016]
East Bay Bike Party (EBBP) A mobile party for riders of all ages, experience levels, and types to meet, ride, and play together in the streets. Rides are 12-16 miles long with 2 stops at public spaces along the route. Rides move at a slow pace and volunteers assure everyone makes the correct turns. Riders express their creativity through the ride’s theme. Music is a big part of the EBBP experience along the route and at the party stops where dancing is common. Each ride is a unique, once in a lifetime experience right here in your own backyard. Once per month, all year long. We meet at 7:30pm of every single SECOND FRIDAY of the month, and roll out at 8pm. We’re always near a BART station in time to get back on one of the later trains. Web: https://eastbaybikeparty.wordpress.com/ [21 Mar 2015]
East Bay Cohousing (EBCOHO) A Bay Area-wide MeetUp. It is hosted by Cohousing Coaches Raines Cohen and Betsy Morris of Berkeley Cohousing and their business, Planning for Sustainable Communities. We connect a wide variety of kindred spirits and resources. We support individuals wanting to learn more, forming groups looking to create community together, and members of existing communities. We are mostly in the East Bay and San Francisco; others are from the North and South Bay, Los Angeles, Nevada, and other parts of the US and Mexico. Web: http://www.meetup.com/ebcoho/ [17 Aug 2014]
East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) Mission is to promote justice and build a community that is more healthy, secure, productive and hopeful by providing: legal services and policy advocacy that are responsive to the needs of low-income communities, and law training that prepares future attorneys to be skilled and principled advocates that are committed to finding innovative solutions to the cause and conditions of poverty. Address: 2921 Adeline Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 548-4040 Email: info@ebclc.org Web: http://www.ebclc.org/ [16 Jan 2016]
East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) DSA is the country’s largest socialist organization. We are building progressive movements for social change in Oakland, Berkeley, and throughout the East Bay while establishing an openly democratic socialist presence in American communities and politics. Democratic Socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. We are a political and activist organization, not a party; through campus and community-based chapters DSA members use a variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for reforms that empower working people. Email: info@eastbaydsa.org Web: http://www.eastbaydsa.org/ http://www.dsausa.org [03 Jul 2017]
East Bay Pesticide Alert (Don’t Spray California) Does not compromise around health. Advocates NO use of pesticides. Because our very lives depend on ridding the world of toxic pesticides. And because a real community means we don’t need to evacuate the chemically sensitive, the old, the young, the immune system-compromised. Address: 2399 East 14th Street #24, San Leandro CA 94577 Voice: (510) 895-2312 Email: beneficialbug@sonic.net Web: http://www.eastbaypesticidealert.org [02 Jul 2015]
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (EBSC) Offers sanctuary, solidarity, support, community organizing assistance, advocacy, and legal services to those escaping war, terror, political persecution, intolerance, exploitation, and other expressions of violence. We intentionally provide opportunities for transformational learning that arise from the relationships we fosters among refugees, immigrants, and host communities. We join with others to understand and eliminate the causes of violence and oppression worldwide. Address: 2362 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 540-5296 Email: info@eastbaysanctuary.org Web: http://www.eastbaysanctuary.org [23 Oct 2016]
East Bay Solidarity Network An all-volunteer group that came together in 2010 to fight with disenfranchised people in Oakland against abusive bosses and landlords. We use a solidarity network model, which means we work with the tenant or employee to decide on a list of demands and then use a strategy of one or more direct action tactics to win those demands. We have chosen to use this model because it is successful, both in Oakland and cities across the world. Web: http://eastbaysol.wordpress.com [09 Jul 2014]
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) A U.S.-based grassroots organization working in solidarity with the peoples of Timor-Leste (East Timor), West Papua and Indonesia. ETAN provides information about, and ways to help, Timor-Leste, which was invaded and subjugated by U.S. ally Indonesia in 1975. East Timor chose independence in August 1999 and was soon destroyed by the Indonesian military. Timor-Leste finally became independent on May 20, 2002. ETAN educates, organizes, and advocates for justice for historic and ongoing crimes against humanity, war crimes, and human rights violations in East Timor, West Papua, and Indonesia. ETAN supports democratic reconstruction of Timor-Leste. ETAN supports restrictions on military assistance to Indonesia in order to support democracy and justice. Web: http://www.etan.org/ [16 Jan 2016]
Eat Drink Politcs (CIFC) If you want to enact policy reform that threatens the food or beverage industry in any way, you have to understand your opponent. At Eat Drink Politics, we understand the challenges of taking on the likes of McDonald’s, PepsiCo, and Anheuser-Busch InBev. With more than 17 years of experience in corporate research and advocacy, we can help you counter underhanded industry tactics that threaten public health. We have a broad expertise that includes health, law, policy, economics, and marketing, combined with a passion for exposing and countering corporate public relations and lobbying. Our clients include non-profits, law firms, and political campaigns. Voice: (510) 465-0322 (Michele Simon) Web: http://www.appetiteforprofit.com/ [11 Jan 2015]
Ecocity Builders We develop and implement policy, design and educational tools and strategies to build thriving urban centers based on “access by proximity” and to reverse patterns of sprawl and excessive consumption. Ecocity Builders and associates’ definition of “ecocity” is conditional upon a healthy relationship of the city’s parts and functions, similar to the relationship of organs in living complex organism. We are concerned with city design, planning, building, and operations in an integral way and in relation to the surrounding environment and natural resources of the region, utilizing organic, ecological and whole-systems lessons to actually reverse the negative impacts of climate change, species extinction and the destruction of the biosphere. Address: 339 15th Street, Suite 208, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-9522 Email: info@ecocitybuilders.org Web: http://www.ecocitybuilders.org [27 May 2017]
Ecological Building Network An open, collaborative group of builders, scientists, architects and engineeers sharing the best knowledge we can find for everyone’s benefit. Here you will find practical technical guidance by for designing and constructing better buildings, wherever you are. Whether you are building a straw bale home in Argentina, a low-income village with shipping containers in Shanghai, or a concrete office structure in Sacramento, we have information you can use. Address: POBox 6397, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 491-4802 Email: bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org Web: http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/ [25 Oct 2014]
Ecological Farming Association (EcoFarm) Mission is to nurture safe, healthy, just, and ecologically sustainable farms, food systems, and communities by bringing people together for education, alliance building, advocacy, and celebration. Through educational conferences, training programs, on-farm events and communications initiatives, the Ecological Farming Association supports farms working to achieve a Triple Bottom Line. Since its inception in 1981, EcoFarm has facilitated hands-on learning, interactive teaching models, and farmer-to-farmer education. Web: http://www.eco-farm.org [11 Feb 2016]
Ecology Action Teaches people worldwide to better feed themselves while building and preserving the soil and conserving resources. Aware of intensifying world challenges and the basic need of people to feed themselves, we have been working for 40 years to develop an elegant, small-scale agricultural system — GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Sustainable Mini-Farming — that when practiced correctly, nurtures healthy soil fertility, produces high yields, conserves resources and can be used successfully by almost everyone. Our goal is to help this system be known and used locally…on a worldwide basis. Address: 5798 Ridgewood Road, Willits CA 95490 Voice: (707) 459-0150 Fax: (707) 459-5409 Web: http://www.growbiointensive.org [25 Oct 2014]
Ecology Center Focuses on the environmental impacts of urban residents. We address issues through educating, creating community momentum, building infrastructure to make change easy, and spreading positive solutions through convening and advocacy. Our core issues include waste and consumerism, food and farming, climate change prevention and resiliency, and sustainable living. Mission is to inspire and build a sustainable, healthy, and just future for the East Bay, California, and beyond. We transform the ideals of sustainability into everyday practice. We deliver information you can act on, infrastructure you can count on, and leadership for lasting change. Address: 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite H (at Blake), Berkeley CA 94702-2000 Voice: (510) 548-2220; (510) 548-3402 (store); (510) 527-5555 (recycling program); (510) 548-3333 (farmers markets) Fax: (510) 548-2240 Email: calendar@ecologycenter.org Web: http://www.ecologycenter.org [18 Apr 2015]
Ecology Center Of San Francisco (ECOSF) Cultivates ecological awareness in the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization came to life in January of 2006 to provide resources, education, and support to create sustainable and regenerative communities within San Francisco. We focus on ecological education, the science of relationships and connections, to help the community better understand the local environment, the greater world we live in and how to find our place in the intricate web of life through cooperation not domination. Address: 424 Russia Street, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 565-9576 Email: info@eco-sf.org Web: http://www.eco-sf.org/ [06 Jul 2015]
Economic Policy Institute A nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions. EPI believes every working person deserves a good job with fair pay, affordable health care, and retirement security. To achieve this goal, EPI conducts research and analysis on the economic status of working America. EPI proposes public policies that protect and improve the economic conditions of low- and middle-income workers and assesses policies with respect to how they affect those workers. Web: http://www.epi.org [25 Oct 2014]
EcoVegEvents.com An on-line calendar of environmental, animal protection, and vegetarian events. You can submit your own events on-line. Web: http://EcoVegEvents.com [23 Oct 2016]
EcoVillage Farm Learning Center Mission is to create a healthy sustainable environment and socially/economically just society for present and future generations. EcoVillage Farm Learning Center is a place where urban residents of all cultural backgrounds feel welcome and come to learn through (participatory) “mind/hands on” activities how to restore and protect Mother Earth and her people. EcoVillage Farm Learning Center is an “Oasis of Connectivity” in the City of Richmond, a city that is often perceived of as a food, safety and environment desert. Yes! A Farm in Richmond! Address: 21 Laurel Lane, Richmond CA 94803 Voice: (510) 223-1693 Email: info@ecovillagefarm.org Web: http://ecovillagefarm.org [26 Apr 2014]
EcoViva Works in partnership and solidarity with community-led organizations in Central America organized to achieve environmental sustainability, economic security, social justice and peace. The vision and implementation of our programs come from our local partners. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 203, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 835-1334 Fax: (510) 280-2833 Email: info@ecoviva.org Web: http://www.eco-viva.org [06 Jul 2015]
Ecumenical Hunger Program (EHP) Mission is to assist local families and individuals who are experiencing economic and personal hardship. EHP provides food, clothing, household essentials, support, and advocacy to our neighbors to sustain them through immediate crises and to help them regain stability and independence. EHP serves working families, seniors, people with limited incomes and those who have both emergency and on-going needs in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and surrounding communities. Address: 2411 Pulgas Avenue, East Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 323-7781 Email: info@ehpcares.org Web: http://www.ehpcares.org/ [10 Dec 2016]
Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC (EPI) An interfaith justice and peace education action group. Focuses on militarism, racism and empire and works with Native Americans, political prisoners, and youth. Holds the Living Graveyard on the third Monday of each month a legal street theater witness at which are read the names of Iraqi dead in the ongoing violence initiated by tne US in 2003. Also read are the names of US soldiers from California killed in Afghanistan or Iraq, Palestinians killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks in 2004, and the names of people of color killed by police or vigilante violence in the US. EPI is a principal organizer (with LCP) of the annual Good Friday Gathering for Worship and Witness at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab. This is the Northern California chapter of Clergy and Laity Concerned. Address: POBox 9334, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 990-0374 Email: epicalc@gmail.com epicalc@lmi.net Web: http://www.epicalc.org [19 Jul 2015]
Edible City: The Movie A 55 minute documentary film that introduces a diverse cast of extraordinary characters who are challenging the paradigm of our broken food system. The film digs deep into their unique perspectives and transformative work, finding inspirational, grass-roots solutions based on growing local food systems and economies. Web: http://ediblecitythemovie.com/ [24 Jul 2016]
Edible East Bay A quarterly magazine that celebrates the abundant local foods of Alameda and Contra Costa counties (or the EastBay, as we call it here in the San Francisco Bay Area). At edible East Bay, we believe that our food choices do make a difference – to our health, to the health of our planet, and to our enjoyment of life. With that in mind, we bring you news of our region’s family farmers, fishermen, food artisans, chefs, home gardeners, and others who have a dedication to producing and using sustainably produced, local, seasonal foods. In this magazine’s stories and images, we will let you know what’s happening right over the back fence. Address: 4200 Park Blvd. #267, Oakland CA 94602 Voice: (510) 225-5776 Email: editor@edibleeastbay.com Web: http://edibleeastbay.com/ [25 May 2015]
Edible Schoolyard Berkeley A one-acre organic garden and kitchen classroom for urban public school students at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School. This model program for edible education is fully funded by the Edible Schoolyard Project. At ESY Berkeley, students participate in all aspects of growing, harvesting, and preparing nutritious, seasonal produce during the academic day and in after-school classes. Students’ hands-on experience in the kitchen and garden fosters a deeper appreciation of how the natural world sustains us and promotes the environmental and social well-being of our school community. The Edible Schoolyard program is fully integrated into the fabric of the school. Lessons in the kitchen and garden classrooms bring academic subjects to life and cultivate an appetite for fresh, healthy food, as well as the confidence to prepare it at home. Address: Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, 1781 Rose Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 558-1335 Fax: (510) 558-1334 Web: http://edibleschoolyard.org/berkeley [24 Jul 2016]
Edible Schoolyard Project Mission is to build and share a national edible education curriculum for pre-kindergarten through high school. We envision gardens and kitchens as interactive classrooms for all academic subjects, and a free, nutritious, organic lunch for every student. Integrating this curriculum into schools can transform the health and values of every child in America. Address: 1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 843-3811 Web: http://edibleschoolyard.org [24 Jul 2016]
Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) Mission is to promote peace and empower young people in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. EPIC is dedicated to helping people build a more peaceful, sustainable, democratic society in Iraq. We seek to accomplish this by advocating policies that further Iraq’s prospects for peace and democracy, and through youth programs and partnerships in Iraq that engage young people in creating a brighter future. Web: http://www.epic-usa.org/ [28 Jan 2014]
Electric Embers Provides technical services and know-how to people working to make the world more just, sustainable, and beautiful. Our operations and client selection are rooted in democratic and progressive values, and our services in the core Internet values of freedom, privacy, and security. Address: 733 Page Street, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (800) 843-6197 Email: info@electricembers.coop Web: http://electricembers.coop [11 Feb 2016]
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. We work to ensure that rights and freedoms are enhanced and protected as our use of technology grows. Address: 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 436-9333 Email: info@eff.org Web: http://www.eff.org/ [25 Oct 2014]
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) An independent non-profit research center in Washington, DC. EPIC works to protect privacy, freedom of expression, democratic values, and to promote the Public Voice in decisions concerning the future of the Internet. EPIC pursues a wide range of program activities including public education, litigation, and advocacy. EPIC routinely files amicus briefs in federal courts, pursues open government cases, defends consumer privacy, organizes conferences for NGOs, and speaks before Congress and judicial organizations about emerging privacy and civil liberties issues. EPIC works closely with a distinguished advisory board, with expertise in law, technology and public policy. Web: http://www.epic.org [25 Oct 2014]
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights The Ella Baker Center is named for an unsung hero of the civil rights movement who inspired and guided emerging leaders. We build on her legacy by giving people opportunities and skills to work together to strengthen our communities so that all of us can thrive. We believe that every person has the right to safety, to dignity, to equality, and to self-determination. Our work aims to defend and advance these rights in the United States. Address: 1970 Broadway, Suite 1125, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 428-3939 Web: http://www.ellabakercenter.org [25 Oct 2014]
ELV Motors Specializes in delivering high-quality electric bikes to fleets and consumers from some of the best companies like, BH Emotion, Currie Tech, Haibike, Stromer, Stealth, A2B, VeloMini, Prodeco, Emazing, Ecoreco, EB Bikes, Pedego, and others. Established in 2008 in the heart of Silicon Valley, ELV Motors, Inc. has a showroom for test rides, as well as a full service shop to handle warranty and non-warranty service on all the brands we carry. We offer the largest selection of major brand electric bicycles in Northern California. Address: 2070 Homestead Road, Santa Clara CA 95050 Voice: (888) 612-9883 Email: contact@elvmotors.com Web: https://www.elvmotors.com [14 Jan 2017]
Emerald Earth An intentional community in the hills above Anderson Valley in Northern California. With nine full time residents, we care for the land, grow the majority of our own food, and sustain a community designed to benefit rather than deplete the planet. You are welcome to join us for natural building workshops, work parties, scheduled tours, or even overnight visits. Our purpose is to honor the sacredness of the Earth and the interconnectedness of all things; to celebrate the rhythms and cycles of the Earth through ritual; to live… Address: POBox 764, Boonville CA 95415 Voice: (707) 972-3096 Email: community@emeraldearth.org Web: http://www.emeraldearth.org [23 Oct 2016]
The Emma Goldman Papers A national initiative to retrieve the papers of individuals whose life work has had a lasting impact on the course of American history. Since 1980, the Emma Goldman Papers Project at UC Berkeley has collected, organized, and edited tens of thousands of documents from around the world by and about Emma Goldman (1869-1940), a leading figure in American anarchism, feminism, and radicalism. In the spirit of Emma Goldman, the EGPP has extended its scholarly research to serve the community-to educate the public about the complexity of engagement in social and political transformation. Address: 2241 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94720-6030 Voice: (510) 642-4708; (510) 642-0658 (office) Email: emma@berkeley.edu Web: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/ [23 Oct 2016]
End of Suburbia A film on oil depletion and the collapse of the American dream. Web: http://www.endofsuburbia.com/ [11 Feb 2016]
Energy Justice Network The grassroots energy agenda, supporting communities threatened by polluting energy and waste technologies. Taking direction from our grassroots base and the Principles of Environmental Justice, we advocate a clean energy, zero-emission, zero-waste future for all. We aim to empower the grassroots through various tools including community organizing support and advice, student organizing, network-building, research on corporations, policies and technologies, limited legal and technical guidance, and our mapping project. Web: http://www.energyjustice.net/ [11 Feb 2016]
Energy Solidarity Cooperative (ESC) An Oakland Based Community Solar Cooperative dedicated to creating community power through renewable energy. We initiate and cultivate clean community power projects through crowd-sourced investment and collective ownership. We democratize financing and ownership of renewable energy through partnerships in traditionally disenfranchised communities. We do so through a localized approach in cooperative governance and community empowerment that combines member equity, community investment and knowledge transfer services to spread community-led clean power projects. Address: 55 Harrison, Suite 300, Oakland CA 94607 Web: http://energy-coop.com [27 Nov 2015]
EnviroLink Network A grassroots online community that unites hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in more than 150 countries. EnviroLink is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news. At EnviroLink we’re committed to promoting a sustainable society by connecting individuals and organizations through communications technologies. We recognize that our technologies are just tools, and that the solutions to our ecological challenges lie within our communities and their connection to the Earth itself. Web: http://www.envirolink.org/ [03 Nov 2014]
Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI) A ten-member, science-based organization composed of physicians, public health professionals, and policy experts dedicated to protecting human health from environmental harms through research, education and the promotion of sound public policy. EHHI is not a membership organization and therefore all of its support comes from foundations and committed individuals. EHHI does not receive any funds from businesses or corporations. EHHI’s website receives over 180,000 visitors a month which enables EHHI to reach people and governmental agencies all over the country and the world. EHHI also maintains an eJournal that contains up-to-date articles and studies that concern environment and human health issues. Web: http://ehhi.org/ [14 Apr 2017]
Environment California A statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. We believe there’s something special about California — something worth protecting and preserving for future generations. Whether it’s our magnificent Pacific coastline, Yosemite’s “glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space,” or our 278 state parks, California’s natural wonders enrich our lives in countless ways. Web: http://www.environmentcalifornia.org [06 Nov 2015]
Environment News Service The Environment News Service is the original daily international wire service of the environment. Established in 1990 by Editor in Chief Sunny Lewis and Managing Editor Jim Crabtree, the company is independently owned and operated under the direction of the founders. With the belief that well-informed people are the best guarantee of democracy, The Environment News Service exist to provide late-breaking news of the environment from across the United States and around the world. With the conviction that ignorance is responsible for degradation of Earth’s ecosystems and knowledge can result in planetary health, ENS management and correspondents strive to provide news that is factual and presented without bias. Web: http://www.ens-news.com [21 Feb 2015]
Environmental Commons Brings democracy and science to environmental decision-making at the local, state and national levels. We encourage involvement in the democratic process to defend our environmental heritage – water, air, biodiversity, and genetic variability – known as ‘the commons.’ Conserving our commons is undeniably linked to the quality of our own lives – our health and the health of ecosystems. We work to preserve our natural areas, protect wildlife and promote sustainable policies using education and informed discussion. Address: 35501 S. Highway 1, Unit #12, Gualala CA 95445 Email: info@environmentalcommons.org Web: http://www.environmentalcommons.org [30 Aug 2014]
Environmental Forum of Marin Dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the environment by educating its Members and the Marin citizenry about environmental issues. In furtherance of this purpose, the goal of the Environmental Forum is to conduct programs on environmental issues, provide continuing education for its Members and the public, and influence decision-making. Address: POBox 151546, San Rafael CA 94915 Voice: (415) 484-8336 Web: http://www.marinefm.org/ [13 Aug 2017]
Environmental Health News (EHN) An independent, foundation-funded news organization that reports, publishes and contextualizes news stories on environmental topics. Articles by EHN journalists are published at EHN.org and provided to newspapers and other media. EHN also offers a unique daily contextualization of articles on environmental health topics published in the world press. Our editorial team of journalists and researchers reviews upwards of 200 news stories, opinions and editorials a day. We aim to connect dots, putting events driving the day’s news in a larger context for our audience and sharing our perspective as reporters with considerable expertise in the field. Web: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ [21 Feb 2015]
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water (EJCW) A statewide coalition of grassroots groups and intermediary organizations building a collective, community-based movement for democratic water allocation, management, and policy development in California. EJCW empowers low-income communities and people of color throughout California to advocate for clean, safe, and affordable water for their communities. We envision all communities throughout California having access to safe and affordable water, clean rivers, streams, and bays for personal, cultural, ceremonial, and recreational uses. Web: http://www.ejcw.org/ [25 Oct 2014]
Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) Purpose is to improve environmental quality for those most at risk by providing access to information, strategies, and enforcement of environmental, toxics, and community right-to-know laws. ELF complements the approach of other environmental law groups by enforcing existing environmental regulations, providing a bridge of direct service to people in need, and serving as the critical link between at-risk communities and the legal, scientific, financial, and other resources they need to effectively address environmental problems. Address: 1736 Franklin Street, 9th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-4555 Fax: (510) 208-4562 Web: http://www.envirolaw.org [19 Jul 2015]
Environmental News Network (ENN) ENN has a serious editorial mission. Our mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action. As a result, our readers are top environmental leaders from government, business and educators, as well as a broad spectrum of “intellectually curious” citizens. While in the past we were mainly aggregators of environmental news, ENN has become more than just a collection of content. It is rapidly becoming a collection of resources, teachers, experts and tools that provide objective information and knowledge about the increasingly complex field of environmental science. Web: http://www.enn.com/ [25 Oct 2014]
Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) A community based, non-profit organization that advocates for science-based protection and restoration of Northwest California’s Forests. EPIC was founded in 1977 when local residents came together to successfully end aerial applications of herbicides by industrial logging companies in Humboldt County. Address: 145 G Street, Suite A, Arcata CA 95521 Voice: (707) 822-7711 Fax: (707) 822-7712 Email: epic@wildcalifornia.org Web: http://www.wildcalifornia.org [30 Apr 2016]
Environmental Volunteers Promotes the understanding of and responsibility for the environment through hands-on science education. We train volunteers to teach natural science in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties through: SCHOOL PROGRAMS – Each year, our volunteers teach 10,000 children through over 500 classroom programs and 125 field trips. ECOCENTER – The EV’s headquarters is the EcoCenter, a public nature center and education resource in the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. SCIENCE BY NATURE – Science By Nature is a collaboration program and website administered by the EV, allowing educators to search and sign up for local nature education programs from a list of collaborating organizations. Address: 2560 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 493-8000 Fax: (650) 644-0583 Email: Info@EVols.org Web: http://www.evols.org [21 Feb 2015]
Environmental Working Group (California Office) (EWG CA) Mission is to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. With breakthrough research and education, we drive consumer choice and civic action. We are a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. We work for you. Do you know what’s in your tap water? What about your shampoo? What’s lurking in the cleaners underneath your sink? What pesticides are on your food? How about the farms, fracking wells and factories in your local area? Do you know what safeguards they use to protect your water, soil, air and your kids? Which large agribusinesses get your tax dollars and why? What are GMOs? What do they do to our land and water? Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 308, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-0973 Web: http://www.ewg.org [30 Apr 2016]
Environmentalists Against War (EAW) As organizations and individuals working for the environment and environmental justice, we raised our voices in opposition to the US war on Iraq and domestic attacks on immigrants and our civil liberties. We are continuing to find new ways to save the planet by working for peace and against militarism. We invite you to join us. Through this web site we are disseminating information on the disastrous human and environmental consequences of war and militarism. Please share this information with your friends and colleagues. Address: POBox 27, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: info@envirosagainstwar.org Web: http://www.envirosagainstwar.org [25 Oct 2014]
EnviroVideo Produces environmental and social justice programs for television – including interview and news shows, specials, and documentaries. The underlying premise of EnviroVideo is that there are critical environmental issues at hand that can best be communicated to large numbers of people through the media most favored for news and information – television and now, onlne. Web: http://envirovideo.com/ [21 Feb 2015]
Episcopal Community Services (ECS) Provides essential services to homeless San Franciscans. ECS utilizes a holistic approach that addresses the multiple causes leading to homelessness. We serve more than 8,300 people a year, guided by our mission to help homeless and very low-income people every day and every night obtain the housing, jobs, shelter, and essential services each person needs to prevent and end homelessness. Address: 165 8th Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 487-3300 Fax: (415) 252-1743 Web: http://www.ecs-sf.org [06 Nov 2015]
Equal Justice Society (EJS) Transforming the nation’s consciousness on race through law, social science, and the arts. Led by President Eva Paterson, our legal strategy aims to broaden conceptions of present-day discrimination to include unconscious and structural bias by using social science, structural analysis, and real-life experience. Currently, EJS targets its advocacy efforts on school discipline, special education, and the school-to-prison pipeline, race-conscious remedies, and inequities in the criminal justice system. The Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit also engages the arts and artists in creating work and performances that allow wider audiences to understand social justice issues and struggles. Address: 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 800, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (415) 288-8700 Fax: (510) 338-3030 Email: info@equaljusticesociety.org Web: http://www.equaljusticesociety.org/ [11 Feb 2016]
Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) A national civil rights organization dedicated to protecting and expanding economic and educational access and opportunities for women and girls. Through its campaign approach—incorporating public education, legislative advocacy, and litigation—ERA seeks to assist women and girls throughout a life-long continuum: ensuring equality in their educational experience, combating sex discrimination in the workforce, and advocating for workplaces hospitable to working families. Address: 180 Howard Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 621-0672 Fax: (415) 621-6744 Email: info@equalrights.org Web: http://www.equalrights.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
The Equality Trust People in more equal societies live longer, have better mental health and have better chances for a good education regardless of their background. Community life is stronger where the income gap is narrower, children do better at school and they are less likely to become teenage parents. When inequality is reduced people trust each other more, there is less violence and rates of imprisonment are lower. If we want to build a better society, it is essential we take action. The Equality Trust is working with others to build a social movement for change. We analyse and disseminate the latest research, promote robust evidence-based arguments and support a dynamic network of campaign groups across the country. Web: http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk [21 Apr 2017]
eRideShare.com A free service for connecting carpoolers commuting locally as well as longer-distance travelers going the same way. A good way to travel inexpensively, and maybe even make a few friends. Web: http://www.erideshare.com/ [03 Nov 2014]
Ethical Traveler A project of the Earth Island Institute, Ethical Traveler is nonprofit organization founded in 2003 to “Empower travelers to change the world.” We offer a monthly news service, organize trips to destinations of interest (e.g., Cuba and Morocco), and mount news-based action campaigns that use the economic clout of the international travel community to protect human rights and the environment. Our signature project is “The World’s Ten Best Ethical Destinations,” all drawn from the developing world, with winners announced every December. Address: POBox 5883, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 653-6911 Email: info@ethicaltraveler.org Web: http://ethicaltraveler.org [11 Feb 2016]
EveryOne Home Alameda County’s road map for ending homelessness. By emphasizing a coordinated, efficient regional response to a regional problem, it will make the best use of the county’s resources while building capacity to attract funding from federal, state and philanthropic sources. Together, we can and will end homelessness in Alameda County. EveryOne Home is the result of a unique collaboration among community stakeholders, cities and Alameda County government agencies representing three separate care systems — homeless services, public health services and mental health services — that share overlapping client populations. Address: 101 Callan Avenue, Suite 230, San Leandro CA 94577 Voice: (510) 473 8643 Email: info@everyonehome.org Web: http://everyonehome.org/ [28 Jun 2017]
Eviction Defense Collaborative Strives to prevent homelessness, preserve affordable housing, and protect the diversity of San Francisco. We work toward these goals by providing emergency rental assistance and by helping low-income tenants gain equal access to the law in order to assert their rights at court. Address: 995 Market Street #1200, San Francisco CA 94103-1725 Voice: (415) 947 0797 Fax: (415) 947-0331 Web: http://www.evictiondefense.org [21 Feb 2015]
Eviction Free San Francisco We are a direct action group whose mission is to help stop the wave of evictions in San Francisco. We use different kinds of creative action to hold accountable and to confront real estate speculators and landlords that are displacing our communities for profit. Our meetings are organized on a mutual aid model and always with the tenants of the buildings being threatened with eviction. Web: http://evictionfreesf.org/ [09 Jul 2014]
Evolver Bay Area A “Spore” in the international Evolver Network, a non-profit organization building community for the new planetary culture. Evolver Spores are regional hubs where we explore transformative practices, inspire activism, and raise awareness about today’s most pressing issues, from peak oil to climate change, media manipulation to political corruption. Evolver Bay Area hosts a quarterly forum and party called HiveMind, where you can learn with hands-on workshops and talks, connect with like-minded people, receive healing, nutrition and art, dance, and be. HiveMind brings people and organizations together around the convergence of permaculture, alternative economy, visionary art and music, shamanism and technology. Web: http://www.evolverbayarea.com [23 Jul 2014]
Excelsior Family Connections Serves primarily low-income, immigrant working families and individuals in community centers located in San Francisco’s Portola and Excelsior neighborhoods. Our array of more than 30 interconnected, participant-driven programs is designed to provide a comprehensive continuum of care from early childhood education to grandparent support groups and from family literacy to intensive case management. Our goal is to support and empower parents and caregivers to develop healthy families that will, in turn, create a thriving community in which to raise children. Address: 49 Ocean Avenue (between Persia and Brazil), San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 333-3845 Email: info@excelsiorfc.org Web: http://www.excelsiorfc.org [11 Feb 2016]
Exhale The nation’s premiere organization addressing the emotional health and wellbeing of women and men after abortion. Founded in 2000 by and for women who have had abortions, we provide and promote emotional support across a dynamic landscape of private and public spaces, online and offline. Address: 1714 Franklin Sreet #100-141, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 446-7900 Fax: (309) 410-1127 Email: info[@]exhaleprovoice[dot]org Web: http://www.exhaleprovoice.org [06 Nov 2015]
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) A global standard to promote the open and accountable management of oil gas and mineral resources. The Standard seeks to address the key governance issues of the oil, gas and mining sectors. The EITI Standard requires information along the extractive industry value chain from the point of extraction, to how the revenue makes its way through the government, to how it benefits the public. Web: https://eiti.org [21 Dec 2016]
Face The World Foundation (FTW) A nonprofit educational and cultural exchange organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1980, FTW has promoted global learning and exchange by offering opportunities for international high school students to experience life in the U.S. The goal of cultural exchange programs is to provide students, host families, schools, and communities with a quality experience that will not only enhance personal growth but also will establish lasting friendships. Web: http://www.facetheworld.org/ [30 Apr 2016]
FACES SF FACES SF represents the legacy of two of San Francisco’s longstanding non-profits: Florence Crittenton Services and Whitney Young Child Development Center. Combined, we share a history of more than 170 years of serving San Francisco’s most vulnerable people. Our name has changed, but our mission stays the same: Serving the Needs and Well-Being of San Francisco’s Young Children; Empowering Families to Become Self-Sufficient. Address: 1101 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 567-2357 Fax: (415) 355-9017 Web: http://www.facessf.org [03 Nov 2014]
FactoryFarming.com Factory farming is an attitude which regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit. In animal agriculture, this attitude has lead to institutionalized animal cruelty, massive environmental destruction and resource depletion, and animal and human health risks. Web: http://www.factoryfarming.com [09 Feb 2014]
Fair Trade Federation (FTF) The trade association that strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully committed to fair trade. The Federation is part of the global fair trade movement, building equitable and sustainable trading partnerships and creating opportunities to alleviate poverty. Web: http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ [09 Feb 2014]
Fair Trade USA The leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. We enable you, the consumer, to make a difference with your dollar. We help people and the planet work in tandem so both are healthy and sustained. We provide farmers in developing nations the tools to thrive as international business people. Instead of creating dependency on aid, we use a market-based approach that gives farmers fair prices, workers safe conditions, and entire communities resources for fair, healthy and sustainable lives. We seek to inspire the rise of the Conscious Consumer and eliminate exploitation. Address: 1500 Broadway, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 663-5260 Fax: (510) 663-5264 Web: http://www.fairtradeusa.org [18 Apr 2015]
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, FAIR believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information. Web: http://www.fair.org [23 Oct 2016]
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization fighting for smart sentencing laws that protect public safety. We see a country where criminal sentencing is individualized, humane, and sufficient to impose fair punishment and protect public safety. Our supporters include taxpayers, families, prisoners, law enforcement, attorneys, judges, criminal justice experts and concerned citizens. Web: http://www.famm.org/ [21 Feb 2015]
Family & Children Services Works to build strong, safe, and self-sufficient individuals, families, and communities. To achieve this goal, we offer a range of innovative, accessible, and integrated programs and services addressing critical health and human services needs. Address: 375 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 326-6576 Web: http://www.fcservices.org/ [13 Aug 2017]
Family Service Agency’s Senior Peer Counseling Program (SPC) Serving the older adult community since 1998 and offers services providing emotional support to older adults who are having difficulty handling the uncertainties and dilemmas inherent in the aging process. Through their close relationship with peer clients, the Senior Peer Counselors become an integral part of their clients’ lives and an invaluable aid in coping with challenging transitions. They meet with their clients individually or in various group settings. With time, they become a significant adjunct to the professionals serving the older adult community in San Francisco. Voice: (415) 386-6600 x218 Web: http://www.fsasf-spc.org [25 Apr 2015]
Family Support Services of the Bay Area (FSSBA) FSSBA’s services support families who face serious challenges in successfully caring for their children. These include families with children who have mental or physical disabilities; families taking care of children who are substance exposed, medically fragile or are HIV+; and families in which grandparents or other relatives have had to step in to care for children. FSSBA also works with families in which children are at risk of abuse or neglect to help parents improve their parenting skills and ensure that these children are raised in safe, healthy and nurturing environments. Address: 401 Grand Avenue, Suites 200 and 500, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 834-4006 Fax: (510) 834-4010 Email: info@fssba-oak.org Web: http://www.fssba-oak.org [30 Apr 2016]
Family Violence Law Center (FVLC) Helps diverse communities in Alameda County heal from domestic violence and sexual assault, advocating for justice and healthy relationships. We provide survivor-centered legal and crisis intervention services, offer prevention education for youth and other community members, and engage in policy work to create systemic change. In court and in our community, every day. Address: 470 27th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-0220 (office); (800) 947-8301 (24-hour crisis line) Fax: (510) 208-3557 Email: info@fvlc.org Web: http://www.fvlc.org [13 Aug 2017]
Farm Fresh To You An organic produce delivery service delivering a variety of organic fruits and vegetables to your Bay Area home or office. Farm Fresh to You / Capay Fruits and Vegetables is a second generation family farm with over twenty years experience growing quality produce. Our farm is nestled in the Capay Valley, 35 miles west of Sacramento. Address: 23808 State Highway 16, Capay CA 95607 Voice: (800) 796-6009 Email: contactus@farmfreshtoyou.com Web: http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com [26 Apr 2014]
Farm Sanctuary Combats the abuses of factory farming and encourage a new awareness and understanding about farm animals. Today, Farm Sanctuary is the nation’s largest and most effective farm animal rescue and protection organization. We have rescued thousands of animals and cared for them at our sanctuaries in Watkins Glen, New York; Northern California (Orland); and the Los Angeles area. At Farm Sanctuary, these animals are our friends, not our food. We educate millions of people about their plight and the effects of factory farming on our health and environment. We advocate for laws and policies to prevent suffering and promote compassion, and we reach out to legislators and businesses to bring about institutional reforms. Web: http://www.farmsanctuary.org/ [17 Aug 2014]
Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights (F.E.E.D.) We make the farmer direct experience available to all by selling fresh picked, locally grown food at affordable prices while supporting and celebrating the community that produces it. We define F.E.E.D. Sonoma as a farmer driven, community supported business. It is our mission to create a vibrant and sustainable food system thru maximizing the ability of farmers to sell their food. Address: 6780 Depot Street, Suite 120, Sebastopol CA 95472 Voice: (707) 508-7702 Web: http://feedsonoma.com [19 May 2014]
Farmland LP A U.S. real estate fund that acquires conventional farmland and converts it into Organic, sustainably managed farmland. We specialize in enhancing soil fertility and productivity through science-based livestock and crop rotations. We currently own and manage 6750 acres of farmland currently valued at $50 million in the San Francisco Bay Area and Oregon’s Willamette Valley. More than 10% of our acreage is certified Organic and the rest is in transition. Address: One Market Spear Tower, Suite 3600, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 293-8262 Fax: (415) 634-3205 Web: http:www.farmlandlp.com [23 Apr 2014]
Fast Haul A San Francisco junk hauling business that has been providing the San Francisco Bay Area with inexpensive, professional trash hauling and junk removal services for 15 years. Fast haul has been supporting Green Charities such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Rainforest Foundation, and Rainforest Concern. We have been a fervent advocate of Green Hauling since 1993 and regularly donate to Good Will Industries, Salvation Army, local homeless shelters, Habitat for Humanity, and Urban Ore. Voice: (415) 665-0800 Email: david@fasthaul.com Web: http://www.fasthaul.com/ [17 Aug 2014]
Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) Community is an essential building block in a cooperative and sustainable world. The Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the development of intentional communities and the evolution of cooperative culture. Intentional communities are people living together with some shared resources on the basis of explicit common values. Some examples include ecovillages, cohousing, land trusts, income-sharing communes, student co-ops, spiritual communities, and more. Find communities in the Directory, read inspiration and lessons in Communities magazine, and explore books, videos, and games in the Community Bookstore. Web: http://www.ic.org/ [05 May 2017]
Fellowship of Humanity (Humanist Hall) We are a Humanist Church that has been functioning since 1935 as a flagship for progressive causes. Today we are still a humanist, anti-capitalist, left community surging ahead in the attempt to create a compassionate, nurturing, non-competitive, simple, and stable example of communitarian living for future generations. We are attempting to discover how to build sustainability and excitement into a conscious community for the left and left out living with the Earth. Our user-friendly Humanist Hall is an affordable venue for progressive political, cultural, and spiritual gatherings and for the celebrations of oppressed minority cultures. Street address is 390 27th Street (between Telegraph and Broadway in midtown Oakland). Address: 411 28th Street, Oakland CA 94609-3602 Voice: (510) 451-5818 (Humanist Hall); (510) 681-8699 (Fellowship of Humanity) Email: HumanistHall[at]Gmail.com Web: http://www.humanisthall.net [21 Apr 2017]
Felton Institute (FSA) Mission is to respond to human needs with cutting edge social services and treatment that combine evidence-based practices with cultural sensitivity and a deep respect for our clients. We place special emphasis on the needs of low-income families, children, the elderly and people living with disabilities. San Francisco embodies diversity: cultural, economic, social, and ethnic diversity. Felton Institute responds to the call by offering 34 programs in 11 languages at multiple sites throughout San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. Address: 1500 Franklin Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 474-7310 Fax: (415) 931-3773 Email: info@felton.org Web: http://felton.org/ [18 Apr 2015]
Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) A cutting edge organization dedicated to women’s equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. In all spheres, FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. Our organization believes that feminists – both women and men, girls and boys – are the majority, but this majority must be empowered. Web: http://www.feminist.org/ [21 Feb 2015]
Feminist Therapy Connection (FTC) Experienced, California-licensed professionals providing psychotherapy, counseling and consultation services in Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco and Vallejo, respecting the equal value, ethnicity, cultural diversity and worth of all people. Whether you are a woman, a man, or gender queer; whether you are heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bi, or trans; whether you are seeking help for personal, sexuality, relationship, family, or workplace problems, we listen carefully while providing a safe place to explore and heal present and past trauma, anxiety, depression and stress. In addition to individual, couple and family therapy, we offer an Anger & Assertiveness Group for Women in Berkeley. Voice: (510) 841-1261 Email: FeministTherapy@mail2Woman.com Web: http://www.FeministTherapy.org [03 Feb 2017]
Fenton Communications (San Francisco office) A social change communications agency that uses the power of stories, media and technology to make the world a better place. Address: 182 Second Street, Fourth Floor, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 901-0111 Fax: (415) 901-0110 Web: http://www.fenton.com [06 Nov 2015]
Filipino Advocates for Justice (FAA) In the spirit of Bayanihan, the vision of Filipino Advocates for Justice is to foster a Filipino community with the power to advance social and economic justice, and to realize democratic and human rights for everyone. Our mission is to build a strong and empowered Filipino community by organizing constituents, developing leaders, providing services, and advocating for policies that promote social and economic justice and equity for all. Address: 310 8th Street, Suite 308, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 465-9876 Web: http://www.filipinos4justice.org [17 Aug 2014]
Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES) An intergenerational organization that works for environmental justice within communities in the United States and in the Philippines, and builds partnerships through advocacy, education, service, and organizing. FACES’ seeks to address transnational environmental justice issues that impact Filipino communities in both the United States and the Philippines, while remaining grounded in the personal stories, lives, and struggles of those affected worldwide. Address: POBox 566, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: facesinfo@gmail.com Web: http://www.facessolidarity.org/ [26 Apr 2014]
Mark Fiore Pulitzer Prize-winner, Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates animated political cartoons in San Francisco, where his work has been featured on the San Francisco Chronicle’s web site, SFGate.com, for over ten years. His work has also appeared on Newsweek.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, MotherJones.com and NPR’s web site. Fiore’s political animation has been featured on CNN, Frontline, BillMoyers.com, Salon.com and cable and broadcast outlets across the globe. Web: http://www.markfiore.com/ [17 Aug 2014]
Fire John Yoo Web: http://www.firejohnyoo.org/ [24 Jul 2016]
FireWorks A Bay Area anarchist newspaper that aims to cultivate revolutionary solidarity and communication in the Bay among full-fledged rebels, closet antagonists, old-school revolutionaries and budding insurgents. What you will find in these pages is a concoction of the efforts and contributions of a broad array of radicals in the Bay Area. It is directed at anyone who opposes capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy. We aim to create a forum in which people can continue to strengthen their affinities with each other, as well as their hostilities towards a system that has exploited and dominated every aspect of their lives. Web: http://fireworksbayarea.com/ [16 Feb 2017]
First Amendment Project (FAP) A nonprofit organization providing free and low-cost legal services on public interest free speech and free press matters. FAP provides these services to its core constituency of activists, journalists and artists who seek to vindicate important First Amendment rights, but do not have the financial resources to hire private counsel. FAP represents these clients by defending them when they are sued for what they say or write, by contesting governmental non-compliance with open records and meetings laws and in challenging laws, practices and policies that infringe on First Amendment rights. FAP is the only nonprofit organization in the country dedicated to providing free legal representation exclusively on free speech and free press issues. Address: 1736 Franklin, 9th Floor (near 19th Street), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-7744 Fax: (510) 208-4562 Web: http://www.thefirstamendment.org [19 Jul 2015]
First Community Housing (FCH) We design, develop and manage affordable housing for low-income households. Each of our developments is specifically designed to complement its unique neighborhood. The purpose of this website is to introduce you to a few of our properties and to highlight our commitment to quality design and long term sustainability. FCH is an award-winning, California 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, Public Benefit Housing Development Corporation, located in San Jose, California. Since 1986, FCH has created housing for more than 3,200 low-income residents in 18 affordable rental housing developments (over 1,300 units) throughout the San Francisco Bay region. Address: 75 East Santa Clara Street, Suite 1300, San Jose CA 95113 Voice: (408) 291-8650 Fax: (408) 993-9098 Email: info@firsthousing.org Web: http://www.firsthousing.org/ [23 Oct 2016]
First Congregational Church of San Francisco (FCC) A gathering of diverse people who have come together to support one another on life’s journey. We are spiritually and socially diverse, accepting of differences and open minded. We are single and married, straight and gay, gender fluid and not, come in different colors and ages. We have a vision of our life together: to grow spiritually & support others in their spiritual life. to practice a life of gratitude and service. to bear witness to the loving and inclusive character of God through the person of Jesus. to give voice to Christ’s transformative message of justice, hospitality, peace & compassion. Address: 1300 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 441-8901 Email: office@sanfranciscoucc.org Web: http://www.SanFranciscoUCC.org [21 Apr 2017]
First Run Features Founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers to advance the distribution of independent film. Under the leadership of the late film pioneer, Fran Spielman, First Run Features quickly gained a reputation for its controversial catalog of daring documentaries and fiction films. Today First Run remains one of the largest independent distributors in North America, releasing between 15-20 films a year in theaters nationwide and an additional 30-40 films annually to schools, libraries and other educational institutions; on home video on DVD and Blu-Ray; to television broadcasters; and online through a diverse group of innovative digital partners. Web: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/ [09 Feb 2014]
First They Came for the Homeless Our group is about humanity, community, and coming up with solutions for what we face. Our current campaigns are the year long occupation of the Berkeley Post Office, the Wiener Roasts, several upcoming Sit lie actions in San Francisco, and the proposed occupation of the mayors super bowl party. Voice: (415) 304-1449 Email: mzint02@gmail.com Web: http://Firsttheycameforthehomeless.weebly.com/ https://www.facebook.com/firsttheycameforthehomeless/ http://www.berkeleyemergencyshelter.org/ [26 Oct 2016]
Fleet Farming Oakland Strives to reduce the environmental impact of food production through a pedal-powered, hyperlocal urban farming model that creates a culture of health and vibrant ecosystems by: teaching an intergenerational fleet of volunteers how to grow their own food, activating and re-engaging the community through biweekly Swarm Rides, and creating a breathe free and biodiverse environment through emissions-free, organic farming. Web: http://fleetfarming.com/ https://www.facebook.com/fleetfarmingoak [24 Jul 2016]
FOCUS on the Global South (FOCUS) Established in 1995 to challenge neoliberalism, militarism and corporate-driven globalisation while strengthening just and equitable alternatives. We work in solidarity with the Global South – the great majority of humanity that is marginalized and dispossessed by globalisation – believing that progressive social change and Global South solidarity are imperative if the needs and aspirations of oppressed peoples, particularly in Asia, Latin America and Africa, are to be met. Web: http://www.focusweb.org [09 Feb 2014]
Food & Water Watch (Oakland office) Champions healthy food and clean water for all. We stand up to corporations that put profits before people, and advocate for a democracy that improves people’s lives and protects our environment. We are working to create a healthy future for our families and for generations to come—a world where all people have the resources they need, including wholesome food, clean water and sustainable energy. Making this happen requires organizing people from all over the country to build a large movement with the political power to make our democratic process work. Large numbers of people are a countervailing force to corporations “buying” public policy. Address: 1814 Franklin Street, Suite 1100, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 922-0720 Fax: (510) 922-0723 Web: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ [14 Jan 2017]
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Stores and distributes donated and purchased perishable and nonperishable food items. We distribute food directly to low-income people at community sites and make food available for other nonprofit organizations serving the ill, needy and children. The Food Bank works to reduce food waste, feed hungry people and raise public awareness of issues related to food and hunger. Address: POBox 6324, Concord CA 94524 Voice: (855) 309-FOOD (3663) toll-free Email: info@foodbankccs.org Web: http://www.foodbankccs.org/ [14 May 2016]
Food Chain Workers Alliance A coalition of worker-based organizations whose members plant, harvest, process, pack, transport, prepare, serve, and sell food, organizing to improve wages and working conditions for all workers along the food chain. The Alliance was founded in July 2009. Web: http://foodchainworkers.org [05 Nov 2016]
Food Democracy Now! A grassroots movement of more than 650,000 farmers and citizens dedicated to building a sustainable food system that protects our natural environment, sustains farmers and nourishes families. Our food system is fundamentally broken. A few companies dominate the market, prioritizing profits over people and our planet. Government policies put the interests of corporate agribusiness over the livelihoods of farm families. Farm workers toil in unsafe conditions for minimal wages. School children lack access to healthy foods–as do millions of Americans living in poverty. From rising childhood and adult obesity to issues of food safety, air and water pollution, worker’s rights and global warming, our current food system is leading our nation to an unsustainable future. Web: http://fooddemocracynow.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy Envisions a world in which all people have access to healthy, ecologically produced, and culturally appropriate food. After 40 years of analysis of the global food system, we know that making this vision a reality involves more than technical solutions—it requires political transformation. That’s why Food First supports activists, social movements, alliances, and coalitions working for systemic change. Our work—including action-oriented research, publications, projects and Food Sovereignty Tours—gives you the tools to understand the global challenges, build your local movement, and engage with the global movement for food sovereignty. Address: 398 60th Street, Oakland CA 94618-1212 Voice: (510) 654-4400 Email: info@foodfirst.org Web: http://www.foodfirst.org [25 Apr 2015]
East Bay Food Not Bombs (FNB) Prepares and serves free, hot, vegetarian food to hungry people mostly at People’s Park in Berkeley. FNB is part of the community they serve. They survive on direct food donations from local bakeries, produce outlets, and restaurants, without government or charity money. Always seeking new volunteers to help cook, clean, serve, and be a part of the community. Meetings are the first Wednesday night of each month at the Long Haul at 7:30 pm. Web: http://ebfnb.org/ [26 Mar 2015]
San Francisco Food Not Bombs (FNB) A non-violent, direct action group that provides free, hot vegetarian community meals in San Francisco. Get involved in their consensus-based, grassroots organizing by calling, sending email, and / or coming to one of their cook houses or servings . Check their web site for current serving locations and times. Voice: (415) 484-3288 Email: sffnbvolunteers@riseup.net Web: http://www.sffnb.org/ [13 Aug 2017]
Food Not Lawns Food Not Lawns was founded in 1999 by a group of Food Not Bombs activists in Eugene, Oregon. In 2006, a co-founder of the group, Heather Jo Flores, published her book, Food Not Lawns, How to Turn your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community. Now, with over 50 chapters worldwide, we are a global community of avant gardeners, working together to grow and share food, seeds, skills and resources. Web: http://www.foodnotlawns.com/ [13 Apr 2015]
The Food Pantry Mission is to increase access to food for hungry people, and empower them to help each other. We operate out of St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. Address: 500 De Haro Street (at Mariposa), San Francisco CA 94107 Email: sara@thefoodpantry.org Web: http://www.thefoodpantry.org [13 Aug 2017]
Food Runners Mission is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 16 tons of food a week that would otherwise be thrown away. With help from our volunteer coordinator, our paid truck driver and people like you, we can provide enough food for 5,000 meals a day in San Francisco. Voice: (415) 929-1866 Email: nancy@foodrunners.org Web: http://www.foodrunners.org/ [05 Nov 2016]
Food, Inc. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Web: http://www.foodincmovie.com/ [21 Apr 2017]
FoodCorps A nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders who connect kids to real food and help them grow up healthy. Through our partnership with AmeriCorps, we recruit, train and place emerging leaders into limited-resource schools for a year of service implementing our three-ingredient recipe for healthy kids. Our Service Members: Teach hands-on lessons about food and nutrition Build and tend school gardens and teach cooking lessons so kids can taste the fresh food they’ve grown Change what’s on children’s lunch trays, giving them healthy food from local farms. Web: https://foodcorps.org/ [22 Dec 2014]
Forage Oakland A project that – at its core – works to address how we eat everyday, and how everyone can benefit from viewing their neighborhood as a veritable edible map, considering what is cultivated in any given neighborhood and why, and what histories influence those choices. The gleaning of unharvested fruits; the meeting of new neighbors; the joy of the season’s first hachiya persimmon (straight from your neighbor’s backyard, no less); the gathering and redistribution of fruits that would otherwise be wasted – can be powerful and can work to create a new paradigm around how we presently think about food in our collective consciousness. Web: https://forageoakland.wordpress.com/ [24 Jul 2016]
Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) A “Think Tank Without Walls” connecting the research and action of more than 600 scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global partner. It is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies. FPIF provides timely analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs and recommends policy alternatives. We believe U.S. security and world stability are best advanced through a commitment to peace, justice and environmental protection as well as economic, political, and social rights. We advocate that diplomatic solutions, global cooperation, and grassroots participation guide foreign policy. For a more detailed explanation of our foreign policy vision, please consult Just Security, our framework document. Web: http://www.fpif.org [09 Feb 2014]
ForestEthics If you want to save the world, forests are a great place to start. And if you want to find one of the best organizations for the job, you’re in the right place. ForestEthics’ strategies are always a step ahead, and our results speak for themselves: we’ve secured protection agreements for 65 million acres of forests; we’ve helped to move millions of dollars of corporate buying towards environmentally responsible market solutions and we’ve influenced the environmental practices of more than 100 major US companies. We’ve achieved this tremendous success in the US and Canada with the support of people like you. Address: One Haight Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 863-4563 Email: info@forestethics.org Web: http://www.forestethics.org [21 Feb 2015]
Forests Forever (FoFo) Founded in 1989 during the historic campaign to save the Headwaters ancient redwood forest in Humboldt County, California. Our efforts helped galvanize the broad-based public awareness and outcry that led to that and other forest victories across the state. For more than 20 years we have been rallying Californians in defense of the state’s 17 million acres of woodland ecosystems and watersheds through year-round education, grassroots organizing, litigation, work in elections, and executive-branch and legislative advocacy. Address: 209 Kearny Street, San Francisco CA 94108-4500 Voice: (415) 974-3636 (974-FOFO) Fax: (415) 974-3664 Email: mail@forestsforever.org Web: http://www.forestsforever.org [09 Feb 2014]
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation (FEAR) A national nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the forfeiture process. Address: 20 Sunnyside Suite A-419, Mill Valley CA 94941 Web: http://www.fear.org [21 Feb 2015]
Foundation Aiding The Elderly (FATE) Objective is to serve as a voice for patients and to bring about national reforms and enforcement of the laws governing the nursing home industry and its regulatory agencies in order to assure proper care, civil rights and meaningful, dignified life for the elderly in long-term care facilities. Web: http://www.4fate.org/ [03 Nov 2014]
The Foundation Center The leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Through data, analysis, and training, it connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed. Foundation Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. and, increasingly, global grantmakers and their grants — a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance knowledge of philanthropy at every level. Web: http://fdncenter.org/ [21 Feb 2015]
Foundation for a College Education (FCE) Since 1995, FCE has worked to increase the number of students of color from East Palo Alto and the surrounding area who graduate from a four-year college or university. FCE has created a community where higher education is attainable. By engaging both students and parents in intensive, personalized programs starting in high school, FCE provides the information, the resources, and the encouragement students need to succeed in college and beyond. Address: POBox 50518, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 322-5048 Fax: (650) 327-9977 Email: info@collegefoundation.org Web: http://www.collegefoundation.org [09 Feb 2014]
Foundation for Deep Ecology (FDE) Supports efforts to protect wilderness and wildlife, promote ecological agriculture, and oppose destructive mega-technologies that are accelerating the extinction crisis. Address: 1606 Union Street, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 229-9339 Fax: (415) 229-9340 Email: info@deepecology.org Web: http://www.deepecology.org [13 Aug 2017]
Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) A global, nonprofit financial institution serving 1.7 million lowest-income clients in 22 countries, providing products and services aimed at creating employment, raising family incomes and reducing poverty. Works to ensure that people with low incomes, who are financially excluded from accessing banking services within their traditional markets, can access the suitable loans, savings and insurance they need to build secure, productive lives. Web: http://www.villagebanking.org/ [03 Nov 2014]
Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) Achieves community-driven goals through asset-based development and international exchange in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Community is central to our approach. FSD connects a diverse, international community to work effectively together to achieve lasting improvement in the quality of life for all. Address: POBox 21467, Oakland CA 94620 Voice: (415) 283-4873 Email: info@fsdinternational.org Web: http://www.fsdinternational.org/ [13 Aug 2017]
Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR) A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing an effective voice for taxpayers and consumers in an era when special interests dominate public discourse, government and politics. We deploy an in-house team of public interest lawyers, policy experts, strategists, and grassroots activists to expose, confront, and change corporate and political injustice every day, saving Americans billions of dollars and improving countless lives. Web: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org [03 Nov 2014]
Fred Finch Youth Center (FFYC) Provides innovative, effective, caring mental health and social services to children, young adults, and their families that allows them to build on their strengths, overcome challenges, and live healthy and productive lives. We serve children, adolescents, young adults, and families facing complex life challenges. Many have experienced trauma and abuse; live at or below the poverty line; have been institutionalized or incarcerated; have a family member that has been involved in the criminal justice system; have a history of substance abuse; or have experienced discrimination or stigma. Address: 3800 Coolidge Avenue, Oakland CA 94602-3311 Web: http://www.fredfinch.org [21 Feb 2015]
Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) Provides research and advocacy on free speech, copyright, and media democracy issues. FEPP’s primary areas of inquiry are: r Restrictions on publicly funded expression – in libraries, museums, schools, universities, and arts and humanities agencies; r Internet filters, rating systems, and other measures that restrict access to information and ideas in the digital age; r Restrictive copyright laws, digital rights management, and other imbalances in the intellectual property system; r Mass media consolidation, public access to the airwaves, and other issues of media democracy; r Censorship designed to shield adolescents and children from controversial art, information, and ideas. Web: http://fepproject.org/ [19 Jul 2015]
Free Farm Stand An all-volunteer run project of the No Penny Opera that is about sharing the wealth of urban farms and gardens. We strive to attain the following goals: •help make locally grown, fresh and nutritious organic produce accessible to all, especially those families and individuals on low-incomes and tight budgets. •help empower people who have the space to grow their own food and become more self-reliant. •promote good nutrition and health. Web: http://freefarmstand.org [24 Jul 2016]
Free Mumia A web site covering death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. Web: http://www.millions4mumia.org/ [26 Apr 2014]
Free Press Fights for your rights to connect and communicate. We’re working to create a world where people have the information and opportunities they need to tell their own stories, hold leaders accountable, and participate in our democracy. We fight to save the free and open Internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media. Web: http://www.freepress.net/ [14 May 2016]
Free Radio Berkeley (FRB) Founded on April 11, 1993 as a Free Speech voice challenging the regulatory structure and power of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Free Radio Berkeley has been engaged in an ongoing legal battle with the FCC. Until it was silenced by a court injunction in June 1998, Free Radio Berkeley was broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 104.1 FM with 50 watts of power as the alternative voice for the greater Berkeley/Oakland area. The original Free Speech mission to provide community news, discussions and interviews, information, a wide range of music, and more has now been taken up by Berkeley Liberation Radio. Address: 1442-A Walnut Street, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 595-7609 Email: freeradioberkeley@gmail.com Web: http://www.freeradio.org [01 Mar 2015]
Free Radio Santa Cruz (FRSC 101.3 FM) On the air since 1995 without a license. We broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, in defiance of federal regulations. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is charged with regulating the airwaves in the public interest. We believe that it has failed to do so and has proved itself to be controlled by monied interests. We go on the air to protest corporate control of the airwaves, to bring local control and local accountability to our community media, to produce and broadcast a diversity of programs that are simply unavailable on corporate controlled stations. We do not air advertisements, we do not do pledge drives, we do not have sponsors or underwriters. Address: POBox 7811, Santa Cruz CA 95061 Voice: (831) 427-3772 (studio line) Email: frsc@freakradio.org Web: http://www.freakradio.org [14 Jan 2017]
Free Speech Internet Television A national, independent news network committed to advancing progressive social change. As the alternative to television networks owned by billionaires, governments and corporations, our network amplifies underrepresented voices and those working on the front lines of social, economic and environmental justice. Reaching over 40 million US television households, we bring our viewers an array of daily news programs, independent documentaries and special events coverage. Web: http://www.freespeech.org/ [19 Jul 2015]
Free the Slaves Slavery has been outlawed everywhere, but it has not been eradicated. Free the Slaves exists to help finish the work that earlier generations of abolitionists started. We help those in slavery escape the brutality of bondage. We help prevent others from becoming trapped by traffickers. We help officials bring slave holders to justice. We help survivors restore their dignity, rebuild their lives, and reclaim the future for themselves, their families, and their communities. Web: http://www.freetheslaves.net [11 Feb 2016]
Free Tibet Campaign Our vision is a free Tibet in which Tibetans are able to determine their own future and the human rights of all are respected. We campaign for an end to China’s occupation of Tibet and for international recognition of Tibetans’ right to freedom. We mobilise active support for the Tibetan cause, champion human rights and challenge those whose actions sustain the occupation. We are entirely funded by our supporters across the world. Web: http://www.freetibet.org/ [11 Feb 2016]
Freecycle Network Aims to keep items out of landfills by providing an internet listings service to help people give unwanted items to someone else for free. Keeping stuff out of landfills helps build a sustainable future, is good for the environment and builds local and world communities. Freecycle (officially known as The Freecycle Network) is made up of thousands of groups with millions of members across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving and getting stuff for free. Freecycle groups operate in specific towns or areas – so it’s local as well as global. Web: http://www.freecycle.org/ [01 Mar 2015]
FreeDocumentaries.org Streams full-length documentary films free of charge, with no registration needed. For several films, we even offer the ability to watch trailers or to download the actual film. The films are gathered by our researchers as we scour the web for well-produced videos and present them to our viewers. We adhere to all copyright laws and honor the wishes of the producers. Web: http://www.freedocumentaries.org [21 Apr 2017]
The Freedom Archives Contains over 10,000 hours of audio and video tapes as well as extensive documents. These materials date from the late-60s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international solidarity movements. The collection includes weekly news/ poetry/ music programs broadcast on several educational radio stations; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; diverse activist voices; original and recorded music, poetry, original sound collages; and an extensive La Raza collection. Address: 522 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-9977 Email: info[at]freedomarchives[dot]org Web: http://www.freedomarchives.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Freedom from Hunger Brings innovative and sustainable self-help solutions to the fight against chronic hunger and poverty. Together with local partners, we equip families with resources they need to build futures of health, hope and dignity. Address: 1460 Drew Avenue, Suite 300, Davis CA 95618 Voice: (800) 708-2555; (530) 758-6200 Email: info@freedomfromhunger.org Web: http://www.freedomfromhunger.org [01 Mar 2015]
Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) A working class organization composed of women and men of many races, nationalities, sexual orientations and ages who are fighting for a new, just social order that will serve the majority of the human race. In a time of environmental and economic crisis, perpetual war, high unemployment, immigrant scapegoating and rampant corporate theft, we reject despair and work collectively for a future cleansed of all oppression and violence. We agree with the advice offered by Eduardo Galeano, the Uruguayan socialist who wrote Open Veins of Latin America: “Save your pessimism for better times.” Web: http://www.socialism.com/ [14 Jan 2017]
Freedom to Marry Documents the stunning celebration which began on February 12th, 2004 in the city of San Francisco when new, straight, married Mayor Gavin Newsom felt compelled to recognize the rights of same-sex couples to be treated equally. Included in the film are passionate comments by comedian Margaret Cho. This courageous act of compassion has caused an explosion of emotion on both sides and if you were not fortunate enough to be in San Francisco for this, don’t miss this chance to experience one of the most important events in the historic fight for civil rights for gays and lesbians everywhere! Web: http://www.freedomtomarry.tv/ [11 Feb 2016]
Fresh Juice Party (FJP) We are politically conscious and active artists who write, record and perform music, design visuals and create happenings. Partners for over 20 years, the songwriting duo Craig Casey & Pratibha Gautam are the backbone of this sprawling musical, artistic and political juggernaut. FJP is NOT yo’ momma’s protest music! Defying easy categorization, their infectious and catchy songs range from pop, reggae, acoustic, gospel, and hard rock. FJP plays a large collection of wildly danceable original tunes full of punch…er, we mean: juice! Web: http://www.freshjuiceparty.com [24 Jul 2016]
Friends of Alemany Farm A volunteer group that manages the horticulture, volunteer, and educational programs at Alemany Farm, a 3.5 acre organic farm ecosystem in southeast San Francisco. Friends of Alemany Farm grows food security and educates local residents about how they can become their own food producers. We strive to increase ecological knowledge and habitat value, and to sow the seeds for economic and environmental justice. The farm is located at 700 Alemany Blvd. Address: 162 Hearst Avenue, San Francisco CA 94131 Email: community.gardeners@gmail.com Web: http://www.alemanyfarm.org [24 Jul 2016]
Friends of Animals, Inc. (FoA) A non-profit international animal advocacy organization, established in New York in 1957. We work to cultivate a respectful view of nonhuman animals, free-living and domestic. Our goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world. Web: http://www.friendsofanimals.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Friends of Deir Ibzi’a (FoDI) Formed when activists with the International Solidarity Movement volunteered at a children’s summer camp in the village of Deir Ibzi’a in 2002. The camp was the vision of Deeb Kamal, a member of the local community who was acutely aware of a need to both lift the children’s spirits and create a lifeline of hope via an investment in learning and education. When the activists returned home to the Bay Area they continued their commitment to the youth of Deir Ibzi’a by raising money for scholarships. To date they have supported 27 students in their pursuit of higher education. Address: 2132 Prince Street, Berkeley CA 94705 Email: friends@deiribzia.org Web: http://www.deiribzia.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Friends of El Cerrito Trees An all volunteer community-based group of citizens who are interested in the protection, preservation, proper maintenance, and planting of trees in El Cerrito’s public parks, along its streets, and on private property. Our members are also concerned with related issues of conservation of vegetation and stewardship of natural resources for the health and well-being of our communities and environment. Currently, our group represents several hundred citizens of El Cerrito with many more like-minded folks from neighboring communities who share our goals to help El Cerrito become a beautiful, green place. After all, we only have one planet! Web: http://www.ectrees.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Friends of Falun Gong USA A U.S.-based nonprofit organization founded in the year 2000 by concerned Americans. Our mission is to support the freedom of belief of persons who practice Falun Gong. FoFG USA believes that people everywhere should have the right to practice Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa), a spiritual path that includes nonviolence. FoFG USA is focused on preventing and ending violations of the right to practice Falun Gong openly, freely, and with dignity, worldwide. Web: http://www.fofg.org [19 Jul 2015]
Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control (FSFACC) The only organization dedicated to raising funds for the City’s municipal, open-admission animal shelter and its rescue partners in order to enhance or establish programs and services that benefit animals, and serve and educate the public. Address: c/o San Francisco Animal Care & Control, 1200 15th Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Email: info@friendsofsfacc.org Web: http://helpacc.org [13 Aug 2017]
Friends of Sausal Creek (FoSC) A group of community members protecting Sausal Creek at a grassroots level. The Friends recognize that citizen participation—from residents to decision-makers, teachers, and students—is critical for building a long-term commitment to protecting Sausal Creek as a natural resource for the greater Oakland community. Sausal Creek begins in the hills of Oakland, CA and runs through Oakland to San Francisco Bay. Address: POBox 2737, Oakland CA 94602 Voice: (510) 501-FOSC (3672) Email: coordinator@sausalcreek.org Web: http://www.sausalcreek.org/ [01 Mar 2015]
Friends of Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority Our mission is to raise funds for the Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA), increase awareness of its programs and services, and to work to reduce the companion animal overpopulation problem. Our goal is to ensure the well-being of animals through education, outreach, and fund raising. We also aim to establish programs which will support SVACA and benefit the animals in its care. We aim to help SVACA find loving families for every adoptable companion animal, assist with financial support for ill and injured animals, and work to reduce the companion animal overpopulation problem in our area. We are always looking for volunteers! Address: POBox 132, Santa Clara CA 95052 Email: contact@friendsofsvaca.org Web: http://www.friendsofsvaca.org [09 Nov 2014]
Friends of the Animals in the Redwood Empire (FAIRE) FAIRE’s overall mission is to provide programs to help the pets and pet owners in our community. Our goal with these programs is to encourage responsible pet ownership along with increasing adoptions and reducing the need for euthanasia at our six local animal shelters. Address: POBox 2001, Rhonert Park CA 94927 Voice: (707) 228-0256 Web: http://www.faireonline.org/ [05 Nov 2016]
Friends of the Eel River (FOER) Mission is to restore the Eel River and all her tributaries to a natural state of abundance, wild and free. Our immediate goal is to remove two antiquated dams that block hundreds of miles of prime spawning grounds. A river needs to stay in the watershed where it is birthed for that river system to remain healthy -Friends of the Eel River. Address: POBox 4945, Arcata CA 95518-4945 Voice: (707) 822-3342 Web: http://www.eelriver.org/ [09 Nov 2014]
Friends of the MST (FMST) A network of individuals and organizations that support the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) in the struggle for social and economic justice while securing respect for human rights. The FMST works to build solidarity and educate the public in the US and English-speaking world in order to raise the international profile of the MST. The FMST has a direct relationship to the MST and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. Web: http://www.mstbrazil.org/ [24 Jul 2016]
Friends of the River (FOR) California’s only statewide river conservation organization. FOR is nationally recognized as an authority on the adverse impacts of dams on rivers and ecosystems. Our Mission: Friends of the River protects and restores California Rivers by influencing public policy and inspiring citizen action. Web: http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ [01 Mar 2015]
Friends of the Urban Forest Helps individuals and neighborhood groups plant and care for street trees and sidewalk gardens in San Francisco. This “green infrastructure” improves the city by beautifying neighborhoods, cleaning the air, raising property values and reducing polluted stormwater runoff. Since 1981, FUF has planted more than 48,000 trees, totaling 43% of the city’s street tree canopy. Address: Presidio of San Francisco, 1007 General Kennedy Avenue, Suite 1, San Francisco CA 94129-1405 Web: http://www.fuf.net/ [09 Feb 2014]
FTMHealth.com This site is dedicated to listing ALL kinds of resources that will help transgender individuals to meet their health needs. We provide health, wellness and optimal resources primarily for FTM/Trans* Guys of all orientations. You will find information and entertainment LGBTQ as well as straight-identified transgender persons of experience and much more. Web: http://ftmhealth.com [29 Mar 2014]
Full Circle Farm A project of Sustainable Community Gardens (SCG), a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated to the renewal of local, sustainable food systems. While we are not Certified Organic, Full Circle Farm operates using the organic principles set forth in the National Organic Program. We are committed to sustainable principles of operation. As such the use of petroleum based fertilizers, as well as non-organic herbicides and pesticides is not part of our operating philosophy. Address: 1055 Dunford Way, Sunnyvale CA 94087 Voice: (408) 475-2531 Fax: (408) 716-8876 Email: info@fullcirclesunnyvale.org Web: http://www.fullcirclesunnyvale.org [01 Mar 2015]
Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) FIJA works to: Inform potential jurors of their traditional, legal authority to refuse to enforce unjust laws Inform potential jurors that they cannot be required to check their consciences at the courthouse door Inform potential jurors that they cannot be punished for their verdicts Inform everyone that juror veto—jury nullification—is a peaceful way to protect human rights against corrupt politicians and government tyrrany Web: http://www.fija.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Funny Times A monthly magazine of humor and satire in a world gone totally insane. We read thousands of cartoons in order to find and collect the “best of the best” each month. For nearly 30 years we have searched out and brought on board the most hilarious minds of America. They supply us with delightfully funny, left leaning, intelligent humor which is guaranteed to make you laugh (or your money back!). Web: http://funnytimes.com/ [05 Nov 2016]
Furry Friends Rescue An all-volunteer non-profit Bay Area companion animal rescue organization, comprised entirely of experienced volunteers who collectively have rescued thousands of companion animals and placed them in forever loving homes. Address: POBox 7270, Fremont CA 94537-7270 Voice: (510) 794-4703 Email: info@furryfriendsrescue.org Web: http://www.furryfriendsrescue.org/ [05 Nov 2016]
Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice We believe in maximizing your organizational capacity by understanding the big picture – the social mission you’re trying to accomplish – while respecting the smaller details of how you do what you do, every day. We strive to create true partnerships with our clients, customizing our mix of consultation and direct service to best respond to your needs. So whether we’re crafting effective grant proposals or coaching your team in developing a multi-year strategic plan, FTW is flexible, creative, and effective, offering a powerful array of ideas, expertise, and solutions to meet each project’s needs. Address: 855 Meadow View Drive, Richmond CA 94806 Voice: (510) 243-0122 Fax: (510) 243-0132 Email: Rebecca@FurtherTheWork.com Web: http://www.FurtherTheWork.com [26 Apr 2014]
Future Leaders Institute (FLI) Engage high school and college students in generating and implementing visionary solutions for society. The Future Leaders Institute (FLI) guides and mentors youth across the San Francisco Bay Area as they develop individual initiatives and employ social entrepreneurship in the face of the world’s most pressing needs. Address: POBox 3391, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 469-3729 Email: info@thefli.org Web: http://www.thefli.org [26 Apr 2014]
The Future of Food The Future of Food has been a key tool in the American and international anti-GMO grassroots activist movements and played widely in the environmental and activist circuits since its release in 2004. The film is widely acknowledged for its role in educating voters and the subsequent success of passing Measure H in Mendocino County, California, one of the first local initiatives in the country to ban the planting of GMO crops. Web: http://www.thefutureoffood.com [31 Jul 2016]
Future of Music Coalition (FMC) A national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture where artists flourish, are compensated fairly for their work, and where fans can find the music they want. FMC has provided an important forum for discussion about issues at the intersection of music, technology, policy and law. Guided by a firm conviction that public policy has real impact on the lives of both musicians and fans, FMC advocates for a balanced approach to music in the digital age — one that reflects the interests of all stakeholders, and not just the powerful few. Web: http://www.futureofmusic.org [01 Mar 2015]
Gadar Heritage Foundation Aims and objectives are: A. Re-evaluation of the place of Gadar Party in India’s Freedom Movement through research, seminars and publications. B. Promoting the ideals of the Gadar Party: Secularism and Religious Harmony, Social Justice, Economic Freedom and Equality, Democracy and Cultural Diversity, and Peaceful Co-existence among Nations. Address: POBox 14360, Fremont CA 94539 Web: http://gadar.homestead.com [09 Feb 2014]
Gallinas Watershed Council (GWC) Mission is to connect the people who live and work in Las Gallinas Valley with their creek and watershed, to advance local conservation action, and to promote watershed restoration, protection and education. Address: 68 Mitchell Blvd, Suite 240, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 578-2580 Web: http://www.gallinaswatershed.org [17 Aug 2014]
The Garden (film) The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight back, and demand answers. Web: http://www.blackvalleyfilms.com/films/the-garden/ [31 Jul 2016]
Garden for the Environment (GFE) Maintains a nationally acclaimed one-acre urban demonstration garden and offers environmental education programs about organic gardening, urban compost systems and sustainable food systems. Since its founding in 1990, the garden has operated as a demonstration site for small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening and low water-use landscaping. The Garden is located in San Francisco on 7th Avenue at Lawton Street. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 320, San Francisco CA 94103 Email: info@gardenfortheenvironment.org Web: http://www.gardenfortheenvironment.org [01 Mar 2015]
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love. Web: http://www.glaad.org [05 Nov 2016]
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California (GLBTHS) Collects, preserves and interprets the history of GLBT people and the communities that support them. Founded in 1985, we are recognized internationally as a leader in the field of GLBT public history. The GLBT Historical Society is a registered 501(c)3 educational nonprofit organization. Address: 657 Mission Street #300, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 777-5455 Email: info@glbthistory.org Web: http://www.glbthistory.org [14 May 2016]
Gaylesta, Inc. The LGBT Psychotherapy Association. Gaylesta has grown to include over 300 mental health professionals. To our knowledge, we are the oldest and largest collection of individuals focused on LGBTQ mental health. Our membership collectively offers a range of services, experience, specializations, and expertise. We work to promote awareness of the special skills our members have to offer the LGBTQ communities and the general public. We do this through an online referral service through which our members can market their practices, as well as through community outreach; advertising; and public speaking. Address: 584 Castro Street #230, San Francisco CA 94114-2512 Voice: (415) 729-3996 Web: http://www.gaylesta.org [14 Jan 2017]
General Assistance Advocacy Project (GAAP) Mission is to provide education, empowerment and advocacy to those who need it most. GAAP serves over 2,000 homeless and marginally housed San Franciscans each month by helping them obtain and retain the public benefits to which they are entitled. GAAP is the only free walk-in public benefits clinic in San Francisco available throughout the week. And GAAP does it with only two paid staff members, assisted by many devoted community and Bay Area student volunteers. Address: 276 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 928-8191 Fax: (415) 928-1410 Web: http://www.gaap.org [09 Feb 2014]
Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives (GRID Alternatives) GRID Alternatives’ vision is a transition to clean, renewable energy that includes everyone. Our mission is to make renewable energy technology and training available to underserved communities. GRID Alternatives Bay Area leads teams of volunteers and job trainees to install solar electric systems for low-income families from Santa Clara to Sonoma County, providing families with needed savings and giving Bay Area workers hands-on experience to help them find jobs in the green-tech economy. Address: 1171 Ocean Avenue, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 731-1310 Email: infoba@gridalternatives.org Web: http://www.gridalternatives.org [09 Nov 2014]
Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) A leading promoter and defender of stem cell research and other cutting-edge medical research targeting cures. We are the catalyst and provide leadership to the Pro-Cures Movement, an influential global network of stakeholders’ from patient-advocacy, science and industry. GPI seeks to catalyze and help lead a global network of influential stakeholder groups representing patient advocates, scientists, physicians and health care professionals, industrialists, bioethicists, lawyers, educators, and policy-makers. Web: http://stemcellaction.org [26 Sep 2015]
GI Rights Hotline Since 1994, the GI Rights Hotline has been providing free, confidential, and accurate information on US military regulations and practices to servicemembers, veterans, potential recruits, and their families. We are a consortium of nearly twenty non-governmental, non-profit organizations located in eleven states and in Germany. Some of our counselors are veterans, some are lawyers and some have decades of military counseling experience. We are in constant contact with each other to stay up-to-date on the latest military regulations and practices. We provide resources and counseling options. Many of us are not lawyers and therefore cannot give legal advice, but, in cases in which an attorney might be useful, we may be able to help you find one. Voice: (877) 447-4487 Web: http://www.girightshotline.org [25 Dec 2014]
Gill Tract Community Farm A collaborative community project between the UC and the community, focused on issues of food justice and urban farming. It is located in Albany, CA, at the corner of San Pablo Ave and Marin Ave. It is an urban farm where you can come and harvest food for yourself and your family in exchange for help with weeding, planting, and watering; it aims to supply fresh organic food to anyone who lacks access to it in our East Bay communities. The GT Community Farm is one of the increasing number of urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food systems worldwide that exist to develop innovative local solutions to social, environmental and economic injustices. Web: http://gilltractfarm.wordpress.com [09 Nov 2014]
Girls on the Run of the Bay Area A life-changing, non-profit program for girls in the 3rd through 8th grade. Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. The 20-lesson Girls on the Run curriculum combines training for a 5K (3.1 miles) running event with lessons that inspire girls to become independent thinkers, enhance their problem solving skills and make healthy decisions. All of this is accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff, and the community. Address: The Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street #31 (near Valencia), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-8942 Fax: (415) 863-8989 Email: info@gotrbayarea.org Web: http://www.gotrbayarea.org [11 Feb 2016]
GirlVentures Mission is to empower adolescent girls to develop and express their strengths. We envision a world in which girls and women are actively engaged in the leadership of thriving communities strengthened by diversity, civic engagement, healthy choices and environmental responsibility. Our programs for Bay Area girls entering 6th – 12th grade explore self, community, culture, and the environment through outdoor adventure, creative arts, and group experiences. Address: The Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street #18, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 864-0780 Fax: (415) 861-3464 Web: http://www.girlventures.org/ [09 Nov 2014]
GLBT Historical Society Collects, preserves and interprets the history of GLBT people and the communities that support them. Founded in 1985, the society is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of GLBT public history. Often referred to as San Francisco’s “queer Smithsonian,” the GLBT Historical Society houses one of the world’s largest collections of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender historical materials. The society’s GLBT History Museum is the first full-scale, stand-alone museum of its kind in the United States. Address: 657 Mission Street #300, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 777-5455 Email: info@glbthistory.org Web: http://www.glbthistory.org/ [17 Aug 2014]
Glide Memorial United Methodist Church Mission is to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. Our Core Values emerge from GLIDE as a spiritual movement. They are rooted in empowerment, recovery and personal transformation. Our values inspire and guide our behaviors. Address: 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 674-6000 Email: info@glide.org Web: http://www.glide.org/ [21 Apr 2017]
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) A worldwide alliance of more than 650 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic-free world without incineration. We work both against incinerators and for safe, sustainable and just alternatives. Web: http://www.no-burn.org/ [09 Nov 2014]
Global Exchange (GX) An international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. We take a holistic approach to creating change and as an education and action resource center, we advance our vision by working to ensure our members and constituents are empowered locally and connected globally to create a just and sustainable world. We realize that in order to advance social, environmental and economic justice we must transform the global economy from profit-centered to people-centered, from currency to community. Address: 2017 Mission Street, Second Floor, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 255-7296 Fax: (415) 255-7498 Web: http://www.globalexchange.org [09 Nov 2014]
Global Forest Watch (GFW) An interactive online forest monitoring and alert system designed to empower people everywhere with the information they need to better manage and conserve forest landscapes. Global Forest Watch uses cutting edge technology and science to provide the timeliest and most precise information about the status of forest landscapes worldwide, including near-real-time alerts showing suspected locations of recent tree cover loss. GFW is free and simple to use, enabling anyone to create custom maps, analyze forest trends, subscribe to alerts, or download data for their local area or the entire world. Web: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/ [16 Jul 2015]
The Global Fund for Women We advance the rights of women and girls worldwide by increasing the resources for and investing in women-led organizations and women’s collective leadership for change. We envision a just, equitable and sustainable world in which women and girls have resources, voice, choice and opportunities to realize their human rights. Address: 222 Sutter Street, Suite 500, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 248-4800 Web: http://www.globalfundforwomen.org [19 Jul 2015]
Global Glimpse A movement of hundreds of passionate, determined problem-solvers collaborating across borders to bring life-changing education abroad to high school students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. We are committed to building a new generation of diverse young leaders who are equipped and inspired to tackle the social, political, and economic challenges of their generation. Web: http://www.globalglimpse.org/ [14 May 2016]
Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) Explores and exposes the intertwined root causes of social injustice, ecological destruction, and economic domination. GJEP envisions a world in which all societies are justly and equitably governed with full participation by an engaged and informed populace living in harmony with the natural world and one another. We accomplish our mission by (1) prioritizing campaigns that are key leverage points for advancing systemic change, and (2) linking struggles and strengthening diverse movements with strategic action, information, and analysis. Web: http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/ [13 Aug 2017]
Global Policy Forum (GPF) An independent policy watchdog that monitors the work of the United Nations and scrutinizes global policymaking. We promote accountability and citizen participation in decisions on peace and security, social justice and international law. GPF gathers information and circulates it through a comprehensive website, as well as through reports and newsletters. We play an active role in NGO networks and other advocacy arenas. We organize meetings and conferences and we publish original research and policy papers. GPF analyzes deep and persistent structures of power and dissects rapidly-emerging issues and crises. GPF’s work challenges mainstream thinking and questions conventional wisdom. We seek egalitarian, cooperative, peaceful and sustainable solutions to the world’s great problems. Web: http://www.globalpolicy.org/ [14 May 2016]
Global Security Institute (GSI) Dedicated to strengthening international cooperation and security based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament. GSI was founded by Senator Alan Cranston whose insight that nuclear weapons are impractical, unacceptably risky, and unworthy of civilization continues to inspire GSI’s efforts to contribute to a safer world. GSI has developed an exceptional team that includes former heads of state and government, distinguished diplomats, effective politicians, committed celebrities, religious leaders, Nobel Peace Laureates, disarmament and legal experts, and concerned citizens. Web: http://www.gsinstitute.org [25 Apr 2015]
Global Trade Watch (GTW) Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch seeks to ensure that in this era of globalization, all Americans can enjoy economic security, a clean environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making in matters that affect them and their communities. Web: http://www.tradewatch.org/ [19 Jul 2015]
Global Women Intact A 501(c)(3) charitable organization that nurtures arts of the african diaspora, and uses performance and presentations—including dance, music, theater, comedy and education—to raise awareness of the beauty and complexity of african cultures, and their impact on health and well-being. in particular, gwi is devoted to raising awareness about female genital cutting (fgc) and provides alternative, arts-based and culturally appropriate rites of initiation that honor the intact and healthy bodies of girls and women. Address: 1928 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 928-4019 Fax: (415) 831-1080 Email: amma@globalwomenintact.org Web: http://www.celebrateclitoris.com [25 Apr 2015]
GMO Inside A campaign dedicated to helping all Americans know which foods have GMOs inside, and the non-GMO verified and organic certified alternatives to genetically engineered foods. We believe that everyone has a right to know what’s in their food and to choose foods that are proven safe for themselves, their families, and the environment. GMO Inside gives people information and tools, and provides a place for a growing community of people from all walks of life, to share information and actions around genetically engineered foods. Join the campaign and take part in the GMO Inside community on Facebook and Twitter. Web: http://gmoinside.org [31 Jul 2016]
Go Vegan! Radio Listener-supported and advertiser-sponsored GO VEGAN RADIO WITH BOB LINDEN is the 501(c)3 non-profit radio show about everything – food, health, environment, peace, politics, social justice – and broadcasts the solutions to all the problems about which other talk shows merely complain – war, violence, disease, world hunger, poverty, climate change, deforestation, resource depletion, water shortage, energy crises, habitat destruction, animal suffering. Produces the WORLD VEGAN SUMMIT & EXPO. Address: POBox 475414, San Francisco CA 94147 Voice: (818) 623-6477 Email: goveganradio@gmail.com Web: http://www.goveganradio.com/ http://www.WorldVeganSummit.com [11 Feb 2016]
Golden Gate Council of Hostelling International USA A nonprofit network of 8 hostels providing top-quality accommodations in San Francisco, Sacramento, and 4 State and National Parks. Mission is to help all, especially the young, gain a greater understanding of the world and its people through hostelling. Our vision is for guests to become caring global citizens who are catalysts for intercultural exchange and understanding stewards of the earth. Web: http://www.norcalhostels.org [17 Aug 2014]
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Mission is to preserve the Golden Gate National Parks, enhance the park visitor experience, and build a community dedicated to conserving the parks for the future. We are a community-supported nonprofit organization transforming places—and people—through conservation and improvement of these remarkable national parks. We are dedicated to protecting these PARKS, making them relevant and accessible FOR ALL communities, and instilling a sense of stewardship in this and future generations to ensure their vitality FOREVER. Address: Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 561-3000 Fax: (415) 561-3003 Email: tellmemore@parksconservancy.org Web: http://www.parksconservancy.org [09 Feb 2014]
Golden State Greyhound Adoption (GSGA) We exist to educate the public on the plight of the retired racing greyhound in order to find great homes for former-racing greyhounds. G.S.G.A. exists to place as many of the greyhounds that would otherwise perish as possible. We do not have kennels or a complex. Everything we do is with and through our volunteers and our wonderful foster home program. We could not accomplish this rewarding work without our volunteers who foster and spend their weekends at local venues with their greyhounds educating the public about these wonderful companions. Address: PMB 182, 2977 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek CA 94598-3535 Voice: (925) 946-0426 Email: gsga@astound.net Web: http://www.goldengreyhounds.com [19 Jul 2015]
Good Food Web A community-driven online platform to build a resilient, good food economy. We connect farmers, food entrepreneurs, investors, advocates and eaters to educational resources, best practices and expert advisors. Web: http://goodfoodweb.com [19 May 2014]
Good Shepherd Gracenter Good Shepherd Gracenter, owned and operated by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, is a ten (10) bed residential addiction recovery facility for women between the ages of 18 to 35 and is licensed by the State. It is a tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Motivated by a belief in the dignity and worth of each person as a child of God, Good Shepherd Gracenter of San Francisco is committed to helping young women who seek recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Through a program based on 12 Step spirituality and holistic treatment, we help each woman transform and grow toward independence by nurturing an appreciation of her true self and strengthening bonds with her self and community. Address: 1310 Bacon Street, San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 337-1938 Email: inquiry@gsgracenter.org Web: http://www.gsgracenter.org [17 Aug 2014]
GRAIN GRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems. Web: http://www.grain.org [07 May 2015]
Grandmothers Against the War We are grandmothers committed to ending the military presence of the United States in the Middle East and Afghanistan. That presence kills and maims our grandsons and granddaughters, escalates death and destruction in several countries, and impedes our ability to deal with our own country’s social and economic needs. Our military interventions lead only to more military intervention and improve nothing for the people in the affected areas. Nor do those interventions keep the United States safer. To the contrary, the U.S.’s military behavior inflames and encourages radical anti-U.S. attitudes. Address: POBox 9476, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 845-3815 Email: info@gawba.org Web: http://www.gawba.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) A decentralized collective of educators, researchers and grassroots activists working to promote an economy based on democratic participation, worker and community ownership, social and economic justice, and ecological sustainability–a “solidarity economy”–through grassroots journalism, organizing support, cross-sector networking and movement-building and the publication of educational and organizational resources. Web: http://www.geonewsletter.org [19 Jul 2015]
Grassroots House Collective A non-profit that collectively owns and operates an office building in Berkeley. This building at 2022 Blake Street houses important local organizations such as Copwatch, the Green Party, the Prisoner’s Literature Project, The International Solidarity Movement and the Industrial Workers of the World. It has also had a historic role in many of the progressive struggles coming out of the East Bay. Having a space to work is absolutely crucial to progressive organizers and workspace is an extremely rare commodity. Without a place to be, most grassroots efforts die out within months. This precious space allows tiny local organizing efforts a chance to grow. Address: 2022 Blake Street,, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 590-6227 Web: http://www.grassrootshouse.org/ [21 Apr 2017]
Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT) A multiracial organization that promotes the connection between fundraising, social justice and movement-building. We believe that how groups are funded is as important to achieving their goals as how the money is spent, and that building community support is central to long-term social change. We provide training, resources and analysis to strengthen organizations, with an emphasis on those focused on social justice and based in communities of color. GIFT and the Grassroots Fundraising Journal merged in 2008. The new organization continues to be called GIFT and the magazine it publishes is still called the Grassroots Fundraising Journal. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 705, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-4520 Fax: (510) 452-2122 Web: http://www.grassrootsfundraising.org [17 Aug 2014]
grassroots.org Mission is to serve as a catalyst for positive social change by offering free technology tools, resources and best practices for nonprofit organizations to leverage their charitable efforts and serve their community more effectively. Web: http://grassroots.org [19 Jul 2015]
San Francisco Gray Panthers We stand for age and youth working together to make the world a place where the young can look forward to growing old. We believe all people are entitled to certain fundamental rights: * Meaningful employment. * A country free from racism. * Economic security. * Decent and affordable housing and healthcare * A world in peace. * A life of dignity from birth to death, free from fear and abuse. We are: * Progressive. * Environmentalist. * Anti-racist. * Anti-war. Address: 2940 16th Street, Room 200-3, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 552-8800 Email: graypanther-sf@sonic.net Web: http://graypantherssf.igc.org/ [11 Feb 2016]
Greater Good Sciences Center (GGSC) Studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society. Based at the University of California, Berkeley, the GGSC is unique in its commitment to both science and practice: not only do we sponsor groundbreaking scientific research into social and emotional well-being, we help people apply this research to their personal and professional lives. Address: University of California, Berkeley, 2425 Atherton Street 6070, Berkeley CA 94720-6070 Voice: (510) 642-2490 Email: greater@berkeley.edu Web: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ [25 Apr 2015]
Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. In response to attacks on state-legal patients and providers, key leadership from the medical marijuana and law reform movements came together in 2002 to form Green Aid.– a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation that provides groundbreaking services designed to protect the civil rights of medical marijuana stakeholders in our local communities. Address: 484 Lake Park Avenue #172, Oakland CA 94610 Email: contact@green-aid.com Web: http://www.green-aid.com/ [19 Jul 2015]
Green Building Pages An on-line, sustainable design and decision-making tool for building industry professionals and environmentally and socially responsible consumer. Green Building Pages’ mission is to create a clear, concise, public format for communicating comprehensive, current, and transparent information to enable building industry professionals and consumers seeking a healthy, sustainable lifestyle to choose building materials that preserve health, the environment, and whose production and manufacture processes promote social equity and economic sustainability. Web: http://greenbuildingpages.com/ [14 May 2016]
Green City Project (GCP) Dedicated to increasing the compatibility of cities with their local natural systems by providing resources to link individuals and group with each other and community-based ecological activities. Green City is a project of the Planet Drum Foundation, a non-profit ecological education organization that promotes the concepts of bioregions and emphasizes sustainability, community self-determination and regional self-reliance. Address: POBox 31251, San Francisco CA 94131 Voice: (415) 285-6556 Fax: (415) 285-6563 Email: planetdrum@igc.apc.org Web: http://www.sustainable-city.org/orgs/gcp.htm [11 Feb 2016]
The Green Gate The Natural Resources Defense Council’s environmental guide to the San Francisco Bay Area. Web: http://www.nrdc.org/greengate/ [09 Feb 2014]
The Green Office A one-stop online retailer featuring over 38,000 green and conventional office products and a comprehensive range of sustainability services designed to make office greening easy and cost effective. We take the research out of responsible shopping by labeling and ranking our catalog by greenness, allowing you to balance price, performance, and sustainability. Address: POBox 225115, San Francisco CA 94122 Voice: (800) 909-9750 Fax: (866) 678-5056 Web: http://www.thegreenoffice.com/ [06 Nov 2015]
San Francisco Green Party The San Francisco local of the Green Party of California, the state’s newest political party. Working at the local level for social and environmental justice, peace, and grassroots democracy. Web: http://www.sfgreenparty.org [17 Aug 2014]
Green Party of Alameda County The Green Party of Alameda County, part of the East Bay Region of the Green Party of California, has over 10,000 registered members who live in the Oakland/Berkeley/Emeryville/Alameda area. We have been active for over 15 years, hold monthly meetings and “Green Sundays” on the second Sunday evening of each month at Niebyl Proctor Library in Oakland, and host conferences, public events, and gatherings for up to 1000 people in the Bay Area. Voice: (510) 644-2293 Web: http://acgreens.wordpress.com/ [26 Apr 2014]
Green Party of Contra Costa County A ballot-qualified, non-corporate, political party working toward progressive change. We flatly reject the notion that only the so-called “better off” should have a voice in Government. And because we won’t accept “big money” we are free to address the real issues so often ignored by the bigger political parties. Address: POBox 2361, El Cerrito CA 94530 Web: http://coco.cagreens.org [09 Feb 2014]
Green Party of San Mateo County (GPSMC) Affiliated with the Green Party of California (GPCA), a ballot-qualified party with about 120,000 members. GPCA is in turn affiliated with the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). Address: 1081 Granada, Belmont CA 94002 Voice: (650) 593-7032 Email: gpsmc@cagreens.org Web: http://cagreens.org/sanmateo [26 Apr 2014]
Green Planet Films, Inc. Advocates environmental awareness through education with an emphasis on film. We view the need for humanity to meaningfully engage with its living environment has reached a tipping point. We support this advocacy by developing and maintaining a media library for distribution to educational and public institutions, non-profits, businesses and individuals. Our perspective on environmental ecology, also includes human ecology. To supplement this effort, we maintain a network of subject matter experts among film producers, scientists, academics, as well as other distributors who share a common aspiration to identify, produce and share discoveries in nature and humanity. Address: POBox 247, Corte Madera CA 94941 Voice: (415) 377-5471 Web: http://greenplanetfilms.org [31 Jul 2016]
Green Press Initiative Mission is to work with book and newspaper industry stakeholders to conserve natural resources, preserve endangered forests, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and minimize impacts on indigenous communities. Web: http://www.greenpressinitiative.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Green Sangha Green Sangha is mindful practice for awakened action. Chapters meet once a month to meditate, educate, and support each other, and to plan environmental actions. These mini-retreats are designed to foster the qualities of calmness, lucidity, and awareness which are vital to our effectiveness as activists. We incorporate a deep ecological perspective based on Joanna Macy’s work, and find inspiration from the lives of non-violent leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama, and Julia Butterfly Hill. Address: POBox 20261, Oakland CA 94620 Voice: (510) 532-6574 Email: info@greensangha.org Web: http://www.greensangha.org [26 Apr 2014]
Green Science Policy Institute (GSP) Mission is to facilitate responsible use of chemicals to protect human and ecological health. We educate and build partnerships among scientists, regulators, businesses, and public interest groups to develop innovative solutions for reducing harmful chemicals in products. To achieve this, we: Provide unbiased scientific data for informed decision-making. Motivate and participate in scientific research that serves the public interest. Act as a watchdog for regulations that could lead to increased use of toxics. Promote policy and purchasing decisions to reduce the use of classes of harmful chemicals Address: POBox 9127, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 898-1739 Email: info@greensciencepolicy.org Web: http://greensciencepolicy.org [18 Aug 2016]
Green Tortoise Adventure Travel Offers affordable adventure bus tours to the best USA and Central American destinations, including Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Cross-Country USA, Alaska, and Mexico that will inspire the active and reflective alike! Our overland holidays and backpacker tours include wilderness adventures, camping, and trekking in America’s best National Parks. Address: 494 Broadway, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (800) TORTOISE (800-867-8647) Email: tortoise@greentortoise.com Web: http://www.greentortoise.com/ [09 Nov 2014]
Green-Collar Communities Clinic (GC3) The community economic justice practice of the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC). Our mission is to advance green jobs and resilient communities through cooperative ownership. We have a three-pronged approach to our work – Inspire, Inform and Incubate – transformative ventures through community-based workshops, clinics and direct representation. We are the first legal clinic in the country focused on incubating cooperative enterprises through the lens of racial justice. Address: 3130 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 548-4064 x611 Email: jpoyaoan@ebclc.org Web: http://greencollarcommunities.wordpress.com [19 Aug 2017]
Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice A multiracial grassroots organization that works with low-income and working class urban, rural, and indigenous communities to fight environmental racism and build a clean, healthy and just future for all. We mobilize community power to win victories that change government and corporate policies and practices to protect health and to promote environmental, social and economic justice. Address: 559 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 447-3904 Fax: (415) 447-3905 Email: greenaction@greenaction.org Web: http://www.greenaction.org https://www.facebook.com/Greenaction4EJ/ [21 Apr 2017]
Greenbelt Alliance Envisions a Bay Area where the natural and agricultural lands that provide so much to our region are protected and nurtured and where everyone—regardless of socio-economic status—can live in a neighborhood they are proud to call home. The Bay Area has the best of everything—stunning natural beauty, vibrant cities and neighborhoods, bountiful farms, and a diversity of cultural and economic opportunities. The challenge is how the region handles growth. We have a choice—to create wonderful cities and towns or to sprawl ever outward. Address: 312 Sutter Street, Suite 510, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 543-6771 Email: info@greenbelt.org Web: http://www.greenbelt.org/ [09 Nov 2014]
Greenlining Institute Founded in 1993, The Greenlining Institute envisions a nation where communities of color thrive and race is never a barrier to economic opportunity. Because people of color will be the majority of our population by 2044, America will prosper only if communities of color prosper. Greenlining advances economic opportunity and empowerment for people of color through advocacy, community and coalition building, research, and leadership development. We work on a variety of major policy issues, from the economy to environmental policy, civic engagement and many others, because economic opportunity doesn’t operate in a vacuum. Rather than seeing these issues as being in separate silos, Greenlining views them as interconnected threads in a web of opportunity. Address: 360 14th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 926-4001 Fax: (510) 926-4010 Email: info@greenlining.org Web: http://www.Greenlining.org [05 Nov 2016]
Greywater Alliance A group of organizations and individuals whose mission is to make reuse of greywater a critical and integral part of water conservation efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Web: http://www.greywateralliance.org/ [26 Apr 2014]
GroundSpark Creates visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world. Our films and campaigns are a mix of independent projects we initiate and commissioned projects for community clients. We specialize in crafting strategic documentary films and distribution campaigns with ambitious social, economic, and environmental justice goals. Address: 4104 24th Street, Suite 2013, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 641-4616; (800) 405-3322 Email: info@groundspark.org Web: http://groundspark.org/ [14 Jan 2017]
Growing up Farms A 501 (c) 3 non-profit that supplies healthy produce to the people of the San Francisco Bay Area. Our innovative indoor, vertical, aquaponic food growing system will serve our local community, grow food using a small fraction of the water used in traditional farming and provide a model for communities and cities across the country and throughout the world looking to localize their food supply. Our facility is located at 5801 Mission Strreet in San Francisco. (Entrance is on Oliver Street.) Address: 251 Ashbury Street #14, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 895-0359 Email: info@growingupfarms.org Web: http://www.crtp.net [08 Feb 2015]
Growth House Provides education about life-threatening illness and end of life care. Our primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration. Our search engine gives you access to the Internet’s most comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for end-of-life care. Web: http://www.growthhouse.org [09 Feb 2014]
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth This film examines the cultural barriers that prevent us from reacting rationally to the evidence current levels of population and consumption are unsustainable. It asks why the population conversations are so difficult to have. Why it’s more important to our society to have economic growth than clean air. Why communities seek and subsidize growth even when it destroys quality of life and increases taxes. Our growth-centric system is broken. It’s not providing the happiness or the prosperity we seek. But that’s good news; it means a shift to a sustainable model will be good for us. We’ll be happier and more prosperous! Web: http://www.growthbusters.org [28 Nov 2014]
Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens Come visit us at Guaria de Osa, amidst a Nature Sanctuary, on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica where towering stands of primary Rainforest kiss the pristine Pacific Ocean! Our spacious lodge is equally as unique and magical as our pristine tropical surroundings. Proceeds, in part, will benefit The Osa Foundation / Grupo Osanimi Rainforest Conservation and Cultural Heritage Projects among indigenous and rural communities in Central and South America. Address: c/o Dahlia Miller, POBox 1004, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 235-4313 Email: puravida@GuariadeOsa.com Web: http://www.guariadeosa.com [09 Nov 2014]
Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In An outdoor movie theater under the stars that springs up unexpectedly in the fields and industrial wastelands. Beyond showing great free movies year-round and bringing a broad community together, part of our mission is reclaiming public space and transforming our urban environment. Web: http://www.guerilladrivein.org/ [14 Jan 2017]
Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages Mission is to disseminate health related information to veterans of the Persian Gulf War in an unbiased format. The site is operated completely by volunteers and is not affiliated with any government entities or programs. We’ve been a presence on the Internet since early 1994, aiding Gulf War veterans in their pursuit for the truth. Web: http://www.gulfweb.org/ [14 May 2016]
Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley Brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. We revitalize neighborhoods, build affordable and sustainable housing solutions, and empower families through successful homeownership. Since 1986, we have partnered with volunteers, the community, and qualified families with limited incomes to strengthen communities in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties. Address: 2619 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-6304 Email: info@habitatEBSV.org Web: http://www.habitatebsv.org [21 Apr 2017]
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco Builds homes and community in partnership with thousands of annual volunteers, hard-working families, donors, civic leaders and other engaged community members in Marin, San Francisco and on the Peninsula. The work supporters help us do provides a critical path to financial security for families who live and work here and strengthens neighborhoods across the Bay Area. Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco has built more than 200 affordable homes in the Bay Area and is currently building Habitat Terrace, a development of 28 single-family homes in San Francisco’s Ocean View neighborhood, and Mt. Burdell Place, a 10-home development in Novato. Address: 500 Washington Street, Suite 250, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 625-1000 Fax: (415) 625-1815 Email: info@habitatgsf.org Web: http://www.habitatgsf.org [16 Nov 2014]
Haight Ashbury Psychological Services (HAPS) In our community, psychotherapy is easily affordable for the affluent, and publicly funded programs exist to serve the very poor. But between these two extremes are many who do not have insurance and whose incomes cannot quite meet the cost of psychotherapy. Haight Ashbury Psychological Services (HAPS) was created to fill that gap, so that everyone in our community can have access to quality professional care. HAPS also provides superior training, education and supervision for masters and doctoral students working towards licensure and a career in mental health. Address: 2166 Hayes Street, Suite 308 (near Cole and Shrader), San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 221-4211 Email: staff@hapsclinic.org Web: http://www.hapsclinic.org/ [05 Nov 2016]
Haiti Action Committee (HAC) A Bay-Area based network of activists who have supported the Haitian struggle for democracy since 1991. Our members travel frequently to Haiti and are in close touch with Haitian grassroots activists, legal and human rights workers, and victims of repression. With demonstrations and civil disobedience, Congressional lobbying and educational events, publications and community organizing, we are working to build a strong Haiti solidarity movement. Address: POBox 2040, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 483-7481 Email: action.haiti@gmail.com Web: http://www.haitisolidarity.net/ [26 Aug 2014]
Haiti Soleil Mission is to build and develop community-centered public libraries, museums, and other institutions of educational and cultural exchange focused on advancing the intellectual growth of young Haitian citizens. Haiti Soleil spearheads projects on behalf of, and in partnership with, individuals and organizations in Haiti that share similar principles and dedication to the dissemination of knowledge. Address: 2342 Shattuck Avenue #885, Berkeley CA 94704 Web: http://www.haitisoleil.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Hamilton Families Our mission is to end family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. Established in 1985, Hamilton Families is San Francisco’s leading service provider to homeless families, with carefully designed programs to prevent homelessness, provide shelter and stability, return families to permanent housing and support the well-being of children experiencing homelessness. Address: 1631 Hayes Street, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 409-2100 Email: contact-us@hamiltonfamilies.org Web: https://hamiltonfamilies.org [18 Sep 2016]
Hands Off Venezuela (HOV) Opposes all forms of intervention by the U.S. government and its agencies in Venezuela and works to: Educate and raise awareness about events in Venezuela in order to counter the bias of the mainstream media. Build solidarity between American and Venezuelan trade unionists and working people in general. Web: http://www.ushov.org/ http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/ [14 May 2016]
HandsOn Bay Area (HOBA) Works with local nonprofits, schools and parks to identify high-impact, group-based volunteer projects. These projects may meet an ongoing need of an organization or its clients, or they may be one-time, large-scale transformations of facilities or green spaces. We recruit volunteers to get the job done and match each project with a trained Project Leader to ensure that both the community partner and the volunteers are satisfied with the work. Address: 1504 Bryant Street, Suite 100, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 541-9616 Fax: (415) 541-7716 Email: info@handsonbayarea.org Web: http://www.handsonbayarea.org [01 Mar 2015]
HappyCow’s Vegetarian Guide (California Section) A directory of vegetarian restaurants & health food stores in California. (The general site is worldwide.) Web: http://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/california/ [11 Feb 2016]
Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC) Founded in 1993 and incorporated in 1994 by a working group of needle exchange providers, advocates and drug users. Today, we are strengthened by an extensive and diverse network of allies who challenge the persistent stigma faced by people who use drugs and advocate for policy and public health reform. Address: 1440 Broadway, Suite 902, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-6969 Email: hrcwest[a]harmreduction.org Web: http://www.harmreduction.org [05 Nov 2016]
Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club San Francisco’s largest Democratic Club, known for both its progressive politics and its independence. We welcome, and are the same cultural radicals who joined the club thirty years ago. This is a club for queers, dykes, transgender people, people of color, sex workers, fat people, leather/BDSM people, for people who don’t fit in the queer community easily and people who don’t fit in their gender easily, for gay pride and gay shame. It’s also a place for political radicals and progressives, who want to see a different world for labor, tenants, working people, people of color, and women. Address: POBox 14574, San Francisco CA 94114-0368 Email: info@milkclub.org Web: http://www.milkclub.org/ [01 Mar 2015]
Haymarket Books A radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago, a project of the Center for Economic Research and Social Change. Our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements and the education and development of a critical, engaged, international left. We take inspiration and courage from our namesakes, the Haymarket Martyrs, who gave their lives fighting for a better world. Their 1886 struggle for the eight-hour day – which gave us May Day, the international workers’ holiday – reminds workers around the world that ordinary people can organize and struggle for their own liberation. These struggles continue today across the globe—struggles against oppression, exploitation, poverty, and war. Web: http://www.haymarketbooks.org/ [19 Aug 2017]
Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures Living with an illness can be very emotionally and physically draining. The psychological toll itself is huge. Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures exists to help its participants step outside from all of that, if only for a short time. We offer incredibly fun weekend and weekday trips open to people with HIV and AIDS. Address: 167 Fell Street, San Francisco CA 94102-5106 Voice: (415) 552-1190 Email: info@hwaters.org Web: http://www.hwaters.org/ [19 Jul 2015]
Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival Harmony Festival served the Northern California Community by hosting a cutting edge Music/Arts/Health/Eco Community Festival, at Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa from 1978 to 2011, and drew over 30,000 people in 2011. The festival is currently on hiatus, in a “Cocoon of Transformation”, and has the goal of returning again in 2015, in a whole new way. Web: http://www.harmonyfestival.com [19 Jul 2015]
Health Access Foundation (Northern California office) The statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, advocating for quality, affordable health care for all Californians. As a coalition organization representing consumer groups, communities of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, children, seniors, women, people of faith, and organized labor. Health Access seeks to connect grassroots organizing to policy work, on-the-ground mobilization with savvy Sacramento strategy. Coalition member organizations can count on Health Access for timely analysis and tools so that whatever time and effort they have for health advocacy is spent in the most effective way possible. Address: 2000 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 873-8787 Web: http://www.health-access.org [21 Apr 2017]
Health Care for All California (HCA) Dedicated to achieving a universal health care system through single-payer public financing. Our goal is that all California residents will have access to comprehensive, high quality health care. HCA is a statewide non-partisan organization of volunteers. As a 501(c) 4 nonprofit organization with a 501(c) 3 education fund, we are supported by membership dues, donations, and fundraising activities. The HCA board of directors is made up of elected representatives from regional chapters. We encourage all single-payer supporters to become HCA members, and welcome creation of new chapters in under-represented areas of California. Address: POBox 5833, Novato CA 94948 Voice: (888) 442-4255 Fax: (415) 884-9230 Web: http://www.healthcareforall.org [16 Nov 2014]
Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA) A program of the University of California Berkeley School Of Public Health (UCB-SPH) that was established in 2001. HIA draws upon the multidisciplinary scholarship and the moral calling of UC Berkeley faculty and students to produce new knowledge through action-oriented research; teaching and mentoring; and service and community engagement programs to reduce the health disparities of the less advantaged Latino population in the United States. Address: 50 University Hall – MC 7360, Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 643-1291 Email: hia.ucb@gmail.com Web: http://hia.berkeley.edu [05 May 2017]
Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality (GLMA) The world’s largest and oldest association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) healthcare professionals. GLMA was founded in 1981, as the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, with the mission of ensuring equality in healthcare for LGBT individuals and healthcare professionals. Today, there is still considerable ignorance about LGBT health issues, with many assuming that LGBT health involves only HIV/AIDS. In fact, the full scope of the LGBT health agenda includes breast and cervical cancer, hepatitis, mental health, substance abuse, tobacco use, depression, access to care for transgender persons and other concerns. Web: http://www.glma.org [31 Jul 2016]
HealthRIGHT 360 A family of programs that includes Walden House, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Asian American Recovery Services, and Rock Medicine. Address: 1735 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 762-3700 Web: http://www.hafci.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Healthy Building Network Mransform the market for building materials to advance the best environmental, health and social practices. The scale of the building materials market is so large — more than three billion tons of materials per year — that its transformation to advance the best environmental, health and social practices could decrease, and even begin to reverse, some of the profound negative impacts of the contemporary building industry on the environment, human health and society. Web: http://www.healthybuilding.net [26 Apr 2014]
Heart of the City A gateway to information, resources and ways to take action to fight Bay Area evictions and gentrification. The site was developed and publicized in conjunction with the anti-gentrification spectacle/call to action at the 2013 SF Pride parade and will house future actions and projects focused on fighting tech boom-fueled real estate speculation and displacement. Web: http://www.heart-of-the-city.org [09 Jul 2014]
The Heat is Online A web site based on the book ‘The Heat Is On’ by Ross Gelbspan (Perseus Books, 1997). Continues to document the evidence for global warming and the pervasive debunking campaign of the fossil fuel industry. Web: http://www.heatisonline.org [05 May 2017]
Richard Heinberg Richard is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators. He has authored scores of essays and articles that have appeared in such journals as Nature, The American Prospect, Public Policy Research, Quarterly Review, The Ecologist, Resurgence, The Futurist, European Business Review, Earth Island Journal, Yes!, and The Sun; and on web sites such as Resilience.org, TheOilDrum.com, Alternet.org, ProjectCensored.com, and Counterpunch.com. Web: http://www.richardheinberg.com/ [06 Nov 2015]
Hemp Industries Association (HIA) A non-profit trade association representing businesses, farmers, researchers and investors working with industrial hemp. We are at the forefront of the drive for fair and equal treatment of industrial hemp. Since 1994, the HIA has been dedicated to education, industry development, and the accelerated expansion of hemp world market supply and demand. The hemp industry has positioned itself over the past two decades to once again become a major global economic force in the 21st century. Hemp is one of our planet’s most important natural resources, and we advocate using it to its full potential. Web: http://www.thehia.org [03 Feb 2017]
Heritage Grain Alliance (NCHGA) Mission is to provide California’s North Coast region with education and support to build a sustainable local grain economy. Our vision is a thriving, well-connected community collaborating to ensure a robust regional grain economy. We support the exchange of best practices to grow and use heritage grains, reflecting our diverse culinary lineages. The NCHGA aims to bring back this thriving grain economy through education, job creation, food sovereignty, sustainable farming, and alliances between producers and customers. Web: http://www.grainalliance.org/ [11 Feb 2016]
Hesperian Health Guides Beginning with the development of the classic Where There Is No Doctor in the mountains of Mexico in the early 1970s, Hesperian Health Guides has developed and distributed health materials now available in over 80 languages. We work with hundreds of partners who help us update and field test materials to ensure they are accurate and easy-to-use. We take all this work to scale with a paid staff of under 25 and an ever-increasing number of volunteers, currently at over 200. Hesperian is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and is supported by the generous gifts of individual and institutional donors, as well as revenue streams from the sale of books, resources, and digital tools. Address: 1919 Addison Street, Suite 304, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 845-1447 Fax: (510) 845-9141 Email: hesperian@hesperian.org Web: http://www.hesperian.org [19 Jul 2015]
Heyday An independent, nonprofit publisher and unique cultural institution. We promote widespread awareness and celebration of California’s many cultures, landscapes, and boundary-breaking ideas. Through our well-crafted books, public events, and innovative outreach programs we are building a vibrant community of readers, writers, and thinkers. Address: POBox 9145, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 549-3564 Fax: (510) 549-1889 Web: https://heydaybooks.com [05 Sep 2015]
Hidden Villa A nonprofit educational organization that uses its organic farm, wilderness, and community to teach and provide opportunities to learn about the environment and social justice. Hidden Villa stretches over 1600 acres of open space in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, about 40 miles south of San Francisco. Our mission is to inspire a just and sustainable future through our programs, land and legacy. Address: 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills CA 94022 Voice: (650) 949-8650 Email: info@hiddenvilla.org Web: http://www.hiddenvilla.org [31 Jul 2016]
Jim Hightower National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Thieves In High Places: They’ve Stolen Our Country And It’s Time to Take It Back, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be – consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Web: http://www.jimhightower.com/ [19 Jul 2015]
Hills Conservation Network Latest news on the fight for rational and responsible wildlands management in the East Bay hills. Address: POBox 5426, Berkeley CA 94705 Email: inquiries@hillsconservationnetwork.org Web: http://www.hillsconservationnetwork.org [01 Mar 2015]
HipHopForChange Uses grassroots activism to educate people about socio-economic injustices and advocate solutions through hip hop culture. We raise funds for local causes that enrich marginalized and historically oppressed communities. The mainstream music industry sells sexism, drug abuse, homophobia, materialism, and gang violence as if these problems represent the cornerstones of hip hop culture. HipHopForChange seeks to address these injustices of representation through education, community building, and the creation of a platform for people who identify with Hip Hop culture to express their true voices, selves, and culture. We create a space that emphasizes and encourages the root values of Hip Hop culture: peace, love, unity, and having fun. Address: 2313 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (415) 202-4817 Web: http://www.hiphopforchange.org/ [06 Apr 2017]
Hire-Ability, Inc. A non-profit vocational services program partnered with San Francisco Department of Public Health and California State Department of Rehabilitation which serves the San Francisco Bay Area community by connecting employers with trained, assessed and pre-qualified employees. We specialize in providing employers with a pool of employees that reflect the diverse and multicultural population of the region. Specifically, we assist employers in achieving their diversity goals by matching them with qualified individuals with disabilities. Address: 1234 Indiana Street, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 282-9675 Fax: (415) 920-6877 Email: office@hire-ability.org Web: http://www.hire-ability.org [25 Apr 2015]
Holy Land Olive Oil Founded in 2003, Holy Land Olive Oil was started as a follow-up to an all-volunteer project to help Palestinian farmers whose income has been devastated by Israel’s policies of closure and its prohibition on the sale of Palestinian olive oil within its territory at the beginning of the year 2000 Intifada. Holy Land Olive Oil is proud to be the first to import Palestinian olive oil into the US. Our mission is to create and sustain a permanent market for Palestinian farmers – in spite of political, logistical, and market economics/ pricing hurdles. For the olive growers, your purchase of their product is an expression of support that is valued a lot more than a handout. Address: 2930 Domingo Avenue #122, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 830-8804 Fax: (206) 203-0515 Email: info@PalestineOliveOil.org Web: http://www.palestineoliveoil.org [16 Nov 2014]
Home At Last Rescue (HAL) Over the past several years, significant strides have been made in reducing the rate of dog and cat euthanasia all across the nation. Home At Last Rescue (HAL) plays an active role in this “no-kill” movement by rescuing animals from city shelters, providing temporary foster care, and bringing these animals to the public for placement in high-quality, loving homes. Historically, HAL has operated primarily in the Berkeley area and has been instrumental in lowering the euthanasia rate in the Berkeley municipal shelter from over 60% three years ago, to under 20% this past year. Address: POBox 2261, Berkeley CA 94702-0261 Voice: (510) 981-0890 Email: info@homeatlastrescue.org Web: http://www.homeatlastrescue.org/ [09 Feb 2014]
Homeless Action Center (HAC) Provides free public benefits advocacy to people who are homeless and mentally ill in Alameda County. In addition to helping clients obtain sustainable income and health insurance, HAC also works with community stakeholders to reduce the harms associated with a lack of housing and healthcare. Combining professionalism and compassion, HAC provides barrier-free legal assistance to the hardest to reach populations. Address: 3126 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 540-0878 Fax: (510) 540-0403 Email: info@homelessactioncenter.org Web: http://homelessactioncenter.org [14 May 2016]
Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility (HVEHF) Uniquely combines emergency/treatment beds, transitional housing, and supportive services (such as case management, vocational rehabilitation, mental health and addiction treatment services and housing assistance) in order to serve homeless veterans throughout the Silicon Valley. We are a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that receives partial funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as charitable funding from community organizations and corporations. Address: 10 Kirk Avenue, San Jose CA 95127 Voice: (408) 533-0228; (408) 533-0226 Fax: (408) 937-1402 Web: http://www.hvehf.org [16 Nov 2014]
Homes Not Jails HNJ was formed in 1992 to advocate for the use of vacant and abandoned housing for people who are are homeless. With people literally dying on the sidewalks in front of vacant buildings, housing advocates, homeless advocates, and people who were homeless came together to find ways to utilize vacant buildings. Web: http://www.sftu.org/hnj.html [26 Apr 2014]
HOMEY ( Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth) Works with young people from low income neighborhoods of San Francisco, with a particular focus on Latino youth in the Mission District. HOMEY’s guiding principal is to be informed and led by the youth we serve, and all of our programs–from intensive case management to violence prevention workshops to vocational training to community advocacy– are staffed by bilingual and bicultural leaders who have deep ties to the communities we serve. Web: http://www.homeysf.org/ [18 Sep 2016]
HOPE Collaborative (Health for Oakland’s People and Environment) A collaborative of public agencies, community-based organizations, and Oakland residents. Leadership bodies and individuals within the collaborative work together to pursue our vision of a healthier, more vibrant Oakland. Address: 221 Oak Street, Suite D, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 444-4133 Fax: (510) 444-4819 Email: sabrina@hopecollaborative.net Web: http://hopecollaborative.net [31 Jul 2016]
Horizons Foundation A community foundation rooted in and dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, and we exist to: Mobilize and increase resources for the LGBT movement and organizations that secure the rights, meet the needs, and celebrate the lives of LGBT people. Empower individual donors and promote giving as an integral part of a healthy, compassionate community. Steward a permanently endowed fund through which donors can make legacy gifts to ensure our community’s capacity to meet the future needs of LGBT people. Address: 550 Montgomery Street, Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 398-2333 Fax: (415) 398-4733 Email: info@horizonsfoundation.org Web: http://www.horizonsfoundation.org [20 Feb 2016]
Hospitality House Founded in 1967, Hospitality House is a unique peer-based organization addressing the socio-economic disparities that impact people struggling with poverty and homelessness. We provide a wide range of services through six community programs that address emergency needs, promote long-term stabilization, build community, and connect residents to the area’s unique artistic and cultural resources. Address: 290 Turk Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 749-2100 Email: info@hospitalityhouse.org Web: http://www.hospitalityhouse.org [16 Jul 2016]
Hostelz.com The most complete database of hostel information available online. The site lists all hostels for free and includes direct contact info for hostels and exclusive photos and reviews. Web: http://www.hostelz.com/ [16 Feb 2014]
Housing California (HCA) The voice in the state Capitol for children, seniors, families, people experiencing homelessness, and everyone who needs a safe, stable, affordable place to call home. Since 1988, Housing California has been working to prevent homelessness and increase the variety and supply of safe, stable, accessible and permanently affordable places to live. Housing California staff accomplishes its goals through education, advocacy, and outreach. Web: http://www.housingca.org [19 Jul 2015]
Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) Creates inclusive communities for individuals with developmental disabilities or other special needs through quality affordable housing in Alameda and Contra Costa County. HCEB fulfills this mission by providing housing outreach and support services; developing affordable housing, partnering with other nonprofit and for profit companies to secure set-asides within larger rental communities; and owning and operating special needs affordable housing. Address: 1440 Broadway, Suite 700, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 832-1315 Email: info@hceb.org Web: http://www.hceb.org/ [16 Nov 2014]
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco (HRCSF) A tenants rights organization that offers free counseling for San Francisco tenants in all types of housing, including rent-control, SROs, public housing and Section 8. We’ve been fighting for the rights of tenants since 1979 when a group of seniors at Old St. Mary’s Church came together to organize against condo conversions that were displacing the elderly. Housing Rights Committee counselors provide help to over 5,000 tenants a year, advising them on their rights as renters. Address: 417 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 703-8634 Email: info@hrcsf.org Web: http://www.hrcsf.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
Human Rights and the Drug War (HRDW) A multi-media project that combines the stories and photos of Drug War POWs with facts and figures about the US Drug War, to confront the conscience of the American people and encourage individuals to take action for social justice. Address: POBox 21106, El Sobrante CA 94820 Voice: (510) 275-9311 Email: mikki@hr95.org Web: http://www.hr95.org/ [20 Feb 2016]
Human Rights Watch (San Francisco office) A nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of roughly 400 staff members around the globe. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups. Address: 350 Sansome Street, Suite 1000, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 362-3250 Fax: (415) 362-3255 Web: http://www.hrw.org/ [19 Jul 2015]
The Humane Farming Association (HFA) The nation’s most effective organization dedicated to the protection of farm animals. Founded in 1985, and over 250,000 members strong, HFA has gained national recognition and respect for its hard work, integrity, and its highly-successful campaigns. HFA’s goals are to protect farm animals from cruelty and abuse, to protect the public from the misuse of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals used on factory farms, and to protect the environment from the impacts of industrialized animal factories. Address: POBox 3577, San Rafael CA 94912 Voice: (415) 485 1495 Fax: (415) 485-0106 Email: hfa@hfa.org Web: http://www.hfa.org [19 Jul 2015]
Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) HSSV has been connecting people and pets in the Silicon Valley community for over 85 years. HSSV opened a 48,000 square-foot state of the art Animal Community Center in 2009, a facility providing quality adoptions, an impressive shelter medicine program, exemplary volunteer and educational programs, as well as progressive behavior and training programs to supply ongoing support to adopters. Address: 901 Ames Avenue, Milpitas CA 95035 Voice: (408) 262-2133 Email: comments@hssv.org Web: http://www.hssv.org [05 May 2017]
Humanimal Connection, Inc. (HAC) Mission is to save the lives of homeless or neglected cats and kittens, including those with significant medical needs, feral tendencies, or scheduled for euthanasia by providing them with forever homes. As a no-kill, not-for-profit, volunteer-run organization, the Humanimal Connection is dedicated to addressing the unmet needs of the cat population by connecting humans and animals together. Address: 27544 Canyon Road, Los Altos CA 94022 Voice: (888) 538-9402 (voicemail) Email: info@humanimalconnection.com Web: http://www.humanimalconnection.com [01 Mar 2015]
Humanist Hall See Fellowship of Humanity. [09 Aug 2015]
Humanist Workers for Revolutionary Socialism (HWRS) An organization composed primarily of former members of the now-defunct Workers’ Voice organization. We believe that in order to save humanity from the economic chaos, social injustice, and environmental destruction caused by global capitalism, it is necessary to abolish the capitalist system altogether and replace it with a humane, democratically-run planned socialist economy. Web: http://www.humanistsforrevolutionarysocialism.org/ [19 Jul 2015]
IBON Foundation, Inc. A non-stock non-profit development organization. We have been serving the Filipino people through research and education since 1978. IBON seeks to promote an understanding of socioeconomics that serves the interests and aspirations of the Filipino people. We study the most urgent social, economic and political issues confronting Philippine society and the world. Web: http://www.ibon.org [19 Jul 2015]
ICCED – IT Services We believe technology is an integral part of the success of any organization. Through our capacity building role, the Insight Center strives to assist other non-profits with today’s technology demands by providing affordable, discounted IT services. Our IT staff has worked exclusively in the non-profit sector for over 7 years and information technology for over 25 years. We embrace the goal of helping you carry out your mission by providing you a wide variety of support from small office setup, desktop support, complete system administration, network design and implementation, and security services. Address: 1999 Harrison St., Suite 1800, Oakland CA 94612-4700 Voice: (510) 251-2600 x111 Email: blim@insightcced.org Web: http://www.insightcced.org/our-services/technology.html [16 Nov 2014]
Idle No More SF Bay Inspired by the First Nations Idle No More movement, we are a group of Native Americans and allies working together to create positive change concerning Indigenous rights, the rights of Mother Earth, and the rights of the coming generations to a sustainable and healthy environment. Idle No More SF Bay helps organize the Native American community in the San Francisco Bay Area to attend the marches and actions that are in alignment with our values. We have also conducted solidarity actions with our First Nations sisters and brothers at the Canadian Consulate, as well as organized actions at the many fossil fuel facilities in the area. Web: http://www.idlenomoresfbay.org/ [08 Feb 2017]
If Americans Knew The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution. Web: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ [25 Apr 2015]
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) A national, non-profit resource center that provides legal trainings, educational materials, and advocacy to advance immigrant rights. The mission of the ILRC is to work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to continue to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 602, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 255-9792 Fax: (415) 255-9792 Web: http://www.ilrc.org/ [26 Aug 2014]
Impact Bay Area Teaches effective boundary setting, personal safety, and physical self-defense skills. Our classes are tailored to meet the needs of different ages, genders, and communities. Impact Bay Area is the only place where people can get practical self-defense and personal safety training in a welcoming environment regardless of age, physical fitness, gender, or weight. Our intensive training gives students effective skills that will last them the rest of their lives. Address: POBox 23831, Oakland CA 94623 Voice: (510) 208-0474 Email: info@impactbayarea.org Web: http://www.impactbayarea.org/ [16 Nov 2014]
The Impact Fund We provide strategic leadership and support for litigation to achieve economic and social justice. We provide funds for impact litigation in the areas of civil rights, environmental justice, and poverty law. We offer innovative technical support, training, and expertise on issues that arise in large scale impact litigation. We serve as lead counsel, co-counsel, and amicus counsel in select class action and impact litigation. Address: 125 University Avenue, Suite 102, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 845-3473 Fax: (510) 845-3654 Email: impactfund@impactfund.org Web: http://www.impactfund.org [05 May 2017]
Impact Hub Berkeley A membership-based, community space that connects local change agents to resources that accelerate their impact. Address: 2150 Allston Way, Suite 400, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: 510-649-7700 Email: Berkeley@Impacthubbayarea.com Web: http://berkeley.impacthub.net/ [05 May 2017]
Impact Hub Oakland Impact Hub Oakland is equal parts inspiring shared working space, entrepreneurial incubator and a membership-based community of socially engaged people, co-working and co-learning. Located in the heart of one of the coolest cities in the United States (move over Brooklyn), we cultivate, support and connect purpose-driven people as they pioneer solutions for a sustainable and equitable world. Address: 2323 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 858-2323 Web: https://oakland.impacthub.net [05 May 2014]
Impact Hub San Francisco A membership community of entrepreneurs, activists, creatives, and professionals taking action to drive positive social, economic and environmental change. Members have access to a local & global community of change agents, coworking space options (including amenities such as wifi, coffee/tea, privacy booths, printing & more), frequent events, discounted event & meeting space rentals & more. Visit ‘Become a Member’ to view full benefits & pricing. Impact Hub San Francisco is a certified B Corporation. Being a B Corp strengthens our resolve to achieve higher social & environmental standards, and empowers others in our community to do the same. Address: 1885 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Email: host@impacthubsf.com Web: http://sanfrancisco.impacthub.net/ [05 May 2017]
In Defense of Animals (IDA) An international animal rights and rescue organization dedicated to protecting the rights, welfare and habitats of animals. We are supported by a network of tens of thousands of determined activists, dedicated volunteers, interns and donors. We work to expose and end animal experimentation; protect wildlife and restore balance in their natural habitats; end the exploitation and abuse of wild species living in captivity, protect domestic and wild species worldwide from abuse and slaughter for food, conduct cruelty investigations and rescue operations, and provide veterinary care for sick, abused and orphaned animals in our natural habitat sanctuaries. Address: 3010 Kerner Blvd, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 448-0048 Fax: (415) 454-1031 Email: info@idausa.org Web: http://www.idausa.org [19 Jul 2015]
In Search of Good Food This blog chronicles the making of the movie “In Search of Good Food”, as well as events and topics relating to the movie. In Search of Good Food follows Antonio Roman-Alcalá, an urban farming activist from San Francisco, on his search for the “sustainable” food system in California. The film attempts to answer the question: does the sustainable food system actually exist? And if it doesn’t, what is preventing it from becoming reality? Web: http://insearchofgoodfood.blogspot.com/2009/01/looking-for.html [31 Jul 2016]
In These Times An independent, nonprofit magazine, is dedicated to advancing democracy and economic justice, informing movements for a more humane world, and providing an accessible forum for debate about the policies that shape our future. Web: http://www.inthesetimes.com/ [26 Apr 2014]
Independent Adoption Center (IAC) A compassionate and dedicated domestic open adoption agency. Since our founding in 1982, the IAC has successfully placed over 4,000 newborns with families in the United States. As a nonprofit agency, the IAC is pleased to acknowledge the ongoing corporate sponsorship of Google Foundation, Salesforce.com, and Vertical Response. Address: 2300 Clayton Road, Suite 1150, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 827-2229 Fax: (925) 603-0820 Web: http://www.adoptionhelp.org [25 Oct 2015]
Independent Arts & Media A unique and growing fiscal sponsor for artists, journalists and media producers. We support independent producers and projects that advance our mission, by enabling independent producers doing non-commercial work in the public interest to raise their own funding, and develop and present their work on their own terms. Our vision for fiscal sponsorship as a transformative “free speech platform” comes from our own experiences as journalists, artists, and media producers who needed better infrastructure for their public-interest work. IAM currently supports over 60 affiliates dedicated to non-commercial work in media and the arts, including publishing, theater, dance, music, visual art, film and video, journalism, history, and public-events production. Web: http://artsandmedia.net http://www.newsdesk.org/ [05 May 2017]
Independent Media Center A network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth. We work out of a love and inspiration for people who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media’s distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity. Web: http://www.indymedia.org/ [16 Nov 2014]
San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center A non-commercial, democratic collective of bay area independent media makers and media outlets, and serves as the local organizing unit of the global Indymedia network. We strive to provide an information infrastructure for people and opinions who do not have access to the airwaves, tools and resources of corporate media. This includes audio, video, photography, internet distribution and any other communication medium. We support local, regional and global struggles against exploitation and oppression. We function as a non-commercial, non-corporate, anti-capitalist collective. Web: http://indybay.org [25 Apr 2015]
Independent Television Service (ITVS) The leading incubator and presenter of independent film, ITVS partners with filmmakers to bring untold stories to public television and to communities around the globe. We know that courageous storytelling can create a better world. Address: 1435 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 356-8383 Email: itvs@itvs.org Web: http://www.itvs.org/ [05 May 2017]
India Resource Center Works to support movements against corporate globalization in India. We provide timely information on transnational corporations to Indian movements. We also educate and mobilize key constituencies in the US and other countries to take action in support of campaigns in India. India Resource Center is a project of Global Resistance. Global Resistance works to strengthen the movement against corporate globalization by supporting and linking local, grassroots struggles against globalization around the world. Our goal is to ensure that those most impacted by globalization are engaged in and at the forefront of the movement against corporate globalization. Web: http://www.indiaresource.org [02 May 2015]
Indigenous Environmental Network Formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ). IEN’s activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities. Web: http://www.ienearth.org/ [14 May 2016]
Indivisible Berkeley Berekeleyans resisting the Trump agenda. Web: http://www.IndivisibleBerkeley.org https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleyIndivisible/ https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web [13 Jan 2017]
Indivisible Berkeley Students Cal Berkeley students, faculty and staff who want to use the tactics presented in the Indivisible Guide to restore sanity to our nation’s politics. Web: https://www.facebook.com/IndivisibleBerkeleyCal [19 Jan 2017]
Indivisible East Bay Inspired by the strategies of the Indivisible Guide (www.indivisibleguide.com), interested in starting a group for the California’s 11th, 13th, and 15th Congressional Districts. Sign up for our email list here: http://tinyletter.com/IndivisibleEB Web: http://facebook.com/IndivisibleEB [19 Jan 2017]
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW / The Wobblies) A member-run union for all workers, a union dedicated to organizing on the job, in our industries and in our communities. IWW members are organizing to win better conditions today and build a world with economic democracy tomorrow. We want our workplaces run for the benefit of workers and communities rather than for a handful of bosses and executives. Web: http://www.iww.org/ [02 May 2015]
inequality.org The premiere portal for the public at large, journalists, teachers, students, academics, and any others seeking information and analysis on wealth and income inequality. Ultimately, our mission is to help end economic inequality in the United States and abroad. Inequality.org is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies, a think tank based in Washington, DC. Web: http://www.inequality.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
infoshop.org An online resource of news, opinion and information on anarchism and many other topics. We are one of the oldest political websites, having been online since 1995. Around 50,000 people each month use our services and read our pages. Web: http://infoshop.org/ [26 Apr 2014]
Inkworks Press Inkworks Press has been recognized since its founding in 1974 as a leading environmentally and socially conscious offset printer offering a full range of the highest quality green printing services. We print booklets, posters, postcards, flyers, brochures, business suites, envelopes and more; all with vegetable oil based inks, recycled paper and union labor. Inkworks Press is organized as a democratically run worker collective, associated with the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC, pronounced “no boss”) and the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives. Address: 2827 Seventh Street (between Heinz and Grayson), Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 845-7111 Fax: (510) 845-6753 Email: inkworks@inkworkspress.org Web: http://inkworkspress.com/ [21 Feb 2016]
Inner City Advisors Works tirelessly with entrepreneurs, advisors, employees and sponsors to create a more equitable and impactful economic ecosystem in the Bay Area. Our unique approach has developed many amazing companies who have created good jobs for local residents. By educating, advising, and investing in small business owners, ICA improves communities by providing good local jobs to people with high barriers to employment. Address: 283 Fourth Street, Suite 101, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 271-0142 Email: info@innercityadvisors.org Web: http://www.innercityadvisors.org/#ica [30 Aug 2014]
Insight Center for Community Economic Development (ICCED) A a national research, consulting, and legal organization dedicated to building economic health in vulnerable communities. The Insight Center envisions a nation where all people have access to the resources, opportunities and support they need to help them realize their potential and achieve economic security. We envision a nation of individuals and families with sufficient income, quality education, decent and affordable housing and health care, child and elder care, a safe environment, and savings and other economic assets. We see a society that recognizes the value, dignity and creative potential of the overlooked and underappreciated. Success on this scale will make us all richer and is the moral thing to do, consistent with the values of our democracy. Address: 1999 Harrison St., Suite 1800, Oakland CA 94612-4700 Voice: (510) 251-2600 Fax: (510) 251-0600 Email: info@insightcced.org Web: http://www.insightcced.org [16 Nov 2014]
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems. Web: http://www.iatp.org [26 Aug 2014]
Institute for Applied Autonomy (IAA) A technological research and development organization dedicated to the cause of individual and collective self-determination. Our mission is to study the forces and structures which affect self-determination and to provide technologies which extend the autonomy of human activists. Web: http://www.appliedautonomy.com/ [16 Nov 2014]
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) We are a partnership of Haitian and US human rights advocates, supporting the Haitian people in their grassroots struggle for a just system of law, a society without violence, social justice, and a democratic government. Web: http://www.ijdh.org/ [21 Feb 2016]
Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) Mission is to provide innovative strategies, working models and timely information to support environmentally sound and equitable community development. To this end, ILSR works with citizens, activists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to design systems, policies and enterprises that meet local or regional needs; to maximize human, material, natural and financial resources; and to ensure that the benefits of these systems and resources accrue to all local citizens. Web: http://www.ilsr.org/ [05 May 2017]
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) A community of public scholars and organizers linking peace, justice, and the environment in the U.S. and globally. We work with social movements to promote true democracy and challenge concentrated wealth, corporate influence, and military power. Web: http://www.ips-dc.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) IPA increases the reach and capacity of progressive and grassroots organizations (at no cost to them) to address public policy by getting them and their ideas into the mainstream media. IPA gains media access for those whose voices are commonly excluded or drowned out by government or corporate-backed institutions. As a national consortium of independent public-policy researchers, analysts and activists, IPA widens media exposure for progressive perspectives on many issues including the environment, human rights, foreign policy, and economic justice. Address: 1714 Franklin Street #100-133, Oakland CA 94612-3409 Voice: (510) 788-4541 Email: institute[at]igc.org Web: http://www.accuracy.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) A world leader in educating policy makers and the public about genetically modified (GM) foods and crops. We investigate and report their risks and impact on health, environment, the economy, and agriculture, as well as the problems associated with current research, regulation, corporate practices, and reporting. Founded in 2003 by international bestselling author and GMO expert Jeffrey Smith, IRT has worked in over 40 countries on 6 continents, and is credited with improving government policies and influencing consumer-buying habits. Web: http://www.responsibletechnology.org [19 Aug 2017]
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Works with cities worldwide to bring about transport solutions that cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce poverty, and improve the quality of urban life. Cities throughout the world, primarily in developing countries, engage ITDP to provide technical advice on improving their transport systems. ITDP uses its know-how to influence policy and raise awareness globally of the role sustainable transport plays in tackling green house gas emissions, poverty and social inequality. This combination of pragmatic delivery with influencing policy and public attitudes defines our approach. Most recently, ITDP has been instrumental in designing and building the best bus rapid transit systems in the world. Web: http://www.itdp.org [09 Aug 2015]
Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) A nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individual and collective transformation through consciousness research, transformative learning, and engaging a global community in the realization of our human potential. We conduct, advance, and broaden the science of what connects us, reaching new understandings about the nature of reality and our extended capacities. From what we learn, we create real-world tools that empower people to apply conscious awareness in their personal lives, and in healthcare, education, and business. We host a vibrant community of explorers and change agents who are working together to make a difference in the world. Address: 101 San Antonio Road, Petaluma CA 94952 Voice: (707) 775-3500 Fax: (707) 781-7420 Email: info@noetic.org Web: http://www.noetic.org [05 May 2017]
Institute of Urban Homesteading A gathering place to research, ferment and learn together. We feature small class sizes and experiential learning. Baasd in Oakland, California. Our mission is to * Offer affordable classes in the art of living in an urban environment * Preserve a slower, more intentional, more sustainable and more pleasurable way of life * Rescue the lost arts of the garden, the kitchen and things done by hand * Imbue everyday tasks with wonder and beauty * Promote self-determination and the ability of each person to educate themselves Web: http://www.iuhoakland.com [26 Aug 2014]
Instituto Laboral de La Raza Provides labor rights education and advocacy to serve the needs of low income workers and their families. We deliver services, peer counseling, financial education and access to a network of services, all at no charge, 7 days a week. The thousands of workers we serve annually are from Mexico, Central America, Southeast Asia and the United States, and we serve many indigenous (native) peoples throughout the Americas as well. Address: 2947 16th Street (near Capp, between Mission and South Van Ness), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 431-7522 Fax: (415) 431-4846 Email: info@ilaboral.org Web: http://www.ilaboral.org [26 Apr 2014]
Inter Press Service (IPS) Information is an agent of change. Since its inception, back in 1964, IPS has believed in the role of information as a precondition for lifting communities out of poverty and marginalization. This belief is reflected in our historic mission: “giving a voice to the voiceless”– acting as a communication channel that privileges the voices and the concerns of the poorest and creates a climate of understanding, accountability and participation around development, promoting a new international information order between the South and the North. Web: http://www.ipsnews.net [14 May 2016]
Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (ICIR) ICIR was founded in 1993, in the wake of the passage of Proposition 187, by California religious leaders from diverse faith traditions to call together people of faith to promote the rights, fair treatment, and dignity of all iimmigrants regardless of their immigration status. Rooted in the shared religious principles that all people have inherent worth and potential regardless of education, national origin, citizenship, or legal status, ICIR works for a healthy, inclusive California where all people are welcome and have access to full participation in the life of the community. Since 1993, ICIR has organized among immigrant and faith communities and led public education and advocacy efforts across the state of California. Address: 1814 Franklin Street #325, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 893-7106 x 319 Email: dlee@clueca.org Web: http://icir-clue.blogspot.com/ [21 Feb 2016]
International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter) (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) A coalition of hundreds of organizations and prominent individuals and scores of organizing centers in cities and towns across the country. Its national steering committee represents major national organizations that have campaigned against U.S. intervention in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia, and organizations that have campaigned for civil rights and for social and economic justice for working and poor people inside the United States. Address: 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 821-6545 Email: answer@answersf.org Web: http://www.answercoalition.org http://www.votenowar.org [16 Feb 2014]
International Action Center (Bay Area Office) (IAC) Committed to building broad-based grassroots actions opposing U.S. wars abroad while fighting racism and economic exploitation of workers at home. With every mobilization or campaign, the IAC strives to connect struggles and bring together communities of color, women, lesbian, gay, bi and trans people, youth and students, immigrant and workers’ organizations in order to build a progressive movement for social justice and change. Address: 1305 Franklin Suite 411, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 600-5800 Email: ActionCenter-BayArea@peoplesmail.net Web: http://www.iacenter.org [02 Mar 2016]
International Bicycle Fund A non-governmental, nonprofit, advocacy organization, providing information and resources promoting sustainable transport and international understanding to make this planet a healthier and happier place to live. Major areas of activity are non-motorized urban planning, economic development, bike safety education, responsible travel and bicycle tourism, and cross-cultural, educational programs. Web: http://www.ibike.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) A global leader in responding to man-made disasters affecting wildlife, such as oil spills and marine debris. In addition to a fully-equipped emergency response center in Alaska, Bird Rescue runs two world-class wildlife centers in California which care for more than 5,000 animals each year, including pelicans, herons, shorebirds, and other aquatic species. This is made possible by over 60,000 volunteer hours per year kindly provided by a diverse group of retirees, nurses, veterinary students, and others. To date, our response teams have led rescue efforts in more than 200 spills across six continents. Address: 4369 Cordelia Road, Fairfield CA 94534 Voice: (707) 207-0380 Fax: (707) 207-0395 Web: http://www.ibrrc.org/ [27 Nov 2016]
International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal (bhopal.net) A coalition that is comprised of survivors of the disaster, international volunteers, and environmental, social justice and human rights groups. Using education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, ICJB works to hold Dow Chemical and the Indian Government accountable for the ongoing chemical disaster in Bhopal, India. Through empowering and advising campaigners in this worldwide movement, ICJB strives to further the Bhopalis’ demands for justice. ICJB is led by half a dozen Bhopal survivor organizations working in close alliance with coalition members in India, Canada, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom. Web: http://www.bhopal.net [16 Nov 2014]
International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Works to promote human rights and democratic freedoms for the people of Tibet. Web: http://www.savetibet.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) A coalition of non-government organizations in one hundred countries advocating for a strong and effective nuclear weapon ban treaty. Negotiations on this new global agreement will take place at the United Nations in New York in 2017. Web: http://www.icanw.org/ [14 Jun 2017]
International Campaign to Ban Landmines A global network of non-governmental organizations, active in some 100 countries, that works for a world free of antipersonnel landmines, where landmine survivors can lead fulfilling lives. Web: http://www.icbl.org/ [18 May 2017]
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) A global research institute with headquarters in Washington, D.C., and regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and New Delhi, India. Our research evidence identifies women’s contributions as well as the obstacles that prevent them from being economically strong and able to fully participate in society. ICRW translates these insights into a path of action that honors women’s human rights, ensures gender equality and creates the conditions in which all women can thrive. Web: http://www.icrw.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
International Development Exchange (IDEX) Since its founding in 1985, IDEX has supported more than 500 grassroots, community-led projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Annually, IDEX’s partners serve approximately 1.2 million people in impoverished communities, including marginalized women, small farmers, indigenous communities, low-income urban residents, sexual and ethnic minorities, and youth. Address: 2120 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (415) 824-8384 Fax: (415) 824-8387 Email: info@idex.org Web: http://www.idex.org [14 Jan 2017]
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. Founded in 1975, IFPRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership for a food secure future. Mission is to achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research and research-related activities in the fields of agriculture, livestock, forestry, fisheries, policy, and natural resources management. Web: http://www.ifpri.org/ [23 Nov 2014]
International Forum on Globalization (IFG) A North-South research and educational institution composed of leading activists, economists, scholars, and researchers providing analysis and critiques on the cultural, social, political, and environmental impacts of economic globalization. Unique in its diversity, depth, and breadth, the IFG works through an active international board of key citizen movement leaders; a small, dedicated staff; and a network of hundreds of associates representing regions throughout the world on a broad spectrum of issues. Our work is closely linked to social justice and environmental movements, providing them with critical thinking and frameworks that inform campaigns and activities on the ground. Address: 1009 General Kennedy Avenue #2, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 561-7650 Email: ifg@ifg.org Web: http://www.ifg.org [09 Aug 2015]
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) A leading international organization dedicated to human rights advocacy on behalf of people who experience discrimination or abuse on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Web: http://www.iglhrc.org [16 Feb 2014]
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) An organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America, the Caribbean and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Treaties, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands. Address: The Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street, Suite 305, San Francisco CA 94103-3664 Voice: (415) 641-4482 Fax: (415) 641-1298 Web: http://www.treatycouncil.org [09 Aug 2015]
International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins (IIBHB) Works on water, environmental and ecological issues in Bengal Basin. IIBHB also supports educational, health, housing and human rights in Bengal Basin as well as in other areas where its services are needed. IIBB hopes to use its Bengal Basin experience as a working model for emerging economies. Founded by Dr. Rash B. Ghosh, a Bengali-American scientist, the Institute has attracted a wide range of experts who are ready to assist IIBHB in finding solutions to the various problems that exist throughout the Bengal Basin. Dignitaries associated with the Institute have included Nobel Laureates Linus Pauling and Glenn Seaborg. The Institute is currently receiving advice from Nobel Laureate Charles H. Townes, a prominent spokesman for Bengal Basin issues. The IIBHB is headquartered in Berkeley, California, with chapters in England, Bangladesh and India. Address: 2509 McGee Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 841-3253 Email: IIBengalBasin@gmail.com Web: http://www.nvo.com/ghosh_research [31 Jul 2016]
International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) Welcomes, educates and serves immigrants, refugees and their families as they join and contribute to the community. With its five offices throughout the Bay Area that provide legal immigration and other services, as well as through its collaborative efforts with local and regional service providers, IIBA effectively serves immigrants and their families. We offer immigrants the information and assistance they need to understand and exercise their rights and responsibilities. Because of IIBA’s services, more immigrant families obtain stable immigration status in the United States. Address: 657 Mission Street, Suite 301, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 538-8100 x206 Fax: (415) 538-8111 Email: aquintanilla@iibayarea.org Web: http://www.iibayarea.org/ [11 May 2014]
International Labor Organization (ILO) A evoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity. Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent work and the economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress. Its tripartite structure provides a unique platform for promoting decent work for all women and men. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. Web: http://www.ilo.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) An advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide. Web: http://www.laborrights.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies (ECA Watch) A network of non-governmental organizations and bodies campaigning for ECA reform. Organizations participating in the campaign include bodies working on issues related to the environment, development, human rights, community rights, labor rights, and anti-corruption. Since 1996, NGOs from many countries have joined forces in an international campaign to reform ECAs. The goals and demands of the campaign are best described in the Jakarta Declaration for Reform of Official Export Credit and Investment Insurance Agencies, endorsed by over 300 NGOs following a May 2000 international ECA reform strategy session in Jakarta, Indonesia. Web: http://www.eca-watch.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) A non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 62 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation. Web: http://www.ippnw.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
International Rivers Since 1985, International Rivers has been at the heart of the global struggle to protect rivers and the rights of communities that depend on them. We work with an international network of dam-affected people, grassroots organizations, environmentalists, human rights advocates and others who are committed to stopping destructive river projects and promoting better options. We seek a world where healthy rivers and the rights of local communities are valued and protected. We envision a world where water and energy needs are met without degrading nature or increasing poverty, and where people have the right to participate in decisions that affect their lives. Address: 2054 University Avenue, Suite 300 (at Oxford), Berkeley CA 94704-2644 Voice: (510) 848-1155 Fax: (510) 848-1008 Web: http://www.internationalrivers.org [11 May 2014]
International Socialist Organization (ISO) Building a socialist alternative in a world of poverty, oppression and war. Our organization participates in many different struggles for justice and liberation today, while working toward a future socialist society, free of all exploitation and oppression, and built on the principles of solidarity and democracy. We are a U.S. organization with branches and members in about 40 cities and connections to other socialists around the world. We organize in the here and now against injustice and for reforms that will benefit the working class and oppressed. These struggles are important in their own right, but they are also building blocks for a movement to achieve a socialist society. Web: http://www.norcalsocialism.org http://www.internationalsocialist.org [22 Jan 2017]
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) A Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the long-entrenched and systematic oppression and dispossession of the Palestinian population, using non-violent, direct-action methods and principles. Founded in August 2001, ISM aims to support and strengthen the Palestinian popular resistance by being immediately alongside Palestinians in olive groves, on school runs, at demonstrations, within villages being attacked, by houses being demolished or where Palestinians are subject to consistent harassment or attacks from soldiers and settlers as well as numerous other situations. Web: http://www.palsolidarity.org [18 May 2017]
Northern California International Solidarity Movement (NorCal ISM) The Northern California branch of the Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles. Founded in August, 2001, ISM aims to support and strengthen the Palestinian popular resistance by providing the Palestinian people with international protection and a voice with which to nonviolently resist an overwhelming military occupation force. Address: 405 Vista Heights Road, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 236-4250 Web: http://www.ism-norcal.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
International Women’s Democracy Center Strengthens women’s global leadership through training, education, networking and research with a focus on increasing the participation of women leaders in politics, policy and decision making within their own governments. By ensuring that women worldwide have the necessary tools and skills to participate in all levels of governance, IWDC’s commitment to work in partnership with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world responds to the increasing need of women leaders to acquire the technical skills and leadership tools so critical to their leadership roles in the new millennium. Web: http://www.iwdc.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (Pastors for Peace) A multi-issue national ecumenical agency, which was founded in 1967 by progressive church leaders and activists. For more than four decades, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) has assisted hundreds of community organizations and public policy groups – by providing technical assistance, training organizers, making and administering grants, and using our global network of grassroots organizers, clergy, and other professionals to advance the struggles of oppressed people for justice and self-determination. Web: http://www.ifconews.org/ [14 May 2016]
Intersection for the Arts Plays a unique role in the development of the Bay Area’s rich, innovative and diverse arts ecosystem by connecting people and communities across physical, social, cultural, and economic boundaries to instigate change. Through a platform of resources — fiscal sponsorship, incubation, professional development, technical assistance, community gatherings, artist’s residencies, exhibitions, and live performance — Intersection fosters the advancement of the Bay Area arts community by creating sustainable models for artists and arts organizations that are critical in a rapidly changing world. Address: 901 Mission Street, Suite 306, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 626-2787 Fax: (415) 626-1636 Web: http://www.theintersection.org [27 Nov 2016]
Intertribal Friendship House (IFH) Established in 1955 as one of the first urban American Indian community centers in the nation. It was founded by the American Friends Service Committee to serve the needs of American Indian people relocated from reservations to the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally created as a community center, IFH expanded into social services when staff became concerned about the lack of resources for American Indian people as they faced the challenges of relocation from reservations to urban communities such as Oakland due to the displacement from their native lands. Address: 523 International Blvd., Oakland CA 94606 Voice: (510) 836-1955 Web: http://www.ifhurbanrez.org [31 Jul 2016]
IP Justice An international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property law. The organization’s focus is on international treaties, directives, and other trade agreements that address intellectual property rights or impact freedom of expression guarantees. Address: 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 553-6261 Fax: (415) 462-6451 Email: robin@ipjustice.org Web: http://ipjustice.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers A film that tells the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Web: http://iraqforsale.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
iReuse Cutting financial and environmental costs can improve your bottom line, and there’s no shortage of information about how to “go green”. But with so many ideas, how do you know where to focus your efforts to make the biggest impact? iReuse is sustainability made simple. We provide you with a clear roadmap to achieve measured results, and are committed to complete transparency in our process. Address: 1050 North Gate Drive, Suite 550, San Rafael CA 94903 Email: info@ireuse.com Web: http://www.ireuse.com [01 Mar 2015]
Island Press Works to provide the best ideas and information in the field to those seeking to understand and protect the environment and create solutions to its complex problems. Our publications are backed by coordinated campaigns to deliver their messaging in print, in person, and online using the latest electronic media tools and outlets. As the methods of information delivery evolve, so will the way Island Press provides solutions and inspiration to policymakers, practitioners, scientists, students, and activists. Web: http://www.islandpress.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
J Street J Street is the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans fighting for the future of Israel as the democratic homeland of the Jewish people. We believe that Israel’s Jewish and democratic character depend on a two-state solution, resulting in a Palestinian state living alongside Israel in peace and security. Rooted in our commitment to Jewish and democratic values, J Street is redefining what it means to be pro-Israel in America. We are changing the U.S. political dynamics around Israel by mobilizing broad support for a two-state solution because it’s in Israel’s and America’s interest. And we are expanding support for Israel by affirming — along with many Israelis — that being pro-Israel doesn’t require supporting every policy of its government. Web: http://www.jstreet.org/ [26 Aug 2014]
Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) We advance the vision and work of Dr. Jane Goodall to lead a movement of conservation for the common good—one that builds on our connections to each other, our fellow species, and the natural world we all share. Following in the trailblazing footsteps of our founder, we inspire hope through action, encouraging individuals around the world to join us in taking care of the planet we call home. Whether we’re restoring chimpanzee habitat, improving women’s health in a nearby village, or working with our Roots & Shoots youth groups in nearly 100 countries, we find practical ways to make the greatest lasting impact for people, animals and the environment. Web: http://www.janegoodall.org/ [03 Feb 2017]
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (JCCEB) Provides a comfortable and warm gathering place for Jews wishing to affirm their cultural and ethnic origins. Our members and visitors represent all facets of the Jewish community and many are unaffiliated with other Jewish organizations or synagogues. All programs emphasize and celebrate Jewish values and culture, and are open to everyone. Together, with an active Board of Directors, our dedicated staff, and our strong and active volunteer teams work together to build a strong community. Address: 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 848-0237 Email: info@jcceastbay.org Web: http://jcceastbay.org/ [01 Mar 2015]
Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) A public affairs organization working on behalf of the Bay Area Jewish community. It represents synagogues and Jewish organizations on critical issues affecting Jews as individuals and as a community. JCRC creates consensus and leads advocacy efforts in the organized Jewish community, ensuring that our voices are amplified and heard. We build bridges with other faith, interest and ethnic based groups that share our passion for social justice, forging relationships based on the issues our community cares about most. Address: 121 Steuart Street, #301, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 957-1551 Fax: (415) 979-0981 Email: info@jcrc.org Web: http://www.jcrc.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy based on these ideals. JVP opposes anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and anti-Arab bigotry and oppression. JVP seeks an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem; security and self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians; a just solution for Palestinian refugees based on principles established in international law; an end to violence against civilians; and peace and justice for all peoples of the Middle East. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1020 (at 16th Street), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 465-1777 Fax: (510) 465-1616 Email: info@jvp.org Web: http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org [23 Nov 2014]
Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA) An innovative leadership program dedicated to empowering Jewish youth and contributing to social justice. JYCA forms a tight-knit group in which every individual is respected and valued, everyone’s ideas ae taken seriously and enthusiastic participation is the norm. Created and led by youth working towards progressive social change within a framework of Jewish values. Address: 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont CA 94610 Voice: (510) 547-2424 x110 Email: info@jyca-justice.org Web: http://www.jyca-justice.org [02 May 2015]
Jobs with Justice (JwJ) Believes that all workers should have collective bargaining rights, employment security, and a decent standard of living within an economy that works for everyone. We bring together labor, community, student, and faith voices at the national and local levels to win improvements in people’s lives and shape the public discourse on workers’ rights and the economy. Web: http://www.jwj.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) With nationally recognized programs, John F. Kennedy University offers innovative and flexible higher education opportunities to enable you to achieve success in your professional and personal goals. Founded in 1964, JFK University is a fully accredited, nonprofit private university in the San Francisco Bay area and a member of the National University System. The University offers undergraduate-completion programs, graduate and doctorate degrees, and certificates in the fields of psychology, law, management, liberal arts, holistic studies, and museum studies. Address: 100 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill CA 94523-4817 Web: http://www.jfku.edu [11 May 2014]
JoinCalifornia Elections Archive Since 2004, JoinCalifornia.com has grown into the largest online archive of California election results. We work continually to keep our candidate biographies updated with current information. Our records currently include state legislative races since 1898 and federal offices going back to 1849. This information includes 13,634 candidates running in 24,813 races in 516 elections. Web: http://www.joincalifornia.com [11 May 2014]
Joint Assistance Centre Mission is to provide assistance and support to community development projects in South and Southeast Asian countries by providing volunteers, funding, child sponsorships, scholarships, and educational resources. Address: POBox 6082, San Pablo CA 94806 Voice: (510) 207-8560 Email: jacusa@juno.com Web: http://www.jacusa.org [14 May 2016]
Journey Free – Resources for Recovery from Harmful Religion A small group providing educational programs and services for recovering from the effects of dogmatic religious indoctrination. We are based in the San Francisco Bay Area where Dr. Marlene Winell, our director, has a consulting practice and leads an online support group. Our recovery retreats are held in this region and elsewhere. Dr. Winell wrote the leading self-help book on recovering from religious harm after working in and researching the topic for more than 20 years. In 2011, she named Religious Trauma Syndrome or RTS a form of chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or “C-PTSD.” Address: 638 Webster Street #210-B, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 292-0509 Email: journeyfree.org@gmail.com Web: http://journeyfree.org [02 May 2015]
Jubilee USA Network An alliance of more than 75 US organizations, 400 faith communities and 50 Jubilee global partners. Jubilee is building an economy that serves, protects and promotes participation of the most vulnerable. Jubilee has won critical global financial reforms and more than $130 billion in debt relief for the world’s poorest people. Web: http://www.jubileeusa.org/ [17 Feb 2014]
Juma Ventures A national, award-winning youth development program serving more than 1,200 low-income students in six cities — New Orleans, New York, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. Juma’s program combines employment in social enterprises, college preparation, and financial asset building to create a safe, supportive community where low-income youth can achieve their dreams of a college education. Since 1993, Juma has helped more than 4,000 young people earn more than $4 million in wages and save more than $2 million for higher education. Address: 131 Steuart Street, Suite 201, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 371-0727 Fax: (415) 371-1634 Email: marcs@juma.org Web: http://www.jumaventures.org/ [11 May 2014]
Justice In Nigeria Now! (JINN) A San Francisco-based organization working in solidarity with communities in Nigeria and allies in the U.S. to promote peace and corporate accountability and to ensure that extractive industries operate in a manner that respects human rights, protects the environment and enhances community livelihood. Address: POBox 11470, Oakland CA 94611 Voice: (415) 575-5521 Email: info@justiceinnigerianow.org Web: http://justiceinnigerianow.org [31 Jul 2016]
Justice Matters Works to build and support a national racial justice movement working towards transformative education for students of color – and to develop and advocate for a racial justice policy agenda in local schools and on a national level. Address: 436 14th Street, Suite 700, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 834-2500 Email: info@justicematters.org Web: http://www.justicematters.org/ [11 May 2014]
JVS (Jewish Vocational Service) JVS transforms lives by helping people build skills and find jobs to achieve self-sufficiency. We believe that through work, people experience self-worth and dignity – everything they need to support themselves and their families and contribute to our community. JVS offers job training and employment placement services for job seekers from all walks of life who turn to JVS for support and guidance. Our training, programs and resources can help anyone build in-demand skills and confidence, make connections and find jobs. Over the past 40 years, JVS has helped nearly 75,000 people find hope, get to work and transform their lives. Address: 225 Bush Street (West entrance), Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 391-3600 Fax: (415) 391-3617 Email: info@jvs.org Web: http://www.jvs.org/ [16 Feb 2014]
Kahl Consultants An Internet marketing and consulting firm offering a full spectrum of small business and nonprofit services since 1996. We help progressive organizations with mobile web, apps, email newsletters and social media marketing. Our services include programming and design, maintenance, content management (CMS), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Optimization (SMO), e-commerce shopping cart development, and green hosting. Our clients are social and environmental organizations that trust us to use appropriate technologies to help them grow. Nonprofits benefit from reduced rates and pro bono work (Environmental Forum of Marin, Earth Island Institute and many more). Certified Bay Area Green Business and Marin County Sustainable Partner, Green America approved GOLD level. Co-host of the monthly Marin Green Drinks business mixer in San Rafael, CA. Address: POBox 4284, San Rafael CA 94913-4284 Voice: (415) 499-0838 Web: http://www.kahl.net [05 Jun 2016]
KALW A pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District broadcasting since September 1, 1941 – the oldest non-commercial FM signal west of the Mississippi. After 75 years in service to this community, KALW is focused on creating the next generation of public media, bringing new voices to the air and reaching out to the diverse communities of the Bay Area. Address: 500 Mansell Street, San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 841-4121 (office); (415) 841-4134 (studio line) Fax: (415) 841-4125 Email: kalw@kalw.org Web: http://www.kalw.org [02 Mar 2016]
KALX Berkeley’s community and student radio station, licensed to the University of California at Berkeley, and proudly broadcasting at 90.7 FM in stereo with over 500 Watts of power. Address: 26 Barrows Hall #5650, Berkeley CA 94720-5650 Voice: (510) 642-1111 (office); (510) 642-KALX (on-air DJ) Email: mail@kalx.berkeley.edu Web: http://kalx.berkeley.edu [23 Nov 2014]
Keep Albany Local A grass-roots organization of Albany residents and business owners whose aim is to procure development in Albany that: 1. Establishes a strong and sustainable tax base where 60% of consumer dollars spent in Albany, stay in Albany (when spent on local businesses) as opposed to leaving (when spent on out of state corporations, such as Whole Foods, Walmart, etc.); 2. Is in keeping with our climate action plan; 3. Protects the last remaining agricultural tract of the Gill Tract from development; and 4. Does not negatively impact our local business community. Web: http://keepalbanylocal.com [14 May 2016]
Keep Alta Bates Open A campaign spearheaded by National Nurses United to stop Sutter Health from closing Alta Bates hospital in Berkeley, California. Web: http://www.keepaltabatesopen.org/ [06 Nov 2016]
Kehilla Community Synagogue Started in 1984 by people who wanted a synagogue that would be a spiritual home for politically progressive people who felt no connection with traditional synagogues. The core of this vision, and central to Judaism, is a spiritual mandate to heal and repair the world by increasing social justice, eschewing war and all forms of violence and aggression, caring for the planet, and exhibiting loving kindness to all. Address: 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont CA 94610 Voice: (510) 547-2424 Web: http://www.KehillaSynagogue.org [02 Mar 2016]
Kidango Since 1979, Kidango has been firmly committed to the success and well-being of each child and the family as a whole. Today, we provide early education, child development and family services in eleven cities and serve over 2,500 children in centers, family child care home education sites and in their homes. Our families represent the rich ethnic, cultural and economic diversity of the San Francisco Bay Area. Address: 44000 Old Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 897-6900; (800) 262-4252 Fax: (510) 897-6909 Email: hello@kidango.org Web: http://www.kidango.org [06 Nov 2015]
KIDS for the BAY Teaches hands-on, environmental science to children and teachers in elementary schools throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. At KIDS for the BAY we implement effective, on-going environmental education programs for elementary school communities and promote active, hands-on restoration of local habitats. Our programs teach the latest California State Science and Social Science Standards and have been written into the School Wide Development Plans of our partner schools. Address: 1771 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 985-1602 Email: mandi@kidsforthebay.org Web: http://www.kidsforthebay.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
Kijani Grows We are a farming technology organisation located in West Oakland, California. We use aquaponics to improve life in urban and rural communities by utilising traditional concepts, local materials and modern technologies. Vision: To reduce disparities by addressing common basic needs using aquaponic technologies and systems through education, job creation and local food access. Address: 1960 Mandela Prkwy, American Steel Studios Bay 5, Oakland CA 94607 Email: info@kijanigrows.com Web: http://www.kijanigrows.com [23 Jul 2014]
Kitazawa Seed Company The oldest seed company in America specializing in Asian vegetable seeds. Since 1917 we have been the source for oriental vegetable seeds for home gardeners, retailers, and commercial growers. Address: 201 4th Street #206, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 595-1188 Fax: (510) 595-1860 Web: http://www.kitazawaseed.com [23 Nov 2014]
Kiva A non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world. Address: 875 Howard Street, Suite #340, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (828) 479-5482 Web: http://www.kiva.org [19 May 2014]
KKUP KKUP is known as the ‘people’s radio.’ Our purpose is to provide views, music, and cultural diversity not found in mainstream media. We feature local musicians, activists, poets and story-tellers both on tape and live in-studio! You name it! If you can’t hear it anywhere else, it’s probably on KKUP. Address: 1275 Franklin Mall, PMB 9150, Santa Clara CA 95050 Voice: (408) 260-2999 (request line) Web: http://www.kkup.com/ [09 Aug 2015]
Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Mission is to create a respected, influential, and national network of public schools that are successful in helping students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character and habits needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond. Our Vision: One day, all public schools will help children develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits necessary to achieve their dreams while making the world a better place. Web: http://www.kipp.org/ [14 May 2016]
Koret Family House (501(c)) Serves as a home away from home for families of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by providing physical comfort and emotional support, free from financial concerns. A 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization providing temporary housing to families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at the University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital. Qualifying families live more than 50 miles from UCSF, and many live at or below the low-income status as determined by UCSF. Our location sustains nearly a 100% occupancy rate and can accommodate 240 people per night. Over the course of a year we serve more than 3,000 families. Address: 540 Mission Bay Blvd, North, San Francisco CA 94158 Voice: (415) 476-8321 Web: http://www.familyhouseinc.org [19 Aug 2017]
KPFA (94.1 FM) The first community supported radio station in the USA. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. Our signal reaches one third of the state, utilizing 59,000 watts. Much of our programming is local, original and eclectic, with a well produced mix of news and in depth public affairs, an ongoing drama, literature and performance series, interviews, and reviews. Our music ranges from folk to hip hop, Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We travel the region to broadcast live music, demonstrations, and cultural events. The majority of our staff are unpaid community volunteers donating their time and energy to bring you our programming. Address: 1929 MLKing Way, Berkeley CA 94704-1067 Voice: (510) 848-6767; (510) 848-4425 (studio) Web: http://www.kpfa.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
KQED, Inc. Serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone; and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration—exposing them to new people, places and ideas. Address: 2601 Mariposa Street (at Bryant), San Francisco CA 94110-1426 Voice: (415) 864-2000 Web: http://www.kqed.org/ [09 Aug 2015]
KUSF The University of San Francisco radio station, broadcasting at 90.3 FM and featuring alternative, cultural, and multicultural music. Address: 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco CA 94117-1080 Voice: (415) 386-5873 (386-KUSF) Email: kusf@usfca.edu Web: http://www.kusf.org [17 Feb 2014]
KyotoUSA A grassroots organization that encourages cities and their residents to reduce the global warming greenhouse gas emissions for which they are responsible. Current activities are aimed at reducing energy consumption and installing renewable energy systems in California public schools, as well as bringing Community Choice energy to Berkeley and the East Bay. Address: 800 Hearst Avenue (near 5th Street), Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 704-8628 Email: tkelly@kyotousa.org Web: http://www.kyotousa.org http://www.heliosproject.net [17 Feb 2014]
KZSU Stanford University’s FM radio station, broadcasting across the Bay Area on 90.1 FM and across the world at kzsulive.stanford.edu. We exist to serve the Stanford community with quality radio broadcasts, including music, sports, news, and public affairs programming. Address: POBox 20190, Stanford CA 94309-0190 Voice: (650) 725-4868 Web: http://www-kzsu.stanford.edu [23 Nov 2014]
La Casa de las Madres Mission of La Casa de las Madres is to respond to calls for help from domestic violence victims, of all ages, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We give survivors the tools to transform their lives. We seek to prevent future violence by educating the community and by redefining public perceptions about domestic violence. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 225 (between 14th and 15th streets), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 503-0500 (counseling and supportive services); (877) 503-1850 (adult crisis line); (415) 923-0700 (teen crisis line) Email: info@lacasa.org Web: http://www.lacasa.org/ [03 Feb 2017]
La Clinica de La Raza Since its beginnings as a single storefront operation in Oakland in 1971, La Clínica has grown into a sophisticated provider of primary health care and other services spread across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano Counties. With a total of 40 locations including service sites, support sites, and administration, we continue to expand our reach in our community. La Clínica delivers health care services in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner to most effectively address the needs of the diverse populations it serves. In 2013, La Clínica served over 91,000 patients and provided 427,867 patient visits. With over fourty-five years of experience serving the community, La Clínica is one of the largest community health centers in California. Address: 1450 Fruitvale Avenue, Third Floor, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 535-4000 Fax: (510) 535-4189 Web: http://www.laclinica.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
La Cocina Mission is to cultivate low income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses by providing affordable commercial kitchen space, industry-specific technical assistance and access to market opportunities. We focus primarily on women from communities of color and immigrant communities. Our vision is that entrepreneurs gain financial security by doing what they love to do, creating an innovative, vibrant and inclusive economic landscape. Address: 2948 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 824-2729 Email: info@lacocinasf.org Web: http://www.lacocinasf.org/ [26 Dec 2015]
La Pena Cultural Center (La Pena) A vibrant community cultural center with a national reputation and a global vision that promotes peace, social justice and cultural understanding through the arts, education and social action. As a welcoming gathering place, La Peña provides opportunities for artists to share diverse cultural traditions, to create and perform their work, and to support and interface with diverse social movements. In addition to hosting concerts with local and overseas bands, we also provide discounted meeting spaces for community organizations, hold 17+ adult & kid’s classes every week, and curate 6 separate gallery spaces. Email us with questions. Address: 3105 Shattuck (near Ashby, 2 blocks from Ashby BART), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 849-2568 Email: info@lapena.org Web: http://www.lapena.org [09 Aug 2015]
Labor Archives and Research Center (LARC) Few regions can rival the rich, lively labor history of the San Francisco Bay Area. This history is preserved in primary source and vintage history materials at the Labor Archives and Research Center (LARC).Founded in 1985 by trade union leaders, historians, labor activists and university administrators, the Labor Archives is a unit of the J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University. The Labor Archives has an Advisory Board drawn from the labor, academic and community leaders of the Bay Area. Address: J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460 – 4th floor, SFSU, 1630 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco CA 94132 Voice: (415) 405-5571 Email: larc@sfsu.edu Web: https://library.sfsu.edu/larc [18 May 2017]
Labor Notes A media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. Through our magazine, website, books, conferences and workshops, we promote organizing, aggressive strategies to fight concessions, alliances with workers’ centers, and unions that are run by their members. Labor Notes is also a network of rank-and-file members, local union leaders, and labor activists who know the labor movement is worth fighting for. We encourage connections between workers in different unions, workers centers, communities, industries, and countries to strengthen the movement—from the bottom up. Web: http://www.labornotes.org [23 Feb 2014]
Labor Video Project (LVP) Labor Video Project has been producing labor TV shows and documentaries since 1983. Address: POBox 720027, San Francisco CA 94172 Voice: (415) 282-1908 Email: lvpsf@labornet.org Web: http://www.laborvideo.org [09 Aug 2015]
LaborNet (LaborNet) A computer network that supports human rights and economic justice for workers by providing labor news and information, comprehensive Internet services, training and website design for union and labor organizations. Address: POBox 720027, San Francisco CA 94172 Web: http://www.labornet.org [18 May 2017]
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace (LMNOP) Hosts weekly anti-war walks around the lake in Oakland. We meet at 3 PM every Sunday at the colonnade at the northeast end of the lake, between Grand and Lakeshore. Voice: (510) 763-8712 (Beth) Email: lakemerrittneighbors@gmail.com [25 Apr 2015]
Land Stewardship Project (LSP) A private, nonprofit organization founded in 1982 to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture and to develop sustainable communities. LSP is dedicated to creating transformational change in our food and farming system. LSP’s work has a broad and deep impact, from new farmer training and local organizing, to federal policy and community based food systems development. At the core of all our work are the values of stewardship, justice and democracy. LSP has offices in the Minnesota communities of Lewiston, Montevideo and South Minneapolis. Web: http://landstewardshipproject.org/ [16 Dec 2016]
Lao Family Community Development, Inc. Assists diverse refugee, immigrant, limited English, and low-income U.S. born community members in achieving long-term financial and social self-sufficiency. We encourage our community members to establish goals, believe in themselves, and become active, contributing members of society. Address: 2325 East 12th Street, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 533-8850 Fax: (510) 533-1516 Web: http://www.lfcd.org [03 Feb 2017]
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LTHC) The only statewide organization with a specific emphasis on Latino health. Founded in 1992 by health care providers, consumers and advocates to impact Latino health by focusing on policy development, providing enhanced information, and community involvement. Three major functions provide focus to the organization’s work: public policy and advocacy; community education; and health equity research. These functions complement LCHC’s work in four key strategic areas: chronic disease prevention, safe communities, health care access, and just immigration reform. Address: 1225 Eighth Street, Suite 375, Sacramento CA 95814 Voice: (916) 448-3234 Fax: (916) 448-3248 Email: lchc@lchc.org Web: http://www.lchc.org [02 May 2015]
Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC) Mission is to build community and inspire positive social change through education enhancement, career trainings, health promotion, and leadership development with LGBTQQ youth, their families, and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities. LYRIC envisions a diverse society where LGBTQQ youth are embraced for who they are and encouraged to be who they want to be. By working towards social justice and supporting young leaders, their families and allies, LYRIC is building a world that honors, respects and appreciates LGBTQQ youth and their contributions. Address: 127 Collingwood Street (one block west of Castro between 18th & 19th Streets), San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 703-6150 Fax: (415) 703-6153 Email: lyricinfo@lyric.org Web: http://www.lyric.org [18 May 2017]
Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence / Americans for Responsible Solutions Foundation (LCAV) The premier resource for legal expertise and information regarding state and federal firearms laws. Made up of the foremost gun law attorneys in the nation, the Law Center tracks and analyzes firearms legislation in all 50 states, files amicus briefs in critical Second Amendment cases across the country, and works with lawmakers and advocates to craft and promote legislation that will reduce gun violence and save lives. In 2016, the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence merged with Americans for Responsible Solutions, the political advocacy organization founded by former US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut Captain Mark Kelly. This merger builds on years of collaboration between the two organizations and establishes a powerful new force for gun safety legislation, education, communications, and advocacy that stretches from coast to coast. Address: 268 Bush Street, Suite 555, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 433-2062 Fax: (415) 433-3357 Email: info@smartgunlaws.org Web: http://smartgunlaws.org [27 Nov 2016]
League of Creative Minds (LCM) Provides an entry way for high-ability middle school and high school students into public policy, international world affairs, leadership roles, public advocacy, diplomacy, investigative journalism, and the inner workings of governments, international organizations, and the United Nations. The tools we utilize to accomplish these goals are the year-round league classes where our approach creates deep conversations and powerful human connections. Other tools include parliamentary style intra-league debates, the LCM International Field Study program, an internal professor/ambassador lecture series, attending select debate conferences, participating in UN Briefings, and research in the field at the local, national, and international level. Address: 700 Airport Blvd, Suite 400, Burlingame CA 94010 Voice: (650) 548-5392 Email: directors@Lcmmun.org Web: http://www.creativedelegates.org [27 Nov 2016]
League of Women Voters of San Francisco (LWVSF) A nonpartisan, multi-issue organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government. The League works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. We are an organization of women and men who want to make a difference in the political future of our communities. The important work of the League of Women Voters of San Francisco is typically carried out by its committees. Address: 582 Market Street, Suite 615 (near the Montgomery BART station), San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 989-VOTE (8683) Web: http://lwvsf.org/ http://smartvoter.org/ [06 Nov 2015]
Learning for Action (LFA) Supports learning for action to maximize impact and sustainability among social sector organizations. Learning for Action is building the evaluation capacity of READ Global to help them measure the impact of their Community Library and Resource Centers in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. Address: POBox 411490, San Francisco CA 94141-1490 Voice: (415) 392-2850 Fax: (415) 392-2856 Web: http://www.lfagroup.com [06 Nov 2015]
Left Turn A national network of activists engaged in exposing and fighting the consequences of global capitalism and imperialism. Rooted in a variety of social movements, we are anti-capitalists, radical feminists, anti-racists, queer and trans- liberationists, and anti-imperialists working to build resistance and alternatives to corporate power and empire. Web: http://www.leftturn.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
Legal Aid of Marin Mission is to provide access to the civil justice system to low-income, vulnerable and otherwise underserved residents of Marin County. We strive for practical solutions to client problems through quality legal service. Address: 30 North San Pedro Road, Suite 220, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 492-0230 Fax: (415) 492-0947 Web: http://www.legalaidmarin.org [11 May 2014]
Legal Aid of Napa Valley Provides free bilingual legal assistance to seniors, immigrants, and low-income residents of Napa County. We represent our clients before courts and agencies, help them obtain benefits, and protect their rights through advocacy, consultation, education and referrals. Address: 1001 Second Street, Suite 225, Napa CA 94559 Voice: (707) 259-0579 Email: info@legalaidnapa.org Web: http://www.legalaidnapa.org [23 Feb 2014]
Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) Promotes the stability of low-income and disadvantaged workers and their families by addressing issues that affect their ability to achieve self-sufficiency. Using the law as a tool, LAS–ELC helps workers attain financial security by preserving their employment opportunities. We believe that stable working conditions and adequate income strengthen families and build communities. By protecting the employment status of wage earners, we provide families the means to pull through adverse times, avoid the downward spiral caused by job loss and be fully contributing members of society. Address: 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 864-8848 Fax: (415) 593-0096 Web: http://www.las-elc.org [06 Nov 2015]
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) Organizes communities impacted by the criminal justice system and advocates to release incarcerated people, to restore human and civil rights and to reunify families and communities. We build public awareness of structural racism in policing, the courts and prison system and we advance racial and gender justice in all our work. Our strategies include legal support, trainings, advocacy, public education, grassroots mobilization and developing community partnerships. Address: 1540 Market Street, Suite 490, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 255-7036 Fax: (415) 552-3150 Web: http://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
LevelBar A San Francisco Bay Area non-profit dedicated to increasing opportunity in law school education. We currently provide a year-long pre-law preparation program–LevelBar Scholars–to motivated students in the Bay Area who are preparing to apply to law school. The program includes a scholarship for LSAT study. Our support of our students extends beyond just a grant; we are committed to helping our students all the way through the admissions process, and to setting them up for success in their school and ultimately in their field. We provide a series of workshops, writing classes, and ongoing mentorship and support to our grantees. Address: c/o Leah Johnston, POBox 23094, Oakland CA 94623 Voice: (510) 214-2694 Email: info@levelbar.org Web: http://www.levelbar.org [27 Nov 2016]
LGBTQ Youth Space We are a community drop-in center and mental health program for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and ally youth and young adults ages 13-25 who live in Santa Clara County. Our space is open 3pm-9pm Monday through Friday. Our staff and participant advisors offer a safe and confidential space to hang out with: support groups, art workshops, activism and leadership opportunities, movie nights, field trips, open mic nights, volunteer opportunities, free snacks, internet access, video games, safe sex supplies/condoms, connections to any resources you might need, and monthly health van visits. Address: 452 South First Street, San Jose CA 95113 Voice: (408) 343-7940 Email: youthspace@fcservices.org Web: http://youthspace.org [14 May 2016]
Liberation Ink A non-profit project of Causa Justa :: Just Cause. Sells shirts and other products with the goal of forwarding the mission of Causa Justa :: Just Cause through the message on the shirts and through the skills training our members receive while working as staff and volunteers for the project. As always, we use sweatshop-free, union-printed shirts and offer shirts that promote racial, economic and social justice. Address: POBox 3596, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 763-5877 Email: info@liberationink.org Web: http://www.liberationink.com [23 Feb 2014]
The Liberation Institute A grassroots nonprofit community organization created by a group of creative counselors, therapists, social workers, and community activists. Our aim is to fill in what we see as gaps in the availability of easily accessible professional support for issues related to mental and emotional wellness. We strive daily to meet that mission with a fresh, open minded, compassionate, diverse, and creative approach. Address: POBox 411502, San Francisco CA 94141-1502 Voice: (415) 606-5296 x102 Email: info@liberationinstitute.org Web: http://www.liberationinstitute.org [30 Aug 2015]
LifeMoves With more than 40 years of service and experience in successfully serving homeless families and individuals, LifeMoves is the largest and most effective nonprofit committed to ending the cycle of homelessness for families and individuals in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Our successful and multi-faceted therapeutic service model combines clean, modern housing with intensive supportive services that promote dignity and respectfully motivate our clients to achieve autonomy. Address: 181 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park CA 94025 Voice: (650) 685-5880 Fax: (650) 685-5881 Web: http://lifemoves.org [19 Aug 2017]
LinkTV Broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world. Founded in 1999, Link TV provides a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the US media. We connect American viewers with people at the heart of breaking events, organizations in the forefront of social change and the cultures of an increasingly global community. Email: feedback@linktv.org Web: http://www.linktv.org [03 Feb 2017]
Dave Lippman Dave Lippman is widely known on many coasts and in some interiors for his sharp send-ups of topical subjects ranging from weapons of mass distraction to SUVs and the wars to defend them. He has toured widely in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Central America in a 35-year musical career that has brought him respect, laughter, and occasional plaudits as a top-notch documentary songmaker. His specialty genres range from clever tirade to unsingable singalong. Web: http://www.davelippman.com [30 Aug 2015]
Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) Mission is to foster an understanding of the principles of environmental justice and urban sustainability in our young people in order to promote the long-term health of our communities. We provide paid internships to Bayview Hunters Point youth in environmental health, natural ecology, and food security, and we offer free hands-on environmental educational programs to schools, colleges and youth programs. Address: 909 Florida Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-6840 Fax: (866) 909-9466 Email: staff@lejyouth.org Web: http://www.lejyouth.org/ [23 Nov 2014]
Little People of America, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (LPA) Dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with dwarfism throughout their lives while celebrating with great pride Little People’s contribution to social diversity. LPA strives to bring solutions and global awareness to the prominent issues affecting individuals of short stature and their families. Web: http://www.lpabayarea.org/SFBAC_home.html [06 Aug 2016]
Live Power Community Farm A 50-acre, solar electric and horse-powered, diversified, certified biodynamic farm. Four acres are devoted to an intensive vegetable garden hosting some 60 varieties of vegetables and herbs. We use a glasshouse and cold frames to propagate vegetable and flower transplants, and grow home orchard fruits and field and forage crops for hay, grain, and pasture. Animal husbandry includes draft horses, dairy and beef cows, feeder pigs, sheep, and laying hens. We butcher and process meat animals, and bake bread in our outdoor, wood-fired brick oven. Address: 25451 East Lane, Covelo CA 95428 Voice: (707) 983-8196 Web: http://livepower.org [06 Aug 2016]
Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County (LWCSC) Believes that the dignity of all work demands just wages to meet today’s living costs. A ‘living wage’ includes income and benefits sufficient for basic housing, health care, child care, nutrition, transportation, education and retirement. To this end, the LWC is focused on educating our entire community about the necessity of legislating living wages to foster a better society. The primary goal of the coalition is to implement Living Wage Ordinances that require that cities, counties, service contractors, and firms receiving economic assistance from local government must pay their employees a living wage and provide health benefits. Address: POBox 427, Santa Rosa CA 95402 Voice: (707) 346-1187 Email: livingwagesoco@gmail.com Web: http://www.livingwagesonoma.org/ [11 May 2014]
Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay We are the Bay Area’s largest clean energy coalition, with 90 affiliated member organizations, working for a clean energy future in the Bay Area. The Local Clean Energy Alliance sees the development of local energy resources as key to creating sustainable business, advancing social equity, and promoting community resilience. Address: 436 14th Street #1216, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 834-0420 Email: lcea-info@baylocalize.org Web: http://www.localcleanenergy.org/ [06 Nov 2015]
Local Greens Farm An urban farm based on controlled environment agriculture (CEA) now launching the first facility in Berkeley, CA. Our mission is to revolutionize how we feed ourselves. We do this through sustainably growing high quantities of fresh healthy foods just down the road from where the food will be served or sold to our communities. We are bringing local farming right into your neighborhood in a way that goes beyond conventional farming and even hydroponics – we use no soil, minimal water, low energy – using specialized growing techniques that mimic nature. Address: 10th Street @ Gilman, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 541-3300 Email: faye@local-greens.com Web: http://www.local-greens.com/ [31 Mar 2016]
Local Harvest Connects people looking for good food with the farmers who produce it. Buying local is about enjoying real food, grown yourself or purchased from people you trust. It’s about developing strong local economies and producing food on a human scale. It’s about eating seasonally, practicing the art of cooking, and sitting down to enjoy meals together. It requires ample local and regional producers, processors, and distributors. As we see it, the goal of the local food movement is to create thriving community-based food systems that will make high quality local food available to everyone. To that end, LocalHarvest makes millions of introductions a year. Hear what some of our members have to say about us. We make it easy to find good food. Web: http://www.localharvest.org [19 Aug 2017]
Local Power Offers municipalities a “Revolution in Power.” In the past two decades, our founders created a whole new energy market based on local control – municipal aggregations, or “Community Choice Aggregations,” in regions comprising 25% of U.S. power demand, in order to make a profound change possible. Today over five percent of the U.S. population is served by CCAs – in over 1300 U.S. municipalities, ranging from small towns and rural counties, to major cities like Chicago, Cincinatti and San Francisco. Building on CCA, Local Power Inc. works with municipal officials and activists to create a new alternative to monopoly power service and deregulation for your community. Address: POBox 261, Comptche CA 95427 Voice: (510) 451-1727 Web: http://localpower.com [30 Aug 2014]
Local Works A new Flexible Purpose Corporation. Our purpose is to support small businesses to… accelerate localization increase community resiliency stimulate local and regional job development, and create a better world We promote the positive well-being of our employees, suppliers, customers, creditors, the community and the environment. Address: 531 Fifth Street, Santa Rosa CA 95401 Voice: (707) 583-7667; (707) 331-6850 (cell) Email: info@shareexchange.coop Web: http://www.shareexchange.coop/ [17 Dec 2014]
Long Haul Infoshop An anarchist resource center and community space. Our goal is to provide the shell for a space that feels alive with people, projects, and ideas (whether in concert or conflict)–where together we negotiate a tension with society. We provide an office/meeting space and a non-profit umbrella for a variety of projects/collectives, as well as hosting for numerous social and political events. We also house the Infoshop . The Infoshop is a combination of a lending library, computer room, zine making space, activist reading room, and a social gathering space. Address: 3124 Shattuck Avenue (near Woolsey; two blocks from Ashby BART), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 540-0751 Web: http://www.thelonghaul.org/ [30 Aug 2015]
Lyon-Martin Health Services Provides excellent health care to women, lesbians and transgender people in a safe and compassionate environment, with sensitivity to sexual orientation and gender identity; all services are regardless of ability to pay. Founded in 1979, by a group of medical providers and health activists as a clinic for lesbians who lacked access to nonjudgmental, affordable health care, the clinic soon became a model for culturally sensitive community-based health care. The clinic was named after Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, feminists and well-known LGBTQ civil rights activists. Address: 1748 Market Street, Suite 201, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 565-7667 Fax: (415) 252-7512 Email: info@lyon-martin.org Web: http://www.lyon-martin.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
Making Change at Walmart A campaign challenging Walmart to help rebuild our economy and strengthen working families. Anchored by the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), we are a coalition of Walmart associates, union members, small business owners, religious leaders, community organizations, women’s advocacy groups, multi-ethnic coalitions, elected officials and ordinary citizens who believe that changing Walmart is vital for the future of our country. Web: http://makingchangeatwalmart.org [06 Aug 2016]
Making Contact (International Media Project) An independent, non-profit organization committed to community journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Making Contact produces media that analyses critical social, political and environmental issues and showcases grassroots solutions in order to inform and inspire audiences to action. Making Contact is broadcast on 120 stations across the US and Canada and also can be listened to via podcast and MP3s. Our work heightens public consciousness, broadens debate on critical social issues and encourages civic participation, by giving voice to diverse perspectives and opinions underrepresented in the mass media. Making Contact conducts community storytelling radio fellowships to get Bay Area voices heard nationally. Making Contact is available for hire for studio use and recording or training and invites any gigs or donations to keep the crew afloat. Making Contact receives no government or corporate funding, so we rely on community members to chip in and contribute. Address: 1714 Franklin Street #100-251, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 459-8558 Email: lrudman@radioproject.org Web: http://www.radioproject.org/ [31 Jul 2016]
Mandatory Madness A project of a grassroots coalition of victims of unjust sentences, their families, and activists who — like U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy — believe that in too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unwise and unjust. Web: http://www.mandatorymadness.org [29 May 2016]
Mandela Foods Cooperative A worker-owned grocery store located in West Oakland, across the street from the West Oakland BART station carrying thoughtfully sourced products, supporting local family farmers and local food makers. Address: 1430 Seventh Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 452-1133 Email: info@mandelafoods.com Web: http://mandelafoods.com [06 Aug 2016]
Mandela MarketPlace A non-profit organization that works in partnership with local residents, family farmers, and community-based businesses to improve health, create wealth, and build assets through cooperative food enterprises in low income communities. Through community organizing, education, business cultivation, and ‘ladder-up’ financing, community members engage in the development, operation, and ownership of a local economy and sustainable food system. Address: 1364 7th Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 433-0993 Email: info@mandelamarketplace.org Web: http://www.mandelamarketplace.org [30 Aug 2014]
Manylabs Supports independent scientists and makers pursuing “science for good” projects. We emphasize education and open data/open source because ultimately, we want learners of any age to have access to and become comfortable with data, scientific processes, and mathematical representations of the world. Practicing and teaching scientific principles is critical for our wellbeing. By using data to address real-world problems, we hope communities can make scientific arguments that can fuel civic change. Our residency program aims to increase collaboration within and outside of our own community, inspiring project advancement and innovation. Address: 1086 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Web: https://www.manylabs.org/ [22 Apr 2017]
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) The largest organization in the U.S. that’s focused solely on ending marijuana prohibition. MPP’s mission is to change federal law to allow states to determine their own marijuana policies without federal interference, as well as to regulate marijuana like alcohol in all 50 states, D.C., and the five territories. MPP has been responsible for changing most major state-level marijuana policy reforms since 2000. Web: http://www.mpp.org/ [27 Nov 2016]
Marin City Community Development Corporation (CDC) Established in 1979 to improve the economic quality of life through sustainable and thriving neighborhoods. Toward this end, MCCDC promotes full employment, builds skills, and promotes economic self-sufficiency. Address: 441 Drake Avenue, Marin City CA 94965 Voice: (415) 339-2837 Fax: (415) 332-0337 Email: jobs@marincitycdc.org Web: http://www.marincitycdc.org/ [25 Oct 2015]
Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC) Improving our county’s road and path facilities for walkers and bikers since we formed in 1998. You’ve seen the impact of our advocacy efforts in each of our towns: permanent bike racks, bike lane striping, green-and-white bike route signs, road resurfacing, ‘sharrow’ road stencils, and so much more. Address: POBox 1115, Fairfax CA 94978 Voice: (415) 456-3469 Fax: (415) 456-9344 Web: http://www.marinbike.org [30 Aug 2015]
Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas A grassroots organization that has achieved local, national, and international recognition for its positive contribution to ending human rights abuses in Central America. Founded in 1985 in response to the U.S. role in El Salvador, MITF has since expanded its focus to include all of the Americas. Proceeding from our hope for and commitment to world peace, our mission is to educate North American citizens about realities in the Americas and the role the U.S. plays there, and provide humanitarian aid and support for projects in those regions. Address: POBox 925, Larkspur CA 94977 Voice: (415) 924-3227 Fax: (415) 924-3227 (same as voice) Email: mitf@igc.org Web: http://www.mitfamericas.org [23 Nov 2014]
Marin Peace & Justice Coalition (MPJC) Join a movement that lifts the human spirit, that embraces the Bill of Rights, that creates a true democracy, an independent media and a sustainable world with peace and justice for all! Moved by the event of 9/11 we came together to challenge our government’s unethical and illegal military response. Peaceful and just solutions will prevail only if we examine our nation’s policies at home and abroad and address the root causes of war and terrorism. Let us be guided by compassion as we challenge war and stop the terror of poverty, inequality and injustice. Let us bring together the widening circle who want to make real a world that works for all. Web: http://www.mpjc.org [06 Nov 2015]
Marin Treatment Center (MTC) A non-profit community based outpatient substance abuse treatment agency that has been successfully providing services in the community since 1976. MTC is licensed by the State of California to provide Substance Abuse services. We are CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) certified, and we’re certified to provide Medi-Cal services. Marin Treatment Center’s staff is professional and qualified to provide treatment and medical services. Address: 1466 Lincoln Avenue (near Linden Lane), San Rafael CA 94901-2021 Voice: (415) 457-3755 Fax: (415) 457-0849 Email: office@mtcinc.org Web: http://www.marintreatmentcenter.org [11 May 2014]
Marin Vegetarian Education Group Promotes plant-based eating and provides information, inspiration and community to help people move toward a healthier and more compassionate lifestyle. Our monthly newsletter points readers to resources, events, group meetings, and news stories that support our goal. There are no membership fees or dues, and anyone who wants to belong to MarinVEG may do so simply by contacting us. You will receive a monthly e-mail newsletter and be kept abreast of events that support you in eating a healthy and delicious diet. Address: 12 Rally Court, Fairfax CA 94930 Voice: (415) 459-1666 Email: VegetariansInMarin@Earthlink.net Web: http://www.marinveg.org/ [03 Feb 2017]
Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) A leader in the global movement to protect and recover the integrity of vast ocean areas. We use the latest science to identify important marine ecosystems around the world, and then advocate for their protection, for us and future generations. Marine Conservation Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving our living oceans. We work with scientists, politicians, government officials and other organizations around the world to protect essential ocean places and the wild species in them. Web: http://www.mcbi.org/ [23 Feb 2014]
The Marine Mammal Center A nonprofit veterinary research hospital and educational center dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of ill and injured marine mammals – primarily elephant seals, harbor seals, and California sea lions. Since 1975, we’ve been headquartered in Sausalito, CA in the Marin Headlands within the Golden Gate National Parks, and have rescued and treated more than 20,000 marine mammals. Address: 2000 Bunker Road, Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito CA 94965-2619 Voice: (415) 289-7325 Email: nfo@tmmc.org Web: http://www.tmmc.org [29 May 2016]
Marine Science Institute (MSI) A nonprofit organization that offers hands-on science and environmental education programs to students of all ages throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. Our 90-foot research vessel brings students onto the San Francisco Bay to be marine scientists for the day. We also have shore-side programs and our trailer mounted aquarium brings sharks, fish, sea stars, and other marine life to schools. Our membership program has several family oriented activities each year. Address: 500 Discovery Parkway, Redwood City CA 94063-4715 Voice: (650)364-2760 Email: Marilou@sfbaymsi.org Web: http://www.sfbaymsi.org [30 Nov 2014]
MarinSpace (Marin Nonprofit Resource Center) For three decades MarinSpace has supported Marin’s small and medium community organizations with stable, affordable, mission-driven, quality workspace. Today, we provide both workspace and collaboration tools to organizations that reach thousands of youth, families, seniors and individuals in need. Through our direct services and organizational partnerships, MarinSpace delivers information and resource services, owns and operates quality, mission-driven workspace, and manages a wide range of business and real estate planning projects. As a result, nonprofits, that previously served vulnerable clients in inefficient “hand-to-mouth” work environments, can now embody their social change efforts by operating from a place of effective, collaboration-driven, mission-enhancing stability. Address: 555 Northgate Drive, Suite 240A, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 492-9444 Fax: (415) 492-3446 Email: info@marinspace.org Web: http://marinspace.org/ [25 Oct 2015]
Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center Promotes the principles of nonviolence and offers an environment where young people actively seek peaceful, nonviolent solutions to the difficult challenges we all face in our communities. The Freedom Center serves individuals, organizations, schools and communities in the Greater Bay Area. Address: 12500 Campus Drive Bldg. D, Rm 187, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 434-3988 Email: rroberts@mlkfreedomcenter.org Web: http://www.mlkfreedomcenter.org [03 Feb 2017]
Media Alliance (MA) A media resource and advocacy center for media workers, non-profit organizations, and social justice activists. Our mission is excellence, ethics, diversity, and accountability in all aspects of the media in the interests of peace, justice, and social responsibility. MA was founded with the belief that in order to ensure the free and unfettered flow of information and ideas necessary to maintain a truly democratic society, media must be accessible, accountable, decentralized, representative of society’s diversity and free from covert or overt government control and corporate dominance. Address: 2830 20th Street, Suite 102 (at Bryant Street), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 746-9475 Email: information@media-alliance.org Web: http://www.media-alliance.org [06 Aug 2016]
Media Matters for America A Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Web: http://mediamatters.org/ [06 Aug 2016]
Media Watch Our work has inspired thousands of people to take a stance against media bias. Media Watch protests have made global news coverage and our work has been documented in The New York Times, Life Magazine, The London Observer, Ms., Mother Jones, Sports Illustrated, Germany’s Stern and Emma as well as on Donahue, Oprah and Dr. Phil. Web: http://www.mediawatch.com [06 Aug 2016]
Mendocino Land Trust Mission is to conserve important natural resources of Mendocino County including working farmlands and forests, wildlife habitat, open space, scenic vistas, watersheds, and to facilitate public access. The Land Trust provides stewardship opportunities on lands that it has conserved to foster a more direct connection by people to the land and water of Mendocino County. The Land Trust promotes healthy recreation in natural settings and sustainable experiences for Mendocino County residents and visitors. Address: POBox 1094, Mendocino CA 95460 Voice: (707) 962-0470 Email: admin@mendocinolandtrust.org Web: http://www.mendocinolandtrust.org/ [14 Mar 2015]
Merritt College Environmental Program One of the oldest environmental programs in the nation, and is recognized for working in the community to solve real world environmental problems.The program trains leaders in creative problem solving, critical thinking, and responsible citizenship. Address: 12500 Campus Drive, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 434-3840 Email: ecomerritt@yahoo.com Web: http://www.ecomerritt.org/ [30 Aug 2015]
The Metaphor Project Our particular mission is helping progressive activists learn how to frame their messages to reach the mainstream American public and their political representatives. We do this by teaching people how to do “American Framing.” That means we show people how to use the colorful metaphors, images, catch phrases, and memes that are an ongoing part of our national political dialogue. Adapting phrases like “play by the rules,” or other “American” frames for use in our own messages is a natural way to evoke the best values we all share. Address: POBox 892, Orinda CA 94563 Voice: (925) 254-3304 Fax: (925) 254-3304 (same as voice) Email: metaphorproject@earthlink.net Web: http://www.metaphorproject.org [30 Aug 2015]
Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco (MCCSF) We are a spiritual community which affirms that you are beloved! Rooted in the Christian tradition, our members come from a variety of spiritual backgrounds. We believe there are many paths to the holy, and that our sexuality and genders are sacred gifts. We believe we are called to a prophetic ministry championing the marginalized, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. We work for justice and peace. Address: 1300 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 863-4434 Web: http://www.mccsf.org/ [30 Aug 2015]
Metta Center for Nonviolence We encourage people in all walks of life to discover their innate capacity for nonviolence and to use its power strategically for the long-term transformation of themselves and the world, focusing on the root causes of injustice, competition, and violence. We aim to make the logic, history and yet-unexplored potential of nonviolence more accessible to activists and agents of cultural change (which ultimately includes all of us). Address: 205 Keller Street, Suite 202D, Petaluma CA 94952 Voice: (707) 774-6299 Email: info@mettacenter.org Web: http://www.mettacenter.org/ [18 May 2017]
Michael Parenti Political Archive Michael Parenti is an internationally known award-winning author and lecturer. He is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts. His highly informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad. Web: http://www.michaelparenti.org/ [02 May 2015]
Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue Our basic goal is to rescue parrots and other commonly domesticated companion birds who have been neglected, abused, injured or surrendered to us because their owners can no longer care for them. To accomplish this goal, we do the following: Provide medical care and safe, healthy, foster homes for the rescued birds we take in. Take in and rehabilitate injured or sick conures from the San Francisco “Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” flock. Find and educate quality adoptive homes for the birds in our foster care Inform avian caregivers on the most current standards of care via our free classes, online resources, and consultations. Educate the public about the tragedies of overpopulation, and encourage them to adopt, not buy or breed birds. Address: POBox 697, San Jose CA 95106-0697 Voice: (650) 450-9104 (voicemail) Fax: 1-866-201-4199 Web: http://www.mickaboo.org/ [18 May 2017]
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) A non-profit organization working for the rights of children in the Middle East by sending humanitarian aid, supporting projects for children and educating North American and international communities about the effects of the US foreign policy on children in the region. Address: 1101 8th Street, Suite 100, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 548-0542 Fax: (510) 548-0543 Email: meca@mecaforpeace.org Web: http://www.mecaforpeace.org [27 Nov 2016]
Midpeninsula Community Media Center A nonprofit agency with digital media resources and training available to the public. This web site is also a media gallery for “all things midpeninsula.” Use the Media Center to: Learn Video Production and Other Digital Media Craft and Distribute Your Message, Performance, Story etc. Make Shows on Local Cable TV Access Channels View Videos and Photography in our Online Gallery, or Cable Channels or Web Streams Build Community through the Media You Create Build Community as a Media Center Volunteer Participating on Production Teams Address: 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto CA 94303-4917 Voice: (650) 494-8686 Fax: (650) 484-8386 Email: info@midpenmedia.org Web: http://midpenmedia.org [19 Aug 2017]
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) An organization of military families across the US and around the world who are opposed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and have a loved one currently serving in the military, who has served in the military since 9/11 or who has died as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As people with loved ones in the military, we have both a special need and a unique role to play in speaking out. It is our loved ones who are, have been, or will be on the battlefront. It is our loved ones who are risking injury and death. It is our loved ones who are returning scarred from their experiences. It is our loved ones who will have to live with the injuries and deaths among innocent Iraqi civilians. Web: http://www.mfso.org/ [06 Aug 2016]
The Millet Project We are a group of students and researchers at the University of California Berkeley who are united by the common causes of the food and agricultural diversity and entrepreneurship. With a generous Seed Grant from the Berkeley Food Institute in 2015, we are beginning to explore the scope of rediscovering the traditions of cultivating millets, and further reintroducing them into our diet. Web: https://themilletproject.org/ [02 Aug 2017]
Doug Minkler A San Francisco Bay Area printmaker, Doug specializes in fund raising, outreach, educational posters, and art lessons. Past collaborations include work with ILWU, Rain Forest Action Network, SF Mime Troupe, ACLU, The Lawyers Guild, CISPES, United Auto Workers, Africa Information Network, Ecumenical Peace Union, ADAPT, Cop Watch, Street Sheet, and Veteran’s for Peace. Though this web site was designed to facilitate free distribution of his graphics, those interested in purchasing original hand made screen prints can contact Doug to do so. Address: 1715 Ward Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 548-7119 Email: dminkler@dminkler.com Web: http://dminkler.com [30 Nov 2014]
Mission Bay Community Church (MBCC) We are a community brought together in our curiosity and desire to know Jesus Christ. We encounter the world and all its complexities with integrity, authenticity, and a healthy dose of humor. Coming together amidst our diverse views is a great witness to our faith in Christ to the world. We encourage people to question and grow in their faith. We support each other in taking action in the world, even when it involves risk, and we love and celebrate when forgiveness is sought and when life brings new beginnings. Address: 32 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112 Web: http://www.missionbaycc.org [03 Feb 2017]
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) Established in 1977 by artists and community activists with a shared vision to promote, preserve and develop the Latino cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of the Chicano, Central and South American, and Caribbean people. MCCLA makes the arts accessible as an essential element to the community’s development and well-being. Address: 2868 Mission Street (near 24th Street), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 821-1155 (administration); (415) 643-2785 (box office) Web: http://www.missionculturalcenter.org [30 Aug 2015]
Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA) Rooted in the Mission and focused on San Francisco, MEDA’s mission is to strengthen low- and moderate-income Latino families by promoting economic equity and social justice through asset building and community development. We envision generations of Latino families with sufficient assets to thrive. Inspired by the past and present life of the Mission District, families are rooted in vibrant, diverse and forward-thinking communities, have opportunities to grow, and are actively engaged in the civic and political life of their neighborhoods and the institutions that affect their lives. Address: 2301 Mission Street, Suite 301, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-3334 Fax: (415) 282-3320 Email: mchavarria@medasf.org Web: http://www.medasf.org/ [18 May 2017]
MO/PEACE MO/PEACE has brought the community and a growing number of individual’s solutions to conflict and violence using anger management techniques and conflict resolution. This all started as a small home outreach operation running a help line for women who have had frustrations with parenting, partners, and victim’s caught in domestic violence situations. MO/PEACE has worked with many nonprofit organizations here in San Francisco the program MOVE, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Baker Places, Olaff House, Walden House, the Glide Foundation and most recently for SAGE inside Juvenile Hall with young women who are caught in the Juvenile Justice system. Web: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gingermartinmopeace http://www.iGive.com/MO-PEACE [03 Feb 2017]
Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning Pennsylvania journalist who exposed police violence against minority communities. On death row since 1982, he was wrongfully sentenced for the shooting of a police officer. New evidence, including the recantation of a key eyewitness, new ballistic and forensic evidence and a confession from Arnold Beverly (one of the two killers of Officer Faulkner) points to his innocence! Mumia had no criminal record. Address: POBox 10328, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 268-9429 Email: alerts@freemumia.org Web: http://www.free-mumia.org [30 Nov 2014]
Frank Moore Frank Moore was a performer, director, writer, and teacher of shamanistic art. He conducted performance rituals throughout the year and performed with his band, “The Cherotic All-Stars.” An independent candidate for President of the U.S. He published ‘The Cherotic rEvolutionary’, a zine about “the edge”. Web: http://www.eroplay.com http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/ [30 Aug 2015]
More Dirt More Dirt shirts seek to spark peoples’ curiosity to learn how they can bring more dirt and green life to their cities. On the More Dirt website you’ll find simple reasons why more dirt is better for all living things as well as organizations you can contact to learn about ways you can green your city. Web: http://www.moredirt.org [06 Aug 2016]
Mother Jones (MoJo) A nonprofit news outlet that delivers bold and original award-winning reporting on the urgent issues of our day, from politics and climate change to education and the food we eat. We investigate stories that are in the public and the nation’s interest. From revelatory scoops to deep-dive investigations, Mother Jones journalism is penetrating storytelling that informs and inspires an engaged readership of 8 million monthly readers. Address: 222 Sutter Street, Suite 600, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 321-1700 Web: http://www.mojones.com/ [07 Dec 2015]
Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center (MDPC) Crafting an opportunity to connect with the needs and values of the people in Contra Costa County to build a culture of peace. The Center has many programs: Creating Peaceful Schools Conference for educators, Art and Writing Challenge for middle and high schoolers, discussion groups/classes on non-violence and racial justice, addressing issues such as fair elections, environmental stewardship – climate change, highlighting the costs and futility of war, health care reform and prison reform. And we honor those who lead the way – Annual Peace Awards Dinner. Address: 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek CA 94596-6798 Voice: (925) 933-7850 Email: margli@ourpeacecenter.org Web: http://ourpeacecenter.org [04 Dec 2016]
Move to Amend (MTA) A coalition of hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals committed to social and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy that is genuinely accountable to the people, not corporate interests. We are calling for an amendment to the US Constitution to unequivocally state that inalienable rights belong to human beings only, and that money is not a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment and can be regulated in political campaigns. Web: https://movetoamend.org [27 Nov 2016]
Moving Images Video Project Produces and distributes documentaries about war and peace, human rights, global justice, and protection for the environment. Founded by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin to increase understanding in the United States of political and social issues in Central America, Moving Images later expanded to address the AIDS epidemic, labor rights and childcare, international relations in the post cold-war era, implications of new genetic technologies, local food and farming, re-thinking our cities, and elements of a new economy that is more sustainable and just. Many of these programs have aired across North America on PBS, and they are widely distributed to schools, libraries, and community organizations. Web: http://www.movingimages.org/ [27 Nov 2016]
Moving On Center – School of Participatory Arts & Research (MOC) Movement is a key to discovering physical wisdom often lost in a technological society. We believe there is a gap to be filled in the western world in performance, education and health: GENERATING MOVEMENT in individuals for better health, and amongst groups of people to foster community building. Dance and other live arts can awaken responsibility to one’s personal self and to the community one participates in. We envision helping to inspire a shift from a society of overworked, isolated people to groups of interactive, creative and responsive people. We see this shift occurring through the informed work of our graduates, faculty and students in schools, community centers, theaters, and health facilities, and in classes, performances, and informal gatherings on-site at MOC. Voice: (510) 524-5013 Email: director@movingoncenter.org Web: http://www.movingoncenter.org [23 Feb 2014]
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office) (MUA) A grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a double mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. We achieve our mission by: Creating an environment of understanding and confidentiality Empowering and educating our members to provide mutual support Offering trainings to build economic security and leadership Working in diverse alliances on the local, regional, national, and international levels Organizing campaigns to win immigrant, workers’ and women’s rights. Address: 2783 East 12th Street, Suite 201, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 261-3398 Web: http://www.mujeresunidas.net [06 Nov 2015]
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office) (MUA) Address: 3543 18th Street #23 (at Valencia), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 621-8140 Web: http://www.mujeresunidas.net [06 Nov 2015]
Multicultural Institute A 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 1991. Our mission is to be a stepping stone that helps society transition immigrants from poverty and isolation to prosperity and participation. The Multicultural Institute’s programs enhance educational, economic, and health opportunities, cultivate leadership development, and stimulate positive transformation of individuals, families, and communities. Address: 1920 Seventh Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 848-4075 Email: info@mionline.org Web: http://mionline.org [05 Apr 2017]
Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice (MVPJ) We come together from more than 36 diverse faith communities and traditions to put our convictions into action by saying NO to war and YES to peace and justice. Web: http://www.multifaithpeace.org/ [30 Aug 2015]
Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) Connects sustainable farming leaders around the world for participatory training and cross-cultural exchange to strengthen local, resilient food systems worldwide. Since 1997, MESA has connected over 1300 farmers, activists and advocates and helped start nearly 150 small-scale farms and food justice projects worldwide. Address: 2362 Bancroft Way #202, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 654-8858 Email: mesa@mesaprogram.org Web: http://www.mesaprogram.org [30 Nov 2014]
Multinational Monitor A monthly magazine that tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment. Web: http://multinationalmonitor.org/ [30 Nov 2014]
Multinationals Resource Center (MRC) Southern countries increasingly find themselves exploited by the worst abuses of multinational corporations rampant pollution, oppressive labor practices, exploitative trading arrangements, and more. Yet Southern residents often have limited access to even basic information such as who owns local factories and what is their labor and environmental history, what are the laws that regulate specific industries in the North, and what are cleaner alternative waste management methods. The Multinationals Resource Center (MRC) helps redress this situation by providing valuable information, free of charge, to Southern activists, environmental and consumer groups and journalists. Web: http://resourcesfirst.org/ [30 Nov 2014]
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) A San Francisco based nonprofit organization that was conceived as a cornerstone of the economic and cultural revitalization of downtown San Francisco. Since it opened in December 2005 MoAD has become an anchor with its neighbors, the San Francisco MoMA, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Zeum, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in making this dynamic cultural corridor a premier cultural destination. Address: 685 Mission Street (at Third Street), San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 358-7200 Fax: (415) 358-7252 Web: http://www.moadsf.org [24 Jun 2015]
NamasteDirect Our mission is to directly contribute to Women´s Economic Empowerment by providing business development programs that increase the business cash flow of low income women. Approximately 700 women annually are offered education services with Q2,000 – Q5,000 loan ($260-$660) and if successful, a second loan of Q3,000-Q7,000 ($400-900). Third loans are also an option. Inspired by successful program graduates, we developed a separate “Starz” program to loan up to $4,000 for women who can grow their businesses large enough to employ additional workers. Address: 229 Brannan Street #3A, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 412-2057 Email: info@namaste-direct.org Web: http://www.namaste-direct.org [06 Aug 2016]
NARAL Pro-Choice California A 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 1978 that works through the political and legislative systems to fulfill our mission: To develop and sustain a constituency that uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion. Address: 335 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 890-1020 Fax: (415) 890-1025 Email: Info@ProChoiceCalifornia.org Web: http://www.prochoicecalifornia.org [11 May 2014]
Narco News Reporting on the drug war and democracy from all America. Web: http://www.narconews.com/ [27 Nov 2016]
Narika Mission is to promote the empowerment of women in South Asian community to confront and overcome the cycles of violence and exploitation. We work to build a movement to end violence against women and to actively support women’s rights as human rights. Founded in 1992, NARIKA embraces the ideal of women’s empowerment, by addressing the needs of abused South Asian women by providing advocacy, support, information, and referrals within a culturally sensitive model, which includes treating the women who seek our services as sisters rather than as clients. Address: POBox 14014, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (510) 444-6068 Fax: (510) 444-6048 Web: http://www.narika.org [06 Aug 2016]
The Nation Newsweekly Online A critical, independent voice in American journalism and a platform for investigative reporting and spirited debate on issues of import to the progressive community. Web: http://www.thenation.com/ [30 Aug 2015]
Nation of Change Mission is to help people create a more compassionate, responsible, and value-driven world, powered by communities that focus on positive solutions to social and economic problems. We strive to accomplish this mission through unbiased, independent journalism combined with practical, real-world activism in order to create real-world actionable strategies for change. Web: http://www.nationofchange.org/ [02 May 2015]
National Abortion Federaion (NAF) Te professional association of abortion providers in North America. We believe that women should be trusted to make private medical decisions in consultation with their health care providers. NAF currently offers quality training and education to abortion providers and unbiased information and referrals to women. Web: http://www.prochoice.org/ [30 Aug 2015]
National AIDS Memorial Grove (NAMG) A dedicated space in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park where millions of Americans touched directly or indirectly by AIDS can gather to heal, hope, and remember. For all the promising prospects on the horizon, AIDS continues to invade our lives, violate our past, and rob us of our comfortable assumptions about the future. The sacred ground of this living memorial honors all who have confronted this tragic pandemic both those who have died and those who have shared their struggle, kept the vigils, and supported each other during the final hours. Address: POBox 2270, San Francisco CA 94126-2270 Voice: (415) 765-0497 Web: http://www.aidsmemorial.org [30 Aug 2015]
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) A nonprofit organization, established in 1981, whose mission is to provide the most objective and reliable information possible on employee ownership at the most affordable price possible. We are the main publisher in the field, with over 50 titles ranging from issue briefs to lenghty books. We conduct dozens of Webinars yearly and also hold in-person meetings around the U.S., plus a large annual conference. We provide training, speaking, and introductory consulting, conduct surveys and other research, and have extensive contacts with the press, where we are regularly quoted. Address: 1736 Franklin Street, 8th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-1300 Fax: (510) 272-9510 Email: customerservice@nceo.org Web: http://www.nceo.org/ [14 May 2014]
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) A national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education. NCLR is a non-profit, public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community; provides free legal assistance to LGBT people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBT issues. Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 370, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 392-6257 (392-NCLR) Fax: (415) 392-8442 Email: Info@NCLRights.org Web: http://www.nclrights.org [06 Aug 2016]
National Center for Science Education (NCSE) A not-for-profit, membership organization providing information and resources for schools, parents, and concerned citizens working to keep evolution and climate science in public school science education. We educate the press and public about the scientific and educational aspects of controversies surrounding the teaching of evolution and climate change, and supply needed information and advice to defend good science education at local, state, and national levels. Our 5000 members are scientists, teachers, clergy, and citizens with diverse religious and political affiliations. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 600, Oakland CA 94612-2922 Voice: (510) 601-7203 Fax: (510) 788-7971 Email: info@ncse.com Web: http://ncse.com [02 Mar 2016]
National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) Creates lasting change for children in need. We are a non-profit organization that uses the law to ensure that low-income children have the resources, support, and opportunities they need for a fair start in life. We work to ensure that public agencies created to protect and care for children do so effectively. Address: 405 14th Street, 15th Floor, Oakland CA 94612-2701 Voice: (510) 835-8098 Web: http://www.youthlaw.org [23 Feb 2014]
National Center on Disability and Journalism (NCDJ) People with disabilities make up at least 19 percent of the U.S. population or 54.4 million people. The goal of the NCDJ is to provide support and guidance for journalists as they cover people with disabilities. Web: http://www.ncdj.org [30 Aug 2015]
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) Mission is to promote freedom of thought, inquiry and expression and oppose censorship in all its forms. The Coalition formed in response to the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Miller v. California, which narrowed First Amendment protections for sexual expression and opened the door to obscenity prosecutions. Over 40 years, as an alliance of more than 50 national non-profits, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups, we have engaged in direct advocacy and education to support First Amendment principles. Web: http://www.ncac.org [14 May 2014]
National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) A national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected. We envision a world where everyone has a safe, decent, affordable and accessible home. Web: http://www.nationalhomeless.org/ [30 Nov 2014]
National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) A coalition of women’s and civil rights organizations; labor unions; religious, professional, legal, and educational associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions and individuals working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to achieve pay equity. NCPE’s purpose is to close the wage gap that still exists between women, as well as people of color, and men. In 1963, when the Equal Pay Act was signed, women made 59 cents on average for every dollar earned by men (based on Census figures of median wages of full-time, year-round workers). By 2012, women earned 77 cents to men’s dollar, a narrowing of the wage gap by less than half a cent a year. Web: http://www.pay-equity.org [06 Aug 2016]
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) For nearly 100 years, NCBA CLUSA has encouraged communities to live cooperatively, harnessing the uncommon power of common purpose. NCBA CLUSA applies cooperative principles in development, advocacy, and education. Web: http://www.ncba.coop [30 Nov 2014]
National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) NFFC promotes socially just farm and food policies and empowers family farmers to reduce corporate control of agriculture. U.S. farm and food policy must change in order to reverse the economic devastation currently faced by our nation’s family farmers and rural communities. In addition, our international trade policy must recognize each nation’s right and responsibility to make their own decisions about how to develop and protect the capacity to grow food, sustain the livelihood of food producers, and feed the people in its own borders. We envision empowered communities everywhere working together democratically to advance a food and agriculture system that ensures health, justice, and dignity for all. Web: http://www.nffc.net/ [18 May 2017]
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions Mission is to help low- and moderate-income people and communities achieve financial independence through credit unions. The Federation is a dynamic, growth-oriented association of credit unions that provide safe and responsible financial services to underserved communities. Since 1974, the Federation has been promoting financial inclusion by organizing, supporting, and investing in these community development credit unions (CDCUs), which specialize in serving populations with limited access to affordable financial services, including low-income wage earners, families, new immigrants, young people and the growing number of Americans seeking financial independence through credit unions. Web: http://www.cdcu.coop [18 May 2017]
National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC) Protects our right to open government. We are a nonpartisan alliance of citizen-driven nonprofit freedom of information organizations, academic and First Amendment centers, journalistic societies and attorneys. Twice annually, NFOIC awards grants to strengthen state coalitions and member organizations, foster their growth, and support a broad range of open government endeavors in individual states. We are an education and outreach resource for state and local governments to counsel on transparency and open government issues, laws and legislation. Web: http://www.nfoic.org/ [14 Mar 2015]
National Gulf War Resource Center We are among the most successful Veterans’ Organizations in the United States advocating for veterans affected by Gulf War Illness (GWI). We formed shortly after the Persian Gulf War of 1991. Our work has been critical in establishing the rights, treatments, and benefits which these veterans have access to now. Our work is far from done. GWI is still poorly understood and incurable. Web: http://www.ngwrc.org/ [14 May 2014]
National Housing Trust (ICE) Protects and improves existing affordable rental homes so that low income individuals and families can live in quality neighborhoods with access to opportunities. Has preserved or helped to preserve more than 25,000 affordable homes through real estate development, lending, and technical assistance. Click here to see our impact. Web: http://www.nhtinc.org [30 Aug 2015]
National Immigration Law Center (Berkeley office) (NILC) One of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants. At NILC, we believe that all people who live in the U.S.—regardless of their race, gender, immigration and/or economic status—should have the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Over the years, we’ve been at the forefront of many of the country’s greatest challenges when it comes to immigration issues, and play a major leadership role in addressing the real-life impact of polices that affect the ability of low-income immigrants to prosper and thrive. Voice: (510) 663-8282 Fax: (510) 663-2028 Web: https://www.nilc.org [12 Nov 2016]
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Housing is a human right. The Law Center fights to make it a reality by holding the U.S. accountable to international standards, preventing homelessness for renters, and creating homes and communities for homeless people using surplus government property. In addition, the Law Center fights to prevent economically vulnerable domestic violence survivors from becoming homeless. Web: http://www.nlchp.org/ [23 Feb 2014]
National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) An association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. We seek to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization which shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests. Address: 558 Capp Street (between 20th and 21st), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 285-5067 Fax: (415) 285-5066 Email: contact@nlgsf.org Web: http://www.nlgsf.org/ [15 Nov 2015]
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) Works to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status. Since its founding in 1986, the organization has drawn membership from diverse immigrant communities, and actively builds alliances with social and economic justice partners around the country. As part of a global movement for social and economic justice, NNIRR is committed to human rights as essential to securing healthy, safe and peaceful lives for all. Address: 310 Eighth Street, Suite 303, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 465-1984 Fax: (510) 465-1885 Email: nnirrinfo@nnirr.org Web: http://www.nnirr.org [30 Nov 2014]
National Organization for Restoring Men (NORM) A non-profit support group for men who have concerns about being circumcised, are considering foreskin restoration, or are in the process of restoring their foreskins. Our aim is to help men regain a sense of self-directedness — physically as well as emotionally.. Address: 3205 Northwood Drive, Suite 209 (near Olivera), Concord CA 94520-4506 Voice: (925) 827-4077 Email: waynerobb@aol.com Web: http://www.norm.org [14 May 2014]
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter (California NORML) A non-profit, membership organization dedicated to reforming California’s marijuana laws. Our mission is to establish the right of adults to use cannabis legally. We are the only state organization devoted specifically to marijuana reform. We publish a newsletter, lobby lawmakers, sponsor events, offer legal, educational, and consumer health advice, and sponsor scientific research. We maintain a separate membership and financial base from national NORML. Address: 2261 Market Street #278A, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 563-5858 Fax: (510) 849-3974 Email: info@canorml.org Web: http://www.canorml.org [30 Aug 2015]
National Organization for Women (NOW) As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States. NOW has hundreds of chapters and hundreds of thousands of members and activists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since our founding in 1966, NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life. Web: http://now.org/ [19 Aug 2017]
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) Dedicated to making a safer world, NOCIRC is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization committed to securing the birthright of male, female, and intersex children and babies to keep their sex organs intact. NOCIRC provides educational material about the structures, functions, development, and care of normal penile anatomy and offers information about circumcision and the care of the circumcised as well as the intact penis. Address: POBox 2512, San Anselmo CA 94979-2512 Voice: (415) 488-9883 Fax: (415) 488-9660 Email: info@nocirc.org Web: http://www.nocirc.org [15 Nov 2015]
National Priorities Project (NPP) Makes our complex federal budget transparent and accessible so people can exercise their right and responsibility to oversee and influence how their tax dollars are spent. Web: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/ [23 Feb 2014]
National Security Archive Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents (“the world’s largest nongovernmental collection” according to the Los Angeles Times), leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information, global advocate of open government, and indexer and publisher of former secrets. Web: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ [14 May 2014]
National Writers Union (Bay Area Local) The only labor union that represents freelance writers. Now, more than ever, with the consolidation of power into the hands of ever-larger corporate entities and with the advent of technologies that facilitate the exploitation of a writer’s work, writers need an organization with the clout and know-how to protect our interests. One that will forge new rules for a new era. Web: http://www.nwu.org [14 May 2014]
Native American Health Center (NAHC) A non profit organization serving the California Bay Area Native Population and other under-served populations in the Bay Area. 2012 marked NAHC’s 40th anniversary; as an organization, we have been serving our community since 1972. NAHC has worked at local, state, and federal levels to deliver resources and servcies for the urban Native community, including medical, dental, behavioral health, diabetes, obesity, substance abuse prevention, HIV/HCV care coordination and prevention. Address: 3124 International Blvd, Oakland CA 94601 Web: http://www.nativehealth.org [24 May 2014]
Native Forest Council Dedicated to the preservation and protection of all publicly owned natural resources from destructive practices, sales, and all resource extraction. Commercial timber sales, grazing, mining, and oil and gas extraction all contribute to the destruction and degradation of air quality, wildlife habitat, and of our wilderness areas. We believe a sound economy and environment need not be incompatible, and that current land management practices are devastating to both. Web: http://www.forestcouncil.org [16 Jul 2015]
Native Seeds / SEARCH (NS/S) Crop diversity is key to achieving sustainable food security both globally and within our own region of focus, the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico. Our approach to food security focuses on seed security, which relies on the conservation and sharing of appropriate crop diversity and the knowledge to use that diversity effectively. Web: http://www.nativeseeds.org/ [05 Sep 2015]
Nature in the City Mission is to inspire San Francisco to discover local nature Nature in the City is San Francisco’s first organization wholly dedicated to ecological conservation, restoration, and stewardship of the city’s bioregions. Our membership reflects San Francisco’s reputation as a leading center for safeguarding urban species and restoring their habitats. Nature in the City connects with the city at large through presenting nature walks, events for children and families, eco-literacy trainings, volunteer opportunities, and resources for community groups wishing to start their own citizen science projects. Address: POBox 170088, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 564-4107 Web: http://www.natureinthecity.org/ [18 May 2017]
Nature Village A multidisciplinary group consisting of University Village residents, UC Berkeley students, staff, campus sustainability groups, and volunteers. Our mission is to create community around sustainable living at University Village. Through our work, we promote environmental education and encourage conservation with regards to energy, water, and waste. Nature Village is a program within the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC). Web: http://www.naturevillage.org/ [18 Aug 2016]
Naturist Society Mission is to promote body acceptance through clothing-optional recreation using the tools of education and community outreach. The Naturist Society views clothing-optional recreation as essential to body acceptance. Through clothing-optional recreation, participants, be they individuals, couples or families, learn to appreciate the diversity of body types and gain a better understanding and acceptance of their own bodies. Web: http://www.naturist.com/ [05 Sep 2015]
NetSquared.org Gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who’s interested in using technology for social change. Our vision is to make it easy, meaningful, and fun for people and organizations to get the information, visibility and in-person support they need to maximize technology for social good. Founded in 2005 we bring together civil society and the technology community. Web: http://www.netsquared.org/ [05 Sep 2015]
Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC) A grassroots organization of democratic workplaces dedicated to building workplace democracy in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. NoBAWC is comprised primarily of worker cooperatives. NoBAWC is comprised of small and medium-sized workplaces with a few to over 200 worker-owners, representing diverse industries and sectors of the economy. All are democratic, however their legal and organizational structures vary. Most are businesses while some are non-profits; most provide a living for their workers while some are volunteer-run; many utilize direct democracy while others use both direct and representational structures. Address: POBox 3246, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 736-2667 (voice message) Email: info@nobawc.org Web: http://www.nobawc.org [18 May 2017]
Nevada Desert Experience (NDE) Using a campaign of prayer, education, dialogue, and nonviolent direct action, our mission is to stop modern weapons development, including the end of automated warfare and nuclear weaponeering in Southern Nevada. We support personal renewal through desert spirituality and we mobilize people of faith as our primary methods to prevent the return of full-scale nuclear testing. We come to the desert to engage the destruction of violence with the constructive nonviolence. We seek reconnection with each other and the earth, by understanding and taking responsibility for the consequences of our actions. Address: 1420 West Barlett Avenue, Las Vegas NV 89106-2226 Voice: (702) 646-4814 Email: info@nevadadesertexperience.org Web: http://NevadaDesertExperience.org [19 Aug 2017]
New Day Films A unique, filmmaker-run distribution company, providing award-winning films to educators, community groups, government agencies, public libraries and businesses since 1971. Democratically run by more than 150 filmmaker members, New Day delivers hundreds of titles that illuminate, challenge and inspire. New Day was initially formed because the women’s movement had arrived and a group of independent filmmakers were unable to find a distributor for their feminist films—so they decided to create one. Today, New Day members sustain the ideals that inspired the company’s formation in 1971 – partnership, great stories and changing the world – and curate its collection to encompass a wide range of subject areas. Web: http://www.newday.com/ [24 May 2014]
New Door Ventures (GGCI) Prepares disconnected youth for work and life. We provide skill-building, individual support and jobs that enable our youth to discover and achieve their potential. Our work is integral to their successful transition to healthy, sustainable adulthood. We aim to transform individuals who will in turn transform their communities. Address: 3221 20th Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 920-9200 Fax: (415) 920-9203 Web: http://www.newdoor.org/ [13 Dec 2014]
new economics foundation (nef) The UK’s leading think tank promoting social, economic and environmental justice. Our aim is to transform the economy so that it works for people and the planet. The UK and most of the world’s economies are increasingly unsustainable, unfair and unstable. It is not even making us any happier – many of the richest countries in the world do not have the highest wellbeing. Web: http://www.neweconomics.org [02 Mar 2016]
New Economics Institute A network of organizations imagining and building a future where people, communities, and ecosystems thrive. Together, we are creating deep change in our economy and politics—placing power in the hands of people and uprooting legacies of harm—so that a fundamentally new system can take root. Web: http://neweconomicsinstitute.org [27 Nov 2016]
New Field Foundation Contributes to the creation of a peaceful and equitable world by supporting women and their families to overcome poverty, violence, and injustice in their communities. New Field’s approach is based on our philosophy of social change and the way we believe peace and equitability are realized. Address: POBox 151350, San Rafael CA 94915-1350 Voice: (415) 561-3417 Fax: (415) 561-3419 Email: info@newfieldfound.org Web: http://www.newfieldfound.org/ [26 Dec 2015]
New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office) (NIF) Helps Israel live up to its founders’ vision of a state that ensures complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants. Our aim is to advance liberal democracy, including freedom of speech and minority rights, and to fight inequality, injustice, and extremism that diminish Israel. Address: 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 920, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 543-5055 Fax: (415) 543-6066 Email: sf@nif.org Web: http://www.nif.org [28 Aug 2016]
New Society Publishers (NSP) Mission is to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society, and to do so with the least possible impact on the environment, in a manner that models this vision. New Society Publishers’ work speaks to individuals and organizations interested in changing their lives so that they may change the world for the better. Web: http://www.newsociety.com/ [06 Aug 2016]
New Village Press New Village books serve the interdependent fields of social justice, participatory planning, community building, ecology, and community-based arts. The Press crosses boundaries between professional, academic and informal education with books that engage practitioners and community activists working together to rebuild neighborhoods. Most significantly, our books go beyond abstract policy and present the human story, the motivations that stir the soul to make a certain part of the world a better place to live. Web: http://www.newvillagepress.net/ [27 May 2017]
News from Native California A quarterly magazine devoted to the vibrant cultures, arts, languages, histories, social justice movements, and stories of California’s diverse Indian peoples. We strive to preserve the cherished knowledge of an older generation, provide opportunities for a younger generation making a place for Indian ways in the modern world, and illuminate the beauty of Native cultures to all of California. Address: 1633 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 549-2802 Fax: (510) 549-1889 Web: http://newsfromnativecalifornia.com/ [05 Sep 2015]
Newslink Perhaps the most complete listing of newspapers, magazines, and other news organizations on the web. Web: http://newslink.org/ [14 Mar 2015]
NewspaperIndex.com I collect and maintain links only to newspapers and publications containing local, free and independent news from each country in the world. You will not find links to online media sites that solely grab information, reports and content from other sources. The database does not have newspapers that focus on gossip, rumour, local or sport news. I only include websites with free public access that have a local editorial staff of independent journalists and in most cases a print version as well. Web: http://www.newspaperindex.com/ [02 Mar 2016]
The Next Generation (TNG) An award-winning political consulting and issue advocacy firm, specializing in progressive and environmental candidates and causes in the Bay Area and across California. Address: 1814 Franklin Street, Suite 510, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-4710 Fax: (510) 444-4743 Email: info@nextgeneration.org Web: http://www.nextgeneration.org/ [02 May 2015]
NextArts A charity non-profit that uses the equipment we own to raise funds for our programming. We specialize in full service event production. In this capacity, we work primarily in major hotels and exhibition centers and only the Bay Area’s finest wineries and intimate event spaces. We take great pride in working with the most prestigious venues in the San Francisco Bay Area – from San Jose to Napa, Oakland and beyond. Address: POBox 880418, San Francisco CA 94188 Voice: (415) 970-9005 Email: mail@nextarts.org Web: http://www.nextarts.org [30 Aug 2014]
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library Aims to help working people understand and create our role in history by maintaining and building an accessible library and archive, by organizing classes and discussions, and by providing community space and resources to promote culture and critical thinking. We are inclusive, independent, nonsectarian, anti-capitalist and committed to struggle for democracy and against all forms of discrimination. Address: 6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland CA 94609-1113 Voice: (510) 595-7417 Email: NPML@marxistlibr.org Web: http://www.marxistlibr.org [05 Sep 2015]
Nine Lives Foundation A community based non-profit 501c3 organization that rescues cats and kittens from high-kill shelters and at-risk homeless situations, providing them with a no-kill shelter and on-site medical care, seeking loving permanent homes for them. Address: 3016 Rolison Road, Redwood City CA 94063 Voice: (650) 368-1365 Email: ninelivesfoundation@gmail.com Web: http://www.NineLivesFoundation.org [06 Aug 2016]
Ninth Street Independent Film Center Mission is to secure a lasting space for the creation and dissemination of independent media that promotes democracy, community participation, cultural preservation, access and lifelong learning to a diverse community of artists and audiences. Address: 145 Ninth Street, Suite 250, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 625-6100 Fax: (415) 552-0882 Email: info[at]ninthstreet.org Web: http://www.ninthstreet.org [02 Mar 2016]
No Kill Advocacy Center If every animal shelter in the United States embraced the No Kill philosophy and the programs and services that make it possible, we would save nearly three million animals who are scheduled to die in shelters this year, and the year after that. ?It is not an impossible dream. Address: 6114 La Salle Avenue #837, Oakland CA 94611 Web: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/ [16 Jun 2017]
No Kill NOW! (NKN) It is estimated as many as 250,000,000 companion animals were slaughtered in American ‘shelters’ during the last decade. That figure is equivalent to the entire US human population in 1991. This site is dedicated to citizens everywhere who are willing to join together for a common cause: to STOP THE KILLING of dogs and cats and other companion animals in our municipal shelters. Web: http://www.nokillnow.com [27 Nov 2016]
No More Victims (NMV) NMV began in late 2002 as the invasion of Iraq approached. We have two core objectives: to help communities create solidarity projects for children injured by US forces abroad, and to advocate and educate for peace. Web: http://www.nomorevictims.org [23 Feb 2014]
Noam Chomsky Archive Noam Chomsky is one of America’s most prominent political dissidents. A renowned professor of linguistics at MIT, he has authored over 30 political books dissecting such issues as U.S. interventionism in the developing world, the political economy of human rights and the propaganda role of corporate media. Web: http://www.chomsky.info/ [13 Dec 2014]
NoFluoride.com Presents the case against fluoridation of drinking water. Web: http://www.nofluoride.com/ [23 Feb 2014]
Nolo Our mission is to help consumers and small businesses find answers to their everyday legal and business questions. With over 50 web properties, the Nolo Network is one of the web’s largest libraries of consumer-friendly legal information – all available for free. With oversight from Nolo’s editorial team, we strive to deliver free legal information of the highest quality. We also offer local lawyers the ability to contribute to the Nolo network. Web: http://www.nolo.com [24 May 2014]
Non-GMO Project Offers North America’s only third party verification and labeling for non-GMO (genetically modified organism) food and products. We currently have over 27,000 Non-GMO Project Verified products from 1,500 brands, representing well over $11 Billion in annual sales. Non-GMO Project Verified is currently one of the fastest growing labels in the natural food sector, and increasingly is an attribute sought by conventional brands as well. Web: http://www.nongmoproject.org [05 Sep 2015]
NoNukes.org A global library of information and links about nuclear power, nuclear weapons, nuclear waste contamination, and citizen action for sustainable energy and human survival. Of necessity, we also explore paths beyond the global culture of violence that gave rise to nuclear weapons in the first place. Web: http://www.nonukes.org [06 Sep 2015]
NorCal Community Resilience Network Activates and supports community-based and ecological solutions to climate change, economic instability and social inequity toward a Just Transition away from fossil fuels. Our work increases capacity for grassroots projects and programs, builds solidarity across divides of race, class, sector and region, and broadens support for the Northern California community resilience movement as a whole. Together, we are realizing a Just Transition away from an extractive economy toward holistic, collaborative systems that support human life in self-sustaining harmony with nature. Web: http://norcalresilience.org/ http://permacultureconvergence.com/2015/09/16/norcal-community-resilience-network/ [27 May 2017]
NorCal4OurRevolution We are friends, neighbors, volunteers that are organizing in our local community and with OurRevolution to support grassroots progressive issues, candidates, and initiatives to help address the challenges we all face. Please join us! Based in Mountain View, California. Voice: (408) 219-7439 (Kacey Carpenter) Email: kaceycarpenter@gmail.com Web: https://www.facebook.com/NorCal4OurRevolution http://ourrevolution.com [09 Mar 2017]
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) An independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1966 that works toward a world in which the nations and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are free from oppression and injustice, and enjoy a relationship with the United States based on mutual respect, free from economic and political subordination. To that end, our mission is to provide information and analysis on the region, and on its complex and changing relationship with the United States, as tools for education and advocacy – to foster knowledge beyond borders. Web: http://www.nacla.org/ [06 Sep 2015]
North Atlantic Books (NAB) An independent, nonprofit publisher committed to a bold exploration of the relationships between mind, body, spirit, and nature. Founded in Vermont, in 1974, NAB aims to nurture a holistic view of the arts, sciences, humanities, and healing. Over the decades, it has been at the forefront of publishing a diverse range of original books in alternative medicine, ecology, and spirituality, with a pioneering publishing program that encompasses somatics, trauma, raw foods, craniosacral therapy, shamanism, and literature. NAB was incorporated as an educational nonprofit in 1980 as the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences. Address: 2526 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 549-4270 Fax: (510) 549-4276 Web: http://www.northatlanticbooks.com [04 Jun 2016]
North Berkeley Harvest Ever thought of donating the unused fruit from your very own fruit trees? We will gladly pick up or harvest your fruit and donate it to local food initiatives. Organic food only. Voice: (510) 812-3369 Email: northberkeleyharvest@gmail.com Web: http://northberkeleyharvest.org [06 Aug 2016]
North Oakland Restorative Justice Council Made up of various North Oakland community stakeholders working to address issues of community violence through a land based restorative justice lens. The Council is made up of members of Bethany Baptist Church, Memorial Tabernacle Church, Growing Together, Phat Beets Produce, the PLACE for Sustainable Living, the Bay Area Youth Empowerment Project, Healers Not Jailers and various neighbors. The council organizes to support communities dealing with institutional and interpersonal violence in North Oakland and to create a culture and process to curb future violence. Web: http://northoaklandrestorativejustice.wordpress.com [30 Jul 2014]
Northern California 911 Truth Alliance Our mission is to seek and disseminate truths about the terrible crimes committed on September 11, 2001, exposing gaps and deceptions in the official story. Our goal is to inspire more eyewitness revelations, truthful media coverage, and a movement that will bring the responsible criminals to justice and eliminate governmental and corporate policies that enable criminal elements to commit such acts. Web: http://sf911truth.org/ [27 May 2017]
Northern California Community Loan Fund (NCCLF) Promotes economic justice and alleviates poverty by increasing the financial resilience and sustainability of community-based nonprofits and enterprises. Through flexible financial products and sound advice, we create opportunities to make socially responsible investments that revitalize Northern California communities. Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 677, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 392-8215 Email: info@ncclf.org Web: http://www.ncclf.org [09 May 2015]
Northern California Fossil Fuel Pledge of Resistance Not one more fossil fuel project in Northern California. This is our pledge. It ends with us, you and me. Thousands of people are rising up against the corporations and people who refuse to stop destroying communities of people and the land. Now is the time to escalate. To stop them for good we need to confront them directly – at their offices, at their homes, at their facilities. This will be direct action for everyone. Those of us who can will put our bodies upon the gears. Those of us who can’t will resist in other ways. We’ll need thousands, hundreds of thousands. Web: http://diablorisingtide.org [12 Dec 2015]
Northern California Land Trust (NCLT) A community-based not-for-profit committed to making homes and community facilities permanently affordable through the community land trust (CLT) model. Throughout our history NCLT has been involved in dozens of community development projects, has developed more than 165 units of housing, and has more than 35 new units in process. NCLT has also developed a homeless transitional house, affordable office space for nonprofits and small businesses, community gardens and an organic farm. Address: 3122 Shattuck Avenue (near Woolsey), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 548-7878 Web: http://www.nclt.org [30 Aug 2014]
Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA) An association of recycling businesses, community groups, municipalities, and individuals committed to promoting, expanding, and institutionalizing recycling. Founded in 1978, NCRA is a nonprofit trade organization for recyclers with more than 200 members, the majority of whom are located in Northern California. NCRA promotes waste reduction, reuse, salvaging, recycling, and composting as vital tools for resource and energy conservation, and as cost-effective, environmentally sound methods of disposing of discarded materials. Address: POBox 5581, Berkeley CA 94705-5581 Voice: (510) 982-1841 Email: ncra@ncrarecycles.org Web: http://www.ncrarecycles.org [24 May 2014]
Northern California Solar Energy Association (NorCal Solar) A nonprofit, member-supported association for ongoing education on the many aspects of solar energy. Since 1974, NorCal Solar has inspired tens of thousands of people to decrease dependence on traditional fuels by promoting: passive design building integrated solar photovoltaics (PV) solar cooking solar hot water other renewable energy strategies energy efficiency Voice: (510) 545-4925 Email: info@norcalsolar.org Web: http://www.norcalsolar.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
Northern Sun Merchandising Sells T-shirts, bumper stickers, buttons, posters, flags, mugs, car plaque emblems, magnets, lapel pins, bags, yard signs, toys, games & more. Topics include politics, feminism, environment, religion & spirituality, funny slogans, evolution, diversity, education. Web: http://www.northernsun.com [24 May 2014]
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) Works to protect community and environmental health and inspire the use of ecologically sound solutions to reduce the use of pesticides. Web: http://www.pesticide.org [06 Aug 2016]
Not In Our Town (NIOT) A movement to stop hate, address bullying, and build safe, inclusive communities for all. Not In Our Town films, new media, and organizing tools help local leaders build vibrant, diverse cities and towns, where everyone can participate. NIOT.org is home to films and tools to use in your community or school. Not In Our Town and Not In Our School are both projects of The Working Group, an Oakland-based nonprofit founded in 1988. Address: POBox 70232, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 268-9675 Email: info@niot.org Web: https://www.niot.org [12 Nov 2016]
Not Milk A public information association that has been formed to let America know that cow’s milk is not nature’s perfect food for people. Web: http://www.notmilk.com/ [02 Mar 2016]
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Mission is to educate and advocate for peace and a world free of nuclear weapons and to empower peace leaders. The Foundation is a non-partisan, non-profit organization with consultative status to the United Nations and is comprised of over 75,000 individuals and groups worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the Nuclear Age. Web: http://www.wagingpeace.org http://www.NuclearFiles.org [27 May 2017]
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) We were founded to be the national information and networking center for citizens and environmental activists concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation and sustainable energy issues. We still fulfill that core function, but have expanded both programatically and geographically. We initiate large-scale organizing and public education campaigns on specific issues, such as preventing construction of new reactors, radioactive waste transportation, deregulation of radioactive materials, and more. Web: http://www.nirs.org [23 Feb 2014]
Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center We specialize in elder abuse and elder neglect lawsuits against nursing homes and other long term care facilities throughout California. Our mission is to obtain justice for our clients when there has been neglect or abuse by a nursing home. “No Elder Abuse” . . . It’s Not Just Our Legal Specialty — It’s Our Passion! Your call is confidential and absolutely free. And, our services are performed on a contingency fee basis, which means that there is no fee until we obtain a recovery. Address: 1931 San Miguel Drive, Suite 210, Walnut Creek CA 94596 Voice: (925) 280-8900 Email: Mike@NoElderAbuse.com Web: http://www.NoElderAbuse.com [30 Aug 2014]
NutritionFacts.org A strictly non-commercial, science-based public service provided by Dr. Michael Greger, providing free updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos. There are more than a thousand videos on nearly every aspect of healthy eating, with new videos and articles uploaded every day. NutritionFacts.org now relies on individual donors to keep the site alive. Web: http://nutritionfacts.org http://www.drgreger.org/ [29 May 2016]
Oakland Based Urban Gardens (OBUGS) OBUGS offers numerous programs to students in West and North Oakland. In our programs students learn about gardening, nutrition, exercise, healthy eating, science, and they have fun. OBUGS provides its services primarily through partnerships with schools in West and North Oakland. Address: 1724 Mandela Parkway, Suite 8, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 465-4660 Web: http://www.lifelongmedical.org/Services/oakland-based-urban-gardens.html https://www.facebook.com/OBUGS [14 Mar 2015]
Oakland Climate Action Coalition (OCAC) The mission of the OCAC—a cross-sector coalition dedicated to racial and economic justice—is to engage Oakland residents in creating and implementing climate solutions that strengthen the environmental, economic, and social resilience of frontline communities. The OCAC pursues this mission by: Developing a comprehensive agenda and program for addressing the impact of climate change on frontline communities Bringing together and supporting grassroots campaigns and initiatives that build community resilience Amplifying community voices and building grassroots power to shape public resilience plans and policies Strengthening community resources through neighborhood-based climate education, planning, and organizing Email: info@oaklandclimateaction.org Web: http://oaklandclimateaction.org/ [27 May 2017]
Oakland Food Policy Council (OFPC) We are a 21-seat council that works to establish an equitable and sustainable food system. We work with diverse constituencies and across different food system sectors to create a healthy and resilient local and regional food system. We aim to make a healthy, local food system a top priority in our city and engage in state and national action for food policy reform. We carry out research, foster collaboration and engage in collective advocacy for our priority policy initiatives: economic security & development; food access; local and sustainable food procurement; and urban agriculture. Address: 221 Oak Street, #D, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 761-5428 Email: info@oaklandfood.org Web: http://www.oaklandfood.org [02 Sep 2014]
Oakland Institute As a leading policy think tank, the Oakland Institute is bringing fresh ideas and bold action to the most pressing social, economic, and environmental issues of our time. We have a reputation for meticulous research and analysis. Our work is referenced by policymakers, academics, and the media. Many of our campaigns have resulted in international policy changes. Address: POBox 18978, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 474-5251 Email: info(at)oaklandinstitute.org Web: http://www.oaklandinstitute.org [27 Nov 2016]
Oakland Kids First We create leadership opportunities for young people to transform their schools so all youth graduate with the skills and motivation to reach their dreams. We believe that as a critical mass of young people take responsibility for themselves, for each other, and for their education – they have the power to immediately improve student culture and school climate and organize more effectively with their peers to win long-term systemic changes. Our innovative Culture Change strategies result in higher graduation, college attendance and retention rates, more class participation, the creation of more meaningful youth leadership opportunities, and a greater sense of connection and responsibility students have towards their peers and their education. Address: 610 16th Street, Suite 310, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-2043 Fax: (510) 452-2075 Email: info@kidsfirstoakland.org Web: http://www.kidsfirstoakland.org [06 Sep 2015]
Oakland Local An independent media site committed to covering Oakland’s neighborhoods, people, news, arts, culture and innovation. Our mission is to create deeper ties to Oakland’s diverse perspectives by telling stories, shining light on key issues and being a catalyst for community. We are journalists, storytellers, artists, business owners, innovators, organizers, advocates and neighbors. Oakland Local and its team are dedicated to telling stories that should be told – but are usually not. Web: http://oaklandlocal.com [06 Sep 2015]
Oakland Privacy A citizen’s coalition that works regionally to defend the right to privacy and enhance public transparency and oversight regarding the use of surveillance techniques and equipment. We were instrumental in the creation of the first standing municipal citizens’ privacy advisory commission in the City of Oakland, and we have engaged in successful privacy enhancing legislative efforts with the Counties of Alameda and Santa Clara. Members of Oakland Privacy have sat on panels discussing surveillance technology use in forums sponsored by the California Department of Justice, RightsCon, Left Forum, HOPE Conference, Berkeley Law School, and the Library Freedom Project/Noisebridge, among others. Web: http://oaklandprivacy.org/ https://www.facebook.com/oakprivacy [01 Feb 2017]
Oakland Rising Educates and mobilizes voters in the flatlands to speak up for and take charge of the issues impacting our lives. We are a multilingual, multiracial collaborative with deep roots in East and West Oakland’s neighborhoods, proving that everyday residents working together have the power to change the way our city is run. With longtime Oakland families and our newest neighbors working shoulder to shoulder, we are building on Oakland’s incredibly rich history to advance smart, community-first solutions for a thriving Town. Address: 570 14th Street, Suite 6, Oakland CA 94612 Email: Info@OaklandRising.org Web: http://www.oaklandrising.org/ [27 Oct 2016]
Oakland Youth Aspire A free youth program open every Saturday, 12:30 to 5 PM. OYA enriches the lives of youth by creating a fun and welcoming environment that promotes a healthy lifestyle and fosters open communication, empathy, and the development of interpersonal skills. Address: DeFremery Recreation Center , 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 500-4442 Email: info@oaklandyouthaspire.org Web: http://oaklandyouthaspire.org/ [09 Mar 2017]
Oaklavia: Come Play in the Streets Oaklavía will close three miles of streets circumnavigating Lake Merritt to car traffic, allowing participants to experience what a people- and community-centered urban space can feel like when our built environment is committed to safe and accessible places to walk and to bike. Love Our Lake Day is accessible by BART (Lake Merritt, 12th Street/City Center, 19th Street stations) and several AC Transit bus lines. Voice: (510) 654-6346 Email: karen@hesternet.net Web: http://oaklavia.org [20 Jan 2014]
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) An 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy and community-organizing center in West Sonoma County, California that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience and the restoration of biological and cultural diversity. OAEC trains and supports “whole communities” — schools, public agencies, Native American tribes, urban social justice organizations, watershed groups and others — to design and cultivate resilience to mounting ecological, social and economic challenges. Address: 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental CA 95465 Voice: (707) 874-1557 Email: oaec@oaec.org Web: http://www.oaec.org [06 Sep 2015]
Occupy Oakland We are reclaiming public space to use as a forum for the people to come together, meet one another, listen to each other, and build power for ourselves. Occupy Oakland is more than just a speak out or a camp out. The purpose of our gathering is to plan actions, mobilize real resistance, and defend ourselves from the economic and physical war that is being waged against our communities. Web: http://www.occupyoakland.org [06 Sep 2015]
Occupy the Farm Occupy the Farm envisions a future in which communities make use of all available land – occupying it when necessary – to create urban agriculture alternatives and meet local needs in the face of economic and environmental crisis. Our goal for the Gill Tract in Albany, California is to establish a productive farm with a Center for Urban Agriculture and Food Justice. We aim to preserve this rich natural resource in perpetuity, emphasizing much needed research into sustainable urban agriculture, open access, and participation by the larger East Bay community. Web: http://www.takebackthetract.com [29 May 2016]
Occupy the Farm – The Film A documentary that tells the story of 200 urban farmers who walk onto a publicly-owned research farm and plant two acres of crops in order to save the land from becoming a real-estate development. This direct action set up a vibrant tent village on land destined to become condos, while their crops blocked the development plans of a cash-starved public institution, the University of California, Berkeley. Their confrontational, yet hopeful tactic raises important questions: What are the most effective ways to bring healthy food to hungry, urban neighborhoods? And, who should control research and education at the world’s most important public university: private interests or the public good? Web: http://occupythefarmfilm.com [27 Nov 2016]
Occupy Wall Street A people-powered movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States and actions in over 1,500 cities globally. #ows is fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations. The movement is inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, and aims to fight back against the richest 1% of people that are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future. Web: http://occupywallst.org [06 Sep 2015]
Ocean Voyages Institute (OVI) A 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1979 by a group of international sailors, educators, and conservationists with a mission of teaching maritime arts and sciences and preserving the world’s oceans. OVI is dedicated to providing sail training opportunities to youth on a worldwide basis as well as providing access to the ocean world and educational programs. In 2009, Project Kaisei was launched to focus on major ocean clean-up and to raise awareness regarding the global problem of marine debris/ocean trash. Web: http://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
OceanHealth.Org A San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit that promotes sustainable, healthy oceans through education, science, advocacy, and actions. OceanHealth.Org was founded in 2007 to promote connections between the health of the oceans and human health, emphasizing that ocean health is our health. Our organization promotes personal choices that protect public health while also creating healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems. OceanHealth.Org strives to protect threatened and endangered marine species that are impacted by our actions as consumers and citizens. Annually, OceanHealth.Org and its cosponsors host beach cleanups, film festivals, and other activities in recognition of World Oceans Day on June 8, a United Nations holiday to celebrate and take action for our oceans. Address: POBox 14732, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 342-7497 Email: eli@oceanhealth.org Web: http://www.oceanhealth.org [01 Oct 2013]
October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality Mobilizing every year since 1996 for a National Day of Protest on October 22nd, bringing together those under the gun and those not under the gun as a powerful voice to expose the epidemic of police brutality. The Coalition also works on the Stolen Lives Project, which documents cases of killings by law enforcement agents nationwide. The second edition of the Stolen Lives book documents over 2000 cases in the 1990s alone. Research and collection of data in preparation for a second volume continues, and volunteers for researching or editing are welcomed. Web: http://www.october22.org/ [24 May 2014]
OHIAS (Our Health Is At Stake) Our mission is to educate, assist and empower all to live and work more harmoniously with nature and one another and avoid further and certain ruin of our planet’s finite life-sustaining capacity. A principal objective of our mission is to end waste as we know it today by putting it and people to work for the benefit of all people, community and planet. Our first project is to create a community benefit cooperative in Marin County, California. Address: 844 B Street (between 2nd and 3rd streets), San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 454-9948 Email: info@ohias.org Web: http://www.ohias.org [27 Mar 2016]
Oil Change International A research, communication, and advocacy organization focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating the coming transition towards clean energy. We focus on the fossil fuel industry because we view the production and consumption of oil, gas and coal as sources of global warming, human rights abuses, war, national security concerns, corporate globalization, and increased inequality. We also see fossil fuel industry’s interests behind every major barrier to a clean energy transition. Web: http://www.priceofoil.org/ [13 Aug 2016]
Oilwatch A network of resistance to oil activities in tropical countries. Oilwatch creation was inspired by the need to develop global strategies for the communities affected by oil activities; support their resistance processes because they didn’t want to see their territories damaged; work for sustainability and defend their collective rights. Within the activities of the network are the exchange of information on oil activities in each country, the companies’ operation practices, the different resistance movements and the international campaigns against specific companies. Oilwatch aims to increase environmental awareness at a global level unravelling the impacts of the oil activities in tropical forests and local populations by establishing a link between the destruction of biodiversity, climate change, violations to human rights and the role of the Multilateral Banks of Credit. Web: http://www.oilwatch.org/ [02 Mar 2016]
Older Women’s League (OWL-SF) Works on political issues of particular concern to women 50 and over. Social Security, Medicare, climate change and gender economic inequality are on our agenda now, as are local problems with pedestrian safety, health care facilities, and transportation. OWL-SF also provides programs informing attendees about nutrition and other wellness matters for seniors such as end of life planning and elder abuse. We gain energy and friends by working together sharing information, food, life and laughter. Address: 870 Market Street #905, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 989-4422 Email: info@owlsf.org Web: http://www.owlsf.org [13 Dec 2014]
Om Organics Mission is to increase the demand for sustainable agriculture and supply of regionally-produced foods by: * educating the community on the health, environmental and economic benefits of local, sustainable food production, * helping people appreciate and access sustainably grown products in the local region, and * helping farms better meet the needs of the community. Fax: (415) 358-4131 Email: info[at]omorganics.org Web: http://www.omorganics.org [24 May 2014]
Omni Commons Comprised of several Bay Area collectives with a shared political vision—one that privileges a more equitable commoning of resources and meeting of human needs over private interests or corporate profit. We invite you to join us in establishing a safe, productive place to pool resources for the collective use and stewardship of the greater community. A space that fosters an ethic of radical collaboration across disciplines and between individual collectives, creating a living model for future radical spaces. Address: 4799 Shattuck Avenue (at 48th Street), Oakland CA 94609 Web: https://omnicommons.org/ [17 Dec 2014]
On Lok On Lok, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization founded in the early 1970s by a group of citizens concerned about the plight of elders and the lack of long term options in the community. On Lok, Inc. serves as the administrative arm of a group of five affiliated non-profit organizations. Its functions include research and development, human resources, fundraising and management information systems. 30th Street Senior Center provides health and wellness programs, social interaction, nutritious meals, educational opportunities and case management services for over 5,000 of San Francisco’s seniors. Address: 1333 Bush Street, San Francisco CA 94109-5611 Voice: (415) 319-6661 Web: http://www.onlok.org [15 Nov 2015]
One Brick A community of volunteers by offering fun opportunities for individuals to serve local nonprofits. We provide a calendar of volunteer and social events to help people get involved, have an impact, and have fun, without the requirements of long term commitments. One Brick is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (Federal ID: 77-0593889) that is a community of volunteers that support other local nonprofits by creating a friendly and social atmosphere around volunteering. After each volunteer event our volunteer team invites everyone to gather at a local restaurant or coffee shop where they can get to know one another in a relaxed social setting. Additionally we host regular social events for our volunteers to connect to one another and to welcome new volunteers to our community. Address: 237 Kearny Street #209, San Francisco CA 94108 Email: clive@onebrick.org Web: http://www.onebrick.org [27 May 2017]
OneJustice Millions of low-income Californians face pressing legal problems without access to legal help. OneJustice brings life-changing legal help to those in need by transforming the legal aid system. We serve as an innovation lab on legal services, applying creative problem-solving and design approaches to the thorny question of how to increase legal services for those in need. Address: 433 California Street, Suite 815, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 834-0100 Email: development@one-justice.org Web: https://onejustice.org/ [03 Feb 2017]
Online Review of Books and Current Affairs Reviews independently published and small press books, with news stories, essays, and feature interviews from a progressive point of view. Web: http://onlinereviewofbooks.com/ [13 Aug 2016]
Open Directory Project (dmoz.org) The largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. Web: http://www.dmoz.org [16 Mar 2014]
Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) Open Knowledge International is a global non-profit organisation focused on realising open data’s value to society by helping civil society groups access and use data to take action on social problems. Open Knowledge International does this in three ways: 1.) We show the value of open data for the work of civil society organizations; 2.) We provide organisations with the tools and skills to effectively use open data; 3.) We make government information systems responsive to civil society. Web: http://okfn.org/ [03 Feb 2017]
Operation Dignity Assists homeless veterans and their families. We provide emergency, transitional and permanent housing for homeless veterans in Alameda County, California. We also offer comprehensive support services, nutritious meals and a strong peer community. Our goal is to help veterans rediscover hope and provide the tools needed to live a self-sufficient and stable life. Address: 3850 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 102, Emeryville CA 94608 Voice: (800) 686-9036 Email: info@operationdignity.org Web: http://operationdignity.org/ [16 Jun 2017]
OpportunityKnocks.org (OK) A national online job board, HR resource, and career development destination focused exclusively on the nonprofit community. We are committed to leading and supporting efforts that help further nonprofit careers and to promoting a robust workforce that enables organizations to fulfill their missions. Web: http://www.opportunityknocks.org [06 Sep 2015]
Organic Consumers Association (OCA) An online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children’s health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on promoting the views and interests of the nation’s estimated 50 million organic and socially responsible consumers. The OCA represents over two million online and on the ground network members, including several thousand businesses in the natural foods and organic marketplace. Our US and international policy board is broadly representative of the organic, family farm, environmental, and public interest community. Web: http://www.organicconsumers.org [27 May 2017]
Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) At OFRF, we build the vital infrastructure that supports the success of organic farmers. Our four areas of focus are: POLICY, where we grow champions in Congress and federal agencies; EDUCATION, where we work to integrate organic farming programs into all agricultural universities; GRANTMAKING that expands the adoption of organic farming and practices while addressing urgent issues faced by many organic farmers in America; and building COMMUNITY to cultivate a broader and deeper connection among organic supporters. Address: POBox 440, Santa Cruz CA 95061 Web: http://www.ofrf.org [09 May 2015]
Organic Seed Alliance Advances the ethical development and stewardship of seed. We believe seed is part of our common cultural heritage – a living, natural resource that demands careful management to meet food needs now and into the future. We accomplish our mission through research, education, and advocacy. The seed industry has quickly consolidated. Intellectual property practices (e.g., patents on seed) stand out as the leading cause, where much of our commercial seed is now owned and managed in the hands of a few transnational firms. This control has stifled innovation in plant breeding, and creates barriers to improving the availability, quality, and integrity of organic seed. Web: http://www.seedalliance.org [27 Nov 2016]
OrganicAthlete A membership community for vegetarian and vegan runners, cyclists, and triathletes. Uunites people in a global effort to create a better world through sport. Our mission is to promote health and ecological stewardship among athletes of all ages and abilities by sharing information, building community and inspiring through athletic example. Web: http://www.organicathlete.org [22 Nov 2015]
Our City Our City is working to shift power in San Francisco out of the hands of wealthy elites and big business interests, and into the hands of the people. We support human and civil rights; economic, racial and social justice; open, well-run, and responsive government; LGBT rights; a clean environment; affordable housing; affordable and accessible health care; well funded public education; sensible transportation policies; fair treatment for workers; effective and humane homeless solutions; empowering neighborhoods; and electing decent, intelligent representatives who will work hard for the people they represent. Address: 1104 Polk Street #225, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 756-8844 Email: info@ourcitysf.org Web: http://our-city.org [02 Sep 2014]
our developing world (odw) Dedicated to bringing the realities of the “third world” and the richness of diverse cultures to North Americans, our developing world(odw) provides teacher training and materials, and programs for community groups and classes, reality tours, a tri–annual newsletter — our developing world(odw)´s voices and a lending resource library free to local teachers. Address: 13004 Paseo Presada, Saratoga CA 95070-4125 Voice: (408) 379-4431 Email: odw@magiclink.net Web: http://blank.hypersurf.com/~odw/ [29 May 2016]
Our Family Coalition Advances equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) families with children through support, education, and advocacy. We seek to create an inclusive and just world where all LGBTQ families with children have visibility and opportunities to thrive as valued participants in our schools, institutions, and communities. We cultivate community-based leadership among LGBTQ families and strong partnerships with our allies in California, to advance social justice and make our nation a more respectful and inclusive place for all. Address: 1385 Mission Street, Suite 340, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 981-1960 Fax: (415) 981-1962 Email: info@ourfamily.org Web: http://www.ourfamily.org [24 May 2014]
Our Kids, Our Choice (OKOC) A non-partisan, grassroots, web-based action platform established in early 2015. Spontaneously formed, diverse and supported by thousands of eager and civic-minded members, we have come together to defend the civil liberties of all Californians by voicing our opposition to medical mandates, including California Senate Bill 277 (Pan/Allen). We believe it is in our best interest as a society to maintain freedom of choice for what we put into our children’s bodies and our own. We oppose efforts to take away our parental freedom to protect our children and make decisions in our children’s best interest. Web: http://www.ourkidsourchoice.org [25 May 2015]
Our World The Our World web magazine shares expert views, research and commentary on contemporary affairs of relevance to the mandate of the United Nations. This award-winning web magazine, brought to you by the United Nations University (UNU), exchanges these insights through video briefs, articles, debates, photo essays and public events. Our World is produced by the UNU Office of Communications team in Tokyo. Since the first article, the magazine has been dedicated to bilingual publishing in English and Japanese. Web: http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/ [24 Nov 2014]
Out4Immigration We are an all-volunteer grassroots group that works to raise awareness about the discrimination same-sex binational couples face under current U.S. laws when trying to keep our families together. Same-sex binational couples are LGBT American citizens or permanent residents who are married to, in a civil union with or registered as a domestic partner with someone from another country. Email: info@out4immigration.org Web: http://www.out4immigration.org/ [14 Mar 2015]
Oyate A Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed with honesty and integrity, and that all people know that our stories belong to us. For Indian children growing up in the 21st century, it is as important as ever for them to know who they are and learn about the histories that they come from. For all children, it is time to know and acknowledge the truths of history. Only then will they come to have the understanding and respect for each other that now, more than ever, will be necessary for life to continue. Address: 330 East Thomson Avenue, Sonoma CA 95476 Voice: (707) 996-6700 Email: orders[at]oyate[dot]org Web: http://www.oyate.org [13 Dec 2014]
Pachamama Alliance A global community that offers people the chance to learn, connect, engage, travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all. With roots deep in the Amazon rainforest, our programs integrate indigenous wisdom with modern knowledge to support personal, and collective, transformation that is the catalyst to bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet. Address: Presidio Bldg 1009, POBox 29191, San Francisco CA 94129-9191 Voice: (415) 561-4522 Web: http://www.pachamama.org [13 Aug 2016]
Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association (PCFMA) Our mission is to establish and operate community-supported certified farmers’ markets and other direct marketing outlets that provide: viable economic opportunities for California farmers and food producers with emphasis on family farms, local access to farm fresh products, support for local businesses and community organizations, and education concerning food, nutrition and the sustainability of California agriculture. Address: 5060 Commercial Circle, Suite A, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 825-9090; (800) 949-FARM Fax: (925) 825-9101 Web: http://www.pcfma.com [16 Mar 2014]
Pacific Environment Protects the living environment of the Pacific Rim. We have partnered with local and indigenous communities in Russia, China, California, and the Alaskan Arctic for more than two decades. We believe that long term environmental and social progress originates from strengthening local communities and grassroots movements, complemented with sophisticated policy advocacy at international finance and governance institutions. Address: 369 Pine Street, Suite 518, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 399-8850 Fax: (415) 399-8860 Email: info@pacificenvironment.org Web: http://www.pacificenvironment.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Pacific Institute A global water think tank that provides science-based thought leadership with active outreach to influence local, national, and international efforts in developing sustainable water policies. Since 1987 it has worked with Fortune 500 companies to disenfranchised communities to create and advance sustainable water policies and deliver meaningful results. Address: 654 13th Street, Preservation Park, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-1600 Fax: (510) 251-2203 Email: info(at)pacinst.org Web: http://www.pacinst.org http://www.worldwater.org [22 Nov 2015]
Pacifica Gardens A 30,000 sq. ft. urban agricultural project located on an abandoned soccer field at Linda Mar School, 830 Rosita Road, Pacifica, CA. Projects underway: biointensive food gardens, permaculture food forest, native plants, herbs, fruit tree mini-orchard, large-scale composting, elementary school field trips, youth community service program, food donation program. Programs in development: classes for cooking with organic produce. Located at 830 Rosita Road (near Adobe Drive) in Pacifica. Address: POBox 883, Pacifica CA 94044 Email: general@pacifica-gardens.org Web: http://www.pacifica-gardens.org [13 Aug 2016]
Paper Tiger TV West / Deep Dish Satelite Network (PTTV) Paper Tiger has been creating fun, funky, hard-hitting, investigative, compelling and truly alternative media since 1981! The programs produced at PTTV have inspired media-savvy community productions and activism around the world. Our archive includes shows that provide critical analysis of media, educate about the communications industry and highlight issues that are absent from mainstream information sources. Through the distribution of our short documentary programs, media literacy/video production workshops, community screenings and grassroots advocacy, PTTV works to expose and challenge the corporate control of media. Web: http://www.papertiger.org/ [22 Nov 2015]
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG San Francisco) Pomotes the health and well being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends, through support to cope with an adverse society, education to enlighten an ill-informed public, and advocacy to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG SF provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and act to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Address: POBox 640223, San Francisco CA 94164 Voice: (415) 921-8850 (HELPline) Email: pflagsf@aol.com Web: http://pflagsf.org http://www.pflag.org [13 Dec 2014]
East Bay Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) The nation’s largest family and ally organization. Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality and full societal affirmation of LGBTQ people through its threefold mission of support, education, and advocacy. Address: POBox 21195, Oakland CA 94620-1195 Voice: (510) 562-7692 Email: support@pflag-eastbay.org Web: http://www.pflag-eastbay.org http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?&pid=224&srcid=229&chid=39 [09 May 2015]
San Jose/Peninsula Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG) Promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Address: POBox 2718, Sunnyvale CA 94087 Voice: (408) 270-8182 Email: pflag-info@pflagsanjose.org Web: http://www.pflagsanjose.org/ [01 Dec 2013]
Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) A a non-profit organization that empowers people to decide together how to spend public money, primarily in the US and Canada. We create and support participatory budgeting processes that deepen democracy, build stronger communities, and make public budgets more equitable and effective. Address: 1212 Broadway, Fifth Floor (near Broadway & 12th), Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@participatorybudgeting.org Web: http://www.participatorybudgeting.org [09 Aug 2014]
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) A public interest legal organization that brings a unique and cutting edge approach dedicated to the defense of human and civil rights secured by law, the protection of free speech and dissent, and the elimination of prejudice and discrimination. Among the PCJF cases are constitutional law, civil rights, women’s rights, economic justice matters and Freedom of Information Act cases. Web: http://www.justiceonline.org [03 Feb 2017]
Partnership for Sustainable Communities (PSC) A national, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in San Rafael, California. PSC is dedicated to helping make American cities and towns more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. We share the concern of environmental groups about the negative impact of greenhouse gas emissions. However, PSC is unique in that it focuses on the whole picture of land use planning, affordable housing, community development, building energy use, and transportation. PSC supports land use planning that recognizes the importance of infill, mixed-use and transit-oriented development; better linkage between transportation and the development of homes and job centers, as well as transportation alternatives to private cars; and development of mixed-income and affordable housing near jobs and transit, as well as preservation of existing affordable housing. Address: 914 Mission Avenue, Suite. 4A, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 453-2100 Web: http://www.p4sc.org [02 Sep 2014]
Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office) A newly formed working class party of leaders and activists from many different struggles, founded to promote the movement for revolutionary change. We are fighting for socialism, a system where the wealth of society belongs to those who produce it, the working class, and is used in a planned and sustainable way for the benefit of all. In place of greed, domination and exploitation, we stand for solidarity, friendship and cooperation between all peoples. Address: 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 821-6171 Email: sf@pslweb.org Web: http://www.pslweb.org [07 Jun 2014]
Pathways to Peace (PTP) An international Peacebuilding, Educational and Consulting organization dedicated to making Peace a practical reality through both local and global projects. Incorporated in 1983, PTP is an official Peace Messenger of the United Nations and has Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and works with the U.N. Centre for Human Rights, Pathways To Peace works locally and globally to promote Peacebuilding, Education and to collaborate with other organizations in initiatives that help further our Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI). Address: POBox 1057, Larkspur CA 94977 Voice: (415) 461-0500 Fax: (415) 925-0330 Email: info@pathwaystopeace.org Web: http://pathwaystopeace.org [07 Jun 2014]
Pavement to Parks A collaborative effort between the San Francisco Planning Department, the Department of Public Works, and the Municipal Transportation Agency. San Francisco’s streets and public rights-of-way make up 25% of the city’s land area; more space than all the public parks combined. Many of our streets are excessively wide and contain large underutilized areas, especially at intersections. San Francisco’s “Pavement to Parks” program seeks to test the possibilities of these underused areas of land by quickly and inexpensively converting them into new pedestrian spaces. Web: http://pavementtoparks.sfplanning.org/ [05 Mar 2015]
Peace Action of San Mateo County A grassroots San Mateo County peace & justice group. A local affiliate of Peace Action West, which is a member of Peace Action, the largest peace & disarmament organization in the country. Address: POBox 425, San Mateo CA 94401 Email: smpa@sanmateopeaceaction.org Web: http://www.sanmateopeaceaction.org [26 Mar 2015]
Peace Action West Wworks for smarter American approaches to global problems. If we want to address problems like war, poverty, global warming, terrorism — the US needs to work together, cooperatively, with other nations. It also means overcoming the partisan politics and divisive rhetoric that often drown out alternatives to war. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 321, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (800) 949-9020 Web: http://peaceactionwest.org [06 Sep 2015]
The Peace Alliance Committed to growing a movement of a million strong for peace. Together, we will create a critical mass necessary for peacebuilding to be our societal norm. We can make it happen! We are a grassroots educational and advocacy organization focused on transforming how individuals, communities, and nations respond to conflict and violence. The prevention and intervention solutions we promote have proven effective in saving lives and dollars while enhancing cooperation skills and increasing social resilience. Web: http://www.thepeacealliance.org [29 May 2016]
Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party Committed to socialism, democracy, ecology, feminism and racial equality. We represent the working class, those without capital in a capitalist society. We organize toward a world where cooperation replaces competition, a world where all people are well fed, clothed and housed; where all women and men have equal status; where all individuals may freely endeavor to fulfill their own talents and desires; a world of freedom and peace where every community retains its cultural integrity and lives with all others in harmony. Address: POBox 24764, Oakland CA 94623 Voice: (510) 465-9414 Web: http://www.peaceandfreedom.org [27 May 2017]
Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County (PJCNC) We envision a world of justice, peace, equality and freedom. This vision includes community where differences are respected, conflicts are addressed peacefully, supportive structures are developed, and people are empowered and live in harmony with the earth, nurtured by diverse traditions that foster compassion, solidarity and reconciliation. We are dedicated to principles of non-violent resolution of conflict. Members may not represent PJCNC by spoken or written word that advocates any violent action. Web: http://www.ncpeace.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County The Center envisions a world of peace, justice and freedom. It is a revolutionary and empowering vision of a democratic community where differences are respected, conflicts are addressed nonviolently, oppressive structures are dismantled, and people live in harmony with the earth, nurtured by diverse traditions that foster compassion, solidarity and reconciliation. Therefore, we commit ourselves to replace violence, war, racism and economic injustice through active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change – personally, locally, nationally, and globally. Address: 467 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa CA 95401 Voice: (707) 575-8902 Web: http://www.peaceandjusticesonomaco.org [02 Sep 2014]
Peace Brigades International (PBI) An international NGO that has been promoting nonviolence and protecting human rights since 1981. Our work is based on the principles of non-partisanship and non-interference in the internal affairs of the organisations we accompany. We believe that lasting transformation of conflicts cannot be imposed from outside, but must be based on the capacity and desires of local people. Therefore we do not take part in the work of the organisations we accompany. Rather our role is to open political space and provide moral support for local activists to carry out their work without fear of repression. Web: http://www.peacebrigades.org [13 Dec 2014]
Peace Resource Project Sells fundraising and promotional items including bumperstickers, posters, t-shirts, and buttons. Our hope is for a world of peace, social justice and ecological harmony. We strive to encourage and build faith in our own abilities to create the world we want to see. We enjoy sharing the informative and educational content in our resources, particularly our extensive offering of DVDs. We always have been committed to empowering grassroots groups by providing these educational, fundraising and visibility resources as reasonably priced as we can. Address: POBox 1122, Arcata CA 95518-1122 Voice: (888) 822-7075 Fax: (707) 268-8985 Web: http://www.peaceproject.com/ [16 Mar 2014]
Pedal Express A worker-owned bicycle courier service. We strive to provide the greenest, fastest, most affordable option for local delivery throughout the East Bay Area. We at Pedal Express enjoy the challenges of the courier industry. Whether it’s a rush job to UC Berkeley, delivering lunch for an entire office in Emeryville, or hauling 150 pounds of publications to Downtown Oakland – we got you covered. All of our deliveries are done by bicycle. You can rest easy, knowing that your time-sensitive deliveries are being taken care of in environmentally sustainable manner. We love the East Bay communities that we serve. Voice: (510) 843-7339 (843-PEDX) Email: PedalExpress@PedalExpress.com Web: http://www.pedalexpress.com [03 Feb 2017]
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development Our goal is to advance responsible oilsands development, which we define as: * capping the impacts of oilsands development within the limits of what science shows the ecosystem can support; * shrinking the environmental footprint of oilsands development for every barrel produced; and * ensuring a meaningful portion of the benefits of oilsands development are used to support Canada’s transition to a clean energy future. Web: http://www.oilsandswatch.org/ [01 Dec 2013]
Peninsula Family Service Strengthens the community by providing children, families, and older adults the support and tools to realize their full potential and lead healthy, stable lives. Address: 24 Second Avenue, San Mateo CA 94401 Voice: (650) 403-4300 Fax: (650) 403-4303 Email: info@peninsulafamilyservice.org Web: http://www.peninsulafamilyservice.org [06 Nov 2015]
Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) Protects and cares for open space, farms and parkland in and around Silicon Valley. POST is shaping a vibrant ecosystem for Silicon Valley – a network of protected lands that provide scenic beauty, clean air and water, locally grown food, and a place for people and wildlife to thrive. These lands will be preserved forever so that present and future generations can live in harmony with nature, in a careful balance of urban and rural landscapes that make our region extraordinary. Address: 222 High Street, Palo Alto CA 94301 Voice: (650) 854-7696 Fax: (650) 854-7703 Web: http://www.openspacetrust.org [02 Mar 2016]
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center (PPJC) Committed to . . . Changing U.S. foreign and domestic policies to ones that meet human needs and human rights. A demilitarized society and economy. True justice for all, at home and abroad, regardless of economic status or beliefs. An end to racism, sexism and all forms of discrimination. Giving ordinary people the information and opportunity they need to be involved and effective in the efforts to change our country and our world. Address: 305 North California Avenue #3, Palo Alto CA 94301 Voice: (650) 326-8837 Email: ppjc[at]peaceandjustice.org Web: http://www.peaceandjustice.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
People for the American Way (PFAW) Dedicated to making the promise of America real for every American: Equality. Freedom of speech. Freedom of religion. The right to seek justice in a court of law. The right to cast a vote that counts. The American Way. Our vision is a vibrantly diverse democratic society in which everyone is treated equally under the law, given the freedom and opportunity to pursue their dreams, and encouraged to participate in our nation’s civic and political life. Our America respects diversity, nurtures creativity and combats hatred and bigotry. Web: http://www.pfaw.org [13 Aug 2016]
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: in the food industry, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of rodents, birds, and other animals who are often considered “pests” as well as cruelty to domesticated animals. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns. Web: http://www.peta.org [13 Aug 2016]
People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER) A grassroots organization that works to create people-powered solutions to the profound environmental and economic inequities facing low-income Latino immigrants and other communities of color in San Francisco. Since 1991, with participation from residents in the Mission, Excelsior and other southeast San Francisco neighborhoods, we have won important advances in public health, the availability of affordable housing, access to parks and open space and accountable government. We hope to bring about a meaningful multiracial democracy and create new models for economic resiliency and environmental sustainability in a city facing growing inequality. We believe that solutions to local problems depend on the active participation of a wide range of community members in the decision making process. Address: Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia Street, Suite 125 (near 16th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 431-4210 Email: info(at)podersf.org Web: http://www.podersf.org [27 May 2017]
People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) A membership organization made up of low-income African American and Latino workers and tenants in San Francisco. Through community and electoral organizing, leadership development and movement building, POWER brings a human face to important policy debates, transforms individual lives and brings about broad-based policy change at the city, state and national levels. Address: 2145 Keith Street, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 864-8372 Web: http://www.peopleorganized.org/ [09 May 2015]
People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO) A multi-issue nonprofit community organization whose mission is to address the most pressing needs of marginalized communities in Oakland by creating healthy, economically self-sufficient and peaceful neighborhoods where local development and employment can start, grow and become an integral part of the community through leadership development and inter-generational grassroots organizing. Address: 3528 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 535-2525 Email: pueblo@peopleunited.org Web: http://www.peopleunited.org [22 Nov 2015]
People’s Bark News A newsletter that’s posted online and emailed every Sunday, containing activist messages that include Bay Area events in addition to Los Angeles and San Diego events. Send notices to John Vance at the email address shown here. Put SUBSCRIBE PBNB in the subject line to subscribe by email. There is also an RSS feed at the last URL shown here. Email: jvance@riseup.net Web: http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/thefirstamendment/pbnbtemplate http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/thefirstamendment https://lists.riseup.net/www/rss/latest_arc/pbnberkeley?count=20&for=10 [06 Sep 2015]
People’s Grocery Mission is to improve the health and local economy of West Oakland by offering holistic programs which encourage a diversified, local and sustainable community while facilitating conversations about racial equity and its impact on the community. We believe: Access to healthy food, information, shelter, joy, and love are basic human rights. Community Engagement is critical to changing the food system. Movement toward increased love, light, and joy will happen through creating access to healthy food and information about the consumption of healthy foods. Self-determination is a key element to community sovereignty and must be centered around historical residents Building relationships across difference increases the health and wealth of the community. Healing is a form of liberation. Voice: (510) 652-7607 Email: info@peoplesgrocery.org Web: http://www.peoplesgrocery.org [17 May 2017]
Peoples Video Network We are a group of media activists who video and audio podcast, produce and edit dvd’s and videos about issues the corporate media will not touch. In our archives are hundreds of dvd’s and videos documenting the struggle. We have sent correspondents to the Lacondon Jungle, Russia, Cuba, Korea, Puerto Rico, South Africa, and Iraq. Our goal is to break the information blockade of big business media. Web: http://www.peoplesvideo.org/ [06 Sep 2015]
Permaculture Action Network Empowers individuals to take action and create the world we want to see. We connect educators, creators, and organizers with broad and diverse audiences to build a regenerative and just world. From organizing Permaculture Action Days and events to building educational spaces and hosting courses, Permaculture Action Network is committed to pushing community and environmental sustainability to the center of society’s cultural narrative. Web: http://www.permacultureaction.org/ [08 Apr 2016]
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) Works to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. As one of five PAN Regional Centers worldwide, we link local and international consumer, labor, health, environment and agriculture groups into an international citizens’ action network. This network challenges the global proliferation of pesticides, defends basic rights to health and environmental quality, and works to ensure the transition to a just and viable society. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1200, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 788-9020 Web: http://www.panna.org/ http://pesticideinfo.org [01 Dec 2013]
Petaluma Bounty Working to create a sustainable Petaluma food system with healthy fresh food for everyone! Formed in summer 2006 with initial seed funding from the Hub of Petaluma Foundation, Petaluma Bounty is a community-based nonprofit that is helping folks to grow their own healthy food, redistributing surplus food, and providing affordable fresh food to low-income families and seniors. Address: 1500 Petaluma Blvd, South Petaluma CA 94952 Email: suzi@petalumabounty.org Web: http://www.petalumabounty.org [29 May 2016]
Petaluma Community Access (PCA) A non-profit public access television & radio station in Petaluma. Through community programming, member production services and partnerships with local businesses and non-profits, PCA promotes diversity and free speech throughout southern Sonoma County. Our mission is to promote freedom of expression, provide access to communication tools and to foster the use of audio and visual media and technology. PCA is currently building KPCA FM radio 103.3, a low-power radio station programmed by members of the Petaluma community. Address: 205 Keller Street, Suite 102, Petaluma CA 94952 Voice: (707) 773-3190 Email: contact@pca.tv Web: http://pca.tv [13 Aug 2016]
Petaluma Progressives A local, grassroots, political education and action group. In addition to hosting The Progressive Festival each year, we have held public protests and vigils, lobbied elected officials, done work in our local schools, endorsed and worked on progressive candidates’ campaigns, hosted one night a month at the Friday Night Film series at the Foundry Wharf, etc. etc. Our monthly meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month, at 7 pm, downstairs in: Copperfields Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma. All are welcome. Address: POBox 445, Petaluma CA 94953 Voice: (707) 763-8134 Email: info@progressivefestival.org Web: http://www.progressivefestival.org [06 Sep 2015]
Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) Believes that the healing impact of the human-animal bond is one of the best supports available for medically vulnerable individuals, and mounting evidence indicates that this bond can yield valuable health outcomes. For many people, having a companion animal is part of living a happy and fulfilling life. For some individuals, especially those who are chronically ill, frail, and isolated by disease or age, having a companion animal can be central to their health and well-being. Animal companionship becomes even more important when our human contacts diminish because of aging or illness. Address: 3170 23rd Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 979-9550 Fax: (415) 979-9269 Email: info@pawssf.org Web: http://www.pawssf.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Pets Unlimited On March 1, 2014, the San Francisco SPCA and Pets Unlimited merged, creating a centralized animal care nonprofit that significantly increases organizational resources and enhances operations for the benefit of animals in the San Francisco Bay Area. By joining together, our like minded nonprofit organizations can better support our community and the animals that we serve. As a result of the merger, we are committed to increased adoptions, expanded charity care, improved customer service and expanded volunteer opportunities among other increased efficiencies. Address: 2343 Fillmore Street (at Washington), San Francisco CA 94115-1812 Voice: (415) 563-6700 Web: http://www.petsunlimited.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Phase2Careers A 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to prepare and empower the over 40 worker to find career opportunities in the new economy. Since 2010, Phase2Careers has assisted the “Over 40” worker find new career opportunities through job search workshops and panels, staffing and employment roundtables, mixers and job fairs, small business workshops, and technology training, as well as a Job Board. Web: http://www.phase2careers.org [05 Dec 2014]
Phat Beets Produce Aims to create a healthier, more equitable food system in North Oakland through providing affordable access to fresh produce, facilitating youth leadership in health and nutrition education, and connecting small farmers to urban communities via the creation of farm stands, farmers’ markets, and urban youth market gardens. Address: 5709 Market Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 250-7957 Email: info@phatbeetsproduce.org Web: phatbeetsproduce.org [30 Jul 2014]
Phoenix Data Center A not-for-profit organization that maintains an index of all free and low income services offered throughout Santa Clara County. Goal is to connect those in need with those who can help. Address: POBox 1713, Los Gatos CA 95031 Fax: (408) 353-6058 Email: updates@phoenixdatacenter.org Web: http://www.phoenixdatacenter.org/ [09 May 2015]
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Since 1985, PCRM has been influencing advancements in medicine and science. We advocate for preventive medicine, especially good nutrition, conduct clinical research, and advocate for higher ethical standards in research. Our membership includes 150,000 health care professionals and concerned citizens. Web: http://www.pcrm.org [07 Jun 2014]
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Works to create a healthy, just and peaceful world for both the present and future generations. PSR advocates on the issues you care about by addressing the dangers that threaten communities, using our medical and public health expertise to: Prevent nuclear war and proliferation; Reverse our trajectory towards climate change; Protect the public and our environment from toxic chemicals; Eliminate the use of nuclear power. Web: http://www.psr.org [09 May 2015]
The Pilgrim Press Publishes a wide variety of books and resources that help individuals explore their own spirituality within a progressive Christian faith. Just as the Pilgrims set sail to the New World in the early 1600s and created The Pilgrim Press, The Press is committed to being a bold witness for new religious thought. Web: http://www.pilgrimpress.com/ [06 Sep 2015]
PLACE for Sustainable Living We are a public-serving, experiential learning center to showcase and foster sustainable living practices, urban homesteading, community resiliency & preparedness, social justice and artistic expression. Our goal is to incubate a local sustainability hub to allow people to see solutions in practice; to gain access to the knowledge and resources to empower them to take action in their own lives, neighborhoods, towns, cities and bio-regions. We hope to grow this green-center model into communities across the world in partnership with community centers, schools, park & recreation facilities and other local organizations. Address: 1121 64th Street, Oakland CA 94608 Web: http://aplaceforsustainableliving.org/ [29 May 2016]
Planet Drum Foundation Mission is to promote awareness of sustainable strategies for human inhabitation of the earth based on the bioregions where people live. We seek to enhance the intimate connection with life-places by spreading the ideas and activities of “living in place” through publications, workshops, formal curricula, and hands-on demonstration projects. This work is motivated by our vision of a truly sustainable world in which humans are harmonious with and respectful of the natural environment. Address: POBox 31251, San Francisco CA 94131 Voice: (415) 285-6556 Fax: (415) 285-6563 Email: mail@planetdrum.org Web: http://www.planetdrum.org [18 Sep 2015]
PlaneTree Health Information Center Offers in-depth health and medical information services, individualized to the specific needs of each patron. Our services are now provided at the PlaneTree Health Information Center, located on the second floor of the Cupertino Library, in partnership with the Santa Clara County Library District. PlaneTree services continue to be offered free of charge and open to the public. PlaneTree librarians and expert volunteers will help you find relevant and reliable health and medical information, so that you can make informed decisions about your health and healthy choices about your life. Address: 10800 Torre Avenue, Cupertino CA 95014 Voice: (408) 446-1677 x3350 Web: http://www.planetree-sccl.org/ [09 May 2015]
PlanitJewish A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to advancing participation, membership and volunteerism in your local Jewish Community. We maintain a community calendar so you can search for events that match your interests and RSVP on the spot. You can save events to your personalized PlanitJewish calendar, which can be synced up to your Outlook calendar or PDA. Want to be reminded of an upcoming event? PlanitJewish can do that too. Our interactive volunteer area and in-depth organization information allows you to discover your Jewish community, meet new people, and get involved. Address: 1720 South Amphlett Blvd #110, San Mateo CA 94402 Voice: (650) 286-4400 Email: info@PlanitJewish.com Web: http://www.planitjewish.com [18 Sep 2015]
Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific (PPSP) Offers friendly and compassionate health care services to over 100,000 people a year at 25 health care sites across 20 counties in Northern California, from San Francisco to Del Norte County. We provide expert, personalized care to women, men, and young people of all genders and identities. Address: 2185 Pacheco Street, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 676-0505 Fax: (925) 676-2814 Email: info@ppnorcal.org Web: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/shasta-pacific/ [22 Nov 2015]
Planning and Conservation League (PCL) The lobbying arm of the environmental movement. PCL partners with hundreds of California environmental organizations, to provide an effective voice in Sacramento for sound planning and responsible environmental policy at the state level. These partner organizations rely on PCL’s presence at the Capitol to not only shape environmental policy, but also keep them informed about issues of concern. Every year, hundreds of laws are passed that affect our quality of life and PCL has and continues to work to keep our cities livable and our wilderness pristine, among other things. Web: http://www.pcl.org/ [18 Sep 2015]
Planting Justice Since 2009 Planting Justice has built over 400 edible permaculture gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked with five high-schools to develop food justice curriculum and created 20 green jobs for men transitioning from prison in the food justice movement. We work to address the structural inequalities that have become embedded in our industrialized food system: – the systemic exploitation of food system workers (especially undocumented farm and kitchen workers) – the lack of access to fresh, nutritious food in low-income communities of color – our culture’s over-reliance on packaged, processed food that is killing our bodies and our environment Address: 3443 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 290-4049 Email: tennessee@plantingjustice.org Web: http://plantingjustice.org [13 Aug 2016]
Ploughshares Fund Nuclear weapons present a real and urgent danger, whether they reside in unstable countries or are sought by terrorists. While they once helped guard our security, today they undermine it. That’s why leading thinkers and former Cold Warriors agree – to end the threat of nuclear weapons we must eliminate them altogether. Ploughshares Fund supports and partners with organizations working to promote the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. Our work aims to: Develop the necessary research to safely eliminate nuclear weapons Build a consensus among world leaders for this new security paradigm Sustain public support for the verifiable elimination of these weapons Web: http://www.ploughshares.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Point of View Productions (Karil Daniels) Karil Daniels is a film and video writer / producer / director / cinematographer / editor. Working through her production company, Point of View Productions, her films and tapes have won over 30 festival awards. She has a special interest in programs about democracy and freedom, health and wellness, ecology and environment, education, sustainable business and social responsibility, peace, anti-nuclear issues, international topics, social justice, the arts, and subjects of importance to women. Voice: (415) 821-0435 Fax: (415) 821-0434 Email: karil@karildaniels.com Web: http://www.karildaniels.com/ http://www.waterbirthinfo.com http://www.VoicesOfDissent.us http://twitter.com/karildaniels [13 Aug 2016]
Points of Distribution (POD) Mission is to improve the overall health of people whose lives have been impacted by drug use as well as their neighbors and friends in Oakland and San Francisco. Volunteers provide weekly street outreach to hard-to-reach homeless folks which includes education and referrals, syringe distribution and disposal and other services such as HIV testing and counseling, OD prevention education and supplies, basic hygiene supplies, food and water and safer sex supplies. Address: 1201 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (888) 868-5148 Web: http://pointsofdistribution.org [11 May 2014]
Polaris Institute Designed to enable citizen or peoples’ movements to re-skill and re-tool themselves for the struggle to bring about democratic social change in an age of corporate-driven globalization. Essentially, the Institute works with various social movements and community-based groups to develop methods, strategies and tactics for effectively challenging public policy making on vital economic, environmental and social justice issues with a particular focus on unmasking the corporate power that lies behind governments today. Web: http://www.polarisinstitute.org [02 Sep 2014]
Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) PAIR has been a nationally recognized pro bono model that works to secure safety and freedom for asylum-seekers who have fled from persecution throughout the world and to promote the rights of immigrants unjustly detained. PAIR provides hope and a new beginning to asylum-seekers, torture survivors and immigration detainees. Web: http://pairproject.org/ [12 Nov 2016]
Political Research Associates (PRA) Since 1981, Political Research Associates (PRA) has produced investigative research and analysis on the U.S. Right to support social justice advocates and defend human rights. A social justice think tank, PRA holds a unique position in studying the entire spectrum of the U.S. Right–secular, religious, economic, and xenophobic–including its influence both domestically and overseas. Our thirty years of expertise helps journalists, advocates, educators, scholars, and the public to understand and challenge the right-wing. Web: http://www.politicalresearch.org [16 Mar 2014]
Pollinate Farm & Garden A nursery and urban homestead emporium located in the heart of Oakland. We specialize in urban farming, edible landscapes and food forests. We help you get the most out of your space and inspire you to DIY Food. We believe that everyone deserves fresh, local and healthy food, and supply the essentials for seed-to-table organic farming and gardening, food preserving, small scale livestock raising and beekeeping. For cooks and food crafters, we have an amazing kitchen department filled with provisions, tools and accessories. And of course, we have a wonderful selection of gifts, books and magazines. We offer a speaker series of authors and experts, as well as hands-on workshops and cooking classes in our community meeting/learning space. We teach the “hows” and “whys” of DIY Food. Address: 2727 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 686-3493 Web: http://pollinatefarm.com http://www.yelp.com/biz/pollinate-farm-and-garden-oakland [03 Feb 2017]
The Pollination Project Seeks to unleash GOODNESS and expand COMPASSION all over the world. We make daily seed grants to inspiring social change-makers who are committed to a world that works for all. Our daily grant making began on January 1, 2013 and since then, we have funded a different project every single day. We also make larger impact grants of up to $5000 to projects that have demonstrated impact and success. Through a global network of grantees and community partners, we identify extraordinary grassroots leaders who would not likely qualify for funding from other foundations or institutions. Once they have the backing of The Pollination Project, grantees often leverage their grant into more funding, building their team, media attention and more. Address: 1569 Solano Avenue, #643, Berkeley CA 94707 Web: https://thepollinationproject.org/ [06 Apr 2017]
POOR News Network POOR Magazine is a poor people led/indigenous people led, grassroots non-profit,arts organization dedicated to providing revolutionary media access, art, education and advocacy to silenced youth, adults and elders in poverty across the globe. All of POOR’s programs are focused on providing non-colonizing, community-based and community-led media, art and education with the goals of creating access for silenced voices, preserving and degentrifying rooted communities of color and re-framing the debate on poverty, landlessness, indigenous resistance, disability and race locally and globally. Address: 8032 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA 94605 Voice: (415) 863-6306 (message only) Email: deeandtiny@poormagazine.org Web: http://www.poormagazine.org [23 Nov 2015]
Population Connection Works to ensure that every woman around the world who wants to delay or end childbearing has access to the health services and contraceptive supplies she needs in order to do so. Web: http://www.populationconnection.org/ [16 Mar 2014]
Population Services International (PSI) A global health organization dedicated to improving the health of people in the developing world by focusing on serious challenges like a lack of family planning, HIV and AIDS, barriers to maternal health, and the greatest threats to children under five, including malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition. A hallmark of PSI is a commitment to the principle that health services and products are most effective when they are accompanied by robust communications and distribution efforts that help ensure wide acceptance and proper use. PSI works in partnership with local governments, ministries of health and local organizations to create health solutions that are built to last. Web: http://www.psi.org/ [29 May 2016]
Positive Resource Center A community-based 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to assist people affected by or at risk of HIV/AIDS through culturally appropriate counseling, education, training and advocacy. As a result, our clients can make more informed choices that maximize available benefits and employment opportunities. The only place for people living with HIV/AIDS or mental health disabilities to get comprehensive benefits counseling and employment services in San Francisco. Address: 785 Market Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 777-0333 Fax: (415) 777-1770 Web: http://www.positiveresource.org [27 Nov 2016]
Post Carbon Institute Provides individuals, communities, businesses, and governments with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated economic, energy, environmental, and equity crises that define the 21st century. We envision a world of resilient communities and re-localized economies that thrive within ecological bounds. Address: 613 4th Street, Suite 208, Santa Rosa CA 95404 Voice: (707) 823-8700 Fax: (866) 797-5820 Web: http://www.postcarbon.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
PowerPac.org Committed to long-term, real progressive change. We work year-round, and during each election cycle, to direct financial and human resources to strategic local, state and national campaigns. Our mission is to increase voter participation among underrepresented communities. Address: 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2310, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 442-0940 Fax: (415) 442-0933 Email: info@powerpac.org Web: http://www.powerpac.org [27 Nov 2016]
Practicing Freedom Supports communities to generate and enact their own solutions while strengthening their relationships through Popular Education practices. We amplify the liberatory, participatory and humanizing potential of programs, schools, campaigns, organizations and businesses working to create systemic social and cultural change. We believe that if we want our institutions, and political and economic systems to be participatory and democratic, then each step of the process to transform them should be participatory and democratic as well. Web: http://www.practicingfreedom.org [18 Sep 2015]
Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center As an inner city, community-based mural arts organization, Precita Eyes Muralists Association seeks to enrich and beautify urban environments and educate communities locally and internationally about the process and the history of public community mural art. We maintain a deep commitment to collaborating with the various communities we serve. Our dedication to collaboration guarantees that creative work produced is accessible, both physically and conceptually, to the people whose lives it impacts. We intend to bring art into the daily lives of people through a process which enables them to reflect their particular concerns, joys and triumphs. Address: 2981 24th Street (at Harrison), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 285-2287 Email: info@precitaeyes.org Web: http://www.precitaeyes.org [13 Aug 2016]
Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc. Serves as a friendly, helping hand for the community of West Oakland. A non-profit corporation organized in 1995 in the Prescott district of West Oakland. It evolved out of the conceptual scheme for the adaptive re-use of the former Saint Joseph’s Convent (St. Patrick Convent) as a center for community services, education, culture and development in West Oakland. Address: 920 Peralta Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 208-5651 Fax: (510) 208-2801 Email: info@prescottjoseph.org Web: http://www.prescottjoseph.org [18 Sep 2015]
Presidio Graduate School (PGS) Among the world’s first and leading sustainability graduate schools, PGS was founded on the simple premise that we inhabit a world increasingly defined by our shared destiny, not our differences, where private enterprise and the public sector, commerce and the common good, are companions, not competitors. PGS students learn professional competencies—economics, finance, governance, operations and so forth—required in every graduate management program. What distinguishes PGS is our commitment to help students learn and apply their sustainable management skills to join profitability, community and ecology in new business models and public policies. Address: 1202 Ralston Avenue, Suite 300, The Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 561-6555 Fax: (415) 561-6483 Email: info@presidio.edu Web: http://www.presidioedu.org [13 Aug 2016]
Pride At Work A nonprofit organization and an officially recognized constituency group of the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations.) We organize mutual support between the organized Labor Movement and the LGBT Community for social and economic justice. In addition to national Pride at Work, more than 20 Chapters organize at the state and local level around the country. Web: http://www.prideatwork.org [07 Jun 2014]
Priority Africa Network (PAN) PAN addresses the urgent need to prioritize issues of social and economic justice in Africa. The mission reflects the unifying values and principles of members to maximize our collective force to advocate for change in Africa by organizing in the Bay Area and working in collaboration with partner organizations nationwide. Established on the foundations of solidarity in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, PAN continues movement building for justice by bringing positive images and messages about Africa/Africans and building relations between the new and old diaspora. Address: POBox 2528, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 652-1493 Email: info@priorityafrica.org Web: http://www.priorityafrica.org [15 Mar 2015]
Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) A prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism, and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC). PARC believes in building strategies and tactics that build safety in our communities without reliance on the police or the PIC. We produce a directory that is free to prisoners upon request, and seek to work in solidarity with prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends and families. We also work with teachers and activists on many prison issues. Address: POBox 70447, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 893-4648 Email: gmailcom>prisonactivistgmailcom Web: http://www.prisonactivist.org [25 May 2015]
Prison Legal News (PLN) A 72-page monthly magazine that reports on criminal justice issues and prison and jail-related civil litigation, with an emphasis on prisoners’ rights. PLN has published continuously since 1990 and covers a wide range of topics that include prison labor, rape and sexual abuse, misconduct by prison and jail staff, prisoners’ constitutional rights, racial and socioeconomic disparities in our criminal justice system, medical and mental health care for prisoners, disenfranchisement, rehabilitation and recidivism, prison privatization, prison and jail phone rates, women prisoners, the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), prison censorship, the death penalty, HIV and hep C, solitary confinement and control units, and much more. Web: http://www.prisonlegalnews.org [27 May 2017]
Prison Radio We are an independent multi media production studio. We produce content and we seek to distribute these essays and productions throughout the world. We have been very successful over twenty years producing content for radio, television, and films. We are a 501c3 non profit organization a project of the Redwood Justice Fund. Address: POBox 411074, San Francisco CA 94141 Voice: (415) 648-4505 Email: info@prisonradio.org Web: http://www.prisonradio.org [07 Jun 2014]
Prisoners Literature Project (PLP) An all-volunteer, non-profit group that sends free books directly to prisoners throughout the United States. Working almost continuously for thirty years, our U.S. prison books program has gotten (literally) tons of books into the American prison system, while staying overwhelmingly ‘grassroots’ – no full-time employees, no overhead eating up your donations. Our many volunteers for sending books to prisoners include radical librarians, soccer coaches, anarchists, old folks, teens, yoga devotees, LGBTQ activists, ex-prisoners, and booklovers — all united in the belief that everyone has the right to read. Address: Grassroots House, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 749-4160 Email: Prisonlit@gmail.com Web: http://www.prisonlit.org [04 Jun 2016]
Privacy International (PI) We are a London-based charity. We investigate the secret world of government surveillance and expose the companies enabling it. We litigate to ensure that surveillance is consistent with the rule of law. We advocate for strong national, regional, and international laws that protect privacy. We conduct research to catalyse policy change. We raise awareness about technologies and laws that place privacy at risk, to ensure that the public is informed and engaged. To ensure that this right is universally respected, we strengthen the capacity of our partners in developing countries and work with international organisations to protect the most vulnerable. Web: http://www.privacyinternational.org [27 May 2017]
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Mission is to engage, educate and empower individuals to protect their privacy. We identify trends and communicate our findings to advocates, policymakers, industry, media and consumers. Web: http://www.privacyrights.org/ [18 Sep 2015]
Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley Dedicated to representing clients of limited means and improving access to justice. Pro Bono Project utilizes talented and caring attorneys who volunteer their time and energy to work on full and limited scope pro bono cases in family law, domestic violence, consumer law, and federal practice. “Justice for all” is not a vague concept, but our mission. Voice: (408) 998-5298 Fax: (408) 971-9672 Web: http://www.probonoproject.org/ [01 Dec 2013]
Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP) A national reproductive justice organization that works to engage and inform organizations, young women, transgender and gender non-conforming young people, ages 16-25, especially those whose voices are not heard in spaces where sexual and reproductive health and rights are addressed. We do this through research, leadership development, movement building, and changing the conversation by raising unheard voices. Web: http://www.protectchoice.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy (POCLAD) A group of 11 people instigating democratic conversations and actions that contest the authority of corporations to govern. Our analysis evolves through historical and legal research, writing, public speaking, and working with organizations to develop new strategies that assert people’s rights over property interests. Web: http://www.poclad.org/ [27 May 2017]
Progressive and Left News Sources on dmoz The Open Media Project’s (dmoz) list of progressive and left news links. Web: http://dmoz.org/Society/Politics/News_and_Media/Progressive_and_Left/ [26 Nov 2015]
Progressive Asset Management (PAM) With Progressive Asset Management (PAM) your investments work hard toward both your financial and social goals. No different than how you shop or choose to live, your investments should reflect and support your personal beliefs and commitments. Since 1987 PAM has helped thousands of conscientious investors to make a major social impact with their money. At the same time, we pursue investment performance for you that is comparable or superior to non-socially screened investments. Address: 1814 Franklin Street, Suite 503, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (800) 786-2998 Email: information@progressiveassetmanagement.com Web: http://www.progressiveassetmanagement.com/ [18 Sep 2015]
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Founded in 2004 to transform the Democratic Party and our country. We seek to build a party and government controlled by citizens, not corporate elites-with policies that serve the broad public interest, not just private interests. As a grassroots PAC operating inside the Democratic Party, and outside in movements for peace and justice, PDA played a key role in the stunning electoral victories of November 2006 and 2008. Our inside/outside strategy is guided by the belief that a lasting majority will require a revitalized Democratic Party built on firm progressive principles. Web: http://www.pdamerica.org [13 Dec 2014]
Progressive Films A film distribution company, founded by documentary filmmaker Casey Peek, creator of Eyes on the Fries, Trade Secrets and New World Border. With the goal of providing a central location for progressive producers to disseminate their work, the site was launched in September of 2004. Since then, Progressive Films has been steadily adding new titles. Progressive Films distributes films and videos, both narrative and documentary, which offer a progressive perspective, promote human rights and are created to advance social justice, multiracial equality and environmental sustainability. Address: 2124 Kittredge Street, PMB 49, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 644-2466 Email: progfilms@gmail.com Web: http://www.progressivefilms.com [26 Nov 2015]
Progressive Majority (PM) Mission is to elect progressive champions. We accomplish this by identifying and recruiting the best progressive leaders to run for office; coaching and supporting their candidacies by providing strategic message, campaign, and technical support; prioritizing the recruitment and election of candidates of color; and bringing new people into the political process at all levels. Web: http://www.progressivemajority.org/ [27 Nov 2016]
Progressive Populist A newspaper that believes people are more important than corporations, premiered in November 1995 as a monthly tabloid publication based in Storm Lake, Iowa, with editorial offices in Austin, Texas. In October 1999 it expanded to twice-monthly publication. In 2005, the editorial offices were moved a few miles south, to Manchaca, Texas. The Progressive Populist reports from the heartland of America on issues of interest to workers, small-business owners and family farmers and ranchers. It serves as “The People’s Voice in a Corporate World.” Web: http://www.populist.com [18 Sep 2015]
Progressive Portal Provides opportunities for effective, easy grassroots activism on a range of progressive issues. It is designed to remove the obstacles to increased activism that many busy people face, without compromising impact. Progressive Portal is independent — not part of any particular organization, party, or grouping — although specific campaigns are often conducted in conjunction with leading grassroots organizations. The site is supported by users through donations and Day Sponsor monthly pledges. Address: 2512 Telegraph Avenue #274, Berkeley CA 94704-2198 Voice: (510) 595-4626 Web: http://www.progressiveportal.org [29 May 2016]
Progressive Science Institute The philosophy of PSI is based upon the universal mechanism of evolution, “univironmental determinism” (UD), which states that whatever happens to a portion of the universe is determined by the infinite matter in motion within and without. Progressives have recognized this as advanced dialectical materialism (e.g., the interaction of subjective and objective conditions). Dissident physicists have recognized UD and its sponsorship of Infinite Universe Theory as the proper approach to confront the reactionary aspects of modern physics involving, immaterial “particles,” matterless motion, 4-dimensional space-time, and a finite universe that explodes out of nothing. Address: POBox 5335, Berkeley CA 94705-0335 Voice: (510) 654-1619 Email: gborchardt@gmail.com Web: http://www.scientificphilosophy.com [18 Sep 2015]
Progressive Source Communications Mission is to provide communications expertise to non-profit organizations and advocacy groups working for progressive change. Our expertise is in assisting public interest campaigns in the use of “People Powered Media” to bring about change. We offer messaging, scripting, strategic consulting, web video creation, innovative web platforms, websites, and media outreach, helping clients and collaborators tell their story directly to the public. Address: 145 Pleasant Hill Avenue North, Suite 203, Sebastopol CA 95472 Web: http://progressivesource.com [13 Dec 2014]
Project Censored Founded in 1976, this nonprofit educates students and the public across the US about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government. In their annual book and weekly radio program they expose and oppose news censorship and we promote independent investigative journalism, media literacy, and critical thinking. Address: Media Freedom Foundation / Project Censored, POBox 571, Cotati CA 94931 Voice: (707) 874-2695 Email: mickey@projectcensored.org peter@projectcensored.org andy@projectcensored.org Web: http://www.projectcensored.org [01 Dec 2013]
Project Equity We re-envision community economic development to shift control locally and build economic resiliency in low income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. We envision a future where business decisions are made through a lens of what is good for workers and communities, leading to businesses that are more successful, communities that are more resilient, and workers who have stable jobs and economic security. Web: http://www.project-equity.org [20 Jun 2014]
Project Gutenberg The Internet’s oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks or eTexts). Web: https://www.gutenberg.org/ [25 May 2015]
Project HIRED Project HIRED, a 501(c)3, not-for-profit organization, maintains a single vision: to be a significant force for the employment of individuals with disabilities until the need no longer exists. Since 1978, we have done this by responding to emerging social, cultural, and economic needs and opportunities with programs and services that support our job seeking clients as well as our corporate partners. Our clients represent a diverse spectrum of abilities and disabilities—and we are committed to serving each one with services, programs, and support uniquely tailored to their needs. Address: 1401 Parkmoor Avenue, Suite 125, San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 557-0880 Email: mediaadmin@projecthired.org Web: http://www.projecthired.org [26 Nov 2015]
Project Inform Believes it is possible to create the first generation free of HIV and hepatitis C within the next decade. To achieve that dream, we focus our work in four areas: drug development, bio-medical prevention, education and health care access. Project Inform encourages the development of better treatments and cures for both HIV and hepatitis C. We advocate for innovative, medically-based prevention strategies. We provide up-to-date, life-saving information to help people living with HIV and hep C make the best choices regarding their treatment and care. And we press governments to set policies and assure unlimited access to affordable health care that will one day end the HIV and hep C epidemics. Address: 273 Ninth Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 558-8669 Fax: (415) 558-0684 Web: http://www.projectinform.org [18 Sep 2015]
Project On Government Oversight (POGO) A nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. POGO’s investigations into corruption, misconduct, and conflicts of interest achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government. Web: http://www.pogo.org/ [26 Nov 2015]
Project Open Hand (Alameda County) A nonprofit organization that provides meals with love to critically ill neighbors and seniors. Our food is like medicine, helping clients recover from illness, get stronger, and lead healthier lives. Every day, we prepare 2,500 nutritious meals and provide 200 bags of healthy groceries to help sustain our clients as they battle serious illnesses, isolation, or the health challenges of aging. We serve San Francisco and Alameda Counties, engaging more than 125 volunteers every day to nourish our community. Address: 1921 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland ca 94612 Voice: (510) 622-0221 Web: http://www.openhand.org [27 Nov 2016]
Project Open Hand (San Francisco) Address: 730 Polk Street (near Ellis), San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 447-2300 Web: http://www.openhand.org [27 Nov 2016]
Project Read Through Project Read, the adult literacy program of the San Francisco Public Library, professionally trained volunteer tutors provide free one-on-one tutoring to English-speaking adults who want to improve their basic reading and writing skills. Activities for enrolled adult learners with young children are offered through the Project Read Families for Literacy Program. Address: San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street (corner of Larkin & Grove at Civic Center), San Francisco CA 94102-4733 Voice: (415) 557-4400 Web: http://www.projectreadsf.org [18 Sep 2015]
Project Sentinel Fair Housing Project Sentinel is a non-profit organization. Our primary function is to assist individuals with housing problems such as discrimination, mortgage foreclosure & delinquency, rental issues including repairs, deposits, privacy, dispute resolution, home buyer education, post purchase education and reverse mortgages. Address: 1615 Hudson Street, Suite A, Redwood City CA 94061 Voice: (650) 321-6291; (888) FAIR-HOUSING (324-7468) Fax: (650) 321-4173 Email: info@housing.org Web: http://www.housing.org [03 Jun 2017]
Project Vote Smart Tracks the performance of thousands of politicians. Find out how to contact your official representatives, and how they voted. Web: http://www.vote-smart.org/ [25 May 2015]
Prometheus Radio Project A non-profit organization founded by a small group of radio activists in 1998. Prometheus builds, supports, and advocates for community radio stations that bring together and empower local, participatory voices and movements for social change. To that end, we demystify technologies, the political process that governs access to our media system, and the effects of media on our lives and our communities. Web: http://prometheusradio.org/ [18 Sep 2015]
ProPublica An independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them. Web: http://www.propublica.org/ [15 Dec 2013]
Prospera Partners with low-income Latina women so they can achieve economic prosperity through cooperative business ownership. We envision a vibrant ecosystem of Latina-owned cooperatives transforming communities and local economies and building prosperity for the benefit of all. Prospera identifies groups of women who are ready to create a cooperative business, and supports the founders from business idea to launch to sustainability. Throughout our three-year program, we invest heavily in the leadership development of the founders with comprehensive training, coaching, and technical assistance. With the support of our programs, women cultivate their leadership abilities, grow successful businesses, become skilled co-op developers, and transform their communities. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 801, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 451-3100 Web: http://www.wagescooperatives.org/ [18 Mar 2017]
Public Advocates, Inc. A nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization that challenges the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing and transit equity. Public Advocates has been on the front lines of the struggle for social justice for 42 years, focusing our distinctive blend of policy, legal advocacy and community partnership on the root causes and effects of poverty and discrimination and expanding rights and opportunities for low-income people, people of color and immigrants. Address: 131 Steuart Street, Suite 300 (at 11th Street), San Francisco CA 94105-1241 Voice: (415) 431-7430 Fax: (415) 431-1048 Web: http://www.publicadvocates.org/ [26 Nov 2015]
Public Campaign We are fighting for a democracy that ensures your political influence isn’t determined by the size of your wallet. We highlight the way money buys policy in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. We hold politicians accountable for doing the bidding of their campaign donors at the expense of everyday people. And with our broad, diverse group of allies, we mobilize millions of Americans to show that change is possible and we can create a government that’s truly of, by, and for the people. Web: http://www.publicampaign.org/ [26 Nov 2015]
Public Citizen Corporations have their lobbyists in Washington, D.C. The people need advocates too. Public Citizen serves as the people’s voice in the nation’s capital. Since our founding in 1971, we have delved into an array of areas, but our work on each issue shares an overarching goal: To ensure that all citizens are represented in the halls of power. For four decades, we have proudly championed citizen interests before Congress, the executive branch agencies and the courts. We have successfully challenged the abusive practices of the pharmaceutical, nuclear and automobile industries, and many others. We are leading the charge against undemocratic trade agreements that advance the interests of mega-corporations at the expense of citizens worldwide. Web: http://www.citizen.org/ [21 Aug 2016]
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) A national alliance of local state and federal resource professionals. PEER’?s environmental work is solely directed by the needs of its members. As a consequence, we have the distinct honor of serving resource professionals who daily cast profiles in courage in cubicles across the country. Web: http://www.peer.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) A not-for-profit legal services organization whose mission is to protect freedom in the patent system. PUBPAT works to strengthen the patent system by introducing a healthy amount of non-patentee input to help the system achieve high quality and balanced policies. At its core, our work is based on the fundamental concept of protecting freedom from illegitimate restraint. Web: http://www.pubpat.org/ [15 Mar 2015]
Public Vision Research LLC (PVR) A San Francisco-based consulting firm specializing in sustainable planning, urban design and community development. We facilitate collaboration with local leaders and public agencies to produce extremely realistic and responsive simulations of urban designs, open spaces and transit systems. We work with clients to develop the most effective approaches for researching community interests, mapping assets, producing reports, making presentations, documenting plans, and facilitating participation in charrettes and workshops that generate powerful public visions. PVR produces presentations using media strategies that ensure understanding and build support. Address: 534 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 273-9388 Email: contact@publicvisionresearch.com Web: http://www.publicvisionresearch.com [05 Jun 2016]
Queer Arts Resource (QAR) Since 1996 we’ve produced over 60 exhibitions that suggest the range, depth, and importance of queer artistic expression. Until the recent advent of Queer Studies, the History of Art has omitted most material of direct relevance to lesbians and gays. Much has been suppressed, much has been lost due to neglect or censorship, and a great deal has simply been overlooked. QAR is expanding the range and depth of knowledge about contemporary and historical queer art, and making this information freely available on our website. Web: http://www.queer-arts.org [15 Dec 2013]
Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area What I list is basically events that I’m interested in. It’s not a complete list of gay-related events in San Francisco, nor are all these events strictly about promoting the homosexual agenda, whatever that is. I tend to list events that are about people creating local, direct live entertainment, especially as related to spoken word, rock, hip-hop, and electronic music, art events, and so on. While I like to get email about events, I can’t promise to list everything in this calendar that I’m told about. I prefer to publicize events that are gender-inclusive for attendees. Web: http://www.sfqueer.com/ [21 Aug 2016]
Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) As queers, we are part of an international movement for human rights that encompasses the movement for Palestinian liberation, and all other liberation movements. Since 2000, QUIT! has been one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most active and consistent voices for boycott, divestment & sanctions against Israel. We are also part of a growing international queer movement to stop “pinkwashing” by the Israeli government and its supporters. Pinkwashing is a part of the Brand Israel public relations campaign which attempts to hijack the queer movement to promote ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. We say no! Web: http://www.quitpalestine.org [21 Aug 2016]
Quesada Gardens Initiative Has been building community in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood since 2002. Our vision of a socially just, sustainable community starts with empowering locals to define their environment and to connect with one another in the process. It works. While “Gardens” is in our name, the Quesada Gardens Initiative is really about connecting people and groups to one another. That creates structural and sustainable change in the community where we live, work and play. Some call it “social cohesion,” others “social capital.” Whatever it’s called, other community investments don’t work as well without it. Address: 1747 Quesada Avenue, San Francisco CA 94124 Email: info[at]QuesadaGardens[dot]org Web: http://quesadagardens.org/ [21 Aug 2016]
Quilted A worker-owned, cooperatively-managed company stitching together technology and social change. We take on work that challenges us to be more critical and insightful designers, engineers, and thinkers while remaining pragmatic and focused on adding real social value to our projects. With an office in Berkeley, California we provide strategic consulting, graphic design, web development, as well as game design and development services to progressive arts, education, and non-profit organizations. We focus on standards based design and work with open source technologies – primarily Drupal. Web: http://quilted.coop [02 Mar 2016]
The Rabbit Haven Rescues injured and abandoned rabbits and accepts surrendered rabbits from the general public or the SPCA in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito and Monterey Counties. We then work to place these rescued rabbits into loving permanent or foster homes. The Rabbit Haven also works in the community, at schools, and with our local SPCA shelter and other education groups to educate the public on rabbit care, feeding, grooming, medical needs, social requirements and behaviors. Address: POBox 66594, Scotts Valley CA 95067 Voice: (831) 600-7479 Email: director@therabbithaven.org Web: http://therabbithaven.org [14 Dec 2014]
Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation Advances racial justice through research, media and practice. Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines and presents Facing Race, the country’s largest multiracial conference on racial justice. Formerly known as the Applied Research Center (ARC). Address: 900 Alice Street, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 653-3415 Fax: (510) 986-1062 Web: https://www.raceforward.org/ [11 Jan 2015]
Radical Women A trailblazing socialist feminist organization, Radical Women is the revolutionary wing of the women’s movement and a strong feminist voice within the Left. Immersed in the daily fight against racism, sexism, homophobia, and labor exploitation, Radical Women believes in multi-issue organizing around the needs of the most oppressed. We view women’s leadership as decisive to social change and train women to take their place in the forefront of the struggle. Radical Women is an autonomous, all-women’s group, united on the basis of shared socialist feminist ideals expressed in The Radical Women Manifesto. Address: New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 864-1278 Email: radicalwomenus@gmail.com Web: http://www.RadicalWomen.org [21 Aug 2016]
Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness The Black Coalition on AIDS has formally evolved into the Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness — reflecting a rich history of community service while embracing the changing needs of our community. Our commitment to HIV/AIDS remains strong. However, our new name better reflects our diverse service menu and our core mission, which is to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and eliminate health disparities in San Francisco’s Black and marginalized communities. Rafiki Coalition strives to achieve this focus by providing health and wellness services including, but not limited to, transitional housing, health education, advocacy, health case management and other health-promoting activities. Address: 601 Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 615-9945 Fax: (415) 615-9943 Email: bcoa@bcoa.org Web: http://www.bcoa.org [12 Apr 2015]
Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County (RCC) Builds community and promotes well-being among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) people and our allies. Our goal is to provide a safe, supportive and respectful environment for LGBTQ people of all ages, socio-economic status, races, cultures and religions. We strive to create services and activities that will promote the mental, physical and spiritual well-being of our community by providing professional services, peer support, referral services, social opportunities and educational programs of interest to our community as well as to the community at large. Address: 2118 Willow Pass Road, Suite 500, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 692-0090 Fax: (925) 692-0091 Email: rcc@rainbowcc.org Web: http://www.rainbowcc.org [25 May 2015]
Rainbow Grocery Our purpose is to provide natural, organic, vegetarian food and environmentally and health conscious products at an affordable price. Rainbow Grocery Cooperative is an independent, collectively run, worker owned and operated cooperative at which decision making and responsibilities are shared through democratic structures and elected committees. Address: 1745 Folsom Street (at 13th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 863-0620 Fax: (415) 863-8955 Web: http://www.rainbowgrocery.org/ [26 Nov 2015]
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action. Address: 425 Bush Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 398-4404 Fax: (415) 398-2732 Email: answers@ran.org Web: http://www.ran.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Ted Rall Ted Rall is the political cartoonist at ANewDomain.net, editor-in-chief of SkewedNews.net, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is the author of the biography “Trump,” to be published in July 2016. Web: http://www.rall.com/ [03 Jun 2017]
Rape Trauma Services (RTS) Strives to eliminate all forms of violence, with a special focus on sexual assaults and abuse. Informed by our understanding of traumatic experiences and cycles of violence, we facilitate healing and the prevention of violence through the provision of counseling, advocacy, and education. We promote and adopt policies, practices, and social values rooted in fairness, equity, and inclusiveness. Address: 1860 El Camino Real, Suite 406, Burlingame CA 94010 Voice: (650) 652-0598 (office); (650) 692-7273 (24 hour crisis line) Email: info@rapetraumaservices.org Web: http://www.rapetraumaservices.org [03 Feb 2017]
Raphael House Mission is to help at-risk families achieve stable housing and financial independence while strengthening family bonds and personal dignity. Since 1971, Raphael House has been at the forefront of providing homeless and low-income families in the San Francisco Bay Area the personalized family-centered solutions they need to build brighter futures. Raphael House is a 100% privately funded and community-supported organization. Our success rate is unmatched: more than 85% of all Raphael House families go on to achieve long-term housing and financial stability. Web: http://www.raphaelhouse.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
The Raucous Rooster A radical, unconventional, free-range Sonoma County press – reporting for an informed citizenry, compost for sowing the seeds of a sustainable foodshed and a democracy of, by, and for the people. Address: Christopher Fisher, 611 4th Street, Petaluma CA 94952 Email: chris@theraucousrooster.com Web: http://www.TheRaucousRooster.com [20 Feb 2016]
Ravenswood Family Health Center Mission is to improve the health of the community by providing culturally sensitive, integrated primary and preventative health care to all, regardless of ability to pay or immigration status, and collaborating with community partners to address the social determinants of health. Address: 1798-A Bay Road, East Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 330-7400 Web: http://www.ravenswoodfhc.org/ [26 Nov 2015]
The Raw Story An alternative news nexus. We draw upon a panoply of news sources and select those stories we think most intriguing to an audience seeking news underplayed by the mainstream media. At the core, our goal is to unearth and spotlight stories underplayed by the popular press, in particular those which highlight betterment and open people’s eyes to injustice throughout the world. Web: http://rawstory.com/ [14 Dec 2014]
Reach And Teach A peace and social justice learning company dedicated to transforming the world through teachable moments. Our co-founders, Craig Wiesner and Derrick Kikuchi, launched Reach And Teach in 2004 as a subsidiary of their award-winning educational consulting company, WKMN Training, LLC. The road to launching Reach And Teach weaved through Silicon Valley, Mexico, El Salvador, Israel/Palestine, New York and Afghanistan. While running their successful multimedia education consulting company, Craig and Derrick became increasingly involved in peacemaking and social justice issues. Address: 144 West 25th Avenue, San Mateo CA 94403 Voice: (650) 759-3784 Fax: (415) 584-6261 Web: http://www.reachandteach.com [26 Nov 2015]
REACH Shirati Our mission is to provide life-changing opportunities for rural Tanzanians through Education, Health Care, and Community Development. We work primarily in the impoverished village of Nyamagongo, near Shirati in the Rorya district of northern Tanzania, close to Lake Victoria and the Kenyan border. Tanzania has a population of about 50 million and the official languages are Swahili and English. After independence in 1961, under President Nyerere’s leadership, the country benefited from decades of stability and peace. Tanzania remains a model of political and social stability in the region. However lack of economic development and investment remains a challenge. Address: POBox 7776, Berkeley CA 94707-0776 Voice: (510) 273-9044 Web: http://www.reachshirati.org/ [07 Jan 2017]
The Real News “The question we settle in an election is not whether elites shall rule, but which elite shall rule,” said conservative pundit George Will on ABC’s This Week. That’s why we need daily television news that reports with ordinary people’s interests in mind. The Real News is such a network; it’s the missing link in the global media landscape. The Real News Network (TRNN) is a non-profit, viewer-supported daily video-news and documentary service. We don’t accept advertising, and we don’t accept government or corporate funding. TRNN is sustained by viewer donations and earned revenue. Since 2007, we have produced more than 7,000 stories that have been viewed more than 100 million times. The next phase of development is the move to television. We will compete with cable news for an audience in the millions. Web: http://therealnews.com [03 Jun 2017]
RealClimate A commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or economic implications of the science. All posts are signed by the author(s), except ‘group’ posts which are collective efforts from the whole team. This is a moderated forum. Web: http://www.realclimate.org/ [26 Nov 2015]
Rebar Rebar generates ideas, design solutions and works of art that engage public space, ecology, and the social fabric of the commons. Our clients include public agencies, businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, and community organizations. Our mission is to inspire people to re-imagine the environment and our place in it. Address: 3330 20th Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 400-5362 Web: http://www.rebargroup.org/ [16 Mar 2014]
The Rebuilding Alliance A coalition of people and groups around the world dedicated to helping war-torn neighborhoods rebuild, and promoting policy change to make them safe. We start by partnering with Israeli and Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) to help Palestinian communities rebuild. We believe that if our world is to meet the big challenges that face us at this time in history, we must make peace in Israel and Palestine. Address: 178 South Boulevard, San Mateo CA 94402 Voice: (650) 325-4663 Fax: (650) 325-4667 Email: contact@rebuildingalliance.org Web: http://www.rebuildingalliance.org [30 Dec 2013]
Rebuilding Together Oakland (RTO) We build community partnerships to rejuvenate neighborhoods through the rehabilitation of homes owned by low-income homeowners and non-profit facilities that serve low-income communities. The work of our volunteers ensures the safety, comfort and independence of low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly and disabled, and that our communities in need have safe and pleasant facilities where they can learn, play and come together. Address: 1171 Ocean Avenue, Suite 100, Oakland CA 94608-1147 Voice: (510) 625-0316 Fax: (510) 225-4480 Email: info@rtoakland.org Web: http://www.rtoakland.org/ [15 Dec 2013]
Rebuilding Together San Francisco Provides free repair and renovation programs for low-income, elderly and disabled San Franciscans and for nonprofit and community facilities. Our programs address basic living, life event and quality of life needs of homeowners and the people served by the facilities with which we work. The work we do creates safer environments and makes it possible for people to live independently for a longer time in their own homes. Address: Pier 28 (near Bryant on the Embarcadero), San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 905-1611 Fax: (415) 905-1610 Email: info@rebuildingtogethersf.org Web: http://www.rebuildingtogethersf.org [25 May 2015]
ReCARES ReCARES is Collecting, Redistributing and encouraging Reuse. Three Bay Area sites collect and redistribute donations of clean, gently used medical equipment and unused home health care supplies each week. These are provided free of charge to those in need who visit our sites. Address: 2619 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-2273 Web: http://www.homecares.org [28 Apr 2016]
Reclaim Democracy! Works to create a representative democracy with an actively participating public, where citizens don’t merely choose from a menu of options determined by elites, but play an active role in guiding the country and its political agenda. We believe that one’s influence should be a direct result of the quality of one’s ideas and the energy one puts into promoting these ideas, independent of wealth or status. Web: http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org [25 May 2015]
Reclaiming A community of people working to unify spirit and politics. Our vision is rooted in the religion and magic of the Goddess, the Immanent Life Force. We see our work as teaching and making magic: the art of empowering ourselves and each other. In our classes, workshops, and public rituals, we train our voices, bodies, energy, intuition, and minds. We use the skills we learn to deepen our strength, both as individuals and as community, to voice our concerns about the world in which we live, and bring to birth a vision of a new culture. Web: http://www.reclaiming.org/ [14 Dec 2014]
Recycle for Change Dedicated to helping those most affected by global climate change and poverty in the US and abroad. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that collects and recycles used clothing and shoes to protect the environment and support sustainable development work across the globe. Our green colored drop-off boxes have become the hallmark of textile recycling in our neighborhoods; in many cities they are the most readily available (or even the sole) environmentally responsible option for people to dispose of their unwanted clothing and shoes. Address: 1081 Essex Avenue, Richmond CA 94801 Voice: (510) 932-3839 Fax: (510) 439-2748 Email: info@recycleforchange.org Web: http://www.recycleforchange.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
RecycleWorks of San Mateo County A program of San Mateo County with resources on recycling, waste reduction, green building, composting, and so on. RecycleWorks serves residents and businesses of San Mateo County. Primarily an outreach program. RecycleWorks does not provide pick-up of garbage or recyclables within the County. Address: 555 County Center, 5th Floor, Redwood City CA 94063 Voice: (888) 442-2666 (hotline) Fax: (650) 361-8220 Web: http://www.recycleworks.org/ [25 May 2015]
Redefining Progress The nation’s leading public policy think tank dedicated to smart economics. We find solutions that ensure a sustainable and equitable world for future generations. While conventional models for economic growth discount such assets as clean air, safe streets, and cohesive communities, Redefining Progress integrates these assets into a more sustainable economic model. Working with government and advocacy groups, Redefining Progress develops innovative policies that balance economic well-being, environmental preservation, and social justice. Address: 1904 Franklin Street 6th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-3041 Fax: (510) 444-3191 Web: http://www.redefiningprogress.org [10 Dec 2016]
The Redford Center Committed to transforming social and environmental issues into films that inspire positive change. We engage where there’s a pressing need for awareness and hope, and where public engagement and good timing can make all the difference. We approach each project as an opportunity to learn and to listen. Then we find the storylines and the storytellers that will help change the game. We design engagement campaigns for the films we produce so that awareness can truly be the spark that moves people to act. Web: http://www.redfordcenter.org [15 Dec 2013]
Redwood Community Radio, Inc. (KMUD 91.1 FM) Envisions a community of listeners who, guided by example of RCR programming, work together to create better, more just and sustainable world systems to ensure that all human and other living species on earth move toward higher quality of life and are able to survive the challenges in the times ahead. Address: POBox 135, 1144 Redway Drive, Redway CA 95560-0135 Voice: (707) 923-2513; (707) 923-3911 (talk / request line) Fax: (707) 923-2501 Web: http://www.kmud.org [07 Jun 2014]
Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) Since 1987, the Redwood Empire Food Bank’s service has grown to meet the rising need for food assistance and expanded to focus on providing as much healthy food as possible and including nutrition education as an integral part of many of our programs. We currently assist over 82,000 Sonoma County residents every month. We provide food through our own three Hunger Relief Initiatives that focus on the unmet needs of low-income children, seniors, and working families. We also are a primary source of food for 178 community based charitable organizations that operate over 276 human service programs helping the needy, disabled and homeless in Sonoma County. Address: 3990 Brickway Blvd, Santa Rosa CA 95403 Voice: (707) 523-7900 Fax: (707) 523-7901 Email: info@refb.org Web: http://www.refb.org/ [05 Jun 2016]
Reef Relief A nonprofit membership organization dedicated to improving and protecting our coral reef ecosystem. Our Goals Focus on rigorous science to educate the public & advocacy toward policymakers to achieve conservation, protection, and restoration of coral reefs Increase public awareness of the importance and value of living coral reef ecosystems Increase scientific understanding and knowledge of living coral reef ecosystems Strengthen grassroots community-based efforts to protect coral reef ecosystems Design, develop, support, and implement strategies for marine protected areas associated with coral reef ecosystems Support eco-tourism as part of sustainable community development that protects and preserves coral reef ecosystems Web: http://www.reefrelief.org/ [18 Feb 2017]
Reel Work Labor Film Festival The Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival takes place in California’s central coast communities in and around Santa Cruz each year during the week of May First, International Workers Day. Reel Work presents cultural events, bringing together award-winning documentary film producers, workers, activists, students, and the public with the goal of increasing community awareness of the central role of work in our lives, to discuss economic and global justice issues, and to bring alive the history and culture of the labor movement in the US and abroad. We highlight how workers and community members band together in united effort for mutual benefit to achieve justice and dignity in the streets, fields, and workshops. Address: 170 Hagemann Avenue, Santa Cruz CA 95062 Email: info@reelwork.org Web: http://www.reelwork.org [03 Jun 2017]
Reform Immigration for America The online component of a united national effort organized under the banner of the “Alliance for Citizenship” that brings together individuals and grassroots organizations with the mission to build widespread support for workable, humane, comprehensive immigration reform. The U.S. immigration system as it currently exists no longer works. We need practical solutions that benefit all of us and that put the 11 million undocumented persons currently living and working in the U.S. on the path to citizenship, that unite families, and that assure the fair treatment of both immigrant and native-born workers. Web: http://reformimmigrationforamerica.org/ [08 Jun 2017]
Refugee Transitions (RT) A community-based nonprofit agency serving high-need, low-income refugee, asylee, and immigrant newcomers from over 50 countries. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, RT provides education, family engagement, and community leadership services that help newcomers become self-sufficient and successful in their new communities. A key component of our work over the last 30 years has been fostering cross-cultural relationships between receiving and newcomer communities. Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 718 (near Powell), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 989-2151 Email: info@reftrans.org Web: http://www.reftrans.org [21 Aug 2016]
Refuse Fascism In the face of the dizzying pace of the fascist pronouncements and acts of the Trump/Pence regime, people all over – in likely and unlikely places – are looking for answers, looking for ways to resist, especially in ways which are part of strengthening and growing a larger community of defiance. One key way to do this is for millions to take up and spread the slogan: “No! In the Name of Humanity—We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America!” This slogan stretches its arms wide to the people of the world, correctly captures the stakes for the future in all its dimensions, and puts before people clearly what must be fiercely opposed. Web: https://refusefascism.org/ [03 Feb 2017]
Refuser Solidarity Network (RSN) Builds support for, seeks to increase the visibility of, and educates the public about the Israeli refuser movements, with the objective of working together with refusers to end Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. Web: http://www.refusersolidarity.net/ [07 Sep 2014]
Regenerative Design Institute (RDI) A non-profit educational organization with the vision that all people can live in a mutually enhancing relationship with the earth. We envision a world in which people, inspired by nature, create and maintain healthy and abundant livelihoods that enhance fertility and biodiversity on the planet. We envision humans as a positive, healing presence on Earth, creating more abundance on the planet than would be possible without them. Address: POBox 923, Bolinas CA 94924 Web: http://www.regenerativedesign.org/ [03 Jun 2017]
ReliaTech Provides low-cost computers, services and repairs done by certified technicians and e-waste recycling services. All of this helps support the Stride Center (www.stridecenter.org), and provide jobs and income for dozens of men and women who are in training to become computer technicians. At our Neighborhood Technology Center (walk-in store) in San Pablo. We provide on-site service and free e-waste recycling (free pickup, too, subject to distance and quantity throughout the Bay Area. And our computers and services are priced to serve our nonprofit partners and low income customers. Address: 2300 el Portal Drive, Suite G, San Pablo CA 94806 Voice: (510) 236-7000 Email: info-at-reliatech.org Web: http://www.reliatech.org/ [07 Sep 2014]
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Solidly grounded in a deep belief that our work should be sourced, implemented and led by the people it affects, we are building a grassroots movement of people who understand that it’s time for religious people who believe in reproductive justice to stand up. Web: http://www.rcrc.org [07 Jun 2014]
Renew Computers The largest independent electronics recycling company in Marin County, California. We have a warehouse facility and service center centrally located in downtown San Rafael where computers and electronics are collected, sorted, repaired, resued or properly recycled. Fortunately we are able to reuse many quality products that would otherwise go to landfill or be scrapped. We have a staff of qualified technicians that work hard to bring these computers back to a reusable state where they can then be recycled back to the community as reliable working systems. In addition to our recycling center, we operate a discount parts warehouse, retail store, and service department. We are proud to qualify as a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher. Address: 446 DuBois Street, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 457-8801 Fax: (415) 457-1443 Email: info@renewcomputers.com Web: http://www.renewcomputers.com/ [03 Jun 2017]
Renters’ Legal Assistance An undergraduate student organization at UC Berkeley that provides information to the community regarding rental issues. If you have a problem with your landlord, your lease, or anything concerning your rights as a renter, we are here to help! Around 20 student interns have been carefully trained in California rent law to help you out. Our area of specialty is the city of Berkeley, but we are also familiar with rent laws of nearby cities (e.g. Oakland, Emeryville, San Francisco) as well as of the state of California as a whole. Address: 112 Hearst Gym, Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 642-1755 Email: asucrlastaff@gmail.com Web: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~asucrla/ [25 May 2015]
Reporters Without Borders Mission is: To continuously monitor attacks on freedom of information worldwide; To denounce any such attacks in the media; To act in cooperation with governments to fight censorship and laws aimed at restricting freedom of information; To morally and financially assist persecuted journalists, as well as their families. To offer material assistance to war correspondents in order to enhance their safety. Web: http://www.rsf.org [16 Mar 2014]
Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press For more than 40 years, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and its staff attorneys have provided free legal resources, support, and advocacy to protect the First Amendment and freedom of information rights of journalists working in areas where U.S. law applies, regardless of the medium in which their work appears. Funded by corporate, foundation, and individual contributions, the Reporters Committee serves more than 2,000 reporters, editors, and media lawyers who call for help each year, as well as the tens of thousands who use its website. Web: http://www.rcfp.org/ [26 Nov 2015]
Research Unit for Political Economy (RUPE-INDIA) Concerned with analysing, at the theoretical and empirical levels, various aspects of the economic life of India and its institutions. It aims to compile, analyse, and present information and statistics so as to enable people to understand the actual mechanics of their every day economic life. And, in this, it aims to take the assistance and insights of people engaged in every sphere of productive work and society. Based in Mumbai (Bombay), India. Web: http://www.rupe-india.org/ [07 Jun 2014]
Resilience.org Resilience.org is both an information clearinghouse and a network of action-oriented groups. Our focus is on building community resilience in a world of multiple emerging challenges: the decline of cheap energy, the depletion of critical resources like water, complex environmental crises like climate change and biodiversity loss, and the social and economic issues which are linked to these. We like to think of the site as a community library with space to read and think, but also as a vibrant café in which to meet people, discuss ideas and projects, and pick up and share tips on how to build the resilience of your community, your household, or yourself. Web: http://www.resilience.org [28 Jan 2014]
Resist, Inc. A foundation that supports people’s movements for justice and liberation. We redistribute resources back to frontline communities at the forefront of change while amplifying their stories of building a better world. Web: http://www.resistinc.org/ [03 Jun 2017]
Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV) A peace and justice organization promoting the practice of nonviolent social change. Located in Santa Cruz, California, we cultivate relationships with allies around California, across the United States, in Latin America, the Middle East and elsewhere. Our primary mission is to support the growth of nonviolent activists. The Center hosts activists and analysts from nonviolent struggles around the world. And the Center is a venue for social change groups and non-profit organizations to conduct meetings and public events in its 200-seat Scott Kennedy Hall or its Community Room. Address: 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (831) 423-1626 Email: rcnvinfo(at)gmail(dot)com Web: http://www.rcnv.org [18 Feb 2017]
Resource Renewal Institute (RRI) Advances innovative solutions to environmental challenges. We are nonprofit and nonpartisan. An old-fashioned conservation ethic permeates our work as we embrace technology and new ideas. Unlike many organizations, we take on conflict when it’s justified. Resource Renewal Institute is small and agile by design. We accept that innovation often entails uncertainty. We are comfortable taking positions and risks that larger and more staid organizations are not. Supported by a deep professional network, decades of real world experience, and innovative collaborations, Resource Renewal Institute works to advance environmental leadership and inventive land and water management. Address: 187 East Blithedale Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941 Voice: (415) 928-3774 Email: info@rri.org Web: http://www.rri.org [05 Jun 2016]
Resources for Independent Thinking (RIT) Educational tools to help people think for themselves and increase their critical thinking skills. Our purpose is to help you become more critical about what you see and hear, question your irrational assumptions, strengthen your rational beliefs, avoid beliefs traps that limit your options, apply critical thinking in your everyday life, and encourage critical thinking in others. Address: 1155-C Arnold Dr #418, Martinez CA 94553 Voice: (925) 228-0565 Fax: (925) 391-3515 Email: askrit@rit.org Web: http://www.rit.org/ [14 Jun 2014]
Restore Hetch Hetchy Mission is to return the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park to its natural splendor – while continuing to meet the water and power needs of all communities that depend on the Tuolumne River. Address: POBox 71502, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 893-3400 Email: admin@hetchhetchy.org Web: http://www.hetchhetchy.org/ [12 Dec 2015]
RESULTS – San Francisco Bay Area An international grassroots citizens’ lobby, creating the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty, and empowering people to realize their own personal and political power. RESULTS identifies sustainable solutions to the problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world and works to generate the resources necessary to make them succeed. Our volunteer partners meet with legislators and their aides; generate news, editorials, and letters to the editor, and work in their communities to educate and mobilize the public. Web: http://www.resultssf.org/ [14 Jun 2014]
Reverend Billy A New York City based radical performance community, with 50 performing members and a congregation in the thousands. We are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth loving urban activists who have worked with communities on four continents defending community, life and imagination. Our Devils over the 15 years of our “church” have remained the same: Consumerism and Militarism. In this time of the Earth’s crisis – we are especially mindful of the extractive imperatives of global capital. Web: http://www.revbilly.com/ [25 May 2015]
Revolution Books Revolution Books is alive with a defiant spirit that refuses to accept that the horrors of today’s world have to be. Has a collection of books on history and political theory, novels and poetry, atheism and science, world geopolitics and philosophy, as well as literature and books in Spanish. Check out the weekly discussions, author readings and film screenings. Come browse the shelves, sit and read, or discuss the burning issues of our time. At Revolution Books you can meet the movement that is changing the world. Become a volunteer! Address: 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 848-1196 Email: revolutionbooksATsbcglobal.net Web: http://www.revolutionbooks.org/ [07 Sep 2014]
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) The oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women’s rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977. Web: http://www.rawa.org [21 Aug 2016]
Richmond / Ermet AIDS Foundation (REAF) Raises funds for and awareness about AIDS service provider agencies through the production of quality entertainment events. Born from the grass-roots efforts of two mothers, Barbara Richmond and the late Peggy Ermet, who lost their only sons to AIDS as a way to honor their sons’ memories and to help alleviate the suffering of many of the other sons and daughters living with HIV and AIDS, the Foundation has become one of the leading sources of funding for many local AIDS service providers. Address: 942 Divisadero Street, Suite 201, San Francisco CA 94115-4407 Voice: (415) 931-0317 Web: http://www.reaf.org [16 Mar 2014]
Richmond Art Center The largest visual arts center in the East Bay, and we deliver exciting arts experiences to young and old alike who reflect the diverse richness of our community. We do this through hands-on learning, well-equipped studios, traveling Art in the Community programs and contemporary exhibitions in our galleries. Every year, we serve thousands of students through classes and programs taught by professional artists, both onsite at the Art Center and at sites throughout Richmond. Our four galleries allow us to mount rotating exhibitions that display the works of emerging and established Bay Area artists. Address: 2540 Barrett Avenue (at 25th street), Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 620-6772 Web: http://www.therichmondartcenter.org [25 May 2015]
Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library A non-profit seed lending library located in the public library. We’re open whenever the public library is open. You do not need to have Richmond Public Library card to use the seed library, but we do ask people to watch our on-line orientation. We provide free classes on organic gardening and seed saving, and of course, you can also borrow books from the public library on these topics. Come and “borrow” seeds for free! You may be asking, “How can you ‘borrow’ seeds?” The basic is idea is that you plant the seeds, let some go to seed, then return some of these next generation seeds for others to borrow. Address: Richmond Public Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond CA 94804 Web: http://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org [13 Aug 2014]
Richmond Rivets A Transition Initiative based in Richmond, California. Our focus, like other Transition Initiatives, is to re-localize the essential elements of our community which are needed to sustain and thrive in a world increasingly challenged by dwindling oil supplies (also known as peak oil) and climate change. Our vision is of a vibrant, resilient Richmond, California where progress means interdependence, resourcefulness, and plenty for all. We began meeting in September 2009 to discuss how we could best work together to build local resilience in Richmond. There is much work ahead, but we are excited to take on the challenge and would love to have you join us. Web: http://www.richmondrivets.org [05 Jun 2016]
Rincon Hill This site exists to help residents of the Rincon Hill and Transbay areas of San Francisco come together and organize to enhance our quality of life as a neighborhood. Address: POBox 191451, San Francisco CA 94119-1451 Voice: (415) 484-2420 Email: RinconHill@gmail.com Web: http://www.rinconhillsf.org/ [25 Dec 2014]
RiniArt.org For 20 years, Rini Templeton made drawings of activists in the United States, Mexico and Central America while she joined them in their meetings, demonstrations, picket lines and other actions for social justice. She called her bold black-and-white images “xerox art” because activists and organizers could copy them easily for use in their banners, signs, leaflets, newsletters, even T-shirts, whenever needed. Web: http://www.riniart.org/ [14 Jun 2014]
Riseup Provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change. We are a project to create democratic alternatives and practice self-determination by controlling our own secure means of communications. Web: https://riseup.net [10 Dec 2016]
ROAR Magazine (Reflections on a Revolution) An online magazine and quarterly print journal of the radical imagination, providing grassroots perspectives from the front-lines of the global struggle for real democracy. Independent coverage and critical analysis of world politics and current affairs — from a unique social movement perspective. The world-system is in crisis. Global capitalism and liberal democracy are crumbling all around us. Now more than ever, we need engaged research, subversive commentary and critical analysis to help make sense of our tumultuous times and stave off the coming global catastrophe. As an activist-run journal of the radical imagination, we consider it our mission to contribute to that collective effort. Web: http://roarmag.org [03 Jun 2017]
Rock the Bike We’re bike people. We’re inventors and advocates working away in a sweet workshop in Oakland, California, pushing the limits of bike culture. Our mission is to get people in touch with their ability to make a real, lasting impact in the ongoing climate crisis, through Pedal Powered event activities and products that help Bike People shine in their communities. We want lots more people to think “Pedaling is cool. My body is strong. I want to ride a bike and make a difference.” Our dream is to help spread the spirit of the bike into the broader culture by organizing, entertaining, inspiring, educating, and inventing new ways to get the message out there. And more importantly, we help our customers spread the message in their communities. Address: 6323 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 338-3326 Fax: (510) 735-9838 Email: RockTheBike@gmail.com Web: http://www.rockthebike.com/ [10 Dec 2016]
Rock the Vote Mission is to engage and build political power for young people in our country. Rock the Vote has registered more than five million young people to vote and has become a trusted source of information for young people about registering to vote and casting a ballot. We use music, popular culture, new technologies and grassroots organizing to motivate and mobilize young people in our country to participate in every election, with the goal of seizing the power of the youth vote to create political and social change. Web: http://rockthevote.org [14 Jun 2014]
Rocket Dog Rescue (RDR) A San Francisco Bay Area dog rescue organization run by a group of dedicated volunteers. We save dogs from death at over-crowded shelters and find them loving, happy homes. Now in our fifteenth year, RDR is stronger than ever, and has saved the lives of over 7,800 animals. Are you looking to adopt a dog in the San Francisco Bay Area? Look no further! Address: POBox 460826, San Francisco CA 94146 Voice: (415) 756-8188 (URGENT text only number) Email: info@rocketdogrescue.org Web: http://www.rocketdogrescue.org [03 Jun 2017]
Rodale Institute Dedicated to pioneering organic farming through research and outreach. For more than sixty years, we’ve been researching the best practices of organic agriculture and sharing our findings with farmers and scientists throughout the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet. Web: http://www.rodaleinstitute.org [12 Dec 2015]
Romania Animal Rescue (Animal Spay Neuter International) Provides spay/neuter, veterinary treatment via Homeless Animals Hospital, veterinary training for vets in Europe as well as USA and Africa, and educational books for Romanians. We have provided free spay/neuter campaigns in Romania, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Greece, and funded spay for animals in Panama, USA, UK and India as our funding allows for impoverished peoples pets. We are approaching our 35,000 sn now. Address: 8000 Morgan Territory Road, Livermore CA 94551 Voice: (925) 672-5908 Email: Nancy@RomaniaAnimalRescue.com Web: http://www.romaniaanimalrescue.com www.animalsni.org [11 Jan 2015]
Rooted in Community A national grassroots network that empowers young people to take leadership in their own communities. We are a diverse movement of youth and adults working together and committed to fostering healthy communities and food justice through urban and rural agriculture, community gardening, food security, and related environmental justice work. Address: c/o Earth Island Institute, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704-1375 Voice: (570) 419-3833 Email: info@rootedincommunity.org Web: http://www.rootedincommunity.org/ [06 Apr 2017]
Rooted in Resilience Inspires and supports community leaders in building equitable, resilient communities. We confront the challenges of climate instability, rising energy costs, and recession by boosting regional capacity to provide for everyone’s needs, sustainably and equitably. We achieve this by equipping local leaders with flexible tools, models, and policies that strengthen their communities. Formerly known as Bay Localize. Address: 436 14th Street #1216, Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@rootedinresilience.org Web: http://rootedinresilience.org [06 Apr 2017]
Roots of Change (ROC) Brings a diverse range of Californians to the table to build a common interest in food and farming so that every aspect of our food – from the time it’s grown to the time it’s eaten – can be healthy, safe, profitable, affordable and fair. Roots of Change delivers roadmaps to victory for a healthy, equitable and resilient food system for the people, businesses and planet it nourishes. We build social, political, and economic capital to catalyze a food movement that will change the models, markets, and policies of the food system. Address: 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 750, Oakland CA 94612 Email: mail@rootsofchange.org Web: http://rootsofchange.org [21 Aug 2016]
RootsAction We need a fresh approach to defend the public interest. Our country faces a far-right Republican Party regime that is largely a subsidiary of corporate America, and a Democratic Party whose leadership is enmeshed with corporate power. RootsAction is an online initiative dedicated to galvanizing people who are committed to economic fairness, equal rights, civil liberties, environmental protection — and defunding endless wars. Web: http://rootsaction.org/ [09 Mar 2017]
Rosenberg Fund for Children A non-profit, public foundation that makes grants to aid children in the U.S. whose parents are targeted, progressive activists. We also assist youth who themselves have been targeted as a result of their progressive activities. Donations to the RFC are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Web: http://www.rfc.org/ [23 Mar 2014]
The Ruckus Society The Ruckus Society sees itself as a toolbox of experience, training, and skills. We provide instruction on the application of tactical and strategic tools to a growing number of organizations and individuals from around the world in skill shares and trainings that are designed to move a campaign forward. We do this work in strong collaboration with our partner organizations, working together to define and create the training agenda. Address: POBox 28741, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 931-6339 Fax: (866) 778-6374 Email: ruckus@ruckus.org Web: http://www.ruckus.org/ [03 Jun 2017]
Russian Riverkeeper Russian Riverkeeper advocates, educates, and upholds our environmental laws to ensure the protection and restoration of the Russian River for the health and benefit of all who use and enjoy it! Waterkeeper Alliance provides a way for communities to stand up for their right to clean water and for the wise and equitable use of water resources, both locally and globally. The vision of the Waterkeeper movement is for fishable, swimmable and drinkable waterways worldwide. Our belief is that the best way to achieve this vision is through the Waterkeeper method of grassroots advocacy. Address: POBox 1335, Healdsburg CA 95448 Voice: (707) 433-1958 Fax: (707) 433-1989 Email: info@russianriverkeeper.org Web: http://www.russianriverkeeper.org/ [18 Sep 2015]
SACNAS An inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Chicano/Hispanic and Native American scientists, from college students to professionals, in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in STEM. Address: 1121 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (831) 459-0194 Email: Info@sacnas.org Web: http://sacnas.org/ [22 Apr 2017]
Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary Mission is to offer care and a peaceful living environment for abused, physically handicapped, aged or homeless animals. Our goal is to provide an open space facility where these ‘special needs’ animals can be provided with medical care, love, and attention that will ultimately lead to adoption. If necessary, the sanctuary will provide a lifetime refuge for these animals. The Sanctuary will also provide a relocation point for feral cats in an effort to reduce the growing population in Silicon Valley. Efforts will be made to reduce the population through spaying, neutering, vaccinating and releasing them into a natural and safe environment. Address: POBox 9005, San Jose CA 95157 Voice: (408) 420-SAFE (7233) Fax: (866) 833-2451 (toll free) Email: info@safehavenanimalsanctuary.org Web: http://www.safehavenanimalsanctuary.org/ [12 Dec 2015]
Sage Renewable Energy Consulting Sage is a technology and vendor agnostic professional renewable energy consulting firm. We work with public agencies and private businesses to provide feasibility studies, financial modeling, project development support, and asset management. Address: POBox 603, Inverness CA 94937 Voice: (415) 663-9914 Email: info@sagerenew.com Web: http://www.sagerenew.com/ [23 Mar 2014]
Saint Anthony Foundation Carries out its mission to serve the needs of the poor and homeless through our many free programs such as our Dining Room, Free Medical Clinic, Employment Program and Learning Center, Senior Services, Social Work Center, Women’s Shelter, Clothing and Furniture Prorgam, Rehabilitation Programs and our Justice Education and Advocacy Program. There are volunteer opportunities in almost all of our programs. Address: 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 241-2600 Fax: (415) 440-7770 Email: info@stanthonysf.org Web: http://www.stanthonysf.org [25 Dec 2014]
Samaritan House Since 1974, Samaritan House has been serving low-income families and individuals in San Mateo County. Our services are designed to meet the immediate and basic needs of our clients for food, clothing, shelter, health care, worker resources, and counseling services. With the help of thousands of volunteers and donors every year, Samaritan House helps meet the basic daily needs of more than 12,000 individuals in our community. All of our services and programs are designed to provide quality resources and effective evaluation to our clients in order to help them become more stable and secure in our community. Address: 4031 Pacific Blvd., San Mateo CA 94403 Voice: (650) 341-4081 Fax: (650) 341-0526 Email: info@samaritanhousesanmateo.org Web: http://www.samaritanhouse.com [25 Dec 2014]
San Bruno Mountain Watch (SBMW) Mission is to “preserve and expand the native ecosystems of San Bruno Mountain, in perpetuity.” We accomplish this through working with the community to preserve the mountain as an intact open space and by protecting the fragile native ecosystem that has survived there for thousands of years. Our programs create a culture of stewardship and appreciation through connecting people to nature near where they live. Volunteers learn about the importance of biodiversity and of nurturing the native landscape in this unique area. Address: POBox 53, Brisbane CA 94005 Voice: (415) 467-6631 Email: info@mountainwatch.org Web: http://www.mountainwatch.org/ [27 Mar 2016]
San Carlos Foundation We provide health and educational assistance to refugees and other people living in extreme poverty in the Third World, particularly in Central America. We grant minimal living expenses —currently $6,000 a year—to doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers, teachers and other professionals who volunteer their time, live in primitive conditions and train local people to continue their work when they leave. Address: 1065 Creston Road, Berkeley CA 94708 Voice: (510) 525-3787 Fax: (510) 525-3278 Email: dcoady@igc.org Web: http://sancarlos.nonprofitoffice.com [07 Sep 2014]
San Franciscans for Police Accountability (SFPA) The SFPD is badly broken as evident by the two DOJ sponsored investigations into the department in 2016, as well as the communities’ experiences being terrorized and murdered by those meant to protect and serve, in paticular our Black and Brown citizens. SFPA is a citizens group dedicated to radical reform of the department and justice for the victims of police violence. Making sure that the commisioners do their job, that the Police Officers Association is kept in check, and that the Supervisors make the changes needed to keep police power accountable to the People. Email: dcsalaverry@gmail.com Web: https://twitter.com/sfpaorg https://www.facebook.com/pg/sfpa4reform/about/?ref=page_internal [23 Oct 2016]
San Francisco AIDS Foundation Works to end the HIV epidemic in the city where it began, and eventually everywhere. Established in 1982, our mission is the radical reduction of new infections in San Francisco because we refuse to accept HIV as inevitable. Through education, advocacy and direct services for prevention and care, we are confronting HIV in communities most vulnerable to the disease. Address: 1035 Market Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 487-3000 Fax: (415) 487-8079 Email: feedback@sfaf.org Web: http://www.sfaf.org [03 Jun 2017]
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) Dedicated to the intrinsic value of art and its vital role in shaping and enriching society and the individual. As a diverse community of working artists and scholars, SFAI provides its students with a rigorous education in the fine arts and preparation for a life in the arts through an immersive studio environment, an integrated liberal arts curriculum, and critical engagement with the world. Address: 800 Chestnut Street (between Jones and Leavenworth), San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 771-7020 Web: http://www.sfai.edu/ [03 Jun 2017]
San Francisco Atheists (SF Atheists) SF Atheists provides friendship, education, and activism for local atheists. We are a volunteer-run affiliate of American Atheists, and hold monthly meetings and events in San Francisco. Address: 900 Bush Street #210, San Francisco CA 94109 Email: sfatheists@live.com Web: http://www.sfatheists.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/48405060781/ http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Atheists-Agnostics-Humanists-Freethinkers-Skeptics/ [23 Mar 2014]
San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition An alliance of SF Bay Area organizations, groups, and individuals working to stop the genocide in Darfur, end war in Sudan, and promote anti-genocide strategies. Web: https://www.facebook.com/DarfurSF [03 Jun 2017]
San Francisco Bay Area Wheelchair Accessible Trails On these pages you will find access information about SF Bay Area parks I’ve explored or tried to explore, intended to help other wheelchair users tell whether they want to try them.They range from 100% ADA accessible with good public transit to the kind of perverse undertakings that may make you roll your eyes–unless you have been frustrated looking for information about undesignated but useable trails. Web: http://www.wheelchairtrails.net [23 Mar 2014]
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) Dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach. Join us, volunteer, and support bird conservation science in the Bay Area. Birds are excellent indicators of ecosystem health; they are highly visible and cost-effective to track, and are sensitive to environmental change. The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory pays close attention to impacts on birds and their habitats and gathers crucial data specific to local bird populations. We also actively provide opportunities for people to be directly involved in the nature and science of the San Francisco Bay Area. Address: 524 Valley Way, Milpitas CA 95035 Voice: (408) 946-6548 Fax: (408) 946-9279 Web: http://www.sfbbo.org/ [18 Sep 2015]
San Francisco Bay View A communications network for the Black community worldwide, with its website (the most visited Black newspaper on the web, second only to the Final Call) and a free print edition that’s distributed throughout the Bay Area and mailed to subscribers, including hundreds of prisoners all over the country. Exciting, thought-provoking stories and commentary on the full range of Black trials and triumphs – covering the Black economy, politics, arts, education, history, current events, health, religion – and those of other communities, along with stunning color photography, fill the website and the pages of each paper. Address: 4917 Third Street, San Francisco CA 94124-2309 Voice: (415) 671-0789 Fax: (415) 671-0789 (same as voice) Email: editor@sfbayview.com Web: http://www.sfbayview.com [25 Dec 2014]
San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee (SFBAC) Meets to consider bicycle transportation projects and policies and to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, the Municipal Transportation Agency, the County Transportation Authority, the San Francisco Police Department, and other City and County of San Francisco agencies. Our projects include oversight and facilitation of the five-year Bicycle Plan Update, cooperative initiatives with bicycle/pedestrian/senior advocacy organizations, recognition of individuals and policies that benefit bicycling, and direct intervention in support of citizen complaints in bicycle-related issues. Members are appointed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Web: http://www.sfgov.org/bac [15 Dec 2013]
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Transforming San Francisco streets and neighborhoods into more livable and safe places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation. We are one of the largest and most effective advocacy groups in the country. Through our day-to-day advocacy, education and working partnerships with City and community agencies, the SF Bicycle Coalition creates safer streets and more livable communities for all San Franciscans. Address: 833 Market Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103-1830 Voice: (415) 431-2453 (431-BIKE) Email: info@sfbike.org Web: http://www.sfbike.org [07 Sep 2014]
San Francisco Bike Party A monthly CELEBRATION of biking! SFBP is for ALL RIDERS of different ages, types, and skill levels to enjoy. SFBP encourages people to bring POSITIVITY and CONTRIBUTE to good times while being RESPECTFUL to others. SFBP rides FUN and SAFE with stops to DANCE and SOCIALIZE along the way. SFBP follows PLANNED ROUTES exploring all different parts of the city each month. Web: https://sfbikeparty.wordpress.com/ [21 Mar 2015]
San Francisco Black Film Festival (SFBFF) Mission is to celebrate African American cinema and the African cultural Diaspora and to showcase a diverse collection of films – from emerging and established filmmakers. This is accomplished by presenting Black films, which reinforce positive images and dispel negative stereotypes, and providing film artists from the bay area in particular and around the world in general, a forum for their work to be viewed and discussed. SFBFF believes film can lead to a better understanding of and communication between, peoples of diverse cultures, races, and lifestyles, while simultaneously serving as a vehicle to initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times. Address: POBox 15490, San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (770) 369-3776 Email: sfbff@sfbff.org Web: http://www.sfbff.org/ [12 Dec 2015]
San Francisco Community Land Trust A membership based organization whose mission is to preserve and create permanently affordable, resident-controlled housing for low- to moderate-income people in San Francisco through community ownership of the land. We do this by acquiring apartment buildings in which long-time tenants are at risk of eviction and convert them into resident-owned cooperatives. Address: POBox 420982, San Francisco CA 94142 Voice: (415) 399-1490 Web: http://www.sfclt.org/ [26 Sep 2015]
San Francisco Community Power Pilots innovative programs that improve our neighborhoods’ environmental and economic conditions. We help small businesses and low-income families lower their expenses and reduce their ecological footprint. Our work provides policy makers with demonstrative ways to solve complex resource allocation issues. Address: 2325 Third Street, Suite 344, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 626-8723 Email: info@sfpower.org Web: http://www.sfpower.org/ [25 Dec 2014]
San Francisco Conservation Corps Offers young people opportunities to develop themselves, their academic abilities and marketable job skills while addressing community needs through service work. Corpsmembers are young adults aged 18-26 who join our job training and education program and work in teams on landscaping, recycling, playground renovation and community education projects that enhance the environment of San Francisco. Address: 241 Fifth Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 928-7322 (928-SFCC) Web: http://www.sfcc.org [23 Mar 2014]
San Francisco Estuary Project A coalition of resource agencies, non-profits, citizens, and scientists working to protect, restore, and enhance water quality and fish and wildlife habitat in and around the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary. Working cooperatively, we share information and resources that result in studies, projects, and programs that improve the Estuary and communicate its value and needs to the public. The Association of Bay Area Governments is the home agency for Partnership staff and finances. Our offices are located at the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board in Oakland. Address: 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 622-2304 Fax: (510) 622-2501 Web: http://sfep.abag.ca.gov [25 Dec 2014]
San Francisco Food Bank Our mission is to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin. It’s a huge job that’s only gotten harder as our community struggles with a prolonged period of economic distress and record numbers of people are pushed to the point of hunger. Thankfully, thousands of caring donors and supporters have rallied around the Food Bank and enabled us to scale up our operations to meet the need. With 130 employees, 25,000 volunteers each year, and 450 partner organizations throughout the community, the Food Bank is vital lifeline for people in need of food assistance. Address: 900 Pennsylvania Avenue , San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 282-1900 Fax: (415) 282-1909 Web: http://www.sffoodbank.org [26 Sep 2015]
San Francisco for Democracy We are a grassroots organization dedicated to civic engagement, volunteerism, voter education and participation, and progressive, hands-on activism. We help regular citizens get involved in public policy and political decisions and run for office themselves! We are non-partisan and unaffiliated with any political party. Were more interested in making progress than we are in checking labels. We are distressed by the growing power of corporate and wealthy interests in our political system, and aim to counterbalance that with extraordinary people power. We focus on the nuts and bolts of progressive civic activism and provide training and education. Address: POBox 460847, San Francisco CA 94114-0847 Voice: (415) 647-9538 Email: president@sf4democracy.com communications@sf4democracy.com Web: http://www.sf4democracy.com [15 Dec 2013]
San Francisco Forest Alliance Comprises concerned residents from groups throughout the city, such as Save Mt. Sutro Forest, Save Glen Canyon, Miraloma Park Improvement Club, Golden Gate Heights Neighborhood Association, West of Twin Peaks Council, Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association, and others. It’s a true grass-roots organization; the committee members are all volunteers who were drawn together by the threat to our parks. Address: POBox 460668, San Francisco CA 94146 Web: http://sfforest.org [12 Jul 2015]
San Francisco Freecycle Network We’re a local group of neighbors participating in a worldwide grassroots reuse movement, giving (getting) stuff for free, gifting to one another instead of sending useful goods to our landfills. The Freecycle Network is over 9 million members strong in over 90 countries and growing fast. Come join us to help build a strong local community of environmental mindfulness. Changing the world one gift at a time. To find additional regional groups and recycling resources, please check out our regional map . For commuters, anyone who lives in the greater SF Bay Area may join our group. But please be able to participate locally with a minimum use of resources. Web: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/sffn/info [05 Jun 2016]
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation Our mission is to promote excellence in research, education and care for all at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (The General). Our vision is to provide The General with the financial resources needed to ensure it remains the Heart of Our City and one of the nation’s finest public hospitals, delivering exceptional comprehensive healthcare and trauma services to anyone in need. Address: 2789 25th Street, Suite 2028, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 206-4478 Fax: (415) 206-5965 Email: info@sfghf.org Web: http://sfghf.org [07 Sep 2014]
San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network (SFILEN) Mission is to promote full access to social services, direct legal services, civic engagement, legalization, freedom of movement, and reunification with family and community, for all immigrants and their families regardless of their immigration status. SFILEN works to achieve this mission of immigrant rights through building grassroots leadership, providing free immigration legal services and comprehensive legal assistance, promoting community education, and organizing to empower the immigrant community. Address: 938 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-6209 x*115 Fax: (415) 282-2826 Email: info@sfimmigrantnetwork.org Web: http://sfilen.org/ [11 Nov 2016]
San Francisco Institute of Architecture (SFIA) The only 100% sustainably focused architecture school with the longest running and most comprehensive ecological design and green architecture programs in the world. SFIA has been offering green building and ecological design degrees for twenty years as a wholly integrated part of its architecture degree programs. SFIA also offered the first distance learning Green MBA Program. Students at SFIA have the opportunity to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture, ecological design, green building and business administration in sustainability. All current courses are online distance learning only. Address: Box 2590, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 523-5174 Fax: (510) 523-5175 Email: Director@sfia.net Web: http://www.sfia.net/ [21 Aug 2016]
San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters We’re a bunch of political geeks in a torrid but troubled love affair with San Francisco. We’re blessed to live in America’s most progressive city, but we’re cursed to live in a city where most of the youth who grow up here can’t afford to live here. Frisco has its own dark history of injustice: redevelopment, environmental racism, the “old boys” network. The League has published 18 consecutive voter guides. It is how we educate our friends and peers on the issues, excite pissed off progressive voters, and remind sellout politicians that we’re paying attention. All of us lucky enough to enjoy the San Francisco magic owe it to our City to fight to keep it diverse, just, and healthy. What are you doing to make a difference? Web: http://www.theleaguesf.org/ [27 Oct 2016]
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center (SF LGBT Center) Mission is to connect our diverse community to opportunities, resources and each other to achieve our vision of a stronger, healthier, and more equitable world for LGBT people and our allies. The Center’s strategies inspire and strengthen our community by: • Fostering greater opportunities for people to thrive. • Organizing for our future. • Celebrating our history and culture. • Building resources to create a legacy for future generations. Address: 1800 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 865-5555 Email: AlbertoL@SFCenter.org Web: http://www.sfcenter.org [10 Dec 2016]
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee (SFLGBTPCC) Mission is to educate the world, commemorate our heritage, celebrate our culture, and liberate our people. With over 200 parade contingents and exhibitors, and more than twenty community-run stages and venues, the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade is the largest gathering of the LGBT community and allies in the nation. Celebrations begin on a Saturday in Civic Center Plaza in downtown San Francisco the last full weekend of June each year. The Parade, which takes place the Sunday morning of the event, kicks off from Beale Street along Market and ends at Market and 8th St. in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Address: 1841 Market Street, Fourth Floor, San Francisco CA 94103-1112 Voice: (415) 864-0831 Fax: (415) 864-5889 Email: info@sfpride.org Web: http://www.sfpride.org [05 Jun 2016]
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB) The first openly gay musical organization in the world, inspiring the formation of LGBT bands, choruses and performing groups around the globe. On a local level, SFLGFB is the Official Band of San Francisco, having been given that honor by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in honor of the Band’s 20th and 25th anniversaries. The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band provides for the education and musical development of its members, promotes visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, and with its allies, fosters understanding among diverse communities through public performance. Address: 584 Castro Street, PMB 841, San Francisco CA 94114-2594 Voice: (415) 255-1355 Email: sflgfb@sflgfb.org Web: http://www.sflgfb.org/ [07 Sep 2014]
San Francisco Living Wage Coalition A grassroots movement of low-wage workers and their allies fighting for economic justice. We have been struggling since 1998 to change political priorities so that government does not subsidize poverty wage employers. We are engaged in a transformative re-thinking of the economy that makes the goal of economic development a more prosperous, healthy and livable community. Address: 2940 16th Street #301, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 863-1225 Email: sflivingwage@riseup.net Web: http://www.livingwage-sf.org/ [14 Jun 2014]
San Francisco Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (SFLTCOP) A program mandated by the federal Older American’s Act and the Older Californian’s Act, to investigate and resolve complaints regarding care in long-term care facilities. Residents living in long-term care facilities have certain rights that are guaranteed by federal and state regulations. The Ombudsman Program endeavors to protect and promote these rights and to empower residents to be self-advocates. Through public education, the Ombudsman Program seeks to promote a better understanding of the long-term care system of care. In sum, the Ombudsman Program provides information, advocacy, and assistance to resolve concerns regarding the quality of care in long-term care facilities. Voice: (415) 751-9788 Email: contact@sfltcop.org Web: http://www.sanfranciscoltcombudsman.org [05 Jun 2016]
San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) Creates and produces socially relevant theater of the highest professional quality and performs it before the broadest possible audience. We do plays that make sense out of the headlines by identifying the forces that shape our lives and dramatizing the operation of these giant forces in small, close-up stories that make our audiences feel the impact of political events on personal life. To make this work accessible the Mime Troupe performs its shows in local parks at a price everyone can afford: FREE. Address: 855 Treat Avenue, San Francisco CA 94110-2723 Voice: (415) 285-1717 Email: info@sfmt.org Web: http://www.sfmt.org [12 Dec 2015]
San Francisco Parks Alliance Mission is to inspire and promote civic engagement and philanthropy to protect, sustain, and enrich San Francisco parks, recreation, and green open spaces. Dedicated to fulfill a vision of parks that acknowledges and supports their critical environmental functions while striving to ensure that they are accessible, beautiful, safe, clean, and fun and managed in a manner that makes them accountable, open, and welcoming to all. Goal is to ensure that stewardship, philanthropy, and policy are coordinated and leveraged for the best possible outcome for parks and park users. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 320, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 621-3260 Fax: (415) 703-0889 Email: feedback@sfparksalliance.org Web: http://www.sfparksalliance.org/ [05 Jun 2016]
San Francisco Peace and Hope An online literary journal that promotes peace and hope through poetry and visual art. Address: POBox 8057, Berkeley CA 94707 Email: sfpeaceandhope@gmail.com Web: http://www.sfpeaceandhope.com [09 Jun 2015]
San Francisco Permaculture Guild Whereas, permaculture is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non- material needs in a sustainable way bounded by the ethics of care of people, care of earth and reinvestment of surplus. The specific purpose for which this corporation is organized is to support a local community of designers and those interested in permaculture by producing educational and social events, enabling permaculture projects and providing opportunities to exchange information related to permaculture design. Web: http://www.permaculture-sf.org [26 Sep 2015]
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Through research, education and advocacy, SPUR promotes good planning and good government in the San Francisco Bay Area. We bring people together from across the political spectrum to develop solutions to the big problems our cities face. With offices in San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland, we are recognized as a leading civic planning organization and respected for our independent and holistic approach to urban issues. SPUR is a member-supported nonprofit organization. Members receive our acclaimed monthly magazine, The Urbanist, and free or reduced admission to more than 200 events a year. Address: 654 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94105-4015 Voice: (415) 781-8726 Email: info@spur.org Web: http://www.spur.org/ [18 Feb 2017]
San Francisco Rescued Orphan Mammal Program (SF ROMP) Provides care to San Francisco’s injured and orphaned wild mammals with the goal of returning a healthy individual back to the wild for independence. We are a community supported volunteer organization, licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game. Voice: (415) 350-WILD (9453) Email: contactus@sfromp.org Web: http://www.sfromp.org/ [12 Dec 2015]
San Francisco Rising (SFR) A vibrant young electoral alliance that builds the political power of working class communities of color in San Francisco. Its members organize in African-American, Latino and Asian/Pacific Islander communities in San Francisco. As outlined in its mission and its platform, the members of SFR seek to build a new, community-based political infrastructure and to make lasting change on a broad set of issues impacting their communities. Web: http://www.sfrising.org/ [27 Oct 2016]
San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) Trains people to become sex educators and operates a free information and referral switchboard. We provide free, confidential, accurate, non-judgmental information about sex and reproductive health. Web: http://www.sfsi.org [05 Jun 2016]
San Francisco Tenants Union (SFTU) Since 1971, the SF Tenants Union has been fighting for the rights of tenants and for the preservation of affordable housing in San Francisco. From the struggle for rent control in the 1970s to 1998’s Proposition G (to end the abuses of OMI evictions), the Tenants Union has been the city’s leading advocate for tenants. The SFTU is 100% membership supported and this enables our advocacy to be uncompromising and immune to pressures from government or other funders. Address: 558 Capp Street (near Mission and 21st), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-6622 Fax: (415) 282-6622 (same as voice) Email: sftu@sftu.org Web: http://www.sftu.org [17 Sep 2014]
San Francisco Tomorrow (SFT) Founded in 1970 by neighborhood activists who joined together to fight the neighborhood zoning battles of the 1960s. A City-wide urban environmental organization, SFT is dedicated to promoting environmental quality, neighborhood livability and good government in San Francisco. We concentrate on environmental issues because we believe a good environment is the necessary foundation upon which to build a good society. We participate actively in the City’s political scene, endorese candidates and issues, draft initiatives for the ballot, and lend our support, when we can, to those individuals and groups who share our concerns. Address: 44 Woodland Avenue, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 585-9489 Web: http://www.sanfranciscotomorrow.org [26 Sep 2015]
San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA) Promotes the growing of food within San Francisco and the associated goals of our member organizations, through advocacy, education and grassroots action. We pursue our mission by leveraging the strengths of our members, from backyard farmers to social justice organizations, both within the Alliance and in collaboration with outside organizations and government agencies. Web: http://www.sfuaa.org [27 Mar 2016]
San Francisco Vegetarian Society (SFVS) We promote the adoption of a plant-based diet and lifestyle for healthy, ethical and sustainable living. Based in the historically progressive city of San Francisco, we offer a community for people to meet, learn, exchange ideas and information, and interact with others interested in plant-based living for a better world. Address: POBox 210370, San Francisco CA 94121 Web: http://www.sfvs.org [17 Jun 2017]
San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR) Provides resources, support, advocacy and education to strengthen the work of all individuals, and communities in San Francisco that are responding to, healing from, and struggling to end sexual violence. At SFWAR, we believe that no single individual, organization, foundation, or business alone can stop the epidemic of sexual assault, but by responding as a whole community, we each bring our piece of the solution. Address: 3543 Eighteenth Street, Suite 7, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 861-2024 Fax: (415) 861-2092 Email: info@sfwar.org Web: http://www.sfwar.org/ [05 Jun 2016]
San Francisco Women’s Film Institute Committed to: * Providing and increasing exhibition opportunities for female film directors to showcase their talent and work to a wider audience. * Offering free to low-cost screenings, events, workshops, and educational programs to the community led by celebrities, community activists, professors, and notable figures in the world of film. * Providing free to low-cost film training, mentoring and professional development programs for girls and women. Address: 2930 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 200-61, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (415) 754-3456 Web: http://www.womensfilminstitute.com [15 Mar 2015]
San Jose Bike Party San Jose is the largest city in Northern California, but we are hidden in the suburban sprawl. It’s time to enjoy the South Bay, ride the streets, and make this place the active and exciting city we want it to be. San Jose Bike Party is a place to ride bikes, make friends, and have a good time. We meet the third Friday of each month at 8:00pm. The start up location and route is rotated monthly. Web: http://www.sjbikeparty.org/ [21 Mar 2015]
San Jose Peace & Justice Center Educates and engages the South Bay community around critical issues of peace and justice, with a current focus on ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We provide: * Space and resources for individuals and organizations to meet, mobilize and organize. * Publicity mechanisms such as a weekly calendar of progressive events in the South Bay, a quarterly newsletter, and a website. * Public forums for education and creative action, including teach-ins, film showings, book discussion groups, and mass demonstrations. Address: 48 South 7th Street, Suite 101, San Jose CA 95112 Voice: (408) 297-2299 Email: sjpjc[at]sanjosepeace.org Web: http://www.sanjosepeace.org [15 Mar 2015]
San Mateo County Democracy for America (SMCDFA) A Chartered Democratic Club Working for Progressive Change. Our goals include promoting peace, social and economic justice, campaign finance reform, healthcare for all, and protecting the environment, Social Security and Medicare. In pursuit of these goals, we have mounted very successful informational public forums, candidate debates and fundraisers, meetings with elected officials, voter registration drives, and campaign support for progressive candidates. We support local charities. Our meetings feature speakers who are recognized experts in various areas of progressive policy. Voice: (650) 766-2162 Email: infosmcdfa@aol.com flavia@smcdfa.org Web: http://www.smcdfa.org/ [21 Aug 2016]
San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic Offers low-cost STD testing and treatment. All services are confidential. The STD clinic is located in the Edison Clinic of the San Mateo Medical Center at 222 West 39th Avenue. No appointment necessary, so you can just drop in – but it is a first come, first served basis. Tuesday’s 4pm – 7pm: Testing Thursday’s 4pm – 7pm: Symptoms Voice: (650) 573-2385 Email: ph_counselor@smcgov.org Web: http://www.smhealth.org/std [15 Mar 2015]
San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society (SPAWNERS) Mission is to protect the San Pablo Creek Watershed and inspire community appreciation and stewardship through advocacy, education, and habitat restoration. SPAWNERS formed in the spring of 2000 to bring together local residents interested in making the creek a community asset, and protecting its natural resources. Earth Day in April 2000 attracted 75 volunteers to remove invasive ivy from the creek banks at the El Sobrante Library and to pick up trash from downtown El Sobrante as well as the creek. Address: The Watershed Project, 1327 South 46th Street, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 665-3538 Email: helen@thewatershedproject.org Web: http://www.spawners.org/ [27 Mar 2016]
Santa Clara Valley Blind Center (SCVBC) For more than 50 years, SCVBC has provided support to individuals facing the uncertainties, fears, and challenges related to uncorrectable vision loss. We are a community-based organization dedicated to increasing the confidence, independence, and quality of life of the blind and visually impaired. SCVBC tackles complex vision loss issues comprehensively through rehabilitative, educational, and recreational services that ensure the long-term independence and empowerment of our clients. Address: 101 North Bascom Avenue, San Jose CA 95128 Voice: (408) 295-4016 Fax: (408) 295-1398 Email: info@VisionBeyondSight.org Web: http://www.VisionBeyondSight.org [23 Mar 2014]
Santa Cruz AIDS Project (SCAP) Serves men, women and children who are HIV positive living in Santa Cruz County. Our mission is to promote and participate in a comprehensive and compassionate response to HIV and AIDS through education, advocacy, and supportive services. All care services are free, confidential and offered within a non-judgmental environment. Care services include case management, access to medical care, financial assistance, food bank, volunteer support, support groups, and pro bono professional support services. Address: 542 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (831) 459-0444 Email: css@encompasscs.org Web: http://www.scapsite.org/ [26 Sep 2015]
Save Knowland Park Coalition An association of environmentalists, neighborhood groups, and concerned citizens throughout the Bay Area, brought together by the common effort to preserve an amazing piece of Oakland open space. The Coalition includes Friends of Knowland Park, the California Native Plant Society (East Bay Chapter), the California Native Grasslands Association, the Sierra Club (San Francisco Bay Chapter), the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Wildlife Foundation/California Oaks, Defense of Place (project of the Resource Renewal Institute), and the California Chaparral Institute. Web: http://www.saveknowland.org [18 Aug 2015]
Save Mount Diablo (SMD) Mission is to preserve Mount Diablo’s peaks, surrounding foothills and watersheds through land acquisition and preservation strategies designed to protect the mountain’s natural beauty, biological diversity and historic and agricultural heritage; enhance our area’s quality of life; and provide recreational opportunities consistent with protection of natural resources. Address: 1901 Olympic Blvd., Suite 320, Walnut Creek CA 94596 Voice: (925) 947-3535 Fax: (925) 947-0642 Email: smdinfo@savemountdiablo.org Web: http://www.savemountdiablo.org [07 Sep 2014]
Save Nubia Project (SNP) Mission is to help raise national and international awareness about the pending flooding of the central areas of the ancient Kushite and Nubian civilizations in the Sudan. There are a series of dams (from the 2nd through 5th cataracts) scheduled for construction, each of which will cause the Nile River to back up and create a reservoir and flood countless ancient archaeological sites and displace well over 100,000 local Sudanese people. Thus, the Save Nubia Project’s task is to document that the dam construction areas in northern and central Sudan are valuable World Heritage Sites that are in danger of being destroyed, and should be preserved. Address: POBox 18623, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 273-2456 Email: info@savenubia.org Web: http://www.savenubia.org/ [19 Jun 2016]
Save Our Shores (SOS) Over the last 30 years, Save Our Shores has been responsible for key accomplishments such as preventing offshore oil drilling in Central Coast waters, helping to establish the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, preventing local cruise ship pollution, and bringing together diverse stakeholders to find common solutions to ocean issues. Today we focus on educating youth about our watersheds, tackling plastic pollution on our beaches and rivers, advocating for plastic-free communities, managing Annual Coastal Cleanup Day in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, running our nationally renowned DockWalker program, and providing our community with educated and inspired Sanctuary Stewards! Address: 345 Lake Avenue, Suite A (near 7th Avenue), Santa Cruz CA 95062 Voice: (831) 462-5660 Fax: (831) 462-6070 Email: info@saveourshores.org Web: http://www.saveourshores.org [13 Sep 2014]
Save Sutro Forest Working to save the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve in San Francisco from planned tree clearing by the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). In the heart of the city, blanketing a steep hill, is one of San Francisco’s best-kept secrets: its very own temperate cloud forest. It’s a century-old forest of eucalyptus trees as tall as 200 feet high, growing on 80 acres of mountainside. Web: http://sutroforest.com/ [17 Jun 2017]
Save the Bay (Save San Francisco Bay Association) The largest regional organization working to protect, restore and celebrate San Francisco Bay since 1961. Save The Bay engages more than 50,000 supporters, advocates, and volunteers to protect the Bay from pollution and reckless shoreline development and make it cleaner and healthier for people and wildlife. Save The Bay is leading a region-wide effort to re-establish 100,000 acres of tidal marsh that are essential for a healthy Bay. Volunteers from the community, local businesses, and schools work with our science team to perform hands-on restoration of the Bay shoreline. Save The Bay inspires the next generation of Bay activists through our award-winning restoration education programs. Address: 1330 Broadway, Suite 1800, Oakland CA 94612-2519 Voice: (510) 463-6850 Fax: (510) 463-6851 Email: info@saveSFbay.org Web: http://www.savesfbay.org [10 Dec 2016]
Save the Berkeley Post Office The USPS wants to sell Berkeley’s historic main post office. Citizens to Save the Berkeley Post Office is a grassroots group that has come together to block the sale of our heritage, stop service cut backs, and preserve living wage postal jobs. Our fight is not unique. Thousands of post office closures across the country mean the largest private auction of public history our nation has ever seen. Join the movement and spread the word. Our post office is not for sale. Web: http://savethebpo.com [18 Feb 2017]
Save the East Bay Hills We are a coalition of families residing in the Oakland village of Montclair who do not want the forests where we live, which we cherish for their spectacular beauty and the vital animal habitat they provide to our wild neighbors, and which are the very reason we chose to live here to be destroyed by our public officials. We also do not want our families – ourselves, our children, our pets – and the multitudes of animals who reside in the hills to be repeatedly exposed to hazardous, carcinogenic chemicals that will threaten our health and well-being. Coalition members include Hills Conservation Network, Death of a Million Trees, Tree Spirit Project, Save Sutro Forest, and East Bay Pesticide Alert. Web: http://www.saveeastbayhills.org [28 Apr 2015]
Save The Waves Coalition A global nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the coastal environment, with an emphasis on the surf zone, and educating the public about its value. We are a devoted group of surfers, scientists, and activists, who share a common belief that our wild coastal areas around the world are precious and valuable, and need to be protected. Address: POBox 183, 3500 Highway One, Davenport CA 95017 Voice: (831) 426-6169 Fax: (831) 460-1256 Web: http://www.savethewaves.org [25 Dec 2014]
Savory Thymes Mission is to convene artists, grassroots organizations and activists in order to cross pollinate ideas, build relationships and alliances, and provide a space to galvanize support for a wide variety of social and environmental initiatives. Established in 2005 by Ali Ghiorse, Savory Thymes supports and educates the public about local and sustainable systems within the context of grassroots movements and the arts, through events that celebrate the beauty, the tastes, and the textures of the Earth. Voice: (415) 388-7151 Email: ali@savorythymesevents.org Web: http://www.savorythymesevents.org/ [14 Jun 2014]
Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice We are a group of scholars and supporters endeavoring to address the unanswered questions of the September 11, 2001 attack through scientific research and public education. We take care to present the strongest, most credible research available, some of which is published on our sister site, the Journal of 9/11 Studies. Web: http://stj911.org/ [17 Jun 2017]
School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) The SOA Watch movement is a large, diverse, grassroots movement rooted in solidarity with the people of Latin America. The goal of SOA Watch is to close the SOA and to change U.S. foreign policy in Latin America by educating the public, lobbying Congress and participating in creative, nonviolent resistance. The Pentagon has responded to the growing movement and Congress’ near closure of the SOA with a PR campaign to give the SOA a new image. In an attempt to disassociate the school with its horrific past, the SOA was renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in January of 2001. Web: http://www.soaw.org/ [18 Feb 2017]
Sea Shepherd International An international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Our mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas. By safeguarding the biodiversity of our delicately balanced ocean ecosystems, Sea Shepherd works to ensure their survival for future generations. Web: http://www.seashepherd.org/ [09 Jun 2015]
Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP) A leading advocate for the world’s oceans and marine wildlife. Our work is based on science, fueled by people who care, and effective at catalyzing long-lasting positive change that protects the likes of green sea turtles, whale sharks and coho salmon. By working with people and communities we preserve and restore critical habitats like the redwood forested creek banks of California to the full-of-marine-life waters of the Cocos Islands. We accomplish our mission through grassroots empowerment, consumer action, strategic litigation, hands-on restoration, environmental education, and by promoting sustainable local, national and international marine policies. Address: POBox 370, Forest Knolls CA 94933 Voice: (415) 663-8590; (800) 859-7283 Fax: (415) 663-9534 Email: info@seaturtles.org Web: http://www.seaturtles.org http://www.GotMercury.org [12 Dec 2015]
Seacology We protect island habitats and assist local communities by offering villages a unique deal: if they agree to create a forest or marine reserve, we’ll provide funds for something the village needs, like a schoolhouse or health clinic. Since 1991, we’ve worked with more than 200 villages on 151 islands in 53 countries, helping to protect more than one million acres of some of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems. Address: 1623 Solano Avenue, Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (510) 559-3505 Fax: (510) 559-3506 Email: islands@seacology.org Web: http://seacology.org [25 Dec 2014]
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties The trusted leader dedicated to ending local hunger. Since its inception in 1974, Second Harvest has become one of the largest food banks in the nation, providing food to nearly a quarter of a million people each month. The Food Bank mobilizes individuals, companies, and community partners to connect people to the nutritious food they need. More than half of the food distributed is fresh produce. Second Harvest also plays a leading role in promoting federal nutrition programs and educating families on how to make healthier food choices. Address: 750 Curtner Avenue, San Jose CA 95125 Voice: (408) 266-8866 Fax: (408) 266-9042 Web: http://www.2ndharvest.net/ [19 Jun 2016]
Seed the Commons A San Francisco-based organization that works to create sustainable and just food systems that are independent of animal exploitation. The takeover of our food systems by large conglomerates is harmful to farmers, workers and eaters, and is central to many of today’s pressing social justice and environmental issues. Our goal is to decrease dependence on and participation in the global corporate food complex by promoting small-scale, decentralized alternatives that are healthy and just for producers, eaters and communities as a whole. We integrate an animal liberation perspective and uphold models that are not reliant on animals for food or labor. Formerly known as Millahcayotl. Web: http://seedthecommons.org [16 Jun 2017]
SEEDS Community Resolution Center A 510(c)(3) nonprofit community-based organization that has been providing mediation, facilitation, training, and restorative justice to residents, organizations, and schools in the Bay Area since 1983. Address: 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite A, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 548-2377 Email: info@seedscrc.org Web: http://www.seedscrc.org/ [18 Feb 2017]
Seeds of Change Founded in 1989 with a revolutionary mission: to make organically grown seeds available to gardeners and farmers, while preserving rare heirloom and traditional seed varieties, and promoting sustainable organic agricultural practices. We are excited by the growing popularity and interest in organic gardening and farming, and are proud of the role we play in providing the products and information you need to adopt a healthy organic lifestyle. From the seed to the harvest to the plate everything is connected and our choices do matter. We thank you for joining us in the pursuit of a safe and sustainable future for our families, our communities and our beautiful mother earth. Web: http://www.seedsofchange.com [23 Mar 2014]
Seeds of Freedom A film that charts the story of seed from its roots at the heart of traditional, diversity-rich farming systems across the world, to being transformed into a powerful commodity, used to monopolise the global food system. The films highlight the extent to which the industrial agricultural system, and genetically modified (GM) seeds in particular, has impacted on the enormous agro-biodiversity evolved by farmers and communities around the world, since the beginning of agriculture. Seeds of Freedom seeks to challenge the mantra, promoted by the pro-GM lobby, that large-scale, industrial agriculture is the only means by which we can feed the world. Web: http://seedsoffreedom.info [10 Dec 2016]
Self-Help Hunger Program We represent a collective of folks who live in the South Berkeley/North Oakland neighborhood and community. Some of us are without homes or shelter; some of us were born and raised in the area~ but ALL OF US are simply drawn together BONDING WITH EACH OTHER regardless of our present state or economic status, WE COME TOGETHER (not always easy-but we do it)! We believe that the positive energy, the drive and the divine inspiration we receive and within us, lead us to pull together as a unified community of self-help (each one help one)…and thus we endeavor to provide any and all human services that an individual or family may need to not merely survive but to THRIVE! Web: https://www.facebook.com/selfhelphungerprogram/?fref=ts [25 Oct 2016]
Self-Sustaining Communities Works with low-income residents and community members to create wide-scale, environmentally sustainable local food production in distressed and needy neighborhoods. An entirely volunteer organization, SSC has helped launch three urban farms in low income, high crime areas of Richmond since 2010—Parchester Village, North Richmond, and the S.W. Richmond Annex. These projects have engaged a wide spectrum of the community, from the mayor to recently released offenders, in a “from-the-ground-up process” to reclaim and rejuvenate abandoned and blighted parcels and make them hubs of productivity. Address: 1251 East Victoria Court, San Pablo CA 94806 Voice: (510) 230-0904 Web: http://www.self-sustainingcommunities.org [25 Dec 2014]
Sempervirens Fund Protects, connects and cares for the local redwood forests between Silicon Valley and the Pacific Ocean – while we open up more ways for people to enjoy them. Since 1900, Sempervirens Fund has permanently protected more than 53 square miles of local redwood forests and watersheds for people, wildlife and future generations. As California’s oldest land trust and the only organization focused entirely on this local redwood forest, Sempervirens Fund works on behalf of the community to re-establish a vast, beautiful, accessible redwood world that provides crucial refuge and recreation in our own backyard. We call it the Great Park. Address: 419 South San Antonio Road, Suite 211, Los Altos CA 94022-3640 Voice: (650) 949-1453 Email: redwoods@sempervirens.org Web: http://www.sempervirens.org [13 Sep 2014]
Seneca Family of Agencies Seneca Family of Agencies (formerly Seneca Center) was founded in 1985 by advocates who were determined to more effectively meet the needs of children in group homes and foster family care. Seneca established itself as an innovative leader in the provision of unconditional care through a comprehensive continuum of school, community-based and family-focused treatment services for children and families who have experienced high levels of trauma and are at risk for family disruption or institutional placement of the children. Address: 6925 Chabot Road, Oakland CA 94618 Voice: (510) 654-4004 Fax: (510) 317-1426 Email: info@senecacenter.org Web: http://www.senecacenter.org [13 Sep 2014]
Seva Foundation Works to prevent blindness and restore sight worldwide. Our programs build the capacity of underserved communities to provide comprehensive and high-quality eye care that is accessible by all. Address: 1786 Fifth Street (between Hearst and Virginia; enter in alley between 4th & 5th), Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 845-7382 (845-SEVA) Fax: (510) 845-7410 Web: http://www.seva.org/ [15 Dec 2013]
Seven Stories Press Whether political or literary or both together, Seven Stories is as well known for publishing on human rights, social and economic justice, and media as for its prize-winning American fiction, literature in translation, and poetry collections. We believe that the mix here of politics and fiction, of protest and celebration, of militancy and tenderness is important. Our credo is that publishers have a special responsibility to defend free speech and human rights, and to celebrate the gifts of the human imagination wherever we can. Web: http://www.sevenstories.com/ [10 Dec 2016]
Sex Worker’s Education Network An information service about legislative and cultural issues as they effect prostitutes and other sex workers. The service is comprised of information for sex workers and activists/educators who study issues of decriminalization, human rights in the context of prostitution, violence against prostitutes and women, sex workers and pornography, as well as current trends in legislation and social policy in the U.S. and internationally. Formerly Prostitutes’ Education Network. Address: Carol Leigh, BAYSWAN, Box 210256, San Francisco CA 94121 Voice: (415) 751-1659 Email: info@bayswan.org Web: http://www.bayswan.org/penet.html [26 Nov 2015]
Sex Workers Outreach Project, SF Bay Area chapter (SWOP) A national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy. Email: BayAreaSWOP@gmail.com Web: http://swopbay.org/ http://www.swop-usa.org [26 Sep 2015]
Sex, Etc. Sex, Etc. is on a mission to improve teen sexual health across the country! Each year, five million young people visit Sexetc.org, and over 45,000 read our magazine to get honest and accurate sexual health information. We’ve helped teens with answers to their question about sex, relationships, pregnancy, STDs, birth control, sexual orientation and more! Web: http://www.sexetc.org/ [15 Dec 2013]
SF Urban Riders (SFUR) An organization dedicated to creating more offroad cycling opportunities in San Francisco. Our goal is to build a city-wide network of trails where people of all ages and abilities can ride bikes for fun and as a way to experience the outdoors in an urban environment. Address: c/o SF Parks Alliance, 1663 Mission Street, Suite 320, San Francisco CA 94103 Email: info@sfurbanriders.org Web: http://sfurbanriders.org/ [21 Aug 2016]
SF-CAIRS Established in 2007, SF-CAIRS is a coalition of organizations serving the San Francisco Bay Area asylee, immigrant and refugee community and its service providers. SF-CAIRS is a multidisciplinary body of over 20 agencies and 60 members with representation from city government, community based organizations, employment, immigration and health care providers, educational and vocational training organizations and other support services. We collaborate to ensure all immigrants live healthy and productive lives in a safe and inclusive environment by expanding resource knowledge among service providers about health, employment, social, education and legal services for recent refugees, political asylees and immigrants in San Francisco. Web: http://sf-cairs.org/ [14 Jun 2017]
SFHomeless Yahoo Group Home-less in the SF Bay Area? In 1906, 250,000 San Franciscans were home-less. In 2011, 30,000+ residents & families sleep on our streets; parks; shelters & SRO Hotels. Join Now To Share YOUR Tips & Stories! Our Group is FOR Our Homeless – residents in shelters; SRO’s (single room occupancy); camping out or couch surfing! Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfhomeless [15 Dec 2013]
Shanti Project Exists to enhance the health, quality of life and well-being of people with terminal, life-threatening or disabling illnesses or conditions. Through a continuum of services, including in-home and onsite patient and care navigation, emotional and practical support and preserving the human-animal bond, Shanti strives to achieve the highest medical and quality of life outcomes for San Francisco’s most vulnerable. Address: 730 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109-7813 Voice: (415) 674-4700 Fax: (415) 674-0373 Web: http://www.shanti.org [28 Aug 2016]
Shareable Shareable is an award-winning nonprofit news, action and connection hub for the sharing transformation. What’s the sharing transformation? It’s a movement of movements emerging from the grassroots up to solve today’s biggest challenges, which old, top-down institutions are failing to address. Behind these failing industrial-age institutions are outmoded beliefs about how the world works – that ordinary people can’t govern themselves directly; that nonstop economic growth leads to widespread prosperity; and that more stuff leads to more happiness. Amid crisis, a new way forward is emerging – the sharing transformation. The sharing transformation is big, global, and impacts every part of society. Web: http://www.shareable.net [27 Jun 2014]
The Sharing Solution A blog by attorneys Janelle Orsi & Attorney Emily Doskow, authors of a Nolo Press book of the same name. From cars and tools to housing and childcare, many people would like to share resources but don’t know how–or where–to start. The Sharing Solution is a timely practical and legal guide that explains how to create and maintain successful sharing arrangements while addressing common concerns about liability, communication, and more. Web: http://www.sharingsolution.com/ [18 Feb 2017]
Showing Up for Racial Justice (Bay Area chapter) (SURJ) A national network of groups and individuals organizing White people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves White people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. We work to connect people across the country while supporting and collaborating with local and national racial justice organizing efforts. SURJ provides a space to build relationships, skills and political analysis to act for change. Address: POBox 22748, Oakland CA 94609 Email: info@surjbayarea.org Web: http://www.surjbayarea.org/ http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/ [22 Jan 2017]
Sidewalk Bubblegum This is the complete archive for the legendary alternative political comic strip Sidewalk Bubblegum. Started in 1993 and retired in 2001, Clay Butler’s self-syndicated weekly political cartoon, Sidewalk Bubblegum, has been seen in hundreds of magazines, books, and zines including Z Magazine, Playboy, Funny Times, Comic Relief, Creative Loafing, Metro Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Sentinel and Finland’s largest Swedish-language daily newspaper, the HUFVUDSTADSBLADET. Web: http://sidewalkbubblegum.com/ [28 Aug 2016]
Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Offers hikes and outdoor recreation for people of all ages, advocates for policies that protect our natural environment, supports environmental candidates for public office, and provides opportunities for people who want to develop leadership skills to give back to the community and help the environment. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Suite 204, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 390-8411 Fax: (650) 390-8497 Web: http://www.lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/ [12 Dec 2015]
Sightline (NEW) An independent, nonprofit research and communications center—a think tank—founded by Alan Durning in 1993. Sightline equips the Northwest’s citizens and decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to advance long-term solutions to our region’s most significant challenges. Our work includes in-depth research, commentary, and analysis, delivered online, by email, and in-person to Northwest policy champions. Web: http://www.sightline.org [15 Dec 2013]
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) Promotes increased cycling in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. To accomplish this goal, SVBC advocates for improved and expanded bicycle infrastructure and other facilities, including bike lanes, paths, racks, lockers, accommodating traffic signals, capacity on transit, and more. Additionally, SVBC promotes bicycle culture through events and activities such as Bike to Work Day, Bicycle Friendly Workplace, and Valet Bike Parking at a variety of area events. Address: 96 North Third Street, Suite 375, POBox 1927, San Jose CA 95109 Voice: (408) 287-7259 Web: http://bikesiliconvalley.org/ [25 Dec 2014]
Silicon Valley Courageous Resistance Inspired by the California Courage Campaign, we organize local efforts to educate public opinion, mobilize action, and hold our leaders accountable. We work locally for national change. Web: https://svcr.us/ [18 Mar 2017]
Silicon Valley De-Bug A media, community organizing, and entrepreneurial collective based out of San Jose, California. Started in the Spring of 2001, De-Bug has become a nationally recognized organization while also establishing itself as a trusted local platform for communities in the South Bay region. Address: 701 Lenzen Avenue, San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 971-4965 Email: info@siliconvalleydebug.org Web: http://siliconvalleydebug.org/ [28 Aug 2016]
Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America (SVDSA) Whether we’re canvassing for single-payer health care or agitating for racial justice, Silicon Valley DSA is a political organization committed to local action with a long-term vision: a truly democratic and socialist society free of inequality and brutality, where democracy extends to the economy. Email: SVDemSoc@gmail.com Web: https://svdsa.github.io [25 Mar 2017]
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC) A non-profit, non-residential organization which serves all people with all types of disabilities in Santa Clara County with support tools and resources needed to live interdependently, and advocates for policies that ensure equal access and opportunity for all. SVILC is a community-member driven nonprofit organization run by and for people with disabilities. As one of 29 independent living centers across the State of California, we are committed to the principles of self-advocacy, personal empowerment and independent living. Address: 2202 North First Street, San Jose CA 95131 Voice: (408) 894-9041; (408) 894.9012 (TTY) Fax: (408) 894-9050 Email: info@svilc.org Web: http://www.svilc.org/ [23 Mar 2014]
Silicon Valley Public Access Link (SVPAL) A non-profit computer network which makes on-line information accessible to people living in the Silicon Valley (southern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area), regardless of financial status and educational level. We are an all-volunteer organization and focus on servicing people who cannot afford commercial computer networks, do not have modern personal computers, or need additional help in getting started. SVPAL provides full access to the Internet. We also bring local community, government, education, and business information online. Because our operations depend on donations of state, county, and local resources, neither SVPAL nor its users can utilize these services for commercial purposes. Address: POBox 5052, San Jose CA 95150 Voice: (408) 448-3071 Web: http://www.svpal.org/ [28 Aug 2016]
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) A diverse non-profit organization engaged in research, advocacy and grassroots organizing to promote human health and environmental justice in response to the rapid growth of the high-tech industry. Address: POBox 27669, San Francisco CA 94127 Voice: (408) 287-6707 Email: svtc@svtc.org Web: http://svtc.org/ [28 Aug 2016]
SimpleLiving-SFSouthBayPen An email group for people living in the South Bay and Peninsula regions of the San Francisco Bay Area who are interested in Simple Living and Voluntary Simplicity. Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SimpleLiving-SFSouthBayPen [12 Dec 2015]
The Simpler Way By now we all understand the importance of reducing resource and energy consumption and stepping more lightly on the planet. But figuring out exactly how to do this in a consumer society can be very challenging. The aim of this website is to provide a practical action plan for those people who wish to live a ‘simpler life’ of reduced and restrained consumption. If you start with the steps outlined on this website and enjoy the process of transition, soon enough a new way of life – the Simpler Way – will emerge. The Simpler Way represents a life with less clutter, less waste, and less fossil fuel use, but also a life with more time for the things that truly inspire and bring happiness. Web: http://simplerway.org/ [12 Dec 2015]
Andy Singer Cartoonist of “NO EXIT”. Books include “CARtoons”, a critique of our car-obsessed society. Web: http://www.andysinger.com [28 Aug 2016]
Single Payer Now A statewide grassroots advocacy group. We educate and train activists to advocate for healthcare minus the insurance industry. In California, we advocate for progressive health policies and educate individuals about single payer healthcare models, like Medicare and the VA. Nationally, we support HR 676, the U.S. National Healthcare Act. We are volunteers educating voters since 1994 to talk with their friends, co-workers, and neighbors about health care minus the insurance companies. We aim to build a network of 50,000 precinct organizers to win a California ballot initiative. Address: POBox 460622, San Francisco CA 94146 Voice: (415) 695-7891 Email: info@singlepayernow.net Web: http://singlepayernow.net/ [18 Feb 2017]
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. A leading-edge Order of queer nuns. Since our first appearance in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, 1979, the Sisters have devoted ourselves to community service, ministry and outreach to those on the edges, and to promoting human rights, respect for diversity and spiritual enlightenment. We believe all people have a right to express their unique joy and beauty and we use humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit. Address: 584 Castro Street PMB #392, San Francisco CA 94114-2594 Web: http://thesisters.org [23 Mar 2014]
Slide Ranch Mission is to connect children to nature. We cultivate healthy bodies and minds and foster future generations of environmental stewards. By farming, cooking, caring for animals and exploring wilderness and the coast, we teach people of all ages to see the connection between their own health, a healthy food system and a healthy environment. Slide Ranch provides educational day and overnight field trips for students from preschool through high school, and community groups. Since our founding in 1970, Slide Ranch has worked with socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, people with physical and developmental disabilities, and a spectrum of at-risk, low-income, under served populations. Address: 2025 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach CA 94965 Voice: (415) 381-6155 Email: admin@slideranch.org Web: http://www.slideranch.org [28 Aug 2016]
Slingshot A quarterly, independent, radical, newspaper published in the East Bay since 1988 by the Slingshot Collective. We also publish the annual Slingshot Organizer radical calendar planner. We are an all volunteer, non-profit, tax exempt project of the Long Haul. Editorial decisions about Slingshot are made by the collective, but not all articles reflect the opinions of all collective members (i.e. we have no “party line.”) We welcome debate, constructive criticism and discussion. Address: c/o The Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 540-0751 x3 Email: slingshot@tao.ca Web: http://slingshot.tao.ca [28 Aug 2016]
University of California Small Farm Center Focuses on the challenges and opportunities of California’s small-scale farm operators. We develop field and marketing research aimed at the needs of small- and moderate-scale farmers, and provide that information to farmers who are often not reached by traditional extension programs. Our clients include farmers of many different cultures who operate a wide variety of farming operations, often with limited resources. We are a statewide program, part of the University of California’s division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and were created in 1979 by an act of the California legislature. Web: http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu [23 Mar 2014]
Small House Society A cooperatively managed organization dedicated to the promotion of smaller housing alternatives which can be more affordable and ecological. Our desire is to support the research, development, and use of smaller living spaces that foster sustainable living for individuals, families, and communities worldwide. Web: http://www.resourcesforlife.com/small-house-society [13 Sep 2014]
Snitow-Kaufman Productions Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman’s documentary films include 2016’s “Company Town” about “the sharing economy” and tech’s political power in San Francisco. It’s the final film in their trilogy about globaliization and privatization, including 2004’s “Thirst” and 2001’s “Secrets of Silicon Valley.” They also directed “Between Two Worlds” (2011) and “Blacks and Jews” (1997). Earlier, Kaufman founded the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the world’s first and largest. Snitow was a television news producer and News Director at Pacifica station KPFA in the late 1970’s. Address: 2600 10th Street, Room 603, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 841-1068 Email: secrets@igc.org Web: http://www.snitow-kaufman.org [28 Aug 2016]
Social Justice Center of Marin (SJCM) Works to promote Social Justice in the Marin community, in our country and in the world. We work with individuals and other organizations as part of a progressive political movement to support peace, social and environmental justice locally and globally. We want to keep you informed, aware and inspired. By staying active in local events we raise community awareness and the resulting cooperation helps us find solutions. Our events and calendar page will give you more information about what we are doing in the near future. We at SJCM are working within the community to help people create solutions to everyday problems. We invite you to volunteer and join us in building a stronger community. Address: POBox 2409, San Anselmo CA 94979-2409 Voice: (415) 388-2821 Email: web@sjcm.org Web: http://sjcm.org/ [20 Sep 2014]
Socialist Action A multi-racial national party of revolutionary socialist activists. We are committed to the emancipation of the working class and the oppressed. We reject support to all capitalist and pro-capitalist parties. We are for independent anti-capitalist political and economic action. We advocate a Labor Party based on expanded, democratic and fighting trade unions in alliance with all the oppressed and exploited. We strive to be leaders and active participants in building the antiwar, anti-racist, feminist, LGBTQI, student, climate crisis and other social movements that challenge the inherent evils of the capitalist state. Our goal is the abolition of capitalism and the democratic construction of a socialist society organized to satisfy human needs, rather than corporate greed. Address: POBox 10328, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 268-9429 Email: socialistaction@lmi.net Web: http://www.socialistaction.org/ [19 Jun 2016]
Socialist Alternative A national organization fighting in our workplaces, communities, and campuses against the exploitation and injustices people face every day. We are community activists fighting against budget cuts in public services; we are activists campaigning for a $15 an hour minimum wage and fighting, democratic unions; we are people of all colors speaking out against racism and attacks on immigrants, students organizing against tuition hikes and war, women and men fighting sexism and homophobia. Web: http://www.socialistalternative.org [22 Jan 2017]
Socialist Viewpoint The Socialist Viewpoint Publishing Association publishes Socialist Viewpoint in the interests of the working class. The editors take positions consistent with revolutionary Marxism. Within this context the editors will consider for publication articles, reviews or comments. The editors may publish comments to accompany these articles. Photographs and cartoons will be appreciated. Socialist Viewpoint reprints articles circulated on the Internet when we deem them of interest to our readers. Such articles are reprinted exactly as they appeared in the original source, without any editorial or stylistic changes by us. Address: 60 29th Street, #429, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 824-8730 Email: info@socialistviewpoint.org Web: http://www.socialistviewpoint.org [04 Sep 2016]
Society for Art Publications of the Americas (Meridian Gallery) The Society and its Meridian Gallery increases social, philosophical and spiritual change among previously isolated individuals and communities. A commitment to nonviolent social change and to the inherent value of diversity has animated the SAPA (nonprofit parent of Meridian Gallery) since it began in 1986. Initially dedicated to breaking down racial, cultural, economic and geographic barriers through the arts, Meridian Gallery rapidly began to move into its purpose – to embody change – and as it moved, to assume a tangible responsibility to explore issues and to make spaces where youth and adults could access experientially a widening of the possible. Address: 1007 General Kennedy Avenue, Suite 209, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 524-3622 Email: info@meridiangallery.org Web: http://www.meridiangallery.org [26 Sep 2015]
Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV) An interfaith effort to gain a more humane, just, peaceful, and environmentally sustainable world. We believe that applying spiritual values to scientific knowledge encourages plant-based diets, with major benefits for humans, animals, and the environment. We wish to respectfully make religious communities aware that the realities of animal-based diets and agriculture are inconsistent with basic religious teachings, such as those to treat animals with compassion, preserve our health, protect the environment, conserve natural resources, reduce hunger, and pursue peace and nonviolence. Web: http://www.serv-online.org/ [18 Feb 2017]
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council A nonprofit organization that provides direct assistance to needy men, women and children in Alameda County. The organization, founded in 1938, exists to meet the needs of the poor and the homeless. Following the tradition of Frederic Ozanam, founder of the International Society of St. Vincent de Paul, SVdP serves anyone in need, regardless of race, creed or origin. Address: 9235 San Leandro Street, Oakland CA 94603 Voice: (510) 638-7600 Fax: (510) 638-8354 Web: http://www.svdp-alameda.org [22 Mar 2015]
Solano Feral Cat Group A volunteer based, 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping Solano County’s homeless cat population. Our mission is to improve the lives of feral and homeless cats living in Solano County by humanely stopping their breeding through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). With TNR, feral cats are humanely trapped, spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and returned to their original location. The breeding stops, and the behaviors associated with mating stops (spraying, fighting, yowling). TNR is the only effective, humane, and long term solution in controlling feral cat populations. Address: POBox 1221, Suisun CA 94585 Voice: (707) 421-5515 Email: tnr@solanoferals.org Web: http://solanoferals.org/ [20 Dec 2015]
Solano Land Trust (SLT) Mission is to permanently protect natural areas, working farms, and ranchlands in Solano County and connect our community to these lands. Address: 1001 Texas Street, Suite C, Fairfield CA 94533 Voice: (707) 432-0150 Fax: (707) 432-0151 Email: info@solanolandtrust.org Web: http://solanolandtrust.org/ [22 Mar 2015]
Solar Action Alliance Supports solar and energy efficiency-related policy issues, educates and trains community members in the field, advocates for a rapidly growing industry, and acts as a clearinghouse for clean energy activity in Sonoma County. Solar Action Alliance is part of an unprecedented countywide solar and environmental effort that has captured the attention of President Obama and the Department of Energy, who often refer to Sonoma County as a national model for cutting-edge programs. Address: Sonoma Mountain Village, Business Cluster, 1300 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park CA 94928 Voice: (707) 664-6488 Email: info@solarsonomacounty.org Web: http://www.solarsonomacounty.org [19 May 2014]
Solar Cookers International Network Wiki (SCInet) The world’s premier resource for solar thermal cooking and related technologies. More than a quarter million pages are consulted on this site each month as people seek in-depth information on these topics. The site offers a global platform for information sharing. Learn about solar cooking field projects, research and design, promotion, and advocacy. People and groups directly involved with solar cooking, through advocacy, manufacture, design, research, or program management, are invited to join SCInet and become a contributor and be represented on this wiki resource. Web: http://solarcooking.wikia.com [23 Mar 2014]
Solar Living Institute A 501c3 non-profit institution with a national reputation for solar training and sustainable living education. The mission of the SLI is to promote sustainable living through inspirational environmental education. Web: http://solarliving.org/ [26 Dec 2013]
Sonoma Clean Power The new, locally controlled electricity provider in Sonoma County. We provide everyone in participating cities with the option of using environmentally friendly power, generated by renewable sources, like solar, wind and geothermal, at competitive rates. SCP is a not-for-profit agency, independently run by the Sonoma County cities that have joined the program, including Windsor, Sonoma, Cotati, Sebastopol, and Santa Rosa, as well as all of the unincorporated areas in the county. SCP invests locally to support Sonoma County renewable power and local jobs, and also around California to get the most affordable sources of clean power. Address: 50 Old Courthouse Square, Suite 605, Santa Rosa CA 95404 Voice: (855) 202-2139 Web: http://sonomacleanpower.org [19 May 2014]
Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (BikeSonoma) Promotes bicycling for transportation and recreation and works to educate the community about bicycle safety and the benefits of cycling, including good health and protecting the environment. Voice: (707) 545-0153 Email: info@BikeSonoma.org Web: http://www.bikesonoma.org/ [15 Dec 2013]
Sonoma County Conservation Action (SCCA) The nonpartisan, political arm of Sonoma County’s environmental movement. SCCA’s full time organizing staff has knocked on more than 50,000 doors each year since 1991, identifying environmentally concerned county residents, distributing information and election endorsements, generating membership and mobilizing residents to write to decision-makers and to volunteer for electoral campaigns. The power of person-to-person, grassroots organizing makes Conservation Action the most politically effective organization in Sonoma County. Address: 540 Pacific Avenue, Santa Rosa CA 95404 Voice: (707) 571-8566 Email: scca@conservationaction.org Web: http://conservationaction.org/ [15 Dec 2013]
Sonoma County Conservation Council Supports the work of member organizations, serves as an information and referral service, and provides opportunity for ad hoc groupings to work on specific issues. Member groups and guests use it as their home base, and/or as a place for presenting programs, having meetings, gatherings or work sessions. Most of this activity is open to the public directly, or through membership in one of the SCCC member organizations. Address: POBox 4346, Santa Rosa CA 95402 Voice: (707) 578-0595 Email: info[at]envirocentersoco.org Web: http://www.envirocentersoco.org [11 Feb 2016]
Sonoma Ecology Center Works to address challenges related to water supply and quality, open space, rural character, biodiversity, energy, climate change, and a better quality of life for all residents. Since 1990, we’ve worked to increase appreciation and stewardship of Sonoma Valley’s natural heritage and create measurable benefits in areas of land, water, climate change and biodiversity. Address: POBox 1486, Eldridge CA 95431 Voice: (707) 996-0712 Fax: (707) 996-2452 Email: info@sonomaecologycenter.org Web: http://www.sonomaecologycenter.org [18 Feb 2017]
Sonoma Land Trust (SLT) Conserves scenic, natural, agricultural and open land for the future of Sonoma County by: Developing long term land protection strategies, Promoting private and public funding for land conservation, Acquiring land and conservation easements, Stewardship including the restoration of conservation properties, and Promoting a sense of place and a land ethic through activities, education and outreach. Address: 822 Fifth Street, Santa Rosa CA 95404 Voice: (707) 526-6930 Fax: (707) 526-3001 Email: info@sonomalandtrust.org Web: http://sonomalandtrust.org/ [22 Mar 2015]
Source Founded to encourage alternative ways of living and to offer alternative forums for info-exchange. We believe that every day, people are finding new and old ways to live in connection with food, land, place and their neighbors. We want to document these stories and strategies from the Bay Area and we believe that zines are the most effective way to do this. At Source Press we print and distribute skill and information based zines, host zine-making workshops, keep a zine library and offer an online archive of our publications. We are interested in dispensing inspiration, information and resources outside of institutional frameworks and consumer relationships. Web: http://sourcehere.wordpress.com [04 Sep 2016]
Source for Renewable Energy A comprehensive online buyer’s guide and business directory to more than 27,000 renewable energy businesses and organizations worldwide. You can locate renewable energy businesses by geographic location, by product type, by business type and by name, or search for renewable energy businesses using keywords. Web: http://energy.sourceguides.com [09 Jun 2015]
South Bay Song Circle We meet every Thursday to sing inspirational songs from the popular songbook Rise Up Singing. Songs of peace, harmony, and hope; freedom, fairness, and justice; nature and eco-care; community, friendship, love, and life; and American and world folk songs. We have copies of “Rise Up Singing”, but bring yours, if you have one; and your musical instrument if you play any. Voice: (408) 390-7203 Email: SBsongcircle-owner@yahoogroups.com Web: https://sanjosepeacechorale.wordpress.com/ [26 Sep 2015]
South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN) A multi-racial, community-based organization, serving low-income immigrant youth and families in SoMa and greater San Francisco since 2000. SOMCAN organizes, supports and informs the SoMa community through leadership development, advocacy, direct services, and referrals. SOMCAN believes in up lifting the voices of immigrants, people of color and low-income communities, so they will be heard in local policy-making decisions and hold civic offices accountable to their needs. Address: 1110 Howard Street (at 7th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 255-7693 Fax: (415) 552-5637 Email: info@somcan.org Web: http://www.somcan.org/ [17 Jun 2017]
Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) A nonprofit, public interest law firm dedicated to providing legal representation to people facing the death penalty, challenging human rights violations in prisons and jails, seeking through litigation and advocacy to improve legal representation for poor people accused of crimes, and advocating for criminal justice reform on behalf of those affected by the system in the Southern United States. Web: http://www.schr.org [04 Sep 2016]
Southern Exposure (SoEx) An artist-centered non-profit organization committed to supporting visual artists. Through our extensive and innovative programming, SoEx strives to experiment, collaborate and further educate while providing an extraordinary resource center and forum for Bay Area and national artists and youth in our Mission District space and off-site, in the public realm. Address: 3030 20th Street (at Alabama), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-2141 Fax: (415) 863-1841 Web: http://soex.org [26 Sep 2015]
Southern Poverty Law Center Dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality. Civil rights lawyers Morris Dees and Joseph Levin Jr. founded the SPLC in 1971 to ensure that the promise of the civil rights movement became a reality for all. Since then, we’ve won numerous landmark legal victories on behalf of the exploited, the powerless and the forgotten. Web: http://www.splcenter.org [18 Feb 2017]
Speak Out – Institute for Democratic Education and Culture A national non-profit organization that educates, inspires and empowers young people to become activists for social justice. Committed to social, political, cultural, environmental and economic justice, Speak Out encourages critical and imaginative thinking about domestic and international issues through artistic and educational forums nationwide. Address: POBox 22748, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 601-0182 Email: info@speakoutnow.org Web: http://www.speakoutnow.org/ [10 Dec 2016]
Spectrum LGBT Center Ddedicated to engaging, empowering and advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. We envision a Marin community where Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people are welcomed, affirmed, supported and advocated for by all community members. A community where it takes no special act of courage to live openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person. Address: 910 Irwin Street, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 472-1945 Email: jmalone@thespahrcenter.org Web: http://www.spectrumlgbtcenter.org/ [19 Jun 2016]
SPIN Academy Strengthens non-profit organizations working for social change by teaching them to communicate effectively for themselves. The SPIN Academy provides accessible and affordable strategic communications training, individual coaching, networking opportunities, and other concrete communications tools. Drawing on a dedicated network of nonprofit communications professionals, we build the communications skills of social change advocates and build the capacity of grassroots organizations to accomplish their missions. Address: 354 Pine Street, Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 938-7506 Web: http://www.spinproject.org [22 Mar 2015]
Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project Strives to model and enable a healthy alternative to our current food economy. For almost two decades we have been part of the ever-growing movement to recreate a resilient and local food system that ties people directly to their sources of sustenance, and is proof against economic fluctuations and the corporatization of food systems. Spiral Gardens’ mission is to improve community health and sustainability by providing access to nutritious and affordable produce, promoting a strong local food system, and encouraging productive use of urban soil. Located on Sacramento and Oregon Streets in southwest Berkeley on two plots of public land, which were formerly a railroad right of way. Address: 2838 Sacramento Street, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 843-1307 Email: info@spiralgardens.org Web: http://www.spiralgardens.org [20 Dec 2015]
Spokeland A not-for-profit, community-driven bicycle cooperative that aims to reach out locally and foster Oakland unity. We support the use of bicycles as a viable means of transportation as well as a healthy recreational activity. We are focused on providing a safe and fun workspace for people of all ages, ethnicities and cultures, genders, sexual orientations, and skill levels. We offer bicycle safety and maintenance education in an environment that helps to build knowledge, empowerment, and self-reliance for members of our community. Address: 813 37th Street, Oakland CA 94608 Web: http://www.spokeland.org/ [19 Jun 2016]
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (St. Paul’s UMC) A church that specializes in welcoming EVERYBODY regardless or race, color, nationality or sexual orientation. Address: 101 West Street (at East Monte Vista), Vacaville CA 95688 Email: stpumcvacaville@gmail.com Web: http://www.stpaulsvacaville.org [27 Jun 2014]
STAND! For Families Free of Violence Committed to promoting safe and strong families. Our approach to eliminating family violence is well-rounded and community-wide. In addition to providing a complete spectrum of prevention, intervention, and treatment programs, we also enlist the efforts of local residents, partners, and institutions, all of whom are striving with us to stop domestic violence and child abuse. Address: 1410 Danzig Plaza, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 676-2845 (office); (888) 215-5555 (crisis) Fax: (510) 676-0532 Email: info@standffov.org Web: http://www.standffov.org [22 Mar 2015]
Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (SJCRCL) An interdisciplinary journal dedicated to civil rights and liberties issues–both domestic and international. Stanford Law School students founded CRCL in 2004 to explore the changing landscape of the civil rights and civil liberties dialogue, the real world implications of these changes on society, and the larger structural and systematic implications of these issues. CRCL publishes two issues per year, featuring articles, essays, reviews, and commentary from prominent and emerging scholars, practitioners, and students. In addition to organizing annual symposia on civil rights and civil liberties, CRCL invites speakers and panelists to engage with the Stanford community on topics of interest and importance. Web: http://sjcrcl.stanford.edu/ [18 Feb 2017]
Starhawk’s Tangled Web Starhawk is one of the most respected voices in modern earth-based spirituality. She is the author or coauthor of twelve books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, long considered the essential text for the Neo-Pagan movement, and the now-classic ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, now in development for film and television. Starhawk’s most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict and communications. Web: http://www.starhawk.org/ [18 Feb 2017]
Stop the Injunctions Coalition We are a diverse group of concerned community members fighting the proposed gang injunction(s) in Oakland. An injunction is a court order that requires a party to do or refrain from doing specific acts. A party that fails to comply with an injunction faces criminal or civil penalties, including possible monetary sanctions and even imprisonment. [Wikipedia] Email: stoptheinjunction[at]gmail[dot]com Web: http://stoptheinjunction.wordpress.com [17 Apr 2014]
Stop the Spray Marin A community-based group of citizens and grassroots organizers concerned for the health, environmental and economic risks of the planned LBAM eradication program, and committed to sustainable, and ecologically sound alternatives to pest control. Located at 2330 Marinship Way, Sausalito CA 94965. Address: POBox 1146, Ross CA 94957 Voice: (415) 289-1001 Email: info@stopthespraymarin.org Web: http://moretothestory.com/stsm/ [02 Jul 2015]
Stop the War Coalition Stop the War was founded in September 2001, in the weeks following 9/11 when George W. Bush announced the “war on terror”. It has since been dedicated to ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, bringing the troops home and forcing the British government to change its disastrous foreign policies. We have initiated many campaigns around these issues and are also committed to opposing sanctions and military attacks on Iran, supporting Palestinian rights, opposing racism and defending civil liberties. Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/ [14 Sep 2014]
StoptheDrugWar.org Works for an end to drug prohibition worldwide, and an end to the “drug war” in its current form. We believe that much of the harm commonly attributed to “drugs” is really the result of placing drugs in a criminal environment. We believe the global drug war has fueled violence, civil instability, and public health crises; and that the currently prevalent arrest- and punishment-based policies toward drugs are unjust. Web: http://www.stopthedrugwar.org [22 Mar 2015]
StopWaste.Org A public agency responsible for reducing the waste stream in Alameda County. We help local governments, businesses, schools and residents reduce waste through: Source reduction and recycling Market development Technical assistance Public education Address: 1537 Webster Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 891-6500 Web: http://www.stopwaste.org/ [22 Mar 2015]
The Story of Stuff We’re a Community of over a million changemakers worldwide, working to build a more healthy and just planet. Together, we believe it’s possible to create a society based on better not more, sharing not selfishness, community not division. We invite you to be inspired by and share our movies, participate in our study programs, and take part in our campaigns on the issues you care about. Address: 1442 A Walnut Street, #272, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 883-1055 Email: info@storyofstuff.org Web: http://storyofstuff.org/ [09 Jun 2015]
Student Conservation Association (SCA) Mission is to build the next generation of conservation leaders and inspire lifelong stewardship of the environment and communities by engaging young people in hands-on service to the land. Every year we motivate and deploy thousands of young people who care passionately about improving their natural world. We put them to work in our parks and public lands and urban green spaces to make improvements and learn conservation and sustainability practices. We teach them how to plan, enact, and lead, all while making a tangible impact in conservation. Web: https://www.thesca.org/ [22 Apr 2017]
Student Environmental Resource Center A student-driven Center dedicated to advising, developing, and resourcing sustainability-focused students and student organizations, campaigns and initiatives, and campus projects. Address: University of California, Berkeley, 102 Sproul Hall, MC 2430, Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 643-2992 Email: serc@berkeley.edu Web: http://serc.berkeley.edu/ [18 Aug 2016]
Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) Works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence. We are a chapter-based network of young people and activists around the world. Through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to political freedom. Our role is to empower and train youth as leaders in the worldwide movement for social justice. Web: http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/ [22 Mar 2015]
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) The only international network of students dedicated to ending the war on drugs. At its heart, SSDP is a grassroots organization, led by a student-run Board of Directors. We create change by bringing young people together and creating safe spaces for students of all political and ideological stripes to have honest conversations about drugs and drug policy. Founded in 1998, SSDP comprises thousands of members at hundreds of campuses in countries around the globe. Web: http://www.ssdp.org/ [10 Dec 2016]
Sudo Room An open membership, non-hierarchical, collaborative community of people who are interested in working towards social change. Our goal is to create an inclusive, dedicated hackerspace in downtown Oakland, and to collaborate on ideas and projects in citizen science, digital citizenship and literacy, environmental sustainability, community engagement, and self-government. Sudo Room is committed to access, empowerment, transparency and public good. Sudoers have a great diversity of interests and we emphasize respect and solidarity among ourselves and with others. Address: Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Avenue (at 48th Street, in the back of the building), Oakland CA 94609 Email: info[at]sudoroom[dot]org Web: http://sudoroom.org [10 Dec 2016]
Sunflower Alliance A partnership of individuals and organizations who have come together to fight for environmental justice, indigenous people’s rights, and basic health and safety in communities of the East Bay threatened by the fossil fuel industry. But our struggle is equally for an end to the ruinous fossil fuel economy itself, and its replacement with a just and sustainable labor-oriented economy that meets people’s real needs and does not destroy the Earth’s climate. Web: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org [02 Oct 2014]
Sunrise Center Our desire is to support, educate and empower the growth of a community, which celebrates the dawn of a greener world. We offer classes, workshops and events that aid in building our skills to have sustainable relationships while living a sustainable life. We strive to think globally while acting locally. Address: 645 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera CA 94925 Voice: (415) 924-7824 Fax: (415) 924-4214 Web: http://sunrisecenter.org/ [02 Jul 2015]
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects A Bay Area nonprofit that installs solar electricity systems on small-energy-footprint homes with the help of trained volunteers. Our model lets us deliver solar power to homeowners at a third less than the conventional cost, allowing more people to make the switch to solar and enabling broader adoption of this clean, safe, and renewable energy source. SunWork also installs systems for small nonprofit organizations. Address: Sobrato Center for Nonprofits, 477 Valley Way, Milpitas CA 95035 Voice: (650) 520-9918 Fax: (650) 350-4331 Email: info@SunWork.org Web: http://SunWork.org http://www.sunwork.org/Nonprofit%20systems.html [10 Dec 2016]
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities Purpose is to ensure that families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need have the knowledge and support to make informed choices that enhance their children’s development and well being. Through fostering partnership among families, professionals and the community our children can flourish. Most of our staff members, volunteers, and board members are, themselves, family members of children with disabilities. Address: 1663 Mission Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 282-7494 Fax: (415) 282-1226 Email: info@supportforfamilies.org Web: http://www.supportforfamilies.org [25 Mar 2015]
Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP) A diverse, nationwide coalition working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment. Web: http://www.transact.org/ [15 Dec 2013]
Surfrider Foundation A non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 90 chapters worldwide. The right to beach access, a right that is guaranteed under law for all California residents and visitors, is constantly being challenged by private property owners and developers who lock up slices of the coast for themselves. Surfrider is the largest non-profit organization dedicated to protecting your right to beach access. Web: http://www.surfrider.org/ [14 Sep 2014]
Survival International USA We are Survival, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights. We exist to prevent the annihilation of tribal peoples and to give them a platform to speak to the world so they can bear witness to the genocidal violence, slavery and racism they face on a daily basis. By lobbying the powerful we help defend the lives, lands and futures of people who should have the same rights as other contemporary societies. Address: POBox 26345, San Francisco CA 94126 Voice: (510) 858-3950 Email: info.usa@survivalinternational.org Web: http://www.survivalinternational.org/ [10 Dec 2016]
Survivors International (SI) Provides essential psychological, social service and medical services to help heal the wounds of torture for those who have survived persecution and have fled to the United States seeking safety and freedom. Our program aims to help survivors re-establish healthy, productive lives by providing support and ensuring access to comprehensive services. Address: 2727 Mariposa Street, Suite 100, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 437-3000 Fax: (415) 437-3050 Email: info@survivorsintl.org Web: http://traumarecoverycenter.org/services/survivors-international/ [14 Sep 2014]
Susan Ives Communications We’re a versatile, creative team of senior-level professionals with decades of combined experience in public interest marketing and communications. Like our clients, we’re committed to making a positive difference through our work. Our goal is to help our clients have the greatest impact through well-conceived, well-planned, well-executed communications. Founded in 2003, Susan Ives Communications has formed lasting, collaborative relationships with clients and the media. We pride ourselves on cost-effective communications and personalized service. Voice: (415) 381-4250; (415) 987-6764 Email: susan@susanivescommunications.com Web: http://www.susanivescommunications.com [17 Jun 2017]
Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) Promotes urban-edge farming and engages diverse populations in local, sustainable agriculture. SAGE is an entrepreneurial nonprofit that seeks to ensure that multifunctional agriculture – agriculture that provides food and other community benefits – is a key element of regional sustainability planning and that it is implemented on the ground in the San Francisco Bay Area and other regions. SAGE produces foodshed assessments, participates in regional agricultural planning and investment initiatives, creates urban-edge Agricultural Parks including the model Sunol AgPark, and provides sustainable agriculture education and outreach. Address: David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 320, Berkeley CA 94704-1381 Voice: (510) 526-1793 Fax: (510) 524-7153 Email: info@sagecenter.org Web: http://www.sagecenter.org [23 Mar 2014]
Sustainable Business Alliance (SBA) A business association committed to building a vibrant community of locally-owned, sustainably-minded businesses in the East Bay. SBA’s vision is for an East Bay network of business, community residents, and government engaged in actions that benefit the local economy, social equity, the environment, and quality of life for current and future generations. Address: 620 Third Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 516-0653 Web: http://sustainablebusinessalliance.org [20 Jun 2014]
Sustainable City Sustainable City’s advocacy for a sustainable future — one that provides for the needs of the present without sacrificing the ability of future generations and the natural world to provide for their own needs — is embodied in the Sustainability Plan for the City of San Francisco, featured on this website. Web: http://www.sustainable-city.org/ [09 Jun 2015]
Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) Cultivates a new legal landscape that supports community resilience and grassroots economic empowerment. We provide essential legal tools so communities everywhere can develop their own sustainable sources of food, housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a thriving community. Address: 2323 Broadway Suite 203, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 398-6219 Email: communications@theSELC.org Web: http://www.theselc.org [10 Dec 2016]
Sustainable Napa County A nonprofit organization bringing together Napa County business, agriculture, nonprofit, and government entities as part of a comprehensive, collaborative campaign for long term environmental, economic, and social sustainability. We’re on a mission to help people get informed about sustainability, and be inspired to do the things they can do to make a difference. To measurably improve conditions for a healthy, prosperous Napa Valley, we support policymakers and engage residents, businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations. Address: 1556 First Street, Suite 102, Napa CA 94559 Voice: (707) 927-3858 Email: info@sustainablenapacounty.org Web: http://www.sustainablenapacounty.org [25 Mar 2015]
Sustainable San Mateo County (SSMC) Dedicated to the long-term health of our county’s economy, environment and social equity. Mission is to stimulate community action on economic, environmental and social issues by providing accurate, timely and empowering information. Address: 177 Bovet Road, Sixth Floor, San Mateo CA 94402 Voice: (650) 638-2323 Fax: (650) 341-1395 Web: http://www.sustainablesanmateo.org [25 Mar 2015]
Sustainable Table Celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers about the benefits of sustainable agriculture and works to build community through food. Our new site offers brand new content, updates to many of our pages, and tried-and-true tools like Eat Well Guide and The Meatrix movies. Web: http://sustainabletable.org [15 Dec 2013]
Sustainable World Coalition (SWC) We are a coalition of individuals and supporting organizations who work toward a world that is environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling. Our work is to educate, inspire and activate, fostering a strong engagement in planetary sustainability and a fair, equitable human society. We produce programs, events and materials for education and engagement to promote action that restores and maintains the health of the planet and the well-being of humanity. Address: C/O Earth Island Institute, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704-1375 Voice: (415) 717-0422 Web: http://www.swcoalition.org/ [26 Sep 2015]
SustainableBusiness.com Provides global news and networking services to help green business grow, covering all sectors: renewable energy, green building, sustainable investing, and organics. Web: http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/ [15 Dec 2013]
Swords to Plowshares A community-based, not-for-profit veteran service organization that provides wrap-around care to more than 2,000 veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area each year. We are committed to helping veterans break through the cultural, educational, psychological and economic barriers they often face in their transition to the civilian world. Address: 1060 Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 252-4788 Email: supportvets@stp-sf.org Web: http://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/ [15 Dec 2013]
System Change Not Climate Change (SCNCC) A joint Canadian and US coalition of ecosocialists and fellow travellers united in the belief that capitalism is driving climate change and that a radical international grassroots movement can stop it. Green capitalism is a dead end. So are liberal parties like the US Democrats and the corporate friendly approach of most Green NGOs. SCNCC believes the climate justice movement will unite with the labour movement and other struggles for liberation to create an alternative to the upside down world shaped by fossil fuels and corporate power. Another world is possible, but we need more ecosocialists to make it happen. Web: http://systemchangenotclimatechange.org/ http://www.facebook.com/Bayecosocialists/ [20 Dec 2015]
Tar Sands Blockade A coalition of affected Texas and Oklahoma residents and climate justice organizers using peaceful and sustained civil disobedience to stop the construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. We intend to force the termination of this dangerous pipeline. It isn’t going to be easy, but inaction is far more risky than taking a stand. Together we can create a more clean and livable world that works for everyone, regardless of their background. Web: http://tarsandsblockade.org [04 Sep 2016]
Team Tierra Urban Agriculture A sustainable landscaping company that specializes in organic gardening. From backyards to small scale farms, we design and build productive, beautiful, and cost-effective plots for cultivation of fruits and vegetables. We are a Team of experienced horticulturists, landscapers, and local food advocates, and we are changing our food system one garden at a time. Address: 1086 South 8th Street, San Jose CA 95112 Voice: (408) 314-7025 Email: Jose.teamtierra@gmail.com Web: http://teamtierra.com/ [30 Nov 2014]
Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) A grassroots organization of thousands of members across North America, working together to rebuild Teamster Power. We’re truck drivers, dock workers, warehouse workers, clericals—every kind of Teamster, and retirees and spouses too. Web: http://www.tdu.org/ [14 Sep 2014]
Teamsters Local 2010 The Union of 14,000 hard-working employees throughout the University of California system. We are affiliated with the 1.4 million members of the Teamsters Union across the United States and Canada. Together we are building a strong Union with the power to win better wages, benefits, and working conditions. We strive to protect workers’ rights through capable, determined labor representation. Address: 400 Roland Way, Suite 2010, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 845-2221 Fax: (510) 845-7444 Web: http://teamsters2010.org/ [01 Feb 2015]
Tech Stands Up A grassroots movement giving a voice to the rapidly growing concerns about the current administration’s policies affecting the tech community and its users. We believe in creating a space that respects, empowers and includes all. Our three main goals are: Urge our tech leaders to stand up and speak out for our users when the current administration enacts policies that negatively affect our community. Connect technologists to organizations that are being directly impacted, through hackathons, fundraising, mentoring programs, and donating skills/time; Work together with other organizations to bridge the divide between the tech industry and people that technology has disrupted. Web: https://techstandsup.org/ [22 Apr 2017]
Tech Workers Coalition (TWC) A community-centered coalition of tech workers, labor organizers and community organizers. We seek to redefine the relationship between tech workers and Bay Area communities. Through activism, civic engagement and education, we work in solidarity with existing movements towards social justice and economic inclusion. Meeting locations tend to be in San Francisco. Email: hello@techworkersco.org Web: http://techworkerscoalition.org [27 Mar 2016]
TechSoup.org A 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a clear focus: connecting your nonprofit, charity, or public library with tech products and services, plus learning resources to make informed decisions about technology. Our free resources are available to all users. Once registered and qualified with TechSoup, nonprofits and libraries can access donated and discounted products and services from partners like Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, Intuit, and Symantec. Address: 435 Brannan Street, Suite 100, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 633-9300 Web: http://www.techsoup.org [14 Sep 2014]
Temple United Methodist Church (Temple UMC) A Christian community rooted in the Wesleyan tradition and committed to ministries of social justice, hope, and healing. An open community, welcoming all who come to work in building authentic and diverse community. From contemporary worship to after school tutoring programs to committment to homelessness ministries and beyond, this community seeks to walk the talk of a nonviolent, loving God. Worship is every Sunday at 8:30 am and 11:00 am. Address: 65 Beverly Street (at Junipero Serra Blvd), San Francisco CA 94132 Voice: (415) 586-1444 Email: info@tumcpeace.org Web: http://www.templeunitedmethodist.org [23 Mar 2014]
Tenants Together As California’s only statewide renters’ rights organization, Tenants Together works to improve the lives of California’s tenants through education, organizing and advocacy. Tenants Together seeks to galvanize a statewide movement for renters’ rights. As a network supported by our member and member organizations, Tenants Together works to empower renters to assert their rights and provide the tools to organize and advocate in their own communities. Working together, we build the power and political will to win economic justice. Address: 474 Valencia Street #156, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 495-8100 Email: info@tenantstogether.org Web: http://www.tenantstogether.org/ [17 Jun 2017]
Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC) Founded in 1980, The Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC) opened as an all-volunteer operation in a one-room office building in Glide Memorial Church. Today, with over 250 full time employees, THC operates the City’s largest permanent housing program for single homeless adults and is a leading provider of legal services to low-income tenants. Over the last 3 decades, THC has won a myriad of battles to increase and protect the rights of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) tenants, such as enacting the SRO heat ordinance, stopping illegal lock-outs by landlords, and enacting the SRO Uniform Visitor policy. Address: 26 Hyde Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 885-3286 Web: http://www.thclinic.org/ [12 Apr 2015]
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) Provides affordable housing and services for over 3,600 low-income residents in 6 San Francisco neighborhoods, building community and promoting equitable access to opportunity and resources. Founded in 1981 by a few people in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, TNDC now has 33 properties in its property portfolio and employs 319 people, some who live in TNDC affordable housing buildings. In addition to housing development, TNDC focuses on community organizing, urban food growth and land use, and its after-school program with the idea that everyone should have good quality housing and good quality of life in the city they love. Address: 201 Eddy Street, San Francisco CA 94102-2715 Voice: (415) 776-2151 Fax: (415) 776-3952 Web: http://www.tndc.org [19 Jun 2016]
Terma Foundation Founded in 1993 as the Tibet Child Nutrition Project (TCNP), the Terma Foundation now implements public health programs including nutrition, education, primary and preventive health care, acknowledging traditional belief systems, and integrating low-tech, low-cost western technology where appropriate. Terma’s work in the TAR and adjacent ethnic Tibetan areas of the People’s Republic of China is carried out by a multidisciplinary coalition of Tibetans, Chinese, and westerners in successful cooperation with PRC nationals and local health authorities. Address: 799 Main Street, Suite J, Half Moon Bay CA 94019 Voice: (650) 712-8413 Email: terma@terma.org Web: http://www.terma.org [20 Sep 2014]
The Utility Reform Network (TURN) Believes no one should be cut off from essential electricity, gas or phone service. We hold utility corporations accountable by demanding fair rates, cleaner energy and strong consumer protections. For more than 40 years we have challenged California’s powerful energy and telephone companies, saving consumers and small businesses millions, standing up for vulnerable Californians, and demanding reliable service and livable communities. Address: 785 Market Street, Suite 1400, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 929-8876 Fax: (415) 929-1132 Email: turn-at-turn.org Web: http://www.turn.org [27 Jun 2014]
Thirdeye Magazine A collective of artists dedicated to promoting positive social change through the use of creativity. We believe our global and local environments are malleable and can be reshaped to meet basic human needs worldwide. The first step is to use our gift of imagination to develop a new vision of the kind of society in which we want to live. We look forward to a new renaissance, a postindustrial era of freethinking, intellectualism, and spirit. The next stage in human evolution begins now. Web: http://www.thirdeyemag.com [09 Jun 2015]
This Modern World The web site of cartoonist Tom Tomorrow (aka Dan Perkins). Web: http://www.thismodernworld.com [10 Dec 2016]
Thought Leader Public Relations Aims to help clients succeed by applying native talents and skills – with their roots in the recognition and coverage of news — to create and execute the very best communications strategies and tactics. Our specialties? The planning and execution of public relations strategy and tactics, with a focus on public affairs and issues management, and pinpoint-accurate communications to advance sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Voice: (510) 864-4120 Email: Michele.Horaney@gmail.com Web: http://www.thoughtleaderpr.com [04 Sep 2016]
Threshold (Int’l Ctr for Environmental Renewal), Inc. A networking, educational and advocacy planning resource. This is the West Coast office of the Washington, DC, 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1980 by John P Milton (Ecological Principles of Economic Development). Supplies and updates public information about oceanic and bioregional ecological challenges, especially clean mobility, i.e., rail, transit, on-demand and pathway alternatives to automotive dependency. Address: 268 Bush Street, PMB 1009, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 392 3111; (202) 203 9100 (mobile) [28 Aug 2016]
Tibet Justice Center An independent volunteer committee of lawyers and other experts with a dedicated mission to advocate human rights and self-determination for the Tibetan people. Through independent, expert, legal research, advocacy, and education, TJC works to promote human rights, environmental governance, refugee protection, and self-governance for the people of Tibet. We work independently and in strategic collaboration with non-profit and other organizations to empower the Tibetan movement with an understanding of legal issues, and to engage UN and other international institutions, human rights treaty bodies, governments, parliamentarians, and the Tibetan and general publics to find a peaceful resolution of the situation in Tibet. Address: 440 Grand Avenue, Suite 425, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 486-0588 Web: http://www.tibetjustice.org/ [23 Mar 2014]
Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC) Mission is to preserve the Tibetan culture and to promote self-rule in Tibet. To this end, TANC seeks to raise awareness about Tibet in the United States and to support the development of Tibetan social, cultural and artistic traditions in Northern California. The TANC Office/Community Center is located in Richmond CA. TANC has no branch offices. TANC has a membership of approximately 1,500 Tibetan residents and friends of the community in Northern California. Address: 5200 Huntington Avenue, Suite 200, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 666-1355 Email: contact[at]tanc.org Web: http://www.tanc.org [23 Mar 2014]
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) A registered non-governmental human rights organisation established in January 1996 in Dharamsala (India) with the mission to protect the human rights of the Tibetan people in Tibet and promote the principles of democracy in the exile Tibetan community. The centre is entirely run and staffed by Tibetans in exile. The centre’s all-Tibetan staff recognize the reality of living under occupation, of being born in exile and of having that access to provide accurate, up-to-date insights into life in occupied Tibet. The centre enjoys direct and immediate access to information from Tibetan refugees escaping Tibet via Nepal to Dharamsala. Web: http://www.tchrd.org/ [26 Sep 2015]
Tides Thoreau Center San Francisco A thriving 150,000 square foot multi-tenant center, comprised of twelve buildings in the Letterman District of the Presidio. A pioneer in nonprofit centers, the Thoreau campus houses over 75 charitable organizations and social enterprises working for social justice, quality education, international development, cultural conservation, public health, and environmental stewardship, ultimately fulfilling the Presidio’s vision: combining preservation of the park’s historic resources with creation of a global center for a sustainable future. Address: 1014 Torney Avenue, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 561-6300 Email: apaza@tides.org Web: http://www.thoreau.org [18 Feb 2017]
Tikkun Magazine A magazine dedicated to healing and transforming the world. We seek writing that gives us insight on how to make that utopian vision a reality. We build bridges between religious and secular progressives by delivering a forceful critique of all forms of exploitation, oppression, and domination while nurturing an interfaith vision of a caring society — one whose institutions are reconstructed on the basis of love, generosity, nonviolence, social justice, caring for nature, and awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe. Address: 2342 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 1200, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 644-1200 Fax: (510) 644-1255 Web: http://www.tikkun.org/ [25 Mar 2015]
Tobin Tax Initiative Tobin Taxes are excise taxes on cross-border currency transactions. They can be enacted by national legislatures, followed by multilateral cooperation for effective enforcement. The revenue should go to global priorities: basic environmental and human needs. Such taxes will help tame currency market volatility and restore national economic sovereignty. (The name Tobin Tax and the original concept derives from James Tobin, a Ph.D. Nobel-laureate economist at Yale University.) Web: http://www.ceedweb.org/iirp/ [26 Dec 2013]
Today in Afghanistan An extensive daily blog on the US war in Afghanistan. Web: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/index.html [01 Dec 2013]
Toward Freedom Envisions a world ethic that honors the human spirit and the right of individuals to freedom of thought and creativity; advances movements for human rights, peace, justice, enlightenment, and freedom from oppression; and celebrates the contributions of the world’s diverse cultures. Web: http://www.towardfreedom.com [27 Jun 2014]
Town Hall Coalition A grassroots social movement of citizens from all walks of life who have come together to advocate for the protection of public health and safety, the environment, and the common good. Your support of Town Hall Coalition enables us to identify key issues, organize grassroots citizens’ groups, educate the public through town hall forums, and take action to advocate for responsible land use policies. Town Hall Coalition provides information to the public about their rights regarding water, soil erosion, pesticide drift, habitat degradation, grading, forest conversions to vineyards, industrial vineyard and wine factory development, subdivisions, logging, and more. Address: 500 North Main Street, Suite 110, Sebastopol CA 95472 Voice: (707) 824-4371 Fax: (707) 824-4372 Email: info@townhallcoalition.org Web: http://www.townhallcoalition.org/ [27 Jun 2014]
TransForm Promotes walkable communities with excellent transportation choices to connect people of all incomes to opportunity, keep California affordable and help solve our climate crisis. With diverse partners we engage communities in planning, run innovative programs and win policy change at the local, regional and state levels. Address: 436 14th Street, Suite 600, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 740-3150 Fax: (510) 740-3131 Email: webmaster@TransFormCA.org Web: http://www.transformca.org [19 Jun 2016]
Transition Albany Started by a group of Albany residents as part of a worldwide grassroots movement dedicated to getting local communities together to create a resilient future. The Transition movement recognizes that money is not the bottom line, that an economy based on endless growth is unnatural and bound to fail, and that the consumer culture that many of us have enjoyed at others’ expense for the last 50 years – completely dependent on the supply of cheap oil and the result of relentless media and corporate advertising – is unsustainable. Voice: (510) 528-2261 Web: http://TransitionAlbany.org [19 Jun 2016]
Transition Berkeley We’re joining cities around the world to face the enormous challenges of economic instability, climate change and fossil fuel dependency. Transition Berkeley is proud to become the 110th U.S. Initiative. The Transition approach will help Berkeley to envision and create a future with more locally produced food and other necessities, cleaner forms of transportation and energy. Along the way, we’ll build a more equitable and vibrant local economy and re-learn practical skills our grandparents once had. Web: http://www.transitionberkeley.com [19 Jun 2016]
Transition Earth Aims to increase awareness on the effects of increasing population growth and unsustainable economic growth on people and the planet. Web: http://transition-earth.org/ [29 Mar 2016]
Transition Mill Valley Engages the creativity, expertise, and skill-sets of our friends and neighbors in the design of a sustainable, resilient, and mutually-supportive community. We collaborate with other groups to bring about an inspired awakening to the challenges of peak oil and climate change. We recognize the need to build a sustainable, local economy, and to restore the living systems that insure our future. Web: http://transitionmv.wordpress.com/ [27 Jun 2014]
Transition San Francisco (TransitionSF) Mission is to promote and inspire an abundant, local and resilient San Francisco by unleashing the collective genius of our community to dramatically reduce carbon emissions – in response to climate change; to significantly rebuild resilience – in response to peak oil; and to greatly strengthen our local economy – in response to economic instability. Web: http://www.transitionsf.org [27 Mar 2016]
Transport Oakland Transport Oakland advocates for forward-looking leadership from existing and aspiring elected officials on transportation issues that are critical to the livability and economic vitality of Oakland. We are a group of transportation professionals who live or work in Oakland and care about the future of our city. The group has policy expertise and volunteer hours to support elected officials who are committed to a new vision for Oakland’s streets. Web: http://www.transportoakland.org/ [21 Mar 2015]
Transportation for America An alliance of elected, business and civic leaders from communities across the country, united to ensure that states and the federal government step up to invest in smart, homegrown, locally-driven transportation solutions. These are the investments that hold the key to our future economic prosperity. Web: http://t4america.org [17 Jun 2017]
Trees For The Future Dedicated to planting trees with rural communities in the developing world, enabling them to restore their environment, grow more food, and build a sustainable future. Trees For The Future is a participating member of Aid for Africa, a unique partnership of nonprofit organizations serving families and communities throughout Africa. Web: http://www.treesftf.org [01 Dec 2013]
Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (Tri-Valley CARES) Works to strengthen global security by stopping the development of new nuclear weapons in the US and promoting the elimination of nuclear weapons globally. Nuclear weapons decrease rather than increase human security. Monitors activities at the Livermore Lab. Hosts community meetings, vigils and other events. Welcomes new members. Believes that nuclear weapons pose one of the great social, economic and ecological challenges of our time. Address: 2582 Old First Street, Livermore CA 94550 Voice: (925) 443-7148 Fax: (925) 443-0177 Email: marylia@trivalleycares.org Web: http://www.trivalleycares.org/ [25 Mar 2015]
Tri-Valley Cultural Jews We are a Secular Humanistic community serving those who identify with the Jewish People through family, culture and history, rather than through religion. Serving the Greater East Bay with holiday celebrations, opportunities to express your progressive social values, and education for children, adults and families. We are affiliated with the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations. Address: 1817 Sinclair Drive, Pleasanton CA 94588 Voice: (925) 485-1049 Email: TellMeMore@Tri-ValleyCulturalJews.org Web: http://trivalleyculturaljews.wordpress.com [27 Mar 2016]
Trikone A registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people of South Asian descent, who trace their ethnicities to one of the following places: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet. Founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Trikone is the oldest group of its kind in the world. Address: 60 29th Street #614, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (775) 573-8745 Email: contact@trikone.org Web: http://www.trikone.org [27 Jun 2014]
Trips for Kids (TFK) Operating in the United States, Canada, Israel and Sierra Leone, Trips For Kids® (TFK®) has opened the world of cycling to over 124,000 at-risk youth since 1988 through mountain bike rides and Earn-A-Bike programs. The over 80 Trips For Kids chapters we support combine lessons in confidence building, achievement and environmental awareness through the development of practical skills, and the simple act of having fun. Address: 138 Sunnyside Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941 Voice: (415) 458-2986 Web: http://www.tripsforkids.org [23 Mar 2014]
Trump Resistance Manual Action begins with information. There are more of us who believe in equity and justice than those who support Donald Trump’s ideology of fear and hate. Together, we can harness the collective power of the people to resist the impact of a Trump presidency and to continue to make progress in our communities. Web: https://www.resistancemanual.org [02 Feb 2017]
Trust In Education (TIE) A grass-roots organization, providing educational, economic and health care assistance to villages in Afghanistan. We inform and enlist Americans to become directly involved in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. We serve as a tie between Afghan villages and American communities, and appeal to hearts and minds in both. Address: 985 Moraga Road, Suite 207, Lafayette CA 94549 Voice: (925) 299-2010 Email: trustineducation@gmail.com Web: http://www.trustineducation.org [26 Sep 2015]
Truth Be Told Creative We’re on a mission to help good causes tell their story through the art of film. We listen & learn to create insights and then craft individual stories to help causes make an impact. We inspire audiences to act and are working to make the world a better place. We have over ten years of creative direction, conducting ethnographic research, and creating documentary style films. Voice: (415) 516-0708 Email: ken@truthtold.co Web: http://TruthTold.co [25 Apr 2015]
truthout Works to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing a platform for transformative ideas, through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis. With a powerful, independent voice, we will spur the revolution in consciousness and inspire the direct action that is necessary to save the planet and humanity. Web: http://www.truthout.org/ [09 Jun 2015]
TUC Radio Independent Radio on CDs, DVDs and the Internet on the untold story of the impact of big corporations on society. TUC Radio programs are FREE to all radio stations: On line as mp3 files on radio4all.net, or on the PACIFICA Audioport and the KU Band – every Wednesday, 15:00 EST, LEFT channel. (29 min.). Address: Box 44, Calpella CA 95418 Voice: (707) 463-2654 Email: tuc@tucradio.org Web: http://www.tucradio.org/ http://radio4all.net [09 Mar 2017]
Tuolumne River Trust The voice for the river. We promote stewardship of the Tuolumne through: Education, community outreach and adventures Collaboration with a diverse array of stakeholders On-the-ground restoration projects Advocacy and grassroots organizing to demonstrate public support for our work Address: 312 Sutter Street, Suite 402, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 882-7252 Fax: (415) 882-7253 Email: staff@tuolumne.org Web: http://www.tuolumne.org [25 Jun 2016]
U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) Works to expose what the food industry doesn’t want us to know. We do research and communications on the failures of the corporate food system. We stand up for the right to know what is in our food, and how it affects our health. We unearth the political economy of our food system, and how big food companies buy political influence in a quest for profit that has led to an epidemic of food-related diseases. We believe that transparency – in the marketplace and in politics – is crucial to building a better, healthier food system. We believe that, together, we can create a food system that makes us healthy and strong, one that works better for all of us, our children, families, other loved ones, communities and our nation. Web: http://usrtk.org/ [17 Dec 2015]
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) The visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley, the nation’s leading public research university. Our mission is to inspire the imagination and ignite critical dialogue through art and film, engaging audiences from the UC Berkeley campus, the Bay Area, and beyond. Each year BAMPFA presents more than twenty art exhibitions, 450 film programs, and dozens of performances, as well as lectures, symposia, and tours. Address: 2120 Oxford Street #2250, Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 642-0808 Email: bampfa@berkeley.edu Web: http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu [27 Nov 2016]
UC Berkeley Public Service Center Founded by students in 1967 as the Community Projects Office and known until 2013 as Cal Corps, the UC Berkeley Public Service Center partners with the community, student leaders and faculty to engage approximately 6,000 students each year as volunteers, and through jobs, internships, and courses. The Center also supports faculty and graduate students in integrating community-based work into teaching and research. Address: 218 Eshleman Hall, Berkeley CA 94720-4500 Voice: (510) 642-3916 Email: publicservice@berkeley.edu Web: http://publicservice.berkeley.edu [27 Mar 2016]
Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) A membership organization of academics and activists who share an interest in a radical analysis of political and economic topics. Since its founding in 1968, URPE’s members have used this analysis to advance various progressive social agendas. URPE publishes the Review of Radical Political Economics, runs a set of presentations at the academic professional meetings of the Allied Social Sciences Associations and the Eastern Economic Associatoin, and sponsors a resource/speakers bureau called Economy Connections. Its members are active in a wide variety of professional and activist projects. Web: http://urpe.org/ [26 Sep 2015]
Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office) (UCS) Puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet’s most pressing problems. Joining with citizens across the country, we combine technical analysis and effective advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future. Address: 500 12th Street, Suite 340, Oakland CA 94607-4087 Voice: (510) 843-1872 Fax: (510) 843-3785 Web: http://www.ucsusa.org [25 Mar 2015]
Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley (UUCB) A liberal religious community for those with different beliefs who seek to worship as one faith, where religious inspiration comes from not one but many sources, and where there is a home for those who cannot accept what they have always been asked to believe. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley welcomes all regardless of color, culture, sexual orientation, or identity. Address: 1 Lawson Road, Kensington CA 94707-1015 Voice: (510) 525-0302 Fax: (510) 525-9631 Web: http://www.uucb.org [26 Dec 2013]
Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma (UUP) We are a community of religiously liberal people who gather on a weekly basis to share our values in a Sunday service setting, and who work (and play!) together to establish an atmosphere of principled seeking and ethical living on a day-to-day basis. We meet at 10:30am on Sundays at the Woman’s Club at 518 B St in Petaluma, CA. Address: c/o P.M.B. 257, 40 Fourth Street, Petaluma CA 94952 Voice: (707) 773-2835 Email: uupetaluma@gmail.com Web: http://www.uupetaluma.org [25 Mar 2015]
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo (UUSM) We are a religious community of open hearts and open minds working together to transform ourselves and the world. We are a growing, welcoming, and diverse congregation, grounded in and living out our liberal religious values. Address: 300 East Santa Inez Avenue (at North Ellsworth), San Mateo CA 94401 Voice: (650) 342-5946 Web: http://www.uusanmateo.org [25 Mar 2015]
Unitarian Universalists of the Bay Area Unitarian Universalism is a spiritually alive, justice-centered religion. Our members search for truth along many paths. In any UU congregation you are likely to find people who identify as Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Pagans, Atheists, Agnostics, Humanists, and more. Instead of centering our religion on specific beliefs, we gather around shared moral values. Web: http://www.uuba.org [26 Dec 2013]
Unite for Freedom from Right Wing Violence in the Bay Area A coalition of community and labor organizations to stand against right wing violence in the Bay Area. We’re residents of the Bay Area — people of color, working class people, immigrants, queer, lesbian, gay, bi, and trans people, liberals, leftists, and others. We think it’s time to get together, to celebrate our differences in solidarity, and peacefully speak out against the hateful currents in American society. Web: https://www.facebook.com/uniteforfreedomfromrightwingviolence/ [17 Aug 2017]
UNITE HERE (Western Regional Office) A labor union that represents 270,000 working people across North America. Our members in the U.S. and Canada work in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries. Our membership is diverse. We are predominantly women and people of color, and we hail from all corners of the planet. Together, we are building a movement to enable people of all backgrounds to achieve greater equality and opportunity. Address: 243 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 553-3282 Web: http://www.unitehere.org/ [21 Jun 2015]
United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO (UFW) Founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers of America is the nation’s first successful and largest farm workers union currently active in 10 states. The UFW continues to organize in major agricultural industries across the nation. Recent years have witnessed dozens of key UFW union contract victories, among them the largest strawberry, rose, winery and mushroom firms in California and the nation. Web: http://www.ufw.org/ [21 Jun 2015]
United for a Fair Economy (UFE) Challenges the concentration of wealth and power that corrupts democracy, deepens the racial divide and tears communities apart. We use popular economics education, trainings, and creative communications to support social movements working for a resilient, sustainable and equitable economy. Web: http://www.faireconomy.org/ [21 Jun 2015]
United for Community Radio (UCR) UCR is made up of KPFA listeners and staff who align with a particular perspective on how KPFA and Pacifica should operate. During the KPFA Local Station Board (LSB) election process the UCR community supports candidates who run on the UCR platform. We develop that platform to actively grapple with how to: * foster broad, local, grassroots reporting and programming * insure training for KPFA community members to propose, produce, and participate in programming * insure financial sustainability and transparency * transition to new media realities Web: http://www.unitedforcommunityradio.org/ [30 Aug 2015]
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) Serves as a network of hundreds of peace and justice organizations around the US and world. Together we are working to end war and oppression, shift resources toward human needs, protect the environment and promote sustainable alternatives. Our long-term goal is to grow a culture of justice, peace, equality, cooperation and respect. We value diversity and respect the earth. We encourage member groups and individuals to engage in wide range of activities from educating their elected officials and the public to public witness actions, protests, street theater, nonviolent direct action and mass mobilization. Web: http://www.unitedforpeace.org [04 Sep 2016]
United States Campaign for Burma (USCB) A U.S.-based organization dedicated to empowering grassroots activists around the world to promote democracy, human rights, justice and national reconciliation in Burma. Through public education, leadership development initiatives, and advocacy campaigns at local, national, and international levels, USCB works to empower Americans, resettled Burmese refugees, and Burmese civil society in Burma and throughout its border regions to promote freedom, democracy, and human rights in Burma, raise awareness about the egregious human rights violations committed by Burma’s military, and ensure international actors pursue policies that assist the promotion of democracy and human rights in Burma. Web: http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/ [25 Jun 2016]
United States Code A searchable web site at Cornell Law School containing all laws of the USA. Web: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ [29 Dec 2013]
United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) The nation’s largest youth-led, student labor campaign organization, with affiliated locals on over 150 campuses. USAS affiliates run both local and nationally-coordinated campaigns for economic justice in partnership with worker and community organizations. Since 1997, USAS has won precedent-setting campaigns, educated students about the growing dominance of corporations in the globalized economy, as well as the intersectionality of identity and social justice issues with the labor movement, and has trained tens of thousands of young activists to become skilled organizers, researchers, and campaigners in labor and social justice organizations. Web: http://usas.org [09 Mar 2017]
The Unity Council (The Spanish Speaking Unity Council) A nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of life, economic and educational opportunity, and health and safety of low-income communities. Located in the Fruitvale district of Oakland, over the past 50 years The Unity Council has grown into a $19 million community development organization that delivers nine comprehensive lines of programming, including social services and employment training as well as facilitating the development and support of local businesses, low-income housing, and neighborhood improvement activities. Our work expands beyond the Fruitvale district, and now reaches across Oakland and into Concord. Address: 1900 Fruitvale Avenue, Suite 2A, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 535-6900 Fax: (510) 534-7771 Email: admin@unitycouncil.org Web: http://www.unitycouncil.org/ [09 Mar 2017]
Universal Giving An award-winning website that helps people give and volunteer with the top-performing projects all over the world. All projects are vetted through UniversalGiving’s trademarked, proprietary Quality Model.™ 100% of each donation goes directly to the cause. Address: 901 Mission Street, Suite 205, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 296-9193 Fax: (415) 296-9195 Email: info@universalgiving.org Web: http://www.universalgiving.org [29 Dec 2013]
Universal Healthcare Action Network (UHCAN) Mission is to connect and support state and national organizations and leaders to achieve affordable, quality, health care for all. Since our founding in 1992, UHCAN’s core mission has been to connect state groups with each other and help them engage with national campaigns and organizations working around multiple approaches to achieving universal health care. The networking focus led us to our focus on building unity in the long and tangled battle to achieve universal health care in our nation. More recently, UHCAN has begun to emphasize the importance of connections between the struggle for health care justice and other social justice movements. Web: http://www.uhcan.org/ [25 Jun 2016]
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library Houses one of the largest collections of more than sixty thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments. The site also provides access to more than four thousands links and a unique search device for multiple human rights sites. This comprehensive research tool is accessed by more than a 250,000 students, scholars, educators, and human rights advocates monthly from over 150 countries around the world. Documents are available in nine languages – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Web: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/ [04 Sep 2016]
University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE / CWA 9119) The union of technical and professional employees at the University of California. There are more than 12,000 UC employees covered by UPTE contracts. UPTE was founded in 1990 by a group of employees who believed that UC workers would benefit by having a union to safeguard and expand our rights in the workplace. There are UPTE locals at all campuses and medical centers of the University of California. In 1993, UPTE members voted to affiliate with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), a 700,000 member union in the AFL-CIO, in order to better organize and represent UC workers. Address: POBox 4443, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 704-8783 Fax: (510) 704-8065 Email: info@upte-cwa.org Web: http://www.upte.org [28 Jun 2014]
The UNtraining A provocative and compassionate approach to help people discover how to work together in extraordinary ways to end our collusion with racism and all forms of oppression. The UNtraining provides insights and tools for all levels of experience and activism to white people and people of color. The UNtraining groups for people of color and white people share a common foundational curriculum based on the teachings of Rita Shimmin and developed by Rita Shimmin and Robert Horton. Voice: (510) 235-3957 Email: info@untraining.org Web: http://untraining.org/ [09 Mar 2017]
Upside Down World An online magazine covering activism and politics in Latin America. Founded in 2003, it is made up of work from writers, activists, artists and regular citizens from around the globe who are interested in flipping the world upside down…or right side up. Upside Down World provides concerned global citizens with independent reporting on Latin American social movements and governments that have refused to prostrate themselves to the interests of corporate globalization, and instead have focused their work on addressing the needs of the people. While corporate media often distorts or overlooks this progressive, regional trend, we seek to provide an alternative resource for information about the achievements and challenges of these people-powered movements. Web: http://upsidedownworld.org [29 Dec 2013]
Upwardly Global Today there are more than 1.8 million immigrants in the U.S. who are college-educated but are unemployed or significantly underemployed. To solve this problem Upwardly Global creates employer partnerships that benefit from access to this talent pool. We also provide customized training and support for these new Americans to give them an equal opportunity to find and secure skill appropriate opportunities and achieve their full economic potential in the U.S. The outcome is global talent for employers, culturally competent service providers for diverse communities, and family sustaining incomes for those who were previously unemployed or underemployed. Address: 582 Market Street, Suite 1207, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 834-9901 Fax: (415) 840-0334 Web: http://www.upwardlyglobal.org [09 Mar 2017]
Urban Adamah An educational farm and community center in Berkeley, California, that integrates the practices of Jewish tradition, sustainable agriculture, mindfulness and social action to build loving, just and sustainable communities. We provide educational programs and community celebrations for more than 5,000 visitors a year, as well as a residential fellowship program for young adults that combines organic farming, progressive Jewish living and community internships. Urban Adamah also offers innovative, farm-based programs for school-age children. Our organic farm produces a diverse yield of crops, all of which we donate to the local community through food banks and our weekly Free Farm Stand. Urban Adamah is planning to move in the early fall of 2016 from its current site on Parker Street to its new location on 6th Street. Address: 1050 Parker Street (near Tenth Street), Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 649-1595 Web: http://urbanadamah.org [04 Sep 2016]
Urban Displacement Project A research and action initiative of UC Berkeley in collaboration with researchers at UCLA, community based organizations, regional planning agencies and the State of California’s Air Resources Board. The project aims to understand the nature of gentrification and displacement in the Bay Area. It focuses on creating tools to help communities identify the pressures surrounding them and take more effective action. Address: care of Institute of Governmental Studies, 109 Moses Hall, #2370, Berkeley CA 94720-2370 Email: info@urbandisplacement.org Web: http://www.urbandisplacement.org/ [05 Apr 2016]
Urban Ecology, Inc. Strives to create neighborhoods that are thriving, healthy places to live. We specialize in participatory land use planning that creates a common vision for change and policy advocacy that turns a community’s vision into reality. We are hands-on in neighborhoods, offering technical assistance with streetscape design, architectural services, and land use planning. We also are active at the city and regional policymaking levels, working to change the rules of the game so more resources are channeled more equitably to create safe, healthy urban communities. Address: 18 Bartol Street, San Francisco CA 94133 Web: http://www.urbanecology.org/ [20 Sep 2014]
Urban Habitat Works to democratize power and advance equitable policies to create a just and connected Bay Area for low-income communities and communities of color. We confront structural inequities impacting historically disenfranchised communities. Through strategic partnerships, we support increasing the power and capacity in low-income communities and communities of color. Address: 1212 Broadway, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 839-9510 Fax: (510) 788-5406 Email: info@urbanhabitat.org Web: http://www.urbanhabitat.org/ [18 Sep 2016]
Urban Permaculture Guild Educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform how they live and the urban places where they live. We facilitate artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking and educational projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. A project of Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR). Voice: (510) 547-7889 Email: info@urbanpermacultureguild.org Web: http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org [25 Mar 2015]
Urban Releaf Dedicated to planting trees in the urban landscape of Oakland as well as providing job training and education for local youth. An urban forestry non-profit 501(c)3 organization established in Oakland, California to address the needs of communities that have little to no greenery or tree canopy. We focus our efforts in under-served neighborhoods that suffer from disproportionate environmental quality of life and economic depravity. Address: 835 57th Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 601-9062 Email: info@urbanreleaf.org Web: http://urbanreleaf.org [04 Sep 2016]
Urban Sprouts Plants the seeds of social equity to build healthy and thriving neighborhoods through community and garden-based education. Urban Sprouts has field-tested and evaluated the Garden-based Education Model developed by Dr. Michelle Ratcliffe (Ratcliffe et al., 2006; Ratcliffe et al., 2009). This model combines the Social Cognitive Theory of behavior change (Bandura, 1986), youth development theory and ecoliteracy models to determine the quantity and quality of garden-based experiences that enable youth to improve their health and nutrition. Learning that takes place in an interactive and multi-sensory context—the school garden—helps youth retain new knowledge and attitudes in the long-term. Address: c/o Neighborhood Parks Council, 451 Hayes Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 287-0722 Email: sprout@urbansprouts.org Web: http://www.urbansprouts.org [28 Jun 2014]
Urban Tilth Cultivates agriculture in west Contra Costa County to help our community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system. We hire and train residents to work with schools, community-based organizations, government agencies, businesses, and individuals to develop the capacity to produce 5% of our own food supply. Address: 31 Maine Avenue, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 232-0911 Email: admin@urbantilth.org Web: http://www.urbantilth.org [04 Sep 2016]
Urban Village Farmers’ Market Association (UVFM) A Non-profit Mutual Benefit Corporation, was formed March 1997 to provides the best possible opportunity for farmers, food vendors, and community members to preserve, enhance, and enjoy regional fresh quality foods. UVFM’s mission is to promote the family farm; help protect the local environment by sustaining and restoring surrounding greenbelt areas; and above all, to help build real community by fostering economic and social ties between producers and consumers. Address: 39120 Argonaut Way #780, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 745-7100 Fax: (510) 745-7180 Email: urbanvillage@earthlink.net Web: http://www.urbanvillageonline.com [28 Jun 2014]
Urban VOICE (Cypress Technology Center) An umbrella organization that uses grassroots initiatives to confront inner-city stagnation resulting in generational poverty, repetitious broken promises and social exclusion. Using visual education, citizen media and entrepreneurial initiatives, we hope to equalize the landscape, change existing paradigms and forge an engine that ignites a revolution for inner-city sustainability run by those who live and work in their communities. We know it’s a tall order, and we know it needs to be done. Without compromise, we are passionate and determined for the common good. Address: 6031 Christie Avenue, Emeryville CA 94608 Voice: (510) 655-1304 Email: info@urbanvoice.org Web: http://urbanvoice.org [28 Jun 2014]
UrbanAgLaw At Sustainable Economies Law Center (the Law Center), we want nothing more than to see the number of new urban agriculture projects and enterprises explode all across the country! To facilitate the growth of the urban agriculture movement, we offer this website as a collection of resources on laws and regulations that regulate who, how, and where urban agriculture can occur. As a collaborative effort, the content on UrbanAgLaw.org is created by a group of legal professionals and law students, and the site is curated by the Law Center. Web: http://www.urbanaglaw.org [10 Dec 2016]
Urojas Community Services Mission is to empower communities and individuals by providing access to health services, including mental health, housing and education, with a focus on re-entry and veterans. Address: 8801 International Boulevard, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 567-3173 Email: urojascs@gmail.com Web: http://www.urojas.org/ [28 Mar 2017]
US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) Works to end poverty, rebuild local food economies, and assert democratic control over the food system. We believe all people have the right to healthy, culturally appropriate food, produced in an ecologically sound manner. As a US-based alliance of food justice, anti-hunger, labor, environmental, faith-based, and food producer groups, we uphold the right to food as a basic human right and work to connect our local and national struggles to the international movement for food sovereignty. Web: http://usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org [10 Dec 2016]
US Labor Education in the Americas Project (USLEAP) Advocates for fundamental changes to U.S. trade policies, demands corporate responsibility, denounces violence against trade unionists, and campaigns for worker justice in agro-export industries in Latin America. USLEAP seeks a global economy in which workers are treated fairly, paid a living wage, and respected by corporations and governments. Web: http://www.usleap.org/ [25 Jun 2016]
Vajrapani Institute A Tibetan Buddhist meditation retreat center located in the beautiful redwood forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains in northern California. Supports the transformation of spiritual teachings into experience through contemplative retreat. As a spiritual community serving the needs of retreaters in all traditions, we are nurtured by the energy of our Tibetan Buddhist founder Lama Thubten Yeshe and our spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche, by our teachers and holy objects, and by the stillness of the California redwood forest. Address: POBox 2130, Boulder Creek CA 95006 Voice: (800) 531-4001 Email: office@vajrapani.org Web: http://www.vajrapani.org [04 Sep 2016]
Vegan Action Works to reduce animal suffering, minimize environmental impact, and improve human health. Created in 1995, Vegan.org is one of the oldest and most visited vegan websites in the world. Our efforts over the past 20 years include certifying hundreds of vegan products with our logo through our Vegan Certification Campaign by: introducing humane organizations to veganism with our Humane Outreach Campaign, bringing vegan food into public and private facilities nationwide with our Food Service Campaign, sharing the compelling ideas behind veganism with thousands of people with our Share Vegan Campaign and additional tabling events. Web: http://www.vegan.org [25 Jun 2016]
Vegan Outreach (VO) Founded in 1993 to move society away from eating animals and their products. Our army of outreach coordinators and volunteers personally hand our hard-hitting informational booklets to millions of people each year on college campuses and at other venues. Web: http://www.veganoutreach.org [25 Jun 2016]
The Vegan Society Works towards making veganism an easily adopted and widely recognised approach to reducing animal and human suffering. Web: https://www.vegansociety.com [20 Jan 2017]
VegDining.com An online guide to vegetarian restaurants around the world. Web: http://www.vegdining.com [25 Jun 2016]
VeggieDate.com Considered by many to be the premier vegetarian dating site in the world. Our members include vegans, lacto vegetarians, ovo vegetarians, pescatarians (fish and vegetable eaters), semi-vegetarian, those who are becoming vegetarian and macrobiotic eaters. Many raw vegans, raw vegetarians, and raw foodists are among our vegan single members and our vegetarian single members. VeggieDate is also a great place to meet like minded friends and activity partners including people who enjoy a healthy lifestyle, eating vegetarian food, vegan food, organic food, GMO free food, organic raw food, and GMO free raw food. Web: http://veggiedate.org/ [18 Sep 2016]
VegNews The premier vegan lifestyle magazine, VegNews serves up the latest in meat-free news, food, travel, politics, and buzz. Web: http://www.vegnews.com/ [26 Mar 2015]
VegPeace.org Raw peasant cuisine. Quick, simple raw vegan recipes. Fresh ingredients that are low cost. Staying healthy when you’re too busy to spend lots of time making food. How to save money on food and equipment. Nutrition & health information. Raw food vegan potlucks. Cruelty-free, earth-friendly eating. Think globally, eat locally grown food. Plant-based diet to help stop global warming. Nonviolence: Love animals, don’t eat them. Long life: Eat plants, eat mostly raw foods. Web: http://vegpeace.org/ [29 Dec 2013]
VegSF San Francisco’s guide to vegetarian living. San Francisco is one of the most vegetarian-friendly cities in the country. With more than 20 vegetarian restaurants and countless more that cater to vegetarian and vegan customers, it’s easy to find delicious and healthy food made without meat or animal products. Whether you live in the Bay Area or are just visiting, browse through this website and savor the delicious possibilities! It’s never been easier to enjoy delicious vegetarian and vegan cuisine! Web: http://www.VegSF.com [20 Dec 2015]
VegSource Mission is to offer the most up to date health and diet information possible, and to encourage the many good reasons for a plant-based diet. Sponsors leading authorities and organizations and promotes their critical message. Provides 24-hour-a-day support via discussion boards, live chats, and e-mail to help you implement the critical information you learn into your everyday routine. Web: http://www.vegsource.com [29 Dec 2013]
Venezuelanalysis.com An independent website produced by individuals who are dedicated to disseminating news and analysis about the current political situation in Venezuela. The site’s aim is to provide on-going news about developments in Venezuela, as well as to contextualize this news with in-depth analysis and background information. The site is targeted towards activists, academics, journalists, intellectuals, policy makers from different countries, and the general public. Web: http://www.venezuelanalysis.com [18 Sep 2016]
Vessel Bikes An electric bicycle company located in the PLACE for Sustainable Living in Oakland. Hand-built artisan electric vehicles that are tailored to an individual’s lifestyle and persona. Address: 1121 64th Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (415) 395-6700 Email: vesselbikes@gmail.com Web: http://www.vesselbikes.com [25 Jun 2016]
Veterans for Peace (VFP) A global organization of Military Veterans and allies whose collective efforts are to build a culture of peace by using our experiences and lifting our voices. We inform the public of the true causes of war and the enormous costs of wars, with an obligation to heal the wounds of wars. Our network is comprised of over 140 chapters worldwide whose work includes: educating the public, advocating for a dismantling of the war economy, providing services that assist veterans and victims of war, and most significantly, working to end all wars. Web: http://www.veteransforpeace.org/ [20 Sep 2014]
Veterans Speakers Alliance (VSA) A volunteer organization of military veterans which provides speakers free of charge to high schools, colleges, campus, civic and religious organizations, unions and other community groups. We also participate in forums and debates. Our members, men and women, represent diverse ethnic backgrounds as well as diverse branches of the armed services. We share a strong belief that, before young people decide about military service, they should hear about war firsthand from those who were there. VSA speakers can provide historical perspective. We can speak honestly and realistically about the tragedies of war, because many of us have been there. Address: at Mission, 205 13th Sreet, Suite 3300, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (510) 418-3436 Email: veteransforpeacesf@gmail.com Web: http://www.vsasf.org/ http://vfpsf.wordpress.com [10 Dec 2016]
The Video Project Our mission is to distribute the very best in educational media and documentary programming on critical environmental, global and social issues to the widest possible audience worldwide, including colleges, schools, libraries, businesses, religious groups, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. The Video Project collection features award-winning programs for all ages, including Oscar and Emmy award-winners from over 200 independent filmmakers worldwide. We are the exclusive or primary distributor for most of the programs in our collection. We distribute thousands of programs every year to a diverse and growing network. Address: 145 Ninth Street, Suite 102, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (800) 475-2638 (4-PLANET); (415) 981-9710 Fax: (415) 692-6223 Email: support@videoproject.com Web: http://www.videoproject.org/ [18 Sep 2016]
Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA (VFVP) Mission is to cultivate reconciliation and heal the wounds of the Vietnam War by uniting veterans and caring citizens through international cooperation in the building and support of the Village of Friendship, a living symbol of peace. Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA raises funds in the USA to help support the Friendship Village, a residential care center for victims of Agent Orange located on the outskirts of Hanoi. Though this very small nonprofit does not maintain an office, it was founded in Santa Cruz, and still has many supporters there, though the group’s mailing address is now in Arcata, California. Web: http://www.vietnamfriendship.org [30 Nov 2014]
Village Harvest A nonprofit volunteer organization in the greater San Francisco Bay Area which harvests fruit from backyards and small orchards, then passes it along to local food agencies to feed the hungry.. We help tree owners donate fruit they pick themselves, and provide education on fruit tree care, harvesting, and food preservation. Address: POBox 9231, San Jose CA 95157 Voice: (888) 378-4841 (888 FRUIT 411) Fax: (888) 378-4841 Email: info@villageharvest.org Web: http://villageharvest.org [26 Mar 2015]
Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc. A nonprofit, nonsectarian corporation organized to promote, support and advocate social and human services to any person who is in immediate need. This mission is accomplished by a variety of programs, including emergency food and clothing distribution, referrals to other agencies, special programs that address current community needs and holiday programs at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Address: 37365 Ash Street, POBox 362, Newark CA 94560 Voice: (510) 794-3437 Fax: (510) 739-0343 Email: violablythe@sbcglobal.net Web: http://www.violablythe.org [18 Sep 2016]
Violence Policy Center (VPC) Works to stop gun death and injury through research, education, advocacy, and collaboration. Founded in 1988 by Executive Director Josh Sugarmann, a native of Newtown, Connecticut, the VPC informs the public about the impact of gun violence on their daily lives, exposes the profit-driven marketing and lobbying activities of the firearms industry and gun lobby, offers unique technical expertise to policymakers, organizations, and advocates on the federal, state, and local levels, and works for policy changes that save lives. Web: http://www.vpc.org/ [09 Mar 2017]
Vision New America, Inc. (VNA) Aims to increase civic participation among underrepresented groups through our public policy internship programs, educational forums and community events. Address: 100 Norht Winchester Blvd. Suite 368 , Santa Clara CA 95050 Voice: (408) 260-0116 Email: info@visionnewamerica.org Web: http://www.VisionNewAmerica.org [28 Jun 2014]
Viva!USA A dynamic organization campaigning on behalf of animals killed for food. We do investigations of factory farms and then produce campaign materials for students and activists, helping people change to a veggie diet! We are an international organization, registered in the USA as a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Web: http://www.vivausa.org/ [26 Sep 2015]
Voice of Roma (VoR) Mision is to promote and present Romani cultural arts and traditions in a way that counters both romanticized and negative “Gypsy” stereotypes, and in so doing, to contribute to the preservation of Romani identity and culture. VoR also works to heighten awareness of human rights issues faced by Roma in today’s world, and to support efforts by Roma to (re)build and maintain their communities, improve their lives, and to strengthen the Romani voice both nationally and internationally. Our mission is accomplished through organizing and implementing cultural arts, educational, economic development, and charitable projects for and about Roma. Address: POBOX 514, Sebastopol CA 95473 Email: voiceofroma@gmail.com Web: http://www.voiceofroma.com/ [26 Sep 2015]
Voices Lesbian Choral Ensemble We are an a cappella performing group based in Oakland, California. We promote lesbian visibility and musical excellence through the beauty of our songs. We strive as an organization to reflect the diversity within lesbian communities, and are dedicated to social change that overcomes oppression in all it’s forms. Address: POBox 11054, Oakland CA 94611 Voice: (510) 545-3726 Email: voicesinfo@gmail.com Web: http://www.voiceslce.org [26 Mar 2015]
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth’s biosphere to return to good health. Crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense. Web: http://www.vhemt.org/ [09 Mar 2017]
The Volunteer Center (serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) A pioneer in the field of volunteerism, The Volunteer Center connects individuals, nonprofits and businesses with opportunities and resources needed to support local communities. Works closely with agencies to provide thousands of opportunities for volunteers of all ages. We offer a wide range of resources, consulting and training services, and provide a strong network for organizations in the area. We are here to strengthen and improve local communities through these main channels. Address: 1675 California Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 982-8999 (main office); (650) 235-3550 (San Mateo County) Fax: (415) 982-0890 Email: info@thevolunteercenter.net Web: http://www.thevolunteercenter.net/ [18 Sep 2016]
The Volunteer Center of the East Bay A nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting volunteerism in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Our primary goal is to expand service to meet the needs of our local communities. We have 600 nonprofit and public partners that rely on us to recruit the volunteers they need to fulfill 1,200+ volunteer opportunities. Every year over 15,000 people answer the call and connect with volunteer opportunities through our services. Web: http://www.helpnow.org [18 Sep 2016]
VolunteerMatch We believe everyone should have the chance to make a difference. That’s why we make it easy for good people and good causes to connect. We’ve connected millions of people with a great place to volunteer and helped tens of thousands of organizations better leverage volunteers to create real impact. Address: 550 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 241-6868 Fax: (415) 241-6869 Web: http://www.volunteermatch.org/ [20 Dec 2015]
Vote Hemp A national, single-issue, nonprofit organization dedicated to the acceptance of and free market for industrial hemp, low-THC oilseed and fiber varieties of Cannabis, and to changes in current law to allow U.S. farmers to grow the crop. Our ultimate goal is having hemp grown on a commercial scale in the U.S. once again and for the crop to be able to be processed here as well. We educate people on the issues surrounding hemp, register voters, and build coalitions to fulfill our mission. Web: http://www.votehemp.com/ [10 Dec 2016]
Vote Solar Initiative A non-profit grassroots organization working to fight climate change and foster economic opportunity by bringing solar energy into the mainstream. Since 2002, Vote Solar has engaged in state, local and federal advocacy campaigns to remove regulatory barriers and implement key policies needed to bring solar to scale. Address: 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2600, San Francisco CA 94104 Web: http://www.votesolar.org/ [30 Dec 2013]
Vukani Mawethu A nonprofit multiracial choir which sings the freedom songs of Southern Africa, primarily of South Africa in Zulu, Xhosa, Sethu, and English, and also gospel, spirituals, labor and civil rights songs linking peoples in the U.S., South Africa, and around the world. We are united by our strong opposition to racism and apartheid and by our love of the rhythms and melodies which have grown out of century-long struggles for freedom. Address: POBox 98, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 444-5009 Web: http://www.vukani.com [30 Dec 2013]
Waging Nonviolence (WNV) A source for original news and analysis about struggles for justice and peace around the globe. Ordinary people build power using nonviolent strategies and tactics every day, even under the most difficult of circumstances, yet these stories often go unnoticed or misunderstood by a media industry fixated on violence and celebrity. Since 2009, WNV has been reporting on these people-powered struggles and helping their participants learn from one another, because we know that they can and do change the world. Web: http://wagingnonviolence.org [10 Nov 2013]
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price A film that presents a negative picture of Walmart’s business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of Walmart executives. Director Robert Greenwald also uses statistics interspersed between interview footage, to provide an objective analysis of the effects Walmart has on individuals and communities. Web: http://www.walmartmovie.com/ [09 Mar 2017]
Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) A membership-based, volunteer-driven organization whose mission is to improve neighborhood livability, vitality and sustainability by making walking and biking in Oakland safe, easy, accessible and fun. Address: 436 14th Street, Suite 1001 (near Broadway), Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@wobo.org Web: http://wobo.org/ http://oaklavia.org/ [23 Mar 2014]
Walk San Francisco San Francisco’s pedestrian advocacy organization.Walk SF and its members are making San Francisco a more livable, walkable city and reclaiming streets as safe, shared public space for everyone to enjoy. Address: 433 Natoma Street, Suite 240, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 431-WALK (9255) Email: info[at]walksf[dot]org Web: http://www.walksf.org/ [26 Mar 2015]
Wall of Us He promised a wall. He will be stopped by a wall of us. Four concrete acts of resistance delivered to your inbox each week. Mission is to make it simply irresistible for Americans to become active participants in rebuilding our democracy. Our constitutional democracy, our world, and our planet are all under siege. All-of-us must build a big, beautiful wall of resistance. Web: https://www.wall-of-us.org/ [03 Feb 2017]
War and Law League (WALL) A nonpartisan, national organization, founded in 1998, that upholds the Constitution, U.S. treaties, and international law in matters of war and peace. WALL opposes any military action initiated by any president. It encourages Congress to assert its exclusive, constitutional power to decide whether or not to wage war. WALL has no paid officers. It is wholly independent. New members are welcome upon payment of annual dues, just $10. Donations are gratefully accepted. Address: POBox 42-7237, San Francisco CA 94142 Email: warandlaw@yahoo.com Web: http://warandlaw.org [18 Sep 2016]
War Resisters League The United States’ oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923. Our work for nonviolent revolution has spanned decades and been shaped by the new visions and strategies of each generation’s peacemakers. Members of WRL agree with our pledge: The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. We are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and to strive nonviolently for the removal of all causes of war, including racism, sexism and all forms of exploitation. Through education, organizing, strategy, and direct action, the War Resisters League works to sow and grow seeds of peace and liberation in our time. Web: http://www.warresisters.org/ [18 Sep 2016]
Northern California War Tax Resistance (NCWTR) Provides information and support for conscientious war tax resisters in Northern California (primarily the San Francisco Bay Area). We operate the People’s Life Fund (an alternative fund for resisted taxes), offer informational workshops, provide individual counseling, do public outreach, and hold demonstrations. Address: POBox 2422, Berkeley CA 94702-2422 Voice: (510) 842-6124 Email: NoWarTax@riseup.net Web: http://www.nowartax.org/ http://www.nwtrcc.org/ [26 Mar 2015]
War Times An on-line antiwar, anti-militarist information and analysis project “bringing a race, class and gender perspective” to the antiwar movement. Each month the project posts Month in Review, a brief re-cap of major news developments designed for community groups and individuals who want to monitor the fight against war and militarism as well as blog posts from an inter-generational, multiracial group of activists on war, peace, the military budget and U.S. foreign policy. Month in Review also is sent to an email subscriber list and is translated into Spanish for the War Times website. Address: POBox 22748, Oakland CA 94609 Email: info@war-times.org Web: http://www.war-times.org [30 Dec 2013]
WaterPartners International We’re here to bring water and sanitation to the world. We want to make it safe, accessible and cost-effective because we believe that water is the way to empowering a better life that we can all share in, worldwide. We are an international nonprofit organization that has positively transformed more than four million lives around the world through access to safe water and sanitation. Founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, we have been pioneering innovative, sustainable solutions to the global water crisis for 25 years, giving women hope, children health and communities a future. Web: http://www.water.org [18 Sep 2016]
Watershed Project Committed to inspiring Bay Area communities to understand, appreciate and protect local watersheds. We are working to restore and preserve the unique ecosystems that make up the San Francisco Bay. We bring a watershed perspective to the urban environment, promoting green design and supporting natural cycles. We engage students, teachers and classroom volunteers, in creek beds and on the shoreline, giving them the tools to create and care for healthy watersheds. We reach out to support grassroots watershed organizations and nurture young people who aspire to environmental careers defending precious natural resources. Address: 1327 South 46th Street, Building 155, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 665-3430 Email: info@thewatershedproject.org Web: http://www.thewatershedproject.org [10 Dec 2016]
Way Pass Women’s Aftercare Program A collaborative project with City College of San Francisco, under the auspices of the Health Science Department and the Women’s Studies Department. We are designed to address the unique needs of self-identified women who are formerly incarcerated. We serve women coming home from prisons, jails, and drug programs. It is our belief that education is the best alternative to incarceration and it is our desire to assist our sisters in their academic endeavors. Drop-ins are welcome Tuesday through Thursday from 1 to 5 when school is in session. Monday by appointment. Address: City College of San Francisco, 50 Phelan Avenue, Multi-Use Building MUB 301-C, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 452-4889 Email: waypass@gmail.com [22 Jun 2015]
We Are Many On 15 February 2003, over 15 million people marched against the war in Iraq, in over 800 cities around the world. Help us make the film of that day, to be launched on its tenth anniversary in February 2013. We Are Many will be a documentary like no other, linking the amazing stories from February 2003 with today’s events, including the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement. We have raised half the funding needed to make the film a reality. But we need your help to make it happen. Web: http://wearemany.com [30 Apr 2015]
We Interrupt This Message An activist project dedicated to building the capacity of public interest advocates to conduct traditional media work, reframe public debate, and interrupt media stereotypes. INTERRUPT provides on-line media tools and access to a network of media consultants and trainers. INTERRUPT was founded on the belief that marginalized communities and their advocates need to be able to *change* media coverage as well as *get* media coverage in order to promote the well-being of their communities. Address: 1215 York Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Email: We@interrupt.org Web: http://www.interrupt.org [20 Sep 2014]
Webo Solar An online store where you will find all the components necessary to make your energy project possible. We designed our online catalog and shop to make the world of solar energy more accessible to anyone interested in a renewable energy project, regardless of technical background or scope of the project. The solar industry has reached a point where buying renewable energy equipment online is as simple as buying anything else, and we are here to make that process even easier for you. Address: 3300 Powell Street, Suite 201, Emeryville CA 94608 Voice: (510) 400-8124 Email: info@webosolar.com Web: http://www.webosolar.com [17 Jun 2017]
Welcome Ministry Seeks to provide a faithful response to poverty and to improve the quality of life for individuals in our community through hospitality; the arts; education; food; and referrals. Welcome was created by twelve churches / faith-based organizations. Address: 3201 Ulloa Street, San Francisco CA 94116 Voice: (415) 827-2587 Email: pastor@gracesf.com Web: http://sfwelcomeministry.blogspot.com/ [25 Sep 2016]
West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs A network of neighbors; businesses; and environmental, social justice, and children’s organizations allied to preserve safe jobs while preventing noxious pollution. Presently, the Alliance is focused on identifying and eliminating the hazardous and nuisance emissions from Pacific Steel Casting Company in West Berkeley. Web: http://www.westberkeleyalliance.org/ [08 May 2015]
West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies (WEBAIC) An alliance of industrial and cultural enterprises formed to: Educate the public and policymakers about the contributions of industry and the arts to Berkeley’s sustainability through the economy, equity, environment, and culture; Serve as a liaison between WEBAIC members, the larger community, and local government; Maintain a viable land base for our uses through equitable zoning policies as outlined in the West Berkeley Plan; Promote the network of interrelationships among West Berkeley production, distribution, repair, reuse, and cultural businesses; Work cooperatively as good neighbors with the larger community, so we can say tomorrow what we say today. Voice: (510) 910-0568 Email: info@webaic.org Web: http://www.webaic.org/ [30 Dec 2013]
West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) A resident led, community-based environmental justice organization dedicated to achieving healthy homes, healthy jobs and healthy neighborhoods for all who live, work, learn and play in West Oakland, California. Through our Community-Based Participatory Research projects and our Collaborative Problem-Solving Model we build community empowerment and help local residents to achieve their own vision for healthy neighborhoods. Address: 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 257-5640 Web: http://www.woeip.org/ [14 Oct 2015]
Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office) (WCLP) Fights for justice and system-wide change to secure housing, health care and a strong safety net for low-income Californians. We attain real-world, system wide solutions for our clients through litigation, legislative and policy advocacy, and technical assistance and legal support for the state’s legal aid programs. We are California’s oldest and largest legal services support center. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 815, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 817-2922 Fax: (510) 251-0600 Web: http://www.wclp.org/ [21 Jun 2015]
Western Institute for Social Research (WISR) WISR (“Wiser”) is known as a premier academic institute for social change since its inception in 1975. WISR offers individualized BS, MS and Doctoral degree programs for working adults. WISR’s programs are designed to provide community-involved adults with high-quality learning opportunities, combining academic theory and research with experience-based knowledge and insights, to help people develop satisfying personal careers while providing leadership toward educational innovation, community improvement and constructive social change. Address: 2930 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 300, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 655-2830 Email: mail@wisr.edu Web: http://www.wisr.edu http://wisrville.org [25 Sep 2016]
Western States Legal Foundation (WSLF) A non-profit, public interest organization founded in 1982, which monitors and analyzes U.S. nuclear weapons programs and policies and related high technology energy and weapons programs, with a focus on the national nuclear weapons laboratories. WSLF recognizes that nuclear weapons affect the environment, the economy, the role of violence in society, and democracy itself. Rather than enhancing our “national” security, nuclear weapons threaten our fundamental human security. WSLF seeks to abolish nuclear weapons, compel open public environmental review of nuclear technologies, and ensure appropriate management of nuclear waste. Grounded in nonviolence and rooted in both international and environmental law, the principle guiding WSLF’s activities is democratization of decision making affecting nuclear weapons and related technologies. WSLF recognizes that nuclear weapons affect the environment, the economy, the role of violence in society, and democracy itself. Rather than enhancing our “national” security, nuclear weapons threaten our fundamental human security. WSLF seeks to abolish nuclear weapons, compel open public environmental review of nuclear technologies, and ensure appropriate management of nuclear waste. Grounded in nonviolence and rooted in both international and environmental law, the principle guiding WSLF’s activities is democratization of decision making affecting nuclear weapons and related technologies. Address: 655 13th Street, Suite 201, Preservation Park, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 839-5877 Email: wslf(at)earthlink.net Web: http://www.wslfweb.org [10 Dec 2016]
What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire A film wherein a middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle. Featuring interviews with Daniel Quinn, Derrick Jensen, Jerry Mander, Chellis Glendinning, Richard Heinberg, Thomas Berry, William Catton, Ran Prieur and Richard Manning. Web: http://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/ [30 Dec 2013]
What If? Foundation Since 2000, the What If? Foundation has partnered with members of the Ti Plas Kazo community in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to bring much-needed food and educational opportunities to impoverished children. Our vision has always been linked with the vision of the Ti Plas Kazo community to feed and educate their children. Grounded in mutual respect, trust, and the belief that small steps at a grassroots level is essential to lasting change, What If and its Haitian partners (called Na Rive) have worked together to provide life-giving services to children for the last 16 years. Address: 1569 Solano Ave., #192, Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (510) 528-1100 Email: info@whatiffoundation.org Web: http://www.whatiffoundation.org/ [09 Mar 2017]
What the Health The groundbreaking follow-up film from the creators of the award winning documentary Cowspiracy. The film follows intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases – and investigates why the nation’s leading health organizations don’t want us to know about it. With heart disease and cancer the leading causes of death in America, and diabetes at an all-time high, the film reveals possibly the largest health cover-up of our time. With the help of medical doctors, researchers, and consumer advocates, What the Health exposes the collusion and corruption in government and big business that is costing us trillions of healthcare dollars, and keeping us sick. Web: http://www.whatthehealthfilm.com/ [17 Mar 2017]
Whirl-Mart Ritual Resistance Whirl-Mart Ritual Resistance is a participatory experiment. It is art and action. It came into being in 2001 as a response to Adbusters magazine’s call for foolish action on the first of April. What began as a single happening in Troy, NY has over the course of a year evolved into a ritual activity that is performed across the U.S., and known around the world. It is a ritual during which a group gathers and silently pushes empty carts through the aisles of a superstore. Whirl-Mart utilizes tactics of occupation and reclamation of private consumer-dominated space for the purpose of creating a symbolic spectacle. Web: http://www.breathingplanet.net/whirl/ [28 Jun 2014]
Whistlestop Whistlestop, Marin Senior Coordinating Council promotes the independence, well-being and quality of life for older adults and people living with disabilities in Marin County. Whistlestop’s Active Aging Center provides delicious meals, educational classes, multicultural gatherings and helpful information and referral services. Whistlestop also provides special needs transportation services through Marin Access, a partnership of Whistlestop, Marin Transit and Golden Gate Transit. Address: 930 Tamalpais Avenue, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 456-9062 Web: http://www.whistlestop.org [25 Oct 2015]
White Noise Collective (WNC) We are a collective of people who (mostly) identify as female and who have experienced the world with white skin privilege. As individuals, we come from diverse class backgrounds, religious and spiritual traditions, ethnicities and sexual orientations. We are informed and inspired by the intersectional analyses of influential Black feminist theorists as well as the work of our antiracist white ancestors. We share a vision of working toward a world free of white supremacy, patriarchy, heteronormativity and other oppressive ideologies. Web: http://www.conspireforchange.org [25 Jun 2016]
Wholly H2O – Mainstreaming Water (Re)Use Catalyzes Californians to adopt water conservation and reuse as the norm for engaging with our waters. Working collaboratively with nonprofits, governmental and water agencies, businesses, and individuals, Wholly H2O creates interactive educational art, science and maker programs and events, supports businesses, and progressive water policies that perpetuate personal responsibility for making water conservation and reuse all the rage in California. Address: 339 15th Street, 2nd Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 323-5966 Email: info@whollyh2o.org Web: http://www.whollyh2o.org [27 May 2017]
Wild and Radish, LLC We are a collective that formed in 2010 to find land and shape our collective homes and futures together. We pooled our funds and energies and a year later we were able to act with the support of many others when we found the ideal property. It took another year to actually purchase that land, but these 10 acres in El Sobrante exceeded our expectations from the beginning, and will be the long-term home of our community for generations to come. Address: 1188 Nob Hill Avenue, Pinole CA 94564 Web: http://www.wildandradish.com [10 Dec 2016]
Wild Equity Institute Unites the grassroots conservation and environmental justice movements in campaigns that build a healthy and sustainable global community for people and the plants and animals that accompany us on Earth. Our team of experts in law, management, design, and education accelerates the transition to this more equitable world through innovative education programs, nature-inspired design, science-based petitions, and vigorous enforcement of environmental laws. Address: 474 Valencia Street, Suite 295, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 349-5787 Email: info[at]wildequity.org Web: http://wildequity.org [30 Dec 2013]
Wild Oakland Dedicated to providing free environmental education to busy urbanites. In a world where over half the population now lives in cities, many people have very limited knowledge of nature, either of its systems or the flora and fauna that share space with them. Our talks are geared towards adults and teens, but we encourage parents to bring their young children even if some information may be over their heads. Kids are a great source of curiosity, and often ask questions that adults haven’t even considered! We are a 100% Do-It-Yourself volunteer organization, from the Executive Director to the guiding committee to the walk leaders. All people involved in this project donate their time because of a shared passion for ecology and education. Web: http://wildoakland.org/ [16 Jun 2017]
WildAid (San Francisco Office) Mission is to end the illegal wildlife trade in our lifetimes by reducing demand through public awareness campaigns and providing comprehensive marine protection. The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be worth over $10 billion (USD) per year and has drastically reduced many wildlife populations around the world. Just like the drug trade, law and enforcement efforts have not been able to resolve the problem. WildAid is the only organization focused on reducing the demand for these products, with the strong and simple message: when the buying stops, the killing can too. Address: 744 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 834-3174 Fax: (415) 834-1759 Web: http://www.wildaid.org [23 Mar 2014]
WildCare As human habitation continues to expand into the wild places that surround us, people and wildlife increasingly find themselves calling the same places home. At WildCare, we work to make sure all species can coexist— not just by treating sick or injured animals (nearly 4,000 of them a year), but also by teaching children and adults to understand and appreciate wildlife, by sharing knowledge and instructions on how to live peacefully with the animals among us and by advocating for better protection of wildlife and our remaining open spaces. This integrated approach is essential to WildCare, and we address both the symptoms of human/wildlife interaction and their underlying causes. By doing so, we hope to create a more sustainable world for all. Address: 76 Albert Park Lane, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 456-7283 Fax: (415) 456-0594 Email: info@wildcarebayarea.org Web: http://www.wildcarebayarea.org [25 Sep 2016]
Wildlife Associates Provides nationally acclaimed educational programs for children, families, and adults throughout the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. At our 120-acre wildlife sanctuary in Half Moon Bay, we care for more than 50 non-releasable animals that could not survive in the wild. These amazing animals take on the role of “Wild Teachers” in our educational programs. Designed to help students of all ages be scientifically literate citizens and good stewards of the earth, Wildlife Associates provides over 800 educational presentations each year. In addition to our school-assembly programs, we offer adult and family wildlife experiences and lectures to professional groups and community organizations. Address: POBox 3098, Half Moon Bay CA 94019 Voice: (650) 712-0800; (800) 244-WILD Fax: (650) 712-0774 Email: info@wildlifeassociates.org Web: http://www.wildlifeassociates.org/index.html [10 Dec 2016]
Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) Mission is to protect endangered species and preserve their natural habitats by supporting entrepreneurial conservationists who pursue innovative strategies for people and wildlife to co-exist and thrive. Learn more about our unique approach to saving wildlife, or learn more about the conservationists we support and how we provide support. Address: 209 Mississippi Street, Los Altos CA 94107 Voice: (415) 202-6380 Fax: (415) 202-6381 Web: http://www.wildnet.org/ [26 Mar 2015]
Witness for Peace A politically independent, nationwide grassroots organization of people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. WFP’s mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices that contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. We stand with people seeking justice. Web: http://www.witnessforpeace.org/ [28 Jun 2014]
Witness to Innocence The only national organization in the United States composed of and led by exonerated death row survivors and their family members. The mission of WTI is to abolish the death penalty by empowering exonerated death row survivors and their loved ones to become effective leaders in the abolition movement. WTI actively challenges political leaders and the public to grapple with the reality of a fatally flawed criminal justice system that sends innocent people to death row. WTI also seeks ways to support death row survivors and their loved ones as they confront the challenges of life after exoneration. Web: http://www.witnesstoinnocence.org [20 Sep 2014]
Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) The nation’s oldest continuously operating medical cannabis collective, one that still serves as a model of truly compassionate care twenty years later. By focusing on the needs of patients and caregivers, WAMM provides hope and builds community while offering a safe, organic supply of medical marijuana to patients with a doctor’s recommendation for the treatment of terminal and chronic illness. Address: 815 Almar Avenue #2, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (831) 425-0580 Email: info-at-wamm-dot-org Web: http://www.wamm.org [28 Jun 2014]
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) An international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam. For more than two decades WLUML has linked individual women and organisations. It now extends to more than 70 countries ranging from South Africa to Uzbekistan, Senegal to Indonesia and Brazil to France. Web: http://www.wluml.org/ [25 Sep 2016]
Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc. (W.O.M.A.N., Inc.) Has operated since 1978 as a community-based, multi-service agency, serving battered women in San Francisco and the larger Bay Area. In addition to our 24 hour crisis line, we provide culturally sensitive support to women in domestic violence situations. Address: 333 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 864-4722 (support line); (415) 864-4777 (business line) Web: http://www.womaninc.org/ [20 Sep 2014]
Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD) Improves the lives and health of women, girls, families and communities affected by HIV through peer-based education, wellness services, advocacy, and leadership development. We envision a world where women, girls, and families affected by HIV and AIDS have the tools, support and knowledge to live healthy and productive lives with dignity. Our vision is rooted in a commitment to human rights and wellness with the understanding that this includes freedom from violence; access to housing; quality healthcare; food security; physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing; education and economic justice. Address: 449 15th Street, Suite 303, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 986-0340 Fax: (510) 986-0341 Web: http://www.womenhiv.org [20 Sep 2014]
Women’s Cancer Resource Center (WCRC) Provides an array of services designed to help our clients cope with the physical and emotional changes caused by treatment, the disease, and the challenges of caring for someone with cancer. Core programs include: information and referral to community resources in English and Spanish, support groups, in-home support, psychotherapy, emergency financial support, wellness workshops and navigation through an often complex and overwhelming health care system to ensure appropriate care and treatment. Address: 5741 Telegraph Avenue (at 58th Street), Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 420-7900 (Helpline); (888) 421-7900 (Toll free); (510) 601-4040 (business) Fax: (510) 601-4045 Email: wcrc@wcrc.org Web: http://www.wcrc.org [28 Sep 2014]
San Francisco Women’s Centers, Inc. / Women’s Building A women-led community space that advocates self-determination, gender equality and social justice. Since 1971, San Francisco Women’s Centers has represented and been guided by the belief that all women and girls have the right to safe, joyous and creative lives. Every day at The Women’s Building: Women can take care of themselves and their families by using our social services. The well-being of women and girls is improved by our social justice advocacy. Community groups in our Nonprofit Hub strengthen their community work by interacting and partnering with each other in a vibrant, socially progressive and affordable space. Each year we welcome over 25,000 women and their families, connecting them with social services, community involvement opportunities, the arts, wellness and educational events. Address: 3543 18th Street, #8 (between Valencia and Guerrero), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 431-1180 Fax: (415) 861-8969 Email: info@womensbuilding.com Web: http://www.womensbuilding.org [25 Sep 2016]
Women’s Community Clinic Mission is to improve the health and well-being of women and girls. We believe preventive, educational care is essential to lifelong health and that all women deserve excellent health care, regardless of their ability to pay. We work hard to ensure that each client feels comfortable and safe using her voice to direct the care she receives. Address: 1833 Fillmore Street, 3rd Floor (between Bush and Sutter), San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 379-7800 Fax: (415) 379-7804 Web: http://womenscommunityclinic.org [27 Mar 2016]
Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center (WDDC) A 501 (c)(3) non-profit program, in the San Francisco Bay Area, empowering women and children to move from the streets to a home by providing ongoing and intensive counseling, case management services, daily support groups, a comprehensive children’s program, a variety of referral services, and a transitional housing program for four single parent families. The WDDC has evolved from its original mission of providing emergency and crisis response to a program of on-going support services. The WDDC serves an average of 150 women and children each month in a nurturing, home-like environment. Services are available at no fee to any homeless woman or child. Address: 2218 Acton Street, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 548-2884 Fax: (510) 549-4391 Web: http://www.womensdropin.org/ [20 Dec 2015]
Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) Empowering women to protect the Earth. More than 5,000 women have accessed WEA trainings reaching an additional 750,000 people in 18 countries with their environmental innovations. They are saving indigenous seeds, planting native trees, selling solar cookers, launching sustainable farms, providing safe water, building composting toilets, protecting land rights, and preserving traditional knowledge in some of the most threatened places on earth. Address: 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 859-9106 Email: info@womensearthalliance.org Web: http://www.womensearthalliance.org/ [10 Dec 2016]
Women’s Economic Agenda Project (WEAP) Demands economic human rights for poor women and their families. WEAP envisions a world in which all women and their families have the skills, healthcare, shelter, and nourishment they need to enjoy happy, healthy, and productive lives. WEAP implements this vision by building the leadership of low-income women through education, training, and advocacy. WEAP recognizes that the policies that affect the poorest of our sisters affect all people. WEAP works to change societal and governmental policies that relegate women to the bottom of the economic pyramid by raising the role and visibility of poor and working people in crafting real solutions to the economic and social injustices of our time. Address: 160 Franklin Street, Suite 208, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 986-8620 Fax: (510) 986-8628 Email: weap@weap.org Web: http://www.weap.org [18 Mar 2017]
Women’s Energy Matters (WEM) Mission is to have fun working for Clean energy, Healthy Food, and Caring Communities. WEM helps cities and counties Go Green Together with Community Choice energy programs — and gives the public a voice at California energy agencies. WEM promotes caring communities that make sure everyone can participate with honor and dignity, finding sustainable ways to grow food and take care of other needs. WEM treasures everyones contributions, and particularly celebrates the way women have used their energy through the ages to work for the good of the all. Address: POBox 548, Fairfax CA 94978 Voice: (415) 457-1737 Web: http://www.womensenergy.org [28 Sep 2014]
Women’s Environment & Development Organization (WeDo) As a global women’s advocacy organization, WEDO envisions a just world that promotes and protects human rights, gender equality and the integrity of the environment. Mission is to contribute toward its vision for the world, WEDO’s mission is to ensure that women’s rights; social, economic and environmental justice; and sustainable development principles-as well as the linkages between them-are at the heart of global and national policies, programs and practices. Web: http://www.wedo.org [28 Jun 2014]
Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) WEN attracts a broad spectrum of women working in the sustainability and environmental fields. We organize events and outings on a monthly basis, including networking happy hours, career building workshops, book groups, hikes, and other social meet-ups with an emphasis on promoting sustainability. We also publish a monthly newsletter with spotlights on WEN members as well as green employers and organizations around the Bay Area. Web: http://www.wencal.org [28 Sep 2014]
Women’s Human Rights Resources (University of Toronto) (WHRR) Collects, organizes and disseminates information on women’s human rights law to facilitate research, teaching and cooperation. The information introduces women’s human rights law in general, emphasizes selected international and Canadian topics, and explores the interconnections between domestic and international human rights law. Web: http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/ [26 Mar 2015]
Women’s Intercultural Network (WIN) Mission is to assure that all women and girl’s voices are heard in public forums for full participation in their governments and economies. Address: 1950 Hayes Street, Suite Two, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 221-4841 Email: win@WINaction.org Web: http://WINaction.org [23 Mar 2014]
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch (WILPF) Founded in 1915, WILPF – its international and U.S. sections – works to achieve through peaceful means, world disarmament and abolition of nuclear weapons, protecting the environment from climate change, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions that can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all. Address: POBox 60851, Palo Alto CA 94306 Email: wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com Web: https://www.facebook.com/PPAWILPF/ http://wilpfus.org [22 Apr 2017]
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch (WILPF) Works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all. WILPF is a membership organization with active sections in 42 countries around the world. Address: POBox 591390, San Francisco CA 94159-1390 Voice: (415) 430-5873 Email: wilpf-sf(at)hotmail.com Web: http://www.wilpf.org [28 Sep 2014]
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Jose Branch (WILPF) We are members of the largest and oldest women’s peace organization in the world. The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom has sections in 40 countries, coordinated by an international office in Geneva. WILPF members support the work of the United Nations with consultative status and serve on several NGO (nongovermental organization) UN committees. WILPF works for world disarmament, full rights for women, racial/economic justice, an end to all forms of violence at all levels of society, and changing government priorities to meet human needs. Web: http://www.wilpfsanjose.org [27 Mar 2016]
Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women’s Center (WCI) WCI exists to create and support safe community gathering places for women where they can access the knowledge, training and support they need to thrive. The Centers serve as ‘base camps’ for the most urgent challenge of our time: the ascendance of women’s priorities and talents to shape an equitable, prosperous and peaceful world. To achieve that power, every woman, particularly those living in poverty, must have full access to every resource that has been claimed and dominated by men. Women’s Centers deliver that access in safe, uniquely supportive environments, ‘base camps ‘ for rebuilding our world around women’s priorities. Address: 2811 Adeline St, Second Floor, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 823-2120 Email: Regina@WomensCentersIntl.org Web: https://www.womenscentersintl.org [22 Jan 2017]
Workers World Party (Bay Area office) (WWP) Fights for a socialist society—where the wealth is socially owned and production is planned to satisfy human need. That’s also what workers around the world, from Cuba to China, have been struggling for. The U.S. rulers have spent trillions of our tax dollars trying to stop them in a global class struggle. WWP promotes international working-class solidarity, the right of every nation to sovereignty and self-determination, and militant resistance at home to imperialist interventions and wars. Address: 1305 Franklin Street #411, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 600-5800 Email: BayArea-at-Workers.org Web: http://www.workers.org/ [25 Sep 2016]
Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights (HealthWrights) Committed to advancing the health, basic rights, social equality, and self-determination of disadvantaged persons and groups. We believe that health for all people is only possible in a global society where the guiding principles are sharing, mutual assistance, and respect for cultural and individual differences. Address: POBox 1344, Palo Alto CA 94302 Email: contact@healthwrights.org Web: http://www.healthwrights.org [28 Sep 2014]
The Working Group (TWG) An Oakland-based non-profit media company that combines television, internet and web resources with outreach and organizing efforts in the areas of workplace issues; race, diversity and the battle against intolerance; and encouraging democracy and citizen participation. In addition to producing the Not In Our Town PBS series and national anti-hate campaign, TWG is the largest distributor of workplace media in the country, producing the award-winning public television series We Do the Work and Livelyhood. Our PBS documentary Test of Courage: The Making of a Firefighter follows a diverse group of aspiring firefighters navigating the cultural divides to learn to live together and meet the intense daily pressures of saving lives. Address: POBox 70232, Oakland CA 94612-0232 Voice: (510) 268-9675 Fax: (510) 268-3606 Email: info@theworkinggroup.org Web: http://www.theworkinggroup.org http://www.niot.org [18 Mar 2017]
Working Group on Veganic Farming A group of activists and farmers who promote veganic farming and gardening as a basis our our food systems. Coordinated by Millahcayotl. Web: https://www.facebook.com/WGVeganic/ [17 Apr 2016]
Working Partnerships USA A community-labor organization dedicated to addressing the root causes of inequality for workers and communities of color in today’s economy. We use research and policy campaigns, civic engagement and leadership development, and community-labor organizing strategies to build the capacity of workers and their communities to lead and govern. Born in the heart of Silicon Valley, Working Partnerships’ model envisions our social change effort as an innovation laboratory for new policy and organizing ideas which can be exported and scaled with movement partners across the country. Address: 2102 Almaden Road, Suite 107, San Jose CA 95125 Voice: (408) 269-7872 Fax: (408) 269-0183 Email: info@wpusa.org Web: http://www.wpusa.org [28 Jun 2014]
Worksafe, Inc. A California-based organization dedicated to eliminating all types of workplace hazards. We advocate for protective worker health and safety laws and effective remedies for injured workers. We watchdog government agencies to ensure they enforce these laws. We engage in campaigns in coalition with unions, workers, community, environmental and legal organizations, and scientists to eliminate hazards and toxic chemicals from the workplace. To protect the most vulnerable of California workers, we engage in impact litigation and provide legal training, technical assistance, and advocacy support to legal services programs who serve low wage and immigrant workers. Address: 1736 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 922-8075; (510) 922-8075 Email: dgranberg-at-worksafe-dot-org Web: http://www.worksafe.org [25 Sep 2016]
World Can’t Wait Mobilizes people living in the United States to stand up and stop war on the world, repression and torture carried out by the US government. We take action, regardless of which political party holds power, to expose the crimes of our government, from war crimes to systematic mass incarceration, and to put humanity and the planet first. Voice: (415) 864-5153 Email: sf@worldcantwait.net Web: http://www.sfbaycantwait.org/ http://www.worldcantwait.net/ [17 Jun 2017]
World Policy Institute (WPI) Develops and champions innovative policies that require a progressive and global point of view. In an increasingly interdependent world, WPI focuses on complex challenges that demand cooperative policy solutions to achieve: an inclusive and sustainable global market economy, engaged global civic participation and effective governance, and collaborative approaches to national and global security. Web: http://worldpolicy.org/ [30 Dec 2013]
World Resources Institute (WRI) A global research organization that spans more than 50 countries, with offices in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, and the United States. Our more than 450 experts and staff work closely with leaders to turn big ideas into action to sustain our natural resources—the foundation of economic opportunity and human well-being. We envision an equitable and prosperous planet driven by the wise management of natural resources. We aspire to create a world where the actions of government, business, and communities combine to eliminate poverty and sustain the natural environment for all people. Web: http://www.wri.org/ [20 Dec 2015]
World Savvy Prepares the next generation of leaders to learn, work and thrive as responsible global citizens in the 21st century. We support systemic change in K-12 education to provide every student in every classroom with the content knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to be leaders and changemakers in their diverse communities, locally and globally. Address: 917 Irving Street, San Francisco CA 94122 Voice: (415) 292-7421 Fax: (888) 452-0993 Web: http://www.worldsavvy.org [23 Mar 2014]
World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) Published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the leadership of the world socialist movement, the Fourth International founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938. The WSWS aims to meet the need, felt widely today, for an intelligent appraisal of the problems of contemporary society. It addresses itself to the masses of people who are dissatisfied with the present state of social life, as well as its cynical and reactionary treatment by the establishment media. Web: http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml [20 Dec 2015]
World Trust A non-profit social justice organization that provides deep learning, tools and resources for people interested in tackling unconscious bias and systemic racial inequity in their workplace, community and in their lives. Since 1998, we’ve produced equity and diversity films, curriculum and workshops that open minds and hearts while deepening the conversation about race. Our transformative educational experiences deconstruct the system of racial inequity for learners, allowing new ideas and narratives on race to emerge. We focus on creating environments that promote justice and healing while fostering an emerging culture of respect and belonging. Address: POBox 5755, Oakland CA 94605-0755 Voice: (510) 969-9837 Fax: (510) 635-5540 Email: info@world-trust.org Web: http://www.world-trust.org [18 Mar 2017]
World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – USA (WWOOF-USA) Part of a worldwide effort to link visitors with organic farmers, promote an educational exchange, and build a global community conscious of ecological farming practices. Become a member today and gain full access to our network of organic farms. Visitors, or ‘WWOOFers’, spend about half a day helping out on a host farm, learn about the organic movement and sustainable agriculture, and receive room and board during their visit – with no money exchanged between hosts and WWOOFers. Web: http://www.wwoofusa.org [10 Dec 2016]
Yards to Gardens (Y2G) Lets you share or find all things gardening. Whether you have extra space in your yard, extra tools in the garage, extra seeds or seedings, or just looking for a space to garden, Y2G makes it easy to share what you’ve got or find what you’re looking for. To post a listing just create an account and click “create listing” or on one of the category buttons, enter the information requested, and your listing will appear on the Y2G map! Web: http://www.y2g.org [25 Sep 2016]
Yes California The nonviolent campaign to establish the country of California using any and all legal and constitutional means to do so. We advocate for peaceful secession from the United States by use of an independence referendum to establish a mandate, followed by a nationwide campaign to advocate in support of a constitutional exit from the Union. By joining this campaign, signing up as a member, donating, volunteering, or otherwise supporting this important cause, you agree to these nonviolent principles. While Yes California supports and encourages Californians to stand up and take direct action, to be bold, and to unapologetically demand the liberation of the people of California from its captors, we explicitly reject conduct or speech inciting open rebellion against the American government. Web: http://www.yescalifornia.org/ [22 Jan 2017]
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) Activates emerging leaders by connecting them with resources, people, and ideas. Our nation and our communities are facing serious challenges. At the same time, technology and new thinking about networks are presenting unprecedented opportunities for social change. In order to take advantage of these opportunities and overcome these challenges, we need inspired and engaged leaders who bring energy, creativity, and new perspectives to the sector. YNPN activates emerging leaders and helps them acquire the skills and awareness they need to be effective changemakers. With these leaders, we’re building a diverse and powerful social sector that can support and strengthen our communities. Web: http://www.ynpn.org [25 Sep 2016]
Young Women’s Freedom Center Building a movement of formerly incarcerated and system involved young women to transform the systems that keep us living in poverty, stuck in cycles of violence, and incarcerated. Address: 832 Folsom Street, Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 703-8800 Email: info@youngwomenfree.org Web: http://www.youngwomenfree.org/ [16 Jun 2017]
Young Workers United A multi-racial and bilingual membership organization dedicated to improving the quality of jobs for workers in San Francisco. We raise standards in the low-wage service sectors in San Francisco through worker and student organizing, grass-roots advocacy, leadership development, and public education. Address: 209 Golden Gate Avenue (between Hyde and Leavenworth), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 621-4155 Fax: (415) 658-7242 Email: youngworkersunited@gmail.com Web: http://www.youngworkersunited.org [18 Mar 2017]
Youth Alive! Believes that urban youth have the innate capacity to stop the violence plaguing our communities. Every day, we nurture leadership and life skills of young people affected by violence because addressing the root causes of violence saves lives. Address: 3300 Elm Street, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510 594-2588 Fax: (510) 594-0667 Email: mail@youthalive.org Web: http://www.youthalive.org [20 Dec 2015]
Youth Engagement, Advocacy and Housing (YEAH!) Our mission is to support young adults (18-24) in Berkeley who are currently homeless. We provide basic necessities, offer case management and counseling, linkages to education, employment and housing, and opportunities for meaningful community involvement. YEAH! assists homeless young people in these ways: Provides relief from the stress of living on the street Creates a community of friendship and mutual support Encourages the identification of personal goals and the exploration of alternatives to street life Address: 1744 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 704-9867 Email: admin@yeahberkeley.org Web: http://www.yeah-berkeley.org [18 Mar 2017]
Youth Homes, Inc. Committed to serving the needs of abused and neglected children and adolescents in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. We provide intensive residential treatment programs and community-based counseling services that promote the healing process for seriously emotionally abused and traumatized children and adolescents. Address: POBox 5759, Walnut Creek CA 94596-1759 Voice: (925) 933-2627 Fax: (925) 933-5824 Email: help@youthhomes.org Web: http://www.youthhomes.org/ [28 Sep 2014]
Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) Builds communities where young people and their adult allies come together to create positive social change. Inequities are everywhere in our communities. YLI chooses to engage youth as part of the solution and nurtures this passion, providing ways for youth to lead and channel this motivation into effective community change. Through youth led action research, our youth leaders investigate community challenges, and potential solutions. Address: 940 Howard Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Email: info@yli.org Web: http://www.yli.org [20 Dec 2015]
Youth Radio Mission is to launch young people on career and education pathways by engaging them in work-based learning opportunities, creative expression, professional development, and health and academic support services. Partnering with industry professionals, students learn to produce marketable media for massive audiences while bringing youth perspectives to issues of public concern. Address: 1701 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-1101 Web: http://www.youthradio.org [18 Mar 2017]
Youth Science Institute (YSI) A 501(c)(3), non-profit organization whose mission is “to inspire enthusiasm for science and a love of learning”. We fulfill our mission by offering hands-on, nature-based, science education to children, families, and the general public. We offer School and Group Programs, Summer Science Camps, weekend Science Safaris, and annual community events. Many of our programs include live animals and nature hikes. Each year, we deliver inquiry-based life, physical, earth, and social science to nearly 30,000 pre-K to sixth-grade students. Since our founding in 1953, we have served hundreds of thousands of children. Address: 296 Garden Hill Drive, Los Gatos CA 95032 Voice: (408) 356-4945 Email: info@ysi-ca.org Web: http://ysi-ca.org/ [25 Sep 2016]
Youth Spirit Artworks An interfaith “green” art jobs and job training program located in Berkeley, California which is committed to empowering homeless and low-income San Francisco Bay Area young people, ages 16-25. YSA was founded in 2007, as a response to the enormous employment challenges of older homeless and low-income youth, by one of the initiators of the Alameda County Homeless Youth Collaborative, who had observed first hand at the Telegraph Avenue Homeless Youth Drop-In Center the unmet needs of transition age youth for jobs and jobs training programs. Publishes Street Spirit, the East Bay homeless newspaper (beginning in 2017). Address: 1740 Alcatraz Avenue (near Adeline), Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 282-0396 Email: admin@youthspiritartworks.org Web: http://www.youthspiritartworks.org/ [25 Sep 2016]
Youth Together (YT) Grounded in our commitment to peace, unity and justice, the mission of Youth Together is to address the root causes of educational inequities by developing multiracial youth leaders and engaging school community allies to promote positive school change. The vision of Youth Together is to reclaim public education. We seek to create public educational systems that are just, community based, supportive and people centric. We aim to empower, mobilize, and build self-determination among students and their communities. Address: 1610 Harrison Street, Suite D, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 645-9209 Fax: (510) 663-2578 Email: info@youthtogether.net Web: http://www.youthtogether.net [23 Mar 2014]
Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) A grassroots community organization created, led, and run by young people of color, majority from low-income communities. Provides a safe space for young people to empower ourselves and work on environmental and social justice issues to establish positive systemic change through grassroots community organizing. Address: 2135 Clarke Avenue, East Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 322-9165 Email: info@youthunited.net Web: http://www.youthunited.net [21 Jun 2015]
YWCA of San Francisco & Marin Since 1878, the YWCA of San Francisco & Marin has drawn together members of our community to empower women, families and individuals in order to obtain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people. We continue to serve our community by providing services and programs that enable individuals to live their lives to their fullest potential and be part of the YWCA tradition in making a positive difference in the lives of women, girls and families. We welcome you to learn more about our services and programs in San Francisco and Marin. Address: 940 Powell Street, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 397-6886 Fax: (415) 397-1011 Web: http://www.ywcasf-marin.org [20 Dec 2015]
YWCA of San Francisco & Marin (Marin office) Address: 4380 Redwood Hwy, Ste A-1, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 479-9922 Fax: (415) 479-9934 Web: http://www.ywcasf-marin.org [20 Dec 2015]
Z Magazine An independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice, defending against repression, and creating liberty. It sees the racial, gender, class, and political dimensions of personal life as fundamental to understanding and improving contemporary circumstances; and it aims to assist activist efforts for a better future. Web: http://zcomm.org/zmag/ [28 Jun 2014]
ZeroDivide A mission-driven consulting organization that stays true to our original philanthropic purpose of helping communities transform through technology. We provide technology adoption and field-building services to clients and also design technology-rich initiatives that hold promise for national impact. With more than 15 years of demonstrated success, we work with our partners to improve economic opportunities, civic engagement and health for low-income and culturally diverse communities. Address: 255 California Street, Suite 800, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 773-0388 Fax: (415) 773-0380 Email: info@zerodivide.org Web: http://www.zerodivide.org [28 Jun 2014]
[freespace] The [freespace] movement is an experiment in what is possible when a community shares the gift of physical space. A [freespace] is a gathering place for people to come together, to create, teach, learn, and share the things which they are truly passionate about, and strengthen connections between individuals as well as communities through art, events, and long term projects. The San Francisco location is at 1011 Market Street (at Sixth Street). Web: http://freespace.io/ [17 Dec 2014]
[people. power. media] Broadcasts efforts and perspectives from marginalized communities where grassroots organizations are working to change public policy. We currently focus on land use issues. Racial and class inequality in the US is driven by how land is controlled. Grassroots groups struggle to win on critical issues such as affordable housing, segregation, and environmental justice. Through our compelling multimedia journalism, we build broad-based understanding and urgency on land use issues causing a groundswell of people to take action for systemic change. [people. power. media] is based in San Francisco, California. Web: http://www.peoplepowermedia.net/ [08 Apr 2015]
abortion rights (See also reproductive rights)
Abortion Clinics OnLine; Choice Medical Group; Exhale; Pro-Choice Public Education Project
addiction (See also automobiles; drugs; eating disorders; gambling; harm reduction; health; Internet; mental health; petroleum; pornography; psychology; sex; support groups; television; tobacco)
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights; Good Shepherd Gracenter; Liberation Institute, The; Oil Change International
adoption & foster care (See also animal shelters and adoption; children; family; orphans; relationships)
Adopt A Special Kid; Alternative Family Services, Inc.; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Independent Adoption Center; Seneca Family of Agencies
advertising (See also commodification; corporations; culture jamming; media criticism; products; propaganda; public relations; publicity)
Big Think Studios; Center for Story-based Strategy; Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Commercial Alert; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Progressive Source Communications; Resources for Independent Thinking
affirmative action (See also civil rights; distribution of wealth; diversity; education; employment; people of color; racism; women)
Californians for Justice; Chinese for Affirmative Action; Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary; Filipino Advocates for Justice
Afghanistan (See also Asia; Muslims; petroleum; places; religious right)
Afghan Women’s Mission; afghans for Afghans; Grandmothers Against the War; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; Today in Afghanistan; Trust In Education
Africa (See also African Americans; Algeria; Berbers; Eritrea; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; places; South Africa; Sudan; Zimbabwe)
African Advocacy Network; Amazigh Cultural Association in America; berberworld.com; California Newsreel; Global Women Intact; International Development Exchange; Museum of the African Diaspora; New Field Foundation; Priority Africa Network; REACH Shirati
African Americans (See also Africa; demographics; Mumia Abu-Jamal; people of color)
African American Art and Culture Complex; California Newsreel; Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; Museum of the African Diaspora; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; San Francisco Bay View; San Francisco Black Film Festival; Snitow-Kaufman Productions
ageism (See discrimination; seniors; youth)
agriculture (See also agroecology; animal liberation; biodiesel; biodiversity; Community Supported Agriculture; economics; farmers markets; food; food security; gardening; hemp; land use; organic agriculture; outdoor activity; permaculture; pesticides; rural life; seeds)
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project; Agrarian Trust; American Farmland Trust; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Animal Place; Association for India’s Development; Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust; California Climate and Agriculture Network; California FarmLink; California Trade Justice Coalition; Californians for GE-Free Agriculture; Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Community Food & Justice Coalition; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; CropChoice; CropMobster Community Exchange; FactoryFarming.com; Fair Trade Federation; Farm Sanctuary; Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights; Food Chain Workers Alliance; Food Democracy Now!; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Food, Inc.; Foundation for Deep Ecology; Friends of the MST; GMO Inside; Good Food Web; GRAIN; Greenbelt Alliance; Growing up Farms; Heritage Grain Alliance; Holy Land Olive Oil; Humane Farming Association, The; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute for Responsible Technology; International Development Exchange; International Food Policy Research Institute; Kijani Grows; Kitazawa Seed Company; Land Stewardship Project; Local Harvest; Mandela MarketPlace; Millet Project, The; National Family Farm Coalition; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Occupy the Farm – The Film; People’s Grocery; Pesticide Action Network North America; Petaluma Bounty; Phat Beets Produce; Planting Justice; Raucous Rooster, The; Resilience.org; Rooted in Community; Roots of Change; San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance; Seed the Commons; Seeds of Freedom; Small Farm Center, University of California; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Solano Land Trust; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Town Hall Coalition; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO; Urban Tilth; UrbanAgLaw; Vote Hemp; Working Group on Veganic Farming
agroecology (See also agriculture; ecology; organic agriculture; sustainability)
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; Center for the Study of the Americas
AIDS / HIV (See also health; needle exchange; sex)
AIDS Emergency Fund; AIDS Housing Alliance / SF; AIDS Legal Referral Panel; API Wellness; Berkeley Free Clinic; Bread & Roses; California Prison Focus; East Bay Community Law Center; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Harm Reduction Coalition; Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures; Health Access Foundation (Northern California office); Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality; HealthRIGHT 360; International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission; Kidango; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; Moving Images Video Project; National AIDS Memorial Grove; Native American Health Center; Out4Immigration; Pets Are Wonderful Support; Phoenix Data Center; Points of Distribution; Population Services International; Positive Resource Center; Priority Africa Network; Prison Activist Resource Center; Project Inform; Project Open Hand (Alameda County); Project Open Hand (San Francisco); Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Richmond / Ermet AIDS Foundation; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Santa Cruz AIDS Project; Sex, Etc.; Shanti Project; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases
air (See also ecology; health; life necessities; pollution; water)
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Burning Issues; Environmental Commons; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Merritt College Environmental Program; Stop the Spray Marin; West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs
Alameda County (below Oakland) (See also counties)
ABODE Services; Alameda County Community Food Bank; Alameda Creek Alliance; Child Care Links; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Community Resources for Independent Living; DCARA; Furry Friends Rescue; Kidango; Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment; Urban Village Farmers’ Market Association; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.; Volunteer Center of the East Bay, The
alcohol (See also beer; drugs)
Alameda Family Services
Algeria (See Africa; Arabs; Berbers)
analysis (See also media criticism; research; science; skepticism; think tanks)
48 Hills; Against the Grain; Alternative Radio; California Program on Access to Care; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Popular Economics; Center for Public Integrity; Center for Story-based Strategy; Center for Sustainable Economy; Centre for Research on Globalisation; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; ColorLines Magazine; Corporate Watch; CorpWatch; Culture Change; Dollars and Sense; Economic Policy Institute; Environmental Working Group (California Office); Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; FOCUS on the Global South; Global Forest Watch; Heinberg, Richard; IBON Foundation, Inc.; In These Times; Institute for Public Accuracy; International Food Policy Research Institute; Media Matters for America; Metaphor Project, The; Michael Parenti Political Archive; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; National Priorities Project; Noam Chomsky Archive; North American Congress on Latin America; Oakland Institute; Political Research Associates; PowerPac.org; Prison Legal News; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Redefining Progress; Research Unit for Political Economy; Resources for Independent Thinking; Revolution Books; San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association; Socialist Viewpoint; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Tikkun Magazine; truthout; Union for Radical Political Economics; Venezuelanalysis.com; Violence Policy Center; Waging Nonviolence; War Times; Working Partnerships USA; World Policy Institute; World Socialist Web Site; Young Workers United; Z Magazine
anarchism (See also autonomy; control techniques; decentralization; populism; socioeconomic models)
AK Press; Bureau of Public Secrets; Emma Goldman Papers, The; FireWorks; Free Radio Berkeley; infoshop.org; Long Haul Infoshop; Slingshot
animal liberation (See also agriculture; animal shelters and adoption; discrimination; endangered species / habitat; human rights; veganism / vegetarianism; violence; vivisection; wildlife)
Animal Legal Defense Fund; Animal Place; Animal Switchboard; Animals Voice; Bay Area Animal Rights Network; Bay Area Vegetarians; Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care; Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy ; Cat Support Network; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Compassion Over Killing; Culture and Animals Foundation; EcoVegEvents.com; Ethical Traveler; FactoryFarming.com; Farm Sanctuary; Friends of Animals, Inc.; Friends of the Animals in the Redwood Empire; Furry Friends Rescue; Golden State Greyhound Adoption; Home At Last Rescue; Humane Farming Association, The; Humane Society Silicon Valley; In Defense of Animals; Jane Goodall Institute; No Kill Advocacy Center; No Kill NOW!; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; Pets Unlimited; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Romania Animal Rescue; San Francisco Vegetarian Society; Seed the Commons; Solano Feral Cat Group; Sustainable Table; Viva!USA; WildCare; Working Group on Veganic Farming
animal shelters and adoption (See also adoption & foster care; animal liberation; shelters)
Animal Rescue Foundation; Animal Switchboard; Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care; Farm Sanctuary; Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control; Friends of Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority; Friends of the Animals in the Redwood Empire; Furry Friends Rescue; Golden State Greyhound Adoption; Home At Last Rescue; Humane Society Silicon Valley; Humanimal Connection, Inc.; Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue; Nine Lives Foundation; No Kill Advocacy Center; No Kill NOW!; Rabbit Haven, The; Rocket Dog Rescue; Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary; San Francisco Rescued Orphan Mammal Program
antisemitism (See genocide; Jews; racism)
Appalachia (See places)
appropriate technology (See also assistive technology; building materials; ecology; electric scooters; permaculture; simple living; solar energy; technology)
A1 Sun, Inc.; California Voter Foundation; Center for Environmental Health; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Institute for Applied Autonomy; Institute for Responsible Technology; Rock the Bike; Solar Cookers International Network Wiki; Vessel Bikes; Western States Legal Foundation; Women’s Earth Alliance
Arab Americans (See also Arabs; demographics; Iraq; Middle East; Muslims; Palestinians)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Arab Cultural and Community Center; Arab Resource & Organizing Center; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter)
Arabs (See also Algeria; Arab Americans; demographics; Iraq; Middle East; Muslims; Palestinians; people of color)
Amazigh Cultural Association in America
architecture (See also art; building materials; development; housing)
Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter); Asian Neighborhood Design; California Straw Building Association; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; Congress for the New Urbanism; Ecocity Builders; Ecological Building Network; First Community Housing; New Village Press; San Francisco Institute of Architecture
archiving (See also history; libraries; research materials)
All Of Us Or None poster archive project; Center for Sex and Culture; Climate Ark; Freedom Archives, The; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; Labor Archives and Research Center; Long Haul Infoshop; Michael Parenti Political Archive; National Security Archive; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Project Gutenberg; Solar Cookers International Network Wiki; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Argentina (See places; South America)
Armenian Americans (See also Asia; demographics; Turkey)
Armenian National Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
art (See also architecture; cartoonists; censorship; comics; crafts; creativity; film / video; murals; performance art; photography; posters and flyers; web site design)
51Oakland; Accion Latina; Active Voice Lab; African Advocacy Network; African American Art and Culture Complex; American Humanist Association; Art in Action; Artists’ Television Access; ArtSpan; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; Bay Area Video Coalition; Bayview Hunter’s Point Center for Arts & Technology; Brush Fire Painting Workshops; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Center For Digital Storytelling; Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Art and Culture; Colwell, Guy; Commonweal; Community Works; CounterPULSE; Creativity Explored; Crucible, The; Cultural Heritage Imaging; Culture and Animals Foundation; Dark Mountain Project; Design Action Collective; Destiny Arts; DrawBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children; Evolver Bay Area; First Amendment Project; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California; GLBT Historical Society; HOMEY; Independent Arts & Media; Intersection for the Arts; La Pena Cultural Center; Minkler, Doug; Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; Moore, Frank; Moving On Center – School of Participatory Arts & Research; Museum of the African Diaspora; National Coalition Against Censorship; Ninth Street Independent Film Center; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; PLACE for Sustainable Living; Point of View Productions; POOR News Network; Queer Arts Resource; Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area; Quesada Gardens Initiative; Rebar; Richmond Art Center; RiniArt.org; Ruckus Society, The; San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco Peace and Hope; Savory Thymes; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Society for Art Publications of the Americas; Southern Exposure; Speak Out – Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Thirdeye Magazine; This Modern World; Tides Thoreau Center San Francisco; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies; Wholly H2O – Mainstreaming Water (Re)Use; Youth Spirit Artworks; [freespace]
Asia (See also Afghanistan; Armenian Americans; Asian Americans; Burma; Cambodia; China; East Timor; India; Indonesia; Japan; North Korea; Pacific Islands; Pakistan; Philippines / Filipinos; places; Russia; South Korea; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam)
Borneo Project, The; FOCUS on the Global South; International Development Exchange; Joint Assistance Centre; Kitazawa Seed Company; Pacific Environment
Asian Americans (See also Asia; demographics; Korean Americans; people of color; South Asian Americans)
American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); API Equality – Northern California (APIENC); API Wellness; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Americans for Community Outreach; Asian Community Mental Health Services; Asian Health Services; Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Asian Law Caucus; Asian Neighborhood Design; Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Asian Women’s Shelter; Chinese for Affirmative Action; Community Youth Center
assistive technology (See also appropriate technology; disabilities; technical assistance)
Adams ESQ (Oakland office); Center for Accessible Technology; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
at-risk youth (See also low-income; youth)
Community Youth Center; Covenant House California; Environmental Law Foundation; Hamilton Families; LifeMoves; New Door Ventures; Raphael House; Youth Spirit Artworks
audio recordings (See media)
Australia (See also places)
Surfrider Foundation
automobiles (See also addiction; biodiesel; bumperstickers; carpools; consumer lifestyle; global warming; land use; pedestrian advocacy; petroleum; plastic; pollution; products; transportation; travel; urban sprawl; violence)
Automobile Moratorium; BayRail Alliance; Carbusters Magazine; Carfree.com; City CarShare; Singer, Andy; Threshold (Int’l Ctr for Environmental Renewal), Inc.
autonomy (See also anarchism; community-building; control; decentralization; direct action; local currencies; local economy; microbroadcasting; noncorporate economy; populism; secession; self-determination; self-help; self-reliance; self-sufficiency)
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today; Center for Elders’ Independence; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); GRAIN; Institute for Applied Autonomy; Upside Down World; Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Balkans (See Europe; places; Yugoslavia)
banks (See also corporations; credit unions; finance; investment; World Bank / IMF)
California Public Interest Research Group; Consumer Action; International Rivers; National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street
barter (See also carpools; local economy; noncorporate economy; reuse; sharing)
Bay Area Community Exchange; Bay Bucks; Forage Oakland; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – USA
bay / delta environment (See also ecology; water)
Bay Institute, The; Marine Science Institute; San Francisco Estuary Project; Save the Bay
beer (See also alcohol; drugs; food)
Drinking Liberally
benefits (See also fundraising; spaces for events)
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center; Positive Resource Center
Berbers (See also Africa; Algeria; demographics; indigenous people)
African Advocacy Network; Amazigh Cultural Association in America; berberworld.com
bicycling (See cycling)
biodiesel (See agriculture; automobiles; biofuels; pollution; recycling; renewable energy)
biodiversity (See also agriculture; bioregionalism; conservation; diversity; endangered species / habitat; science; seeds; wildlife)
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds; Bay Area Seed Interchange Library; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Ecosystem Survival; Ecological Farming Association; Environmental Commons; GRAIN; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Marine Conservation Biology Institute; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Nature in the City; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Seeds of Freedom; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable Table; Transition Earth; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office)
biofuels (See biodiesel; energy; peak oil; transportation)
bioregionalism (See also biodiversity; decentralization; ecology; endangered species / habitat; farmers markets; indigenous people; land use; local economy; permaculture; places; watersheds)
Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Ecology Center; Nature in the City; PLACE for Sustainable Living; Planet Drum Foundation; Sightline; Threshold (Int’l Ctr for Environmental Renewal), Inc.
biotechnology (See also control techniques; evolution; organic agriculture; pesticides; science; seeds; technology)
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture; Council for Responsible Genetics; CropChoice; Future of Food, The; Institute for Responsible Technology; Moving Images Video Project; Non-GMO Project; Pesticide Action Network North America; Polaris Institute; Seeds of Freedom; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office)
bisexuals (See also sexual minorities)
Bay Area Bisexual Network; GLBT Historical Society; Horizons Foundation; LGBTQ Youth Space; Our Family Coalition
blogs (See also do-it-yourself; editorial comment; Internet; journalism; news on-line)
Bay Area Community Exchange; Death of a Million Trees; Fire John Yoo; Free Farm Stand; FTMHealth.com; Hills Conservation Network; In Search of Good Food; NetSquared.org; OceanHealth.Org; Organic Consumers Association; Sharing Solution, The; Today in Afghanistan; White Noise Collective
book publishers (See also books)
AK Press; Chelsea Green Publishing; Haymarket Books; Island Press; New Society Publishers; New Village Press; Nolo; Pilgrim Press, The; Seven Stories Press; Thought Leader Public Relations
book sellers (See also books)
AK Press; Bolerium Books; City Lights Bookstore; Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog; Haymarket Books; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County
books (See also book publishers; book sellers; education; libraries; literacy; media; products; writers; writing)
Bureau of Public Secrets; Carfree.com; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Center for Public Integrity; Center for the Study of the Americas; Community Solution, The; Conrad, Chris; Corporation (the film), The; Eat Drink Politcs; Emerald Earth; Food Not Lawns; Foundation for Deep Ecology; Green Press Initiative; Heat is Online, The; Heinberg, Richard; Hesperian Health Guides; Heyday; Hightower, Jim; Independent Arts & Media; Island Press; Labor Notes; Michael Parenti Political Archive; North Atlantic Books; Online Review of Books and Current Affairs; Prisoners Literature Project; Project Gutenberg; Revolution Books; Sharing Solution, The; Sidewalk Bubblegum; Sightline; Singer, Andy; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Speak Out – Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Starhawk’s Tangled Web
boycotts (See also consumer protection; corporations; direct action; divestiture; products)
Animals Voice; Corporate Accountability International; Rainforest Action Network
Brazil (See also places; South America)
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Friends of the MST; Surfrider Foundation
brownfields (See also land use; recycling; rural life; toxics; urban life)
Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; Urban Habitat
building materials (See also appropriate technology; architecture; conservation; development; ecology; housing; plastic; solar energy; toxics)
A1 Sun, Inc.; Build It Green; Building REsources; California Straw Building Association; Chelsea Green Publishing; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; East Bay Cohousing; Ecological Building Network; Emerald Earth; First Community Housing; Green Building Pages; Healthy Building Network; RecycleWorks of San Mateo County; Urban Permaculture Guild
bumperstickers (See also automobiles; buttons; posters and flyers; products; T-shirts)
Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace Resource Project
Burma (See also Asia; places)
Burma Humanitarian Mission; Burmese American Democratic Alliance; United States Campaign for Burma
business (See also collectives; consumer protection; cooperatives; corporations; economics; microenterprise; privatization; products; services)
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; AnewAmerica; Bay Area Green Business Program; Bay Area Green Tours; Business Alliance for Local Living Economies; Buy Local Berkeley; California FarmLink; California Trade Justice Coalition; Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights; Food Runners; Inner City Advisors; Kahl Consultants; Keep Albany Local ; La Cocina; Local Works; Mandela MarketPlace; Mission Economic Development Association; NamasteDirect; New Door Ventures; Point of View Productions; Presidio Graduate School; Prospera; Source for Renewable Energy; Sustainable Business Alliance; SustainableBusiness.com; The Utility Reform Network; West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies
buttons (See also bumperstickers; clothing; products)
Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace Resource Project
calendars (See also directories; media)
Action Network, The; Activist San Diego; Asian Americans for Community Outreach; Bay Area Animal Rights Network; Bay Area Vegetarians; BayVajra.info; Berkeley Daily Planet; East Bay Cohousing; Ecology Center; EcoVegEvents.com; Feminist Majority Foundation; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Global Exchange; Green City Project; KPFA; La Pena Cultural Center; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center; One Brick; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; People’s Bark News; PlanitJewish; Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area; San Francisco Bay View; San Jose Peace & Justice Center
Cambodia (See Asia; Cambodian Americans; places)
Cambodian Americans (See Cambodia; demographics)
campaign finance reform (See also economics; elections; finance; Political Action Committees (PACs))
California Clean Money Action Fund; California Clean Money Campaign; Center for Responsive Politics; Move to Amend; Public Campaign; San Mateo County Democracy for America
camping (See also hiking; outdoor activity; simple living)
Bay Area Barns and Trails; Bay Area Girls Rock Camp; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Ruckus Society, The
Canada (See also North America; petroleum; places)
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
cannabis (See also drugs; hemp; medical marijuana)
Conrad, Chris; Marijuana Policy Project; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter
capitalism (See also corporations; economics; socioeconomic models)
Corporate Watch; Left Turn; Union for Radical Political Economics
caregiver support (See also health; services; support groups)
On Lok; Project Inform; Shanti Project
Caribbean (See also Cuba; Haiti; places; Puerto Rico)
Accion Latina; African Advocacy Network; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
carpools (See also automobiles; barter; pollution; sharing; transportation)
AlterNetRides.com; eRideShare.com
cartoonists (See also art; comics; editorial comment; humor; writers)
Fiore, Mark; Rall, Ted; Sidewalk Bubblegum; Singer, Andy; This Modern World
censorship (See also art; control techniques; free speech; media criticism; nudism; sex)
Center for Democracy and Technology; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Moore, Frank; Mother Jones; National Coalition Against Censorship; People for the American Way; Prison Radio; Project Censored; Queer Arts Resource; Reporters Without Borders
Central America (See also Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Latin America; Latinas / Latinos; Nicaragua; Panama; places)
EcoViva; International Development Exchange; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Moving Images Video Project; Peace Brigades International; RiniArt.org; San Carlos Foundation; Witness for Peace
chemical weapons (See also militarism; toxics)
Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA
Chicanas / Chicanos (See also demographics; Mexico; people of color)
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; SACNAS; United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO
child abuse (See also child labor; children; violence)
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Bread & Roses; Haight Ashbury Psychological Services; Youth Homes, Inc.
child labor (See child abuse; children; human rights; labor)
childcare (See also children; services)
Bay Area Crisis Nursery; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Child Care Links; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Compass Family Services; Contra Costa Child Care Council; FACES SF; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Moving Images Video Project
children (See also adoption & foster care; child abuse; child labor; childcare; circumcision; demographics; family; orphans; youth)
Adams ESQ (Oakland office); Alameda Family Services; Alliance for Girls; Art in Action; Attorneys for the Rights of the Child; Bay Area Girls Rock Camp; Berkeley Healthy Child Initiative; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County; Bread & Roses; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Californians for Pesticide Reform; ChangeLab Solutions; Child Family Health International; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Children’s Defense Fund – California (Oakland office); Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Commercial Alert; Crucible, The; Destiny Arts; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; DrawBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children; East Bay Agency for Children; Environmental Volunteers; FACES SF; Family & Children Services; Felton Institute; FoodCorps; Friends of Deir Ibzi’a; Full Circle Farm; Girls on the Run of the Bay Area; GirlVentures; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Haiti Soleil; Hamilton Families; Independent Television Service; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Joint Assistance Centre; Kidango; KIDS for the BAY; Koret Family House; La Casa de las Madres; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Middle East Children’s Alliance; National Center for Youth Law; Oakland Based Urban Gardens; Our Family Coalition; Our Kids, Our Choice; Peninsula Family Service; Population Services International; Raphael House; Richmond Art Center; Rosenberg Fund for Children; San Francisco Parks Alliance; Seneca Family of Agencies; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Terma Foundation; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; What If? Foundation; Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights; Youth Homes, Inc.
Chile (See places; South America)
China (See also Asia; places)
Free Tibet Campaign; Friends of Falun Gong USA
CIA / FBI / NSA (See controllers; national government; spying)
circumcision (See also children; health; human rights; men; sex)
Attorneys for the Rights of the Child; Bay Area Intactivists; Global Women Intact; National Organization for Restoring Men; National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
civil disobedience (See also direct action; law; nonviolence)
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; Freedom to Marry; Ruckus Society, The; Tar Sands Blockade; War Tax Resistance, Northern California
civil liberties (See also civil liberties; First Amendment; free speech; homeowners associations; humanism; PATRIOT Act; separation of church and state)
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; American Muslim Voice; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Bill of Rights Defense Committee; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Center for Democracy and Technology; Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, Inc.; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Council on American-Islamic Relations; Death with Dignity National Center; Demand Progress; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation; HOMEY; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); IP Justice; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Mother Jones; National Coalition Against Censorship; Our Kids, Our Choice; People for the American Way; RootsAction; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
civil rights (See also affirmative action; discrimination; human rights; marriage rights; racism)
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Anti-Defamation League; Asian Law Caucus; Atheists of Silicon Valley; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Chinese for Affirmative Action; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary; Communities United in Defense of Olmstead; Demand Progress; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; GI Rights Hotline; Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.; Impact Fund, The; Justice Matters; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office); Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Progressive Majority; Public Advocates, Inc.; San Francisco Atheists; Southern Poverty Law Center; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Vukani Mawethu; World Policy Institute
class (See also demographics; distribution of wealth; elitism; populism; socialism)
Center for Popular Economics; Class Action; Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office); Z Magazine; [people. power. media]
classes / courses (See also discussion groups; education; leadership development; retreats)
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Active Voice Lab; African American Art and Culture Complex; AIDS Legal Referral Panel; Alameda Family Services; Artists’ Television Access; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; Bay Area Center for Nonviolent Communication; Bay Area Literacy; Bay Area Seed Interchange Library; Bay Area Wilderness Training; Berkeley Community Media; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Bike Kitchen, The; Brush Fire Painting Workshops; California Institute of Integral Studies; Canal Alliance; Center for Accessible Technology; Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; Center For Digital Storytelling; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for Nonprofit Success; Center for Sex and Culture; Center for Third World Organizing; Challenging White Supremacy; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Class Action; CommunityGrows; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Crucible, The; Cycles of Change; Daily Acts; Democracy Center, The; Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; Destiny Arts; Ecology Center; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; Emerald Earth; Environmental Forum of Marin; Evolver Bay Area; Fred Finch Youth Center; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; Garden for the Environment; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Hidden Villa; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Impact Bay Area; Institute of Urban Homesteading; International Institute of the Bay Area; John F. Kennedy University; Land Stewardship Project; LevelBar; Live Power Community Farm; Mandela Foods Cooperative; Media Alliance; Merritt College Environmental Program; Metaphor Project, The; Metta Center for Nonviolence; Moving On Center – School of Participatory Arts & Research; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; NamasteDirect; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Northern California Land Trust; Oakland Based Urban Gardens; Oakland Local; Ocean Voyages Institute; our developing world; Permaculture Action Network; Phase2Careers; Planting Justice; POOR News Network; Post Carbon Institute; Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.; Presidio Graduate School; REACH Shirati; Reclaiming; Regenerative Design Institute; ReliaTech; Resource Center for Nonviolence; Richmond Art Center; Ruckus Society, The; San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco Sex Information; San Francisco Women’s Film Institute; SEEDS Community Resolution Center; Shanti Project; Slide Ranch; Social Justice Center of Marin; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; SPIN Academy; Spokeland; StopWaste.Org; Sunrise Center; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Trips for Kids; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; UNtraining, The; VegSF; Watershed Project; Whistlestop; White Noise Collective; Women’s Earth Alliance; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Workers World Party (Bay Area office); Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights; World Savvy; World Trust; Youth Leadership Institute; Youth Radio; Youth Spirit Artworks
climate change (See also ecology; global warming)
350BayArea.org; Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; California Climate and Agriculture Network; Center for Climate and Energy Solutions; Center for International Policy; Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter); City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Climate Ark; Climate Disobedience Center; Climate Mobilization, The; Community Food & Justice Coalition; Community Solution, The; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Corporate Watch; Culture Change; Democracy Center, The; Ecology Center; Evolver Bay Area; Green Press Initiative; National Center for Science Education; New Economics Institute; NorCal Community Resilience Network; Northern California Fossil Fuel Pledge of Resistance; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Older Women’s League; Pacific Institute; RealClimate; Richmond Rivets; Transition Earth; Transition San Francisco; What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire; World Resources Institute
clothing (See also buttons; life necessities; nudism; T-shirts; textiles)
Ecumenical Hunger Program; Liberation Ink; Recycle for Change; Saint Anthony Foundation; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.
coalitions (See also networking)
Abolition 2000; Activist San Diego; AIDS Housing Alliance / SF; Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care; Alliance for Girls; Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition; Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Bay Area Video Coalition; Bay Rising; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Berkeley Healthy Child Initiative; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; Burmese American Democratic Alliance; California Clean Money Campaign; California Climate and Agriculture Network; California Coalition for Women Prisoners; California First Amendment Coalition; California Student Sustainability Coalition; California Trade Justice Coalition; California Walks; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Californians United for A Responsible Budget; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life; Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Community Food & Justice Coalition; Community Food Security Coalition; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers International; Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Bay Area Office; Drug Reform Coalition Network; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; Environmental Justice Coalition for Water; Environmentalists Against War; Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity; Food Chain Workers Alliance; Future of Music Coalition; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Greenlining Institute; Greywater Alliance; Harm Reduction Coalition; Health Access Foundation (Northern California office); Heritage Grain Alliance; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; Indigenous Environmental Network; Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights; International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; International Forum on Globalization; International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission; J Street; Jobs with Justice; Latino Coalition for a Healthy California; Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County; Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay; Mandatory Madness; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Move to Amend; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Coalition for the Homeless; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Family Farm Coalition; National Freedom of Information Coalition; National Gulf War Resource Center; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Non-GMO Project; Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Not Milk; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oakland Privacy; October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality; Peace Alliance, The; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Planning and Conservation League; Pro-Choice Public Education Project; Progressive Democrats of America; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Russian Riverkeeper; San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition; San Francisco Forest Alliance; San Francisco Living Wage Coalition; San Francisco Rising; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save the East Bay Hills; Save The Waves Coalition; Savory Thymes; SF Urban Riders; SF-CAIRS; Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition; Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Solar Action Alliance; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Stop the Injunctions Coalition; Stop the War Coalition; Sunflower Alliance; Sustainable World Coalition; Tar Sands Blockade; Tech Workers Coalition; Town Hall Coalition; TransForm; Transportation for America; Unite for Freedom from Right Wing Violence in the Bay Area; Urban Habitat; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs; Worksafe, Inc.
coastal environment (See also coral reefs; ecology; water)
Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Save Our Shores; Seacology; Surfrider Foundation
cohousing (See also community-building; housing; intentional communities)
East Bay Cohousing; Fellowship for Intentional Community; Sustainable Economies Law Center
collectives (See also business; community-building; cooperatives; economics; employee ownership; employment; noncorporate economy)
Berkeley Free Clinic; Berkeley Student Food Collective; Center for Popular Economics; Center for Story-based Strategy; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Design Action Collective; Grassroots House Collective; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; Inkworks Press; Liberation Ink; Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives; New Day Films; Omni Commons; Quilted; ROAR Magazine; San Francisco Mime Troupe; Slingshot; Thirdeye Magazine; White Noise Collective; Wild and Radish, LLC; Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana
Colombia (See also petroleum; petroleum-rich nations; places; South America)
Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas
colonialism (See also control techniques; military occupation; national government; socioeconomic models)
Oilwatch
comics (See also art; cartoonists; editorial comment; humor)
Fiore, Mark; Funny Times; Sidewalk Bubblegum; Singer, Andy; This Modern World
commodification (See also advertising; consumer protection; control techniques; corporations; do-it-yourself; products)
FactoryFarming.com; Seeds of Change; Seeds of Freedom
communications (See also media; technology; telephone service)
Big Think Studios; Center for Democracy and Technology; Center for Story-based Strategy; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Labor Video Project; Metaphor Project, The; Progressive Source Communications; Public Advocates, Inc.; Riseup; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations; We Interrupt This Message
communism (See also socialism; socioeconomic models)
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Revolution Books
Community Supported Agriculture (See also agriculture; decentralization; local economy; noncorporate economy)
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Live Power Community Farm
community-building (See also autonomy; cohousing; collectives; conflict resolution; cooperative living; credit unions; demonstrations; discussion groups; diversity; family; festivals; gardening; global community; intentional communities; land trusts; local currencies; local economy; microbroadcasting; municipal government; neighborhoods; noncorporate economy; parks; pedestrian advocacy; religion; sharing; sister communities; support groups; trees; urban life)
AIDS Emergency Fund; Alameda Point Collaborative; American Community Gardening Association; American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today; Asian Americans for Community Outreach; Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative; Berkeley Community Media; Berkeley Information Network; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for Health, Environment and Justice; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; City Repair; Community Solution, The; Community Works; Community-Wealth.org; Coral Reef Alliance, The; CounterPULSE; Crucible, The; Daily Acts; East Bay Cohousing; Evolver Bay Area; Fellowship of Humanity; Friends of Sausal Creek; Friends of the Urban Forest; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; HandsOn Bay Area; HipHopForChange; Institute of Noetic Sciences; International Development Exchange; Intersection for the Arts; Jewish Community Center of the East Bay; Jewish Youth for Community Action; Long Haul Infoshop; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; Mission Bay Community Church; Mission Economic Development Association; National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; New Village Press; North Oakland Restorative Justice Council; Northern California Community Loan Fund; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oakland Kids First; Oakland Rising; Oaklavia: Come Play in the Streets; One Brick; Our Family Coalition; Participatory Budgeting Project; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; People’s Grocery; Petaluma Community Access; PlanitJewish; Practicing Freedom; Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center; Quesada Gardens Initiative; Richmond Art Center; Rooted in Community; San Francisco Conservation Corps; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center; San Francisco Rising; Sharing Solution, The; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Sustainable City; Sustainable San Mateo County; Tech Workers Coalition; TechSoup.org; Temple United Methodist Church; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Transition Mill Valley; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; Unity Council, The; UNtraining, The; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Urban Permaculture Guild; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.; WaterPartners International; Western Institute for Social Research; Youth Leadership Institute; Youth Together; ZeroDivide
composting (See also organic agriculture; recycling; science)
City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Garden for the Environment; Northern California Recycling Association; RecycleWorks of San Mateo County; StopWaste.Org
computers (See also appropriate technology; email list servers; email mailing lists; Internet; networking; open source / open data; software; technical assistance; technology; web site design)
Artists’ Television Access; Bay Area Literacy; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Center for Accessible Technology; Center for Democracy and Technology; Computer & Technology Resource Center; Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; ICCED – IT Services; Public Vision Research LLC; ReliaTech; Renew Computers; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Sudo Room
conflict resolution (See also community-building; facilitation; mediation; nonviolence)
Community Boards; Destiny Arts; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; J Street; MO/PEACE; Peace Brigades International; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; SEEDS Community Resolution Center; STAND! For Families Free of Violence
conscientious objectors (See also draft / registration; militarism)
Courage to Resist; GI Rights Hotline; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; Refuser Solidarity Network
conservation (See also biodiversity; building materials; coral reefs; deforestation; development; ecology; endangered species / habitat; land trusts; land use; mining; trails; trees; waste; wildlife)
American Farmland Trust; American Hiking Society; Bay Area Barns and Trails; Bay Area Green Business Program; Bay Nature Institute; Berkeley Path Wanderers Association; California FarmLink; California Interfaith Power and Light; California League of Conservation Voters; California Native Plant Society; Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center; Center for a New American Dream; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Ecosystem Survival; Center for Sustainable Economy; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Climate Ark; Close to Home: Exploring Nature in the East Bay; Committee for Green Foothills; Conservation Corps North Bay; Consume This Movie; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Daily Acts; Defense of Place; Desert Survivors; Earth Island Institute; Ecological Farming Association; Environmental Commons; Ethical Traveler; Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity; Friends of Animals, Inc.; Friends of El Cerrito Trees; Friends of Sausal Creek; Friends of the River; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Global Forest Watch; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Greenbelt Alliance; Greywater Alliance; Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens; Healthy Building Network; Hills Conservation Network; Jane Goodall Institute; Local Power; Marine Conservation Biology Institute; Marine Mammal Center, The; Marine Science Institute; Mendocino Land Trust; Nation of Change; National Family Farm Coalition; Native Forest Council; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Nature in the City; Nature Village; Northern California Recycling Association; Occupy the Farm; Occupy the Farm – The Film; Ocean Voyages Institute; Pachamama Alliance; Pacific Environment; Pacific Institute; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Planning and Conservation League; Reef Relief; Restore Hetch Hetchy; Roots of Change; Russian Riverkeeper; San Bruno Mountain Watch; San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; San Francisco Community Power; San Francisco Conservation Corps; San Francisco Estuary Project; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save Mount Diablo; Save Nubia Project; Save Our Shores; Save Sutro Forest; Save the Bay; Save The Waves Coalition; Sea Shepherd International; Seacology; Sempervirens Fund; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Solano Land Trust; Sonoma County Conservation Action; Student Conservation Association; Susan Ives Communications; Town Hall Coalition; Transition Earth; Trees For The Future; Tuolumne River Trust; Watershed Project; Wholly H2O – Mainstreaming Water (Re)Use; WildAid (San Francisco Office); Wildlife Conservation Network; World Resources Institute
conspiracy (See also covert operations; terrorism)
Northern California 911 Truth Alliance
consultants (See also facilitation; individuals; services)
Center for Accessible Technology; Center for Nonprofit Success; Center for the Study of the Americas; Center for Third World Organizing; Class Action; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Conrad, Chris; Feminist Therapy Connection; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; ICCED – IT Services; Inner City Advisors; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Kahl Consultants; Learning for Action; MO/PEACE; Next Generation, The; Northern California Community Loan Fund; Oyate; Quilted; Reach And Teach; Sage Renewable Energy Consulting; SPIN Academy; Thought Leader Public Relations; We Interrupt This Message
consumer lifestyle (See also automobiles; consumer protection; economics; limits to economic growth; products; simple living; socioeconomic models; television; waste)
Center for a New American Dream; Commercial Alert; Consume This Movie; Fair Trade Federation; Reverend Billy; Shareable; Simpler Way, The; Story of Stuff, The; Transition Albany; Whirl-Mart Ritual Resistance
consumer protection (See also boycotts; consumer lifestyle; corporations; homeowners associations; multiple chemical sensitivity; products; tenant rights; utilities)
As You Sow; Bay Area Legal Aid; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; California Public Interest Research Group; Californians for GE-Free Agriculture; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Center for Digital Democracy; Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Consumer Action; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers for Dental Choice; Consumers International; Cooperative Community Energy; Eat Drink Politcs; Fair Trade USA; Food, Inc.; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Future of Food, The; Global Trade Watch; Green Science Policy Institute; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid of Napa Valley; Non-GMO Project; Organic Consumers Association; Pesticide Action Network North America; Privacy Rights Clearinghouse; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Public Advocates, Inc.; Public Citizen; Rainforest Action Network; Sustainable Table; The Utility Reform Network; Violence Policy Center; What the Health
Contra Costa County (See also counties)
Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care; Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust; Cat Support Network; Contra Costa Child Care Council; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; Green Party of Contra Costa County; Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center; National Organization for Restoring Men; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County; Recycle for Change; Richmond Art Center; Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library; Richmond Rivets; San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society; Save Mount Diablo; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Urban Tilth; Volunteer Center of the East Bay, The; Watershed Project; Youth Homes, Inc.
Contract with America (See elitism; national government)
control (See also autonomy; control techniques; controllers; self-determination)
Corporate Watch; Seeds of Freedom
control techniques (See also biotechnology; censorship; colonialism; commodification; control; corporate-controlled globalization; discrimination; economic sanctions; elitism; incarceration; intellectual property; law; militarism; neoliberalism; offshoring jobs; patents; propaganda; psychology; religion; slavery; socioeconomic models; temp work; terrorism; torture; violence)
Future of Food, The; Reverend Billy; Rosenberg Fund for Children
controllers (See CIA / FBI / NSA; control; corporations; government; media; police accountability; religious right; World Bank / IMF; World Trade Organization)
cooperative living (See also community-building; intentional communities; sharing)
Bay Area Community Exchange; East Bay Cohousing; Fellowship for Intentional Community; Sharing Solution, The
cooperatives (See also business; collectives; economics; employee ownership; noncorporate economy)
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Berkeley Student Food Collective; Bike Kitchen, The; Cooperative Community Energy; Electric Embers; Energy Solidarity Cooperative; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Mandela Foods Cooperative; National Cooperative Business Association; Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives; OHIAS; Prospera; Quilted; Rainbow Grocery; Spokeland; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Village Harvest
copyright (See also intellectual property; law; patents; writing)
Free Expression Policy Project
coral reefs (See also coastal environment; conservation; endangered species / habitat; water)
Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Ecosystem Survival; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Reef Relief
corporate-controlled globalization (See also control techniques; corporations; decentralization; deregulation; economics; export credit agenices; global issues; labor; militarism; NAFTA / GATT / FTAA; neoliberalism; noncorporate economy; offshoring jobs; petroleum; privatization; World Trade Organization)
Campaign for America’s Future; Centre for Research on Globalisation; Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Bay Area; CorpWatch; CounterCorp; Global Exchange; Global Trade Watch; GRAIN; Heinberg, Richard; India Resource Center; International Development Exchange; International Forum on Globalization; International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies; Justice In Nigeria Now!; Left Turn; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office); Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); Multinational Monitor; Multinationals Resource Center; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street; Oil Change International; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; Polaris Institute; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy; Ruckus Society, The; United Students Against Sweatshops; US Labor Education in the Americas Project
corporations (See also advertising; banks; boycotts; capitalism; commodification; consumer protection; controllers; corporate-controlled globalization; deregulation; insurance; noncorporate economy; privatization; public relations; shareholder advocacy; utilities)
Amazon Watch; As You Sow; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California Public Interest Research Group; Center for Corporate Policy; Center for Environmental Health; Citizens for Tax Justice; Common Cause; Communities for a Better Environment; Consumer Action; Corporate Accountability International; Corporate Watch; Corporation (the film), The; CorpWatch; CounterCorp; Courage Campaign; CropChoice; Democracy Center, The; Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; Environmental Protection Information Center; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Food Democracy Now!; Food, Inc.; ForestEthics; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Future of Food, The; Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Global Trade Watch; Independent Media Center; International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal; International Forum on Globalization; Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers; Keep Alta Bates Open; Making Change at Walmart; Move to Amend; National Family Farm Coalition; National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Northern California Fossil Fuel Pledge of Resistance; Oilwatch; Polaris Institute; Privacy International; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy; Raucous Rooster, The; Reclaim Democracy!; Reverend Billy; RootsAction; Seed the Commons; TUC Radio; U.S. Right to Know; Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price; What the Health; Witness for Peace
Costa Rica (See also Central America; places)
Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens
counseling (See also mediation; services; suicide prevention)
Adams ESQ (Oakland office); African Advocacy Network; Alameda Family Services; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Bay Area Women Against Rape; Berkeley Free Clinic; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Bill Wilson Center; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; California Institute of Integral Studies; Canal Alliance; Community Youth Center; Compass Family Services; Covenant House California; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; Democracy Center, The; East Bay Agency for Children; Equal Rights Advocates; Exhale; FACES SF; Family & Children Services; Family Service Agency’s Senior Peer Counseling Program; Feminist Therapy Connection; Fred Finch Youth Center; Haight Ashbury Psychological Services; Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco; Independent Adoption Center; La Casa de las Madres; LGBTQ Youth Space; Native American Health Center; Points of Distribution; Positive Resource Center; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Rape Trauma Services; Raphael House; Renters’ Legal Assistance; Resource Center for Nonviolence; San Francisco Women Against Rape; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Shanti Project; Swords to Plowshares; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center; Youth Engagement, Advocacy and Housing
counties (See Alameda County (below Oakland); Contra Costa County; county government; Humboldt County; Marin County; Mendocino County; Napa County; places; San Mateo County; Santa Clara County; Santa Cruz County; Solano County; Sonoma County)
county government (See also counties; government; hospitals)
East Bay Bicycle Coalition; EveryOne Home; StopWaste.Org
couriers (See also transportation)
Pedal Express
covert operations (See also intervention; national government; spying)
National Security Archive; Northern California 911 Truth Alliance
crafts (See also art; do-it-yourself; products; simple living)
afghans for Afghans; Borneo Project, The; Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival
creativity (See also art; dance; diversity; film / video; humor; life necessities; music; performance art; photography; poetry; sex; spoken word; theatre; writing)
Brush Fire Painting Workshops; Creativity Explored; Crucible, The; GirlVentures; Moving On Center – School of Participatory Arts & Research; Practicing Freedom; Southern Exposure; Thirdeye Magazine
credit unions (See also banks; community-building; finance; local economy; noncorporate economy)
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
creek restoration (See also water; watersheds)
Alameda Creek Alliance; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Codornices Creek Watershed Council; Friends of Sausal Creek; San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society; Watershed Project
crime (See also criminal justice; death penalty; law; police accountability; urban life)
Community Works; Prison Activist Resource Center; Stop the Injunctions Coalition
criminal justice (See also crime; incarceration; justice; juvenile justice; law)
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Californians for Justice; Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; Critical Resistance
Cuba (See also Caribbean; places)
Global Exchange; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Peoples Video Network
cultural survival (See also history; imperialism; indigenous people; multiculturalism; rainforests)
Amazigh Cultural Association in America; Arab Cultural and Community Center; Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits; berberworld.com; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Cultural Heritage Imaging; International Campaign for Tibet; Seacology; Seva Foundation; Survival International USA; Tibetan Association of Northern California
culture jamming (See also advertising; direct action; humor; media criticism; propaganda)
Metaphor Project, The; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Whirl-Mart Ritual Resistance
cycling (See also bicycling; electric scooters; outdoor activity; simple living; sports; transportation; walking)
Alameda Point Collaborative; Bay Trail; Bike East Bay; Bike Kitchen, The; Bike Walk Alameda; Carbusters Magazine; Critical Mass (Berkeley); Critical Mass (San Francisco); Cycles of Change; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; East Bay Bike Party; ELV Motors; International Bicycle Fund; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Naturist Society; Oaklavia: Come Play in the Streets; Pedal Express; Rock the Bike; San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; San Francisco Bike Party; San Jose Bike Party; SF Urban Riders; Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Spokeland; Trips for Kids; Vessel Bikes; Walk Oakland Bike Oakland
dams (See also energy; water)
Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Friends of the Eel River; Friends of the River; International Rivers; Restore Hetch Hetchy; Save Nubia Project
dance (See also creativity)
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Bullfrog Films; Culture and Animals Foundation; Destiny Arts; East Bay Bike Party; Evolver Bay Area; Fellowship of Humanity; Moving On Center – School of Participatory Arts & Research; San Francisco Bike Party
death penalty (See also crime; human rights; law; Mumia Abu-Jamal; racism)
Amnesty International; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Campaign to End the Death Penalty; Death Penalty Focus; Free Mumia; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Prison Activist Resource Center; Prison Radio; Southern Center for Human Rights; Witness to Innocence
debt cancellation (See also distribution of wealth; finance; poverty; World Bank / IMF)
Jubilee USA Network
decentralization (See also anarchism; autonomy; bioregionalism; Community Supported Agriculture; control techniques; corporate-controlled globalization; local economy; noncorporate economy; organic agriculture; socioeconomic models)
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy; Seed the Commons
deforestation (See also conservation; ecology; land use; rainforests; trees)
Akha Heritage Foundation; Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Forest; Borneo Project, The; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Climate Ark; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Death of a Million Trees; East Bay Pesticide Alert; Environmental Protection Information Center; ForestEthics; Forests Forever; Foundation for Deep Ecology; Friends of the Eel River; Global Forest Watch; Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens; Hills Conservation Network; Mendocino Land Trust; Merritt College Environmental Program; Native Forest Council; Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development; San Francisco Forest Alliance; Save Sutro Forest; Save the East Bay Hills; Sempervirens Fund; Town Hall Coalition; Transition Earth; Trees For The Future
delivery (See also material aid; products; services; transportation)
Farm Fresh To You; Food Runners; Pedal Express
democracy (See also impeachment; proportional representation; socioeconomic models)
Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Burmese American Democratic Alliance; Californians for Electoral Reform; Center for Digital Democracy; Center for Media & Democracy; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Corporate Watch; Democracy Center, The; Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; East Bay Democratic Socialists of America; Environmental Commons; Food Democracy Now!; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Free Press; Freedom Socialist Party; Haiti Action Committee; Industrial Workers of the World; International Women’s Democracy Center; Labor Notes; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; Move to Amend; Narco News; Ninth Street Independent Film Center; Pacific Environment; Participatory Budgeting Project; Point of View Productions; Political Research Associates; Practicing Freedom; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy; Public Citizen; Raucous Rooster, The; Reclaim Democracy!; RESULTS – San Francisco Bay Area; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; Riseup; San Francisco for Democracy; San Mateo County Democracy for America; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Social Justice Center of Marin; Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy; Town Hall Coalition; truthout; Women’s Intercultural Network; World Policy Institute
demographics (See African Americans; Arab Americans; Arabs; Armenian Americans; Asian Americans; Berbers; Cambodian Americans; Chicanas / Chicanos; children; class; distribution of wealth; family; immigrants; indigenous people; individuals; Japanese Americans; Jewish Americans; Jews; Korean Americans; Kurds; Latinas / Latinos; low-income; men; multiculturalism; Muslims; Native Americans; Palestinians; people of color; political prisoners; refugees; Romanis; rural life; seniors; sexual minorities; students; urban life; veterans; women; youth)
demonstrations (See also community-building; direct action; logistics; outdoor activity)
Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Brass Liberation Orchestra; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); International Action Center (Bay Area Office); Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace; National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Nevada Desert Experience; Petaluma Progressives; RiniArt.org; ROAR Magazine; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; We Are Many
depleted uranium (See also health; nuclear radiation; nuclear weapons / testing)
National Gulf War Resource Center
deregulation (See also corporate-controlled globalization; corporations; law; privatization; utilities)
Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group; Vote Hemp
desert (See also land use)
Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Desert Survivors; Nevada Desert Experience
developing world (See also development; distribution of wealth; global issues; places)
100Reporters; Ecological Building Network; Foundation for Sustainable Development; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; International Food Policy Research Institute; Noam Chomsky Archive; our developing world
development (See also architecture; building materials; conservation; developing world; economics; export credit agenices; gentrification; housing; land use; open space; parks; urban planning; World Bank / IMF)
100Reporters; Agua Para la Vida; Amazon Watch; American Farmland Trust; Arc Ecology; Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter); Association for India’s Development; Bank Information Center; Borneo Project, The; Bullfrog Films; California Institute for Rural Studies; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Community Food & Justice Coalition; Congress for the New Urbanism; Defense of Place; Development Group for Alternative Policies, The; EarthRights International; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation; East Bay Community Law Center; Ecocity Builders; Ecological Building Network; First Community Housing; FOCUS on the Global South; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Foundation for Sustainable Development; Freedom from Hunger; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Heart of the City; Housing California; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; Inter Press Service; International Bicycle Fund; International Center for Research on Women; International Development Exchange; International Food Policy Research Institute; International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies; International Rivers; Joint Assistance Centre; Keep Albany Local ; Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay; Mission Economic Development Association; New Village Press; Northern California Land Trust; Oakland Institute; Oakland Local; Pacific Institute; Partnership for Sustainable Communities; Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development; Pesticide Action Network North America; Presidio Graduate School; Project Equity; Public Vision Research LLC; Recycle for Change; RESULTS – San Francisco Bay Area; San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters; Save Mount Diablo; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Threshold (Int’l Ctr for Environmental Renewal), Inc.; TransForm; Transportation for America; Trust In Education; Unity Council, The; Urban Ecology, Inc.; WaterPartners International; West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies; Women’s Environment & Development Organization
direct action (See also autonomy; boycotts; civil disobedience; culture jamming; demonstrations; divestiture; fasting; leafleting; logistics; microbroadcasting; needle exchange; picketing; secession; squatting; strikes; tabling; vigils; whistleblowing)
Action Network, The; Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Forest; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Center for Third World Organizing; Climate Disobedience Center; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Copwatch, Berkeley; East Bay Democratic Socialists of America; East Bay Solidarity Network; Eviction Free San Francisco; First They Came for the Homeless; Food Not Bombs, East Bay; Gill Tract Community Farm; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Homes Not Jails; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); International Development Exchange; Northern California Fossil Fuel Pledge of Resistance; Occupy Oakland; Occupy the Farm; Occupy Wall Street; Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County; Rainforest Action Network; Refuse Fascism; Reverend Billy; Ruckus Society, The; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Students for a Free Tibet; Trump Resistance Manual; Wall of Us; Western States Legal Foundation; Workers World Party (Bay Area office); World Can’t Wait
directories (See also calendars; research materials)
2-1-1; Abortion Clinics OnLine; Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; Activist San Diego; Animal Switchboard; Bay Area Vegetarians; BayVajra.info; Berkeley Information Network; Child Care Links; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Energy Justice Network; EnviroLink Network; Fellowship for Intentional Community; Foundation Center, The; FTMHealth.com; grassroots.org; Green Building Pages; Green Gate, The; Growth House; HappyCow’s Vegetarian Guide (California Section); infoshop.org; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; Local Harvest; Newslink; NewspaperIndex.com; Om Organics; Open Directory Project; OpportunityKnocks.org; Phoenix Data Center; Planet Drum Foundation; Polaris Institute; Progressive Portal; Project Vote Smart; Source for Renewable Energy; Stop the War Coalition; Sustainable Napa County; TechSoup.org; United for Peace and Justice; Universal Giving; VegDining.com; VegSF; VolunteerMatch; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – USA
disabilities (See also assistive technology; discrimination; diversity; health; human rights; mental health)
Abilities United; Adams ESQ (Oakland office); Alternative Family Services, Inc.; American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today; Asian Community Mental Health Services; Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors; Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Center for Accessible Technology; Center for Independence of the Disabled; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Children’s Defense Fund – California (Oakland office); Communities United in Defense of Olmstead; Community Resources for Independent Living; Creativity Explored; DCARA; Deaf Queer Resource Center; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; DisabledCommunity.Org; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Felton Institute; Fred Finch Youth Center; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Housing California; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; National Center on Disability and Journalism; Project HIRED; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Rebuilding Together Oakland; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; San Francisco Bay Area Wheelchair Accessible Trails; Santa Clara Valley Blind Center; Silicon Valley Independent Living Center; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; Whistlestop; Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights
disasters (See also ecology; food security; insurance; occupational safety and health; public health; refugees; terrorism)
International Bird Rescue Research Center
discrimination (See also ageism; animal liberation; civil rights; control techniques; disabilities; elitism; gentrification; hate crimes; homophobia; imagism; marriage rights; racism; reparations; sexism; sexual minorities; sizism)
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Bay Area Legal Aid; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Human Rights Watch (San Francisco office); International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission; National Committee on Pay Equity; Out4Immigration; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Public Advocates, Inc.; Trikone
discussion groups (See also classes / courses; community-building; email mailing lists; facilitation; networking; support groups)
Institute of Noetic Sciences
distribution of wealth (See also affirmative action; class; debt cancellation; demographics; developing world; economic justice; economics; elitism; gentrification; living wage; taxes; World Bank / IMF)
Center for Creative Land Recyling; Citizens for Tax Justice; Common Cause; Development Group for Alternative Policies, The; Economic Policy Institute; Equality Trust, The; FOCUS on the Global South; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; inequality.org; Institute for Policy Studies; International Development Exchange; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street; Sea Turtle Restoration Project; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; United for a Fair Economy
diversity (See also affirmative action; biodiversity; community-building; creativity; disabilities; endangered species / habitat; evolution; global community; men; multiculturalism; seniors; sexual minorities; solidarity; unity; women; youth)
African American Art and Culture Complex; Bay Area Labor Heritage Rockin’ Solidarity Chorus; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Bullfrog Films; California Newsreel; Center for Accessible Technology; Center for Digital Democracy; Center for Sex and Culture; Defenders of Wildlife; International Development Exchange; Intersection for the Arts; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; Millet Project, The; Mission Economic Development Association; Museum of the African Diaspora; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Ninth Street Independent Film Center; Not In Our Town; Oakland Local; our developing world; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Save the Bay; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Southern Exposure; Tech Workers Coalition; Temple United Methodist Church; Toward Freedom; Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; Unitarian Universalists of the Bay Area; UNtraining, The
divestiture (See boycotts; direct action; finance; investment; noncorporate economy; shareholder advocacy)
do-it-yourself (See also blogs; commodification; crafts; gardening; intentional communities; local currencies; mediation; noncorporate economy; self-help; self-reliance; simple living; watchdog groups)
Bike Kitchen, The; Ecology Action; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Garden (film), The; Guerilla Drive-In, Santa Cruz; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Nolo; Petaluma Community Access; Pollinate Farm & Garden
domestic violence (See also rape; shelters; violence)
Alliance for Girls; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Women’s Shelter; Bay Area Legal Aid; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Community United Against Violence; Family Violence Law Center; International Institute of the Bay Area; Kidango; La Casa de las Madres; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid of Napa Valley; LifeMoves; Narika; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.
draft / registration (See also law; militarism; military recruitment)
Courage to Resist; GI Rights Hotline; Resource Center for Nonviolence; Veterans Speakers Alliance
drone warfare (See also militarism)
CODEPINK Women for Peace; Nevada Desert Experience; No More Victims
drugs (See also addiction; alcohol; beer; cannabis; harm reduction; health; incarceration; mandatory minimum sentencing; needle exchange; tobacco)
Alameda Family Services; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Community Mental Health Services; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Community Youth Center; Conrad, Chris; Consortium For Independent Journalism; Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Bay Area Office; Drug Reform Coalition Network; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Family & Children Services; Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation; Harm Reduction Coalition; HealthRIGHT 360; Human Rights and the Drug War; Independent Arts & Media; Mandatory Madness; Marin Treatment Center; Narco News; Native American Health Center; Points of Distribution; Public Citizen; School of the Americas Watch; StoptheDrugWar.org; Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Swords to Plowshares; Vote Hemp; Youth Leadership Institute
Earth Day (See ecology; festivals)
East Timor (See also Asia; places)
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network
eating disorders (See also addiction; food; health; imagism; mental health; sizism)
About-Face
ecology (See also agroecology; air; appropriate technology; bay / delta environment; bioregionalism; building materials; climate change; coastal environment; conservation; deforestation; disasters; Earth Day; endangered species / habitat; energy; environmental justice; global issues; global warming; greens; land use; local economy; nuclear energy; organic agriculture; ozone; pesticides; petroleum; plastic; pollution; population control; public health; rainforests; recycling; science; solar energy; sustainability; toxics; transportation; veganism / vegetarianism; waste; water; wilderness)
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; Action For Nature; Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter); Automobile Moratorium; Ben Lomond Quaker Center; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Bullfrog Films; California League of Conservation Voters; Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; ChangeLab Solutions; Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life; Colwell, Guy; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Commonweal; Corporate Watch; Crissy Field Center; David Brower Center; Democracy Center, The; Earth Island Institute; Earth Policy Institute; Earth Share California (Northern California office); Earthjustice; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; EarthRights International; Ecocity Builders; Ecology Center; Ecology Center Of San Francisco; EcoVegEvents.com; EnviroLink Network; Environment California; Environment News Service; Environmental Forum of Marin; Environmental News Network; Environmental Volunteers; Environmental Working Group (California Office); Environmentalists Against War; EnviroVideo; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Foundation for Deep Ecology; Global Justice Ecology Project; Green City Project; Green Gate, The; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Green Sangha; Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival; Indigenous Environmental Network; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; Island Press; KIDS for the BAY; Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center; Mother Jones; Multinational Monitor; Nature in the City; New Village Press; Next Generation, The; North Atlantic Books; Northern California Recycling Association; Point of View Productions; Progressive Majority; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Redefining Progress; Redford Center, The; Resource Renewal Institute; Rodale Institute; RootsAction; San Francisco Institute of Architecture; San Francisco Tomorrow; Savory Thymes; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter; Social Justice Center of Marin; Sonoma County Conservation Council; Sonoma Ecology Center; Susan Ives Communications; Sustainable San Mateo County; Sustainable World Coalition; Threshold (Int’l Ctr for Environmental Renewal), Inc.; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Western States Legal Foundation; Wild Equity Institute; Wild Oakland; Women’s Earth Alliance; Women’s Environmental Network; World Resources Institute
economic conversion (See also economics; militarism)
Campaign for New Priorities, Bay Area; Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; International Development Exchange; Tides Thoreau Center San Francisco; Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment
economic globalization (See corporate-controlled globalization)
economic justice (See also distribution of wealth; economics; fair trade; gentrification; justice; literacy; petroleum)
American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Bank Information Center; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Center for Community Change; Center for Economic and Social Rights; Class Action; Community Food Security Coalition; Community United Against Violence; Courage Campaign; Democracy Center, The; Development Group for Alternative Policies, The; Dollars and Sense; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Filipino Advocates for Justice; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Friends of Alemany Farm; Friends of the MST; Gadar Heritage Foundation; Global Justice Ecology Project; Global Trade Watch; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Greenlining Institute; HOMEY; In These Times; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; International Indian Treaty Council; Jewish Voice for Peace; Jobs with Justice; Juma Ventures; LaborNet; Liberation Ink; Mission Economic Development Association; Move to Amend; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office); Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); National Housing Trust; National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; National Priorities Project; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; People’s Grocery; Planting Justice; Priority Africa Network; Progressive Majority; San Francisco Living Wage Coalition; San Mateo County Democracy for America; Seva Foundation; Seven Stories Press; Speak Out – Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Tech Workers Coalition; Tenants Together; Urban Habitat; Women’s Environment & Development Organization; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Jose Branch
economic sanctions (See also control techniques; economics; foreign policy; trade)
San Jose Peace & Justice Center
economics (See also agriculture; business; campaign finance reform; capitalism; collectives; consumer lifestyle; cooperatives; corporate-controlled globalization; development; distribution of wealth; economic conversion; economic justice; economic sanctions; employment; energy; fair trade; finance; housing; labor; limits to economic growth; local economy; militarism; mining; neoliberalism; noncorporate economy; peak oil; poverty; products; socioeconomic models; trade; transportation; World Bank / IMF)
Against the Grain; Bay Area Green Tours; Bay Bucks; Between The Lines; California Trade Justice Coalition; Campaign for America’s Future; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Economic and Social Rights; Center for Popular Economics; Center for Sustainable Economy; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Centre for Research on Globalisation; Commons San Francisco, The; Culture Change; Dollars and Sense; Earth Policy Institute; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Democratic Socialists of America; Economic Policy Institute; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Grassroots Economic Organizing; GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth; IBON Foundation, Inc.; Inner City Advisors; new economics foundation; New Economics Institute; NorCal Community Resilience Network; Oakland Institute; Project Equity; Redefining Progress; Research Unit for Political Economy; San Francisco Community Power; Shareable; Sightline; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Sustainable San Mateo County; Sustainable World Coalition; Union for Radical Political Economics; United for a Fair Economy; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; World Policy Institute; Z Magazine
Ecuador (See places; South America)
editorial comment (See also blogs; cartoonists; comics; media; news; writers)
AlterNet; Animals Voice; Centre for Research on Globalisation; Common Dreams News Center; Dissident Voice; Fiore, Mark; FireWorks; Funny Times; Hightower, Jim; Making Contact; Nation Newsweekly Online, The; Our World; Rall, Ted; RealClimate; ROAR Magazine; Thirdeye Magazine; Thought Leader Public Relations; Tikkun Magazine; truthout; War and Law League
education (See also affirmative action; books; classes / courses; computers; consultants; educational curriculum; educators; leafleting; libraries; literacy; mail-order; mentoring; public education; research materials; students; study groups)
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; Aspect Foundation; Aspire Education Project; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Bayview Hunter’s Point Center for Arts & Technology; California Institute of Integral Studies; California Student Sustainability Coalition; Center for International Environmental Law; Child Care Links; Commonweal; Daily Acts; Environmental Forum of Marin; Environmental Volunteers; Equal Rights Advocates; Foundation for a College Education; GirlVentures; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Institute of Noetic Sciences; John F. Kennedy University; Justice Matters; KALW; La Casa de las Madres; League of Creative Minds; LevelBar; Marine Science Institute; Museum of the African Diaspora; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter; Native American Health Center; Oakland Youth Aspire; Pacifica Gardens; Peninsula Family Service; Post Carbon Institute; Practicing Freedom; Presidio Graduate School; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Public Advocates, Inc.; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Resource Center for Nonviolence; Richmond Art Center; San Francisco Institute of Architecture; Sex, Etc.; Shanti Project; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Society for Art Publications of the Americas; Solar Living Institute; Tech Workers Coalition; Trust In Education; Vision New America, Inc.; Vote Hemp; Way Pass Women’s Aftercare Program; Western Institute for Social Research; Wild Oakland; World Savvy; Youth Science Institute
educational curriculum (See also education; research materials)
Art in Action; California Newsreel; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Citizens for Healthy Options In Children’s Education; Civicorps Schools; Edible Schoolyard Project; Girls on the Run of the Bay Area; Green City Project; Hesperian Health Guides; International Development Exchange; KIDS for the BAY; National Center on Disability and Journalism; our developing world; Our Family Coalition; Oyate; Reach And Teach; San Francisco Institute of Architecture; San Francisco Parks Alliance; Save the Bay; Speak Out – Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); United for a Fair Economy; Video Project, The; World Savvy; World Trust; Youth Leadership Institute
educators (See also demographics; education; tenure)
Commons San Francisco, The; Community Solution, The; Greater Good Sciences Center; Knowledge Is Power Program; San Francisco Sex Information; University Professional and Technical Employees; Watershed Project; White Noise Collective
El Salvador (See also Central America; places)
Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Bay Area; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas
elections (See also campaign finance reform; government; impeachment; initiatives; Political Action Committees (PACs); political parties; proportional representation; voter registration)
Bay Rising; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; California League of Conservation Voters; California Voter Foundation; Californians for Electoral Reform; Center for Responsive Politics; Center for Voting and Democracy; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Forests Forever; Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club; Indivisible Berkeley; Indivisible Berkeley Students; Indivisible East Bay; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; NARAL Pro-Choice California; Next Generation, The; NorCal4OurRevolution; PowerPac.org; Progressive Majority; Project Vote Smart; San Francisco for Democracy; San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters; San Francisco Rising; San Francisco Tomorrow; San Mateo County Democracy for America; Sonoma County Conservation Action; Thought Leader Public Relations; United for Community Radio; Vote Hemp
electric scooters (See also appropriate technology; cycling; pollution; products; transportation; urban life)
ELV Motors
electromagnetic radiation (See health; nuclear radiation; radio; science; telephone service; toxics)
electronic commerce (See also Internet; products; trade)
Kahl Consultants
elitism (See class; Contract with America; control techniques; discrimination; distribution of wealth; philosophy; right-wingers)
email mailing lists (See also computers; discussion groups; news on-line)
Bay Area Bisexual Network; People’s Bark News
eminent domain (See housing; land use; law; municipal government)
employee ownership (See also collectives; cooperatives; employment)
National Center for Employee Ownership
employment (See also affirmative action; collectives; economics; employee ownership; human rights; labor; life necessities; telecommuting; temp work; volunteer matching)
African Advocacy Network; Asian Neighborhood Design; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Campaign for New Priorities, Bay Area; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Center for Nonprofit Success; Chinese for Affirmative Action; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Community Housing Partnership; Community Youth Center; CommunityGrows; Compass Family Services; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; DisabledCommunity.Org; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Episcopal Community Services; Excelsior Family Connections; FACES SF; Friends of Alemany Farm; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Inner City Advisors; International Institute of the Bay Area; Jobs with Justice; Juma Ventures; JVS; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center; Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; Mandela Foods Cooperative; Marin City Community Development Corporation; New Door Ventures; OpportunityKnocks.org; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; Phase2Careers; Phoenix Data Center; Planting Justice; Positive Resource Center; Project HIRED; Prospera; REACH Shirati; ReliaTech; Saint Anthony Foundation; San Francisco Conservation Corps; SustainableBusiness.com; Swords to Plowshares; Trips for Kids; Upwardly Global; US Labor Education in the Americas Project; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; Young Workers United; Youth Engagement, Advocacy and Housing; Youth Spirit Artworks; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin
endangered species / habitat (See also animal liberation; biodiversity; bioregionalism; conservation; coral reefs; diversity; ecology; evolution; rainforests; wildlife)
Alameda Creek Alliance; Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Forest; Bay Institute, The; California Native Plant Society; Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Close to Home: Exploring Nature in the East Bay; Committee for Green Foothills; Conservation Corps North Bay; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Defend Knowland Park; Defenders of Wildlife; Earth Island Institute; Environmental Protection Information Center; Ethical Traveler; Forests Forever; Friends of Animals, Inc.; Jane Goodall Institute; Marine Mammal Center, The; Mendocino Land Trust; Nature in the City; Planet Drum Foundation; Restore Hetch Hetchy; San Bruno Mountain Watch; San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society; Save the Bay; Save the East Bay Hills; Sea Shepherd International; Sea Turtle Restoration Project; Susan Ives Communications; Town Hall Coalition; Transition Earth; What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire; Wild Equity Institute; WildAid (San Francisco Office); Wildlife Conservation Network
energy (See also biofuels; dams; ecology; economics; micropower; mining; nuclear energy; petroleum; renewable energy; science; solar energy; utilities)
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; Association for India’s Development; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Build It Green; Burning Issues; California Interfaith Power and Light; Campaign for New Priorities, Bay Area; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Climate Ark; Community Solution, The; Culture Change; Emerald Earth; Energy Justice Network; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Heat is Online, The; KyotoUSA; Local Power; Merritt College Environmental Program; Nature Village; NorCal Community Resilience Network; Northern California Fossil Fuel Pledge of Resistance; Oil Change International; Post Carbon Institute; Public Citizen; Resilience.org; Rooted in Resilience; San Francisco Community Power; Self-Sustaining Communities; Sonoma Clean Power; The Utility Reform Network; Transition Earth; Transportation for America; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); Women’s Energy Matters
environmental justice (See also ecology; human rights; multiple chemical sensitivity; public health; racism; toxics)
Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center; Borneo Project, The; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Environmental Health; Center for Health, Environment and Justice; Citizens for Balanced Growth; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Communities for a Better Environment; CorpWatch; Crissy Field Center; Democracy Center, The; Energy Justice Network; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Health News; Environmental Justice Coalition for Water; Environmental Law Foundation; Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity; Friends of Alemany Farm; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Global Justice Ecology Project; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Greenlining Institute; HOMEY; Impact Fund, The; In These Times; Indigenous Environmental Network; International Indian Treaty Council; Literacy for Environmental Justice; Pacific Institute; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; People United for a Better Life in Oakland; Pesticide Action Network North America; Rooted in Community; San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters; Sunflower Alliance; Susan Ives Communications; Tenants Together; Urban Habitat; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; Western States Legal Foundation; Wild Equity Institute; Youth United for Community Action; [people. power. media]
Europe (See also Balkans; Great Britain; Greece; Ireland; places; Russia; Turkey; Yugoslavia)
Romania Animal Rescue; Voice of Roma
evolution (See also biotechnology; diversity; endangered species / habitat; religion; science; separation of church and state)
Center for Story-based Strategy; Greater Good Sciences Center; National Center for Science Education; Northern Sun Merchandising; Progressive Science Institute; Seeds of Freedom
export credit agenices (See also corporate-controlled globalization; development; finance; national government; World Bank / IMF)
International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies
facilitation (See also conflict resolution; consultants; discussion groups; mediation)
Community Boards; East Bay Cohousing; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; Practicing Freedom; SEEDS Community Resolution Center
fair trade (See also economic justice; economics; products; trade)
Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition; Borneo Project, The; Fair Trade Federation; Fair Trade USA; Global Exchange; International Development Exchange; Organic Consumers Association; Sightline
family (See also adoption & foster care; children; community-building; demographics; family court; intentional communities; relationships; seniors; youth)
1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence; Alameda Family Services; Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; Asian Community Mental Health Services; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; Bay Area Crisis Nursery; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Bill Wilson Center; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Canal Alliance; Child Family Health International; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Children’s Defense Fund – California (Oakland office); Commercial Alert; Community Youth Center; Compass Family Services; Contra Costa Child Care Council; DrawBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Ecumenical Hunger Program; Excelsior Family Connections; Face The World Foundation; FACES SF; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Family & Children Services; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Felton Institute; Feminist Therapy Connection; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Hamilton Families; HOPE Collaborative; Independent Adoption Center; Koret Family House; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Military Families Speak Out; National Family Farm Coalition; Native American Health Center; Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center; Our Family Coalition; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, San Jose/Peninsula; Peninsula Family Service; Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Raphael House; Seneca Family of Agencies; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Western Institute for Social Research; Youth Homes, Inc.
family court (See family; judiciation)
farmers markets (See also agriculture; bioregionalism; food; local economy; local food; noncorporate economy; outdoor activity; products; simple living; urban life)
Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; Ecology Center; Local Harvest; Oakland Based Urban Gardens; Om Organics; Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association; Phat Beets Produce; Susan Ives Communications; Urban Village Farmers’ Market Association
fascism (See also Holocaust; racism; socioeconomic models)
Refuse Fascism
fasting (See direct action; hunger)
feminism (See also women)
Bay Area Women in Black; Emma Goldman Papers, The; Feminist Majority Foundation; Feminist Therapy Connection; Freedom Socialist Party; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; National Organization for Women; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace and Freedom Party, Alameda County; Radical Women; Women Living Under Muslim Laws
festivals (See also community-building; Earth Day; music; outdoor activity)
CounterCorp; Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival; OceanHealth.Org; Petaluma Progressives; Point of View Productions; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; San Francisco Black Film Festival; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee; San Francisco Women’s Film Institute
film / video (See also art; creativity; media; photography)
Active Voice Lab; Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Artists’ Television Access; Bay Area Video Coalition; Berkeley Community Media; Brave New Films; Bullfrog Films; California Newsreel; Community Solution, The; Consume This Movie; Corporation (the film), The; CounterCorp; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Edible City: The Movie; End of Suburbia; EnviroVideo; First Run Features; Food, Inc.; FreeDocumentaries.org; Freedom to Marry; Future of Food, The; Garden (film), The; Green Planet Films, Inc.; GroundSpark; GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth; Guerilla Drive-In, Santa Cruz; In Search of Good Food; Independent Arts & Media; Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers; La Pena Cultural Center; Labor Video Project; Media Watch; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; Moving Images Video Project; Museum of the African Diaspora; New Day Films; Ninth Street Independent Film Center; Not In Our Town; NutritionFacts.org; Occupy the Farm – The Film; OceanHealth.Org; Paper Tiger TV West / Deep Dish Satelite Network; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; Peoples Video Network; Petaluma Progressives; PlaneTree Health Information Center; Point of View Productions; Progressive Films; Progressive Source Communications; Public Vision Research LLC; Redford Center, The; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco Black Film Festival; San Francisco Women’s Film Institute; Seeds of Freedom; Sex Worker’s Education Network; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Speak Out – Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Story of Stuff, The; Truth Be Told Creative; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Urban VOICE; Video Project, The; Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price; We Are Many; What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire; What the Health; World Trust
finance (See also banks; campaign finance reform; credit unions; debt cancellation; divestiture; economics; export credit agenices; investment; land trusts; local currencies; microenterprise; World Bank / IMF)
AIDS Emergency Fund; Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation; Jubilee USA Network; Kiva; National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; New Economics Institute; PowerPac.org; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Tobin Tax Initiative
First Amendment (See also free speech; freedom of information; separation of church and state)
California Anti-SLAPP Project; California First Amendment Coalition; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; First Amendment Project; Free Radio Berkeley; Move to Amend; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Freedom of Information Coalition; Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press
food (See also agriculture; beer; eating disorders; farmers markets; food security; gardening; health; homelessness; hunger; life necessities; local food; nutrition; organic agriculture; veganism / vegetarianism)
Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project; Berkeley Student Food Collective; California Food Policy Advocates; CANFIT; Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; ChangeLab Solutions; Children’s Council of San Francisco; City Slicker Farms; Community Food & Justice Coalition; Consider The Homeless; Corporate Accountability International; CropMobster Community Exchange; EarthSave Foundation; Eat Drink Politcs; Ecumenical Hunger Program; Farm Fresh To You; Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Food Chain Workers Alliance; Food Democracy Now!; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Food Not Bombs, East Bay; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Food Not Lawns; Food Pantry, The; Food Runners; Food, Inc.; FoodCorps; Full Circle Farm; Future of Food, The; GMO Inside; Good Food Web; GRAIN; Growing up Farms; HappyCow’s Vegetarian Guide (California Section); Holy Land Olive Oil; HOPE Collaborative; In Search of Good Food; La Cocina; Mandela Foods Cooperative; Mandela MarketPlace; Millet Project, The; National Family Farm Coalition; Non-GMO Project; North Atlantic Books; Not Milk; Oakland Food Policy Council; Occupy the Farm; One Brick; Organic Consumers Association; People’s Grocery; Petaluma Bounty; Phoenix Data Center; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Project Open Hand (Alameda County); Project Open Hand (San Francisco); Rainbow Grocery; Rodale Institute; Roots of Change; Seeds of Change; Seeds of Freedom; Solar Cookers International Network Wiki; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable Table; Terma Foundation; U.S. Right to Know; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; VegDining.com; VegPeace.org; VegSF; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.; What the Health; Working Group on Veganic Farming
food banks (See also food security; hunger; low-income; material aid; services)
Alameda County Community Food Bank; Alameda Food Bank; Berkeley Food Pantry; Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano; Redwood Empire Food Bank; San Francisco Food Bank; Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
food security (See also agriculture; disasters; food; food banks; local food)
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative; Center for the Study of the Americas; Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens; Community Food Security Coalition; Freedom from Hunger; Gill Tract Community Farm; Heritage Grain Alliance; People United for a Better Life in Oakland; Rooted in Community; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Urban Adamah
foreign policy (See also economic sanctions; global issues; national government; places; policy; trade)
Center for International Policy; Foreign Policy In Focus; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; No More Victims; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Jose Branch
framing (See also propaganda; psychology)
Center for Sex and Culture; Metaphor Project, The; POOR News Network; Urban Habitat; We Interrupt This Message
free speech (See also censorship; civil liberties; First Amendment; homeowners associations; Internet; microbroadcasting; PATRIOT Act; political prisoners; pornography)
All Of Us Or None poster archive project; Alternative Radio; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Berkeley Community Media; Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California First Amendment Coalition; Center for Democracy and Technology; Center for Digital Democracy; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Emma Goldman Papers, The; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Free Expression Policy Project; Free Radio Berkeley; Free Speech Internet Television; Friends of Falun Gong USA; IP Justice; Media Alliance; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; People for the American Way; Peoples Video Network; Reporters Without Borders; Rock the Vote; Toward Freedom
freedom of information (See also First Amendment; right to know; sunshine laws; whistleblowing)
California First Amendment Coalition; Electronic Privacy Information Center; First Amendment Project; National Freedom of Information Coalition; National Security Archive; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Privacy International; Reporters Without Borders; Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press
fundraising (See also benefits; grants / financial aid)
Center for Nonprofit Success; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Earth Share California (Northern California office); Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training; HipHopForChange; Horizons Foundation; Minkler, Doug; NARAL Pro-Choice California; Peace Resource Project; Ploughshares Fund; Richmond / Ermet AIDS Foundation; San Francisco for Democracy; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Susan Ives Communications; Tech Stands Up
gambling (See addiction; state government)
gardening (See also agriculture; community-building; do-it-yourself; food; local food; noncorporate economy; organic agriculture; outdoor activity; seeds; trees)
Alameda Point Collaborative; American Community Gardening Association; Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds; Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative; California Native Plant Society; Community Food Security Coalition; CommunityGrows; CropMobster Community Exchange; Ecocity Builders; Ecology Action; Ecology Center Of San Francisco; Edible East Bay; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; Edible Schoolyard Project; Food Not Lawns; FoodCorps; Garden (film), The; Garden for the Environment; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Kitazawa Seed Company; Nature in the City; New Village Press; Oakland Based Urban Gardens; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Petaluma Bounty; PLACE for Sustainable Living; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Quesada Gardens Initiative; Rooted in Community; Seeds of Change; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Urban Releaf; Urban Sprouts; Village Harvest; Working Group on Veganic Farming; Yards to Gardens
Gays (See also sexual minorities)
GLBT Historical Society; Horizons Foundation; LGBTQ Youth Space; Our Family Coalition
genetic engineering (See also biotechnology)
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture; Future of Food, The; GMO Inside; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute for Responsible Technology; Non-GMO Project; Organic Consumers Association; Seeds of Freedom; U.S. Right to Know
genocide (See also antisemitism; Holocaust; human rights; racism)
Armenian National Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition; Survival International USA
gentrification (See also development; discrimination; distribution of wealth; economic justice; housing; low-income; neighborhoods)
Heart of the City; Urban Displacement Project
global community (See also community-building; diversity; global issues; international law; internationalism; networking; world government)
Aspect Foundation; Center for International Environmental Law; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; LinkTV; Pacific Environment; Pathways to Peace; Wild Equity Institute; World Trust
global issues (See also corporate-controlled globalization; developing world; ecology; foreign policy; global community; global warming; world government)
Abolition 2000; Center for International Policy; Child Family Health International; Global Policy Forum; Global Security Institute; International Development Exchange; Western States Legal Foundation; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch; World Savvy
global warming (See also automobiles; climate change; ecology; global issues; pollution; renewable energy; science; trees)
California Interfaith Power and Light; Climate Ark; Heat is Online, The; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; KyotoUSA; More Dirt; Oil Change International; RealClimate; Rooted in Resilience; Sightline; Trees For The Future; VegPeace.org
globalization (See corporate-controlled globalization)
government (See also controllers; county government; elections; impeachment; lobbying; municipal government; national government; petitions; policy; political parties; private government; proportional representation; public education; secession; separation of church and state; socioeconomic models; state government; taxes; welfare; whistleblowing; world government)
Arc Ecology; Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation; Center for Public Integrity; Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, Inc.; Demand Progress; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Global Trade Watch; Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club; Human Rights Watch (San Francisco office); International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies; National Security Archive; NorCal4OurRevolution; Participatory Budgeting Project; Privacy International; Progressive Majority; Project Vote Smart; Public Campaign; Silicon Valley Courageous Resistance; Working Partnerships USA; Worksafe, Inc.; Yes California
grants / financial aid (See also fundraising; material aid)
AIDS Emergency Fund; Commonwealth Fund, The; Foundation Center, The; Friends of the Urban Forest; Global Fund for Women, The; Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; Horizons Foundation; Impact Fund, The; Impact Hub Berkeley; Impact Hub San Francisco; Independent Television Service; International Development Exchange; Joint Assistance Centre; LevelBar; National Freedom of Information Coalition; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Pollination Project, The; Resist, Inc.; Rosenberg Fund for Children; San Carlos Foundation; San Francisco General Hospital Foundation; San Francisco Parks Alliance; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Wildlife Conservation Network
Great Britain (See also Europe; Ireland; places)
Arc Ecology; Free Tibet Campaign; new economics foundation; Privacy International; Stop the War Coalition
greens (See also ecology; political parties)
Alameda Green Parties; Green Party, San Francisco; Green Party of Alameda County; Green Party of Contra Costa County; Green Party of San Mateo County
Guatemala (See also Central America; Mayans; places)
International Development Exchange; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; NamasteDirect; Seva Foundation; Witness for Peace
guns (See also militarism; self-defense; technology; violence)
1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence; Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence / Americans for Responsible Solutions Foundation; Violence Policy Center
Gypsies (See Romanis)
Haiti (See also Caribbean; places)
African Advocacy Network; Global Exchange; Haiti Action Committee; Haiti Soleil; Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; What If? Foundation; Witness for Peace
harm reduction (See also addiction; drugs; needle exchange; public health)
Drug Reform Coalition Network; Harm Reduction Coalition; Marijuana Policy Project; Points of Distribution; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; StoptheDrugWar.org
hate crimes (See also discrimination; homophobia; racism; sexual minorities; terrorism; violence)
Not In Our Town; San Jose Peace & Justice Center; Southern Poverty Law Center; Unite for Freedom from Right Wing Violence in the Bay Area; Working Group, The
Hawai’i (See also indigenous people; places)
Surfrider Foundation
health (See also addiction; AIDS / HIV; air; caregiver support; circumcision; depleted uranium; disabilities; drugs; eating disorders; electromagnetic radiation; food; healthcare access; hiking; hospitals; insurance; martial arts; medical marijuana; mental health; multiple chemical sensitivity; nuclear radiation; nutrition; occupational safety and health; pesticides; prevention; public health; reproductive rights; seniors; single payer health care; sports; stem cell research; therapy; toxics; veganism / vegetarianism; vivisection; water; yoga)
Abortion Clinics OnLine; Agua Para la Vida; Alameda Family Services; Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care; Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights; API Wellness; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Health Services; Bay Area Vegetarians; Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center; Berkeley Free Clinic; Berkeley Healthy Child Initiative; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Breast Cancer Action; Burning Issues; California Coalition for Women Prisoners; California Food Policy Advocates; California Indian Environmental Alliance; California Nurses Association; CANFIT; Center for Elders’ Independence; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Child Family Health International; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Clean Water Action; Commonweal; Community Food & Justice Coalition; Consumers for Dental Choice; Contra Costa Child Care Council; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Death with Dignity National Center; Drug Reform Coalition Network; EarthRights International; EarthSave Foundation; East Bay Agency for Children; East Bay Pesticide Alert; Ecological Farming Association; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Commons; Environmental Health News; Equality Trust, The; FactoryFarming.com; Food, Inc.; FTMHealth.com; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Global Trade Watch; Green Science Policy Institute; Greenlining Institute; Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages; Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival; Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality; HOPE Collaborative; Humane Farming Association, The; Institute for Responsible Technology; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; John F. Kennedy University; Latino Coalition for a Healthy California; Mandela MarketPlace; Marine Mammal Center, The; Moving On Center – School of Participatory Arts & Research; Multicultural Institute; Multinational Monitor; NARAL Pro-Choice California; National Gulf War Resource Center; National Organization for Restoring Men; Native American Health Center; NoFluoride.com; NutritionFacts.org; Oakland Based Urban Gardens; On Lok; Organic Consumers Association; OrganicAthlete; Our Kids, Our Choice; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, San Jose/Peninsula; People’s Grocery; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; PlaneTree Health Information Center; Point of View Productions; Public Advocates, Inc.; ReCARES; Rodale Institute; San Francisco Vegetarian Society; Seva Foundation; Sex, Etc.; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Stop the Spray Marin; Sunflower Alliance; Sustainable Table; Terma Foundation; U.S. Right to Know; VegPeace.org; VegSource; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; WaterPartners International; What the Health; Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Women’s Community Clinic; Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights; Worksafe, Inc.
healthcare access (See also health; human rights; long-term care; medical marijuana; nursing homes; physician-assisted suicide; reproductive rights; single payer health care)
2-1-1; Abortion Clinics OnLine; ACCESS; Afghan Women’s Mission; Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care; Americans for Safe Access; Bay Area Legal Aid; Breast Cancer Fund; Burma Humanitarian Mission; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; California Physicians Alliance; California Prison Focus; California Program on Access to Care; Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic; Child Family Health International; Children’s Defense Fund – California (Oakland office); Choice Medical Group; Clinic by the Bay; Commonwealth Fund, The; Compassion & Choices; Death with Dignity National Center; Exhale; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Gray Panthers, San Francisco; Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.; Growth House; Health Access Foundation (Northern California office); Health Care for All California; Health Initiative of the Americas; HealthRIGHT 360; Hesperian Health Guides; Homeless Action Center; Housing California; Keep Alta Bates Open; Koret Family House; La Clinica de La Raza; Latino Coalition for a Healthy California; Lyon-Martin Health Services; National Center for Youth Law; Older Women’s League; On Lok; Pets Unlimited; Phoenix Data Center; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific; Population Services International; Priority Africa Network; Progressive Majority; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Ravenswood Family Health Center; Saint Anthony Foundation; Samaritan House; San Carlos Foundation; San Francisco General Hospital Foundation; San Mateo County Democracy for America; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Shanti Project; Terma Foundation; Universal Healthcare Action Network; Urojas Community Services; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana; Women’s Community Clinic; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Working Partnerships USA
hemp (See also agriculture; cannabis; sustainability)
Conrad, Chris; Hemp Industries Association; Vote Hemp
hiking (See also camping; health; outdoor activity; sports; trails; walking)
American Hiking Society; Bay Trail; Close to Home: Exploring Nature in the East Bay; Desert Survivors; Naturist Society; San Bruno Mountain Watch; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter; Wild Equity Institute
history (See also archiving; cultural survival; education; Holocaust; museums; reparations)
Arab Cultural and Community Center; Armenian National Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Art in Action; Bay Nature Institute; California Native Plant Society; California Newsreel; Center for Ecosystem Survival; City Lights Bookstore; Commons San Francisco, The; Cultural Heritage Imaging; Culture and Animals Foundation; Ecology Action; Emma Goldman Papers, The; Freedom Archives, The; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California; GLBT Historical Society; Haymarket Books; Heinberg, Richard; International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; Labor Archives and Research Center; National Security Archive; News from Native California; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Oyate; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy; Queer Arts Resource; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; Resource Center for Nonviolence; San Francisco Art Institute; Save Nubia Project; Save the Berkeley Post Office; Seven Stories Press; Tri-Valley Cultural Jews; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Urban VOICE; World Socialist Web Site
Holocaust (See fascism; genocide; history; Jews)
homelessness (See also housing; mental health; poverty; shelters)
ABODE Services; AIDS Housing Alliance / SF; Alameda Family Services; Alameda Point Collaborative; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Berkeley Food and Housing Project; Bread & Roses; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; Community Housing Partnership; Community Technology Alliance; Compass Family Services; Consider The Homeless; COTS Committee on the Shelterless; Covenant House California; Dorothy Day House; DrawBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children; East Bay Community Law Center; Episcopal Community Services; EveryOne Home; First They Came for the Homeless; Food Not Bombs, East Bay; Food Pantry, The; Fred Finch Youth Center; General Assistance Advocacy Project; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; Hamilton Families; Homeless Action Center; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; Homes Not Jails; Hospitality House; Housing California; Independent Arts & Media; Kidango; LifeMoves; National Coalition for the Homeless; National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty; Native American Health Center; Operation Dignity; Phoenix Data Center; Points of Distribution; POOR News Network; Raphael House; Saint Anthony Foundation; Samaritan House; San Jose Peace & Justice Center; SFHomeless Yahoo Group; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council; Temple United Methodist Church; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Welcome Ministry; Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center; Youth Engagement, Advocacy and Housing; Youth Spirit Artworks
homeowners associations (See also civil liberties; consumer protection; free speech; housing; privacy; private government)
Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, Inc.
homophobia (See also discrimination; hate crimes; issues; sexual minorities)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Socialist Alternative
hospitals (See also county government; health)
Abortion Clinics OnLine; Afghan Women’s Mission; Bay Area Women Against Rape; California Nurses Association; Child Family Health International; Keep Alta Bates Open; Koret Family House; San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
hostels (See also hotels; travel)
Golden Gate Council of Hostelling International USA; Hostelz.com
hotels (See also hostels; labor; travel)
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; UNITE HERE (Western Regional Office)
housing (See also architecture; building materials; cohousing; development; economics; eminent domain; gentrification; homelessness; homeowners associations; human rights; land trusts; land use; life necessities; property rights; shelters; squatting; tenant rights; urban life)
ABODE Services; African Advocacy Network; AIDS Housing Alliance / SF; AIDS Legal Referral Panel; Alameda Point Collaborative; Asian Neighborhood Design; Bay Area Legal Aid; Build It Green; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; California Housing Law Project; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Community Boards; Community Housing Partnership; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Compass Family Services; Corporate Watch; East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation; East Bay Community Law Center; Ecocity Builders; Ecological Building Network; Episcopal Community Services; Eviction Defense Collaborative; Eviction Free San Francisco; First Community Housing; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Greenbelt Alliance; Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; Hamilton Families; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; Homes Not Jails; Housing California; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; LifeMoves; National Housing Trust; National Priorities Project; Northern California Community Loan Fund; Northern California Land Trust; Operation Dignity; Partnership for Sustainable Communities; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; Phoenix Data Center; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Public Advocates, Inc.; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Raphael House; Rebuilding Alliance, The; Rebuilding Together Oakland; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; Renters’ Legal Assistance; San Francisco Community Land Trust; San Francisco Tenants Union; Small House Society; Swords to Plowshares; Tenants Together; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Transition Earth; Urban Habitat; Urojas Community Services; VeggieDate.com; Welcome Ministry; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center; Youth United for Community Action; [people. power. media]
human rights (See also animal liberation; child labor; circumcision; civil rights; death penalty; disabilities; employment; environmental justice; genocide; healthcare access; housing; humanism; humanitarian aid; hunger; living wage; political prisoners; privacy; public education; self-determination; sex trafficking; slavery; torture)
Akha Heritage Foundation; Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition; American Muslim Voice; Amnesty International; Anti-Slavery International; Asylum Access; Attorneys for the Rights of the Child; Bay Area Friends of Tibet; Bay Area Intactivists; Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; BayVajra.info; Berkeley Women in Black; Burmese American Democratic Alliance; Cal Tzedek; California Prison Focus; California Trade Justice Coalition; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Economic and Social Rights; Center for International Policy; Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, San Francisco; Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Bay Area; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Community Food & Justice Coalition; CorpWatch; Courage Campaign; Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Bay Area Office; EarthRights International; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Ethical Traveler; Filipino Advocates for Justice; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Free Tibet Campaign; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Friends of the MST; Global Fund for Women, The; Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality; HOMEY; Human Rights and the Drug War; Human Rights Watch (San Francisco office); Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; International Campaign for Tibet; International Campaign to Ban Landmines; International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission; International Indian Treaty Council; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; Justice In Nigeria Now!; Middle East Children’s Alliance; Nation of Change; National Center for Lesbian Rights; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); No More Victims; Oil Change International; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Peace Action West; Peace Brigades International; People’s Grocery; Prison Legal News; Progressive Films; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee; Seven Stories Press; Sex Worker’s Education Network; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Socialist Action; Southern Center for Human Rights; Tibet Justice Center; Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy; Toward Freedom; United States Campaign for Burma; University of Minnesota Human Rights Library; US Labor Education in the Americas Project; Vukani Mawethu; Witness for Peace; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Women’s Environment & Development Organization; Women’s Human Rights Resources (University of Toronto); Women’s Intercultural Network; Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights
humanism (See also civil liberties; human rights; philosophy)
American Humanist Association; Fellowship of Humanity; Humanist Workers for Revolutionary Socialism; San Francisco Atheists; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Tri-Valley Cultural Jews
humanitarian aid (See also human rights; material aid; services; technical assistance)
afghans for Afghans; Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; No More Victims; Population Services International
Humboldt County (See also counties)
Culture Change; Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; Environmental Protection Information Center; Redwood Community Radio, Inc.; Redwood Empire Food Bank
humor (See also cartoonists; comics; creativity; culture jamming; street theater)
About-Face; Big Think Studios; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Fiore, Mark; Funny Times; Hightower, Jim; Lippman, Dave; Northern Sun Merchandising; Rall, Ted; Reverend Billy; San Francisco Mime Troupe; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; This Modern World; Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
hunger (See also fasting; food; food banks; homelessness; human rights; poverty)
Alameda County Community Food Bank; Alameda Food Bank; Dorothy Day House; Ecumenical Hunger Program; Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Food Not Bombs, East Bay; Food Runners; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; International Food Policy Research Institute; Redwood Empire Food Bank; RESULTS – San Francisco Bay Area; San Francisco Food Bank; Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties; Self-Help Hunger Program; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; Village Harvest
imagism (See also discrimination; eating disorders; nudism; sexism; sizism)
About-Face
immigrants (See also demographics; multiculturalism; refugees)
2-1-1; African Advocacy Network; Amazigh Cultural Association in America; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); AnewAmerica; API Wellness; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Asian Law Caucus; Asian Women’s Shelter; California Trade Justice Coalition; Canal Alliance; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Centro Legal de la Raza; Chinese for Affirmative Action; Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary; ColorLines Magazine; Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Bay Area; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Community Youth Center; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Health Initiative of the Americas; HOMEY; Housing California; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights; International Action Center (Bay Area Office); International Institute of the Bay Area; Justice Matters; La Cocina; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office); Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); Multicultural Institute; National Immigration Law Center (Berkeley office); National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Out4Immigration; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project; Public Advocates, Inc.; REACH Shirati; Reform Immigration for America; Refugee Transitions; San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network; SF-CAIRS; Socialist Alternative; South of Market Community Action Network; Upwardly Global; Young Workers United; Youth United for Community Action; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin
impeachment (See democracy; elections; government; judiciation)
imperialism (See also cultural survival; intervention; military occupation; national government; socioeconomic models)
antiwar.com; Courage to Resist; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Left Turn; What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire
incarceration (See also control techniques; criminal justice; drugs; judiciation; juvenile justice; political prisoners; prisons)
California Coalition for Women Prisoners; California Prison Focus; Californians United for A Responsible Budget; Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; Community Works; Critical Resistance; Drug Reform Coalition Network; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Equality Trust, The; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Human Rights and the Drug War; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Marijuana Policy Project; Prison Activist Resource Center; Prison Legal News; Prison Radio; Prisoners Literature Project; Stop the Injunctions Coalition; StoptheDrugWar.org; Way Pass Women’s Aftercare Program; Witness to Innocence; Young Women’s Freedom Center
India (See also Asia; places; South Asian Americans)
Association for India’s Development; Gadar Heritage Foundation; India Resource Center; International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal; International Development Exchange; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; Joint Assistance Centre; Research Unit for Political Economy; Seva Foundation
indigenous people (See also Berbers; bioregionalism; cultural survival; demographics; Hawai’i; Mayans; Native Americans)
Akha Heritage Foundation; Amazigh Cultural Association in America; Amazon Watch; berberworld.com; Borneo Project, The; Bullfrog Films; Chiapas Support Committee; Ethical Traveler; Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens; HOMEY; Indigenous Environmental Network; International Development Exchange; International Indian Treaty Council; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Pachamama Alliance; Rainforest Action Network; Seva Foundation; Sunflower Alliance; Survival International USA; Terma Foundation
individuals (See also consultants; demographics)
Conrad, Chris; Moore, Frank
Indonesia (See also Asia; Muslims; Pacific Islands; places)
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network; Peace Brigades International
initiatives (See also elections; law; legislation; petitions)
Berkeley Healthy Child Initiative; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; Local Power; NorCal4OurRevolution; PowerPac.org; RootsAction; San Francisco Tomorrow; Single Payer Now; Tobin Tax Initiative; Vote Solar Initiative; Yes California
insurance (See also corporations; disasters; health; single payer health care)
California Physicians Alliance; California Public Interest Research Group; Health Care for All California; International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies; On Lok; Public Advocates, Inc.
intellectual property (See also control techniques; copyright; law; NAFTA / GATT / FTAA; patents; property rights)
Future of Music Coalition; IP Justice
intentional communities (See also cohousing; community-building; cooperative living; do-it-yourself; family; local economy; noncorporate economy)
East Bay Cohousing; Emerald Earth; Fellowship for Intentional Community; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Urban Permaculture Guild
interconnectedness (See also spirituality; sustainability)
Aspect Foundation; Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity; Global Justice Ecology Project; John F. Kennedy University; Practicing Freedom; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch
international law (See also global community; internationalism; law; world government)
Abolition 2000; Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Center for Economic and Social Rights; CODEPINK Women for Peace; International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; IP Justice; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Sea Shepherd International
internationalism (See also global community; international law; multiculturalism; world government)
Global Exchange; International Development Exchange
Internet (See also addiction; blogs; computers; electronic commerce; free speech; media; news on-line; telecommuting; web site design; web site hosting)
Active Voice Lab; Artists’ Television Access; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Center for Democracy and Technology; Center for Digital Democracy; Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; Courage Campaign; Electric Embers; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Environmental Working Group (California Office); Free Speech Internet Television; FreeDocumentaries.org; Kahl Consultants; Long Haul Infoshop; NetSquared.org; Oakland Local; Open Directory Project; Riseup; Silicon Valley Public Access Link; Sudo Room; Thought Leader Public Relations; Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Working Group, The
intervention (See also covert operations; imperialism; militarism; military occupation; national government; petroleum; School of the Americas)
Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Hands Off Venezuela; International Action Center (Bay Area Office); Noam Chomsky Archive; War and Law League
investigative journalism (See also journalism; research; watchdog groups)
100Reporters; 48 Hills; Brave New Films; Center for Investigative Reporting; Center for Media & Democracy; Center for Public Integrity; Consortium For Independent Journalism; CounterPunch; Democracy Center, The; Mother Jones; ProPublica; truthout
investment (See also banks; divestiture; finance; shareholder advocacy)
Farmland LP; Global Trade Watch; Mandela Foods Cooperative; Progressive Asset Management; Sustainable Economies Law Center; SustainableBusiness.com
Iran (See Kurds; Middle East; petroleum; petroleum-rich nations)
Iranian Americans (See also demographics; Iran)
Bay Area Iranian American Democrats
Iraq (See also Arab Americans; Arabs; Kurds; Middle East; Muslims; petroleum; petroleum-rich nations; places)
Al Jazeera America; Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Courage to Resist; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Education for Peace in Iraq Center; Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); International Action Center (Bay Area Office); Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers; Middle East Children’s Alliance; Military Families Speak Out; National Gulf War Resource Center; No More Victims; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Peoples Video Network; San Jose Peace & Justice Center; United for Peace and Justice; We Are Many
Ireland (See Europe; Great Britain; places)
Israel (See also Israelis; Middle East; places)
Cal Tzedek; J Street; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Refuser Solidarity Network
Israelis (See also Israel; Jews; Middle East; Palestinians)
Americans for a Palestinian State; If Americans Knew; International Solidarity Movement; Jewish Voice for Peace; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Rebuilding Alliance, The; Refuser Solidarity Network
issues (See affirmative action; animal liberation; censorship; civil liberties; civil rights; conflict resolution; consumer protection; corporate-controlled globalization; crime; cultural survival; death penalty; development; disabilities; distribution of wealth; domestic violence; draft / registration; drugs; economic justice; employment; endangered species / habitat; environmental justice; fair trade; feminism; food security; free speech; global issues; guns; homelessness; homophobia; human rights; incarceration; intervention; land reform; land use; militarism; minimum wage; nuclear energy; nuclear weapons / testing; population control; poverty; privacy; privatization; racism; reproductive rights; self-determination; sexism; sizism; sustainability; sweatshops; tenant rights; torture; violence; welfare)
Ivory Coast (See Africa; places)
janitorial work (See labor)
Japan (See also Asia; Japanese Americans; places)
Arc Ecology; Kitazawa Seed Company; Surfrider Foundation
Japanese Americans (See demographics; Japan)
Jewish Americans (See also demographics; Jews)
Anti-Defamation League; Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life; Congregation Sha’ar Zahav; J Street; Jewish Community Center of the East Bay; Jewish Community Relations Council; Jewish Youth for Community Action; JVS; Kehilla Community Synagogue; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Tri-Valley Cultural Jews; Urban Adamah
Jews (See also antisemitism; demographics; Holocaust; Israelis; Jewish Americans; Middle East)
Bay Area Women in Black; Cal Tzedek; Jewish Community Relations Council; Jewish Voice for Peace; PlanitJewish; Tikkun Magazine
journalism (See also blogs; investigative journalism; media; Mumia Abu-Jamal; news; photography; writing)
Accion Latina; First Amendment Project; Independent Arts & Media; Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; National Center on Disability and Journalism; POOR News Network; Real News, The; Reporters Without Borders; Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press
judiciation (See also family court; impeachment; incarceration; law; litigation; mandatory minimum sentencing; mediation; reparations)
Chelsea Manning Support Network; Communities United in Defense of Olmstead; Critical Resistance; Equal Justice Society; Fully Informed Jury Association; Mandatory Madness; Prison Legal News; Stop the Injunctions Coalition; Witness to Innocence
justice (See also criminal justice; economic justice; law; leadership development)
California Anti-SLAPP Project; Colwell, Guy; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; First Congregational Church of San Francisco; Haymarket Books; Peace Action of San Mateo County; Temple United Methodist Church; Youth Together
juvenile justice (See also criminal justice; incarceration; youth)
Art of Yoga Project; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Commonweal; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Community Works; Community Youth Center; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin
Korean Americans (See Asian Americans; demographics; North Korea; South Korea)
Kurds (See demographics; Iran; Iraq; Middle East; Turkey)
labor (See also child labor; corporate-controlled globalization; economics; employment; hotels; janitorial work; labor councils; labor union locals; living wage; occupational safety and health; offshoring jobs; picketing; sex work; slavery; strikes; sweatshops; temp work; tenure; whistleblowing)
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Bay Area Labor Heritage Rockin’ Solidarity Chorus; California Labor Federation; California Newsreel; California Nurses Association; California Trade Justice Coalition; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Solidarity Network; Food Chain Workers Alliance; Food Democracy Now!; Food, Inc.; Friends of the MST; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Independent Arts & Media; Industrial Workers of the World; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; International Labor Organization; International Labor Rights Fund; Jobs with Justice; Labor Archives and Research Center; Labor Notes; Labor Video Project; LaborNet; Left Turn; Making Change at Walmart; Moving Images Video Project; Multinational Monitor; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives; Pride At Work; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy; Project Equity; Prospera; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; Sex Worker’s Education Network; Sex Workers Outreach Project, SF Bay Area chapter; Socialist Action; Socialist Viewpoint; Sunflower Alliance; Teamsters for a Democratic Union; Tech Workers Coalition; Unite for Freedom from Right Wing Violence in the Bay Area; United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO; United Students Against Sweatshops; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; US Labor Education in the Americas Project; Vukani Mawethu; Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price; Witness for Peace; Workers World Party (Bay Area office); Working Group, The; Working Partnerships USA; Worksafe, Inc.; Young Workers United
labor councils (See also labor)
California Labor Federation; Worksafe, Inc.
labor union locals (See also labor)
National Writers Union (Bay Area Local); Teamsters Local 2010; UNITE HERE (Western Regional Office); United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO; University Professional and Technical Employees
land reform (See also land use)
Center for Creative Land Recyling; Friends of the MST
land trusts (See also community-building; conservation; finance; housing; land use)
Bay Area Barns and Trails; Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust; Fellowship for Intentional Community; Mendocino Land Trust; National Housing Trust; Northern California Land Trust; Peninsula Open Space Trust; San Francisco Community Land Trust; Solano Land Trust; Sonoma Land Trust; Susan Ives Communications
land use (See also agriculture; automobiles; bioregionalism; brownfields; conservation; deforestation; desert; development; ecology; eminent domain; housing; land reform; land trusts; landmines; mining; open space; parks; privatization; property rights; urban planning; urban sprawl)
Agrarian Trust; American Hiking Society; Berkeley Partners for Parks; Berkeley Path Wanderers Association; California Housing Law Project; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Creative Land Recyling; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; Citizens for Balanced Growth; City Repair; Committee for Green Foothills; Defense of Place; Ecocity Builders; Edible City: The Movie; Farmland LP; Food Not Lawns; Foundation for Deep Ecology; Garden (film), The; Green City Project; Greenbelt Alliance; Guerilla Drive-In, Santa Cruz; Homes Not Jails; International Development Exchange; Northern California Community Loan Fund; Occupy the Farm; Occupy the Farm – The Film; Partnership for Sustainable Communities; Pavement to Parks ; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Reverend Billy; San Bruno Mountain Watch; Save Mount Diablo; Save the East Bay Hills; Sightline; Small House Society; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Susan Ives Communications; Tar Sands Blockade; Town Hall Coalition; TransForm; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Village Harvest; [people. power. media]
landmines (See also land use; militarism)
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Latin America (See also Central America; Mexico; places; South America)
Accion Latina; Center for Latin American Studies; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; International Development Exchange; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; Narco News; North American Congress on Latin America; Resource Center for Nonviolence; School of the Americas Watch; Upside Down World; US Labor Education in the Americas Project; Webo Solar
Latinas / Latinos (See also Central America; demographics; South America)
Accion Latina; Centro Legal de la Raza; HOMEY; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; La Clinica de La Raza; La Pena Cultural Center; Latino Coalition for a Healthy California; Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; Mission Economic Development Association; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office); Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Prospera; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.
law (See also civil disobedience; control techniques; copyright; crime; criminal justice; death penalty; deregulation; draft / registration; eminent domain; government; initiatives; intellectual property; international law; judiciation; justice; lawyers; legal defense; legal services; legislation; litigation; lobbying; mandatory minimum sentencing; NAFTA / GATT / FTAA; police accountability; property rights; rent control; right to know; sunshine laws; World Trade Organization)
AIDS Legal Referral Panel; Americans for Safe Access; As You Sow; Attorneys for the Rights of the Child; Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California Legislative Information; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for Sustainable Economy; ChangeLab Solutions; Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, Inc.; Compassion & Choices; Death Penalty Focus; Drug Reform Coalition Network; EarthRights International; Equal Justice Society; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; Freedom to Marry; Future of Music Coalition; Human Rights Watch (San Francisco office); Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; John F. Kennedy University; Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence / Americans for Responsible Solutions Foundation; Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay; Marijuana Policy Project; National Center for Youth Law; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Immigration Law Center (Berkeley office); National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty; No Kill NOW!; Nolo; Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center; Out4Immigration; Prison Legal News; Privacy International; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; StoptheDrugWar.org; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Sustainable Economies Law Center; United States Code; UrbanAgLaw; War and Law League; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Western States Legal Foundation; Wild Equity Institute; Witness to Innocence; Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana; Women Living Under Muslim Laws; Worksafe, Inc.
lawyers (See also law)
Adams ESQ (Oakland office); AIDS Legal Referral Panel; Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Attorneys for the Rights of the Child; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Center for Constitutional Rights; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Earthjustice; East Bay Community Law Center; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Fire John Yoo; First Amendment Project; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; General Assistance Advocacy Project; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Tibet Justice Center
lead poisoning (See also toxics)
Consumer Action
leadership development (See also classes / courses; justice; students)
Alliance for Girls; Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology; Arab Resource & Organizing Center; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; Bay Area Wilderness Training; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Center for Community Change; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; Civicorps Schools; Destiny Arts; FoodCorps; Future Leaders Institute; Global Glimpse; Greenlining Institute; HandsOn Bay Area; HOPE Collaborative; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; International Center for Research on Women; International Women’s Democracy Center; Jewish Youth for Community Action; Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center; League of Creative Minds; LGBTQ Youth Space; Multicultural Institute; Oakland Based Urban Gardens; Oakland Kids First; Phat Beets Produce; Prospera; Radical Women; Rooted in Community; SACNAS; San Francisco Conservation Corps; San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter; South of Market Community Action Network; Students for a Free Tibet; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; United States Campaign for Burma; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Women’s Environment & Development Organization; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women’s Center; Working Partnerships USA; Young Nonprofit Professionals Network; Young Workers United; Youth Alive!; Youth Leadership Institute; Youth Together; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin
leafleting (See also direct action; education)
Institute for Applied Autonomy; Vegan Outreach; Witness for Peace
legal defense (See also law; legal services)
Animal Legal Defense Fund; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Earthjustice; National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Western States Legal Foundation
legal services (See also law; legal defense; services)
African Advocacy Network; AIDS Legal Referral Panel; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Asian Law Caucus; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Asylum Access; Bay Area Legal Aid; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Center for International Environmental Law; Centro Legal de la Raza; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; East Bay Community Law Center; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Environmental Law Foundation; Family Violence Law Center; First Amendment Project; General Assistance Advocacy Project; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Homeless Action Center; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; International Institute of the Bay Area; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid of Napa Valley; Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; OneJustice; Phoenix Data Center; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Public Patent Foundation; Renters’ Legal Assistance; Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press; San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network; SF-CAIRS; Southern Center for Human Rights; Swords to Plowshares; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Western States Legal Foundation; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.; Women’s Cancer Resource Center
legislation (See also government; initiatives; law; lobbying; PATRIOT Act; policy; Proposition 184 (Three Strikes); Proposition 187 (Save Our State))
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights; Animal Switchboard; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California Clean Money Action Fund; California Housing Law Project; California Legislative Information; California Nurses Association; Californians for Justice; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Reproductive Rights; Center for Sustainable Economy; Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; congress.gov; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Democratic Socialists of America; Equal Justice Society; Farm Sanctuary; Forests Forever; Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights; Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence / Americans for Responsible Solutions Foundation; Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County; Local Power; Mandatory Madness; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Move to Amend; Native Forest Council; Next Generation, The; Oakland Privacy; Our Kids, Our Choice; Planning and Conservation League; PowerPac.org; School of the Americas Watch; Sex Worker’s Education Network; Single Payer Now; Voice of Roma; Vote Hemp; Worksafe, Inc.
Lesbians (See also sexual minorities)
GLBT Historical Society; Horizons Foundation; LGBTQ Youth Space; Lyon-Martin Health Services; National Center for Lesbian Rights; Our Family Coalition; Voices Lesbian Choral Ensemble; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.
letter-writing (See also lobbying)
Action Network, The; Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter); Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Progressive Portal; RESULTS – San Francisco Bay Area; Sonoma County Conservation Action
libertarianism (See also socioeconomic models)
antiwar.com
libraries (See also archiving; books; education; media; research materials)
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Bay Area Literacy; Bay Area Seed Interchange Library; Bay Area Wilderness Training; Berkeley Information Network; Center for Sex and Culture; Ecology Center; Labor Archives and Research Center; Long Haul Infoshop; National Security Archive; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; NoNukes.org; our developing world; Oyate; Pesticide Action Network North America; Physicians for Social Responsibility; PlaneTree Health Information Center; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Project Read; Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library; SustainableBusiness.com; Tides Thoreau Center San Francisco; University of Minnesota Human Rights Library; Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases; Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Women’s Economic Agenda Project
life necessities (See air; clothing; creativity; employment; food; housing; simple living; utilities; water)
limits to economic growth (See also consumer lifestyle; economics; peak oil; population control; simple living; sustainability)
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Dark Mountain Project; International Forum on Globalization; Post Carbon Institute; Transition Earth
literacy (See also books; economic justice; education)
Bay Area Literacy; Center for Ecoliteracy; Family & Children Services; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Literacy for Environmental Justice; Media Watch; Project Read; San Francisco Conservation Corps; Sudo Room
litigation (See also judiciation; law)
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Environmental Health; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Civil Liberties Defense Center; Communities for a Better Environment; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Environmental Protection Information Center; Equal Rights Advocates; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Future of Food, The; Impact Fund, The; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty; Privacy International; Public Advocates, Inc.; Southern Poverty Law Center; Tibet Justice Center; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Western States Legal Foundation
living wage (See also distribution of wealth; human rights; labor; minimum wage)
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Fair Trade Federation; International Development Exchange; Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County; National Priorities Project; San Francisco Living Wage Coalition; Working Partnerships USA; Young Workers United
lobbying (See also government; law; legislation; letter-writing; policy; Political Action Committees (PACs); think tanks)
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; American Hiking Society; Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights; BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights; California Clean Money Campaign; California League of Conservation Voters; Children’s Defense Fund – California (Oakland office); Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter); Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Common Cause; Courage Campaign; Death with Dignity National Center; Demand Progress; Environment California; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Global Trade Watch; Hemp Industries Association; Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; NARAL Pro-Choice California; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter; Native Forest Council; Peace Action West; Planning and Conservation League; Public Citizen; RESULTS – San Francisco Bay Area; Save Mount Diablo; Survival International USA; The Utility Reform Network; United for a Fair Economy; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Worksafe, Inc.
local currencies (See also autonomy; community-building; do-it-yourself; finance; local economy; minimum wage; noncorporate economy)
Bay Bucks; Sustainable Economies Law Center
local economy (See also autonomy; barter; bioregionalism; Community Supported Agriculture; community-building; credit unions; decentralization; ecology; economics; farmers markets; intentional communities; local currencies; local food; noncorporate economy; peak oil; permaculture; self-sufficiency; sharing; simple living; sustainability; thrift stores)
Bay Area Community Exchange; Business Alliance for Local Living Economies; Buy Local Berkeley; City Slicker Farms; Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Community Solution, The; Community-Wealth.org; CropMobster Community Exchange; Eat Drink Politcs; Full Circle Farm; Good Food Web; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Growing up Farms; Heritage Grain Alliance; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Keep Albany Local ; Local Harvest; Local Power; Local Works; Mandela MarketPlace; Mission Economic Development Association; People’s Grocery; Petaluma Bounty; Planet Drum Foundation; Project Equity; Reverend Billy; Richmond Rivets; Rooted in Resilience; Small Farm Center, University of California; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Sustainable Business Alliance; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Transition Albany; Transition Berkeley; Transition Mill Valley; Transition San Francisco; Urban Ecology, Inc.
local food (See also farmers markets; food; food security; gardening; local economy)
Berkeley Open Source Food Project; Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens; City Slicker Farms; Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Daily Acts; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Edible City: The Movie; Edible East Bay; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Food Not Lawns; Forage Oakland; Free Farm Stand; Friends of Alemany Farm; Full Circle Farm; Garden (film), The; Gill Tract Community Farm; Good Food Web; Heritage Grain Alliance; Kijani Grows; Land Stewardship Project; Local Greens Farm; Local Harvest; More Dirt; North Berkeley Harvest; Occupy the Farm; Om Organics; Pacifica Gardens; People’s Grocery; Petaluma Bounty; Phat Beets Produce; Planting Justice; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Raucous Rooster, The; San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance; Seed the Commons; Self-Sustaining Communities; Small Farm Center, University of California; Source; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable Table; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Urban Adamah; Urban Sprouts; Urban Tilth; UrbanAgLaw; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; Village Harvest; Wild and Radish, LLC; Yards to Gardens
logistics (See also demonstrations; direct action; posters and flyers; publicity)
Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Ruckus Society, The
long-term care (See also healthcare access; nursing homes)
Center for Elders’ Independence; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; On Lok; San Francisco Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
low-income (See also at-risk youth; demographics; food banks; gentrification; minimum wage; poverty; thrift stores)
ABODE Services; Adams ESQ (Oakland office); AIDS Emergency Fund; Alameda County Community Food Bank; Alameda Food Bank; Asian Americans for Community Outreach; Asian Law Caucus; Asian Neighborhood Design; Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Bay Area Legal Aid; Ben Lomond Quaker Center; California Food Policy Advocates; California Program on Access to Care; Canal Alliance; CANFIT; Center for Community Change; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Third World Organizing; Centro Legal de la Raza; Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic; Child Care Links; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Clinic by the Bay; Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; Commonwealth Fund, The; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; CommunityGrows; Contra Costa Child Care Council; Dorothy Day House; EarthSave Foundation; East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation; East Bay Community Law Center; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Economic Policy Institute; EcoViva; Episcopal Community Services; Felton Institute; First Community Housing; Friends of Alemany Farm; Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; Hamilton Families; Health Access Foundation (Northern California office); HOMEY; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; International Food Policy Research Institute; Justice Matters; Knowledge Is Power Program; Koret Family House; La Cocina; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid of Napa Valley; Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; LevelBar; Liberation Institute, The; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Mandela MarketPlace; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office); Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; National Immigration Law Center (Berkeley office); Northern California Community Loan Fund; Oakland Local; Oakland Youth Aspire; OneJustice; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; Petaluma Bounty; Phoenix Data Center; PlaneTree Health Information Center; POOR News Network; Population Services International; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Project Equity; Prospera; Public Advocates, Inc.; Rebuilding Together Oakland; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; Samaritan House; Silicon Valley Public Access Link; Society for Art Publications of the Americas; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council; South of Market Community Action Network; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Urban Habitat; Urban Sprouts; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Youth United for Community Action; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin; ZeroDivide
magazines (See also media)
AK Press; Bay Nature Institute; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Carbusters Magazine; Council for Responsible Genetics; Dollars and Sense; Earth Island Institute; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; Edible East Bay; Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training; Greater Good Sciences Center; Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality; In These Times; Labor Notes; Mother Jones; Multinational Monitor; Nation Newsweekly Online, The; Nation of Change; News from Native California; North American Congress on Latin America; Our World; Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office); POOR News Network; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; ROAR Magazine; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Socialist Viewpoint; Source; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; SustainableBusiness.com; Thirdeye Magazine; Tikkun Magazine; Upside Down World; Z Magazine
mail-order (See also education; products; research materials)
AK Press; Alternative Radio; Brave New Films; Bureau of Public Secrets; Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog; Green Office, The; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Nolo; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peoples Video Network
mandatory minimum sentencing (See also drugs; judiciation; law)
Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Mandatory Madness
maps (See also transportation; travel)
Global Forest Watch
Marin County (See also counties)
Baring Witness; Bay Area Barns and Trails; Bay Institute, The; Canal Alliance; Conservation Corps North Bay; Defense of Place; Environmental Forum of Marin; Friends of the Animals in the Redwood Empire; Gallinas Watershed Council; In Defense of Animals; iReuse; Kahl Consultants; Legal Aid of Marin; Marin City Community Development Corporation; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Marin Treatment Center; Marin Vegetarian Education Group; Marine Mammal Center, The; MarinSpace; National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers; New Society Publishers; OHIAS; Pathways to Peace; Renew Computers; Sage Renewable Energy Consulting; Slide Ranch; Social Justice Center of Marin; Spectrum LGBT Center; Stop the Spray Marin; Transition Mill Valley; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Whistlestop; WildCare; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin (Marin office)
marriage rights (See also civil rights; discrimination; relationships; sexual minorities)
API Equality – Northern California (APIENC); Freedom to Marry
martial arts (See also health; self-defense; sports)
Destiny Arts
material aid (See also delivery; food banks; grants / financial aid; humanitarian aid; welfare)
afghans for Afghans; Alameda Food Bank; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Burma Humanitarian Mission; Burmese American Democratic Alliance; Chiapas Support Committee; Global Exchange; Middle East Children’s Alliance; San Carlos Foundation; St. Paul’s United Methodist Church; Trust In Education; Universal Giving
Mayans (See Guatemala; indigenous people; Zapatistas)
media (See also audio recordings; books; calendars; communications; controllers; editorial comment; film / video; Internet; journalism; libraries; magazines; media criticism; news; posters and flyers; printers; publicity; radio; television; university publications; web site design; web site hosting)
Active Voice Lab; Bay Area Video Coalition; Berkeley Community Media; Big Think Studios; Center for Digital Democracy; Center For Digital Storytelling; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Center for Responsive Politics; Center for Story-based Strategy; Courage Campaign; Design Action Collective; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Free Press; Fresh Juice Party; HOMEY; Independent Arts & Media; Independent Media Center; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; Independent Television Service; Making Contact; Media Alliance; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; NextArts; Oakland Local; Petaluma Community Access; POOR News Network; Quilted; Reach And Teach; Ruckus Society, The; San Francisco Art Institute; SPIN Academy; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations; United for Community Radio; World Trust; Youth Radio; [people. power. media]
media criticism (See also advertising; analysis; censorship; culture jamming; media; microbroadcasting; propaganda)
About-Face; Alliance for Girls; Beyond Chron; California Newsreel; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Investigative Reporting; Center for Media & Democracy; Center for Popular Economics; Commercial Alert; Consortium For Independent Journalism; Council on American-Islamic Relations; Dissident Voice; Evolver Bay Area; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Free Expression Policy Project; Free Press; Free Radio Santa Cruz; Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Hands Off Venezuela; Independent Media Center; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; Institute for Public Accuracy; Making Contact; Media Alliance; Media Matters for America; Media Watch; National Center on Disability and Journalism; Noam Chomsky Archive; Northern California 911 Truth Alliance; Peoples Video Network; Project Censored; Resources for Independent Thinking; This Modern World; We Interrupt This Message; World Socialist Web Site
mediation (See also conflict resolution; counseling; do-it-yourself; facilitation; judiciation; services)
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; Community Boards; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; SEEDS Community Resolution Center
medical marijuana (See also cannabis; health; healthcare access)
Americans for Safe Access; Conrad, Chris; Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.; Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana
men (See also circumcision; demographics; diversity)
National Organization for Restoring Men; STAND! For Families Free of Violence
Mendocino County (See also counties)
Emerald Earth; Friends of the Eel River; Live Power Community Farm; Mendocino Land Trust; Redwood Community Radio, Inc.; Redwood Empire Food Bank; Russian Riverkeeper
mental health (See also addiction; disabilities; eating disorders; health; homelessness; psychology; psychotherapy; suicide prevention; support groups)
ABODE Services; Access Institute for Psychological Services; Alameda Point Collaborative; Alternative Family Services, Inc.; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Community Mental Health Services; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Creativity Explored; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; Equality Trust, The; EveryOne Home; Family & Children Services; Feminist Therapy Connection; Gaylesta, Inc.; Haight Ashbury Psychological Services; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Homeless Action Center; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; La Clinica de La Raza; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Native American Health Center; Phoenix Data Center; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Swords to Plowshares; Urojas Community Services; Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center
mentoring (See also education; technical assistance)
51Oakland; Adams ESQ (Oakland office); Aspect Foundation; Aspire Education Project; Bay Area Girls Rock Camp; Bay Area Literacy; California FarmLink; Center for Nonprofit Success; FACES SF; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Girls on the Run of the Bay Area; Impact Hub Berkeley; Impact Hub San Francisco; LevelBar; Metta Center for Nonviolence; NamasteDirect; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.; Project Read; San Francisco Women’s Film Institute; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Tech Stands Up; Temple United Methodist Church; Upwardly Global; Women’s Environmental Network; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin
Mexico (See also Chicanas / Chicanos; Latin America; North America; places; Zapatistas)
Chiapas Support Committee; Health Initiative of the Americas; International Development Exchange; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; NamasteDirect; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Resource Center for Nonviolence; RiniArt.org; Webo Solar; Witness for Peace; Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights
microbroadcasting (See also autonomy; community-building; direct action; free speech; media criticism; micropower; neighborhoods; noncorporate economy; radio)
Free Radio Berkeley; Free Radio Santa Cruz; Prometheus Radio Project
microenterprise (See also business; finance; micropower; poverty)
ACCION International; Foundation for International Community Assistance; Freedom from Hunger; Kiva; NamasteDirect; RESULTS – San Francisco Bay Area
micropower (See also energy; microbroadcasting; microenterprise; noncorporate economy; utilities)
Borneo Project, The
Middle East (See also Arab Americans; Arabs; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Israelis; Jews; Kurds; Palestinians; places; Saudi Arabia; Turkey)
Al Jazeera America; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Grandmothers Against the War; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Jewish Voice for Peace; Middle East Children’s Alliance; Resource Center for Nonviolence
militarism (See also chemical weapons; conscientious objectors; control techniques; corporate-controlled globalization; draft / registration; drone warfare; economic conversion; guns; intervention; landmines; military occupation; militias; national government; peace; peace centers; petroleum; refugees; School of the Americas; socioeconomic models; veterans)
American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); antiwar.com; Arc Ecology; Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter); Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Bay Area Women in Black; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict; Center for International Policy; Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; Chelsea Manning Support Network; Corporate Watch; East Timor and Indonesia Action Network; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Environmentalists Against War; Food Not Bombs, East Bay; Foreign Policy In Focus; GI Rights Hotline; Grandmothers Against the War; Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages; Independent Arts & Media; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); International Action Center (Bay Area Office); International Campaign to Ban Landmines; Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers; Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace; Left Turn; Lippman, Dave; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Military Families Speak Out; Mother Jones; Moving Images Video Project; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice; Narco News; National Gulf War Resource Center; No More Victims; Noam Chomsky Archive; Oil Change International; Peace Action of San Mateo County; Peace Action West; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Ploughshares Fund; Resource Center for Nonviolence; RootsAction; School of the Americas Watch; Stop the War Coalition; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); United for Peace and Justice; United States Campaign for Burma; Veterans for Peace; Veterans Speakers Alliance; War and Law League; War Resisters League; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; War Times; We Are Many; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Jose Branch; World Can’t Wait
military occupation (See also colonialism; imperialism; intervention; militarism)
Berkeley Women in Black; Courage to Resist; Free Tibet Campaign; International Solidarity Movement; International Solidarity Movement, Northern California; Rebuilding Alliance, The; Refuser Solidarity Network; Today in Afghanistan; World Can’t Wait
military recruitment (See also draft / registration; military recruitment; students)
Courage to Resist
militias (See also militarism; right-wingers)
Southern Poverty Law Center
minimum wage (See also distribution of wealth; labor; living wage; local currencies; low-income)
People Organized to Win Employment Rights; Socialist Alternative
mining (See also conservation; economics; energy; land use)
California Indian Environmental Alliance; Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; Friends of the Eel River; Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
multiculturalism (See also cultural survival; demographics; diversity; immigrants; internationalism; people of color; socioeconomic models)
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center; Asian Community Mental Health Services; Asian Neighborhood Design; Center for Creative Land Recyling; ColorLines Magazine; Destiny Arts; Face The World Foundation; Gadar Heritage Foundation; Global Glimpse; Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival; Independent Television Service; KUSF; La Pena Cultural Center; Multicultural Institute; Museum of the African Diaspora; Oakland Kids First; On Lok; our developing world; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Progressive Films; Radical Women; San Francisco Mime Troupe; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Vukani Mawethu; Western Institute for Social Research; Whistlestop; Women’s Intercultural Network; Youth Together
multiple chemical sensitivity (See also consumer protection; environmental justice; health; toxics)
East Bay Pesticide Alert; Worksafe, Inc.
Mumia Abu-Jamal (See also African Americans; death penalty; journalism; political prisoners)
Free Mumia; Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Prison Activist Resource Center; Prison Radio
municipal government (See also eminent domain; government; police accountability; rent control; sister communities; urban life)
BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Berkeley Healthy Child Initiative; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; Beyond Chron; Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group; Causa Justa / Just Cause; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Congress for the New Urbanism; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; Friends of Sausal Creek; Hills Conservation Network; KyotoUSA; Local Power; NoFluoride.com; Oakland Food Policy Council; Oakland Privacy; Oakland Rising; Our City; Partnership for Sustainable Communities; Pavement to Parks ; RecycleWorks of San Mateo County; San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee; San Francisco for Democracy; San Francisco Forest Alliance; San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters; San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association; San Francisco Rising; San Francisco Tomorrow; Sonoma Clean Power; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Thought Leader Public Relations; Transport Oakland; Vote Solar Initiative; Walk San Francisco
murals (See also art; community-building)
Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center
museums (See also history)
Center for Ecosystem Survival; Cultural Heritage Imaging; GLBT Historical Society; Museum of the African Diaspora; San Francisco Art Institute
music (See also creativity; festivals; punk; radio)
51Oakland; ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Accion Latina; Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center; Bay Area Girls Rock Camp; Bay Area Labor Heritage Rockin’ Solidarity Chorus; Brass Liberation Orchestra; Bread & Roses; Bullfrog Films; CounterPULSE; Culture and Animals Foundation; East Bay Bike Party; Evolver Bay Area; Fresh Juice Party; Future of Music Coalition; Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival; HipHopForChange; Independent Arts & Media; Kehilla Community Synagogue; La Pena Cultural Center; Lippman, Dave; Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area; Rock the Vote; San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band; San Francisco Mime Troupe; South Bay Song Circle; Voices Lesbian Choral Ensemble; Vukani Mawethu
Muslims (See also Afghanistan; Arab Americans; Arabs; demographics; Indonesia; Iraq; Pakistan; Palestinians; religion)
American Muslim Voice; Council on American-Islamic Relations; Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Myanmar (See also Burma)
Akha Heritage Foundation
NAFTA / GATT / FTAA (See corporate-controlled globalization; intellectual property; law; trade; World Trade Organization)
Napa County (See also counties)
Legal Aid of Napa Valley; Sustainable Napa County
national government (See also CIA / FBI / NSA; colonialism; Contract with America; covert operations; export credit agenices; foreign policy; government; imperialism; militarism; spying; Trumpism)
Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; Center for Responsive Politics; Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter); Common Cause; congress.gov; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; Indivisible Berkeley; Indivisible Berkeley Students; Indivisible East Bay; International Forum on Globalization; Land Stewardship Project; National Priorities Project; Project On Government Oversight; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; San Francisco for Democracy; United States Code; War and Law League; World Can’t Wait
nationalism (See socioeconomic models)
Native Americans (See also demographics; indigenous people)
American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); American Indian Movement – West; Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits; California Indian Environmental Alliance; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Idle No More SF Bay; International Indian Treaty Council; Intertribal Friendship House; Native American Health Center; News from Native California; Oyate; Peace Brigades International; SACNAS; San Bruno Mountain Watch
needle exchange (See also AIDS / HIV; direct action; drugs; harm reduction)
Harm Reduction Coalition
neighborhoods (See also community-building; gentrification; microbroadcasting; parks; urban life)
Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project; Bike Walk Alameda; City Repair; Community Boards; Congress for the New Urbanism; Cycles of Change; Forage Oakland; Free Farm Stand; Friends of the Urban Forest; Garden (film), The; Marin City Community Development Corporation; More Dirt; Native American Health Center; Northern California Land Trust; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oakland Rising; Our City; Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center; Public Vision Research LLC; Quesada Gardens Initiative; Rincon Hill; San Francisco Bay View; San Francisco Community Power; San Francisco Forest Alliance; San Francisco Parks Alliance; San Francisco Tomorrow; South of Market Community Action Network; Unity Council, The; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Urban Releaf; Walk Oakland Bike Oakland; West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs; West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; Yards to Gardens
neoliberalism (See also control techniques; corporate-controlled globalization; economics; socioeconomic models; World Bank / IMF)
Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Bay Area; Jubilee USA Network
networking (See also coalitions; computers; discussion groups; global community; noncorporate economy; retreats; sharing; volunteer matching)
Abolition 2000; Action Network, The; Activist San Diego; AlterNetRides.com; Animals Voice; Asexuality Visibility and Education Network; Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits; Bay Area Animal Rights Network; Bay Area Bisexual Network; Bay Area Community Exchange; Bay Rising; Berkeley Information Network; Business Alliance for Local Living Economies; California FarmLink; California Public Health Association – North; Californians for Justice; Center for Community Change; Center for Third World Organizing; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Courage Campaign; Drinking Liberally; East Timor and Indonesia Action Network; Environmentalists Against War; Evolver Bay Area; Foreign Policy In Focus; Forests Forever; Freecycle Network; Green City Project; Haiti Action Committee; Healthy Building Network; Impact Hub Berkeley; Impact Hub Oakland; Impact Hub San Francisco; Independent Arts & Media; Independent Media Center; Institute of Noetic Sciences; International Rivers; International Women’s Democracy Center; Left Turn; Local Harvest; Long Haul Infoshop; Manylabs; MarinSpace; MO/PEACE; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; NetSquared.org; Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Oilwatch; One Brick; Open Directory Project; Paper Tiger TV West / Deep Dish Satelite Network; Peace Alliance, The; Permaculture Action Network; Pesticide Action Network North America; Priority Africa Network; Progressive Majority; Progressive Source Communications; Rainforest Action Network; Roots of Change; San Francisco Freecycle Network; San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; StoptheDrugWar.org; Threshold (Int’l Ctr for Environmental Renewal), Inc.; Universal Healthcare Action Network; Upwardly Global; VeggieDate.com; Wildlife Conservation Network; Women Living Under Muslim Laws; Women’s Earth Alliance; Women’s Environmental Network; Women’s Intercultural Network; World Trust; Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
news (See also editorial comment; journalism; media; news on-line; newsletters; newspapers; research materials)
Between The Lines; Center for Responsive Politics; EnviroVideo; KPFA; LinkTV; Newslink; Raw Story, The; Socialist Viewpoint
news on-line (See also blogs; email mailing lists; Internet; media; news; research materials)
100Reporters; 48 Hills; Al Jazeera America; AlterNet; Animals Voice; antiwar.com; Between The Lines; Beyond Chron; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Investigative Reporting; Center for Media & Democracy; Centre for Research on Globalisation; Climate Ark; ColorLines Magazine; Common Dreams News Center; Consortium For Independent Journalism; CorpWatch; Countercurrents.org; CropChoice; EnviroLink Network; Environment News Service; Environmental Health News; Environmental News Network; Environmentalists Against War; Feminist Majority Foundation; FireWorks; Global Policy Forum; Human Rights Watch (San Francisco office); In These Times; Independent Arts & Media; Independent Media Center; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; inequality.org; Institute for Public Accuracy; Inter Press Service; LaborNet; Mother Jones; Multinational Monitor; Narco News; Nation Newsweekly Online, The; Nation of Change; Newslink; NewspaperIndex.com; North American Congress on Latin America; Oakland Local; Organic Consumers Association; Our World; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Polaris Institute; POOR News Network; Progressive and Left News Sources on dmoz; ProPublica; Raucous Rooster, The; Raw Story, The; Real News, The; RealClimate; Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press; Resilience.org; ROAR Magazine; Shareable; Source for Renewable Energy; Stop the War Coalition; SustainableBusiness.com; Today in Afghanistan; Toward Freedom; truthout; Upside Down World; Venezuelanalysis.com; Waging Nonviolence; World Socialist Web Site; [people. power. media]
newsletters (See also media; news)
Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Bay Area Vegetarians; Center for Public Integrity; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; CounterPunch; Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; Dissident Voice; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Heinberg, Richard; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Media Watch; Nation of Change; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter; our developing world; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; People’s Bark News; Prison Legal News; San Jose Peace & Justice Center; Sex, Etc.; Susan Ives Communications; Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment; Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases; Women’s Environmental Network; Worksafe, Inc.
newspapers (See also media; news)
48 Hills; Accion Latina; Bay Area Reporter; Berkeley Daily Planet; Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; Death Penalty Focus; Funny Times; Green Press Initiative; NewspaperIndex.com; Progressive Populist; San Francisco Bay View; San Francisco Tenants Union; Slingshot; Socialist Action; VegNews
Nicaragua (See also Central America; places)
Agua Para la Vida; Consortium For Independent Journalism; International Development Exchange; Witness for Peace
Nigeria (See also Africa; petroleum; petroleum-rich nations; places)
Justice In Nigeria Now!
noise pollution (See pollution; urban life)
noncorporate economy (See also autonomy; barter; collectives; Community Supported Agriculture; community-building; cooperatives; corporate-controlled globalization; corporations; credit unions; decentralization; divestiture; do-it-yourself; economics; farmers markets; gardening; intentional communities; local currencies; local economy; microbroadcasting; micropower; networking; seeds; sharing; simple living)
City CarShare; Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Free Radio Santa Cruz; Independent Arts & Media; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; Seeds of Change; Urban Permaculture Guild
nonviolence (See also civil disobedience; conflict resolution; peace; philosophy; violence)
Alameda Peace Network; Bay Area Center for Nonviolent Communication; Bay Area Women in Black; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; International Solidarity Movement; International Solidarity Movement, Northern California; Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center; Metta Center for Nonviolence; Nevada Desert Experience; New Society Publishers; Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; Peace Brigades International; Resource Center for Nonviolence; Ruckus Society, The; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Students for a Free Tibet; VegPeace.org; Waging Nonviolence; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; Western States Legal Foundation; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch
North America (See Canada; Mexico; places)
North Korea (See Asia; Korean Americans; places)
nuclear energy (See also ecology; energy; nuclear radiation; nuclear weapons / testing; technology; toxics; utilities)
Corporate Accountability International; Energy Justice Network; Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages; NoNukes.org; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; San Jose Peace & Justice Center; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); Western States Legal Foundation
nuclear radiation (See also depleted uranium; electromagnetic radiation; health; nuclear energy; nuclear weapons / testing; radioactivity; science)
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
nuclear weapons / testing (See also depleted uranium; militarism; nuclear energy; nuclear radiation; nuclear weapons / testing; toxics)
Abolition 2000; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Global Security Institute; Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages; International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; Nevada Desert Experience; NoNukes.org; Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Peace Action West; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Ploughshares Fund; San Jose Peace & Justice Center; Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment; Veterans for Peace; Western States Legal Foundation; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch
nudism (See also censorship; clothing; imagism; simple living)
Baring Witness; Bay Area Naturists; Naturist Society
nursing homes (See also healthcare access; long-term care; seniors)
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today; Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center; On Lok
nutrition (See also food; health; science)
California Food Policy Advocates; CANFIT; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Citizens for Healthy Options In Children’s Education; Commonweal; CommunityGrows; Contra Costa Child Care Council; Edible Schoolyard Project; Evolver Bay Area; Food Runners; FoodCorps; Free Farm Stand; Full Circle Farm; Mandela Foods Cooperative; Native American Health Center; NutritionFacts.org; Oakland Based Urban Gardens; Older Women’s League; Phat Beets Produce; Seva Foundation; Terma Foundation; U.S. Right to Know; VegPeace.org
occupational safety and health (See also disasters; health; labor; prevention)
Worksafe, Inc.
offshoring jobs (See control techniques; corporate-controlled globalization; labor)
open government (See also sunshine laws)
Electronic Privacy Information Center; Open Knowledge Foundation; Public Citizen
open source / open data (See also computers; research; science; sharing)
Berkeley Open Source Food Project; Manylabs; Open Knowledge Foundation; Quilted
open space (See also development; land use; parks)
Berkeley Partners for Parks; Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Close to Home: Exploring Nature in the East Bay; Congress for the New Urbanism; Defend Knowland Park; Greenbelt Alliance; Hidden Villa; Mendocino Land Trust; Peninsula Open Space Trust; San Bruno Mountain Watch; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save Mount Diablo; Save Sutro Forest; SF Urban Riders; Solano Land Trust; Susan Ives Communications
organic agriculture (See also agriculture; agroecology; biotechnology; composting; decentralization; ecology; food; gardening; pesticides; seeds; sustainability)
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; California Certified Organic Farmers; Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens; Chelsea Green Publishing; City Slicker Farms; Community Food Security Coalition; Eat Drink Politcs; Ecological Farming Association; Ecology Action; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Edible City: The Movie; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; Edible Schoolyard Project; Emerald Earth; Farm Fresh To You; Farmland LP; Free Farm Stand; Friends of Alemany Farm; Full Circle Farm; Garden for the Environment; Gill Tract Community Farm; Hidden Villa; In Search of Good Food; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Live Power Community Farm; Local Greens Farm; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Occupy the Farm; Om Organics; Organic Consumers Association; Organic Farming Research Foundation; Organic Seed Alliance; Pacifica Gardens; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Rainbow Grocery; Rodale Institute; Seeds of Change; Slide Ranch; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Susan Ives Communications; Sustainable Table; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Urban Adamah; Urban Permaculture Guild; Wild and Radish, LLC; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – USA
orphans (See adoption & foster care; children)
outdoor activity (See also agriculture; camping; cycling; demonstrations; farmers markets; festivals; gardening; hiking; parks; retreats; sports; street theater; trails; travel; vigils; water)
Alliance for Girls; American Hiking Society; Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program; Bay Area Wilderness Training; Bay Nature Institute; Bay Trail; Ben Lomond Quaker Center; Close to Home: Exploring Nature in the East Bay; Conservation Corps North Bay; Destiny Arts; GirlVentures; Green Tortoise Adventure Travel; Guerilla Drive-In, Santa Cruz; Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures; Save the Bay; SF Urban Riders; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter; Slide Ranch; Trips for Kids; Wild Equity Institute
ozone (See ecology)
Pacific Islands (See also Asia; Indonesia; places)
American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); API Equality – Northern California (APIENC); API Wellness; Asian Law Caucus; Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Asian Women’s Shelter
Pakistan (See also Asia; Muslims; places; South Asian Americans)
Afghan Women’s Mission
Palestinians (See also Arabs; demographics; Israelis; Middle East; Muslims; self-determination)
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Americans for a Palestinian State; BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights; Berkeley Women in Black; Cal Tzedek; Friends of Deir Ibzi’a; Holy Land Olive Oil; If Americans Knew; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); International Solidarity Movement; International Solidarity Movement, Northern California; J Street; Jewish Voice for Peace; Middle East Children’s Alliance; Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism; Rebuilding Alliance, The; Refuser Solidarity Network
Panama (See Central America; places)
parks (See also community-building; development; land use; neighborhoods; open space; outdoor activity; sports; trails; trees; urban life)
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project; Berkeley Partners for Parks; Consider The Homeless; Crissy Field Center; Defend Knowland Park; Defense of Place; Friends of El Cerrito Trees; Friends of the Urban Forest; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; Greenbelt Alliance; National AIDS Memorial Grove; Pavement to Parks ; Public Vision Research LLC; San Francisco Forest Alliance; San Francisco Mime Troupe; San Francisco Parks Alliance; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save Mount Diablo; Student Conservation Association; Tides Thoreau Center San Francisco
patents (See also control techniques; copyright; intellectual property; law; technology)
Future of Food, The; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Public Patent Foundation
PATRIOT Act (See also civil liberties; free speech; legislation; surveillance; terrorism)
National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
peace (See also militarism; nonviolence; peace centers)
Alameda Peace Network; Americans for a Palestinian State; Arc Ecology; Baring Witness; Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Brass Liberation Orchestra; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Cal Tzedek; Campaign for New Priorities, Bay Area; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Colwell, Guy; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Destiny Arts; EcoViva; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Education for Peace in Iraq Center; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Gadar Heritage Foundation; Global Policy Forum; HipHopForChange; J Street; Jewish Voice for Peace; Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center; Metaphor Project, The; Moving Images Video Project; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice; Nation of Change; Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Pathways to Peace; Peace Action of San Mateo County; Peace Action West; Peace Alliance, The; Peace Resource Project; Ploughshares Fund; Point of View Productions; Priority Africa Network; Reach And Teach; Resource Center for Nonviolence; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition; San Francisco Peace and Hope; San Mateo County Democracy for America; South Bay Song Circle; Stop the War Coalition; StoptheDrugWar.org; Temple United Methodist Church; Tibet Justice Center; Toward Freedom; United for Peace and Justice; Veterans for Peace; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; War and Law League; War Resisters League; War Times; Western States Legal Foundation; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Jose Branch
peace centers (See also militarism; peace)
Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center; Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Resource Center for Nonviolence; San Jose Peace & Justice Center
peak oil (See also biofuels; economics; limits to economic growth; local economy; petroleum; population control; renewable energy; simple living; sustainability; transportation)
Community Solution, The; Consume This Movie; Edible City: The Movie; End of Suburbia; Evolver Bay Area; Heinberg, Richard; Post Carbon Institute; Resilience.org; Richmond Rivets; Transition Albany; Transition Berkeley; Transition Earth; Transition Mill Valley; Transition San Francisco; What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire
pedestrian advocacy (See also automobiles; community-building; transportation; urban life; walking)
California Walks; Carbusters Magazine; Congress for the New Urbanism; Oaklavia: Come Play in the Streets; Older Women’s League; Pavement to Parks ; Rincon Hill; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; TransForm; Walk Oakland Bike Oakland; Walk San Francisco
people of color (See also affirmative action; African Americans; Arabs; Asian Americans; Chicanas / Chicanos; demographics; Latinas / Latinos; multiculturalism; racism)
API Wellness; Bay Rising; Californians for Justice; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Center for Community Change; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Third World Organizing; Critical Resistance; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Foundation for a College Education; Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training; Housing California; Justice Matters; La Cocina; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office); Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); Museum of the African Diaspora; Oakland Local; Oakland Rising; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; San Francisco Rising; Society for Art Publications of the Americas; South of Market Community Action Network; Southern Center for Human Rights; Urban Habitat; Women’s Centers, Inc. / Women’s Building, San Francisco; Youth United for Community Action
performance art (See also art; creativity; street theater; theatre)
Moore, Frank; San Francisco Art Institute; Whirl-Mart Ritual Resistance
permaculture (See also agriculture; appropriate technology; bioregionalism; local economy; sustainability)
Commonweal; Daily Acts; Emerald Earth; Evolver Bay Area; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Permaculture Action Network; Regenerative Design Institute; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; Solar Living Institute; Starhawk’s Tangled Web; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Urban Permaculture Guild
Peru (See places; South America)
pesticides (See also agriculture; biotechnology; health; organic agriculture; petroleum; toxics)
Beyond Pesticides; Californians for Pesticide Reform; East Bay Pesticide Alert; Environmental Working Group (California Office); Hills Conservation Network; NoFluoride.com; Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Pesticide Action Network North America; Stop the Spray Marin; Sustainable Table; Town Hall Coalition; Worksafe, Inc.
petitions (See also government; initiatives)
Action Network, The; Berkeley Healthy Child Initiative; California Clean Money Action Fund; Californians for Justice; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Bay Area; Courage Campaign; First Amendment Project; Forests Forever; Move to Amend; Northern California Fossil Fuel Pledge of Resistance; School of the Americas Watch; Wild Equity Institute; Yes California
petroleum (See also addiction; Afghanistan; automobiles; Canada; Colombia; corporate-controlled globalization; ecology; economic justice; energy; intervention; Iran; Iraq; militarism; Nigeria; peak oil; pesticides; petroleum-rich nations; plastic; Russia; Saudi Arabia; toxics; utilities; Venezuela)
Amazon Watch; Culture Change; End of Suburbia; Energy Justice Network; Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; Heat is Online, The; Heinberg, Richard; International Bird Rescue Research Center; Justice In Nigeria Now!; NorCal Community Resilience Network; Northern California Fossil Fuel Pledge of Resistance; Oil Change International; Oilwatch; Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development; Post Carbon Institute; Sunflower Alliance; Tar Sands Blockade
petroleum-rich nations (See Colombia; Iran; Iraq; Nigeria; petroleum; Saudi Arabia; Venezuela)
Philippines / Filipinos (See also Asia; places)
Arc Ecology; Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, San Francisco; Filipino Advocates for Justice; Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity; IBON Foundation, Inc.; International Development Exchange
philosophy (See also elitism; humanism; nonviolence; psychology; religion; simple living; socioeconomic models; veganism / vegetarianism)
California Institute of Integral Studies; Culture and Animals Foundation; Progressive Science Institute; Vajrapani Institute
photography (See also art; creativity; film / video; journalism)
Animals Voice; Baring Witness; Human Rights and the Drug War; Labor Archives and Research Center; Museum of the African Diaspora; San Francisco Art Institute
physician-assisted suicide (See also healthcare access; suicide prevention)
Compassion & Choices; Death with Dignity National Center
picketing (See direct action; labor)
places (See Afghanistan; Africa; Appalachia; Argentina; Asia; Australia; Balkans; bioregionalism; Brazil; Burma; Cambodia; Canada; Caribbean; Central America; Chile; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; counties; Cuba; developing world; East Timor; Ecuador; El Salvador; Eritrea; Europe; foreign policy; Great Britain; Greece; Guatemala; Haiti; Hawai’i; India; Indonesia; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Ivory Coast; Japan; Latin America; Mexico; Middle East; Nicaragua; Nigeria; North America; North Korea; Pacific Islands; Pakistan; Panama; Peru; Philippines / Filipinos; Puerto Rico; Russia; Saudi Arabia; South Africa; South America; South Korea; spaces for events; Sudan; Thailand; tourism; travel; Turkey; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yugoslavia; Zimbabwe)
plastic (See automobiles; building materials; ecology; petroleum; toxics)
plutocracy (See socioeconomic models; Trumpism)
poetry (See also creativity; spoken word)
City Lights Bookstore; Culture and Animals Foundation; San Francisco Peace and Hope; Seven Stories Press; Thirdeye Magazine
police accountability (See also controllers; crime; law; municipal government)
Ali Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation; Center for Human Rights and Privacy; Community United Against Violence; Copwatch, Berkeley; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Occupy the Farm – The Film; October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality; People United for a Better Life in Oakland; Privacy International; San Franciscans for Police Accountability
policy (See also foreign policy; government; legislation; lobbying; think tanks)
AIDS Housing Alliance / SF; American Farmland Trust; Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights; Americans for Safe Access; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Arc Ecology; Bank Information Center; Bay Area Intactivists; Bay Rising; Beyond Pesticides; Bike East Bay; Breast Cancer Action; California Certified Organic Farmers; California Climate and Agriculture Network; California Food Policy Advocates; California Housing Law Project; California Program on Access to Care; California Trade Justice Coalition; Catholic Charities of San Jose; Center for Community Change; Center for Corporate Policy; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Center for International Environmental Law; Center for International Policy; Center for Reproductive Rights; Center for Sex and Culture; Center for Sustainable Economy; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Climate Ark; Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Commonwealth Fund, The; Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Community Food & Justice Coalition; Conrad, Chris; Consumers for Dental Choice; Consumers International; Contra Costa Child Care Council; Culture Change; Demand Progress; Development Group for Alternative Policies, The; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Bay Area Office; Drug Reform Coalition Network; Earth Policy Institute; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Ecological Building Network; Economic Policy Institute; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Commons; Environmental Justice Coalition for Water; Equal Justice Society; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Farm Sanctuary; Filipino Advocates for Justice; Fire John Yoo; FOCUS on the Global South; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Food Democracy Now!; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Foreign Policy In Focus; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Free Expression Policy Project; Free Press; Friends of the River; Future of Music Coalition; General Assistance Advocacy Project; Global Policy Forum; Greater Good Sciences Center; Green Press Initiative; Green Science Policy Institute; Greenlining Institute; Health Initiative of the Americas; Hemp Industries Association; HOPE Collaborative; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute for Policy Studies; Institute for Public Accuracy; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; International Food Policy Research Institute; International Rivers; International Women’s Democracy Center; Island Press; Justice Matters; Land Stewardship Project; Latino Coalition for a Healthy California; Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence / Americans for Responsible Solutions Foundation; Marijuana Policy Project; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Media Alliance; Middle East Children’s Alliance; Narco News; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Coalition for the Homeless; National Family Farm Coalition; National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty; National Priorities Project; North American Congress on Latin America; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oakland Food Policy Council; Oakland Institute; Our City; Pacific Environment; Participatory Budgeting Project; Partnership for Sustainable Communities; Peace Action West; Peace Alliance, The; People United for a Better Life in Oakland; People’s Grocery; Pilgrim Press, The; Polaris Institute; Population Connection; PowerPac.org; Project Inform; Public Advocates, Inc.; Public Patent Foundation; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Redefining Progress; Reform Immigration for America; Rooted in Resilience; Roots of Change; San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee; San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association; San Mateo County Democracy for America; Save Our Shores; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter; Social Justice Center of Marin; Solar Action Alliance; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; StoptheDrugWar.org; Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Tech Stands Up; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Thought Leader Public Relations; TransForm; Transport Oakland; Transportation for America; Tuolumne River Trust; Union for Radical Political Economics; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); Urban Habitat; Violence Policy Center; Vision New America, Inc.; Vote Solar Initiative; Walk San Francisco; Wholly H2O – Mainstreaming Water (Re)Use; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Women’s Environment & Development Organization; Working Partnerships USA; World Policy Institute; World Resources Institute; Youth Leadership Institute; ZeroDivide; [people. power. media]
Political Action Committees (PACs) (See also campaign finance reform; elections; lobbying)
Americans for a Palestinian State; Center for Responsive Politics; PowerPac.org
political parties (See also elections; government; greens)
Alameda Green Parties; Gadar Heritage Foundation; Green Party, San Francisco; Green Party of Alameda County; Green Party of Contra Costa County; Green Party of San Mateo County; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office); Peace and Freedom Party, Alameda County; Progressive Democrats of America; Socialist Action; Thought Leader Public Relations; Workers World Party (Bay Area office)
political prisoners (See also demographics; free speech; human rights; incarceration; Mumia Abu-Jamal)
Amnesty International; Critical Resistance; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; Prison Activist Resource Center
pollution (See also air; automobiles; biodiesel; carpools; ecology; electric scooters; global warming; noise pollution; telecommuting; waste; water)
Bay Area Green Business Program; Build It Green; Burning Issues; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Clean Water Action; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Merritt College Environmental Program; Save the Bay; Urban Habitat; West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs
population control (See also ecology; limits to economic growth; peak oil; reproductive rights; sustainability)
Blue Planet United; Cat Support Network; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Friends of Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority; GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth; Merritt College Environmental Program; Population Connection; Population Services International; Transition Earth; Voluntary Human Extinction Movement; What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire
populism (See also anarchism; autonomy; socioeconomic models)
Hightower, Jim; Progressive Populist
pornography (See addiction; free speech; sex; sexism)
posters and flyers (See also art; bumperstickers; logistics; media; products; publicity)
All Of Us Or None poster archive project; Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog; Minkler, Doug; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace Resource Project; War Times
poverty (See also debt cancellation; economics; homelessness; hunger; low-income; microenterprise)
ACCION International; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Campaign for New Priorities, Bay Area; Catholic Charities of San Jose; Center for Constitutional Rights; Community Technology Alliance; Compass Family Services; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Foundation for International Community Assistance; Freedom from Hunger; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; Hamilton Families; Hesperian Health Guides; Hospitality House; Impact Fund, The; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; Inter Press Service; International Action Center (Bay Area Office); International Development Exchange; International Food Policy Research Institute; Jubilee USA Network; Kiva; Multicultural Institute; NamasteDirect; National Center for Youth Law; National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty; New Field Foundation; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Oil Change International; Prospera; Romania Animal Rescue; Saint Anthony Foundation; San Carlos Foundation; Urban Adamah; Urban VOICE; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); What If? Foundation; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Young Women’s Freedom Center
prevention (See also health; occupational safety and health; suicide prevention; sustainability)
Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Community Boards; Community United Against Violence; Community Youth Center; Destiny Arts; Family & Children Services; Family Violence Law Center; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; HealthRIGHT 360; HOMEY; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; La Casa de las Madres; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid of Napa Valley; Native American Health Center; Phoenix Data Center; Points of Distribution; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; San Francisco Women Against Rape; Santa Cruz AIDS Project; Seva Foundation; Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Worksafe, Inc.; Youth Alive!; Youth Together
printers (See also media; products; recycling)
Design Action Collective; Inkworks Press
prisons (See also incarceration)
California Prison Focus; Californians United for A Responsible Budget; Prison Activist Resource Center; Prison Legal News; Prisoners Literature Project; Southern Center for Human Rights; StoptheDrugWar.org
privacy (See also homeowners associations; human rights; spying; surveillance)
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Center for Digital Democracy; Center for Human Rights and Privacy; Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Oakland Privacy; Privacy International; Privacy Rights Clearinghouse; The Utility Reform Network
private government (See also government; homeowners associations; privatization)
Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, Inc.
privatization (See also business; corporate-controlled globalization; corporations; deregulation; land use; private government; utilities)
Berkeley Post Office Defenders; Corporate Watch; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers; Save the Berkeley Post Office; Snitow-Kaufman Productions
products (See also advertising; automobiles; books; boycotts; bumperstickers; business; buttons; commodification; consumer lifestyle; consumer protection; crafts; delivery; economics; electric scooters; electronic commerce; fair trade; farmers markets; mail-order; posters and flyers; services; T-shirts; thrift stores)
A1 Sun, Inc.; AK Press; Ally Electric and Solar; Brave New Films; Bullfrog Films; Cooperative Community Energy; Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog; Fair Trade USA; First Run Features; Global Exchange; Green Office, The; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Hemp Industries Association; Holy Land Olive Oil; Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers; iReuse; Kitazawa Seed Company; Liberation Ink; Long Haul Infoshop; Michael Parenti Political Archive; Non-GMO Project; Northern Sun Merchandising; Om Organics; Peace Resource Project; Pilgrim Press, The; Rainbow Grocery; Rock the Bike; Seeds of Change; Source for Renewable Energy; SunWork Renewable Energy Projects; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Vessel Bikes; Video Project, The; Webo Solar
propaganda (See also advertising; control techniques; culture jamming; framing; media criticism; psychology; public relations; television)
Center for Media & Democracy; Dissident Voice; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Heat is Online, The; Metaphor Project, The; Noam Chomsky Archive; Raucous Rooster, The; Resources for Independent Thinking; We Interrupt This Message
property rights (See also housing; intellectual property; land use; law)
Homes Not Jails
proportional representation (See also democracy; elections; government)
Californians for Electoral Reform; Center for Voting and Democracy
psychology (See also addiction; control techniques; eating disorders; framing; mental health; philosophy; propaganda; psychotherapy; religion; science)
About-Face; Access Institute for Psychological Services; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program; Alameda Family Services; California Institute of Integral Studies; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; Greater Good Sciences Center; Institute of Noetic Sciences; John F. Kennedy University; Rebar; Western Institute for Social Research; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch
psychotherapy (See also mental health; psychology; services; therapy)
Access Institute for Psychological Services; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Feminist Therapy Connection; Gaylesta, Inc.; Survivors International
public education (See also education; government; human rights)
51Oakland; Adams ESQ (Oakland office); Californians for Justice; Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for Latin American Studies; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Citizens for Healthy Options In Children’s Education; Community Works; Cycles of Change; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; FoodCorps; Future Leaders Institute; GroundSpark; Knowledge Is Power Program; KyotoUSA; National Center for Science Education; Nature in the City; Not In Our Town; Oakland Kids First; OrganicAthlete; People United for a Better Life in Oakland; Progressive Majority; Public Advocates, Inc.; Teamsters Local 2010; Youth Together
public health (See also disasters; ecology; environmental justice; harm reduction; health; single payer health care)
Beyond Pesticides; Bus Riders Union, Los Angeles; California Public Health Association – North; California Trade Justice Coalition; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Center for Digital Democracy; Center for Environmental Health; Center for Sex and Culture; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; Communities for a Better Environment; Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Bay Area Office; Eat Drink Politcs; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; EveryOne Home; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Healthy Building Network; OceanHealth.Org; People United for a Better Life in Oakland; Pesticide Action Network North America; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Public Citizen; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Survivors International; Terma Foundation; Transportation for America; Violence Policy Center; Vision New America, Inc.
public relations (See also advertising; corporations; propaganda)
Center for Media & Democracy; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Heat is Online, The; Organic Consumers Association; SPIN Academy; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations; U.S. Right to Know
publicity (See also advertising; logistics; media; posters and flyers)
Action Network, The; Big Think Studios; California Certified Organic Farmers; Minkler, Doug; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations; Truth Be Told Creative
Puerto Rico (See also Caribbean; places)
Peoples Video Network; Surfrider Foundation
punk (See music)
racism (See also affirmative action; antisemitism; civil rights; death penalty; discrimination; environmental justice; fascism; genocide; hate crimes; people of color; political prisoners)
BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Brass Liberation Orchestra; Challenging White Supremacy; ColorLines Magazine; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Equal Justice Society; Freedom Socialist Party; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Greenlining Institute; International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter); International Action Center (Bay Area Office); Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Pilgrim Press, The; Prison Radio; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Showing Up for Racial Justice (Bay Area chapter); Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Socialist Alternative; Southern Poverty Law Center; Survival International USA; UNtraining, The; Vukani Mawethu; White Noise Collective; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch; Workers World Party (Bay Area office); World Trust; Youth Together; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin; Z Magazine; [people. power. media]
radio (See also electromagnetic radiation; media; microbroadcasting; music)
Against the Grain; Alternative Radio; Between The Lines; Freedom Archives, The; Go Vegan! Radio; Hightower, Jim; KALW; KALX; KKUP; KPFA; KQED, Inc.; KUSF; KZSU; Making Contact; POOR News Network; Prison Radio; Redwood Community Radio, Inc.; TUC Radio; United for Community Radio; Youth Radio
radioactivity (See also nuclear radiation)
Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste
rainforests (See also cultural survival; deforestation; ecology; endangered species / habitat)
Borneo Project, The; Center for Ecosystem Survival; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens; Pachamama Alliance; Rainforest Action Network
rape (See also sexual harassment; violence; women)
Bay Area Women Against Rape; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Rape Trauma Services; San Francisco Women Against Rape
recycling (See also biodiesel; brownfields; composting; ecology; printers; products; reuse; sustainability; waste)
Building REsources; Chelsea Green Publishing; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Computer & Technology Resource Center; Ecology Center; Fast Haul; Freecycle Network; Garden for the Environment; Green Office, The; Green Press Initiative; Inkworks Press; Northern California Recycling Association; Recycle for Change; RecycleWorks of San Mateo County; ReliaTech; Renew Computers; San Francisco Freecycle Network; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council; StopWaste.Org
refugees (See also demographics; disasters; immigrants; militarism)
Afghan Women’s Mission; afghans for Afghans; African Advocacy Network; AnewAmerica; API Wellness; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Law Caucus; Asian Women’s Shelter; Asylum Access; BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights; Committee of 100 for Tibet; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; International Institute of the Bay Area; JVS; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Refugee Transitions; San Carlos Foundation; SF-CAIRS; Upwardly Global; Voice of Roma
relationships (See also adoption & foster care; family; marriage rights; sex)
Act for Love; Feminist Therapy Connection; Jane Goodall Institute; Rebar; Sunrise Center; VeggieDate.com
religion (See also community-building; control techniques; evolution; Muslims; philosophy; psychology; religious right; separation of church and state; spirituality)
American Humanist Association; Atheist Advocates of San Francisco; Atheists of Silicon Valley; BayVajra.info; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; California Institute of Integral Studies; California Interfaith Power and Light; Catholic Charities of San Jose; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; City of Refuge United Church of Christ; Congregation Sha’ar Zahav; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; East Bay Atheists; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; First Congregational Church of San Francisco; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley; Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; Journey Free – Resources for Recovery from Harmful Religion; Jubilee USA Network; Kehilla Community Synagogue; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; Mission Bay Community Church; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice; Nevada Desert Experience; Pilgrim Press, The; Reclaiming; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Reverend Billy; San Francisco Atheists; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; St. Paul’s United Methodist Church; Temple United Methodist Church; Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; Unitarian Universalists of the Bay Area; Vajrapani Institute; Welcome Ministry; Women Living Under Muslim Laws
religious right (See also Afghanistan; controllers; religion; reproductive rights; right-wingers; separation of church and state; sexual minorities)
Defend Science; People for the American Way
renewable energy (See also biodiesel; energy; global warming; peak oil; solar energy; sustainability)
California Interfaith Power and Light; Chelsea Green Publishing; Clean Energy Action; Climate Ark; Cooperative Community Energy; Ecology Center Of San Francisco; Energy Solidarity Cooperative; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay; Local Power; Resilience.org; Rock the Bike; Sage Renewable Energy Consulting; Source for Renewable Energy; Sustainable Napa County; The Utility Reform Network; Webo Solar
rent control (See law; municipal government; tenant rights)
reparations (See discrimination; history; judiciation; slavery)
reproductive rights (See also abortion rights; health; healthcare access; population control; religious right; stem cell research; women)
Abortion Clinics OnLine; ACCESS; Center for Reproductive Rights; NARAL Pro-Choice California; National Abortion Federaion; National Organization for Women; Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific; Progressive Majority; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Worksafe, Inc.
research (See also analysis; investigative journalism; open source / open data; research materials; researchers; science)
About-Face; Active Voice Lab; Americans for Safe Access; Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology; Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Economic and Social Rights; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; Center for Public Integrity; Centre for Research on Globalisation; Commonwealth Fund, The; Consumer Federation of America; Corporate Watch; CorpWatch; Equality Trust, The; FOCUS on the Global South; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; Genetics Policy Institute; Global Trade Watch; Greater Good Sciences Center; Green Science Policy Institute; Greenbelt Alliance; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; Institute of Noetic Sciences; International Bird Rescue Research Center; International Forum on Globalization; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; International Women’s Democracy Center; Jane Goodall Institute; Learning for Action; Marine Science Institute; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; NutritionFacts.org; Open Knowledge Foundation; Organic Farming Research Foundation; Our World; Post Carbon Institute; Privacy International; Privacy Rights Clearinghouse; Project Inform; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Research Unit for Political Economy; Small Farm Center, University of California; Sonoma Ecology Center; Thought Leader Public Relations; Violence Policy Center; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; Western Institute for Social Research; Working Partnerships USA
research materials (See also archiving; computers; directories; educational curriculum; libraries; mail-order; news; news on-line; research)
Bank Information Center; California Housing Law Project; California League of Conservation Voters; California Legislative Information; Center for Climate and Energy Solutions; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Investigative Reporting; Center for Popular Economics; Climate Ark; congress.gov; Corporate Watch; Energy Justice Network; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Working Group (California Office); Fair Trade Federation; Feminist Majority Foundation; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California; GRAIN; Green Gate, The; Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages; inequality.org; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; Long Haul Infoshop; Multinationals Resource Center; National Center for Employee Ownership; National Center for Science Education; National Freedom of Information Coalition; National Security Archive; NoFluoride.com; NoNukes.org; Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Organic Consumers Association; Organic Farming Research Foundation; Pacific Institute; Pesticide Action Network North America; PlaneTree Health Information Center; Polaris Institute; Privacy International; Project Vote Smart; RealClimate; Resilience.org; Resources for Independent Thinking; Solar Cookers International Network Wiki; SustainableBusiness.com; United States Code; University of Minnesota Human Rights Library; Venezuelanalysis.com; Western States Legal Foundation; Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Women’s Human Rights Resources (University of Toronto); World Resources Institute; World Socialist Web Site
researchers (See also research; think tanks; watchdog groups)
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights; California Institute for Rural Studies; California Program on Access to Care; California Public Interest Research Group; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Latin American Studies; Center for Media & Democracy; Center for Nonprofit Success; Center for Responsive Politics; Center for Sex and Culture; Center for the Study of the Americas; Citizens for Tax Justice; Clean Energy Action; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Ecology Action; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environment California; Environmental Working Group (California Office); Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Free Expression Policy Project; Greenlining Institute; Health Initiative of the Americas; Hemp Industries Association; Institute for Applied Autonomy; Institute for Policy Studies; Institute for Public Accuracy; International Center for Research on Women; International Food Policy Research Institute; Media Matters for America; Metaphor Project, The; Millet Project, The; National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Oakland Institute; Political Research Associates; Pro-Choice Public Education Project; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy; San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association; Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice; Sightline; U.S. Right to Know; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); United for a Fair Economy; Urban Displacement Project; World Policy Institute
retreats (See also classes / courses; networking; outdoor activity; travel)
Ben Lomond Quaker Center; Jewish Youth for Community Action; Journey Free – Resources for Recovery from Harmful Religion; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Vajrapani Institute; Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases
reuse (See also barter; recycling; sharing; simple living; sustainability; thrift stores; waste)
Center for Creative Land Recyling; Computer & Technology Resource Center; CropMobster Community Exchange; Fast Haul; Freecycle Network; Greywater Alliance; iReuse; Northern California Recycling Association; ReCARES; San Francisco Freecycle Network; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council; Wholly H2O – Mainstreaming Water (Re)Use
right to know (See also freedom of information; law; sunshine laws; watchdog groups)
California First Amendment Coalition; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Environmental Law Foundation; Fully Informed Jury Association; GMO Inside; Non-GMO Project; Northern California 911 Truth Alliance; Open Knowledge Foundation; Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice; U.S. Right to Know; Worksafe, Inc.
right-wingers (See also elitism; militias; religious right)
Political Research Associates; Southern Poverty Law Center
Romanis (See also demographics; Yugoslavia)
Voice of Roma
runaways (See youth)
rural life (See also agriculture; brownfields; demographics; self-reliance; simple living; urban life; wildlife)
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Agua Para la Vida; Bay Area Barns and Trails; California Institute for Rural Studies; Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Ecological Farming Association; Emerald Earth; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Kijani Grows; NamasteDirect; National Family Farm Coalition; National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; Rooted in Community; Sustainable Agriculture Education
Russia (See also Asia; Europe; petroleum; places)
Peoples Video Network
San Mateo County (See also counties)
Abilities United; Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County; Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group; Center for Independence of the Disabled; Committee for Green Foothills; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Family & Children Services; Green Party of San Mateo County; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; Marine Science Institute; Nine Lives Foundation; Pacifica Gardens; Peace Action of San Mateo County; Peninsula Family Service; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific; Rape Trauma Services; Ravenswood Family Health Center; RecycleWorks of San Mateo County; Samaritan House; San Bruno Mountain Watch; San Mateo County Democracy for America; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Sustainable San Mateo County; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; Village Harvest; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch; Youth United for Community Action
Santa Clara County (See also counties)
Abilities United; ABODE Services; Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Atheists of Silicon Valley; Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center; Catholic Charities of San Jose; Committee for Green Foothills; Community Technology Alliance; ELV Motors; Family & Children Services; First Community Housing; Foundation for a College Education; Friends of Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority; Full Circle Farm; Humane Society Silicon Valley; KKUP; KZSU; LGBTQ Youth Space; LifeMoves; Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, San Jose/Peninsula; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Phoenix Data Center; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Project HIRED; Rabbit Haven, The; Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary; San Jose Peace & Justice Center; Santa Clara Valley Blind Center; Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties; Sempervirens Fund; Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition; Silicon Valley Courageous Resistance; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Silicon Valley Independent Living Center; Silicon Valley Public Access Link; Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; SimpleLiving-SFSouthBayPen; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; South Bay Song Circle; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Village Harvest; Wildlife Conservation Network; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Jose Branch; Working Partnerships USA; Youth Science Institute
Santa Cruz County (See also counties)
ABODE Services; Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; Free Radio Santa Cruz; Guerilla Drive-In, Santa Cruz; Media Watch; Organic Farming Research Foundation; Rabbit Haven, The; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; Resource Center for Nonviolence; Santa Cruz AIDS Project; Save Our Shores; Sempervirens Fund; Sex Workers Outreach Project, SF Bay Area chapter; Vajrapani Institute; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – USA
Saudi Arabia (See Middle East; petroleum; petroleum-rich nations; places)
School of the Americas (See also intervention; militarism)
School of the Americas Watch
science (See also analysis; biodiversity; biotechnology; composting; ecology; electromagnetic radiation; energy; evolution; global warming; nuclear radiation; nutrition; open source / open data; psychology; research; skepticism; stem cell research; technology; vivisection; whistleblowing)
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; American Humanist Association; Americans for Safe Access; Arc Ecology; Atheist Advocates of San Francisco; Atheists of Silicon Valley; Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy ; California Native Plant Society; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Ecosystem Survival; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Child Family Health International; Communities for a Better Environment; Defend Science; Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Bay Area Office; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Commons; Environmental Health News; Environmental News Network; Environmental Volunteers; Farmland LP; Genetics Policy Institute; Global Forest Watch; Greater Good Sciences Center; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Green Science Policy Institute; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute of Noetic Sciences; Island Press; Jane Goodall Institute; KIDS for the BAY; Manylabs; Marine Conservation Biology Institute; Marine Science Institute; National Center for Science Education; NutritionFacts.org; OceanHealth.Org; Pilgrim Press, The; Progressive Science Institute; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; RealClimate; SACNAS; San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco Atheists; San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; Save The Waves Coalition; Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice; Small Farm Center, University of California; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Sudo Room; Tech Stands Up; Thirdeye Magazine; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); VegPeace.org; Video Project, The; Wholly H2O – Mainstreaming Water (Re)Use; Wild Equity Institute; Wildlife Associates; Youth Science Institute
secession (See also autonomy; direct action; government)
Yes California
seeds (See also agriculture; biodiversity; biotechnology; gardening; noncorporate economy; organic agriculture; trees)
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds; Bay Area Seed Interchange Library; Ecology Action; Food Not Lawns; Future of Food, The; GRAIN; Kitazawa Seed Company; Millet Project, The; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Organic Seed Alliance; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Pollination Project, The; Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library; Seeds of Change; Seeds of Freedom; Women’s Earth Alliance
self-defense (See also guns; martial arts; self-help; self-reliance; sexual harassment; violence)
Impact Bay Area
self-determination (See also autonomy; control; human rights; self-help; self-reliance)
Arab Resource & Organizing Center; Center for Independence of the Disabled; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Community Housing Partnership; Compassion & Choices; DCARA; Development Group for Alternative Policies, The; East Timor and Indonesia Action Network; Heritage Grain Alliance; Hesperian Health Guides; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; Institute for Applied Autonomy; Institute of Urban Homesteading; International Campaign for Tibet; International Development Exchange; International Indian Treaty Council; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; Occupy the Farm; Oilwatch; People’s Grocery; Pesticide Action Network North America; Prospera; Riseup; Tibet Justice Center; Tibetan Association of Northern California; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; Workers World Party (Bay Area office); Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights
self-help (See also autonomy; do-it-yourself; self-defense; self-determination; self-reliance; self-sufficiency)
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program; Agua Para la Vida; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Freedom from Hunger; Hamilton Families; Hesperian Health Guides; National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; Nolo; Self-Help Hunger Program; Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana; Youth United for Community Action
self-reliance (See also autonomy; do-it-yourself; rural life; self-defense; self-determination; self-help; self-sufficiency; simple living)
Abilities United; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; City Slicker Farms; Community Food Security Coalition; Community Solution, The; Daily Acts; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Free Farm Stand; Hamilton Families; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Santa Clara Valley Blind Center; Transition Berkeley
self-sufficiency (See also autonomy; local economy; self-help; self-reliance; sustainability)
Asian Community Mental Health Services; Bill Wilson Center; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; City Slicker Farms; Covenant House California; EcoViva; FACES SF; Family & Children Services; Haiti Soleil; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; Marin City Community Development Corporation; Operation Dignity; Peninsula Family Service; Petaluma Bounty; Refugee Transitions; Self-Sustaining Communities; Swords to Plowshares; Village Harvest
seniors (See also ageism; demographics; diversity; family; health; nursing homes)
Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Law Caucus; Bread & Roses; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; Causa Justa / Just Cause; Center for Elders’ Independence; Commonwealth Fund, The; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; Crucible, The; East Bay Cohousing; Family Service Agency’s Senior Peer Counseling Program; Felton Institute; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; Grandmothers Against the War; Gray Panthers, San Francisco; Health Access Foundation (Northern California office); Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid of Napa Valley; Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center; Older Women’s League; On Lok; Project Open Hand (Alameda County); Project Open Hand (San Francisco); Rebuilding Together Oakland; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; Whistlestop; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin
separation of church and state (See also civil liberties; evolution; First Amendment; government; religion; religious right)
Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Atheist Advocates of San Francisco; Atheists of Silicon Valley; East Bay Atheists; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Gadar Heritage Foundation; San Francisco Atheists
services (See also business; caregiver support; childcare; consultants; counseling; couriers; delivery; food banks; humanitarian aid; legal services; mediation; printers; products; psychotherapy; recycling; sex work; shelters; technical assistance; telephone service; therapy; tourism; volunteer matching; welfare)
1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence; 2-1-1; Abilities United; ABODE Services; Abortion Clinics OnLine; Access Institute for Psychological Services; Adopt A Special Kid; African Advocacy Network; AIDS Legal Referral Panel; Alameda Family Services; Alameda Food Bank; Alameda Point Collaborative; Alternative Family Services, Inc.; AnewAmerica; API Wellness; Arab Cultural and Community Center; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Community Mental Health Services; Asian Health Services; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Asian Women’s Shelter; Bay Area Crisis Nursery; Berkeley Food and Housing Project; Berkeley Free Clinic; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Bill Wilson Center; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; California FarmLink; Canal Alliance; Center for Elders’ Independence; Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic; Children’s Council of San Francisco; Clinic by the Bay; Community Boards; Community Housing Partnership; Community Resources for Independent Living; Compass Family Services; Consider The Homeless; Contra Costa Child Care Council; COTS Committee on the Shelterless; Covenant House California; DCARA; Dorothy Day House; East Bay Agency for Children; East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation; Ecumenical Hunger Program; Electric Embers; Episcopal Community Services; EveryOne Home; Eviction Defense Collaborative; Excelsior Family Connections; FACES SF; Family & Children Services; Family Service Agency’s Senior Peer Counseling Program; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Fast Haul; Felton Institute; Feminist Therapy Connection; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Filipino Advocates for Justice; First Community Housing; Food Not Bombs, East Bay; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Food Pantry, The; Fred Finch Youth Center; Free Farm Stand; Freedom from Hunger; General Assistance Advocacy Project; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Global Women Intact; Good Shepherd Gracenter; Haight Ashbury Psychological Services; Hamilton Families; Harm Reduction Coalition; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; HOMEY; Hospitality House; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; ICCED – IT Services; Independent Adoption Center; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; Intertribal Friendship House; Juma Ventures; JVS; Kidango; Koret Family House; La Casa de las Madres; La Clinica de La Raza; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; LifeMoves; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Marin Treatment Center; Narika; Native American Health Center; Oakland Youth Aspire; Operation Dignity; Peninsula Family Service; Phoenix Data Center; Points of Distribution; Population Services International; Positive Resource Center; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.; Project Open Hand (Alameda County); Project Open Hand (San Francisco); Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Quilted; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Rape Trauma Services; Raphael House; Ravenswood Family Health Center; REACH Shirati; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; Refugee Transitions; ReliaTech; Richmond / Ermet AIDS Foundation; Rosenberg Fund for Children; Saint Anthony Foundation; Samaritan House; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; San Francisco Food Bank; San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Santa Clara Valley Blind Center; SEEDS Community Resolution Center; Seneca Family of Agencies; Shanti Project; Silicon Valley Independent Living Center; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Survivors International; Swords to Plowshares; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; Unity Council, The; Upwardly Global; Urojas Community Services; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.; Welcome Ministry; Whistlestop; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.; Women’s Centers, Inc. / Women’s Building, San Francisco; Women’s Community Clinic; Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center; Youth Homes, Inc.
sex (See also addiction; AIDS / HIV; censorship; circumcision; creativity; pornography; rape; relationships; sex work; sexism; sexual harassment; sexual minorities)
Center for Sex and Culture; CounterPULSE; Feminist Therapy Connection; San Francisco Sex Information; Sex Worker’s Education Network; Sex, Etc.; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The
sex trafficking (See human rights; sex work; slavery)
sex work (See also labor; services; sex; sex trafficking)
Sex Workers Outreach Project, SF Bay Area chapter
sexism (See also discrimination; imagism; pornography; sex; sexual harassment; sizism; women)
International Action Center (Bay Area Office); Media Watch; National Organization for Women; Socialist Alternative; White Noise Collective; Workers World Party (Bay Area office); Z Magazine
sexual harassment (See also rape; self-defense; sex; sexism)
Equal Rights Advocates
sexual minorities (See also bisexuals; demographics; discrimination; diversity; Gays; hate crimes; homophobia; Lesbians; marriage rights; sex)
API Equality – Northern California (APIENC); API Wellness; Asexuality Visibility and Education Network; Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits; Bay Area Bisexual Network; Bay Area Reporter; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center; Californians for Justice; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Art and Culture; City of Refuge United Church of Christ; Community United Against Violence; Congregation Sha’ar Zahav; Deaf Queer Resource Center; Ethical Traveler; Family & Children Services; Feminist Therapy Connection; First Congregational Church of San Francisco; Freedom Socialist Party; Freedom to Marry; Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California; Gaylesta, Inc.; GLBT Historical Society; Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club; Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality; Horizons Foundation; International Action Center (Bay Area Office); International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission; Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center; LGBTQ Youth Space; Liberation Institute, The; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Our Family Coalition; Out4Immigration; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, San Jose/Peninsula; Pilgrim Press, The; Pride At Work; Queer Arts Resource; Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area; Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism; Radical Women; Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee; San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Spectrum LGBT Center; St. Paul’s United Methodist Church; Trikone; Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Workers World Party (Bay Area office)
shareholder advocacy (See also corporations; divestiture; investment)
As You Sow
sharing (See also barter; carpools; community-building; cooperative living; local economy; networking; noncorporate economy; open source / open data; reuse; simple living)
Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative; City CarShare; CropMobster Community Exchange; Shareable; Sharing Solution, The; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights
shelters (See also animal shelters and adoption; domestic violence; homelessness; housing; services)
ABODE Services; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Women’s Shelter; Bill Wilson Center; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; COTS Committee on the Shelterless; Covenant House California; Dorothy Day House; Episcopal Community Services; Food Runners; Hamilton Families; La Casa de las Madres; LifeMoves; Phoenix Data Center; Raphael House; Saint Anthony Foundation; Samaritan House; SFHomeless Yahoo Group; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Youth Engagement, Advocacy and Housing
simple living (See also appropriate technology; camping; consumer lifestyle; crafts; cycling; do-it-yourself; farmers markets; life necessities; limits to economic growth; local economy; noncorporate economy; nudism; peak oil; philosophy; reuse; rural life; self-reliance; sharing; sustainability)
Center for a New American Dream; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Sharing Solution, The; SimpleLiving-SFSouthBayPen; Simpler Way, The; Small House Society
single payer health care (See also health; healthcare access; insurance; public health)
California Physicians Alliance; Health Care for All California; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Single Payer Now
sister communities (See also community-building; municipal government)
Borneo Project, The; Trust In Education
sizism (See also discrimination; eating disorders; imagism; sexism)
Little People of America, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
skepticism (See also analysis; science)
Resources for Independent Thinking
slavery (See also control techniques; human rights; labor; reparations; sex trafficking)
Anti-Slavery International; Free the Slaves; Survival International USA
socialism (See also class; communism; socioeconomic models)
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; East Bay Democratic Socialists of America; Freedom Socialist Party; Humanist Workers for Revolutionary Socialism; International Socialist Organization; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office); Peace and Freedom Party, Alameda County; Radical Women; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Socialist Action; Socialist Alternative; Socialist Viewpoint; Union for Radical Political Economics; Workers World Party (Bay Area office); World Socialist Web Site
socioeconomic models (See also anarchism; capitalism; colonialism; communism; consumer lifestyle; control techniques; decentralization; democracy; economics; fascism; government; imperialism; libertarianism; militarism; multiculturalism; nationalism; neoliberalism; philosophy; plutocracy; populism; socialism; world government)
Against the Grain
software (See also computers; web site design)
Action Network, The; Nolo; Open Knowledge Foundation; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.
Solano County (See also counties)
Animal Place; Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano; Solano Feral Cat Group; Solano Land Trust; St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
solar energy (See also appropriate technology; building materials; ecology; energy; renewable energy; sustainability)
A1 Sun, Inc.; Ally Electric and Solar; Cooperative Community Energy; Ecocity Builders; Energy Solidarity Cooperative; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Local Power; Northern California Solar Energy Association; Solar Action Alliance; Solar Cookers International Network Wiki; Solar Living Institute; Sonoma Clean Power; SunWork Renewable Energy Projects; Vote Solar Initiative; Webo Solar; Women’s Earth Alliance
solidarity (See also diversity; global community; unity)
Bay Area Labor Heritage Rockin’ Solidarity Chorus; Bay Area Women in Black; Chelsea Manning Support Network; Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Bay Area; East Bay Solidarity Network; EcoViva; Friends of Deir Ibzi’a; Friends of the MST; Haiti Action Committee; Hands Off Venezuela; Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; International Labor Rights Fund; International Solidarity Movement; International Solidarity Movement, Northern California; Justice In Nigeria Now!; National AIDS Memorial Grove; NorCal Community Resilience Network; Occupy Oakland; Oilwatch; Refuser Solidarity Network; Students for a Free Tibet; United States Campaign for Burma; Witness for Peace; Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Sonoma County (See also counties)
Daily Acts; Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights; Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival; Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County; Local Works; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; Petaluma Community Access; Petaluma Progressives; Project Censored; Raucous Rooster, The; Redwood Empire Food Bank; Russian Riverkeeper; Solar Action Alliance; Sonoma Clean Power; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Sonoma County Conservation Action; Sonoma County Conservation Council; Sonoma Ecology Center; Sonoma Land Trust; Spectrum LGBT Center; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Voice of Roma
South Africa (See also Africa; places)
Peoples Video Network; Vukani Mawethu
South America (See also Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Latinas / Latinos; Peru; places; Venezuela)
Amazon Watch; Survival International USA
South Asian Americans (See also Asian Americans; India; Pakistan)
Narika; Trikone
South Korea (See Asia; Korean Americans; places)
spaces for events (See also benefits; places)
Artists’ Television Access; Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center; Ben Lomond Quaker Center; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; CounterPULSE; David Brower Center; Fellowship of Humanity; Impact Hub Berkeley; Impact Hub Oakland; Impact Hub San Francisco; La Pena Cultural Center; Long Haul Infoshop; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Omni Commons; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center; Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley; Vajrapani Institute; Women’s Centers, Inc. / Women’s Building, San Francisco; [freespace]
speakers (See also )
Alternative Radio; Californians for Electoral Reform; Conrad, Chris; Ecocity Builders; Global Exchange; International Labor Rights Fund; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Planet Drum Foundation; San Francisco Sex Information; Speak Out – Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); Veterans Speakers Alliance; Witness to Innocence; Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases; Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch
spirituality (See also interconnectedness; religion; yoga)
Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits; Ben Lomond Quaker Center; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; California Institute of Integral Studies; CounterPULSE; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; Fellowship of Humanity; Green Sangha; Kehilla Community Synagogue; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; North Atlantic Books; Northern Sun Merchandising; San Francisco Vegetarian Society; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Starhawk’s Tangled Web; Tikkun Magazine; Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; Unitarian Universalists of the Bay Area; Vukani Mawethu
spoken word (See also creativity; poetry)
Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area
sports (See also cycling; health; hiking; martial arts; outdoor activity; parks; yoga)
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors; Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Girls on the Run of the Bay Area; Naturist Society; OrganicAthlete; Save The Waves Coalition
spying (See also CIA / FBI / NSA; covert operations; national government; privacy; surveillance)
Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
squatting (See also direct action; housing)
Homes Not Jails
Sri Lanka (See Asia)
state government (See also gambling; government; initiatives)
California Legislative Information; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; San Francisco for Democracy; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Thought Leader Public Relations
stem cell research (See also health; reproductive rights; science)
Genetics Policy Institute
street theater (See also humor; outdoor activity; performance art; theatre)
Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Rebar; Reverend Billy; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The
strikes (See direct action; labor)
students (See also demographics; education; leadership development; military recruitment; university publications; youth)
51Oakland; Asian Americans for Community Outreach; Aspect Foundation; Aspire Education Project; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy ; Berkeley Student Food Collective; Cal Tzedek; California Student Sustainability Coalition; Californians for Justice; Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; Child Family Health International; Citizens for Healthy Options In Children’s Education; Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; East Bay Community Law Center; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; Edible Schoolyard Project; Face The World Foundation; Fellowship for Intentional Community; Foundation for a College Education; Full Circle Farm; Future Leaders Institute; Global Glimpse; Justice Matters; KALX; KIDS for the BAY; Knowledge Is Power Program; KUSF; KZSU; League of Creative Minds; LevelBar; Marine Science Institute; Millet Project, The; Nature Village; Oakland Kids First; Recycle for Change; Renters’ Legal Assistance; SACNAS; Speak Out – Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; StoptheDrugWar.org; Student Conservation Association; Student Environmental Resource Center; Students for a Free Tibet; Students for Sensible Drug Policy; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; United Students Against Sweatshops; University Professional and Technical Employees; Wildlife Associates; World Savvy; Youth Together
study groups (See also education)
UNtraining, The
Sudan (See also Africa; places)
San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition; Save Nubia Project
suicide prevention (See also counseling; mental health; physician-assisted suicide; prevention; violence)
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County
sunshine laws (See freedom of information; law; open government; right to know; sunshine laws)
support groups (See also addiction; caregiver support; community-building; discussion groups; mental health)
1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence; 2-1-1; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program; Asexuality Visibility and Education Network; Asian Health Services; Bay Area Friends of Tibet; Bay Area Women Against Rape; Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center; East Bay Agency for Children; Family Service Agency’s Senior Peer Counseling Program; Family Violence Law Center; International Solidarity Movement, Northern California; Journey Free – Resources for Recovery from Harmful Religion; Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center; LGBTQ Youth Space; Little People of America, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; National Organization for Restoring Men; Older Women’s League; Our Family Coalition; Pets Are Wonderful Support; Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County; Reclaiming; San Francisco Women Against Rape; Santa Cruz AIDS Project; Shanti Project; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Survivors International; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases; Women’s Cancer Resource Center
surveillance (See also PATRIOT Act; privacy; spying)
Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Center for Human Rights and Privacy; Oakland Privacy; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Privacy International
sustainability (See also agroecology; ecology; hemp; interconnectedness; limits to economic growth; local economy; organic agriculture; peak oil; permaculture; population control; prevention; recycling; renewable energy; reuse; self-sufficiency; simple living; solar energy)
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; American Farmland Trust; Arc Ecology; Association for India’s Development; Bank Information Center; Bay Area Green Tours; Berkeley Student Food Collective; Blue Planet United; Build It Green; Bullfrog Films; California Institute for Rural Studies; California Student Sustainability Coalition; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Campaign for New Priorities, Bay Area; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for Sustainable Economy; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens; Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; Chelsea Green Publishing; Citizens for Balanced Growth; City Slicker Farms; Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Bay Area Office; Community Food & Justice Coalition; Community Food Security Coalition; Community Solution, The; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Crissy Field Center; Culture Change; Cycles of Change; Daily Acts; David Brower Center; Earth Policy Institute; Ecocity Builders; Ecological Building Network; Ecology Center; Ecology Center Of San Francisco; EcoViva; Edible East Bay; Emerald Earth; Environmental Commons; Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights; Fellowship of Humanity; First Community Housing; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Foundation for Sustainable Development; Full Circle Farm; Garden for the Environment; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; Gill Tract Community Farm; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Green Building Pages; Green City Project; Green Office, The; Green Planet Films, Inc.; GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth; Heinberg, Richard; Heritage Grain Alliance; Hidden Villa; HOPE Collaborative; Idle No More SF Bay; Impact Hub Oakland; In Search of Good Food; Indigenous Environmental Network; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; Institute of Urban Homesteading; International Bicycle Fund; International Development Exchange; International Food Policy Research Institute; Keep Albany Local ; Land Stewardship Project; Mandela MarketPlace; Marin City Community Development Corporation; Metaphor Project, The; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; Nature Village; New Field Foundation; New Society Publishers; NoNukes.org; Northern California Community Loan Fund; Northern California Land Trust; Northern California Recycling Association; Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Oakland Food Policy Council; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Occupy the Farm; OceanHealth.Org; OHIAS; Om Organics; Organic Consumers Association; Pachamama Alliance; Pacific Institute; Partnership for Sustainable Communities; People’s Grocery; Permaculture Action Network; Petaluma Bounty; PLACE for Sustainable Living; Planet Drum Foundation; Planting Justice; Point of View Productions; Population Connection; Presidio Graduate School; Public Vision Research LLC; Raucous Rooster, The; Recycle for Change; Redefining Progress; Regenerative Design Institute; Resource Renewal Institute; Roots of Change; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; Savory Thymes; Seed the Commons; Seeds of Change; Self-Sustaining Communities; Seva Foundation; Sightline; Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; Social Justice Center of Marin; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Solar Living Institute; Sonoma Ecology Center; Story of Stuff, The; Student Environmental Resource Center; Sudo Room; Sunrise Center; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable Business Alliance; Sustainable City; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Sustainable Napa County; Sustainable San Mateo County; Sustainable Table; Sustainable World Coalition; SustainableBusiness.com; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Tides Thoreau Center San Francisco; Town Hall Coalition; TransForm; Transition Albany; Transition Berkeley; Transition Earth; Trees For The Future; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); Urban Ecology, Inc.; Urban Permaculture Guild; Urban Tilth; Urban VOICE; Village Harvest; Walk San Francisco; West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies; Wild and Radish, LLC; Wild Equity Institute; Women’s Energy Matters; World Trust
sweatshops (See also labor; textiles; women)
United Students Against Sweatshops; US Labor Education in the Americas Project
T-shirts (See also bumperstickers; clothing; products)
Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog; Liberation Ink; Long Haul Infoshop; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace Resource Project
tabling (See direct action; voter registration)
taxes (See also distribution of wealth; government)
Berkeley Healthy Child Initiative; Citizens for Tax Justice; Common Cause; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; National Priorities Project; Tobin Tax Initiative; Urban Habitat; War Tax Resistance, Northern California
technical assistance (See also assistive technology; computers; humanitarian aid; mentoring; services; technology; web site design; web site hosting)
Action Network, The; Arc Ecology; Bay Area Video Coalition; Bill of Rights Defense Committee; California FarmLink; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Health, Environment and Justice; Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; Community Technology Alliance; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Democracy Center, The; East Bay Cohousing; Ecological Building Network; Electric Embers; Environmental Law Foundation; Environmental Working Group (California Office); Free Radio Berkeley; Friends of the Urban Forest; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; grassroots.org; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; ICCED – IT Services; Impact Fund, The; Independent Arts & Media; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; International Center for Research on Women; International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission; La Cocina; LaborNet; Learning for Action; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; MarinSpace; Media Alliance; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; National Coalition for the Homeless; National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; NetSquared.org; Northern California Community Loan Fund; Occupy Wall Street; Organic Consumers Association; Petaluma Community Access; Progressive Source Communications; Prometheus Radio Project; Prospera; Resist, Inc.; Shanti Project; Silicon Valley Public Access Link; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; TechSoup.org; Trees For The Future; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; ZeroDivide
technology (See also appropriate technology; biotechnology; communications; computers; guns; nuclear energy; patents; science; technical assistance; transportation)
A1 Sun, Inc.; Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology; Bayview Hunter’s Point Center for Arts & Technology; Center for Democracy and Technology; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; Evolver Bay Area; FactoryFarming.com; Future of Music Coalition; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; JVS; Kijani Grows; Oakland Privacy; Pilgrim Press, The; Privacy International; Quilted; SACNAS; San Francisco Art Institute; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Small Farm Center, University of California; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Tech Stands Up; Tech Workers Coalition; TechSoup.org; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office)
telecommuting (See employment; Internet; pollution; transportation)
telephone service (See also communications; electromagnetic radiation; services; technology; utilities)
Consumer Action; The Utility Reform Network
television (See also addiction; consumer lifestyle; media; propaganda)
Active Voice Lab; Artists’ Television Access; Berkeley Community Media; EnviroVideo; Free Speech Internet Television; Independent Television Service; KQED, Inc.; Labor Video Project; LinkTV; Media Watch; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; Moving Images Video Project; Paper Tiger TV West / Deep Dish Satelite Network; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Peoples Video Network; Petaluma Community Access; Real News, The; Working Group, The
temp work (See also control techniques; employment; labor)
Silicon Valley De-Bug
tenant rights (See also consumer protection; housing; issues; rent control)
48 Hills; Bay Area Legal Aid; California Housing Law Project; Causa Justa / Just Cause; East Bay Solidarity Network; Eviction Defense Collaborative; Eviction Free San Francisco; Heart of the City; Homes Not Jails; Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid of Napa Valley; Renters’ Legal Assistance; San Francisco Tenants Union; Tenants Together; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Youth United for Community Action
terrorism (See also conspiracy; control techniques; disasters; hate crimes; PATRIOT Act; violence)
Independent Arts & Media; Northern California 911 Truth Alliance; Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice; War Times
textiles (See also clothing; sweatshops)
afghans for Afghans; Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Northern Sun Merchandising; UNITE HERE (Western Regional Office); United Students Against Sweatshops
Thailand (See also Asia; places)
Akha Heritage Foundation; FOCUS on the Global South
theatre (See also creativity; performance art; street theater)
African American Art and Culture Complex; Culture and Animals Foundation; Destiny Arts; Intersection for the Arts; Moore, Frank; Moving On Center – School of Participatory Arts & Research; Practicing Freedom; San Francisco Mime Troupe
therapy (See also health; psychotherapy; services)
Abilities United; Access Institute for Psychological Services; Americans for Safe Access; Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc.; Brush Fire Painting Workshops; Fred Finch Youth Center; Haight Ashbury Psychological Services; Liberation Institute, The; Samaritan House
think tanks (See also analysis; lobbying; policy; researchers)
Center for International Policy; Center for Sustainable Economy; Economic Policy Institute; Foreign Policy In Focus; IBON Foundation, Inc.; Institute for Policy Studies; new economics foundation; Oakland Institute; Political Research Associates; Redefining Progress; San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association; Sightline; World Policy Institute; World Resources Institute
thrift stores (See also local economy; low-income; products; reuse)
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council
Tibet (See also Asia)
Bay Area Friends of Tibet; BayVajra.info; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Free Tibet Campaign; International Campaign for Tibet; Students for a Free Tibet; Terma Foundation; Tibet Justice Center; Tibetan Association of Northern California; Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy; Vajrapani Institute
tobacco (See also addiction; drugs)
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; Corporate Accountability International
torture (See also control techniques; human rights; violence)
Amnesty International; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; California Prison Focus; Critical Resistance; Fire John Yoo; Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project; Reporters Without Borders; Survivors International
tourism (See also business; places; travel)
Ethical Traveler; International Bicycle Fund
toxics (See also brownfields; building materials; chemical weapons; ecology; electromagnetic radiation; environmental justice; health; lead poisoning; multiple chemical sensitivity; nuclear energy; pesticides; petroleum; plastic; waste)
Arc Ecology; As You Sow; Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center; Beyond Pesticides; Breast Cancer Fund; Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group; California Indian Environmental Alliance; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Health, Environment and Justice; Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; Citizens for Balanced Growth; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste; Communities for a Better Environment; Consumers for Dental Choice; East Bay Pesticide Alert; Ecological Building Network; Environmental Law Foundation; Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity; Green Science Policy Institute; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal; Multinational Monitor; NoFluoride.com; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Organic Consumers Association; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Sightline; Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; Urban Habitat; Worksafe, Inc.
trade (See also economic sanctions; economics; electronic commerce; foreign policy; NAFTA / GATT / FTAA; World Trade Organization)
California Trade Justice Coalition; CropMobster Community Exchange; Global Trade Watch; Hemp Industries Association; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; National Family Farm Coalition; Pilgrim Press, The; Vote Hemp
trails (See also conservation; hiking; outdoor activity; parks)
American Hiking Society; Bay Area Barns and Trails; Bay Trail; San Francisco Bay Area Wheelchair Accessible Trails; Slide Ranch
transgenders (See also sexual minorities)
California Coalition for Women Prisoners; FTMHealth.com; GLBT Historical Society; Horizons Foundation; LGBTQ Youth Space; Our Family Coalition
transportation (See also automobiles; biofuels; carpools; couriers; cycling; delivery; economics; electric scooters; maps; peak oil; pedestrian advocacy; technology; telecommuting; urban life; urban sprawl; walking)
AlterNetRides.com; Amazon Watch; Automobile Moratorium; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Bike East Bay; Bike Walk Alameda; Bus Riders Union, Los Angeles; Carbusters Magazine; Carfree.com; ChangeLab Solutions; ChangeLab Solutions; Citizens for Balanced Growth; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; City CarShare; Congress for the New Urbanism; Culture Change; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; East Bay Bike Party; Ecocity Builders; ELV Motors; eRideShare.com; First Community Housing; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; International Bicycle Fund; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Merritt College Environmental Program; Ocean Voyages Institute; Older Women’s League; On Lok; Pavement to Parks ; Public Advocates, Inc.; Public Vision Research LLC; San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; Self-Sustaining Communities; Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Spokeland; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Teamsters for a Democratic Union; Threshold (Int’l Ctr for Environmental Renewal), Inc.; TransForm; Transport Oakland; Transportation for America; Union of Concerned Scientists (West Coast Office); Urban Ecology, Inc.; Urban Habitat; Walk San Francisco; Whistlestop
travel (See also hostels; hotels; maps; outdoor activity; places; retreats; tourism; volunteer matching)
Aspect Foundation; Bay Area Green Tours; Child Family Health International; Desert Survivors; eRideShare.com; Ethical Traveler; Face The World Foundation; Friends of Deir Ibzi’a; Global Exchange; Global Glimpse; Green Tortoise Adventure Travel; Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens; International Bicycle Fund; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; Middle East Children’s Alliance; our developing world; Peace Brigades International; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – USA
trees (See also community-building; conservation; deforestation; gardening; global warming; parks; seeds; wildlife)
Death of a Million Trees; Defend Knowland Park; Friends of El Cerrito Trees; Friends of the Urban Forest; Global Forest Watch; Green Press Initiative; Hills Conservation Network; North Berkeley Harvest; Self-Sustaining Communities; Trees For The Future; Urban Releaf; Village Harvest; Women’s Earth Alliance
Trumpism (See also national government; plutocracy)
Indivisible Berkeley; Indivisible Berkeley Students; Indivisible East Bay; Refuse Fascism; Tech Stands Up; Trump Resistance Manual; Wall of Us
Turkey (See Armenian Americans; Europe; Kurds; places)
United Nations (See also World Bank / IMF; world government)
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Global Policy Forum; International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; International Indian Treaty Council; Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Our World; Pathways to Peace; Save Nubia Project; Western States Legal Foundation; Women’s Intercultural Network; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch
unity (See also diversity; solidarity)
Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; HipHopForChange; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; United for Community Radio; United for Peace and Justice; Unity Council, The
university publications (See media; students)
urban life (See also brownfields; community-building; crime; demographics; electric scooters; farmers markets; housing; municipal government; neighborhoods; noise pollution; parks; pedestrian advocacy; transportation; urban planning; urban sprawl)
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project; ArtSpan; Automobile Moratorium; Bay Area Wilderness Training; Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center; Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative; Berkeley Open Source Food Project; Carfree.com; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens; Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; ChangeLab Solutions; City CarShare; City Repair; City Slicker Farms; Communities for a Better Environment; Congress for the New Urbanism; Crissy Field Center; Cycles of Change; Ecocity Builders; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Edible City: The Movie; Friends of El Cerrito Trees; Friends of the Urban Forest; Garden (film), The; Garden for the Environment; Gill Tract Community Farm; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Green City Project; Greenbelt Alliance; Guerilla Drive-In, Santa Cruz; Inner City Advisors; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Intertribal Friendship House; Kijani Grows; Literacy for Environmental Justice; Local Greens Farm; Mission Bay Community Church; More Dirt; National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; New Village Press; Northern California Community Loan Fund; Occupy the Farm; Occupy the Farm – The Film; Partnership for Sustainable Communities; People’s Grocery; Petaluma Bounty; Phat Beets Produce; PLACE for Sustainable Living; Planet Drum Foundation; Planting Justice; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Public Vision Research LLC; Rebar; Resilience.org; Rooted in Community; San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; San Francisco Parks Alliance; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association; San Francisco Tomorrow; San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance; Save Sutro Forest; Save the East Bay Hills; SF Urban Riders; Source; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Team Tierra Urban Agriculture; Urban Adamah; Urban Displacement Project; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Urban Habitat; Urban Permaculture Guild; Urban Releaf; Urban Sprouts; Urban Tilth; Urban VOICE; UrbanAgLaw; Village Harvest; Wild and Radish, LLC; Yards to Gardens
urban planning (See also development; land use; urban life; urban sprawl)
Greenbelt Alliance; International Bicycle Fund; Northern California Community Loan Fund
urban sprawl (See also automobiles; land use; transportation; urban life; urban planning)
Center for Creative Land Recyling; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Culture Change; Ecocity Builders; Greenbelt Alliance; Partnership for Sustainable Communities; San Bruno Mountain Watch; San Jose Bike Party; Save the Bay; Transition Earth; Urban Habitat
utilities (See also consumer protection; corporations; deregulation; energy; life necessities; micropower; nuclear energy; petroleum; telephone service)
The Utility Reform Network
veganism / vegetarianism (See also animal liberation; food; health; philosophy)
Bay Area Vegetarians; Citizens for Healthy Options In Children’s Education; Compassion Over Killing; EarthSave Foundation; EcoVegEvents.com; Farm Sanctuary; Food Not Bombs, East Bay; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Go Vegan! Radio; HappyCow’s Vegetarian Guide (California Section); Marin Vegetarian Education Group; Not Milk; NutritionFacts.org; OrganicAthlete; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; San Francisco Vegetarian Society; Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians; Vegan Action; Vegan Outreach; Vegan Society, The; VegDining.com; VeggieDate.com; VegNews; VegPeace.org; VegSF; VegSource; Viva!USA; What the Health
Venezuela (See also petroleum; petroleum-rich nations; places; South America)
Hands Off Venezuela; Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas; Venezuelanalysis.com
veterans (See also demographics; militarism)
Courage to Resist; Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; Operation Dignity; Swords to Plowshares; Urojas Community Services; Veterans for Peace; Veterans Speakers Alliance; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA
Vietnam (See also Asia; militarism; places; veterans)
Akha Heritage Foundation; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA
vigils (See also direct action; outdoor activity)
Berkeley Women in Black; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Marin Peace & Justice Coalition; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street
violence (See also automobiles; child abuse; control techniques; crime; guns; hate crimes; nonviolence; rape; self-defense; suicide prevention; terrorism; torture)
1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Community United Against Violence; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; Critical Resistance; Destiny Arts; Equality Trust, The; Family & Children Services; HOMEY; Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence / Americans for Responsible Solutions Foundation; Media Watch; MO/PEACE; New Field Foundation; North Oakland Restorative Justice Council; October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality; Peace Brigades International; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Sex Worker’s Education Network; Southern Poverty Law Center; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Unite for Freedom from Right Wing Violence in the Bay Area; Violence Policy Center; Working Group, The; Young Women’s Freedom Center; Youth Alive!; Youth Together
vivisection (See also animal liberation; health; science)
Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy
volunteer matching (See also networking; services; travel)
Agua Para la Vida; AIDS Emergency Fund; AIDS Legal Referral Panel; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Bay Area Literacy; Catchafire; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Conservation Corps North Bay; Environmental Volunteers; Green City Project; HandsOn Bay Area; One Brick; Open Directory Project; PlanitJewish; Project Read; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; Universal Giving; Volunteer Center (serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties), The; Volunteer Center of the East Bay, The; VolunteerMatch; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – USA
voter registration (See also elections; tabling)
Green Party, San Francisco; Rock the Vote; San Mateo County Democracy for America
walking (See also cycling; hiking; pedestrian advocacy; transportation)
Berkeley Path Wanderers Association; Bike East Bay; Bike Walk Alameda; Carbusters Magazine; Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Oaklavia: Come Play in the Streets; Walk Oakland Bike Oakland
waste (See also conservation; consumer lifestyle; ecology; pollution; recycling; reuse; toxics)
Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Citizens for Balanced Growth; City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment; Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste; Fast Haul; Freecycle Network; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Nature Village; NoNukes.org; OHIAS; RecycleWorks of San Mateo County; San Francisco Freecycle Network; Simpler Way, The; StopWaste.Org; World Resources Institute
watchdog groups (See also do-it-yourself; investigative journalism; researchers; right to know; whistleblowing)
Amazon Watch; California League of Conservation Voters; Center for Media & Democracy; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Copwatch, Berkeley; CorpWatch; Eat Drink Politcs; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Global Trade Watch; Human Rights Watch (San Francisco office); Making Change at Walmart; Media Watch; Oilwatch; Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development; Privacy International; Project On Government Oversight; San Bruno Mountain Watch; School of the Americas Watch; The Utility Reform Network; Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment
water (See also air; bay / delta environment; coastal environment; coral reefs; creek restoration; dams; ecology; health; life necessities; outdoor activity; pollution; watersheds; wetlands)
Agua Para la Vida; Akha Heritage Foundation; Alameda Creek Alliance; As You Sow; Association for India’s Development; Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors; Bay Institute, The; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Center for Ecoliteracy; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Clean Water Action; Corporate Accountability International; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Environmental Commons; Environmental Justice Coalition for Water; Ethical Traveler; Food & Water Watch (Oakland office); Friends of Sausal Creek; Friends of the Eel River; Friends of the River; Garden for the Environment; Greywater Alliance; International Rivers; Local Greens Farm; Marine Conservation Biology Institute; Marine Mammal Center, The; Marine Science Institute; Merritt College Environmental Program; Nature Village; NoFluoride.com; Ocean Voyages Institute; OceanHealth.Org; Pacific Institute; Polaris Institute; Restore Hetch Hetchy; Russian Riverkeeper; Save Nubia Project; Save the Bay; Save The Waves Coalition; Sea Shepherd International; Sea Turtle Restoration Project; Seacology; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Susan Ives Communications; Transition Earth; Tuolumne River Trust; WaterPartners International; Watershed Project; Wholly H2O – Mainstreaming Water (Re)Use; Women’s Earth Alliance
watersheds (See also bioregionalism; creek restoration; water)
Alameda Creek Alliance; Bay Institute, The; Borneo Project, The; Codornices Creek Watershed Council; Environmental Protection Information Center; Friends of Sausal Creek; Friends of the River; Gallinas Watershed Council; Mendocino Land Trust; Merritt College Environmental Program; Planet Drum Foundation; Russian Riverkeeper; San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society; Sonoma Ecology Center; Tuolumne River Trust; Watershed Project
web site design (See also art; computers; Internet; media; software; technical assistance; web site hosting)
Big Think Studios; ICCED – IT Services; Kahl Consultants; POOR News Network; Progressive Source Communications; Quilted
web site hosting (See also Internet; media; technical assistance; web site design)
Electric Embers
welfare (See also government; material aid; services)
Bay Area Legal Aid; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Common Cause; East Bay Community Law Center; General Assistance Advocacy Project; Homeless Action Center; IBON Foundation, Inc.; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid of Napa Valley; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office)
wetlands (See also water)
Committee for Green Foothills; Gallinas Watershed Council; Greenbelt Alliance; International Bird Rescue Research Center; Merritt College Environmental Program; Save the Bay; Watershed Project
whistleblowing (See also direct action; freedom of information; government; labor; science; watchdog groups)
Chelsea Manning Support Network; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; SFHomeless Yahoo Group
wilderness (See also ecology; wildlife)
Bay Area Wilderness Training; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Ecosystem Survival; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Defenders of Wildlife; Desert Survivors; Forests Forever; Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures; Hidden Villa; Susan Ives Communications
wildlife (See also animal liberation; biodiversity; conservation; endangered species / habitat; rural life; trees; wilderness)
Animal Place; Bay Institute, The; Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center; Center for Ecosystem Survival; Committee for Green Foothills; Conservation Corps North Bay; Defend Knowland Park; Defenders of Wildlife; Defense of Place; Environmental Commons; In Defense of Animals; International Bird Rescue Research Center; Jane Goodall Institute; Mendocino Land Trust; Merritt College Environmental Program; Nature in the City; Planning and Conservation League; San Francisco Rescued Orphan Mammal Program; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save the Bay; Sea Shepherd International; Susan Ives Communications; WildAid (San Francisco Office); WildCare; Wildlife Associates; Wildlife Conservation Network
women (See also affirmative action; demographics; diversity; feminism; rape; reproductive rights; sex; sexism; sweatshops)
About-Face; ACCESS; Afghan Women’s Mission; Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology; Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Baring Witness; Bay Area Women Against Rape; Bay Area Women in Black; Berkeley Women in Black; Breast Cancer Action; Breast Cancer Fund; California Coalition for Women Prisoners; Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Emma Goldman Papers, The; Equal Rights Advocates; Feminist Therapy Connection; Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives; GirlVentures; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; Global Fund for Women, The; Global Women Intact; Good Shepherd Gracenter; Impact Bay Area; International Center for Research on Women; International Development Exchange; International Women’s Democracy Center; La Casa de las Madres; La Cocina; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office); Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); NamasteDirect; Narika; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Organization for Women; Native American Health Center; New Field Foundation; Older Women’s League; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; People Organized to Win Employment Rights; Point of View Productions; Prospera; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; San Francisco Women’s Film Institute; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Transition Earth; Way Pass Women’s Aftercare Program; Women Living Under Muslim Laws; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.; Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases; Women’s Cancer Resource Center; Women’s Centers, Inc. / Women’s Building, San Francisco; Women’s Community Clinic; Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center; Women’s Earth Alliance; Women’s Economic Agenda Project; Women’s Energy Matters; Women’s Environment & Development Organization; Women’s Environmental Network; Women’s Human Rights Resources (University of Toronto); Women’s Intercultural Network; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Francisco Branch; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom – San Jose Branch; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women’s Center; Young Women’s Freedom Center; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin
World Bank / IMF (See also banks; controllers; debt cancellation; development; distribution of wealth; export credit agenices; finance; neoliberalism; United Nations; world government; World Trade Organization)
Bank Information Center; International Development Exchange; International Rivers; Witness for Peace
world government (See corporate-controlled globalization; global community; global issues; government; international law; internationalism; socioeconomic models; United Nations; World Bank / IMF; World Trade Organization)
World Trade Organization (See also controllers; corporate-controlled globalization; law; NAFTA / GATT / FTAA; trade; World Bank / IMF; world government)
Global Exchange
writers (See also books; cartoonists; editorial comment; writing)
Dark Mountain Project; Environmental Working Group (California Office); Heyday; Hightower, Jim; International Forum on Globalization; National Writers Union (Bay Area Local); Rall, Ted; Seven Stories Press; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Starhawk’s Tangled Web; Thirdeye Magazine
writing (See also books; copyright; creativity; journalism; writers)
Bay Area Literacy; Commons San Francisco, The; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.; Project Read; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations
yoga (See also health; spirituality; sports)
Art of Yoga Project; Commonweal
youth (See also ageism; at-risk youth; children; demographics; diversity; family; juvenile justice; runaways; students)
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Accion Latina; Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project; Action For Nature; Alameda Family Services; American Friends Service Committee (San Francisco office); Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights; Art of Yoga Project; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Bay Area Girls Rock Camp; Bay Area Wilderness Training; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Bayview Hunter’s Point Center for Arts & Technology; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Bill Wilson Center; Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County; Brush Fire Painting Workshops; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; CANFIT; Center For Digital Storytelling; Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; Civicorps Schools; Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; CommunityGrows; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; Cycles of Change; Destiny Arts; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC; Family & Children Services; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Family Violence Law Center; Fred Finch Youth Center; GirlVentures; Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; GroundSpark; Haiti Soleil; HOMEY; HOPE Collaborative; Horizons Foundation; Impact Bay Area; Jewish Youth for Community Action; Juma Ventures; JVS; Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center; LGBTQ Youth Space; Literacy for Environmental Justice; Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center; Mission Bay Community Church; National Center for Youth Law; Native American Health Center; New Door Ventures; New Village Press; North Oakland Restorative Justice Council; Oakland Based Urban Gardens; Oakland Kids First; Oakland Youth Aspire; Ocean Voyages Institute; Our Family Coalition; People United for a Better Life in Oakland; Phat Beets Produce; POOR News Network; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.; Pro-Choice Public Education Project; Reach And Teach; Richmond Art Center; Rock the Vote; Rooted in Community; San Francisco Black Film Festival; San Francisco Conservation Corps; Seneca Family of Agencies; Sex, Etc.; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Socialist Action; Society for Art Publications of the Americas; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Trips for Kids; Urban Releaf; Urban Sprouts; Veterans Speakers Alliance; Vision New America, Inc.; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.; World Savvy; Young Nonprofit Professionals Network; Young Women’s Freedom Center; Young Workers United; Youth Alive!; Youth Engagement, Advocacy and Housing; Youth Homes, Inc.; Youth Leadership Institute; Youth Radio; Youth Science Institute; Youth Together; Youth United for Community Action
Yugoslavia (See also Balkans; Europe; places; Romanis)
Women’s Intercultural Network
Zapatistas (See also Mayans; Mexico)
Chiapas Support Committee
Source: http://www.bapd.org/groups.html
| Youth Art & Self Empowerment Project |
| Jobs with Justice |
| POWER |
| 215 People’s Alliance |
| Media Mobilizing Project |
| Philly Student Union |
| Teacher Action Group |
| Philly Thrive |
| Earth Quaker Action Team |
| Project Safe |
| Act Up Philly |
| Put People First PA |
| The Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities |
| Women’s Community Revitalization Project |
| New Sanctuary Movement |
| Juntos |
| PA Immigration and Citizenship Coalition |
| Jewish Voice for Peace |
| IfNotNow |
| Galaei |
| Philly Coalition for R.E.A.L. Justice |
| Decarcerate PA |
| Human Rights Coalition |
| Reconstruction Inc. |
| Right to Redemption |
| Asian Americans United |
| Youth United for Change |
| Reclaim Philadelphia |
| Philly Now |
| #Not1More |
| 350.org |
| Autistic Self Advocacy Network |
| Bend the Arc |
| Black Alliance for Just Immigration |
| Black and Pink |
| Black Lives Matter |
| Black Youth Project |
| Cosecha |
| Council on American Islamic Relations |
| Critical Resistance |
| Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation |
| Hand in Hand |
| IfNotNow |
| IndyKids |
| Iraq Veterans Against the War |
| Jewish Voice for Peace |
| Jobs With Justice |
| Malcolm X Grassroots Movement |
| National Action Network |
| National Lawyer’s Guild |
| National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights |
| Native Organizers Alliance |
| Open Hillel |
| Peoples Power Assemblies |
| Resource Generation |
| Restaurant Opportunities Center |
| Right to the City |
| Sierra Club |
| Sikh Coalition |
| Solidaire |
| SURJ |
| T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights |
| TGIJP (Transgender & Intersex Justice Project) |
| US Department of Arts and Culture |
| War Resisters League |
| Women in Media and News |
| Planned Parenthood |
| United We Dream |
| M Power Change |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance |
| Color of Change |
| National People’s Action |
More at: http://ggjalliance.org/membershttp://ggjalliance.org/members
These are the supporters of replacing the Electoral College, in one way or another, with a national popular vote, a movement which, if it succeeds, will be just as, if not more, damaging than the 17th Amendment to our liberty.
Source: http://www.fairvote.org/financials#year_end_reports
Why they are on here: http://www.fairvote.org/national_popular_vote#endorsers_of_the_npv_plan
League of Women Voters
Source: http://juneaulwv.org/2017-action-alert-7/
Common Cause
LegitAction
Source: https://ctviewpoints.org/2017/05/22/why-the-national-popular-vote-h-b-5434-has-to-be-passed-now/
National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Source: http://news.hamlethub.com/danbury/politics/43079-npvct-1486142978
ACLU of Nevada
Source: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/mar/22/nevada-moves-join-11-other-states-popular-vote/
MASSPIRG, MassVOTE, Oiste, NAACP, ACLU, AARP, Sierra Club, JALSA, Black Political Task Force, Public Citizen, Demos, FairVote, National Latino Congreso, Asian American Action Fund, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, and the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.
Boston Globe, the MetroWest Daily News, the Brockton Enterprise, the Cape Cod Times, the Berkshire Eagle, the Patriot Ledger, the Milford Daily News, the Dover-Sherborn Press, the Daily News Transcript, the Lexington Minute Man, the Taunton Daily Gazette, the Boston Phoenix, the Sun Chronicle, New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Miami Herald
Asian American Action Fund (AAA-Fund)
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
National Institute for Latino Policy (NILP)
National Popular Vote
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
John C. Berg, Professor of Government, Suffolk University
Ron Buckmire, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Occidental College
John M. Carey, Wentford Professor in the Social Sciences and Chair of the Department of Government, Dartmouth College
Brian F. Crisp, Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas De Luca, Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies Program, Fordham University
Todd Donovan, Professor of Political Science, Western Washington University
Paul Finkelman, Senior Fellow in the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism, University of Pennsylvania
James A. Gardner, Distinguished Professor of Civil Justice, Director of Jaeckle Center for Law and Democracy, SUNY Buffalo Law School
Steven Greene, Associate Professor of Political Science, North Carolina State University
Bob Holmes, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Clark Atlanta University
Elijah B.Z. Kaminsky, Professor of Political Science Emertius, Arizona State University
Alexander Keyssar, Professor of History and Social Policy, Kennedy School of Government-Harvard University
Peter Levine, Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Tufts University
Arend Lijphart, Research Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego
Michael McDonald, Associate Professor of Government and Political Science
Lorenzo Morris, Professor of Political Science, Howard University
Jack Nagel, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Brendan Nyhan, Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
Perry J. Mitchell, Professor of Political Science (Retired), Northern Virginia Community College
Jamin Raskin, Professor of Law and Director of Law and Government Program, American University Washington College of Law
Howard Scarrow, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, SUNY Stony Brook
David Schultz, Adjunct Professor, Hamline University School of Law
Matthew Shugart, Professor of Political Science, UC Davis
Rogers Smith, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylania
Robert Smith, Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University
Leonard Steinhorn, Professor of Public Communication and Affiliate Professor of History, American University
Todd Swanstrom, Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Rein Taagepera, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UC Irvine
Caroline Tolbert, Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa
Joseph F. Zimmerman, Professor of Political Science, University of Albany Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Source: http://www.fairvote.org/national_popular_vote#endorsers_of_the_npv_plan
This is not a list of those who oppose secession or slavery, but rather, those that wish to destroy American history based on radical Leftist ideology.
Mayor Sly James of Kansas City
NAACP
Governor Roy Cooper
New Orleans City Council
Source: http://savannahnow.com/news/2017-05-08/judge-won-t-block-confederate-statue-s-removal
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Rays
Duke University
Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Bishop Lawrence Provenzano of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh
Birmingham, Alabama Mayor
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
The city of San Diego
Source: https://www.apnews.com/94c45e4eda55449287f6b08d6bf76410
ACLU of Montana
Montana Racial Equity Project
Source: http://www.ktvh.com/2017/08/two-mt-nonprofits-support-removal-of-confederate-memorial
Richmond’s Mayor Levar Stoney
Ralph Northam (Democrat candidate for governor of VA)
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Rev. R.F. Abran, New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Noah Alexander, Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. David Anderson, Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church
Dean Andy Andrews, St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
Rev. Anne H.K. Apple, Idlewild Presbyterian Church
Rev. Ben Badgett, Church of the Holy Communion
Rev. Clifford A. Bahlinger, St. Luke Lutheran Church
Rabbi Katie Bauman, Temple Israel
Rev. Chris Bennett, Renewal Church
Rev. Etoy Bogard, Sandhill Baptist Church
Rev. David A. Bowen, Second Presbyterian Church
Senior Servant Pastor Kelvin Bowen, Christ Fellowship Church
Rev. Dr. David Breckenridge, First Baptist Church
Rev. B.A. Brooks, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Roger R. Brown, Greater White Stone Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Ron Brown, St. Luke Baptist Church
Rev. Wade Bryant, Monumental Baptist Church
Rev. Margaret Burnett, Idlewild Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dan Burns, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Richard G. Cain, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Donald Castle, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Charlie Caswell, Union Grove Baptist Church
Rev. Will Christians, Shady Grove Presbyterian Church
Rev. Cassandra Clairett, Monumental Baptist Church
Rev. Sam W. Clark Jr., Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Chris Conlee, Highpoint Church
Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Cook, Second Baptist Church
Rev. Cheryl Cornish, First Congregational Church
Rev. Darrell Cunningham, Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Church
Rev. Issac Curry, Hope Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Christopher B. Davis Sr., St. Paul Baptist Church
Rev. Michael Davis, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Willie Davis, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Leonard Dawson, Cane Creek Baptist Church
Rev. Julia Goldie Day, Second Baptist Church
Rev. Maurice Dickerson, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Linwood Dillard, Citadel of Deliverance Church of God in Christ
Rev. Sara B. Dorrien-Christians, Idlewild Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Earheart-Brown, Memphis Theological Seminary
Rev. John Elate, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. D. Todd Erickson, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Eyleen Farmer, Calvary Episcopal Church
Rabbi Joel Finkelstein, Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Congregation
Rev. David W. Fitzgerald, Mt. Gilliam Baptist Church
Rev. Ricky Floyd, Pursuit of God Transformation Center
Rev. Samuel L. Ford Jr., New Gilfield Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Steve Gaines, Bellevue Baptist Church
Rev. Freddie Garrison, Jordan River Baptist Church
Rev. Gerson Garros, Trinity Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Laura Gettys, St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
Rev. John Glaze, New Sardis Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. L. LaSimba M. Gray Jr., New Sardis Baptist Church
Rev. Terrance Gray, Downtown Church
Rabbi Micah Greenstein, Temple Israel
Rev. Dr. Carl Greer, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Robert Grisham, Neighborhood Church
Bishop David Hall, Temple Church of God in Christ
Father Val Handwerker, St. Patrick Catholic Church
Rev. Darrell Harrington, New Sardis Baptist Church
Rev. Albert Harwell, Melrose Baptist Church
Rev. Henry Hassell, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Dr. Stephen Haynes, Rhodes College
Rev. Dr. Brian Henderson, Parkway Gardens United Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Eugene Henson, Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Richard Hipps, Trinity Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Tony Hodges, Scenic Hills Baptist Church
Rev. Vernon Horner, Greater New Bethel Baptist Church
Rabbi Sarit Horwitz, Beth Sholom Synagogue
Rev. Dr. Kendra G. Hotz, Rhodes College
Rev. Dr. Mary Lin Hudson, Memphis Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Cole Huffman, First Evangelical Church
Rev. Samuel Husband, Independent Presbyterian Church
Rev. Elton Hymon, New Hickory Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Ydell Ishmon Sr., Boston Baptist Church
Rev. C.B. Jackson Jr., Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. Jeffords, St. John’s United Methodist Church
Rev. Daniel Johnson, Second Baptist Church
Rev. Dere Johnson, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Charles Jones, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Jeremy Jones, Independent Presbyterian Church
Rev. Mary Kaylor, First Baptist Church
Rev. Archie Kelly, Sold Out 4 Christ Ministries
Rev. Willie Kelsey, Faith Temple Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. James Kendrick, Oak Grove Baptist Church
Rev. John Kilzer, St. John’s United Methodist Church
Rev. Barton Kimbro, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Ronnie C. King, Grace Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Brittany Stillwell Krebs, First Baptist Church
Rev. Mike Kretch, Grace Presbyterian Church
Rev. Rebekah Abel Lamar, Idlewild Presbyterian Church
Rev. Virzola Law, Lindenwood Christian Church
Rabbi Binyamin Lehrfield, Baron Hirsch Congregation
Rev. J.E. Lewis II, Rehobeth Outreach Ministries
Rev. Dr. Sean Michael Lucas, Independent Presbyterian Church
Rev. Charles Mabin, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Mike Malone, Independent Presbyterian Church
Rev. Daniel Martin, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Hester Mathes, Church of the Holy Communion
Rev. Dustin May, Highpoint Church
Rev. Hardie Mays, Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Robert McClain, Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Randy McCloy, Church of the Holy Communion
Rev. Paul McLain, Calvary Episcopal Church
Rev. Carla Meisterman, Balmoral Presbyterian Church
Rev. Thomas A. Momberg, Memphis
Rev. Dr. Dwight Montgomery, Annesdale Cherokee Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Stephen R. Montgomery, Idlewild Presbyterian Church
Rev. David Morris, Hope Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Eli Morris, Hope Presbyterian Church
Rev. Jessica Morris, Hope Presbyterian Church
Rev. Ryan Mullins, Highpoint Church
Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Murray Sr., Anointed Temple of Praise Outreach Ministries
Rev. Dr. James L. Netters, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Rev. Garland Neal, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Edward Norton, Independent Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Bartholomew Orr, Brown Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Taylor Park, First Evangelical Church
Rev. John Payne, Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Rev. Gerry A. Peak, Second Presbyterian Church
Bishop Brandon B. Porter, Greater Community Temple Church of God in Christ
Rev. Dr. Reginald Porter Sr., Metropolitan Baptist Church
Rev. Andy Rambo, First United Methodist Church
Rev. Robert Rhymes, First Baptist-First Street Church
Rev. Richard Rieves, Downtown Church
Rev. Dr. George W. Robertson, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Brad Robson, Independent Presbyterian Church
Rev. Jeffrey Rudy, Ellendale United Methodist Church
Rev. Hubon Sandridge, Thomas Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Shane Sanford, Christ United Methodist Church
Rev. Clennon Saulsberry, New Nonconnah Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Andy Savage, Highpoint Church
Rev. C.V. “Bo” Scarborough, Presbytery of the Mid-South
Rev. Lance Scarbrough, Highpoint Church
Rev. Larry J. Shelton, New Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rev. Freddie Short, Monumental Baptist Church
Rev. G.C. Simpson Jr., Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church
Rev. Deborah Smith, District Superintendent, Memphis Conference, United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Melvin Smith, Mt. Moriah East Baptist Church
Rev. Rufus W. Smith IV, Hope Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Stacy L. Spencer, New Direction Christian Church
Rev. Charles Stanback, President, Baptist Ministerial Alliance, Greater Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church
Bishop Edward H. Stephens Jr., Golden Gate Cathedral
Rev. Dr. Craig Strickland, Hope Presbyterian Church
Rev. L. James Stokes, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Michael Stokke, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Frederick D. Tappan, Eureka Truevine Baptist Church
Rev. Sara K. Tate, Trinity United Methodist Church
Rev. Parker Tenet, Independent Presbyterian Church
Rev. Sam Teitel, Church of the River
Rev. Brad Thomas, Raleigh and Scenic Hills United Methodist Churches
Rev. Marron Thomas, Innovation Church
Rev. C.W. Tutton, Ellis Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. J. Lawrence Turner, Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church
Rev. Billy Vaughan, Memphis Theological Seminary
Rev. Sonia Louden Walker, First Congregational Church
Rev. J. Scott Walters, Calvary Episcopal Church
Rev. Willie Ward, Mt. Pisgah Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. William Warren, Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown
Rev. Melvin D. Watkins, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Rev. Lucy A. Waechter Webb, Evergreen Presbyterian Church
Rev. Sandy Webb, Church of the Holy Communion
Rev. Monica Weber, Epiphany Lutheran Church
Rev. Mimi White, St. John’s United Methodist Church
Rev. Susan Carter Wiggins, Germantown Presbyterian Church
Rev. Joe N. Wiley, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. John Wilkins, Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. James E. Williams, Hope Fellowship Baptist Church
Bishop Henry Williamson, Presiding Bishop, First Episcopal District, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Sandy Willson, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Walter Womack, Faithful Baptist Church
Rev. Joseph Woodford Jr., Baptist Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Jeremy Wright, Cherokee Baptist Church
Rev. Brett Wynne, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Josh Yates, Second Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dianne Young, Healing Center Full Gospel Baptist Church
Rev. Steve Young, Ardmore Terrace Baptist Church
Bishop William Young, Healing Center Full Gospel Baptist Church
Source: https://medium.com/@MayorMemphis/clergyletter-b1e5ae3513aa
City of Atlanta
All African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) – Denver
American Friends Service Committee Denver, CO
American Indian Movement Chapters
Aajig-aaning (lower Michigan) ~ Cleveland ~ Colorado ~ Colville (WA) ~ Erie (PA) ~ N.E. Confederated (New England) ~ New Mexico ~ S.E. Texas ~ South Carolina ~ Southern Ute (CO) ~ Wounded Knee
Asian Alliance
Barrio Warriors
Bread & Roses
Building Bridges
Chiapas Coalition of Denver/Boulder
Colorado Anti-Violence Program
Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
Colorado Medical Committee for Human Rights
Colorado Progressive Coalition
Colorado Two Spirit Society
Colours of Resistance
Dandelion Center
Denver Direct Action Network (DAN)
Denver Tenants Union
Escuela Tlatelolco Centro de Estudios
Federation of German Speaking Anarchists, Hamburg branch
Four Winds American Indian Project
H.O.P.E. Street Productions, LLC
Ho Wanji—One Voice
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I agree with this. Another exposé of the phony skills shortage.
As any reader should know, I consider the biggest obstacle — indeed a danger — to genuine reform of the H-1B work visa program (other than lack of political will) is what I call the Intels Good, Infosyses Bad (IGIB) myth. The presumption there is that the Indian firms such as Infosys who hire H-1Bs and “rent” them to U.S. employers are the main abusers of the visa program, while those who hire H-1Bs directly, say Intel, use the program responsibly. Actually, any legislation based on IGIB will be based on a false premise, and will likely make things worse, not better.
The latest attempt to justify IGIB is an article in today’s Quartz, which shows that the (a) Intels tend to pay more than do the Infosyses and (b) the Intel H-1Bs tend to have master’s degrees while the Infosys ones have only a bachelor’s. Both (a)…
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