1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence Mission is to ease the traumatic impact of violence on homicide and crime victim-survivors by providing ongoing compassionate support & services. Voice: (510) 581-0100 Email: 1000mothers.cope@gmail.com Web: https://1000mothers.org/ [01 Oct 2022]
100Reporters A news organization dedicated to forging new frontiers in responsible journalism. It joins scores of award-winning 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: https://100r.org/ [19 Aug 2023]
2-1-1 Bay Area The comprehensive information and referral service for San Francisco, San Mateo, Napa, Marin, Santa Clara, and Solano counties. We connect over 37,000 Bay Area callers and texters each year with information about health and human services available to them. 2-1-1 phone and text services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2-1-1 is available in 150 languages through phone interpretation services and English and Spanish for text services. All contacts are confidential. 2-1-1 connects callers with local community services, such as food, shelter, counseling, employment assistance, quality child care, senior services, and more. Voice: 211 Web: https://www.211bayarea.org/ [21 May 2022]
350BayArea.org Mission is to build a grassroots climate movement in the Bay Area and beyond to eliminate carbon pollution and achieve a clean energy future with racial, economic, and environmental justice. We are here for justice. The climate crisis magnifies systemic injustices: racial, economic and environmental. We mobilize people as climate activists, building the civic engagement & advocacy that are essential to solve the climate crisis. We organize, demonstrate, lobby, and educate, pushing policymakers to meet the urgency of the climate emergency. Address: PO Box 18762, Oakland CA 94619 Email: info@350bayarea.org Web: https://350bayarea.org/ [13 Apr 2023]
48 Hills San Francisco’s largest daily, independent community news and culture site, launched by the editors of the legendary SF Bay Guardian alternative weekly newspaper. For almost a decade, 48 Hills has covered local and global music, arts, nightlife, and cultural events from a deep and fiercely independent point of view, as well as reporting on vital news stories and issues, with a diverse array of community voices. Launched in 2013 by Tim Redmond and updated daily, 48 Hills has grown to 35,000 readers a week and covers news, politics, arts, music, nightlife, and a vast array of cultural topics. 48 Hills is entirely community supported. Web: https://48hills.org/ [13 Apr 2023]
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: 1455 Fourth Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 526-5715 Email: info@a1suninc.com Web: http://www.a1suninc.com/ [12 Jun 2021]
ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center (ACSF) Works to preserve, develop, and share the martial art of capoeira with integrity, and to use capoeira and culture to build a healthy, just, and vibrant society in which people feel connected to and responsible for their community. Address: 3221 22nd Street (at Mission), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 206-0650 Email: info@abada.org Web: https://www.abada.org/ [20 Aug 2022]
AbilityPath A cornerstone of our community for 100 years, providing a lifespan of support services to individuals with special needs and developmental disabilities in the greater Bay Area. Our mission is to empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships. With educational, therapeutic, vocational, and family support services, we are distinctive in providing support to an individual throughout their lifetime. We collaborate with businesses, third-party providers, local nonprofits, and various organizations to bring the highest quality services to the children, youth, and adults in our programs. Address: 350 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 123, Redwood City CA 94065 Voice: (650) 259-8500 Fax: (650) 697-5010 Email: info@abilitypath.org Web: https://abilitypath.org/ [18 Dec 2021]
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 yielded far superior results than those of past strategies for ending homelessness. Our results show how effective our work has been at ending homelessness for vulnerable children and adults in our community. Address: 40849 Fremont Blvd, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 657-7409 Email: info@abodeservices.org Web: https://www.abodeservices.org/ [13 Apr 2023]
Abolition 2000 An international 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 e-mail lists and through conferences, teleconferencing, and periodic mailings. Web: https://www.abolition2000.org/en/ [19 Aug 2023]
Abortion Clinics OnLine (ACOL) An online directory comprised of abortion providers and reproductive healthcare specialists. ACOL is a paid directory, therefore some clinics may not be listed. Web: https://www.abortionclinics.com/ [16 Mar 2024]
About-Face Equips teen girls with knowledge and tools to question media messages and support their mental health. Then, they take action in their own ways to push back against messages that don’t serve them. From unrealistic beauty ideals to narrow stereotypes, girls receive dangerous and limiting messages from social media, TV, movies, and real-life events every day. Our programs for teen girls range from our Education Into Action in-school programs to a weekend program, and our online resources for teens here on the site. We also support their adult advocates — parents, teachers, mentors, relatives, and group leaders — through adult-centered workshops as well as curriculum development and support. Address: 1446 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 448-6263 Web: https://about-face.org/ [16 Mar 2024]
Access Institute for Psychological Services Provides high-quality psychological care to people of all ages with the greatest need and least access to care while training the next generation of mental health professionals through a model that values human complexity, supports socially-conscious practice, and promotes sustained human growth. 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. Address: 110 Gough Street, Suite 301 (at Page), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 861-5449 Email: info@accessinst.org Web: https://www.accessinst.org/ [12 Jun 2021]
ACCION International Since our founding in 1961, we have worked tirelessly to empower people who are underserved, revolutionizing financial services for people who are left out. Accion works to empower families, small businesses, and communities overlooked by the global financial system. We expand access to critical financial tools and open opportunities to build resilience, grow, and succeed. We find, fund, and grow companies creating new ways to meet the financial needs of the underserved. We advance inclusive financial services through rigorous research and advocacy for evidence-based change. We work with partners around the world who believe in the importance of creating a financially inclusive world. Web: https://www.accion.org/ [04 Mar 2022]
Act for Love Thinking about trying an online dating site? Use ActForLove.org! All ActForLove.org profits go towards supporting Left Action, a network of more than 1 million progressive activists. So just by using this site, you’re helping to support progressive causes. Web: http://www.actforlove.org/ [16 Mar 2024]
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project (ANV) Elevates life in Oakland and beyond by challenging oppressive dynamics and environments through urban farming. Founded and led mainly by women of color from the surrounding neighborhood and larger community, ANV creates a safe and creative outdoor space for children, youth, and families in East Oakland, CA. ANV engages and strengthens young people’s understanding of nutrition, food production, the natural world and healthy living as well as strengthens their ties to the community. Located at 1001 83rd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621. Address: 1001 83rd Avenue, Mailbox #1, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 878-7235 Email: Info@anvfarm.org Web: https://anvfarm.org/ [21 May 2022]
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth 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 focuses its efforts on the most urgent issue of our time: climate change. We promote and support electrification, energy efficiency and renewable energy; transportation innovation; food sustainability; resilience and adaptation in the context of empowering underserved communities; and sustainable business practices in our region. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Suite 210, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 962-9876 Web: https://www.acterra.org/ [19 Aug 2023]
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. Address: 2269 Chestnut Street #263, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 922-6155 Email: mail@actionfornature.org Web: https://actionfornature.org/ [27 Aug 2023]
The Action Network We believe that teams fighting for progressive change need powerful, flexible tools to win on the issues that will build a more just and equitable world for all of us. Action Network tools are made for—and with—teams at people-powered organizations that want to build broad support and foster deeper relationships with supporters. Our tools are made to help you capture a moment, rally supporters to your cause, and sustain relationships with activists to build a stronger organization with lasting impacts. Since launching in 2012, Action Network tools have helped the Women’s March mobilize huge rallies across the globe, helped the DNC raised millions for candidates and organizations, and much more. Web: https://actionnetwork.org/ [13 Apr 2023]
Active Voice Lab A nonprofit network of seasoned strategists, led by Ellen Schneider. We help funders, advocates, media makers, and other leaders skillfully and collaboratively use story to advance social change. Based in San Francisco, we work with allies in the U.S. and beyond. Financial support comes from foundation grants, fee-for-service/consulting, and private donations. Active Voice Lab grew out of Active Voice, a leader in developing effective, story-fueled impact campaigns to spur progressive action. We’re now focused on big picture strategies and initiatives (see The Future of Public), so if you’re in search of an impact producer, please visit the Fledgling Fund or, if your project is funded, contact us for a referral. Address: 1000 Broadway, Suite #480, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (415) 487-2000 Email: info@activevoice.net Web: https://www.activevoice.net/ [20 Aug 2022]
Activist San Diego (ASD) An information, communications and mobilization organization networking for social justice. Through the Activist Center, the Internet, media and educational programs, ASD links volunteers with community organizations and facilitates the growth of grassroots efforts to grow a progressive movement for social change. Web: https://www.activistsandiego.org/ [04 Mar 2022]
Adams ESQ (Oakland office) A special education law firm representing children with special education needs throughout California and Nevada. Our staff, paralegals, advocates and attorneys represent the interests of children and their parents in obtaining a free and appropriate public education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. For over a decade, ADAMS ESQ has represented students from the ages of 3 through 22 who qualify or should qualify for special education and related services provided by their local school districts. Working as a team with parents and caregivers, we obtain school and medical records, prepare and file due process hearing requests, provide representation at early resolution sessions, mediations, and administrative hearings, and provide representation on Federal Court appeals. Address: 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 832-6000 Email: oaklandadmin@adamsesq.com Web: https://adamsesq.com/ [12 Jun 2021]
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program (ASCA) An innovative and effective support program designed specifically for adult survivors of physical, sexual, 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. Email: info@ascasupport.org Web: http://www.ascasupport.org/ [11 Dec 2022]
Afghan Women's Mission Started operations in January 2000 and is run by a small group of concerned Americans in support of the humanitarian and political work of RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. Projects have included 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 and are a project of the non-profit organization SEE. Web: http://www.afghanwomensmission.org/ [04 Mar 2022]
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. Read about the Red Cross knitting tradition. Web: http://www.afghansforafghans.org/ [12 Jun 2021]
African Advocacy Network (AAN) A San Francisco-based nonprofit founded in 2009 to serve the growing Diaspora of African and Afro-Caribbean immigrants. AAN provides immigration legal services, case management, and social integration services based on a unique Cultural Brokering model. AAN couples these programs with experienced and trained linguistic capacity in more than ten languages that span the African continent including Amharic, Arabic, Berber, Dioula, Effutu, French, Haitian Creole, Kru, Senya, Sonufu, Spanish, Tigrinya, Wolof, and more. Address: 3106 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 503-1032 Web: https://www.aansf.org/ [12 Jun 2021]
African American Art and Culture Complex (AAACC) A space for Black creatives and communities to learn, gather, and present, while being a place for all to experience the brilliance of Black art and culture. Located in the historic Fillmore/Western Addition neighborhood, the African American Art & Culture Complex is one of the premier Black arts and cultural institutions in the San Francisco/Bay Area. We are one of seven cultural centers in the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Neighborhood Arts Program. Address: 762 Fulton Street (between Webster and Buchanan), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 922-2049 Email: info@aaacc.org Web: https://www.aaacc.org/ [12 Jun 2021]
Against the Grain (ATG) An award-winning 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. 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: https://kpfa.org/program/against-the-grain/ [04 Mar 2022]
Agrarian Trust A national, 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to expanding community ownership of farmland, developing legal tools, and fundraising to help communities hold land and lease to next-generation farmers on a long term, affordable basis. Web: https://www.agrariantrust.org/ [16 Mar 2024]
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: https://www.soilstruggleandjustice.org/ [19 Jun 2021]
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 Email: charley@aplv.org Web: https://aplv.org/ [03 Sep 2022]
AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) Mission is to help people with HIV/AIDS maintain or improve their health by resolving their legal issues. ALRP is 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 nine 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 Email: bill@alrp.org Web: https://www.alrp.org/ [18 Sep 2021]
AK Press Worker-run. Collectively-managed. Anarchist publishing and distribution since 1990. Web: https://www.akpress.org/ [06 May 2023]
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition A broad-based, non-partisan, global, democratic association of grassroots activists and students. Al-Awda develops, coordinates, supports and guides, as needed, global and local grassroots initiatives for action related to the achievement and restoration of Palestinian rights in full. Our central advocacy is for the right of 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 United Nations Resolutions which uphold these rights. Web: https://al-awda.org/ [12 Mar 2022]
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network Launched in April 2010 as the first and only independent, transnational Palestinian think tank. We bring together over 200 analysts from across the globe to produce critical policy analysis and craft visions for a liberated, self-determined future. Al-Shabaka is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, registered in the State of California as the Middle East Policy Network. Web: https://al-shabaka.org/en/ [31 Dec 2023]
Alameda County Community Food Bank For over 35 years, we have stood by our unwavering belief that food is a basic human right. We distribute millions of healthy meals every year, and are on the forefront of new approaches to ending hunger and poverty. Located at 7900 Edgewater Drive in Oakland. Address: PO Box 2599, Oakland CA 94614 Voice: (510) 635-FOOD (3663) Fax: (510) 635-3773 Email: info@accfb.org Web: https://www.accfb.org/ [18 Sep 2021]
Alameda Creek Alliance We are bringing salmon and steelhead trout back to Alameda Creek. Help us protect and restore the largest watershed in San Francisco Bay. Vision is 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. Address: PO Box 2626, Niles CA 94536 Voice: (510) 499-9185 Web: http://www.alamedacreek.org/ [18 Dec 2021]
Alameda Family Services Fosters healing, resiliency, and growth through the delivery of progressive and comprehensive services to individuals and families at all stages of life. Our services can be accessed through the following program divisions: Early Childhood and Family Support Services School-Based Services Mental Health Clinic & Community Services Address: 2325 Clement Avenue, Suite A, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 629-6300 Email: info@alamedafs.org Web: https://www.alamedafs.org/ [27 Aug 2023]
Alameda Food Bank A non-profit organization that offers assistance to the Alameda community by providing nourishing food in a compassionate and respectful manner with the support of dedicated volunteers and local partners. We do this by operating a food distribution center that allows individuals in need to obtain the food they need to feed themselves and their families. We also set up mobile pantries at Alameda Housing Authority facilities and donate food to Alameda organizations serving the homeless. Our staff and volunteers strive to make the experience convenient and comfortable for all those who seek our help. Our generous community donates funds and food to help us meet the needs of our clients. Address: PO Box 2167, Alameda CA 94501 Web: https://www.alamedafoodbank.org/ [18 Dec 2021]
Alameda Green Parties The web site of the City of Alameda Greens, Oakland Greens, and Campus Greens. Web: http://cagreens.org/alameda/ [06 May 2023]
Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) The largest supportive housing community in Alameda County. In 1999, APC transformed vacant military housing on the former Alameda Naval Air Station into a supportive housing community. APC now provides over 500 formerly homeless residents with the safety and stability of a place to call home. Coexisting with two partner non-profit agencies, over 500 residents have easy access to life and job skills training, substance abuse and mental health counseling provided by a team of highly skilled professionals. Residents work with on-site case managers and counselors to break down barriers to stability. Residents may participate in our workforce development program and take advantage of our on-the-job training opportunities through our social enterprises. Address: 677 West Ranger Avenue, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 898-7800 Web: https://apcollaborative.org/ [21 May 2022]
Ali Shahrestani, Esq. A recipient of multiple professional awards, seen on Fox and ABC News and in the LA Times and SF Chronicle, and honored by dozens of outstanding client testimonials, Attorney Ali Shahrestani is dedicated to providing aggressive, intelligent, and ethical legal representation in the areas of Business & Property Law, Divorce Law, and Education Law in California, New York, and Massachusetts. You can read more about him on his website. Voice: (800) 510-3916 Email: Ali@aliesq.com Web: https://AliEsq.com [29 Jul 2023]
Alliance for Girls We are a powerful, community-driven alliance of girl-serving organizations and leaders advancing gender equity and ensuring every girl can thrive. Creating a world where girls and gender-expansive youth, especially those of color, are valued, respected, and safe, through youth-led research and storytelling, leadership development, and advocacy. By supporting and connecting the leaders of girl-serving organizations, we are able to best support girls holistically and create lasting change. Address: PO Box 27168, Oakland CA 94602 Voice: (510) 629-9464 Email: info@alliance4girls.org Web: https://www.alliance4girls.org/ [16 Mar 2024]
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (Oakland office) (ACCE Action) A grassroots, member-led, statewide community organization working with more than 15,000 members across California. ACCE is dedicated to raising the voices of everyday Californians, neighborhood by neighborhood, to fight for the policies and programs we need to improve our communities and create a brighter future. Address: 2501 International Blvd, Suite D, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 269-4692 x510 Email: oakland@calorganize.org Web: https://www.acceaction.org/ [04 Sep 2021]
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA) A San Francisco Bay Area all-volunteer grassroots group working to educate, organize, and empower the Bay Area South Asian communities to end violence, oppression, racism and exploitation within and against our diverse communities. Web: https://www.asata.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
Ally Electric and Solar Mission is to promote the Renewable Energy in Bay Area, California. We do so by building quality Residential and Commercial Rooftop and Ground mount Solar Systems as well as installing EV Chargers. We install the most durable, powerful, and reliable systems on the market and we do so at a reasonable cost because we are direct installers and do not have any middle men between us and our customers. Address: 855 Marina Bay Pkwy, Suite 280, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 559-7700 Email: Office@AllyElectricAndSolar.com Web: http://www.allyelectricandsolar.com/ [06 May 2023]
Alternative Family Services, Inc. (AFS) Provides thoughtful, informed foster care, adoption, and mental health services throughout Northern California. Mission is to support vulnerable children and families in need of stability, safety, and well-being in communities. Address: 131B Stony Circle, Suite 1200, Santa Rosa CA 95401 Voice: (707) 576-7700 Fax: (707) 757-2929 Web: https://www.afs4kids.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
Alternative Radio An award-winning 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 corporate media. With headquarters based in Boulder, Colorado and with only two full-time and two part-time paid staff, AR airs on almost 300 radio stations. Our project is sustained by donations and by listener purchases of season subscriptions, recordings, and transcripts. Web: https://www.alternativeradio.org/ [03 Sep 2022]
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. Web: https://www.alternet.org/ [27 Aug 2023]
Amazigh Cultural Association in America Organized and operated exclusively for cultural, educational, and scientific purposes to contribute to preserving, promoting, and enriching the Amazigh (Berber) language and culture. The Amazigh (Berber) people are the original inhabitants of North Africa, also known as Tamazgha, and they have been living in this part of the world for Millenia. Web: https://www.tamazgha.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
Amazon Watch Founded in 1996 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: https://amazonwatch.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
America Walks Leading the way in advancing walkable, equitable, connected, and accessible places in every community across the U.S. We are the national voice for public spaces that allow people to safely walk and move. At the regional, state, and neighborhood levels, America Walks provides critical strategic support, training, and technical assistance to partner organizations and individuals to effectively advocate for change. Web: https://americawalks.org/ [27 Aug 2023]
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) An enduring guardian of justice, fairness, equality, and freedom, working to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for all Californians. The ACLU has been at the forefront of advancing and protecting the individual civil rights and civil liberties enumerated in our Constitution. The ACLU stands up for these rights even when the cause is unpopular, and sometimes when few others will. We recognize that every person is ultimately at risk of having their rights and liberty taken away by an anti?democratic government, while also understanding that certain communities bear the brunt of government abuse today and will in the future. Address: 39 Drumm Street (near 13th Street), San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 621-2493 Fax: (415) 255-1478 Web: https://www.aclunc.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) A grassroots non-profit advocacy organization focused on community gardening. Our mission is to build community by increasing and enhancing community gardening and greening across the United States and Canada. With over 1,000 individual and 252 organizational members, we link 2100 gardens across Canada and the US, ranging from family allotments to tiny pollinator pocket parks, and from school gardens to urban farms. Our proudly diverse membership includes active community gardeners, supportive volunteers, garden organizing and sponsoring organizations, governmental agencies, and horticultural professionals including teachers, horticultural therapists, Cooperative Extension agents, landscape architects, and academic researchers. Web: https://www.communitygarden.org/ [03 Sep 2022]
American Farmland Trust (AFT) Founded in 1980 to save America’s farms and ranches. We created the conservation agriculture movement, which speaks for the land—and for the people who grow our food. As the movement’s leaders, we have three priorities: protecting agricultural land, promoting environmentally sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land. AFT is the only national agricultural organization that approaches its work in this comprehensive, holistic manner. We recognize the connection between the land, forward-looking farming practices, and the farmers and ranchers who do the work. We also recognize the power of combining on-the-ground projects with objective research and effective advocacy. Web: https://farmland.org/ [27 Aug 2023]
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, District Council 57 (AFSCME Council 57) Comprised of 26 local unions representing 35,000 members throughout Northern California and the Central Valley. Established in 1963, the Council was formed as a progressive, member-driven labor organization dedicated to empowering and securing dignity and respect for all workers. We work together to improve wages, benefits and working conditions through organizing, collective bargaining and political action. We represent workers in schools and community colleges, transit agencies, public works and services, clinics and hospitals, and water and wastewater facilities. Our members are also the health and social service professionals in corrections facilities across California. Address: 80 Swan Way, Suite 110, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 577-9694 Email: webmaster@ca.afscme57.org Web: https://www.afscme57.org/ [27 Aug 2023]
American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office) (AFSC) Coordinates programs in migrant youth, economic activism, and healing justice. By bringing together staff, volunteers, and resources, we are a part of efforts across the Bay Area, state, nation, and globe. In the Oakland office, we are doing important research on the militarization of our police forces, prison system, and Israeli occupation; we operate a vibrant youth leadership program for at-risk, migrant youth; and continue advocacy to end solitary confinement, and mass incarceration. Address: 1730 Franklin Street, Suite 201, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (415) 565-0201 Web: https://www.afsc.org/office/oakland [03 Sep 2022]
American Hiking Society (AHS) We envision a world where everyone feels a sense of belonging in the hiking community and has lasting access to meaningful hiking experiences, be that in urban, frontcountry, or backcountry settings. At our core, we are a community of hikers, or more simply, a community of people who more broadly share a love of foot (or assisted) travel outside along paths, trails, sidewalks, and more. Web: https://americanhiking.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
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. Web: https://americanhumanist.org/ [03 Sep 2022]
American Indian Movement - West (AIM-WEST) As an Inter-Tribal Treaty and Human Rights organization AIM-West raises awareness on the Right to Self-Determination and issues that concern or impact upon Indians of the Americas on a daily basis, including the implementation of the United Nations “Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” adopted by the General Assembly on September 13, 2007. Through strategic use of multiple media channels, hosting cultural events and critical dialogues, AIM-West lifts the voice and visibility of Indigenous peoples, facilitates civic engagement and promotes the diversity of Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas and Pacific region. Web: https://www.aim-west.org/ [11 Dec 2022]
American Muslim Voice Foundation (AMV Foundation) 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. We work with all Muslim, multi-faith, and community organizations/groups and individuals who share our dedication and commitment to build an inclusive and beloved community. Address: 120 Park Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 387-1994 Email: saminasundas@gmail.com Web: http://www.amuslimvoice.org/ [27 Aug 2023]
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) A grassroots organization dedicated to advancing the movement for justice in Palestine by educating the American public about Palestine and its rich cultural, historical and religious heritage and through grassroots mobilization and advocacy. Web: https://www.ampalestine.org/ [17 Nov 2023]
American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation (ANRF) Creates comprehensive programs to prevent the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and smoking among youth and adults. Incorporated in 1984, the organization has 39 years of experience promoting prevention and education about smoking, secondhand smoke, and exposing tobacco industry interference with public health policies. Our goals include educating the public about the health effects of secondhand smoke and the benefits of smokefree environments. Ultimately, our efforts are intended to create a smokefree generation of Americans that rejects tobacco use and is savvy to tobacco industry tactics. Address: PO Box 2941, Berkeley CA 94702-9911 Web: https://no-smoke.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
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. Web: https://adc.org/ [27 Aug 2023]
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Missioni is to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis (marijuana) for therapeutic use and research. ASA works to overcome political, social, and legal barriers by creating policies that improve access to medical cannabis for patients and researchers through legislation, education, litigation, research, grassroots empowerment, advocacy and services for patients, governments, medical professionals, and medical cannabis providers. Web: https://www.safeaccessnow.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSV) A nonpartisan, not-for-profit educational and advocacy organization that brings together people of all religions and none to protect the right of everyone to believe as they want — and stop anyone from using their beliefs to harm others. We fight in the courts, legislatures, and the public square for freedom without favor and equality without exception. Web: http://www.au.org [27 Aug 2023]
Amnesty International (AI) A global movement of more than 10 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. We are funded by members and people like you. We are independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion. No government is beyond scrutiny. No situation is beyond hope. 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: https://www.amnesty.org/en/ [18 Dec 2021]
AND Architecture + Community Planning One of the longest serving community-based design organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. With over 40 years of experience in performing public service architecture, AND Architecture + Community Planning is dedicated to providing low- and moderate-income community residents with a full range of high quality professional architectural and planning services. Address: 555 Ellis Street, 1st Floor, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 228-6842 Email: ssuzuki@andnet.org Web: http://www.andnet.org/ [24 Dec 2021]
AnewAmerica Community Corporation Changes lives through creating economic opportunities for targeted communities. Many women, minorities and immigrants face economic insecurity with no means to accumulate wealth. AnewAmerica leverages entrepreneurship to train and coach individuals to start their own business to support economic growth for themselves and their communities. 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. Address: 360 14th Sreet, Fifth Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 540-7785 Fax: (510) 540-7786 Web: https://www.anewamerica.org/ [06 May 2023]
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) Mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. The Animal Legal Defense Fund accomplishes this mission by filing high-impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, providing free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that animal abusers are held accountable for their crimes, supporting tough animal protection legislation and fighting legislation harmful to animals, and providing resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law. Address: 525 East Cotati Avenue, Cotati CA 94931 Voice: (707) 795-2533 Fax: (707) 795-7280 Web: https://aldf.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
Animal Outlook Working to end animal abuse since 1995, Animal Outlook exposes cruelty to farmed animals and promotes vegan eating. Our mission is to strategically challenge animal agribusiness through undercover investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and disseminate information about the many harms of animal agriculture, empowering everyone to choose vegan. Web: https://animaloutlook.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
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 new Rescue and Adoption Center in Petaluma is focused on 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: PO Box 1118, Grass Valley CA 95945 Voice: (530) 477-1757 Email: info@animalplace.org Web: https://animalplace.org/ [12 Mar 2022]
Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) is an award-winning, nationally recognized leader for its unique mission of People Rescuing Animals … Animals Rescuing People®. Founded in 1991, ARF has placed more than 45,000 dogs and cats with loving homes. ARF elevates pets in our society, enhances connections, and transforms the bond between people and animals. Address: 2890 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 256-1273 (1ARF) Fax: (925) 977-9079 Web: https://arflife.org/ [18 Sep 2021]
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 news, multimedia, events, victories, thought-provoking and inspirational editorial, graphic and compelling photography, and in-depth investigative reports, as it relates to the plight of animals. Through our online database of hard-hitting editorial and photography, resources and networking, as well as our international award-winning animal rights magazine, we have already proven our potential among activists and adversaries as a powerful force in the changes necessary for the betterment in the living and dying conditions for animals worldwide. Web: https://animalsvoice.com/ [11 Dec 2022]
Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) A Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. We support families surviving police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing. APTP began as a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee. Web: https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/ [13 May 2023]
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) The leading anti-hate organization in the world. Founded in 1913, its timeless mission is “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Today, ADL continues to fight all forms of antisemitism and bias, using innovation and partnerships to drive impact. A global leader in combating antisemitism, countering extremism and battling bigotry wherever and whenever it happens, ADL works to protect democracy and ensure a just and inclusive society for all. Web: https://www.adl.org/ [13 May 2023]
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project A data-visualization, critical cartography, and multimedia storytelling collective documenting dispossession and resistance upon gentrifying landscapes. Primarily working in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and New York City, we are all volunteers producing digital maps, software and tools, narrative multimedia work, murals, reports, and community events. Working with a number of community partners and in solidarity with housing movements globally, we study and visualize entanglements of racial capitalism, technocapitalism, and political economy, while providing tools for resistance. Web: https://antievictionmap.com/ [08 May 2021]
Anti-Slavery International We are the oldest international human rights organisation in the world. Today, we draw on our experience to work to eliminate all forms of slavery and slavery like practices throughout the world. We are not interested in easy solutions. Instead, we deal with the root causes of slavery and its consequences to achieve sustainable change. Web: https://www.antislavery.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
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/ [03 Sep 2022]
Arab Cultural and Community Center (ACCC) A non-profit, non-sectarian, charitable and educational corporation that provides community services. Its mission is to preserve, promote and strengthen Arab culture and the community through art, education and culturally relevant events and services in the San Francisco Bay Area. Address: 2 Plaza Street, San Francisco CA 94116 Voice: (415) 664-2200 Email: info@arabculturalcenter.org Web: https://www.arabculturecenter.org/ [24 Dec 2021]
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) We organize to fight for racial and economic justice and the dignity and liberation of our Arab, and Muslim communities. We work towards the self-determination of our people under attack in Palestine, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and across the entire SWANA (South West Asia and and North African) region with the same breath that we fight for our freedoms here in the United States. We see our struggles here as a domestic manifestation of global militarism and racial capitalism, and as the root causes of the political, social and economic instability of our homelands. In that spirit, we see the liberation of our people as inextricably tied to the liberation of all oppressed people. Web: http://www.araborganizing.org/ [11 Dec 2022]
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 advocates for a society where investments are made in buildings that lift people up, and where willful human rights abuses are a thing of the past. We believe that the design professions can help provide leadership to achieve a just, peaceful, and equitable world. Web: https://www.adpsr.org/ [23 Mar 2024]
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) The largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots political organization. Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters and supporters throughout the United States and affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCA actively advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad range of issues. Web: https://anca.org/ [13 May 2023]
Art of Yoga Project Mission is to bring mindfulness-based practices to system-involved and other marginalized youth for their healing and empowerment. We understand that youth require a predictable, safe, supportive environment to heal. Our model includes specially trained trauma-informed teachers who bring tools for self-awareness and self-regulation to move youth from vulnerability into resilience. We are leaders in the movement to ensure mindfulness-based practices are accessible to all creating innovative collaborations within systems that serve youth. Address: 555 Bryant Street #232, Palo Alto CA 94301-1704 Web: https://theartofyogaproject.org/ [03 Sep 2022]
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/ [21 May 2022]
ArtSpan ArtSpan believes in the power of art to enrich lives. For 20-plus years we’ve championed an inclusive art experience and provided diverse audiences with an authentic connection to local art and artists. We support emerging and established artists who contribute to San Francisco’s inimitable creative energy, while bolstering the next generation of artists and encouraging the public to engage in preserving and furthering our vibrant art community. Address: SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-9838 Email: info@artspan.org Web: https://www.artspan.org/home [18 Sep 2021]
As You Sow The nation’s non-profit leader in shareholder advocacy. Founded in 1992, we harness shareholder power to create lasting change and align investments with values. Our mission is to promote environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. Corporations are responsible for most of the pressing social and environmental problems we face today — we believe corporations must be a willing part of the solutions. We make this happen. As shareholder advocates, we directly engage corporate CEOs, senior management, and institutional investors to change corporations from the inside out. Address: PO Box 751, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: info@asyousow.org Web: https://www.asyousow.org/ [17 Dec 2023]
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 to abstain from sexual activity, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are, just like other sexual orientations. Asexual people have the same emotional needs as everybody else and are just as capable of forming intimate relationships. Web: http://www.asexuality.org/ [03 Sep 2022]
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center (Ashkenaz) Mission is to build community and understanding of the world’s cultures by presenting concerts and classes in participatory dance and music rooted in traditional cultures from around the world. Ashkenaz is committed to supporting both established and emerging local, regional, national and international artists in a respectful, comfortable, and family-friendly atmosphere. Address: 1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman), Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 525-5099 Email: ashkenaz@ashkenaz.com Web: https://www.ashkenaz.com/ [30 Mar 2024]
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus We are committed to the pursuit of justice across society, with a specific focus on serving low-income, immigrant, and underserved Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. In California, with a special focus on the Bay Area, we bring together legal services, community empowerment, and policy advocacy to fight for immigrant justice, economic security, and a stronger democracy. As a founding member of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation, we also advance national policies and legal strategies on community-based solutions to racist hate and violence, the freedom to vote, and race-conscious college admission, and much more. Address: 55 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 896-1701 Fax: (415) 896-1702 Web: https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/ [02 Sep 2023]
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) Founded in 1973, AACI serves individuals and families with cultural humility, sensitivity and respect, advocating for and serving the marginalized and ethnic communities in Santa Clara County. Mission is to strengthen the resilience and hope of our diverse community members by improving their health and well-being. Address: 2400 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 300, San Jose CA 95128 Voice: (408) 975-2730 Email: info@aaci.org Web: https://aaci.org/ [18 Sep 2021]
Asian Health Services (AHS) Provides health, social, and advocacy services for all regardless of income, insurance status, immigration status, language, or culture. Our approach to wellbeing focuses on “whole patient health,” which is why we provide more than primary care services, including mental health, case management, nutrition, and dental care to more than 50,000 patients in English and over 14 Asian languages: Cantonese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Mien, Lao, Mongolian, Karen, Karenni, Arabic, ASL, and Burmese. Address: 101 8th Street, Suite 100, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 735-3100 Web: https://asianhealthservices.org/ [18 Sep 2021]
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) Works with immigrant workers employed in the Bay Area’s garment, home care, hotel, restaurant, assembly and other low-wage industries, and low-income immigrant youth in Oakland. Our organization seeks to empower women and youth through education, leadership development and collective action, so that they can fight for dignity and justice in their daily lives and improve their working and living conditions. Address: 310 Eighth Street #301 (near Harrison), Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 268-0192 Fax: (510) 268-0194 Email: info@aiwa.org Web: https://www.aiwa.org/ [30 Mar 2024]
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) All people have a right to a clean and healthy environment in which their communities can live, work, learn, play and thrive. Towards this vision, 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 immigrant and refugee communities. Address: 426 17th Street, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 834-8920 Fax: (510) 834-8926 Email: info@apen4ej.org Web: https://apen4ej.org/ [02 Sep 2023]
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (API Legal Outreach) Mission is to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate legal representation, social services, and advocacy for the most marginalized segments of the community including low-income women, seniors, recent immigrants, and youth. Through these community-based services, API Legal Outreach works to break the cycle of violence against women, youth and seniors, to advocate for the rights of immigrants and those with disabilities, to promote the dignity and independence of seniors and advocate for the basic rights such as affordable housing and the rights of tenants. Address: 1121 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 567-6255 Fax: (415) 567-6248 Web: https://www.apilegaloutreach.org/ [02 Sep 2023]
Asian Women's Shelter (AWS) 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, and has a specific focus towards addressing the cultural and language needs of immigrant, refugee, and U.S.-born Asian and Arab women and their children. This perspective is reflected in the organization's broad strategy, which integrates culturally grounded and language-accessible crisis lines, emergency shelter, transitional housing, community engagement and violence prevention programs, training and education programs, systems and policy advocacy, and cultural change initiatives. Address: 3543 18th Street #19, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 751-7110 Fax: (415) 751-0806 Email: info@sfaws.org Web: https://www.sfaws.org/ [17 Dec 2022]
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: 1201 Howard Street, Suite E, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (800) US-YOUTH (879-6884) Fax: (415) 228-8051 Email: exchange@aspectfoundation.org Web: https://aspectfoundation.org/ [24 Dec 2021]
Aspire Education Project The Bay Area’s leader in effective supplemental education programming. For more than 15 years, we have promised - and delivered - real results to over 18,000 students by connecting them to a small community of educators and mentors stocked with content expertise and emotional intelligence. Our top priority is to empower students to grow in confidence, competence, and grit. We are driven by the conviction that although potential is equally distributed across lines of race and class, opportunity is not. Aspire is dedicated to interrupting patterns of inequity in our community, with the shared vision that all young people should have the opportunity for equally high outcomes without regard to where they start in life. Address: 101 Broadway, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 658-7500 Email: info@aspireeducation.org Web: https://aspireeducation.org/ [30 Mar 2024]
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: https://aidindia.org/ [13 May 2023]
Association of Feminists Fighting Fascism, Imperialism, Refeudalization, and Marginalization (AF3IRM) An organization of women engaged in transnational feminist, anti-imperialist activism and dedicated to the fight against oppression in all its forms. AF3IRM’s diverse, multi-ethnic membership is committed to militant movement-building from the United States and effects change through grassroots organizing, trans-ethnic alliance building, education, advocacy and direct action. The SF Bay Area chapter participates in and plans International Women’s Day celebrations, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, May Day, as well as anti-militarization rallies and forums, indigenous people’s ceremony, anti-colonial & anti-racist demonstrations, prison & police abolition protests, and immigrant rights actions. Web: https://af3irm.org/af3irm/chapters/san-francisco-bay-area/ [02 Sep 2023]
Asylum Access We are human rights advocates who want to recognize, restore and amplify the power of people who have been forcibly displaced from their home countries. We aim to create a world where refugees everywhere can live safely, move freely, work, attend school and rebuild their lives. We advocate for a response to forced displacement that honors refugees’ freedom, dignity and autonomy, while also strengthening the communities that welcome them. Address: C/O Port Workspaces, 344 Thomas L Berkley Way, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 891-8700 Email: info@asylumaccess.org Web: https://asylumaccess.org/ [01 Apr 2021]
Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. (AHC) Empowers individuals to be self-aware and inspired through art, creativity and education, and to make positive choices to break the cycle of violence for themselves and their communities. In all their work, AHC promotes the understanding that we can choose peace over conflict and love over fear. Address: 1901 Poplar Street Suite H, Oakland CA 94607 Email: info@ahc-oakland.org Web: https://www.ahc-oakland.org/ [18 Sep 2021]
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: PO Box 9409, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 967-4722 Email: moxieman@marctwang.com Web: https://www.marctwang.com/auto.html [24 Dec 2021]
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights An independent, human rights non-profit organization committed to defend 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: https://www.badil.org/ [02 Sep 2023]
Bank Information Center (BiC) An independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that advocates for transparency, accountability, sustainability, and inclusion in development finance. BIC partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to monitor and influence the policies and operations of the World Bank Group and other international financial institutions (IFIs). In partnership with international, regional, and local CSOs, BIC conducts research and advocacy aimed at reforming and improving IFI policy and practices. Web: http://www.bankinformationcenter.org/ [13 May 2023]
BAVC Media (Bay Area Video Coalition) A community hub and resource for media makers in the Bay Area and across the country, serving several thousand freelancers, filmmakers, job-seekers, activists, and artists every year. BAVC Media provides access to media making technology, storytelling workshops, a diverse and engaged community of makers and producers, services and resources. BAVC Media 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 Media’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: 145 Ninth Street, Suite 101, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-3282 Email: info@bavc.org Web: https://www.bavc.org/ [17 Dec 2022]
Bay Area American Indian 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. Web: https://www.baaits.org/ [30 Mar 2024]
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BAADS) Seeks to make all aspects of sailing accessible. To fulfill this mission, we offer weekly small boat sailing and keelboat sailing out of South Beach Marina, adjacent to Oracle Ball Park. BAADS hosts and participates in a variety of regattas and informal races both locally and internationally. BAADS serves approximately 15-50 participants each weekend who range in age, experience and disabilities. Some participants have never sailed before and some have been sailing all their lives. Through our weekend programs, participants learn to sail by themselves or with a partner in the small boat program and/or as part of a crew in the keelboat program. Address: Pier 40, The Embarcadero, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 281-0212 Web: https://www.baads.org/ [13 May 2023]
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: PO Box 2435, Mill Valley CA 94942-2435 Web: http://bayareabarnsandtrails.com/ [21 May 2022]
Bay Area Center for Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC) 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. Web: https://baynvc.org/ https://www.cnvc.org/ [02 Sep 2023]
Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Forest (BACH) Mission is to educate and build support in the Bay Area and other urban areas for the preservation of biologically viable redwood and other forests and forest habitats. BACH collaborates with grassroots activists and organizations in Northern California who use diverse tactics and strategies to advocate for ecologically sound solutions for the forest ecosystems of California’s north coast. BACH connects the dots to preserve forest ecosystems, looking to real solutions for forest workers, communities and Indigenous People of California’s North Coast. Address: c/o Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 548-3113 Email: bach[at]headwaterspreserve[dot]org Web: http://headwaterspreserve.org/ [03 Sep 2022]
Bay Area Community Exchange (BACE Timebank) A free, online directory, communication, and time accounting system that facilitates distributions of needs and resources using a system of giving and receiving of time credit. Every hour a member uses doing something for someone is an hour earned that can be used to purchase services from another member. It's that simple. BACE’s Timebank is a community of more than 3500 members and organizations that offer and provide services and skills in 50 categories such as gardening/farming, childcare, education, home improvement, professional development, and personal development. Web: https://timebank.sfbace.org/ [02 Sep 2023]
Bay Area Community Services (BACS) A local leader in homelessness prevention programs, facing the housing crisis head on through rapid re-housing, targeted outreach for people experiencing homelessness and support navigating the web of services, purchasing housing across the Bay Area to house people who would otherwise be homeless, and much more. BACS also provides recovery-oriented behavioral health services across the spectrum of need. Address: 390 40th Street, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 613-0330 Fax: (510) 569-4589 Email: bacs@bayareacs.org Web: https://www.bayareacs.org/ [30 Mar 2024]
Bay Area Crisis Nursery (BACN) A short term residential care facility for young children of families in a time of personal crisis. We service families with parents who care but temporarily can’t cope with overwhelming or stressful life emergencies. Our goal is to bridge the need for emergency childcare while providing a support network of resources and services to ensure both parents and children form a healthy family. Address: 1506 Mendocino Drive, Concord CA 94521 Voice: (925) 685-8052 Web: https://bayareacrisisnursery.org/ [21 May 2022]
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: https://www.friends-of-tibet.org/ [02 Sep 2023]
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp (BAGRC) Empowers young people through music, promoting an environment that fosters self-confidence, creativity and teamwork. Our camp centers the experiences of girls, trans and/or non-binary youth in our explicit commitment 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, rock campers acquire skills that help guide them throughout their lives. Address: PO Box 72213, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 267-1808 Web: https://www.bayareagirlsrockcamp.org/ [09 Sep 2023]
Bay Area Green Tours Our Mission is to inspire and educate youth and adults to build a more enduring, resilient and just future by creating interactive experiences that highlight the regenerative economy in action. Our Mission aligns with the values of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by highlighting breakthroughs for restoring people and the planet. We show you the inspiration models to encourage the urgent action needed to combat the Climate Crisis. Our volunteer-based non profit highlights innovative regenerative solutions of local organizations through engaging, education and hands-on learning experiences in collaboration with local organizations and leaders. Web: https://www.bayareagreentours.org/ [09 Sep 2023]
Bay Area Iranian American Democrats (BAIAD) 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: (408) 599-2809 Email: sina-at-baiad-dot-org Web: https://www.baiad.org/ [21 May 2022]
Bay Area Labor Heritage Rockin' Solidarity Chorus Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and 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. Web: https://laborchorus.com/ [24 Dec 2021]
Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) Mission is to provide meaningful access to the civil justice system through quality legal assistance regardless of a client’s location, language or disability. BayLegal’s clients are low- and very low-income members of our communities. BayLegal’s clients are spread across our seven county service area, from San Francisco to Livermore, Gilroy to Napa. They include the working poor, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities. Address: 1735 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 663-4755 Web: https://baylegal.org/ [17 Dec 2023]
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: https://www.balit.org/ [09 Sep 2023]
Bay Area Naturists A loosely-knit collection of people in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas who believe in the principles below: We believe that the human species must live in harmony with itself and the other species which populate Planet Earth. We acknowledge our responsibility to preserve the delicate environment with which we are entrusted for the benefit of our fellow humans and all species. We believe in the fundamental wholesomeness of the human body, and regard it as neither an object of shame nor a subject for degrading exploitation. We believe that our natural state is to be without clothing, and that the choice to be clothed or not should be at the option of each individual. We believe that these two concepts are intertwined, and that awareness of this is enhanced by intimate contact between the human being and the environment. To that end, we advocate the acceptance of suitable areas for nude recreation. Address: PO Box 23781, San Jose CA 95153-3781 Web: http://www.bayareanaturists.org/ [01 Apr 2021]
Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP) Mission is to improve the health, independence and social integration of children, youth and adults with physical disabilities and visual impairments through sports, fitness, and recreation programs. BORP was founded in 1976 by people with disabilities and remains a leader in the field of adaptive sports, fitness and recreation. Based in Berkeley, CA, BORP is the only organization in the San Francisco Bay Area region that provides a comprehensive menu of adaptive sports, fitness and recreation programs for people with physical disabilities. Address: 3075 Adeline Street, Suite 200, Berkeley CA 94703-2578 Voice: (510) 849-4663 Email: info@borp.org Web: https://www.borp.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
Bay Area Reporter (BAR) America's longest continuously-published and highest circulation LGBTQ newspaper. Since 1971, we have been dedicated to serving as the undisputed publication of record for the San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ community. The Bay Area Reporter is regarded for practicing advocacy journalism and producing original reporting on news and culture from an LGBTQ perspective -- from the birth of the LGBTQ rights movement all the way to achieving marriage equality and advocating for transgender rights. Address: 44 Gough Street #302, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-5019 Email: keepintouch@ebar.com Web: https://www.ebar.com/ [30 Mar 2024]
Bay Area Seed Interchange Library (BASIL) BASIL is an attempt to bring together a wide variety of gardeners to lay the foundation for a local seed growers’ network that can take responsibility for developing crops and adapting them to our bioregion. Local gardeners and farmers can “check out” seeds with the agreement that they attempt to grow them out and “return” some seeds of the next generation at the end of the season. Address: 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite H, Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 548-2220 x233 Email: basil@ecologycenter.org Web: https://ecologycenter.org/basil/ [24 Dec 2021]
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: https://www.bauaw.org/ [21 May 2022]
Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT) Mission is to create equitable access to outdoor experiences for youth of color and low income youth. BAWT envisions a generation of social and environmental leaders, inspired by positive and meaningful experiences in nature, who reflect the diversity of our local community. Address: 1100 57th Avenue, Oakland, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 452-BAWT (2298) Email: info@bawt.org Web: https://www.bawt.org/ [24 Dec 2021]
Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR) Founded in 1971, BAWAR was the first rape crisis center in the country. It was founded with the two-part goal of establishing a place where survivors of sexual violence could receive the quality counseling and advocacy they need, and to provide community education around these issues. Although our name is Bay Area Women Against Rape, we serve anyone affected by sexual violence. BAWAR defines sexual violence by the narratives of the survivors who experienced the violence. We are here to believe and validate the community we serve in a trauma-informed, culturally appropriate and accessible way. Address: 470 27th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 430-1298 (office); (510) 800-4247 (24-Hour Hotline) Email: bawar@bawar.org Web: https://bawar.org/ [17 Dec 2023]
Bay Area Women in Black Since April 7, 2007, Bay Area Women in Black has been standing vigil in front of the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland every Saturday, with banners and signs, offering visible opposition to both the U.S. Occupation of Iraq and the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Web: https://womeninblack.org/vigils-arround-the-world/america/united-states-of-america/california/ [30 Dec 2023]
Bay Nature Institute Connects the people of the San Francisco Bay Area to our natural world and motivates people to solve problems with nature in mind. Our vision is that all people have a close relationship with their natural world. We are an independent nonprofit publication and website with a vision that all people have a close relationship with nature. Our writers, photographers and artists cover science and nature, conservation, and recreation. Address: 1328 Sixth Street, Suite 2, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 528-8550 Web: https://baynature.org/ [24 Dec 2021]
Bay Rising Three local alliances anchor Bay Rising: Oakland Rising, San Francisco Rising and Silicon Valley Rising. Grassroots, community groups that organize communities of color, led by people of color, drive each of our local anchors. Our collective constituencies include tens of thousands of low-income and working-class immigrant, Black, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander communities. Together, we support each other to increase voter turnout within our communities, educate voters, build the capacity to run electoral campaigns, and develop local leaders. Address: 1042 Grant Avenue, Suite 5, San Francisco CA 94133 Email: info@bayrising.org Web: https://bayrising.org/ [13 May 2023]
Bay Trail Welcomes hikers, joggers, bicyclists, skaters and wheelchair users to more than 350 miles of trails that circle the bay. Get outside and enjoy what this region is known for around the world — breathtaking and inspiring views that offer unique experiences for everyone. The vision? A total of 500 miles by foot or by wheel through 47 cities, across 7 toll bridges, along shorelines, BBQ spots, over 130 parks, remote locations and so much more. Web: https://mtc.ca.gov/operations/regional-trails-parks/san-francisco-bay-trail [30 Mar 2024]
BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth Offers holistic leadership programs where we empower Bay Area youth to transform and heal from militarization, systemic violence and intergenerational trauma. We envision a world where youth voices are uplifted through creative expression and holistic education to promote their Transformation, Healing and Wellness. We encourage youth to use artistic expression as an essential tool for healing and transformation. We practice authenticity while engaging in vulnerable and educational conversations that help us collectively heal and build consciousness. We center youth leadership to ensure that programs and campaigns build their agency. Address: 610 16th Street #322, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 863-1737 Email: baypeace@baypeace.org Web: http://www.baypeace.org/ [17 Dec 2022]
The BayEcotarium The largest watershed conservation organization in San Francisco and an amalgam of five institutions, united under one mission to protect and conserve the Bay Area ecosystems. Human impact and environmental changes have put a strain on the ecological balance, and the Bay Ecotarium works towards preserving the natural environment for future generations. We focus on changing the conversation about conservation from a position of scarcity to that of abundance and from fear to opportunity. Address: Pier 39, The Embarcadero & Beach Street, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 623-5300 Email: info@bayecotarium.org Web: https://bayecotarium.org/ [01 Apr 2021]
BayRail Alliance For more than 30 years, BayRail Alliance believes a World Class Caltrain will… Vastly improve travel experience Generate high ridership Reduce pollution Enhance our region’s economic vitality Become a better neighbor in our communities While we still have a way to go, without our education and advocacy efforts to preserve, sustain, and improve Caltrain, it would not have become one of the most productive commuter rail routes in the United States. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 Email: media_request@bayrailalliance.org Web: https://www.bayrailalliance.org/ [21 May 2022]
Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT) Addresses racial, gender and economic inequity by creating powerful, authentic media while diversifying the creative industry. Through the education and employment of low-income youth, young people of color, and young women in the Bay Area, and producing media for socially-minded clients, we are changing the stories that get shared with the world. Address: 2415 Third Street, Suite 230, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 701-8CAT (8228) Email: info@baycat.org Web: https://www.baycat.org/ [27 May 2022]
Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care Has been saving lives for over 40 years. We became a registered non-profit in 2011. We focus on holistic medicine and food, working with some of the best doctors and communicators on earth! We have brought many cats back from 'the brink', often simply by switching them to an organic raw diet. The fat ones slim down, and gain back their vitality: clear eyes, lustrous skin...Cats in our care almost always avoid the urinary problems, skin problems, GI problems, etc., which are so common these days. Recently our focus has turned to end-of-life care, an area sadly neglected in veterinary education and practice. We do hospice counseling. Voice: (510) 994-1704 Email: cynthia@beeholistic.com Web: http://www.beeholistic.com/ [13 May 2023]
Ben Lomond Quaker Center We are a self-service conference and retreat center in northern California offering 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. After more than 50 years of deliberate, careful development, Quaker Center now offers a place of retreat and contemplation, of renewal and growth, for individuals, families, Friends meetings and other organizations or groups who unite with the Quaker principles of simplicity, justice, peace and respect for “that of God” in every person. Address: 250 Main Sreet #686, Ben Lomond CA 95005 Voice: (831) 336-8333 Email: mail@quakercenter.org Web: http://www.quakercenter.org/ [27 May 2022]
Berkeley Animal Rights Center (ARC) The first community center for animal rights in the US. And now we have two locations! We host community events and trainings for animal rights and social justice advocates and function as an office space, materials building shop, and more! Address: 2414 Sixth Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Email: info@berkeleyarc.com Web: https://www.berkeleyarc.com/ [09 Sep 2023]
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. Web: http://ecologycenter.org/climatecoalition/ [13 May 2023]
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: c/o Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, Suite H, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 883-9096 Email: corinnehaskins@yahoo.com Web: https://ecologycenter.org/bcgc/ [01 Apr 2021]
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: PO Box 2687, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 848-2288 Email: admin@bcmtv.org Web: http://www.betv.org/ [27 May 2022]
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: Grassroots House, 2022 Blake Street (near Shattuck), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 548-0425 Email: berkeleycopwatch@yahoo.com Web: https://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/ [17 Dec 2023]
Berkeley Daily Planet An online newspaper covering Berkeley, California. Address: PO Box 5534, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 845-8440 Web: https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com [18 Sep 2021]
Berkeley Federation of Teachers (AFT Local #1078, AFL-CIO) The BFT is made up of 900 teachers (K-12, Adult School, and Child Development), counselors, substitutes, school psychologists, Adaptive PE teachers, librarians and speech pathologists serving Berkeley public school students. Founded in 1950, the BFT works vigorously to improve working conditions for its members, and learning conditions for students. We believe that a strong union is good for the community, and for its children. Research continues to show that teacher quality is the most important factor in student achievement. The BFT strives to create working conditions that will attract and retain excellent teachers in Berkeley. Address: 1432 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94702-1509 Voice: (510) 549-2307 Email: president@berkeleyteachers.org Web: https://berkeleyteachers.org/ [09 Sep 2023]
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) A dynamic Unitarian Universalist (UU) 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. Located at 1924 Cedar Street in Berkeley. Address: 1606 Bonita Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709-2022 Voice: (510) 841-4824 x1 Email: office@bfuu.org Web: https://bfuu.org/ [30 Mar 2024]
Berkeley Food Network (BFN) Seeks to end hunger and poor nutrition by using innovative, community-centered solutions to build a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable food system. BFN was founded in 2016 to redesign hunger relief around grassroots partnerships. Before launching, BFN’s founders spent a year listening to community-based organizations in Berkeley and Albany to better understand the local landscape of food insecurity. These relationships laid the groundwork for our impact today; collaborating with partner agencies who are deeply engaged with communities in need to design and deliver services that maximize dignity, respect, and choice for the people we support. Address: 1569 Solano Avenue, #243, Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (510) 616-5383 Web: https://berkeleyfoodnetwork.org/ [07 Apr 2024]
Berkeley Food Pantry The Berkeley Food Pantry provides emergency groceries to Berkeley and Albany residents in need. We currently serve over 2,000 people a month. The Berkeley Food Pantry operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the Berkeley Friends Church, a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization and is governed by the church's Food Pantry Oversight Committee. Address: 1600 Sacramento Street, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 525-2280 Email: info@berkeleyfoodpantry.org Web: https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/ [13 May 2023]
Berkeley Free Clinic Since the Clinic opened, there has been an ever-present need for its services, albeit a dynamic need, as social conditions have undergone shifts and changes. It has become something of an icon in the area, and has served countless thousands in a variety of ways during its 40-year history. Its founding principles and structures survive to this day. 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: https://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/ [18 Sep 2021]
Berkeley Friends on Wheels We are a coalition of friends, family, students, elderly, disabled people and pets. We found our way to park and live together at the Berkeley Marina, forming a community that protects and cares about each other: Berkeley Friends on Wheels. Address: 901 Gilman Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 978-8850 Email: berkeleyfriendsonwheels@gmail.com Web: https://www.facebook.com/vehicledwellersofthebay [17 Dec 2023]
Berkeley Information Network (The BIN) A database of community resources: local organizations, agencies, services, non profits, clubs, in and around Berkeley. It also includes information on museums, disabled services, low-cost legal aid, recycling, schools, emergency dental referrals, parks, summer camps, senior resources, job lines, consumer groups and more. Address: c/o Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street (at Shattuck), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 981-6150 Web: https://services.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/databases/bplbin/ [07 Apr 2024]
Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project An innovative, new way to fight hunger in our community. You want to help. We make it easy. EVERY 2 MONTHS—on the second Saturday of every even month—our Neighborhood Coordinators pick up bags of healthy nonperishable food that neighbors have left outside their front doors. They leave empty green bags for next time, and take all the food to local Food Banks. It’s that easy! Web: https://berkeleyfoodproject.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
Berkeley Open Source Food (BOSF) Interdisciplinary research & ecological literacy to build healthy, healthful food systems. Web: https://forage.berkeley.edu/ [01 Jan 2022]
Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy (BOAA) We are a student organization and animal activist group at UC Berkeley. We are dedicated to improving the condition of animals — especially at our university — through education, collaboration, and direct action. We also hope to build a community of people who love animals and want to work towards a better future. Web: https://boaa.berkeley.edu/ [11 Sep 2022]
Berkeley Partners for Parks (BFPF) Builds vibrant, healthy, ecologically sound communities by providing the infrastructure that volunteer groups need in order to improve the beauty and usefulness of public space and recreation in and around Berkeley, California. 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: PO Box 12521, Berkeley CA 94712 Web: https://www.bpfp.org/ [24 Dec 2023]
Berkeley Path Wanderers Association (BPWA) We are community volunteers who work to increase awareness of Berkeley's pathways through our programs and activities. We offer free guided walks, publish a map of Berkeley's path network, and build and maintain new paths on previously inaccessible city-owned rights of way. Address: 1442A Walnut Street, Box 269, Berkeley CA 94709 Email: info@berkeleypaths.org Web: https://www.berkeleypaths.org/ [13 May 2023]
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. We will work to elect progressive candidates to local office and to develop and enact a progressive agenda for Berkeley. Web: https://www.facebook.com/groups/172758219757361/ [11 Sep 2022]
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 Email: director@foodcollective.org Web: https://www.facebook.com/foodcollective [09 Sep 2023]
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: https://www.byaonline.org/ [25 Sep 2021]
Between The Lines (BTL) A weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Squeaky Wheel Productions is our 501(c)(3) nonprofit production company and distributor. 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: https://btlonline.org/ [01 Apr 2021]
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. For over a decade, Beyond Chron has provided a resource for progressives to access information, countered mainstream media distortions, and built support for progressive campaigns. Address: 126 Hyde Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Email: feedback@beyondchron.org Web: https://beyondchron.org/ [01 Jan 2022]
Beyond Pesticides 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 (originally as National Coalition Against the Misuse of 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: https://www.beyondpesticides.org/ [09 Sep 2023]
Big Livestock’s Big Greenwash The total combined livestock emissions of 15 of the world’s largest meat and dairy companies exceed the individual emissions of ExxonMobil, BP and Shell. At a crucial time when the planet must dramatically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, these global animal protein giants are driving consumption of meat and dairy by ramping up production and exports. Many of these companies claim to have ambitious climate targets – but when you look beyond the rhetoric, much of it is greenwash. Here we expose the key tactics Big Meat and Dairy use for their Big Climate Greenwash. Web: https://biglivestockgreenwash.com/ [28 Feb 2023]
Bike East Bay 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. Address: PO Box 1736, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 845-RIDE (7433) Web: https://bikeeastbay.org/ [01 Apr 2021]
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. Founded in 2003, the Bike Kitchen is a 501(c)(3) non-profit run by volunteers. We provide all the tools and parts you need to fix or build a bicycle. Our staff of volunteer mechanics is available to give advice and answer questions. Address: 650H Florida Street (between 18th and 19th), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 506-RIDE (7433) Web: http://bikekitchen.org/ [01 Apr 2021]
Bike Walk Alameda (BWA) Mission is to make our city a safe and enjoyable place to walk and bike. We support an active and healthy citizenry 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. Activities Bike Walk Alameda engages in to carry out our mission include: Help clarify safety issues and look for solutions. Examine traffic calming techniques and safety options and their effectiveness in other cities. Develop pedestrian/motorist education approaches in order to alert pedestrians, cyclists and drivers to their rights and their responsibilities. Build partnerships for community events such as Walk & Roll to School Day/Safe Routes to Schools and Bike to Work Day. Address: PO Box 2732, Alameda CA 94501 Email: info@bikewalkalameda.org Web: https://bikewalkalameda.org/ [07 Apr 2024]
Bill Wilson Center (BWC) Provides services to more than 5,000 children, youth, young adults and families in Santa Clara County through our various programs. Additionally, we reach more than 30,000 clients 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: https://www.billwilsoncenter.org/ [25 Sep 2021]
Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center Provides community, leadership, advocacy, services and support to the Silicon Valley’s LGBTQ+ People and their Allies. Strives to be the community's premier resource hub and a recognized leader in promoting health, strength, diversity and inclusiveness. Address: 938 The Alameda, San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 293-3040 Email: fabulous@defrank.org Web: https://www.defrankcenter.org/ [20 May 2023]
Black Lives Matter Founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives. Web: https://blacklivesmatter.com/ [20 May 2023]
Black Movement-Law Project (BMLP) After working in Ferguson, Baltimore and Cleveland, lawyers and legal activists have come together to create the Black Movement-Law Project. BMLP provides legal support to local communities throughout the country as they demonstrate against police brutality and systemic racism. We believe in a community centered approach - providing holistic legal and technical service with an understanding that mass defense movement legal experience is often missing from the local equation. Web: https://bmlp.org/ [27 May 2022]
Bolerium Books We specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. Bolerium is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA). Address: 2141 Mission Street, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th Streets, 3rd floor), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-6353; (800) 326-6353 Email: info@bolerium.com Web: https://www.bolerium.com/ [01 Apr 2021]
Border Angels Promotes a culture of love through advocacy, education, by creating a social consciousness, and engaging in direct action to defend the rights of migrants and refugees. Border Angels was established in 1986 and initially focused on helping farmworker migrants that were living in the canyons of North San Diego County. Since then, our work has expanded to include humanitarian work along the entire US-Mexico border. We conduct water drops in the desert, support migrant shelters in Tijuana, Mexico, reach out to day laborers, free asylum seekers from detention, provide legal representation to vulnerable children in order to obtain green cards, and coordinate educational programs and community presentations. Web: https://www.borderangels.org/ [27 May 2022]
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/ [27 May 2022]
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) A Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity. Israel is occupying and colonising Palestinian land, discriminating against Palestinian citizens of Israel and denying Palestinian refugees the right to return to their homes. Inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, the BDS call urges action to pressure Israel to comply with international law. BDS is now a vibrant global movement made up of unions, academic associations, churches and grassroots movements across the world. Since its launch in 2005, BDS is having a major impact and is effectively challenging international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism. Web: https://bdsmovement.net/ [03 Mar 2024]
Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County (BGCNSMC) Our mission is to inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential and contribute to their communities. BGCNSMC is a dynamic and responsive non-profit organization in North San Mateo County. We partner with schools and the community to ensure that the youth of our community are provided with the opportunities, experiences, and support to redefine possibilities, and chart courses to great futures. BGCNSMC reinforces and enhances the skills and knowledge young people learn at school. Our programs are designed to ensure that all Club members graduate from high school on time, ready for post-secondary education, and a 21st-century career. Address: 955 Yosemite Drive, Pacifica CA 94044 Voice: (650) 355-1334 Email: info@theclubs.org Web: https://theclubs.org/ [20 May 2023]
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/ [01 Jan 2022]
Brave New Films Our mission is to champion social justice issues by using a model of media, education, and grassroots volunteer involvement that inspires, empowers, motivates and teaches civic participation and makes a difference. Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films are creating a better America, and we want you to join us. Using media, films, volunteers and internet video campaigns, Brave New Films has created a quick-strike capability that informs the public, challenges mainstream media with the truth, and motivates people to take action on social issues nationwide. Web: https://www.bravenewfilms.org/ [24 Dec 2023]
Bread & Roses We produce free, live music and entertainment for Bay Area children, teens, adults, and elders— who don’t have the ability to easily experience the uplifting power of the arts in any other way. Our performances bring joy to children undergoing chemotherapy, teens battling substance abuse, families in homeless shelters, veterans recovering from trauma, seniors in hospice, and others facing challenging times alone. Address: 233 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 100, Corte Madera CA 94925-1415 Voice: (415) 945-7120 Fax: (415) 945-7128 Email: info@breadandroses.org Web: https://www.breadandroses.org/ [09 Sep 2023]
Breaking the Chains A one-of-its-kind feminist, socialist magazine, deeply connected to the everyday experiences of working women from generations past to today. The magazine intervenes in the political landscape at a time when we desperately need a new militant women’s movement. The creators, who edit, write, design, draw and produce the magazine, are women workers and activists in our communities. We believe that capitalism is the basis for the oppression of women and socialism is a necessary step to overturn that oppression. Web: https://www.breakingthechainsmag.org/ [22 May 2022]
Breast Cancer Action (BCAction) Not your average breast cancer organization. We’re fiercely independent and refuse corporate funding from any company that profits from or contributes to breast cancer. That means we can ALWAYS put women’s health first. We’re focused on achieving health justice for all women living with and at risk of breast cancer. Radical and compassionate, we never shy away from the hard truths. We tell it like it is about breast cancer: 40,000 women die of this devastating disease every year, and we don’t have nearly enough to show for the billions of dollars raised in the name of breast cancer. Address: 548 Market Sreet, PMB 17179, San Francisco CA 94104-5401 Voice: (415) 243-9301 Fax: (415) 243-3996 Email: info@bcaction.org Web: https://bcaction.org/ [19 Jun 2021]
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP) The leading science-based policy and advocacy organization working to eliminate our exposure to toxic chemicals and other environmental exposures linked to breast cancer. Address: 1388 Sutter Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94109-5400 Voice: (415) 346-8223 Email: contact@bcpp.org Web: https://www.bcpp.org/ [17 Dec 2022]
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. The creative process helped these youth gain a sense of purpose and self-worth. Web: https://www.paintbrushfire.org/ [24 Dec 2023]
Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) Purpose is to serve collective liberation through connecting Dharma to the current moment. We convene spiritually and politically engaged individuals from multiple lineages, Buddhist and otherwise, to explore practices to be in wise and compassionate relationship to ourselves, each other, and movements. Our convenings and programs are led by and lift up the voices and priorities of Black, Indigenous, heritage Buddhists, and people of color who share our commitment to ecological anti-capitalism, queer feminism, and racial justice. Address: 2930 Domingo Avenue #1324, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (971) 801-0111 Email: info@bpf.org Web: https://www.bpf.org/ [20 May 2023]
Build It Green Every Californian deserves to live in a safe, affordable home in a resilient and thriving neighborhood. Build It Green’s mission is to help accomplish that by providing credible and accessible resources to develop regenerative communities. We envision, and are committed to creating, a healthy housing ecosystem that fosters the well-being of individuals, communities, and the natural world. We exist to support all those who share this commitment. Address: 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 590-3360 Email: info@builditgreen.org Web: https://www.builditgreen.org/ [01 Jan 2022]
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) Mission is to help homeless, poor, and disabled people achieve health and self-sufficiency, and to fight against the root causes of poverty and homelessness. BOSS maintains its mission housing individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and further develops solutions to mass homelessness, mass incarceration and community violence and is dedicated to the inclusion of people marginalized by addiction, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, homelessness and violence with an intentional focus on four areas of service with Housing Security, Criminal Justice Reentry, Neighborhood Safety, and Social Justice programs and services. Address: 1918 University Avenue, Suite 2A, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 649-1930 Fax: (510) 649-0627 Email: info@self-sufficiency.org Web: https://self-sufficiency.org/ [01 Apr 2021]
Building REsources San Francisco’s only source for reusable 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 acre is 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 Email: buildingresourcessf@gmail.com Web: https://buildingresources.wordpress.com/ [20 May 2023]
Bullfrog Films The leading US publisher of independently-produced documentaries on environmental and related social justice issues that point the way to living healthily, happily, and with greater concern for the other inhabitants of this planet, and for our descendants. Web: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/ [17 Dec 2022]
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: PO Box 1044, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: knabb@bopsecrets.org Web: http://www.bopsecrets.org/ [01 Apr 2021]
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/ [01 Apr 2021]
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: 1453 Marin Avenue, Albany CA 94706 Voice: (510) 528-8175 Email: badaofusa@gmail.com Web: http://www.badasf.org/ [27 May 2022]
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 Fax: (415) 777-2904 Web: http://www.canhr.org/ [10 Apr 2021]
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. Web: https://www.casp.net/ [01 Jan 2022]
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Advances organic agriculture for a healthy world. We advocate on behalf of our members for organic policies, support the growth of organic through education and grants, and provide organic certification that is personal and accessible. CCOF is a nonprofit organization governed by the people who grow and make our food. Founded in California more than 40 years ago, today our roots span the breadth of North America and our presence is internationally recognized. We are supported by an organic family of farmers, ranchers, processors, retailers, consumers, and policymakers. Together, we work to realize a future where organic is the norm. Address: 2155 Delaware Avenue, Suite 150, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (831) 423-2263 Fax: (831) 423-4528 Email: ccof@ccof.org Web: https://www.ccof.org/ [10 Apr 2021]
California Clean Money Action Fund A non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(4) organization that is the political advocacy arm of the 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/ [20 May 2023]
California Clean Money Campaign Vision is achieving an open and accountable government that is responsive to the needs of all Californians. We are a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to pursue that vision by building statewide support for public funding of election campaigns. Web: http://www.caclean.org/ [25 Sep 2021]
California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) A statewide coalition that advances state and federal policy to catalyze the powerful climate solutions offered by sustainable and organic agriculture. We use policy to move California agriculture towards a system that is increasingly resilient and just. We envision a California agriculture system that is resilient, is a sink for greenhouse gases rather than a source, and that supports wildlife habitat and biological diversity. Address: PO Box 1366, Sebastopol CA 95473 Voice: (707) 329-6374 Web: https://calclimateag.org/ [20 May 2023]
California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) A grassroots abolitionist 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: 4400 Market Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (415) 255-7036 x4 Email: info@womenprisoners.org Web: https://womenprisoners.org/ [20 May 2023]
California Environmental Voters Focused on building the political power to solve the climate crisis, advancing justice, and creating a roadmap for global action. We are California’s voice, statewide and nationally, for bold climate action. We elect and cultivate environmental champions, turn election victories into policy wins, hold our lawmakers accountable, push climate solutions to the forefront of public discourse, and build political power to transform our political system and achieve climate justice. Address: 350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 1100, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (800) 755-3224 Web: https://envirovoters.org/ [27 May 2022]
California FarmLink Works to create an inclusive farm and food economy with equitable access to opportunity for farmers and ranchers. We connect the next generation of sustainable farmers and ranchers with land and financing. We partner with farmers to build strong business skills, access fair financing, and establish secure land tenure. We strive to create economic and environmental resilience for the next generation of California farmers and ranchers. Web: https://www.californiafarmlink.org/ [25 Sep 2021]
California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC (SEE-fak)) Protects and promotes a free press, freedom of expression and the people’s right to know. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, FAC believes that the broadest range of engaged and informed communities is essential to the health of our democracy – that the values expressed by the First Amendment provide a blueprint for an inclusive, equitable society and a responsive, accountable government. To that end, FAC educates, advocates and litigates to advance government transparency and First Amendment protections for all. Address: 534 Fourth Street, Suite B, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 460-5060 Email: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org Web: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/ [17 Dec 2022]
California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare) CA A.B. 1690 sets in motion a single-payer health care coverage system in California, called CalCare, for all residents, regardless of citizenship status. By streamlining payments and lowering per-capita health care spending, CalCare guarantees quality health care and long-term care without creating barriers to care or out-of-pocket costs. Web: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/calcare [02 Apr 2023]
California Immigrant Policy Center (Oakland office) (CIPC) A constituent-based statewide immigrant rights organization with offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Oakland. It is a leading immigrant rights institution in the state. CIPC advocates for policies that uphold the humanity of immigrants and refugees while advancing racial, social and economic justice. Voice: (510) 488-3544 Email: info@caimmigrant.org Web: https://caimmigrant.org/ [17 Sep 2022]
California Indian Environmental Alliance (CIEA) Our core programs are the Mercury Tribal Health, Tribal Self-Advocacy, and our Leadership programs. Together these 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. CIEA provides technical support for California Tribes to address environmental issues with a focus on water quality, collaboration among Tribes with agencies and community-driven strategy development. We facilitate an average of seven (7) Tribal environmental strategy meetings annually, wherein Tribes share best practices, resource opportunities and engage collaboratively with each other and with local, state, and federal government agencies. Address: PO Box 2128, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 848-2043 Email: itciea@cieaweb.org Web: https://www.cieaweb.org/ [09 Sep 2023]
California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) Works to radically transform rural California as systems of oppression and extraction give way to systems which are life-affirming, sensitive to many types of knowledge, equitable and reflective of the rich cultural landscape of rural California. CIRS creates research-based tools for action in partnership with rural communities of color who are working to eradicate white supremacy, take down colonial power structures and replace dysfunctional institutions. Web: https://cirsinc.org/ [31 Dec 2022]
California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) An accredited university that strives to embody spirit, intellect, and wisdom in service to individuals, communities, and the earth. CIIS expands the boundaries of traditional degree programs with transdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and applied studies utilizing face-to-face, hybrid, and online pedagogical approaches. Offering a personal learning environment and supportive community, CIIS provides an excellent multifaceted education for people committed to transforming themselves, others, and the world. Address: 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 575-6100 Fax: (415) 575-1264 Web: https://www.ciis.edu/ [10 Apr 2021]
California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL) Inspires and mobilizes individuals and communities of faith and conscience to take bold and just action on climate change. The goal of CIPL is to activate California’s 50,000 congregations by providing them with links and referrals to local sources of energy audits, building improvements, and solar panel installation. We help congregational leaders educate their membership about environmental stewardship, conservation and the effects of global warming. We work in tandem with front-line communities to address the injustice of pollution and economic disparity in under-served communities. We present practical choices that can be made in people’s everyday lives to help reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Address: 672 13th Street, Suite 100, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-4891 Fax: (415) 561-4892 Web: https://www.interfaithpower.org/ [25 Sep 2021]
California Labor Federation (Bay Area office) Made up of more than 1,200 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: 7730 Pardee Lane, Suite 2010, Oakland CA 94621-1555 Voice: (510) 663-4000 Fax: (510) 663-4099 Email: info@calaborfed.org Web: https://calaborfed.org/ [11 Sep 2022]
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: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ [10 Apr 2021]
California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Since its beginnings, the California Native Plant Society has been a leading voice in plant science and native plant appreciation, making it one of the foremost native plant organizations in the world. We are a 501(c) 3 non-profit dedicated to conserving California native plants and their natural habitats, while increasing the understanding, enjoyment, and horticultural use of native plants. 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: https://www.cnps.org/ [01 Jan 2022]
California Newsreel California Newsreel has produced and distributed cutting-edge social issue films for activists and educators since 1968. Today it is the oldest, independent non-profit documentary center in the country and the first systematically to integrate media production and distribution with the media needs of contemporary social change 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: https://newsreel.org/ [07 Apr 2024]
California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) 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 100,000 members in hospitals, clinics and home health agencies in all 50 states. CNA/NNOC's presidents are Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN, Cokie Giles, RN, Cathy Kennedy, RN, and Sandy Reding, RN. CNA/NNOC is also a founding member of the 170,000-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: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/california-nurses-association [02 Oct 2021]
California Physicians Alliance (CaPA) A statewide, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates, educates, and organizes physicians and other health professionals to support the creation of a just and universal healthcare system that ensures quality and accessible health care for all Californians. Under the IRS 501(c)(3) code, your contributions to CaPA are tax-deductible. Web: https://caphysiciansalliance.org/ [31 Dec 2022]
California Prison Focus (CPF) A grassroots organization that works to abolish the California prison system in its present condition, with a focus on ending long-term solitary confinement. We are committed to honoring the voices and strategies of prisoners and join their efforts to foster solidarity and empowerment. We believe in public education and direct action to achieve these goals. Address: 4408 Market Street, Suite A, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 342-9560 Email: contact@prisons.org Web: http://newest.prisons.org/ [25 Sep 2021]
California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) An advocate for the public interest. We speak out for a healthier, safer world in which we’re freer to pursue our own individual well-being and the common good. The problems we address aren’t progressive or conservative — they’re just problems that no one should tolerate in an age of great abundance and technological progress. That’s why, with your help, we’re working to find common ground around commonsense ideas. Web: https://calpirg.org/ [27 May 2022]
California Straw Building Association (CASBA) We are a non-profit organization whose members are designers,contractors, owner builders, and people interested in straw and natural building. We serve as a clearing house 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, and beyond. There are now many fine examples of permitted straw bale homes throughout the state, as well as a number of commercial buildings, which stand as a testament to this pioneering work. Address: 1101 8th Street, #180, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 528-0206 Web: https://www.strawbuilding.org/ [11 Sep 2022]
California Trade Justice Coalition (CTJC) A growing alliance of labor, environmental, public health, immigrant rights, human rights, and socially conscious business leaders — all committed to building a strong California economy that works for all. Founded in 2016, we’re an affiliate of the national Citizens Trade Campaign, and a fiscally-sponsored project of Earth Island Institute. Address: c/o Earth Island Institute, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704 Email: Will@citizenstrade.org Web: http://catradejustice.org/ [17 Sep 2023]
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: https://www.calvoter.org/ [24 Dec 2023]
California Walks The statewide voice for pedestrian safety & healthy, walkable communities for people of all ages & abilities. California Walks partners with state agencies, organizations and communities to establish and strengthen policies and practices that support pedestrian safety and healthy, walkable communities. California Walks works to expand and strengthen a network of community organizations working for pedestrian safety and community walkability through equity, engagement, education, advocacy and collaboration. Address: 909 12th Street, Suite 122, Oakland CA 95814 Voice: (714) 742-0741 Email: info@calwalks.org Web: https://www.calwalks.org/ [10 Apr 2021]
Californians for Electoral Reform (CfER) Working for Proportional Representation and Ranked Choice Voting. We are an action-oriented group, with chapters and contacts around the state, working in the State Legislature, and working in many local communities, promoting and educating about PR and RCV. We have led successful campaigns for RCV in San Leandro, Oakland, San Francisco, and Berkeley, and spoken to thousands of people. RCV is now much better known than it was 20 years ago and is being seriously considered in several jurisdictions around the state. We have twice got legislation through both houses of the legislature and to the governor’s desk. We are well known in Sacramento and in electoral reform circles, and have a lot of respect in Sacramento and statewide. Web: https://cfer.org/ [31 Dec 2022]
Californians for Justice (Oakland office) (CFJ) A statewide youth-powered organization fighting to improve the lives of communities of color, immigrant, low-income, LGBTQ and other marginalized communities. The educational issues of today will have lasting effects for many generations. What happens to young people in our schools can either reinforce or interrupt racial bias and inequality in our country. Californians for Justice organizes marginalized youth, particularly young people of color, immigrant, low-income, and LGBTQ youth to create the healthy, just and vibrant schools all our communities deserve. Address: 3700 East 12th Street, Suite 3 , Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 452-2728 Web: https://caljustice.org/ [02 Oct 2021]
Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) A statewide coalition of more than 190 organizations, founded in 1996 to fundamentally shift the way pesticides are used in California. 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. Web: https://www.pesticidereform.org/ [20 May 2023]
Californians United for A Responsible Budget (CURB) A Black-led statewide coalition of more than 80 grassroots organizations. Our three point mission is to reduce the number of incarcerated people in California; reduce the number of prison and jails in our state; and shift wasteful spending away from incarceration and toward health community investments. Founded in 2003, our coalition amplifies the work of community leaders on issues like sentencing reform, justice reinvestment and prison closure. Our invest/divest framework bridges movements for environmental, social, racial, and economic justice in California and across the nation. CURB’s network of community organizers is a thriving, growing movement consisting of thousands of passionate people inside and outside of prisons and jails who believe in our mission. Web: https://curbprisonspending.org/ [24 Dec 2023]
Calle 24 Latino Cultural District Mission is to preserve, enhance and advocate for Latino cultural continuity, vitality, and community in San Francisco’s touchstone Latino Cultural District and the greater Mission neighborhood. Address: 3250 24th Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Web: https://www.calle24sf.org/en/ [08 May 2021]
Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict (CIVIC) Our mission is to work with armed actors and civilians in conflict to develop and implement solutions to prevent, mitigate and respond to civilian harm. We call on and advise international organizations, governments, militaries, and armed non-state actors to adopt and implement policies to prevent civilian harm. When civilians are harmed we advocate for the provision of amends and post-harm assistance. We bring the voices of civilians themselves to those making decisions affecting their lives. Web: https://civiliansinconflict.org/ [11 Sep 2022]
Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry (CDC) Goal 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: https://www.toxicteeth.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
Canal Alliance Exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. We are a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. We believe that everyone has the right to achieve their dreams. Every day, we educate, empower, support, and partner with motivated immigrants and their families to best meet all their unique needs—from putting food on the table, to becoming U.S. citizens, to learning English, to graduating from college to gaining skills that lead to quality jobs with career-path employment opportunities. Address: 91 Larkspur Street, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 454-2640 Fax: (415) 454-3967 Web: https://canalalliance.org/ [07 Apr 2024]
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: PO Box 3989, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 644-1533 Fax: (510) 644-1535 Web: https://www.canfit.org/ [24 Dec 2023]
Carfree.com The web site that goes with the books Carfree Cities and Carfree Design Manual, which propose a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles. Web: https://www.carfree.com/ [24 Dec 2023]
Cat Support Network Adopts out hundreds of kittens a year. When trapping feral and free-roaming cats to spay and neuter, we inevitably come across litters of kittens. If there is room in our foster homes, we foster, socialize, spay/neuter, de-flea, de-worm and microchip the kittens, then make them available for adoption. It is our belief that these innocent little babies deserve a warm, safe, loving, life-long home. It is not fair that they be sentenced to a life of struggling to survive, struggling to find enough food to eat, struggling to find shelter from the cold and rain, struggling against disease and attack from other animals. The life expectancy of a feral cat is only 3-5 years. Address: PO Box 3645, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 252-5445 Email: info@catsupport.net Web: https://www.catsupport.net/ [01 Jan 2022]
Catalyst Project Believes that everyone in the world has the right to live with dignity, safety, and access to resources that are in balance with the earth. We believe that racism is one of the fundamental forces keeping systemic injustice in place, and as white people we believe we have a strategic role to play in ending it. Catalyst Project is committed to building the leadership of white people to be part of anti-racist social movements working for fundamental change. Address: 522 Valencia Street #2, San Francisco CA 94110 Email: info@collectiveliberation.org Web: https://collectiveliberation.org/ [24 Dec 2023]
Catholic Charities of San Jose (CCSJ) We help people of all cultures and beliefs rise up out of poverty and overcome the barriers to self-sufficiency and wellness. We do this in three ways. First, we alleviate the conditions of chronic poverty through food, housing assistance, access to benefits, senior services, and mental health services. Second, we reduce the effects of situational poverty by providing jobs, immigration legal services, refugee foster care, financial literacy, and asset development. Third, we prevent the cycle of generational poverty through early childhood development, parenting support, after-school enhanced learning, and youth empowerment. Address: 2625 Zanker Road (near Trimble), San Jose CA 95134-2107 Voice: (408) 468-0100 Fax: (408) 944-0275 Email: info@catholiccharitiesscc.org Web: https://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org [10 Apr 2021]
Causa Justa :: Just Cause (CJJC) A multi-racial, grassroots organization building community leadership to achieve justice for low-income San Francisco and Oakland residents. Causa Justa :: Just Cause has a multi-faceted approach to fighting for social justice. We provide tenant rights advocacy and information to tenants through our Housing Committee/Tenants’ Rights Clinic. We build our membership through recruitment in the tenants’ rights clinics and through neighborhood door knocking and outreach. We fight grassroots campaigns to win immigrant rights and housing rights and work toward building a larger movement for social transformation. Address: PO Box 7737, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 763-5877 Fax: (510) 763-5824 Email: info@cjjc.org Web: https://cjjc.org/ https://www.facebook.com/causajusta/ [26 May 2023]
Center for a New American Dream Helps Americans to reduce and shift their consumption to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice. New Dream wants to cultivate a new American dream—one that emphasizes community, ecological sustainability, and a celebration of non-material values, while upholding the spirit of the traditional American dream of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. New Dream envisions a society that pursues not just “more,” but more of what matters—and less of what doesn't. Web: https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/knowledge-centre/projects/center-new-american-dream [04 Jun 2022]
Center for Accessible Technology (C4AT) We work to increase access to technology, digital spaces, and services. We work directly with individuals, school districts, organizations, and policy makers. Our services include Assistive Technology Services, Digital Accessibility Services, Policy Work, and Community Engagement. C4AT'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 their phones, personal computers, the internet, and email and benefit from the digital revolution. Address: 3075 Adeline, Suite 220, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 841-3224 Email: info@c4at.org Web: https://www.c4at.org/ [24 Dec 2023]
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: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ [01 Jan 2022]
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) Our mission is to advance strong policy and ambitious action to: reduce greenhouse gas emissions; promote and accelerate the clean energy transition; strengthen adaptation and resilience to climate impacts; and facilitate the necessary financial investments to do so. A range of solutions, including market-based approaches and other complementary policies will be critical to achieve each of these goals. We believe a sound climate strategy must reflect the urgent need for ambitious action. Solutions developed through inclusive stakeholder engagement, informed by the latest science focused on the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, which are equitable and just leaving no one behind, and which create good jobs, are essential to ensure a strong, sustainable domestic and global economy. Web: https://www.c2es.org/ [01 Jan 2022]
Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) Helps communities hold oil and gas corporations accountable for the massive costs of climate change. Big oil and gas companies learned decades ago that burning fossil fuels would lead to "catastrophic" climate change. Instead of doing the right thing, they masterminded a decades-long, multimillion dollar climate denial, disinformation, and deception campaign to delay climate action and protect their profits. Now, communities are paying billions to adapt to and recover from the growing climate damages the fossil fuel industry knowingly caused. Web: https://climateintegrity.org/ [16 Feb 2024]
Center for Community Change A national organization that builds power from the ground up. We believe that effective and enduring social movements must be led by those most impacted by injustice themselves. Since our founding in 1968, we have built the power of people most marginalized by injustice — especially people of color, women, immigrants, people struggling to make ends meet — to envision and fight for a society where all communities thrive. Web: https://communitychange.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
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. CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. We do that by combining cutting-edge litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in work on a broad range of civil and human rights issues. Web: https://ccrjustice.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
Center for Creative Land Recyling (CCLR or "see clear") Promotes the sustainable, equitable, and responsible reuse of underutilized and environmentally-impacted properties. We educate, advocate, assist, and convene stakeholders to revitalize communities through land recycling. Web: https://www.cclr.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
Center for Democracy and Technology Works to strengthen individual rights and freedoms by defining, promoting, and influencing technology policy and the architecture of the internet that impacts our daily lives. 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. Web: https://cdt.org/ [10 Apr 2021]
Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) Works to protect and expand digital rights and data justice through research-led initiatives designed to influence policymakers, corporate leaders, the news media, civil society, and the general public. The organization focuses on developing and advocating for rules and policies that : · foster privacy, justice, and non-discriminatory treatment in the digital marketplace; · safeguard young people against unfair, manipulative, and other harmful practices; · promote responsible commercial data and digital marketing operations in political campaigns and elections; · ensure that digital marketing practices contribute to fair and equitable public health outcomes. Web: https://www.democraticmedia.org/ [31 Dec 2022]
Center for Ecoliteracy (CEL) Dedicated to cultivating education for sustainable living. We recognize that students need to experience and understand how nature sustains life and how to live accordingly. We encourage schools to teach and model sustainable practices. The Center leads systems change initiatives, publishes original books and resources, facilitates conferences and professional development, and provides strategic consulting. We work at multiple levels of scale, with local, regional, state, and national programs. One initiative, California Food for California Kids® supports systems change by improving children's health, education, and the state's economy while teaching students where food comes from and how it reaches the table. Address: The David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 270, Berkeley CA 94704-1377 Voice: (510) 845-4595 Email: info@ecoliteracy.org Web: https://www.ecoliteracy.org/ [02 Oct 2021]
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Promotes democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people’s lives. In order for citizens to effectively exercise their voices in a democracy, they should be informed about the problems and choices that they face. CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options. Toward this end, 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. Web: https://www.cepr.net/ [31 Dec 2023]
Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) Our work seeks to tackle the unjust distribution of resources and power—within and between countries—that fuels inequality and deprives billions of people of their rights. We seek systemic change. This includes steady progress on the policy and institutional reforms that can help shift the dynamics affecting how resources and power are distributed. We focus specifically on economic and social rights—among them the rights to education, health, food, water, housing and work—as powerful but underutilized tools for redressing skewed distributions of resources and power. Web: https://www.cesr.org/ [10 Apr 2021]
Center for Elders' Independence (CEI) Helps at-risk seniors live at home, instead of in nursing homes. Our not-for-profit organization works to improve the total environment of older adults in the East Bay. We support our participants’ medical, social, emotional and nutritional needs. Our care teams include 11 professional disciplines. Every week, they meet in one room to review our participants’ care plans and changes in medical conditions, social engagement and emotional well-being. Address: 510 17th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (866) 897-3109 Email: info@cei.elders.org Web: https://cei.elders.org/ [17 Sep 2022]
Center for Environmental Health (CEH) Keeps our world safe from toxic chemicals by changing the way that business does business. We believe everything we consume, from the water we drink to the toys our children handle, should put our health first. We insist laws and policies protect us from harm. We make communities more aware of risks and transform corporate behavior. We advance environmental health and justice for the greater good. We are the Center for Environmental Health. From the courtroom to the boardroom, together we can do great things. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 508, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 655-3900 Email: info@ceh.org Web: https://ceh.org/ [04 Jun 2022]
Center for Farmworker Families Our mission is to promote awareness about the difficult life circumstances of farmworker families while proactively inspiring improvement in binational family life both in the United States and in Mexico. We realize this purpose by engaging in the following activities: Promoting the educational advancement of farm workers and their family members working in agriculture, as well as family members who are living on their farms of origin in the west central Mexico countryside. Supporting projects in both Mexico and California designed to sustainably promote financial and nutritional well-being and independence. Examining the federal and state legal structures that govern the lives and well-being of farmworkers and promoting the changes necessary for improved livelihood and well-being. Web: https://farmworkerfamily.org/ [07 Apr 2024]
Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office) (CFS) Mission is to empower people, support farmers, and protect the earth from the harmful impacts of industrial agriculture. Through groundbreaking legal, scientific, and grassroots action, we protect and promote your right to safe food and the environment. 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 Web: https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/ [02 Oct 2021]
Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) Helps build healthy communities nationwide. Since its founding in 1981, CHEJ has grown into the nation’s leading resource for grassroots environmental activism, a ground-breaking, progressive organization with a vision for clean, green neighborhoods built from hard-won experience fighting for environmental justice. Web: https://chej.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
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/ [26 May 2023]
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 and beyond. By federal mandate, the majority of our Staff, Management, and Board of Directors consists of people with disabilities. Annually, CID provides direct and indirect services to more than 2,000 individuals with disabilities. Address: 2001 Winward Way, Suite 103, San Mateo CA 94404 Voice: (650) 645-1780; (650) 522-9313 (TTY) Fax: (650) 645-1785 Web: https://www.cidsanmateo.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
Center for Independent Living (Berkeley) (The CIL) Provides advocacy and services that increase awareness, collaboration, and opportunity among people with disabilities and the community at large. TheCIL's programs provide people with skills, knowledge, and resources that empower them to eliminate damaging and stereotypical notions of disability so that they can strive toward realizing their full human potential. Address: 3075 Adeline St, Suite 100, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 841-4776 Email: info@thecil.org Web: http://www.thecil.org/ [10 Apr 2021]
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Since 1989, CIEL has used the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, CIEL’s team of attorneys, policy experts, and support staff works to provide legal counsel and advocacy, policy research, and capacity building across our three program areas: Climate & Energy, Environmental Health, and People, Land, & Resources. Web: https://www.ciel.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
Center for International Policy (CIP) Works to make a peaceful, just, and sustainable world the central pursuit of U.S. foreign policy by promoting cooperation, transparency, and accountability. CIP seeks to broaden the conceptualization of security from the narrow scope of militarized national interests to address global challenges. Our programs offer solutions to address the most urgent threats to our planet: war, corruption, inequity, and climate change. Web: https://www.internationalpolicy.org/ [17 Sep 2023]
Center for Investigative Reporting (Reveal) We pour the necessary time and resources into unearthing original stories that hold people and institutions accountable for the problems they’ve caused or benefited from. Our investigative reporting consistently contributes to real-world impact, from civil and criminal investigations to new laws and policies, better-informed conversations and community-driven solutions. As a nonprofit, our bottom line is the public interest. We have the courage, freedom and independence to dedicate our entire newsroom to this work because we’re powered by support from foundations, individual donors, and readers and listeners like you. Address: 1400 65th Street, Suite 200, Emeryville CA 94608 Voice: (510) 809-3160 Fax: (510) 849-6141 Web: https://revealnews.org/ [04 Jun 2022]
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CLACS) Mission is to foster and support new ideas and research by bringing together academics, artists and community members from Latin America and the Caribbean, the United States, and the world to engage with the Berkeley campus and larger Bay Area community. We do this through supporting Berkeley faculty and student research; hosting events that are free and open to the public, and creating a community of Latin American and Latin Americanist scholars, students, artists, and community members. Address: 2334 Bowditch Street (between Durant and Haste), Berkeley CA 94720-2312 Voice: (510) 642-2088 Email: clacs@berkeley.edu Web: https://clacs.berkeley.edu/ [17 Sep 2023]
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS) Our mission is to advance the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgender people and to transform faith communities and the wider society by taking a leading role in shaping a new public discourse on religion, gender identity and sexuality through education, research, community building and advocacy. Address: Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 849-8206 Fax: (510) 849-8212 Email: info@clgs.org Web: https://www.clgs.org/ [19 Jun 2021]
Center for Media & Democracy (PR Watch) A nationally recognized watchdog that leads in-depth, award-winning investigations into the corruption that undermines our democracy, environment, and economic prosperity. CMD's investigations, public information requests, and lawsuits have ignited national conversations on money in politics and the distortion of U.S. law and democracy -- at every level of government and in every region of the country. We believe in the public's right to know how government operates and how corporations influence our democracy -- and the true motivations for their actions. When necessary, CMD litigates to defend that right and ensure those in power follow the law. Web: https://www.prwatch.org/ https://www.sourcewatch.org [17 Sep 2022]
Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) Committed to improving cities’ economic and environmental sustainability, resilience, and quality of life. We work to help all people access: • Shared prosperity through improving economic and job opportunities and reducing the cost of living. • Livable, connected, and equitable neighborhoods with better choices in transportation, energy, water, and other basic needs. • Resilient communities in the face of the changing climate and economy. • Innovative infrastructure that is efficient, cost-effective, environmentally friendly and, whenever possible, at a community scale. Web: https://cnt.org/ [07 Apr 2024]
Center for Nonprofit Learning 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. Our offerings include: Workshops: ongoing educational programs that focus on interactive learning Mentoring: one-to-one support for busy nonprofit professionals who need some quick advice Consulting: services that cater to the unique needs of your nonprofit organization Research: an annual study of the nonprofit sector to determine areas in which the nonprofit sector needs to become more effective. Job Bank: online database of jobs in the nonprofit sector Web: http://www.nonprofit-learn.org/ [04 Jun 2022]
Center for Political Education A resource for political organizations on the left, progressive social movements, the working class and people of color. CPE’s approach is non-sectarian, democratic, and committed to a critical analysis of local, regional and global politics. We believe that movements are strongest when their organizing and activism are grounded in historical knowledge, strong theory and rigorous analysis. Address: 522 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Email: center-at-politicaleducation.org Web: https://politicaleducation.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
Center for Popular Economics (CPE) 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. Web: https://www.populareconomics.org/ [09 Jan 2022]
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, PO Box 998, Mountain View CA 94042 Voice: (650) 961-8918 Email: cpeo@cpeo.org Web: http://www.cpeo.org/ [19 Jun 2021]
Center for Public Integrity (CPI) Seeks to counter the corrosive effects of inequality by holding powerful interests accountable and equipping the public with knowledge to drive change. We are an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigating systems and circumstances that contribute to inequality in our country. Our reporters excel at investigating the systems and circumstances that contribute to inequality in labor, housing, health care, education and access to democracy. We also expose the far reaching implications of a history of unequal power, by examining disparities in environmental and criminal justice, transportation, technology and access to financial tools. Web: https://publicintegrity.org/ [07 Apr 2024]
Center for Reproductive Rights A global human rights organization of lawyers and advocates who ensure reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights for the dignity, equality, health, and well-being of every person. Since its founding in 1992, the Center’s game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work—combined with unparalleled expertise in constitutional, international, and comparative human rights law—has transformed how reproductive rights are understood by courts, governments, and human rights bodies. Web: https://reproductiverights.org/ [19 Jun 2021]
Center for Story-based Strategy (CSS) Cultivates imagination spaces where story, grassroots leadership, organizing, and democracy are interwoven strategies to build power. Address: PO Box 71928, Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@storybasedstrategy.org Web: https://www.storybasedstrategy.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) Conducts peer-reviewed research on the full range of sustainable development challenges humanity faces, including climate change, deforestation, extinction, inequality and poverty. We develop innovative solutions such as new measures of progress and new policies to expedite the transition to renewable energy. We are also vocal advocates for change, using legislative and administrative processes, the courts, and grassroots mobilization to achieve our goals. Web: https://www.sustainable-economy.org/ [31 Dec 2022]
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) Mission 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: https://steadystate.org/ [10 Apr 2021]
Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) We are a training and resource center that promotes and sustains direct action organizing in communities of color. To strengten this growing movement, we continue to partner with innovative local and regional groups to help facilitate their organizing capacity. Mission is to help build and sustain a thriving racial justice movement led by communities of color. Address: 1714 Franklin Street, Oakland CA 94612 Email: trainings@ctwo.org Web: https://ctwo.org/ [19 Jun 2021]
Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) Dedicated to growing thriving communities through the power and joy of local food. We envision a world that nourishes all people, local economies, and the living earth. Founded in 1994, we have managed the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco since 1999 and Mission Community Market in San Francisco since 2018. CUESA’s educational initiatives inspire eaters of all ages to participate in cultivating a healthy food system, including market programs, public talks, youth programs, 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: https://cuesa.org/ [03 Jul 2021]
Center for Voting and Democracy (FairVote) A nonpartisan organization seeking better elections for all. We research and advance voting reforms that make democracy more functional and representative for every American. FairVote has a proven record since 1992 as a nonpartisan trailblazer that advances and wins electoral reforms at the local, state and national level through strategic research, communications and collaboration. Today, we are the driving force behind advancing ranked choice voting and fair representation in multi-winner legislative districts that will open up our elections to better choices, fairer representation and more civil campaigns. Web: https://www.fairvote.org/ [09 Jan 2022]
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 community services, policy research and advocacy work, and public education efforts to promote justice. In unison our work promotes a balanced and humane criminal justice system designed to reduce incarceration and enhance long-term public safety. Address: 424 Guerrero Street, Suite A, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 621-5661 Fax: (415) 621-5466 Email: cjcjmedia@cjcj.org Web: https://www.cjcj.org/ [31 Dec 2023]
Central City S.R.O. Collaborative Organizes tenants of Single-Room Occupancy (S.RO.) in San Francisco’s Central City neighborhoods including the Tenderloin and South of Market (SoMA) community. This website is designed to encourage and facilitate community organizing in Central City S.R.O. hotels, improve tenants’ access to pertinent tenant’s rights information, and access to city and state building and health code laws. S.R.O.’s are typically small eight (8) feet by ten (10) feet single room living spaces, generally with no kitchen and communal bathrooms on each floor. They are the largest supply of low-cost rental housing in San Francisco. Address: 472 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 775-7110 Web: http://www.ccsroc.net/ [22 May 2021]
Centro Legal de la Raza A legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income, immigrant, Black, and Latinx communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy. By combining quality legal services with know-your-rights education and youth development, Centro Legal de la Raza ensures access to justice for thousands of individuals throughout Northern and Central California. Address: 3400 East 12th Street, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 437-1554 Email: info@centrolegal.org Web: https://www.centrolegal.org/ [17 Sep 2023]
ChangeLab Solutions A nonpartisan nonprofit organization that uses the tools of law and policy to advance health equity. We partner with communities across the nation to improve health and opportunity by changing harmful laws, policies, and systems. Our interdisciplinary team works with community organizations, governments, and local institutions to design and implement equitable and practical policy solutions to complex health challenges. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 701, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 302-3380 Web: https://www.changelabsolutions.org/ [07 Jan 2024]
The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic (CMC) A free women’s clinic that specializes in offering life-enhancing complementary therapies for low-income, underserved, and immigrant San Francisco Bay Area women with cancer. Located in Oakland, California, our services are provided by a dedicated pool of volunteers who are licensed and certified practitioners of holistic modalities. Address: 411 30th Street, Suite 508, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 601-7660 Email: mail@charlottemaxwell.org Web: https://www.charlottemaxwell.org/ [04 Jun 2022]
Chelsea Green Publishing Recognized as a leading publisher of books on the politics and practice of sustainable living, publishing authors who bring in-depth, practical knowledge to life, and give readers hands-on information related to organic farming and gardening, ecology and the environment, healthy food, sustainable economics, progressive politics, and, most recently, integrative health and wellness. Web: https://www.chelseagreen.com/ [03 Jul 2021]
Chiapas Support Committee (CSC) A grassroots collective based in Oakland, California. The CSC serves as a center for education and information about Chiapas, the Zapatista communities and Mexico. We have worked with Indigenous Zapatista communities since 1998 to support and accompany their process of constructing autonomous (self-governing) institutions such as health care, education and economic production. We are a member collective of the Omni Commons, a collective of collectives that share work space and steward event space for community use. We organize forums and other events and activities to share and discuss ideas, analyses and human rights issues related to the Zapatista communities, Mexico and the U.S. Address: PO Box 3421, Oakland CA 94609 Web: https://chiapas-support.org/ [04 Jun 2022]
Child Family Health International (CFHI) Dedicated to transformative Global Health Education programs, research, and thought leadership emphasizing community leadership, global citizenship, and ethical engagement. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations. Address: 11135 San Pablo Avenue #929, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (415) 957-9000 Email: robin@cfhi.org Web: https://www.cfhi.org/ [26 May 2023]
Children's Defense Fund - California (CDF-CA) A national child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly over 40 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. Founded Marian Wright Edelman in 1973, CDF champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation. Supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations, CDF advocates nationwide on behalf of children to ensure children are always a priority. Web: http://cdfca.org/ [09 Jan 2022]
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 American and Pacific Islander community. We advocate for systemic change that protects immigrant rights, promotes language diversity, and remedies racial and social 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: https://caasf.org/ [17 Sep 2023]
Circle of Blue Fresh water scarcity is disrupting populations, economies, the environment – every aspect of life as we know it. The effects are profound in health, food and energy and to the very planet itself. We are witnessing a new crisis threshold, as major cities face total water shutdowns. There are better ways to manage the water needs of people and planet and for over a decade, Circle of Blue has informed their discovery. Its trusted reporting has enhanced climate agreements, urban policy and citizen activity, and it has inspired collaboration from Davos to Beijing, from Washington to the Vatican. Circle of Blue unites classic journalism, data literacy and transformative connectivity. Web: https://www.circleofblue.org/ [02 Oct 2021]
Citizens for Balanced Growth A Tri-Valley (Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol, Dublin) registered 501(c)(3) non-profit group in California. Donations are tax deductible. 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 Email: info@citizensforbalancedgrowth.org Web: https://www.citizensforbalancedgrowth.org/ [26 May 2023]
Citizens for Constitutional Local Government (CCLG) A nonprofit organization formed to provide full and material disclosure of all 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. Our mission has been to enlighten the public, the media and state legislators as to the real nature of the HOA legal scheme. This enlightenment, this broad educational effort, will result in a more informed understanding 1) of the HOA legal structure that rejects our constitutional system of government, which far outweighs the public benefits, and (2) state legislative protection and cooperation with HOAs. Web: http://pvtgov.org/pvtgov/ [13 Apr 2024]
Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) Advocates for federal, state, and local taxes that ensure the rich and corporations pay their fair share. This will make for stronger communities, a fairer economy, and more opportunity for all. Bringing unique insights to the tax debate and supporting the work of coalition partners, CTJ reinforces with lawmakers and the general public that 40-years of trickle-down economics has not worked for the average American, and we can no longer let the rich and corporations off the hook for paying their fair share. Web: https://ctj.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter) (CCL Alameda County) A climate change organization that exists to create the political will for a livable world by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power. Our consistently respectful, nonpartisan approach to climate education is designed to create a broad, sustainable foundation to drive climate action across all geographic regions and political inclinations. By building upon shared values rather than partisan divides, and empowering our supporters to work in keeping with the concerns of their local communities, we work towards the adoption of fair, effective, and sustainable climate change solutions. We train and support volunteers to build relationships with elected officials, the media and their local community. Web: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/CA_Alameda_County/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ [26 May 2023]
City Lights Bookstore Founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin, City Lights is one of the few truly great independent bookstores in the United States, a place where booklovers from across the country and around the world come to browse, read, and just soak in the ambiance of alternative culture’s only “Literary Landmark.” Although it has been more than sixty years since tour buses with passengers eager to sight “beatniks” began pulling up in front of City Lights, the Beats’ legacy of anti-authoritarian politics and unconstrained intellectual curiosity continues to be a strong influence in the store, most evident in the selection of titles. Address: 261 Columbus Avenue (near Broadway), San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 362-8193 Email: staff@citylights.com Web: https://citylights.com/ [17 Sep 2023]
City of Refuge United Church of Christ We are intentionally radically inclusive, welcoming all persons, regardless of race, color, ancestry, age, ability, gender, sexual or affectional orientation. We celebrate the Creator’s Diversity! We worship Christ and welcome people from all faith paths that harmonize with the ministry of Jesus Christ. Address: 8400 Enterprise Way, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 633-6316 Email: info@cityofrefugeucc.org Web: https://cityofrefugeucc.org/ [03 Jul 2021]
City Repair Facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. City Repair has accomplished many projects through a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists. We provide support, resources, and opportunities to help diverse communities reclaim the culture, power, and joy that we all deserve. Web: https://cityrepair.org/ [25 Apr 2021]
City Slicker Farms City Slicker Farms began with a mission to co-power West Oakland community members to meet the basic need for fresh, healthy food by creating sustainable, high-yield urban farms and backyard gardens. Since its founding in 2001, City Slicker Farms has been at the forefront of the 21st-century sustainable urban farming and food justice movement, gaining national recognition as a leader in supporting low-income communities of color to grow food in the city. In the last 20 years, we have built over 400 backyard and community gardens, produced 300,000 pounds of nutrient rich food, and trained thousands of community members in organic gardening methods and environmental stewardship Address: 2847 Peralta Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 763-4241 Email: info@cityslickerfarms.org Web: https://www.cityslickerfarms.org/ [02 Oct 2021]
Civicorps Schools Mission is to re-engage young adults, age 18-26, to earn their high school diplomas, gain job skills, pursue college, and embark on family sustaining careers. See how we are accomplishing our mission in an archive of annual reports. Address: 101 Myrtle Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 992-7800 Fax: (510) 992-7950 Email: info@cvcorps.org Web: https://cvcorps.org/ [17 Sep 2022]
Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) Supports movements that seek to dismantle the political and economic structures at the root of social inequality and environmental destruction. We provide litigation, education, legal and strategic resources to strengthen and embolden their success. CLDC defends front line activists, pursues civil rights litigation, and educates people about their rights and how to use them in order to expose and confront the persistent erosion of our civil liberties and the Bill of Rights. We believe knowledge is power, and that when people have the tools and understanding to take action and demand that the government honor all their rights, grassroots activism has a stronger chance of exacting the change necessary for building a more sustainable and just world. Web: https://cldc.org/ [13 Apr 2024]
Class Action Inspires action to end classism and extreme inequality by providing tools, training, and inspiration to raise awareness, understand the relationship of class and race, shift cultural beliefs about social class, build cross-class solidarity, and transform institutions and systems. Life within US capitalism, with its myths of meritocracy and strong individualist bent, has not only led to extreme wealth inequality but also stoked false divisions among us, creating stubborn barriers to change. Many people in the US believe we are a “classless” society or that “people get what they deserve,” blind to the structural inequality and racism that have defined the limits of our lives. Web: https://classism.org/ [26 May 2023]
Clean Energy Action A Colorado-based, grassroots organization dedicated to accelerating the equitable transition to a post-fossil fuel world. We commit to applying anti-racist principles to protect and empower Colorado communities through public education, nonprofit collaboration, and policy advocacy. Web: https://www.cleanenergyaction.org/ [13 Apr 2024]
Clean Water Action (California office) (CWA) Since our founding during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking and people power to the table. Our mission is to protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups and coalitions, and campaigns to elect environmental candidates and to solve environmental and community problems. Address: 350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (415) 369-9160 Fax: (415) 369-9180 Email: cacwa@cleanwater.org Web: https://www.cleanwateraction.org/ [04 Jun 2022]
Climate Access A nonprofit organization focused on building political and public support for climate and clean energy solutions by developing and promoting effective communication and engagement approaches. Since 2011, Climate Access has demonstrated the value of going beyond environmental frames and using new narrative concepts that have since become widely used, such as illustrating the interconnectedness between energy use and climate change and emphasizing the need for carbon-free or low-carbon energy. Web: https://climateaccess.org/ [23 Nov 2021]
The Climate Center Working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. Our strategic goal: By 2025, California will enact policies to accelerate equitable climate action, achieving net-negative emissions and resilient communities for all by 2030, catalyzing other states, the nation and the world to take climate action. Address: 1275 Fourth Street #191, Santa Rosa CA 95404 Voice: (707) 525-1665 Email: info@theclimatecenter.org Web: https://theclimatecenter.org/ [23 Nov 2021]
Climate Defiance We do not do petitions. We do direct action. If people in power will not save us we will save ourselves. there is no choice. We need consistent, mass-turnout, nonviolent disruption to stop business as usual and compel politicians to act. When we engage in direct action—whether through a strike, a blockade, or a mass occupation—we break through. Web: https://www.climatedefiance.org/ [29 Dec 2023]
Climate Disobedience Center Exists to support a growing community of climate dissidents who take the risk of acting commensurate with the scale and urgency of the crisis. Brings together an experienced team to provide logistical, legal and spiritual resources, on the ground assistance, and advice to climate activists engaged in civil disobedience across the country. The Center will deploy those assets to nurture strong, grounded communities of resistance willing to take risks of moral imagination, and is committed to supporting those who hold allegiance to a higher moral law through the legal process and consequences of action. Web: https://www.climatedisobedience.org/ [26 May 2023]
Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force (CEMTF) A Bay Area coalition of elected officials, city & county staff, nongovernmental organizations, youth, environmental activists, social activists, and front line communities addressing the inequities and causes of the climate emergency. CEMTF has worked to build a coalition with the civic will and power to move the Bay Area together to a just, regenerative economy that can not only meet, but exceed the carbon mitigation standards set by the IPCC. Web: https://www.cemtf.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
Climate Health Now We are doctors, nurses, health professionals and health students in California taking on the climate crisis to protect our patients and the people and places we love. A group of doctors and health professionals in California who recognize climate change as the public health and equity emergency of our lifetimes. We mobilize the trusted voice of health professionals to advocate for a rapid, just transition off harmful fossil fuels toward a healthy, equitable society sustained by renewable energy. Web: https://www.climatehealthnow.org/ [23 Nov 2021]
The Climate Mobilization Building power for a national transformation that rapidly restores a safe climate and creates a just and democratic society. We are in a Climate Emergency. We need a whole-society mobilization to prevent climate catastrophe. Let’s build the movement that can get us there. Web: https://www.theclimatemobilization.org/ [04 Jun 2022]
Climate Organizing Hub Founded in 2022 as a climate action center to run campaigns against the fossil fuel industry by partnering with frontline community groups and individual activists. Our work is rooted in the belief that those most impacted by the effects of climate change need to be centered in the fight, and that the most meaningful way to stop the devastating impacts of climate change is to dismantle the fossil fuel industry. Web: https://www.climateorganizinghub.org/ [19 Sep 2023]
Climate Reality Project Former US Vice President Al Gore founded The Climate Reality Project to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector of society. We recruit, train, and mobilize people of all walks of life to work for just climate solutions that speed energy transition worldwide and open the door to a better tomorrow for us all. Web: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/ [23 Apr 2023]
Clinic by the Bay The safety net for those who have no affordable option for high-quality, compassionate primary, acute, chronic or preventative medical care. We believe our patients have a right to comprehensive healthcare. Our services are for uninsured adults living or working in the Bay Area. All Clinic services are free. Even with the Affordable Care Act, nearly 90,000 people remain uninsured in San Francisco and San Mateo counties — 25% of this population is in our neighborhood … Mission District, Excelsior and northern San Mateo County. Address: 35 Onondaga Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 405-0222 (patient line); (415) 405-0207 (all others) Fax: (415) 405-0223 Email: info@clinicbythebay.org Web: https://www.clinicbythebay.org/ [07 Jan 2024]
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 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: https://www.cauce.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness Organizes homeless people and front line service providers to create permanent solutions to homelessness, while working to protect the human rights of those forced to remain on the streets. For decades, the Coalition on Homelessness has developed the leadership skills of homeless San Franciscans to forge true solutions to the housing crisis and beat back mean-spirited attacks against them. Address: 280 Turk Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 346-3740 Web: https://www.cohsf.org/ [09 Jan 2022]
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 mobilizes the Jewish community to advocate for policies that support environmental protection while building core Jewish environmental knowledge. 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: https://www.coejl.org/ [07 Jan 2024]
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) We are an integrated, youth-led civil rights/immigrant rights organization committed to building the new civil rights movement. This moment in history calls for bold leaders who are prepared to stand on the truth and lead through action. BAMN exists to develop the conscious political method needed to turn our struggles into fights that can win, learning both from the successes and mistakes of our own struggles, and from the most successful leaders of mass movements like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass. Our movement is integrated and international, and we are fighting for fundamental equality and freedom for all of humanity, for a new kind of society. Voice: (855) ASK-BAMN (855-275-2266) Email: email@bamn.com Web: https://www.bamn.com/ [04 Jun 2022]
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, to hold war criminals accountable, and to end and prevent other U.S. wars and regime change efforts. We actively oppose U.S. sanctions on Iran, Venezuela, N. Korea, Cuba, and more, the continuing U.S. war in Afghanistan, torture, the detention center at Guantanamo, weaponized and spy drones, and the prosecution of whistle-blowers. We support Palestinian rights, diplomacy, and growing local peace economies. Our flagship campaign is Divest from the War Machine to divest from companies that derive their profits from U.S. military interventions, the global arms trade, and the militarization of our streets. Web: https://www.codepink.org/ https://www.facebook.com/CodepinkSFBayArea/ [17 Sep 2022]
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/ [11 Jun 2022]
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth Believes that all children and families deserve access to high quality education, living wage jobs, family-supporting benefits, affordable housing, and a voice in the decisions that affect us. Since 1975, Coleman Advocates has pioneered programs and policies to expand opportunity for San Francisco’s children, youth and families, Many of these hard-won programs and policies have served as models adopted by communities all over the country. Address: 459 Vienna Street, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 239-0161 Email: info@colemanadvocates.org Web: https://colemanadvocates.org/ [02 Oct 2021]
ColorLines Magazine A daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning in-depth reporting, news analysis, opinion and curation. Colorlines is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice. Web: https://www.colorlines.com/ [02 Oct 2021]
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. A project of Public Citizen. Web: https://commercialalert.org/ [26 May 2023]
San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (SFCHRP) A San Francisco based human rights advocacy group. Latest news and views on human rights in the Philippines. CHRP educates, activates, and organizes Bay Area communities to promote human rights of the Filipino people as well as supports the human rights struggles of all people. Web: https://sanfranchrp.wordpress.com/ [13 Apr 2024]
Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) A grassroots solidarity organization that has been supporting the Salvadoran people’s struggle for social and economic justice since 1980. We organize strategic campaigns against US government and corporate intervention in El Salvador and accompany the Salvadoran popular movement in its work to realize an inspiring vision of participatory democracy and economic justice. Our work is coordinated through the CISPES National Office in Washington, DC, and carried out by local CISPES chapters and supporters across the country. Web: https://www.cispes.org/ [25 Apr 2021]
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 [03 Jun 2023]
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) An independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. We defend the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. CPJ protects the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever journalists are under threat. CPJ reports on violations in repressive countries, conflict zones, and established democracies alike. A board of prominent journalists from around the world helps guide CPJ’s activities. Web: https://cpj.org/ [09 Feb 2024]
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) 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: https://www.cc-ds.org/ [07 Jan 2024]
Common Cause A nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process. Web: https://www.commoncause.org/ [03 Jul 2021]
Common Dreams News Center A reader-supported independent news outlet created in 1997 as a new media model. Our nonprofit newsroom covers the most important news stories of the moment. Common Dreams free online journalism keeps our millions of readers well-informed, inspired, and engaged. 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: https://www.commondreams.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
Common Future A network of leaders (re)building an economy that includes everyone. We have an audacious vision for a new economy that works for all and extracts from none. Our initiatives shift capital, uplift local leaders, and advise the development of equitable economies. We’re more than our team—we’re a network of community leaders, funders, and more people working towards a collective vision. Address: 2323 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 587-9417 Email: info@commonfuture.co Web: https://www.commonfuture.co/ [25 Sep 2021]
The Commons San Francisco We produce low cost seminars presenting an overview of the principles upon which all economies function. These seminars are distinguished by their robust consideration of the commons. We also produce walking tours, as well as occasional events highlighting the prominence of The Commons in nearly every aspect of human experience. Address: 189 Ellsworth Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 948-4265 Email: info@thecommonssf.org Web: https://www.thecommonssf.org/ [07 Jan 2024]
Commonweal A center for learning and research, transformation, and discovery. Our programs work in the areas of health and healing; education and the arts; and environment and justice. Incubates and supports almost 50 different programs including programs in cancer, health professional education, environmental health, healing arts, art education, yoga, permaculture gardening, and juvenile justice. Address: PO Box 316, Bolinas CA 94924 Voice: (415) 868-0970 Web: https://www.commonweal.org/ [09 Jan 2022]
The Commonwealth Fund Mission is to promote a high-performing, equitable health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including people of color, people with low income, and those who are uninsured. 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: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/ [07 Jan 2024]
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 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: 120 Broadway, Suite 2, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 302-0430 Web: https://www.cbecal.org/ [09 Jan 2022]
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) CURYJ (pronounced 'courage') unlocks the leadership of young people to dream beyond bars. We look to young people to lead the way in transforming our communities by investing in their healing, aspirations, and activism. By 2030, we aim to end youth incarceration in California. Every young person is sacred and every young person is a gift. But too many are silenced and disempowered by the impacts of the criminal, immigration, foster care, police, and education systems. We work for transformation and liberation through a combination of individual and collective healing and significant shifts in policy. Address: 490 Lake Park Avenue #16086, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (501) 232-7230 Email: help@curyj.org Web: https://curyj.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) A California-based nonprofit that builds sustainable food and farming systems through local and statewide policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs in an effort to initiate institutionalized change. Our programs address current problems and challenges in food and farming systems, creating more resilient family farms, communities, and ecosystems. We work to support family farmers and serve community members throughout the state, including consumers, food service directors, schoolchildren and low-income populations with the aim of growing a more resilient, just and abundant food system for all Californians. This timeline highlights some of our accomplishments and efforts to support California family farmers. Web: https://caff.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
Community Boards Operates the longest-running nonprofit conflict resolution center in the United States. We have an excellent reputation for supplying high quality programs in the community since 1976. We offer a range of affordable conflict resolution and restorative justice programs and services to residents, businesses, schools and communities throughout San Francisco. Our mediation services are offered in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and English through our corps of 450+ highly skilled volunteer Community Mediators. Address: Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2040, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 920-3820 Email: Learn_More@communityboards.org Web: http://www.communityboards.org [11 Jun 2022]
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) A nonprofit offering legal services that improve the lives of low-income families throughout the region. We specialize in immigration, housing, workers’ rights, records clearance, and consumer protection. Our team of attorneys, paralegals and social worker work side-by-side with low-income communities and partner with community-based organizations, churches, and schools to bring about lasting change. We train and support community members to navigate the legal system and exercise their rights. We achieve our mission using multiple, innovative strategies, including community education, individual legal advice and representation, legal assistance to community groups, policy advocacy, and impact litigation. Address: 1861 Bay Road, East Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 326-6440 Web: https://clsepa.org/ [03 Jul 2021]
Community Technology Alliance (CTA) Founded in 1991 to design and construct the technical infrastructure necessary to support the work to end homelessness in Santa Clara County. CTA has since evolved into a nonprofit focusing on ways for databases and other tools to communicate and exchange data, and on ways to integrate and centrally store data for reporting and data visualization purposes. Address: 75 E Santa Clara Street, Suite 900, San Jose CA 95113 Voice: (408) 437-8800 Fax: (408) 437-9169 Email: info@ctagroup.org Web: https://ctagroup.org/ [09 Oct 2021]
Community United Against Violence (CUAV) Works to build the power of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 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 Email: info@cuav.org Web: https://www.cuav.org/ [07 Jan 2024]
Community Vision We promote economic justice and alleviate 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 and Central California communities. Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 677, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 392-8215 Email: info@communityvisionca.org Web: https://communityvisionca.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Community Works (CW) Seeks to transform justice through programs and policy rooted in humanity and healing. We honor as expertise the lived experience of survivors, incarcerated people, and their communities. Our programs are culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and rooted in Restorative Justice and the Arts. Our services are designed to meet the needs of people at any stage of justice system involvement. Address: 110 Broadway, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 268-8116 Email: info@communityworkswest.org Web: https://communityworkswest.org/ [07 Jan 2024]
Community Youth Center (CYC) Our mission is to encourage a diverse population of high-need young people to explore their full potential through academic, career, family, and community life. CYC serves over 8,000 youth each year and is one of only a few agencies in the city addressing the needs of a diverse population of low-income, high-need, and at-risk Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), Latinx, and African American youth. We believe in opening doors of opportunity based on individual interests and needs, always with multiple entry points and multiple potential paths. Address: 1038 Post Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 775-2636 Email: hello@cycsf.org Web: https://www.cycsf.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
CommunityGrows Our mission is to cultivate healthy youth through growing gardens in low-income, diverse communities. Our vision is that all youth are able to benefit from the joy and healing of nature-based outdoor education, and develop the tools, confidence and resources to navigate and challenge structural injustices. CommunityGrows’ youth development programs provide a continuum of garden-based, hands-on environmental and health education programs at no cost to participants. Our curriculum focuses on environmental and garden lessons, nutrition education, civic involvement, leadership development, and job training for neighborhood youth. Address: 762 Fulton Sreet, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 731-1837 Email: info@communitygrows.org Web: https://www.communitygrows.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
Compass Family Services We help homeless families and those at imminent risk to achieve housing stability, economic self-sufficiency, and well-being. Compass Family Services leads the way in helping San Francisco families facing homelessness secure stable housing and attain economic self-sufficiency and family well-being. We have been service innovators for more than 100 years, and over 90% of the families who complete our housing programs achieve lasting success. Address: 37 Grove Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 644-0504 Email: info@compass-sf.org Web: https://www.compass-sf.org/ [09 Oct 2021]
Compassion & Choices Improves care, expands options and empowers everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. We envision a society that affirms life and accepts the inevitability of death, embraces expanded options for compassionate dying, and empowers everyone to choose end-of-life care that reflects their values, priorities, and beliefs. Web: https://www.compassionandchoices.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services Helps leaders, nonprofit organizations, and movements committed to social justice realize their full power. We are a 50-year-old nonprofit leadership development practice based in Oakland, CA. We believe that nonprofits are powerful vehicles for positive social change and that creating a world free of oppression means practicing liberation inside and out. Address: 548 Market Street, PMB 25158, San Francisco CA 94104-5401 Voice: (510) 318-3755 Email: info@compasspoint.org Web: https://www.compasspoint.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
Congregation Sha'ar Zahav Founded in 1977 and rooted in our history as San Francisco’s gay and lesbian synagogue, we offer the warmth and comfort of chosen family. To that end, we embrace a diversity of individuals of all sexualities, genders, races and abilities. We welcome a diversity of families, including single members, interfaith, single-parent, and multicultural families. Join us as we come together with open hearts to learn and grow with each other, lifting each other up to do what we never thought possible. Address: 290 Dolores Street (at 16th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-6932 Web: https://www.shaarzahav.org/ [09 Jan 2022]
Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Envisions a world where cities, towns, and neighborhoods are intentionally designed and managed to foster community, preserve the natural environment, and improve the lives of all people. CNU is dedicated to making the design of cities, towns, and neighborhoods a part of how we respond to complex societal challenges, realizing their full potential to expand the social, economic, and environmental opportunities available to all members of each community. By highlighting effective design principles and lowering barriers to change, CNU amplifies the grassroots power of our thousands of members to build and rebuild their communities in ways that improve sustainability, increase accessibility, and promote equity. Web: https://www.cnu.org/ [13 Apr 2024]
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. This Technology Timeline highlights similar and complementary legislative branch agency efforts. Web: https://www.congress.gov/ [03 Jun 2023]
Connect Oakland A bold vision to reconnect Oakland neighborhoods into the fabric of the City and reposition Oakland as the transportation hub for the Bay Area region. At the heart of ConnectOakland is the transformation of the Interstate 980 freeway into a boulevard. Similar to the relocation of the Cypress Freeway after the Loma Prieta earthquake, the transformation of I-980 will reintegrate West Oakland and its residents back into the fabric of the City of Oakland and mend an enduring wound that severed – both literally and figuratively – one of Oakland’s most historic neighborhoods from the City as a whole. The transformation of I-980 will also create new public land for housing, jobs, and open space, and can serve as a catalyst for future transportation connections throughout the region. Web: http://www.connectoakland.org/ [07 Sep 2021]
Conservation Corps North Bay Has one simple goal: to develop youth and conserve natural resources for a resilient, sustainable, and equitable community. Here in the North Bay we are lucky to be surrounded by nature—whether you hike in the hills, enjoy the beaches, or even just lounge in your neighborhood park, you are benefiting from the work of our corpsmembers and crews. We partner with local agencies, landowners, business owners, and community organizations to ensure our outdoor spaces are safe, accessible, and well-maintained. Address: 11 Pimentel Court, Novato CA 94949 Voice: (415) 454-4554 Web: https://www.ccnorthbay.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
Conservation Sense and Nonsense We use scientific studies and observation to explain why native plant “restorations” in California are rarely successful. Began in 2010 as the Million Trees blog to defend urban forests in the San Francisco Bay Area that were being destroyed because they are predominantly non-native. In renaming the Million Trees blog to Conservation Sense and Nonsense, we shift the focus away from specific projects toward the science that informed our opposition to those projects. Web: https://milliontrees.me/ [03 Jun 2023]
Consider The Homeless We have no agenda or affiliations other than to serve Berkeley’s homeless with dignity and respect. 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?” Address: PO Box 2771, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 560-4CTH (4286) Email: info@ConsiderTheHomeless.org Web: http://www.considerthehomeless.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
Consortium For Independent Journalism Tackles tough, important stories that the mainstream media either ignored or failed to cover accurately. Founding editor Robert Parry broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-contra scandal, including the first stories on contra cocaine smuggling. Web: https://consortiumnews.com/ [03 Jul 2021]
Consumer Action (CA) Through multilingual financial education materials, community outreach, and issue-focused advocacy, Consumer Action empowers underrepresented consumers nationwide to assert their rights in the marketplace and financially prosper. Address: 57 Post Street, Suite 611, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 777-9648 Fax: (415) 777-5267 Web: https://www.consumer-action.org/ [03 Jul 2021]
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. CFA is a research, advocacy, education, and service organization. Web: https://consumerfed.org/ [24 Sep 2022]
Consumers International The membership organisation for consumer groups around the world. We believe in a world where everyone has access to safe and sustainable products and services. We bring together over 200 member organisations in more than 100 countries to empower and champion the rights of consumers everywhere. We are their voice in international policy-making forums and the global marketplace to ensure they are treated safely, fairly and honestly. We are resolutely independent, unconstrained by businesses or political parties. We work in partnership and exercise our influence with integrity, tenacity and passion to deliver tangible results. Web: https://www.consumersinternational.org/ [03 Jul 2021]
Cool Effect Inc. Combining science, expertise, and transparency, we are creating a community built around one simple vision: give people the power and confidence to band together and reduce the carbon pollution that causes climate change. When you donate to a Cool Effect project, you are part of a community that’s passionate about saving the planet, one small action at a time. Address: 100 Drakes Landing Road, Suite 260, Greenbrae CA 94904 Email: info@cooleffect.org Web: https://www.cooleffect.org/ [09 Oct 2021]
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. Since our founding, we have helped nearly 1,000 homeowners and business owners move to clean and cost-effective solar energy. We use our buying power to secure discounted prices from the top equipment providers, and pass those savings on to our members. We don’t push pre-fabricated systems, but design systems to match the objectives of each of our members. 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/ [09 Jan 2022]
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) Our mission is to save the world’s coral reefs. We work at local, regional, and global levels to keep coral reefs healthy, so they can adapt to climate change and survive for generations to come. As one of the largest global NGOs focused exclusively on protecting coral reefs, the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) has used cutting-edge science and community engagement for nearly 30 years to reduce direct threats to reefs and to promote scalable and effective solutions for their protection. Address: 548 Market Street, Suite 29802, San Francisco CA 94104-5401 Voice: (510) 370-0500 Email: info@coral.org Web: https://coral.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
Corporate Accountability International Stops transnational corporations from devastating democracy, trampling human rights, and destroying our planet. We are building a world rooted in justice where corporations answer to people, not the other way around—a world where every person has access to clean water, healthy food, a safe place to live, and the opportunity to reach their full human potential. Web: https://corporateaccountability.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
Corporate Watch A research group that helps people stand up against corporations and capitalism. We investigate exploitative bosses, landlords and property developers, companies profiting from prisons, deportation flights, animal exploitation and more, as well as the mega-corporations devastating our planet – and the wider systems of power and profit they work within. At the heart of everything we do is our idea of “information for action”. We know that people can fight and win, even against powerful enemies like corporations and governments. Good information helps to understand the forces we’re up against, spot their weaknesses, and so campaign effectively. Web: https://corporatewatch.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
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 has been transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis for over 10 years. 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. The film is based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan. Web: https://www.thecorporation.com/ [09 Jan 2022]
CorpWatch Works to promote environmental, social and human rights at the local, national and global levels by holding multinational corporations accountable for their actions. We employ investigative research and journalism to provide critical information on corporate malfeasance and profiteering around the world to foster a more informed public and an effective democracy. Address: 1958 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704 Web: http://www.corpwatch.org/ [03 Jul 2021]
Costs of War Project A team of over 50 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2010. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the related violence in Pakistan and Syria. There are many hidden or unacknowledged costs of the United States’ decision to respond to the 9/11 attacks with military force. We aim to foster democratic discussion of these wars by providing the fullest possible account of their human, economic, and political costs, and to foster better informed public policies. Web: https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/ [01 Sep 2021]
COTS Committee on the Shelterless Our mission is to assist those experiencing homelessness in finding and keeping housing, increasing self-sufficiency, and improving well-being. We envision a community where everyone has a place to call home. According to the 2022 Point in Time Count, there are some 3,000 individuals experiencing homelessness in Sonoma County. For 35 years, COTS has been working to combat this crisis, providing hot and nutritious meals daily to anyone in need and a range of services to support people in reaching their short- and long-term housing, healthcare and employment goals. Address: PO Box 2744, Petaluma CA 94953 Voice: (707) 765-6530 Email: info@cots.org Web: https://cots.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) A nonprofit coalition of 22 community-based housing developers and tenant advocates. Our collective longstanding mission is to foster the development of permanently affordable low-income housing in San Francisco, under community control and through non-speculative means of ownership, with adequate provisions for tenant services and empowerment. Address: 325 Clementina Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415)-882-0901 Email: ccho@sfic-409.org Web: https://www.sfccho.org/ [08 May 2021]
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) A nonprofit, grassroots civil rights and advocacy organization. CAIR is America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with affiliate offices nationwide. Its national headquarters is located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Since its establishment in 1994, CAIR has worked to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. Through media relations, lobbying, education and advocacy, CAIR works to make sure a Muslim voice is represented. Through our work, CAIR seeks to empower American Muslims and encourage their participation in political and social activism. Web: https://www.cair.com/ [03 Jul 2021]
Countercurrents.org Publishes reports, analyses, experiences, academic debates and campaigns which take a side – the Side of the People! Our objectivity is people’s past, present and future. During 18 years of its existence Countercurrents.org has published over 50,000 articles, fact finding reports, research papers and news items on major social issues around the world. Web: https://countercurrents.org/ [03 Jul 2021]
CounterPulse Building a movement of risk-taking art that shatters assumptions and builds community. We provide space and resources for emerging artists and cultural innovators, serving as an incubator for the creation of socially relevant, community-based art and culture. CounterPulse acts as a catalyst for art and action; creating a forum for the open exchange of art and ideas, sparking transformation in our communities and our society. We work towards a world that celebrates diversity of race, class, cultural heritage, artistic expression, ability, gender identity, and sexual orientation. We strive to create an environment that is physically and economically accessible to everyone. Address: 80 Turk Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 626-2060 Email: info@counterpulse.org Web: https://www.counterpulse.org/ [25 Apr 2021]
CounterVortex A blog and news service that provides concise, comprehensive daily reportage and analysis on US military operations and the “War on Terrorism”; resource wars and autonomy struggles; and dissident-left perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America and around the world. Web: https://countervortex.org/ [02 Feb 2022]
Courage California Believes that California must be a beacon of progressive, equitable, and truly representative democracy. As the 5th largest economy in the world — and the United States’ largest and most diverse state — California is uniquely positioned to serve as a model for the country. By providing the information, resources and infrastructure Californians need to hold their elected officials accountable, Courage California is fighting for a California that works for all of us. To achieve this, State and local representatives must be accountable to and reflective of the Californians they seek to serve, and work for the public’s benefit — as opposed to prioritizing the will of corporate lobbyists and campaign contributors. Web: https://couragecalifornia.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
Courage to Resist Supports the troops who refuse to fight, or who face consequences for acting on conscience, in opposition to illegal wars, occupations, the policies of empire abroad and martial law at home. Our People Power strategy weakens the pillars that perpetuate these causes of immense violence. By supporting military resistance, counter-recruitment, and draft resistance, we intend to cut off the supply of troops for war, while pledging resistance to the policies of hate, repression, and the militarization of policing domestically. We are autonomous from and independent of any political organization or party. Address: 484 Lakepark Avenue # 41, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 488-3559 Web: https://couragetoresist.org/ [15 Jan 2022]
Covenant House California A non-profit youth shelter that provides sanctuary and support for youth experiencing homelessness, ages 18-24. We believe that no young person deserves to be homeless; that every young person in California deserves shelter, food, clothing, education … and most importantly, to be loved. CHC provides a full continuum of services to meet the physical, emotional, educational, vocational, and spiritual well-being of young people, in order to provide them with the best chance for success in independence. Address: 200 Harrison Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 379-1010 Fax: (510) 379-1036 Email: info@covenanthousecalifornia.org Web: https://covenanthousecalifornia.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
Coworker.org The leading global peer-based platform designed specifically to support workers of all kinds to spark true change in the workplace. Our team of advocacy experts and organizers back workers and groups alike by offering proven education and training, strategic support, research, data analysis, and a range of advocacy tools. Web: https://home.coworker.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
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: https://www.cowspiracy.com/ [25 Apr 2021]
Creative Action Theater (CAT) Seeks to uplift the call for care not cops, culture not cops, and well, just about anything but cops! Inspired by the work of Berkeley Copwatch and the many other amazing community organizations in Berkeley, CAT brings a playful and satirical lens to an otherwise serious struggle. Join us to get creative with your action! "If I can't dance I don't want to be in your revolution." -Emma Goldman Web: https://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/cat [20 Nov 2021]
Creativity Explored We are a studio in San Francisco that partners with artists with developmental disablities to celebrate and nurture the creative potential in all of us. Address: 3245 16th Street (at Guerrero), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 863-2108 Fax: (415) 863-1655 Email: info@creativityexplored.org Web: https://www.creativityexplored.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
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 65,000 calls each year. Services include on-going therapy groups, school-based counseling, supportive services for seniors, suicide prevention for youth; and community education. Address: PO Box 3120, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 420-2460 (office) Fax: (510) 420-2461 Web: https://www.crisissupport.org/ [09 Oct 2021]
Crissy Field Center A dynamic hub of youth engagement for the Golden Gate National Parks, the Center is a model program of the National Park Service, the Presidio Trust, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Crissy Field Center programs encourage new generations to become bold leaders for thriving parks, healthy communities, and a more environmentally just society. The Center’s state of the art, green education facility consists of classrooms, labs, and gathering spaces for youth enrolled in the Center’s camps, field trips, and programs. With a 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: 201 Fort Mason, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 561-3000 Fax: (415) 561-3003 Web: https://www.parksconservancy.org/programs/crissy-field-center [24 Sep 2022]
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: P Box 22780, Oakland CA 94609-2301 Voice: (510) 444-0484 Email: crnational@criticalresistance.org Web: http://criticalresistance.org/ [09 Oct 2021]
The Crucible A nonprofit organization and art school dedicated to making the fine and industrial arts accessible for all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. Founded in 1999 by Michael Sturtz, our work is centered in Oakland and the East Bay, where we offer classes and team builds in glass, metal, clay, wood, and more to over 8,000 people each year. As part of celebrating and empowering Oakland, we offer free programming, scholarships, and paid leadership opportunities for youth and adults who live locally and otherwise could not participate. Address: 1260 7th Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 444-0919 Email: info@thecrucible.org Web: https://www.thecrucible.org/ [09 Oct 2021]
Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) Dedicated to advancing the state of the art of digital capture and documentation of the world’s cultural, historic, and artistic treasures. We offer technologies and tools, hands-on training, and consulting and imaging services to the conservators, archaeologists, librarians, archivists, and others who care for our shared heritage. We publish papers and give talks and demos at conferences. We freely distribute our open source software and guides. Address: 2325 3rd Street, Suite 337, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 558-8672 Email: info@c-h-i.org Web: http://culturalheritageimaging.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
Culture and Animals Foundation (CAF) Provides annual grants to scholars and artists using their intellect, creativity, and compassion to build a deeper understanding of human–animal relationships and a greater respect for animal rights. CAF also hosts the Annual Tom Regan Memorial Lecture, sponsors the Tom Regan Visiting Research Fellowship at North Carolina State University, and has hosted a festival of arts and scholarship. Web: https://www.cultureandanimals.org/ [25 Apr 2021]
Cycles of Change Our mission is to improve the health and sustainability of East Oakland neighborhoods by increasing the use of bicycles as transportation. We broaden access to biking in low-income communities of color through education programs and low cost or free resources, connecting youth with the extraordinary living ecosystems of our local area and building a diverse community of visionary young leaders. Address: 1246 23rd Avenue, Oakland CA 94606 Voice: (510) 842-1006 Email: info@cyclesofchange.org Web: https://www.cyclesofchange.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
Daily Acts We are a holistic education nonprofit that takes a heart-centered approach to inspiring transformative actions that create connected, equitable, and climate resilient communities. We believe in the power of our daily actions to reconnect people to self, community, and place, which helps to heal our society and planet. To survive climate change, we must focus on the solutions that help reduce it as well as adapt to changes that are already happening. Daily Acts connects people and builds community through education, action, and policy change that address the climate crisis to create a livable future for all. Address: PO Box 293, Petaluma CA 94953 Voice: (707) 789-9664 Web: https://dailyacts.org/ [17 Sep 2023]
Dark Mountain Project In 2009, two English writers published a manifesto. Out of that manifesto grew a cultural movement: a rooted and branching network of creative activity, centred on the Dark Mountain journal, sustained by the work of a growing gang of collaborators and contributors, as well as the support of thousands of readers around the world. Together, we are walking away from the stories that our societies like to tell themselves, the stories that prevent us seeing clearly the extent of the ecological, social and cultural unravelling that is now underway. We are making art that doesn’t take the centrality of humans for granted. We are tracing the deep cultural roots of the mess the world is in. And we are looking for other stories, ones that can help us make sense of a time of disruption and uncertainty. Web: https://dark-mountain.net/ [25 Apr 2021]
David Brower Center A public center in Downtown Berkeley uniting art, activism, and the environment in a LEED platinum-rated building. By advocating for the beauty, diversity and ecological integrity of our planet and people, we accomplish our mission—through permanent infrastructure and ongoing programs: * Inform the public about environmental challenges we all face and bold actions we must take to remain a living planet * Inspire people to recognize their own power and responsibility to act on behalf of the Earth * Connect 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: https://browercenter.org/ [23 Sep 2023]
DCARA (Deaf, Counseling, Advocacy & Referral Agency) Mission is to promote and advocate for the rights of full access to American Sign Language and English, education, employment, and cultural identity of, by, for, and with Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened, and DeafBlind people. Address: 14895 East 14th Street, Suite 200, San Leandro CA 94578-2926 Voice: (510) 343-6670 Email: info@dcara.org Web: http://dcara.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
Death Penalty Focus Committed to the abolition of the death penalty through public education, grassroots and political organizing, media outreach, and domestic and international coalition building. Death Penalty Focus was founded in 1988 by a group of California death penalty abolitionists. Since then, DPF has led protests, supported vigils, engaged people of faith, and worked with community leaders to end the death penalty. From the start, DPF has educated, mobilized and organized the anti-death penalty movement in California. Web: https://deathpenalty.org/ [13 Jan 2024]
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: https://deathwithdignity.org/ [15 Jan 2022]
Defending Rights & Dissent (BORDC/DDF) Strengthens our participatory democracy by protecting the right to political expression. Freedom to dissent is essential to a functioning democracy, and every person under U.S. jurisdiction or control is entitled to Bill of Rights protections. At all times and especially when federal, state, or local governments propose or enact laws or policies that threaten or deny those rights, the people organize, exercising those same rights in the service of protecting them. Most people understand that the country cannot be made safer by sacrificing some rights for all or part of its population. When the people know and exercise their rights, the liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights hold firm and remain self-sustaining. Web: https://rightsanddissent.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
Demand Progress We amplify the voice of the people — and wield it to make government accountable and contest concentrated corporate power. Addresses Internet freedom, surveillance, corporate powe, militarism, democracy reform, and financial reform. Web: https://demandprogress.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
Democracy at Work Institute Created by the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC) to ensure that worker cooperative development in economically and socially marginalized communities is adequately supported, effective, and strategically directed. It is the only national organization dedicated to building the field of worker cooperative development. Through research, education and relationship-building, it meets the need for coordination of: existing resources development of standards and leaders critical discussion of models and best practices, and advocacy for worker cooperatives as a community economic development strategy Address: 57 Post Street, Suite 602, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 379-9201 Email: info@institute.coop Web: https://institute.coop/ [20 Jan 2024]
Depave Empowers disenfranchised communities to overcome social and environmental injustices and adapt to climate change through urban re-greening. Depave transforms over-paved places, creates resilient community greenspaces, promotes workforce development and education, and advocates for policy change to undo manifestations of systemic racism. Depave envisions an empowered society living within sustainable cities, built on a foundation of justice, equity, diversity, practicing inclusion and actively undoing systemic discrimination, social and environmental injustice of every kind. Depave imagines a sustainable city as a place where people and wildlife coexist and prosper amidst clean air, clean water, robust urban forests, thriving local agriculture, and healthy communities. Web: https://www.depave.org/ [13 Apr 2024]
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: https://desert-survivors.org/ [15 Jan 2022]
Design Action Collective Provides graphic design and visual communications for progressive, non-profit, and social change organizations. By providing high-quality professional graphic design and web development services, we aim to help build and strengthen progressive movements fighting for economic and social justice. Our members are social justice activists and organizers who offer our skills as graphic designers and web developers to progressive movements. Design Action is a worker-owned and managed cooperative and a union shop, affiliated with the Pacific Media Guild, Local 39521. Address: 1730 Franklin Street #103, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-1912 Email: info@designaction.org Web: https://designaction.org/ [15 Jan 2022]
Destiny Arts (De-Escalation Skills Training Inspiring Nonviolence in Youth) Believes that art and movement gives young people a vehicle for self and community expression. Founded by Black and Queer dance and martial artists in 1988, Destiny uses movement-based arts to uplift youth voice, supporting pathways for young people to express themselves, advocate for justice and equity, fight against the systemic racism that continues to impact Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and build a community where everyone feels seen, valued, and free. Address: 970 Grace Avenue, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 597-1619 Email: info@destinyarts.org Web: https://destinyarts.org/ [24 Sep 2022]
The Development Group for Alternative Policies (Development GAP) Founded in 1976 to assist 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: https://www.developmentgap.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
Diablo Rising Tide Works towards climate and environmental justice in the Bay Area — while confronting the root causes of climate change. We take the lead from local communities and believe that direct action gets the goods. We confront the root causes of climate change with direct action and people-powered grassroots organizing. We are the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of Rising Tide North America. Rising Tide is an international, all-volunteer, grassroots network of groups and individuals who organize locally, promote community-based solutions to the climate crisis and take direct action to confront the root causes of climate change. In Canada, the United States and Mexico the network is facilitated by Rising Tide North America. Web: http://diablorisingtide.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
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 Email: info@dredf.org Web: https://dredf.org/ [23 Sep 2023]
Disability Services & Legal Center (DSLC) The primary resource for adults, children, veterans and seniors with disabilities and their families in Sonoma County since 1976. DSLC is one of California’s 28 Centers for Independent Living (CIL/ILC) that promotes the Independent Living philosophy through education, community partnerships and advocacy. Headquartered in Santa Rosa (with branch offices in Napa and Ukiah), the organization serves people with disabilities in Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino Counties. DSLC serves over 2,000 people annually, providing information, advice and assistance on a wide range of disability-related matters. DSLC’s mission is to advance the rights of people with disabilities to equal justice, access, opportunity, and participation in our communities. Address: 521 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa CA 95401 Voice: (707) 528-2745 Web: http://mydslc.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
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: https://dissidentvoice.org/ [15 Jan 2022]
Dollars and Sense A non-profit, non-hierarchical, collectively-run organization that publishes economic news and analysis, with the mission of explaining essential economic concepts by placing them in their real-world context. We publish a bi-monthly magazine, as well as economics books that are used in college social science courses, study groups and other educational settings. D&S publications question the assumptions of traditional academic theories and empower people to think about alternatives to the prevailing system. We cover issues that are ignored by mainstream media and misunderstood by orthodox economic analysts. The magazine includes regular reports on economic justice activism, primers on economic topics, and critiques of the corporate media's coverage of the economy. Web: http://www.dollarsandsense.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog A family-owned and operated mailorder business that has been designing and distributing union-made progressive materials promoting peace, social and environmental justice, and human rights since 1975. We also offer a full range of custom printing services, prompt, inexpensive, highest-quality, digital full-color union printing. Web: https://www.donnellycolt.com/ [20 Jan 2024]
Dorothy Day House Provides shelter, sustenance and a caring presence to those most in need in our community. We were founded in the spirit of Dorothy Day, a faith-based social change activist who played a major role in the antiwar, women’s rights, civil rights, labor and human services movements of the 1920’s right through the Vietnam Era. She also co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement. Address: PO Box 12701, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (510) 705-1325 Email: info@dorothydayhouse.org Web: https://www.dorothydayhouseberkeley.org/ [09 Oct 2021]
The Dossier This site contains a library of video, articles and related content from a wide range of sources where you can find information, including in-depth investigations, on current and past events. Some of the issues covered on this site include: the war on terrorism, the exploitation of developing nations, the financial crisis, the spread of propaganda through social media, the rise of fascism, the struggle and conflict across the Middle East, the impact of austerity and the growth of precarious employment. Web: https://www.thedossier.info/ [23 Sep 2023]
DrawBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children Since 1989, DrawBridge has provided weekly expressive arts programs free of charge to children in shelters, affordable housing sites and community centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained facilitators and volunteers promote a safe and supportive environment for each child to explore the playful creativity that is so important to healthy development. Our approach allows kids to establish their own direction, pace of creation and depth of self-exploration. Avoiding expectations, we believe that there is nothing in a child that needs fixing. Address: PO Box 2698, San Rafael CA 94912 Voice: (415) 444-0930 Email: info@drawbridge.org Web: https://www.drawbridge.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
Drug Policy Alliance (DPA Network) The leading organization in the U.S. promoting alternatives to the war on drugs. We envision a just society in which the use and regulation of drugs are grounded in science, compassion, health, and human rights; in which people are no longer punished for what they put into their own bodies; and in which the fears, prejudices, and punitive prohibitions of today are no more. Since 2000, we led the way on creating cutting-edge policies that have fundamentally transformed the direction of drug policy in the U.S. and beyond. This includes a successful and growing marijuana reform movement across the nation. We are leading the movement to treat drug use as a health issue, not a criminal problem. Web: https://drugpolicy.org/ [10 Jun 2023]
Earth Island Institute An international environmental organization and fiscal sponsor to more than seventy-five projects working in the areas of conservation, wildlife protection, climate change solutions, women’s environmental leadership, Indigenous communities, sustainable agriculture and food systems, community resilience, environmental justice, and more. The organization also includes a legal division, Earth Island Advocates; a youth leadership program, New Leaders Initiative; and an award-winning magazine, Earth Island Journal. Founded in 1982 by legendary environmentalist David Brower, Earth Island Institute is one of the leading environmental activist organizations in the United States. Address: 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704-1375 Voice: (510) 859-9100 Web: https://www.earthisland.org/ [10 Jun 2023]
Earthjustice The premier nonprofit public interest 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: (800) 584-6460 Fax: (415) 217-2040 Email: info@earthjustice.org Web: https://earthjustice.org/ [20 Jan 2024]
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: https://earthlight.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
EarthRights International (ERI) A non-governmental, non-profit organization that combines the power of law with the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, which we define as “earth rights.” We take legal action against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, train activists, and work with communities to demand meaningful and lasting change. We are a team of community leaders, campaigners, and legal strategists who challenge the powerful corporations, governments, and financial institutions that violate peoples’ rights and destroy our planet for profit. We rise in defense of communities and the planet, using the power of law and the power of people in pursuit of justice. Web: https://earthrights.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
EarthSave Foundation California non-profit agency committed to serving individuals and families in need. Through our Meals For Health program, EarthSave drastically improves the health of underserved populations. Hunger and obesity are often flip sides of the same malnutrition coin. Both hunger and obesity can be symptoms of poverty. Obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, bowel diseases, arthritis and a host of other degenerative conditions are rampant in communities experiencing food insecurity. Meals For Health teaches a lifestyle and plant-based diet proven to reverse serious diseases, get subjects off medication, and greatly improve the participants' quality of life. We make them available at no cost to needy individuals and families. Web: http://www.earthsave.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
EarthShare 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 Fax: (415) 800-6592 Email: esca@earthshareca.org Web: http://www.earthshareca.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
East Bay Agency for Children (EBAC) Healthy conditions are not distributed equally across our communities. Poverty, racism, and policies and laws that don’t support all families create barriers to wellness for many Bay Area families. EBAC’s transformational programs help children, youth, and families recover from trauma; build upon existing resilience to protect against long-term harm from past or future exposure to adversity; and when possible, prevent exposure to adverse childhood experiences. Guided by a trauma-informed approach, EBAC’s eight distinct, direct service programs include two counseling programs; intervention services for pre-schoolers; six Family Resource Centers; a health and wellness center, and grief support, afterschool, and youth empowerment programs. Address: 2828 Ford Street, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 268-3770 Fax: (510) 268-1073 Email: info@ebac.org Web: https://www.ebac.org/ [13 Apr 2024]
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) Advances economic, racial, and social justice by building a just economy based on good jobs and healthy communities. We address the root causes of economic injustice by developing strategic alliances among community, labor, and people of faith to build power and create change with low–income workers and communities of color. Address: 360 14th Street, 4th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 893-7106 Email: info@workingeastbay.org Web: https://workingeastbay.org/ [13 Apr 2024]
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) A non-profit community development organization with over 48 years of experience in building healthy, vibrant and safe neighborhoods in Oakland and East Bay. We address the specific needs of individual neighborhoods by connecting the essential elements of health and wellbeing through our Healthy Neighborhoods Approach. EBALDC is known for developing and managing diverse, mixed-income complexes and communities, while providing vital social and financial services, to help give long-time, low-income residents the ability to stay in their neighborhoods. We know Oakland well and invest deeply in our neighborhoods. Address: 1825 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 287-5353 Email: communications@ebaldc.org Web: https://ebaldc.org/ [20 Jan 2024]
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. Address: PO Box 1736, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 845-RIDE (7433) Web: https://bikeeastbay.org/ [24 Sep 2022]
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. EBBP is a 100% volunteer organized event for and by bike enthusiasts to celebrate community and human power. Rides are casual, with party stops at public spaces along a 10-15 mile route that changes every month. Attendees are encouraged to express themselves by participating in each ride’s theme, and music bikes are welcome to help shape a positive experience right here in our own community. Web: https://eastbaybikeparty.wordpress.com/ [16 Oct 2021]
East Bay Cohousing (EBCOHO) East Bay Cohousing is for people interested in intentional communities and creating ways of meeting our daily needs for shelter and livelihood through cooperative long-term relationships among peers. We are a big tent for all manner of self-governing member-led "collaborative housing" communities, including housing cooperatives, student coops, collective and co-living households, as well as co-housing neighborhoods, urban and rural eco-villages, faith-based or service oriented, moshads, kibbutzes and income sharing communes! EBCOHO Members come from every county in the Bay Area, and other parts of the US and the world. Web: https://www.meetup.com/ebcoho/ [25 Apr 2021]
East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) Mission is to promote justice and build a community that is more secure, productive, healthy, and hopeful by providing: Legal services and policy advocacy that are responsive to the needs of low-income communities Law training that prepares future attorneys to be skilled and principled advocates who are committed to addressing the causes and conditions of racial and economic injustice and poverty. Address: 1950 University Avenue, Suite 200, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 548-4040 Email: info@ebclc.org Web: https://ebclc.org/ [18 Jun 2022]
East Bay Community Space A beautiful and inclusive venue available for public and private events, co-working, and community building. Located at the corner of Telegraph Avenue and 55th Street in the historic Temescal district of North Oakland. Address: 507 55th Street, Oakland CA 94609 Email: ebcommunityspace@gmail.com Web: https://eastbaycommunityspace.org/ [21 Jan 2024]
East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) DSA is the country's largest socialist organization, and East Bay DSA is the fifth-largest chapter in the US. We are working for both an economy and society in Oakland, Berkeley, and throughout the East Bay that are 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. Web: https://www.eastbaydsa.org/ https://www.dsausa.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) Brings together community members, public officials, nonprofit housing developers, residents, service providers, planners, professionals, and advocates. Collectively, we’re building a movement to ensure everyone has a safe, healthy, and affordable place to call home. Since 1984, East Bay Housing Organizations has been the leading affordable housing advocacy coalition serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. EBHO is a member-driven organization working to preserve, protect, and create affordable housing opportunities for low-income communities in the East Bay by educating, advocating, organizing, and building coalitions. Address: 538 9th Street, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 663-3830 Email: staff@ebho.org Web: http://ebho.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
East Bay Pesticide Alert (Don't Spray California) Do not compromise around health. We advocate NO use of pesticides. Our work is specifically aimed at providing essential day-to-day services to individuals and communities affected by pesticides and other toxic chemicals, in the form of resources, research, and other vital information, and local actions to prevent further injuries. The government is not adequately furnishing proper care for those injured, nor information to prevent injury, are in fact actively complicit in keeping vital information secret. Our goal particularly is to provide information identifying the root causes, and to mobilize a movement of activists seeking to make changes at the core of the problem, which we believe lies in the ruthless exploitation of others for profit. Located in Berkeley, California. Voice: (510) 900-1160 Email: beneficialbug@sonic.net Web: http://www.eastbaypesticidealert.org/ [12 Mar 2022]
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (EBSC) Provides legal services, community organizing, and transformative education to support low-income immigrants and people fleeing violence and persecution. EBSC’s legal, social, and advocacy programs address the many challenges that immigrants face. Together, we help to create a pathway to citizenship and more compassionate immigration policies. Address: 2362 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 540-5296 Email: info@eastbaysanctuary.org Web: https://eastbaysanctuary.org/ [10 Jun 2023]
East Oakland Collective (EOC) Supports residents of East Oakland, prioritizing Black residents, to navigate challenges and barriers to inequities through resource distribution and advocacy. We work towards racial and economic justice and equitable access. Our work includes homeless services and solutions, economic empowerment and community action. A membership cohort of millennials-plus invested in the state of deep East Oakland. We are community members comprised of natives, homeowners, residents of East Oakland/greater Oakland and allies. We are invested in working towards a better future for the underserved populations and communities of deep East Oakland. Address: PO Box 5382, Oakland CA 94605 Voice: (510) 990-0775 Email: info@eastoaklandcollective.com Web: https://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/ [10 Jun 2023]
East Point Peace Academy Founded in the fall of 2013, initially as an organization dedicated to spreading the teachings of Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation. Over the years, our programmatic offerings have continued to expand. In addition to our public trainings, we have teams of incarcerated nonviolence trainers in several prisons and county jails across the state of California, and are building a powerful direct action movement addressing climate change and racial healing. Address: PO Box 30652, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 500-7853 Email: info@eastpointpeace.org Web: https://www.eastpointpeace.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
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. 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 development of Timor-Leste. ETAN supports genuine self-determination for West Papua and restrictions on secuirty assistance to Indonesia to support democracy and justice. Web: http://www.etan.org/ [18 Jun 2022]
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: 1423 Broadway #1015, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-9522 Email: info@ecocitybuilders.org Web: https://ecocitybuilders.org/ [23 Sep 2023]
EcoEquity A small, activist think tank that has had an outsized impact on the global climate equity debate. It has done this primarily, but not exclusively, by way of its fair shares campaign, in the context of a global emergency climate mobilization. This goal has been pursued, first, via the Greenhouse Development Rights project and, more recently, by way of its successor the Climate Equity Reference Project. Address: c/o Earth Island Institute, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704-1302 Voice: (510) 859-4864 Email: toma@ecoequity.org Web: https://www.ecoequity.org/ [23 Nov 2021]
Ecological Building Network An open group of engineers, builders, and architects developing and disseminating best technologies for the built environment. Whether you are building a straw bale house in Argentina, a low-income village with shipping containers in Shanghai, or a concrete office structure in Sacramento, we provide information that will help reduce the negative impacts of your builidngs on the environment, while preserving health and safety. Address: PO Box 6397, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 491-4802 Email: bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org Web: http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
Ecological Farming Association (EcoFarm) A non-profit organization facilitating an exchange of knowledge among a diversity of stakeholders and grassroots leadership through its connective educational events. EcoFarm's goal is to transform the food system from the ground up by nurturing safe, healthy, just, and ecologically sustainable farms and communities. Founded in 1981, the annual EcoFarm Conference is the oldest and largest organic farming conference West of the Mississippi, supplemented by its year-round Dirt First Conversation Series, the Hoes Down Harvest Festival and other events. Web: https://eco-farm.org/ [18 Jun 2022]
Ecology Action Our mission is to train people worldwide to better feed themselves while conserving resources. Since 1972 we and our colleagues have been researching and developing GROW BIOINTENSIVE, a high-yielding, sustainable agricultural system that emphasizes local food production and is based historically on intensive gardening systems. Address: 5798 Ridgewood Road, Willits CA 95490 Email: contact@growbiointensive.org Web: http://www.growbiointensive.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
Ecology Center A nonprofit organization located in Berkeley, California that focuses on improving the health and the environmental impacts of urban residents. We address critical issues through a model of education, demonstration, replication, and advocacy. We envision a world where human activity nurtures the ecosystems that we all depend on — a world of sustainable cities; empowered, resilient communities; zero waste and zero toxics; equal access to healthy food; sustainable resource use; and a safe and stable climate. 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: info@ecologycenter.org Web: https://ecologycenter.org/ [15 Jan 2022]
Economic Policy Institute Mission is to inform and empower individuals to seek solutions that ensure broadly shared prosperity and opportunity. EPI is 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: https://www.epi.org/ [11 Jul 2021]
EcoVillage Farm Learning Center Our 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! We offer “kids” of all ages (8-80) the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills needed to become environmental and social change agents and/or just engage with nature for the “fun of it.” Address: 21 Laurel Lane, Richmond CA 94803 Voice: (510) 223-1693 Email: sms@ecovillagefarm.org Web: https://ecovillagefarm.org/ [13 Apr 2024]
Ecumenical Hunger Program (EHP) Mission is to provide compassionate, dignified and practical assistance to families and individuals experiencing economic and personal hardship. We offer material help, support services, and advocacy for our neighbors in need, in a challenging and rapidly changing environment. As a community, EHP works to meet the needs of its neighbors, both material and intangible. Our goal is to be more than just a social service agency that connects people to resources. We strive to build relationships that allow us to encourage, support and nourish individuals and families through difficult times. We fully understand the importance of providing life's essentials but aspire to a wider focus: the creation of a community of support that can provide hope to replace despair.? Address: 2411 Pulgas Avenue, East Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 323-7781 Email: info@ehpcares.org Web: https://www.ehpcares.org/ [10 Jun 2023]
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 about great dining, day trips, food events, and festivals; great books to read; and great products to try. Address: 1791 Solano Ave #D14, Berkeley CA 94707 Email: editor@edibleeastbay.com Web: https://edibleeastbay.com/ [23 Jan 2022]
Edible Schoolyard Berkeley The Edible Schoolyard at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California serves as the Edible Schoolyard Project's demonstration site and innovation hub. We have been gardening and cooking with sixth, seventh, and eighth graders – and working closely with the school community – since 1995. Long story short, we've learned a lot along the way. That's why all of our work, and the reasoning behind it, is posted online and shared in our Edible Schoolyard training programs. Address: Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, 1781 Rose Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Web: https://edibleschoolyard.org/berkeley [07 Jan 2023]
Edible Schoolyard Project A nonprofit organization dedicated to the transformation of public education by using organic school gardens, kitchens, and cafeterias to teach both academic subjects and the values of nourishment, stewardship, and community. Edible education provides hands-on experiences that connect students to food, nature, and each other; and it systematically addresses the crises of climate change, public health, and social inequality. At its heart is a dynamic and joyful learning experience for every child. Address: 1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 843-3811 Web: https://edibleschoolyard.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
Electric Embers A worker-owned cooperative business providing top-notch hosting services and unparalleled support to people working to make the world a better place. Principles: The internet can and should serve the public good, not just corporate profit. Your data belongs to you, not to your providers, their partners or advertisers, or any government or law enforcement agency. (See Privacy Policy.) We believe in democratic and progressive values and select clients who share them. Our success is measured by how well we support our clients in doing the hard work to advance those values. (See Who We Serve.) Tech support is not an afterthought. You should always hear back within a reasonable time from a knowledgeable, friendly human being who is fully empowered to resolve the issue. Voice: (800) 843-6197 Email: help@electricembers.coop Web: https://electricembers.coop/ [18 Jun 2022]
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. EFF's mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. Address: 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 436-9333 Fax: (415) 436-9993 Email: info@eff.org Web: https://www.eff.org/ [17 Jul 2021]
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) A public interest research center in Washington, DC. EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the information age. EPIC pursues a wide range of program activities including policy research, public education, conferences, litigation, publications, 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: https://www.epic.org/ [17 Jul 2021]
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights We are named after Ella Baker, a brilliant, Black hero of the civil rights movement. Following in her footsteps, we organize with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong. Everyone wants to live in a healthy and strong community that they have the opportunity to help shape. But prisons, policing, and punishment-based approaches make us less safe, and prevent people of color and low-income communities from influencing policies that impact our lives. Communities face struggling schools, family separation, and a lack of opportunities as a direct result of being disproportionately policed and punished. Address: 1419 34th Avenue, Suite 202, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 428-3939 Web: https://ellabakercenter.org/ [17 Jul 2021]
Emerald Earth An intentional community in the hills above Anderson Valley. With 6 -8 full time residents, we care for the land, grow a good portion of our own food, maintain and develop earthen dwellings, and sustain a community designed to benefit rather than deplete the planet. You are welcome to join us for a variety of workshops, internship positions, farm stays, 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 natural world, and to live in a creative and engaged community. Address: PO Box 764, Boonville CA 95415 Voice: (707) 972-3096 Web: https://www.emeraldearth.org/ [10 Jun 2023]
Enabling Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) A non-profit organization that supports Iraqis working toward a just and peaceful Iraq where all citizens live a safe, free and dignified life. We carry out programs in Iraq, conduct crucial research, and push for change through advocacy. You can support our work by receiving our newsletter, making a donation, participating in periodic campaigns, and joining our conversation on social media. Web: https://enablingpeace.org/ [20 Jan 2024]
EnCorps We are STEM professionals providing high quality education to close achievement gaps for students in low income communities. To address the STEM teacher shortage, EnCorps has been working earnestly since 2007 to recruit the best and brightest science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals to teaching, providing meaningful opportunities to impact students in low-income communities. We believe all students deserve access to a great STEM teacher, a great STEM education and all the opportunities that those can provide. We’re here to address the conditions limiting under-resourced student opportunities. Web: https://encorps.org/ [18 Jun 2022]
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 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/ [24 Sep 2022]
EnviroLink Network A grassroots online community that unites hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in almost every country in the world. EnviroLink is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news. At EnviroLink we’re committed to promoting a just and 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/ [17 Jul 2021]
Environment America Research & Policy Center We are dedicated to protecting our air, water and open spaces. We investigate problems, craft solutions, educate the public and decision-makers, and help the public make their voices heard in local, state and national debates over the quality of our environment and our lives. Web: https://environmentamericacenter.org/ [28 Aug 2021]
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: https://www.ehhi.org/ [23 Sep 2023]
Environment California Action for a greener, healthier California. With Environment California, you protect the places that all of us love and promote core environmental values, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and clean energy to power our lives. We focus on timely, targeted action that wins tangible improvements in the quality of our environment and our lives. We research the challenges confronting our environment and advocate for solutions. Through research reports, news conferences, interviews with reporters, op-ed pieces, letters to the editor and more, we educate the public about what’s at stake and what can be done. Web: https://environmentcalifornia.org/ [18 Jun 2022]
Environment News Service The original international daily wire service of the environment. Established in 1990 by Editor in Chief Sunny Lewis, the company is independently owned and operated under the direction of the founder. Jim Crabtree joined as Executive Editor in 1991. Environment News Service exists to provide late-breaking news of the environment from across the United States and around the world. Because ignorance leads to degradation of Earth’s ecosystems and knowledge can result in planetary health, ENS staff and correspondents strive to provide fact-based news presented without bias. Web: https://ens-newswire.com/ [16 Oct 2021]
Environmental Health News (EHN) We are a publication of Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to driving science into public discussion and policy on environmental health issues, including climate change. We are an independent, reader- and foundation-funded organization that reports, publishes and curates journalism on environmental topics. We have two goals: * Put events and science driving the day's news in a larger context * Share our perspective as journalists and scientists with considerable expertise in the field. Web: https://www.ehn.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
Environmental Integrity Project A nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog organization that advocates for effective enforcement of environmental laws. Comprised of former EPA enforcement attorneys, public interest lawyers, analysts, investigators, and community organizers, EIP has three goals: To illustrate through objective facts and figures how the failure to enforce or implement environmental laws increases pollution and harms public health; To hold federal and state agencies, as well as individual corporations, accountable for failing to enforce or comply with environmental laws; and To help local communities obtain the protections of environmental laws. Web: https://environmentalintegrity.org/ [12 Mar 2022]
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water A statewide coalition of grassroots groups and intermediary organizations building a collective, community-based movement for democratic water allocation, management, and policy in California. EJCW empowers the most under-served communities, including those of low-income and communities of color throughout California to advocate for clean, safe, and affordable water. Web: https://ejcw.org/ [17 Jul 2021]
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: 1222 Preservation Park Way, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-4555 Fax: (510) 208-4562 Web: https://www.envirolaw.org/ [23 Jan 2022]
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: https://www.enn.com/ [17 Jul 2021]
Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) At the forefront of forest protection, ensuring that state and federal agencies follow their mandate to uphold environmental laws and protect endangered species. EPIC uses an integrated, science-based approach that combines public education, citizen advocacy and strategic litigation. We protect and restore areas within our bioregion. We implement strategies that will strengthen the way conservation laws are interpreted and implemented throughout the state and nation. We work with diverse stakeholders including rural communities, tribes, regulatory agencies, and activists to monitor public lands, enforce environmental regulations, engage decision-makers and develop natural resource policies to protect biodiversity and habitat connectivity. Address: 145 G Street, Suite A, Arcata CA 95521 Voice: (707) 822-7711 Fax: (707) 822-7712 Email: epic@wildcalifornia.org Web: https://www.wildcalifornia.org/ [24 Sep 2022]
Environmental Volunteers We inspire people of all ages to learn about the wonders of the natural world. We train volunteers (like you!) to lead hands-on science and nature programs in schools, community organizations, and at the EcoCenter in the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. Address: 2560 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 493-8000 Fax: (650) 644-0583 Email: Info@EVols.org Web: https://www.evols.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
Environmental Working Group (EWG) Mission is to empower us with breakthrough research to make informed choices and live a healthy life in a healthy environment. Shines a spotlight on outdated legislation, harmful agricultural practices and industry loopholes that pose a risk to our health and the health of our environment. Voice: Web: https://www.ewg.org/ [24 Sep 2022]
Environmentalists Against War (EAW) A network of environmental organizations and individuals that opposed the US attack on Iraq. We continue to oppose the social and environmental impacts of war and militarism, in the US and internationally. 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. Address: PO Box 27, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: info@envirosagainstwar.org Web: http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/ [17 Jul 2021]
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 on-line. When there is broad public awareness, pressing environmental matters can be dealt with and action taken to truly resolve them. Our goal is to provide information people can use to make informed decisions and take positive action to create a sustainable future. Web: https://www.envirovideo.com/ [16 Oct 2021]
Episcopal Community Services (ECS) Helps 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. ECS has provided essential services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in San Francisco since 1983, utilizing a holistic approach that addresses the multiple causes leading to homelessness. Address: 165 8th Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 487-3300 Fax: (833) 989-0148 Email: info@ecs-sf.org Web: https://ecs-sf.org/ [18 Jun 2022]
Equal Justice Society (EJS) Transforming the nation’s consciousness on race through law, social science, and the arts. 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: 1939 Harrison Street, Suite 818, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (415) 288-8700 Fax: (415) 484-1530 Email: info@equaljusticesociety.org Web: https://equaljusticesociety.org/ [24 Sep 2022]
Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) Fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools across the country. Since 1974, we’ve been fighting on the front lines of social justice to protect and advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and people of all gender identities through groundbreaking legal cases and bold legislation that sets the stage for the rest of the nation. Web: https://www.equalrights.org/ [20 Jan 2024]
The Equality Trust UK income inequality is among the highest in the developed world and evidence shows that this is bad for almost everyone. The Equality Trust works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic and social inequality. 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. Web: https://equalitytrust.org.uk/ [23 Sep 2023]
Ethical Traveler A nonprofit organization founded to “empower travelers to change the world.” We seek to use the economic clout of tourism to protect human rights and the environment. Ethical Traveler is a project of the Earth Island Institute, based in San Francisco. We maintain our own staff, and a Board of Advisors possessing a broad range of expertise in the fields of travel, environment, economy, health and world policy. Address: PO Box 5883, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 653-6911 Email: info@ethicaltraveler.org Web: https://ethicaltraveler.org/ [01 Oct 2022]
EveryOne Home Stewarding the movement to end homelessness in Alameda County. A collective impact initiative and Alameda County’s Continuum of Care that unites the efforts of city and county government partners, nonprofit service providers, individuals with lived experience, community members, and more. We bring everyone together, using the power of people to end homelessness in Alameda County. Web: https://everyonehome.org/ [23 Sep 2023]
Eviction Defense Collaborative The principal organization in San Francisco helping low-income tenants respond to eviction lawsuits. Each year we provide emergency legal services and rental assistance to over 5,000 tenants in San Francisco. Because of the high cost of housing in San Francisco, thousands of families and individuals struggle every day to meet this most basic human need. Each time someone loses the struggle against eviction and becomes homeless or is forced to leave the City, San Francisco loses a little more of the dignity and diversity that gives it its cherished spirit. Address: 1338 Mission Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 947 0797 Fax: (415) 947-0331 Web: https://evictiondefense.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
ewasteCollective (ACCRC) We are a non-profit, environmental charity committed to household electronics and computer recycling. We give away refurbished computers to those in need. Since 1994, we have given away thousands of computers to schools, non?profit organizations and economically and/or physically disadvantaged individuals. Our electronics and computer recycling efforts support our training program, where volunteers learn to reclaim, refurbish, and restore computers for home, school, and office applications. Address: 42 Digital Drive #3, Novato CA 94949 Voice: (415) 883-1428 Email: info@ewastecollective.org Web: https://ewastecollective.org/ [25 Apr 2021]
Exhale Pro-Voice The premier organization supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of people after their abortions and their loved ones. Founded in 2000 by and for people who have had abortions, we provide – and train others in providing – nonjudgmental after-abortion support. Our Pro-Voice approach centers each individual’s unique context, family, culture, and abortion experiences. We follow your lead, hold nuance for you, and support you in tending to your wellbeing in a way that feels best for you. Through this Pro-Voice, abortion-positive approach, we have supported thousands of people over the years! Address: PO Box 14562, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (617) 749-2948 Email: rachel.dyer@exhaleprovoice.org Web: https://exhaleprovoice.org/ [18 Jun 2022]
Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area (XRSFBAY) A global nonviolent movement to compel the world to address the climate and ecological emergency. A 100% non-violent civil disobedience movement aimed at nothing less than radical system change. Our rebellion is fueled by our love for humanity and for all life on earth. Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area brings the Rebellion home to the financial institutions, politicians, corporations and individuals in the Bay Area that need to wake up and change in time to prevent Climate Disaster. Web: https://extinctionrebellionsfbay.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Promotes the open and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources. We believe that a country’s natural resources belong to its citizens. Our mission is to promote understanding of natural resource management, strengthen public and corporate governance and accountability, and provide the data to inform policymaking and multi-stakeholder dialogue in the extractive sector. Web: https://eiti.org/ [10 Jun 2023]
F.U.N. Progressives Leading the Progressive movement in Fremont, Union City, & Newark, California. Our mission is for a coalition of progressives in this community to come together to run, support, endorse, and volunteer for our local progressive candidates to make change happen from the bottom up! Web: https://www.funprogressives.com/ [14 May 2022]
Face The World Foundation (FTW) Mission is to create and promote global acceptance and understanding. We aim to inspire and encourage cultural exchanges for international high school students- bridging the gap of understanding by providing students with the opportunity to learn about America and establish lasting friendships. Our goal is to close the cultural gaps one exchange at a time. This cultural exchange does not just influence a year, it effects a lifetime! Address: 755 Baywood Drive, Suite 109, Petaluma CA 94954 Voice: (707) 559-5800; (800) 216-3223 Web: http://www.facetheworld.org/ [01 Oct 2022]
FACES SF Provides critical assistance to low-income families citywide, with a focus in the Haight Ashbury, Western Addition, Visitacion Valley, and Bayview Hunters Point neighborhoods in the following areas: early childhood development, workforce training, school-age enrichment programs, and family support services. Over 80% of the families we serve survive beneath the Extremely Low Income Line in San Francisco as determined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Address: 1101 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 567-2357 Fax: (415) 355-9017 Web: https://facessf.org/ [17 Jul 2021]
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition (FFAC) We tell the truth about animal agriculture. Educates and empowers individuals and communities to support just and sustainable food systems. Our programs provide objective and well-sourced information on the social and environmental impacts of industrial agriculture. Address: 1569 Solano Avenue #518, Berkeley CA 94707 Web: https://ffacoalition.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
Fair Immigration Reform Movement A national coalition of grassroots organizations fighting for immigrant rights at the local, state and federal levels. Since 2000, FIRM has been the meeting place and united voice of the dynamic grassroots movement advocating for comprehensive immigration reform and the civil rights of immigrants in America. FIRM member organizations are driving powerful change and working to build an America that values and respects the dignity of every person, regardless of the color of their skin or the place of their birth. Web: https://www.fairimmigration.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
Fair Trade Federation (FTF) A trade association of fair trade enterprises fully committed to equitable and sustainable trading partnerships. We strengthen and support our members in order to grow the global movement of trade that values the health of the planet, and the labor, dignity, and equality of all people. Web: https://www.fairtradefederation.org/ [20 Jan 2024]
Fair Trade USA We are building an innovative model of responsible business, conscious consumerism, and shared value to eliminate poverty and enable sustainable development for farmers, workers, their families, and their communities around the world. Address: 360 Grand Avenue #311, Oakland CA 94610-4840 Voice: (510) 663-5260 Web: https://www.fairtradecertified.org/ [23 Jan 2022]
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: https://fair.org/ [10 Jun 2023]
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) Mission is to create a more fair and effective justice system that respects our American values of individual accountability and dignity while keeping our communities safe. FAMM’s greatest asset has always been the stories of its members. By sharing the impact of unjust sentencing and prison policies on incarcerated individuals, their families, and their communities, FAMM has helped create urgency around the issue and made the problem feel real to the policymakers who have to be moved to make meaningful change. This two-pronged approach — public education and targeted advocacy — is core to FAMM’s success to date and will remain critical to its work as the organization expands its organizing efforts nationally. Web: https://famm.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
Family & Children Services (FCS) Since 1948, FCS, a division of Caminar, has been empowering individuals and families to move toward greater wellness, resilience, and independence. We are here for the entire community and dedicated to offering safe, inclusive, and affirming programs for all. Address: 375 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (408) 292.9353; (650) 326-6576 Fax: (650) 326-1340 Email: info@caminar.org Web: https://www.fcservices.org/ [28 Jan 2024]
Family Agriculture Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.) A legal non-profit, committed to assisting farmers and landowners retain land for future use of next generation farmer. Land loss is an epidemic that has plagued Black farmers and landowners. Every month, 30,000 acres of Black landownership is lost primarily due to non-payment of property tax, eminent domain, unprofitable business models, discrimination, generational out-migration, and lack of estate planning. Web: https://30000acres.org/ [18 Jun 2023]
Family Connections Centers Mission is to support the development of strong, healthy families and thriving communities. We create opportunities for people of different backgrounds to work together cooperatively, sharing cultures, values, knowledge, and resources. Through programming at our centers in the Excelsior and Portola neighborhoods of San Francisco and virtual meetings and workshops, we offer community-based, culturally humble, multilingual programming that adapts to the needs of families. Address: 5016 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 333-3845 Email: info@fccenters.org Web: https://fccenters.org/ [01 Oct 2022]
Family Support Services of the Bay Area (FSSBA) Assists 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. Family Support Services 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. Our mission is to nurture children, youth, and caregivers to keep families healthy and intact. Address: 303 Hegenberger, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 834-2443 Fax: (510) 834-1548 Email: info@fssba.org Web: https://fssba.org/ [01 Oct 2022]
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. 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: https://fvlc.org/ [28 Jan 2024]
Farm Sanctuary Fights the disastrous effects of animal agriculture on animals, the environment, social justice, and public health through rescue, education, and advocacy. Founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of factory farming, advocate for institutional reforms, and encourage a new awareness and understanding of farm animals and the benefits of plant-based living. In recent years, science has confirmed the inhumane and destructive impact of animal agriculture — a food system based on interrelated oppression and injustice. As the founding farm animal Sanctuary in the U.S., Farm Sanctuary has rescued and provided refuge for countless survivors of the animal agriculture system. Web: https://www.farmsanctuary.org [28 Jan 2024]
Farmland LP A leading investment fund that generates returns by converting conventional commercial farmland to sustainable. Founded in 2009, we manage over 15,000 acres and more than $200 million in assets. Our approach to acquiring and converting farmland relies on our unique operational expertise to enhance value in each of our farmland investments. We focus on generating competitive risk-adjusted returns while accruing benefits to stakeholders across the ecosystems in which we operate. Address: 80 Eat Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Suite 3B, Larkspur CA 94939 Voice: (415) 677-7055 Web: https://www.farmlandlp.com/ [14 Feb 2021]
Fast Haul A San Francisco junk hauling business that provides the San Francisco Bay Area with inexpensive, professional trash hauling and junk removal services. Fast haul has been supporting Green Charities such as the National 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; (510) 653-0445; (925) 686-2492 Email: david@fasthaul.com Web: https://www.fasthaul.com/ [25 Apr 2021]
FEED Sonoma (Farmers Exchange of Earthly Delights) FEEDing you locally since 2011, FEED Sonoma is a food-hub community of 70+ local farms, supporting ecologically sustainable farming and ranching practices. In 2020, FEED Sonoma became California’s 1st farmer- & employee-owned fresh produce cooperative! Join us in building the foundation. Address: 5400 Old Redwood Hwy N, Petaluma CA 94954 Email: feedbin@feedsonoma.com Web: https://www.feedsonoma.com/ [14 Feb 2021]
Felton Institute (FSA) Responds to human needs by providing cutting edge, evidence-based ?mental health and social services and treatments that transform lives. We place special emphasis on the needs of underserved communities including families with income below the poverty line, children, the elderly and people living with disabilities. Address: 1500 Franklin Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 474-7310 Fax: (415) 931-3773 Web: https://felton.org/ [23 Jan 2022]
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 of all genders are the majority, but this majority must be empowered. Web: https://feminist.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
Fenton Communications (San Francisco office) We are communications strategists for social change. Our clients are the nonprofits, foundations, advocates and brands championing today’s important progressive issues. Fenton helps clients achieve their goals by raising awareness that sparks movements, changes behavior, and generates support for a more just, equitable and sustainable world. Our experts combine tactical experience and creative ingenuity with a deep well of passion and energy. Our strategic work shapes national health care policy, combats voter suppression, protects reproductive rights, promotes racial equity, works for a fairer education system, expands economic opportunity, demands climate action and much more. Address: 595 Pacific Avenue, 4th floor, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 901-0111 Web: https://fenton.com/ [25 Jun 2022]
Filipino Advocates for Justice (FAJ) Since 1973, FAJ has been an advocate for immigrant and civil rights by providing direct services, developing leaders, and organizing and advocating on issues important to the Filipino community as a historically underserved ethnic minority. We serve at-risk middle and high school-age youth, low-wage workers vulnerable to exploitation, and the newly arrived immigrants and undocumented, by helping them navigate the challenges of life in the US. For more than 40 years, Filipino Advocates for Justice has nurtured leadership among Filipino and other youth to enhance their civic capacity and help them organize their communities for meaningful change. Address: 310 8th Street, Suite 309, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 465-9876 Email: info@filipinos4justice.org Web: http://filipinos4justice.org/ [25 Apr 2021]
Mark Fiore Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates cartoons in San Francisco, one of the most fertile regions for creating observational and satirical cartoons. His work has appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle’s website, Newsweek.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, MotherJones.com, NPR’s web site and is currently being featured by KQED. Fiore’s political animation has appeared on CNN, Frontline, Bill Moyers Journal, Salon.com and cable and broadcast outlets across the globe. Web: http://www.markfiore.com/ [02 May 2021]
Fire John Yoo Web: http://www.firejohnyoo.net/ [07 Jan 2023]
FIRM Action A united national effort bringing together individuals and grassroots organizations with the mission to build widespread support for workable, humane, comprehensive immigration reform. Web: https://www.firmaction.org/ [16 Oct 2021]
First Amendment Project (FAP) Dedicated to vindicating important First Amendment rights for individuals and groups that do not have the financial resources to hire private counsel. We specialize in representing journalists, documentarians, artists, activists, nonprofit organizations, and others who are sued for what they say or write, contesting governmental noncompliance with open records and open meetings laws, and challenging laws, practices, and policies that infringe on First Amendment rights. To that end, FAP also has expertise in, and routinely advises its clients on, matters related to copyright/Fair Use, privacy, and a variety of issues arising out of newsgathering. Address: 1222 Preservation Park Way, Suite 200 (near 19th Street), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-7744 Fax: (510) 208-4562 Email: wheaton@thefirstamendment.org Web: https://www.thefirstamendment.org/ [23 Jan 2022]
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 3,300 low-income residents in 20 affordable rental housing developments (over 1,400 units) throughout the San Francisco Bay region. Voice: (408) 291-8650 Web: https://www.firstcommunityhousing.org/ [18 Jun 2023]
First Congregational Church of San Francisco (FCC) An inclusive community of faith in the heart of the city - where Lower Nob Hill meets the Tenderloin and Little Saigon. We believe that spirituality and faith are less about fear and control, and more about connection and compassion and hope and love. We are an Open and Affirming congregation. What does that mean? It means that we believe in the sacred worth of every human being! We celebrate, affirm, empower, honor and welcome the glorious diversity of lived experience, gender identities, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, races and ages of humanity! Everyone is welcome to participate in communion, leadership, membership and worship! Address: 1300 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 441-8901 Email: office@sanfranciscoucc.org Web: https://www.fccsf.org/ [07 Oct 2023]
First Run Features Founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers to advance the distribution of independent film. Under the leadership of the late Fran Spielman, First Run Features quickly gained a reputation for its controversial catalog of daring documentaries and fiction films. Seymour Wishman continued her legacy over the next 38 years. Today First Run remains one of the largest independent distributors in North America, releasing 10 films a year in theaters nationwide and an additional 20 films annually to educational institutions, on home video, to television broadcasters, and online through a diverse mix of digital platforms. Web: https://www.firstrunfeatures.com/ [28 Jan 2024]
Fleet Farming A non-profit urban agriculture program of IDEAS For Us that transforms the average American lawn into a bio-verse, productive micro farms and edible gardens. Our mission is to empower all generations to grow food to increase local food accessibility. Web: https://fleetfarming.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
Floodlight (The Environmental News Collaborative) A nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. Web: https://www.floodlightnews.org/ [21 Mar 2024]
FOCUS on the Global South (FOCUS) An activist think tank in Asia providing analysis and building alternatives for just social, economic and political change. Web: https://focusweb.org/ [28 Jan 2024]
The Food & Environment Reporting Network (The FERN) The first independent, non-profit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism in the critically under-reported areas of food, agriculture, and environmental health. Through partnerships with local and national mainstream media outlets, we seek to tell stories that will inspire, inform, and have lasting impact. Web: https://thefern.org/ [25 Jun 2023]
Food & Water Watch To protect our food, water, and climate, we organize people around the country to build political power. We mobilize at the local, state, and federal levels to win the fights others are afraid to even take on. From banning fracking, to shutting down factory farms, to making sure communities across the country have access to clean water, we’ve fought against greedy corporations and reckless government agencies and we’ve won time after time. We fight — and win — in the courts, in the halls of Congress, and on the ground in every state. Corporations may have the money, but we believe people have the power to make real change. That’s why we win. Web: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ [18 Jun 2023]
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Leading the fight to end hunger, in partnership with our community and in service of our neighbors in need. The Food Bank receives perishable and nonperishable food from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, brokers, food drives, farmers and individuals. Regular donations of fresh, local and seasonal fruits and vegetables are provided by the produce industry in partnership with the California Association of Food Banks. We distribute food into the community by operating our own free food programs each week within Contra Costa and Solano counties and by partnering with 260 local nonprofit agencies to support their hunger-fighting efforts. Address: 4010 Nelson Avenue, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 676-7543 Email: info@foodbankccs.org Web: https://www.foodbankccs.org/ [01 Oct 2022]
Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) We are workers in the food system, employed on farms, in factories, warehouses, trucks, supermarkets, restaurants, cafeterias, selling food on the streets and much more. We are organizing locally and globally to improve our working conditions and have a say in our workplaces and in our communities. Web: https://foodchainworkers.org/ [18 Jun 2023]
Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy Works to end the injustices that cause hunger through research, education and action. Informed by a vast network of activist-researchers, Food First’s analysis and educational resources support communities and social movements fighting for food justice and food sovereignty around the world. Food First gives you the tools to understand our global food system, and to build your local food movement from the ground up. Address: 195 41st Street, PO Box 20550, Oakland CA 94620 Voice: (510) 654-4400 Email: info@foodfirst.org Web: https://foodfirst.org/ [23 Jan 2022]
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: https://sffnb.org/ [28 Jan 2024]
San Jose Food Not Bombs We are a volunteer organization in San Jose serving free vegetarian meals or fresh produce to the hungry and at various political demonstrations and events. We believe that food should be a right not a privilege. The U.S. produces enough food to feed the starving countries in the world, but people still go hungry even within the U.S. Web: https://www.facebook.com/groups/145979125439185/ [25 Feb 2023]
Food Not Lawns Using friendship-based community organizing and principles of permaculture, gift economy, and mutual aid, Food Not Lawns has been turning yards into gardens and neighborhoods into communities since 1999, when we were conceived by the Food Not Bombs family in Eugene, Oregon. For more than twenty years small, self-organized groups of grassroots gardeners have been organizing local seed swaps, joining together for garden work parties, and making lots of friends while learning more about the simple act of growing food can radically improve your home, your community, and your life. Web: https://www.foodnotlawns.com/ [23 Jan 2022]
The Food Pantry Provides literally tons of free, healthy groceries to about 400 hungry families each week. We offer fresh food without conditions, in a safe and beautiful space. The food we give helps families prepare meals in their own homes with dignity. The Food Pantry isn’t funded by the church or by grants, but is supported by an all-volunteer staff and donations from individuals. We're proud of the way that our community has responded in these hard times. Address: St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, 500 De Haro Street (at Mariposa), San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 654-3456 Email: thepantrystg@gmail.com Web: https://www.thefoodpantry.org/ [28 Jan 2024]
Food Runners Picks up excess perishable and prepared food from businesses such as restaurants, caterers, bakeries, hospitals, event planners, corporate cafeterias, and hotels and delivers it directly to neighborhood food programs. Mission is to help alleviate hunger in San Francisco, to help prevent waste and to help create community. Food Runners is currently delivering over 17 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 over 20,000 meals every week in San Francisco. Voice: (415) 890-5432 Email: dispatcher@foodrunners.org Web: https://www.foodrunners.org/ [18 Jun 2023]
FoodCorps Dedicated to creating a best-in-class model for what healthy school food environments look like. In the process, we seek to serve as a resource to researchers across the school food field, and to inspire culture shifts and policy change. Web: https://foodcorps.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
FoodPrint Develops innovative strategies to increase public awareness of the critical environmental and public health issues created by our current industrial food system, and to advocate for more sustainable alternatives. Whether it’s a salad, a hamburger or your morning egg sandwich, your meal has an impact on the environment and on the welfare of animals, food/farm workers and on public health. Web: https://foodprint.org/ [28 Jan 2024]
Forage Oakland A fruit barter network founded in 2008 by Asiya Wadud. We harvest and redistribute North Oakland residents' backyard fruit, and through the Forage City platform, leverage the potential of technology to connect Oakland residents. Oaklanders with surplus fruit and residents and community organizations who'd like to receive surplus fruit join Forage Oakland to partake in the exchange. Web: https://forageoakland.wordpress.com/ [07 Jan 2023]
Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) A “Think Tank Without Walls” connecting the research and action of 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 on a broad range of global issues — from war and peace to trade and from climate to public health. From its launch as a print journal in 1996 to its digital presence today, FPIF has served as a unique resource for progressive foreign policy perspectives for decades. Web: https://fpif.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
Forests Forever (FoFo) Mission is to protect and enhance the forests and wildlife habitat of California through educational, legislative, and electoral activities. For over 30 years we have been rallying Californians in defense of the state’s 17 million acres of woodland ecosystems and watersheds. We accomplish this through year-round education, grassroots organizing, occasional litigation and work in elections, and executive-branch and legislative advocacy. Address: 2001 Addison Street, Suite 320, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (415) 974-3636 (974-FOFO) Email: mail@forestsforever.org Web: https://www.forestsforever.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
Fossil Free California Works to end financial support for climate-damaging fossil fuels and promotes the transition to a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. Together with allied environmental and climate justice organizations, we mobilize grassroots pressure on CalPERS and CalSTRS to divest their fossil fuel holdings. We support individuals and institutions (churches, cities, etc.) that want to purge their own portfolios of fossil fuels. Our efforts also include legislative and executive action to foster climate stabilization and develop a just, zero-carbon economy. Address: PO Box 21022, Oakland CA 94620 Email: info@fossilfreeca.org Web: https://fossilfreeca.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
Foundation Aiding The Elderly (FATE) A Sacramento, California based 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation whose 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. FATE's Mission is to assure our elders are treated with care, dignity and the utmost respect during their final years when they can no longer take care of themselves. Web: http://www.4fate.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
Foundation for a College Education (FCE) Mission is to increase the number of first-generation, low-income students of color from East Palo Alto and similar communities who graduate from a four-year college or university. The vision of FCE is to create a community where higher education is attainable. By engaging both students and parents in our work, we aim to create a community of learners who are armed with the right tools and information. Together, they play a pivotal role in sharing this information with other families about how best to take advantage of school resources and navigate the college admissions process, thus catalyzing change in the larger community. Address: PO Box 50518, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 322-5048 Email: info@collegefoundation.org Web: https://collegefoundation.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) Your resource hub for the intentional communities movement. We believe human society has the potential to support the wellbeing of all people and the ecosystems of which we are a part, recognizing that the wellbeing of one depends on the wellbeing of all. Web: https://www.ic.org/ [23 Sep 2023]
Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) Founded in 1984 on a radical notion: giving small loans to the poor has the power to transform entire communities in a sustainable way. After impacting tens of millions of lives with responsible financial services, we are widening our focus to catalyze further economic growth and alleviate poverty in underserved markets around the world. We remain boldly committed to market-based solutions, and are supporting the rise of social enterprises delivering basic service and financial innovation to help low-income families and communities achieve a better standard of living. Web: https://finca.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
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. For decades Consumer Watchdog has been the nation’s most aggressive consumer advocate, taking on politicians of both parties and the special interests that fund them. Web: https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
Fred Finch Youth Center (FFYC) Offers unconditional care, support and opportunity to children, youth, young adults, and their families who face complex challenges from one or more of the following: mental or emotional impairment; developmental disability; trauma and abuse, some at a very young age; alcohol or other drug use; poverty; exclusion; discrimination and stigma. Address: 3800 Coolidge Avenue, Oakland CA 94602-3311 Voice: (510) 482-2244 x5200 Email: development@fredfinch.org Web: https://www.fredfinch.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
Free Farm Stand An all-volunteer run project of the No Penny Opera about sharing the wealth of urban farms and gardens. We grow as much food as can in San Francisco and distribute it for free at our Free Farm Stand. We mostly give out what is in season. We act as a gathering place in the Mission to encourage community growth and involvement. This effort revolves mostly around gathering surplus food from neighborhood gardens, various farmer’s markets, community gardens, public and private fruit trees, and hosting a space where this bounty can be shared with all. Right now because of COVID we are bagging produce and giving the bags away every Sunday rain or shine from noon to 1 PM in the park (Parque Ninos Unidos) at 23rd Street and Treat Avenue in San Francisco. Voice: (415) 684-8493 (Tree) Email: iamtree99@gmail.com Web: https://freefarmstand.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
Free Press Created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. We believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse and independent ownership of media platforms, and journalism that holds leaders accountable and tells people what’s actually happening in their communities. Web: https://www.freepress.net/ [01 Oct 2022]
Free Radio Berkeley (FRB) Offers a wide variety of kits, accessories and all the other equipment needed to create and establish a community FM or TV broadcast station. 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: 206 Parker Avenue, Rodeo CA 94572 Voice: (510) 799-1779 Email: freeradioberkeley@gmail.com Web: https://freeradio.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
Free Radio Santa Cruz (FRSC 101.3 FM) Has been on the air for over twelve years 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: PO Box 7811, Santa Cruz CA 95061 Voice: (831) 427-3772 (studio line) Email: frsc@freakradio.org Web: http://www.freakradio.org/ [18 Jun 2023]
Free Speech TV (FSTV) One of the last standing national, independent news networks 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. Web: https://freespeech.org/ [23 Jan 2022]
Free the Slaves At the core of our approach is a simple, elegant idea—slavery is defeated when at-risk communities acquire the knowledge, tools and resources they need to overcome vulnerability and secure freedom. 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: https://www.freetheslaves.net/ [01 Oct 2022]
Free Tibet We stand with Tibetans around the world. For their homeland, for their future and against China’s brutal occupation. We keep the eyes of the world on the atrocities being committed in Tibet. We share evidence that makes them impossible to deny. We lead campaigns that make them impossible to ignore. And together, we will build a global movement that’s impossible to resist. Web: https://freetibet.org/ [01 Oct 2022]
Freecycle Network Made up of more than 5,000 local Town groups with over 9 million members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free, and everything posted must be free, legal and appropriate for all ages. Here's how it works: When you sign up with Freecycle.org, you join one or more local Town groups and/or invite some local friends to form a Friends Circle. You make posts about things you want to gift or receive. Other members reply and then you arrange a pickup time and location. Just like that, you've saved something from going to a landfill and given it a new life. Web: https://www.freecycle.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
The Freedom Archives A non-profit educational archive located in Berkeley dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of historical audio, video, and print materials documenting progressive movements and culture from the 1960s to the 1990s. Offering a youth development program focused on engagement with these historical materials and providing media production training, we also produce original documentaries and educational resources for use by schools and organizations as tools for community building and social justice work. Address: 1615 Hopkins Street, Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (415) 863-9977 Email: info[at]freedomarchives[dot]org Web: https://freedomarchives.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) A feminist, working-class organization made up of people of many races, nationalities, genders, sexual orientations and ages. We are activists and educators fighting for an end to all capitalist exploitation and oppression. We work in labor unions, join in social-movement struggles, and take electoral positions and run candidates. Works to replace the ugliness and unsustainability of capitalist rule with international workers’ democracy. We fight as one for all who are exploited and oppressed and for a healthy future for the planet. Address: 747 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 864-1278 Email: bayareaFSP@socialism.com Web: https://socialism.com/ [18 Jun 2023]
Freedom to Marry A film that 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/ [01 Oct 2022]
Fresh Juice Party (FJP) We are politically conscious and active artists who write, record and perform music, design visuals, and create happenings. While we relish in collaborating with artists of multi media, we are currently focusing on music and video projects. Web: http://www.freshjuiceparty.com/ [07 Jan 2023]
Fridays for Future (FFF) A youth-led and -organised global climate strike movement that started in August 2018, when 15-year-old Greta Thunberg began a school strike for climate. We are fighting for our future and our lives because they are directly threatened by the climate crisis and the ecological breakdown. We are taking action against it because we want to protect the beauty of the earth, the diversity of species and the lives of all beings. Our goal is to overcome the climate crisis and to create a society that lives in harmony with its fellow beings and its environment. Web: https://fridaysforfuture.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
Friends of Adeline A diverse group of caring South Berkeley residents working in partnership with local businesses, nonprofits, and others to affect change so that our neighborhood is an inclusive and just place for all people. Join us to build a more equitable South Berkeley and a better Berkeley for all! WE HOLD THAT: We Shall Determine Our Own Future – Development of and within this community must be inclusive, empowering and respectful of the diversity of the people of South Berkeley. Voice: (510) 338-7843 Email: friendsofadeline@gmail.com Web: https://www.friendsofadeline.org/ [20 Nov 2021]
Friends of Alemany Farm A group that manages the horticulture, apprentice, volunteer, and educational programs at Alemany Farm, a 3.5 acre organic farm ecosystem in southeast San Francisco. The farm sits on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula, and the original stewards of this land. Friends of Alemany Farm grows food security, offers work experience to apprentices, 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. All of the food we grow is given away for free to neighbors, volunteers, The Free Farm Stand, and other groups. Address: Earth Island Institute / FOAF, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704 Email: community.gardeners@gmail.com Web: https://alemanyfarm.org/ [07 Jan 2023]
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 believes that people everywhere should have the right to practice Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa), a spiritual path that includes nonviolence. FoFG is focused on preventing and ending violations of the right to practice Falun Gong openly, freely, and with dignity, worldwide. Web: https://fofg.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
Friends of Five Creeks Mobilizes volunteers of all ages to restore, maintain, understand, and enjoy the creeks and watersheds of the East Bay from North Berkeley to Richmond. In year-round hands-on volunteering, we help revitalize creeks, improve habitat and water quality, eliminate invasive plant species, and increase public access, knowledge, understanding, and stewardship. Address: 1236 Oxford Street, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 848-9358 Email: f5creeks@gmail.com Web: http://www.fivecreeks.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
Friends of Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (Friends of SVACA) Our mission is to raise funds for SVACA, and to engage with the community to promote awareness of the programs and services SVACA provides. Our vision is that every animal that comes into the care of SVACA is lovingly cared for and then placed in a welcoming home with a forever family. Each year, Friends of SVACA raises money, provides volunteers, socializes and transports animals, represents SVACA at community events, supports the SVACA staff, and much more. Address: PO Box 132, Santa Clara CA 95052 Email: contact@friendsofsvaca.org Web: http://www.friendsofsvaca.org [17 Feb 2024]
Friends of the Eel River (FOER) Works for the recovery of the Wild and Scenic Eel River, its fisheries, and communities. This is truly a critical time for the Eel River. We have the opportunity to remove the two dams and out of basin diversion on the upper mainstem Eel. And we have some truly remarkable native fish populations with potential for recovery. Despite the stressors and uncertainties of climate change, scientists generally agree that the Eel River holds perhaps the West’s greatest promise for salmonid recovery. Address: PO Box 4945, Arcata CA 95518-4945 Voice: (707) 798-6345 Email: foer@eelriver.org Web: https://eelriver.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
Friends of the Mission Greenway Working with the Mission community to transform Parcel 36, a historic railroad throughway in the heart of the Mission, into a collaborative, visionary hub for pollinator gardens, small scale food production, education, connection, and environmental stewardship. It is up to us all to reshape one of the few remaining pieces of open land in San Francisco into a green space for the young and old alike and the greater ecosystems in which we reside—let us seize this opportunity! Web: https://missiongreenway.org/ [15 Jan 2023]
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: https://mstbrazil.org/ [15 Jan 2023]
Friends of the River (FOR) Protects and restores California Rivers by influencing public policy and inspiring citizen action. Dedicated to preserving and restoring California's rivers, streams, and their watersheds as well as advocating for sustainable water management. Friends of the River is nationally recognized as an authority on the adverse impacts of dams on rivers and ecosystems and is the most effective grassroots organization working on behalf of rivers. Web: https://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) We plant and care for community trees and gardens. We make neighborhoods thrive by connecting residents with nature and each other. Since 1981, we have grown more than 60,000 street trees, almost half of San Francisco’s street tree canopy. We water 750 to 1,000 trees every week, plant and care for 200 trees every month, and replace 12,000 sq ft. of concrete with drought-tolerant and native gardens every year. Committed to revitalizing San Francisco’s urban forest, building community, and taking a local leadership role in mitigating global environmental problems through the simple act of planting and caring for trees and sidewalk gardens. Address: Presidio of San Francisco, 1007 General Kennedy Avenue, Suite 1, San Francisco CA 94129-1405 Voice: (415) 561-6890 Fax: (415) 561-6899 Web: https://www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) Empowers jurors to uphold individual rights and liberty by instilling in them a rich understanding of their protective role, including jurors’ right to refuse to enforce unjust law. Each year, FIJA works with individuals and other organizations to target educational efforts in key areas with the goal of ensuring that everyone has access to fully informed jurors when they need them. As FIJA outreach efforts expand across the nation, more and more defendants consider jury nullification as their hope of salvation from the corrupt incarceration system. Web: https://fija.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
Funny Times A monthly magazine of humor and satire in a world gone totally insane. For many years we have searched out the most hilarious minds in America and beyond. They supply us with delightfully funny, intelligent, left leaning humor which we guarantee will make you laugh. Web: https://funnytimes.com/ [18 Jun 2023]
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: PO Box 7270, Fremont CA 94537-7270 Voice: (510) 794-4703 Email: info@furryfriendsrescue.org Web: http://www.furryfriendsrescue.org/ [24 Jun 2023]
Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice Designs effective, progressive criminal justice policies, programs, and practices across sectors and settings. We design effective multi-agency initiatives that forge new solutions to old problems. We work with cities, counties, community-based organizations, and public agencies to design highly-regarded, progressive, and effective multi-partner public/private initiatives to advance local juvenile and adult criminal systems. Our expertise includes developing policies and programs to improve diversion, pretrial, in-custody, reentry, community-based, restorative justice, and post-conviction approaches for both young people and adults. Voice: (510) 243-0122 Email: info@furtherthework.com Web: https://furtherthework.com/ [14 Feb 2021]
The Future of Food A film that distills the complex technology and consumer issues surrounding major changes in the food system today -- genetically engineered foods, patenting, and the corporatization of food -- into terms the average person can understand. It empowers consumers to realize the consequences of their food choices on our future. Web: http://www.thefutureoffood.com/ [14 Feb 2021]
Future of Music Coalition (FMC) Supports a musical ecosystem where artists flourish and are compensated fairly and transparently for their work. FMC works with musicians, composers and industry stakeholders to identify solutions to shared challenges. We promote strategies, policies, technologies and educational initiatives that always put artists first while recognizing the role music fans play in shaping the future. FMC works to ensure that diversity, equality and creativity drives artist engagement with the global music community, and that these values are reflected in laws, licenses, and policies that govern any industry that uses music as raw material for its business. Web: http://www.futureofmusic.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
Gallinas Watershed Council (GWC) A group of concerned citizens who live and work in Las Gallinas Valley, North San Rafael, Marin County. From the headwaters in the hills of Terra Linda to the wetlands of Santa Venetia, we are committed to using the WATERSHED APPROACH to protect and manage our environment. Address: PO Box 4284, San Rafael CA 94913 Voice: (415) 578-2580 Web: https://www.gallinaswatershed.org/ [25 Apr 2021]
Garden for the Environment (GFE) A 1/2 acre education and demonstration garden in the Inner Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco. Since 1990, we have been teaching sustainable gardening practices and are the only garden in San Francisco solely dedicated to this goal. The Garden is located in San Francisco at 1590 7th Avenue at Lawton Street. Address: 1074 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 558-8246 Email: info@gardenfortheenvironment.org Web: https://www.gardenfortheenvironment.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Leading the conversation. Shaping the media narrative. Changing the culture. That’s GLAAD at work. Founded in 1985, GLAAD is a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ acceptance. Serving as a storyteller, media force, resource, and advocate, GLAAD tackles tough issues and provokes dialogue so that authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized. GLAAD strives to protect all that has been accomplished and helps create a world where everyone can live the life they love. Web: https://glaad.org/ [24 Jun 2023]
Gaylesta: The Psychotherapist Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity 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. 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. Address: 584 Castro Street #230, San Francisco CA 94114-2512 Voice: (415) 649-0727 Web: https://gaylesta.wildapricot.org/ [24 Jun 2023]
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: https://girightshotline.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence Our country is in the grip of a gun violence epidemic. Every American will know a victim of gun violence in their lifetime—this is not normal, and it doesn’t have to be this way. Giffords is fighting to end the gun lobby’s stranglehold on our political system. We’re daring to dream what a future free from gun violence looks like. We’re going to end this crisis, and we’re going to do it together. Address: 268 Bush Street, Suite 555, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 433-2062 Email: info@giffords.org Web: https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/ [24 Jun 2023]
Girls on the Run of the Bay Area We inspire girls to recognize their inner strength and celebrate what makes them one of a kind. Trained volunteer coaches lead small teams using our research-based curriculum which combines fun running games with activities designed to encourage social-emotional growth. Over the course of the 8-week program, girls in 3rd-8th grade develop essential skills to help them navigate their worlds and establish a lifetime of appreciation for health and fitness. The program culminates with girls positively impacting their communities through a service project and being completing a celebratory 5K event. 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 [22 May 2021]
GirlVentures Inspires girls to lead through outdoor adventure, inner discovery, and collective action. The only nonprofit of its kind, GirlVentures combines outdoor adventure with social emotional learning for adolescent girls and gender non-conforming youth, at a critical time in their lives. Starting at age 11, our youth follow the GirlVentures’ Leadership Progression Model, building confidence, leadership and life skills as they backpack, hike, kayak and rock climb in the Northern California wilderness. They learn from experiential educators and mentors while gaining knowledge and tools that empower them reach their full potential. Address: 119 Filbert Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (415) 864-0780 Email: info@girlventures.org Web: https://www.girlventures.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
GLBT Historical Society Collects, preserves, exhibits and makes accessible to the public materials and knowledge to support and promote understanding of LGBTQ history, culture and arts in all their diversity. Recognized internationally as a leader in the field of LGBTQ public history. Our operations are centered around two sites: our GLBT Historical Society Museum, located since 2011 in the heart of San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood; and our Dr. John P. De Cecco Archives and Research Center, open to researchers in the Mid-Market district. Address: 989 Market Street, Lower Level, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 777-5455 Email: info@glbthistory.org Web: https://www.glbthistory.org/ [08 Oct 2022]
GLIDE A nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through our integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, we empower individuals, families and children to achieve stability and thrive. GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice. Address: 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 674-6000 Email: info@glide.org Web: https://www.glide.org/ [30 Sep 2023]
GLMA (Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality) A national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments. To achieve this mission, GLMA utilizes the scientific expertise of its diverse multidisciplinary membership to inform and drive advocacy, education, and research. Web: https://www.glma.org/ [15 Jan 2023]
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) A worldwide alliance of more than 800 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries. With our work we aim to catalyze a global shift towards environmental justice by strengthening grassroots social movements that advance solutions to waste and pollution. We envision a just, zero waste world built on respect for ecological limits and community rights, where people are free from the burden of toxic pollution, and resources are sustainably conserved, not burned or dumped. At GAIA, we see waste and its resulting pollution as a symptom of a larger, profit-driven extractive economy, and we promote zero waste as a holistic solution and an economic shift toward justice and sustainability. Address: 1958 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 883-9490 Web: https://www.no-burn.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
Global Energy Monitor (GEM) In a world confronting a changing climate, data that informs strategies and solutions is more important than ever. Global Energy Monitor studies the evolving international energy landscape, creating databases, reports, and interactive tools that enhance understanding. Our work transforms complexity into clarity, enhancing the quality of public discourse on energy and the environment. Address: 1254 Utah Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 206-0906 Web: https://globalenergymonitor.org/ [02 Oct 2021]
Global Exchange (GX) An international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice since 1988. We are a 501 c3 registered non-profit. We’re changing the rules across the globe from a profit-centered global economy to thriving people-centered local economies; from the politics of greed to a living democracy that respects the rights of workers and nature; and from currency to community. Our holistic approach reaches thousands of members and supporters, through educating the U.S. public about root causes of injustice and the impacts of U.S. government policies and corporate practices. We inspire change by building people-to-people ties, engaging grassroots education for action and linking social and environmental movements. Address: 1446 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 255-7296 Fax: (415) 255-7498 Email: web@globalexchange.org Web: https://globalexchange.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
Global Forest Watch (GFW) An online platform that provides data and tools for monitoring forests. By harnessing cutting-edge technology, GFW allows anyone to access near real-time information about where and how forests are changing around the world. Web: https://www.globalforestwatch.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
The Global Fund for Women We fund bold, ambitious, and expansive gender justice movements to create meaningful change that will last beyond our lifetimes. Address: 800 Market Street, Seventh Floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 248-4800 Fax: (415) 248-4801 Web: https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) For 20 years, GJEP has protected forests and communities from the dangerous and irreversible impacts of genetically engineered trees; exposed climate false solutions that devastate communities and ecosystems while enabling ongoing pollution; and supported the struggles for justice of indigenous peoples, impacted communities and others by documenting and sharing their stories through photography, video and audio interviews, and other media outreach. Web: https://globaljusticeecology.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
Global Policy Forum (GPF) An independent policy watchdog that monitors and reports on United Nations activities and developments in multilateral affairs. GPF is convinced that active civic participation is needed to defend and strengthen rights-based multilateralism and international governance institutions. It scrutinizes global policymaking and promotes accountability and civic participation in areas related to social justice, sustainability, human rights, peace and security, and international law. Human rights and justice-based global agreements are amongst the primary tools to address xenophobia, authoritarianism and unilateralist trends that threaten peace, development and sustainability. Web: https://www.globalpolicy.org [08 Oct 2022]
Global Security Institute (GSI) Dedicated to strengthening international peace and security based on co-operation, diplomacy, shared interests, the rule of law and universal values. Our efforts are guided by the skills and commitment of our team of former heads of state, distinguished diplomats and politicians, celebrities, religious leaders, Nobel Peace Laureates, disarmament and legal experts, and concerned informed citizens. Our focus is on controlling and eliminating humanity’s greatest threat – nuclear weapons. Web: https://gsinstitute.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
Global Women Power A dynamic group of independent and resolute women dedicated towards providing entrepreneur opportunities to women around the globe. We are consistently committed in the creation of awareness and all the necessary assistance towards the betterment of women in terms of financial independence, skill enhancement, recognition and gender equality. It is our vision to uplift all the women towards the equivalent status and much more among the society, to give them a resolute voice, confidence and make them aware of their immense possibilities. This vision will be completed when equality will be achieved in terms of business opportunities, financial status, working on ideas, building strong communities to give voice to those who have not been heard from ages. Address: 39159 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite 115, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 449-7690 Email: info@soulbodyhealingcenter.com Web: https://globalwomenpower.com/ [24 Oct 2021]
Go Vegan! Radio Bob Linden, vegan for over 29 years, animal lover and dog-spoiler, is the host and executive producer of the listener-supported non-profit production GO VEGAN RADIO WITH BOB LINDEN (www.GoVeganRadio.com) – the first-ever mainstream-media vegan animal liberation, health, and environmental program, now broadcasting for 12 years, having been heard on the Air America radio network, CBS and Clear Channel radio stations, XM, iTunes, TalkStreamLive, www.stitcher.com/GOVEGAN), with archives at www.GoVeganRadio.com and syndication starting soon on the Genesis Communications Network, the fastest growing radio talk network in the world – where Bob’s program will become its first “food” show. Address: PO Box 475414, San Francisco CA 94147 Voice: (310) 571-8623 Email: goveganradio@gmail.com Web: https://www.goveganradio.com/ [08 Oct 2022]
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy The nonprofit membership organization created to preserve the Golden Gate national parks, enhance the experiences of park visitors, and build a community dedicated to conserving the parks for the future. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area stretches across three Bay Area counties, north and south of the Golden Gate Bridge, and includes iconic places such as Muir Woods National Monument, Fort Point National Historic Site, Alcatraz Island, Crissy Field, Mori Point, Lands End, and the Presidio of San Francisco. Address: 201 Fort Mason, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 561-3000 Fax: (415) 561-3003 Web: https://www.parksconservancy.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
Golden State Greyhound Adoption (GSGA) An all-volunteer nonprofit organization that places retired racing greyhounds in adoptive homes in Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, greater Sacramento area and beyond. Our ex-racing greyhounds come primarily from Florida racetracks. They are trucked from Florida to Colorado where Dr. Heather Weir DVM vets them and takes care of them until she transports them to California. When racing greyhounds are deemed no longer profitable–either because they aren’t winners or have sustained an injury–kennels often try to adopt out these dogs, but sadly, many are destroyed, often before they reach the age of four or five. Address: PMB 182, 2872 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 457-4450 Email: gsga@astound.net Web: http://www.goldengreyhounds.com/ [12 Mar 2022]
Good Shepherd Gracenter Helps women without resources break free from drug and alcohol addiction and create a hopeful future for themselves and others. We do this by offering: Transitional housing for women that provides a safe, supportive community incorporating the 12-Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in order to promote peace and harmony in their lives. Recovery mentoring and the promotion of whole-person wellness. Paths to higher education, skill-building and sustainable employment. Opportunities to practice the principles of Restorative Justice by taking responsibility for one’s actions and making amends that can lead to a transformation of people, relationships and community. Address: 1310 Bacon Street, San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 337-1938 Fax: (415) 586-0355 Email: inquiry@gsgracenter.org Web: https://gsgracenter.org/ [02 May 2021]
GRAIN 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. Our support takes the form of independent research and analysis, networking at local, regional and international levels, and fostering new forms of cooperation and alliance-building. Most of our work is oriented towards, and carried out in, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Web: https://grain.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
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: https://geo.coop/ [12 Mar 2022]
Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ) An alliance of over 60 US-based grassroots organizing (GRO) groups comprised of working and poor people and communities of color. GGJ brings GRO groups into a long-term process of relationship building, political alignment and transformational leadership development. We weave and bridge together US-based GRO groups and global social movements working for climate justice, gender justice, an end to war, and a just transition to the next economy. Web: https://ggjalliance.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
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. Currently Grassroots House is a cooperative partnership of several progressive organizations. Managing the space as an independent non-profit ensures greater autonomy of progressive groups and connects activists the world over, here in the Bay Area. Address: 2022 Blake Street,, Berkeley CA 94704 Email: grassroots.house.inc@gmail.com Web: https://grassrootshouse.org/ [30 Sep 2023]
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. * 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. We advocate, organize, and endorse positions and actions for peace and social justice, universal health care, electoral reform, non-privatization of public resources, civil rights, human rights, and civil liberties. Web: https://sfgraypanthers.wordpress.com/ [08 Oct 2022]
Greater Good Magazine Tturns scientific research into stories, tips, and tools for a happier life and a more compassionate society. Through articles, videos, quizzes, and podcasts, we bridge the gap between scientific journals and people’s daily lives, particularly for parents, educators, business leaders, and health care professionals. Greater Good magazine is published by the Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) at the University of California, Berkeley. Since 2001, the GGSC has been at the fore of a new scientific movement to explore the roots of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social bonds, and altruistic behavior—the science of a meaningful life. Address: University of California, Berkeley, MC 6070, Berkeley CA 94720-6070 Voice: (510) 642-2490 Email: greater@berkeley.edu Web: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ [30 Jan 2022]
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: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.– 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://green-aid.com/ [12 Mar 2022]
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: PO Box 31251, San Francisco CA 94131 Voice: (415) 285-6556 Fax: (415) 285-6563 Email: planetdrum@igc.apc.org Web: http://sustainablecity.org/orgs/gcp.htm [08 Oct 2022]
Green Foothills Since 1962, we’ve been protecting open space, farmland, and natural resources in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties for the benefit of all through advocacy, education, and grassroots action. We are your local champion for the environment. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 968-7243 Email: info@GreenFoothills.org Web: https://www.greenfoothills.org/ [24 Jun 2023]
San Francisco Green Party Part of a large and growing grassroots electoral movement, which is attempting to restore the democratic process and put people in office who truly are working in the best interests of the majority. Only by doing this can we solidify progress, and prevent the rollback of the gains made by society. We are a part of the Green Party of California, which is part of the Green Party of the United States, one of many Green Parties around the world. Address: c/o David Fairley, 25 Fair Oaks Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 480-GPSF (480-4773) Email: cc@sfgreens.org Web: https://www.sfgreenparty.org/ [02 May 2021]
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 6,900 registered members here in Alameda county. We have been active for over 20 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: https://acgreens.wordpress.com/ [14 Feb 2021]
Green Planet Films, Inc. We advocate environmental education, with an emphasis on film, to an evolving global and local community audiences. We connect and engage viewers with filmmakers dedicated to documenting the precarious relationships between nature and humanity. 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. Web: https://greenplanetfilms.org/ [15 Jan 2023]
Green Science Policy Institute (GSP) Our mission is to facilitate safer use of chemicals to protect human and ecological health. We educate and build partnerships among government, business, academia, and public interest groups to develop innovative solutions for reducing harmful chemicals in products. We collaborate with leading scientists on policy-relevant research projects and translate scientific information to educate decision makers, the press, and the public. We promote safer use of chemicals and chemical policies that protect public health. Address: PO Box 9127, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 898-1739 Web: https://greensciencepolicy.org/ [15 Jan 2023]
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: https://greencollarcommunities.wordpress.com/ [02 Feb 2024]
Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice We are a multiracial grassroots organization founded by, led by, and working with low-income and working-class urban, rural, and indigenous communities to fight for environmental, social, racial, economic, and climate justice and build a clean, healthy, and just future for all. We believe we can achieve environmental and social justice by working with frontline communities and building a strong grassroots movement to create real solutions that ensure our human right to a healthy and livable environment with justice for generations to come. Address: 466 Geary Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 447-3904 Fax: (415) 447-3905 Email: greenaction@greenaction.org Web: https://greenaction.org/ https://www.facebook.com/Greenaction4EJ/ [30 Sep 2023]
Greenbelt Alliance Our mission is to educate, advocate, and collaborate to ensure the Bay Area’s lands and communities are resilient to a changing climate. We envision a Bay Area of healthy, thriving, resilient communities made up of lands and people that are safe during climate disasters and recover quickly from wildfire, floods, and drought, where everyone is living with nature in new and powerful ways for generations to come. Address: 312 Sutter Street, Suite 402, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 543-6771 Email: info@greenbelt.org Web: https://www.greenbelt.org/ [24 Jul 2021]
Greenlining Institute Works towards a future where communities of color can build wealth, live in healthy places filled with economic opportunity, and are ready to meet the challenges posed by climate change. Greenlining is building an abundant future that brings investments and opportunities into our communities – what we call Greenlining. Since 1993, we have successfully advocated and negotiated initiatives directing more than $800 billion in corporate and public investments into communities of color in California and across the nation. Address: 360 14th Street, Second Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 926-4001 Email: info@greenlining.org Web: https://greenlining.org/ [24 Jun 2023]
Greywater Alliance A collaborative of educators who teach residents and tradespeople about affordable and simple household water systems that dramatically reduce water use and foster sustainable cultures of water. Through hands-on workshops and presentations, we've led thousands of people through greywater system design and construction and work with policymakers and water districts to develop codes and incentives for greywater, rainwater harvesting, and composting toilets. We believe that decentralized conservation measures can play a critical role in drought resilience, climate adaptation, and the return of healthy stream ecosystems. Web: https://greywateraction.org/ [14 Feb 2021]
GRID Alternatives GRID Alternatives' vision is a successful transition to clean, renewable energy that includes everyone. Our mission is to make renewable energy technology and job training accessible to underserved communities. To that end, we install no cost solar systems for low-income families and hands-on training to green job seekers. GRID Alternatives is 501(c)(3) certified non-profit organization based in Oakland, California, with nine affiliate offices serving all of California, Colorado, Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. We also have a national Tribal Program, and an International Program serving Nicaragua, Nepal and Mexico. Address: 1171 Ocean Avenue, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 731-1310 Fax: (510) 225-2585 Email: infoba@gridalternatives.org Web: http://www.gridalternatives.org [31 Jul 2021]
Groundplay Works with ordinary San Franciscans to build temporary installations that turn underused public spaces into joyful community places. Web: https://groundplaysf.org/ [24 Oct 2021]
GroundSpark Mission is to create visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world. We specialize in crafting strategic documentary films and distribution campaigns with ambitious social, economic, and environmental justice goals. We helped stop a multinational corporation from producing the trigger to neutron bombs, catalyzed a national movement to create community land trusts, and uplifting the voices of lesbian and gay individuals who redefine the definition of “family”. Address: 4104 24th Street, Suite 2013, San Francisco CA 94114 Email: info@groundspark.org Web: https://groundspark.org/ [24 Jun 2023]
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth In our documentary, GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, our examination of population, consumption and urban growth ultimately leads us to the root cause of these challenges: an insistence on perpetual economic growth. Continually rising GDP is in conflict with our goal of sustainability: leaving adequate resources to support future generations. Web: http://www.growthbusters.org/ [31 Jul 2021]
Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley We build strength, stability and self-reliance through homeownership because when you empower families, an entire community can thrive. Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Address: 2619 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (866) 450-4432 Email: info@habitatEBSV.org Web: https://www.habitatebsv.org/ [30 Sep 2023]
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco Builds homes and sustains affordable homeownership opportunities for families in Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties. Our values focus on building partnerships, equity, stability, and legacy. We build affordable homes for working families earning between 40-80 percent of area median income. These families are being put under incredible pressure due to our region’s housing and affordability crisis. Address: 500 Washington Street, Suite 250, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 625-1000 Fax: (415) 625-1815 Email: info@habitatgsf.org Web: https://habitatgsf.org/ [31 Jul 2021]
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. Through demonstrations and civil disobedience, Congressional lobbying and educational events, publications and community organizing, we are working to build a strong Haiti solidarity movement. Web: https://haitisolidarity.net/ [02 May 2021]
Hamilton Families Mission is to end family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our pioneering homelessness prevention and housing subsidy programs are nationally recognized. In addition, we provide shelter and stability, and support the well-being of children experiencing homelessness. Address: 273 9th Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 321-2612 Email: contact-us@hamiltonfamilies.org Web: https://www.hamiltonfamilies.org/ [15 Jan 2023]
HandsOn Bay Area (HOBA) We connect companies and people with high-quality volunteer projects through our extensive network of local nonprofits and schools in need. We help companies — including Google, Salesforce, Levi’s and many others — create customized volunteer events to make their employees happier and better serve society. And we offer volunteer projects each month to anyone who wants to help, covering all the causes people care about. Address: 1504 Bryant Street, Suite 100, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 541-9616 Email: info@handsonbayarea.org Web: https://www.handsonbayarea.org/ [30 Oct 2021]
HappyCow's Vegetarian Guide (California Section) A directory of vegetarian restaurants & health food stores in California. (The general site is worldwide.) Web: https://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/california/ [08 Oct 2022]
Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC) Creates spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racialized drug policies. Builds evidence-based strategies with and for people who use drugs. Web: https://harmreduction.org/ [24 Jun 2023]
Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club One of San Francisco's largest Democratic clubs. Respected for its progressive history, political actions, empowering activists and members of marginalized backgrounds, and bolstering the resistance to status quo politics, changing rather than obeying power dynamics that leave members of our community out in the cold. The Milk Club is a place for people to be political, left, and queer. It is also a Club founded to keep the LGBTQ community free of anointed gatekeepers and machine politics. Address: S.E. Owens & Company, 312 Clay Street, Suite 300, Oakland CA 94607 Email: correspondent@milkclub.org Web: https://www.milkclub.org/ [30 Oct 2021]
Haymarket Books A radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago. 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, and internationalist 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—against oppression, exploitation, environmental devastation, and war—continue today across the globe. Web: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/ [02 Feb 2024]
HEAL Food Alliance (HEAL) A multi-sector, multi-racial coalition building collective power to transform our food and farm systems. We are led by our member organizations, who represent over 2 million rural and urban farmers, fishers, farm and food chain workers, indigenous groups, scientists, public health advocates, policy experts, community organizers, and activists. Together, these groups are building a movement to transform our food and farm systems from the current extractive economic model towards community control, care for the land, local economies, meaningful labor, and healthful communities nationwide, while supporting the sovereignty of all living beings. Web: https://healfoodalliance.org/ [02 Jul 2023]
Health Access California (Oakland office) The statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, undertakes direct advocacy towards the goal of quality, affordable, equitable health care for all Californians. Health Access works with a broad coalition of dozens of member organizations representing communities of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, children, seniors, people of faith, labor, LGBTQ, and working families. Co-equal to our policy goals, Health Access seeks to build our coalition member’s ability to engage effectively in advocacy and leverage our collective power, using a strategic combination of industry oversight, administrative advocacy around various state agencies, legislative advocacy, and public education, giving consumers confidence in their care and coverage. Address: 2000 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 271-4300 Web: https://health-access.org/ [30 Sep 2023]
Health Care for All California (HCA) Dedicated to achieving a universal health care system through single-payer public financing. Our goal is for all California residents to have guaranteed, high quality, comprehensive health care. HCA is a statewide non-partisan, non-profit organization of volunteers. The HCA board of directors is made up of elected representatives from regional chapters. We are supported by donations and fundraising activities. We encourage all single-payer supporters to become HCA members by donating and welcome creation of new chapters in under-represented areas of California. Address: PO Box 5833, Novato CA 94948 Email: info@healthcareforall.org Web: https://healthcareforall.org/ [31 Jul 2021]
Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA) Missiong is to coordinate and optimize resources to reduce health disparities of the Latino-origin population living and working in the United States. At the University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, HIA is considered one of the world’s leading programs on health and migration. Established in 2001, HIA works binationally with Latin American governments and public and private institutions, and agencies, as well as with grassroots organizations in the U.S. to improve health outcomes, address health inequities, enhance the cultural competency of healthcare personnel, and put innovative strategies into action to address unmet health needs of the migrant population through its diverse programs. Address: 50 University Hall - MC 7360, Berkeley CA 94720 Email: hia.ucb@gmail.com Web: https://hia.berkeley.edu/ [30 Sep 2023]
HealthWrights (Workgroup for People's Health and Rights) 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. Web: http://www.healthwrights.org [02 May 2021]
The Heat is Online A web site based on the book 'The Heat Is On' by Ross Gelbspan (Perseus Books, 1997). It continues to document the evidence for global warming and the pervasive debunking campaign of the fossil fuel industry. Web: https://www.heatisonline.org [07 Oct 2023]
Richard Heinberg Richard is Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, and is regarded as one of the world’s foremost advocates for a shift away from our current reliance on fossil fuels. He is the author of fourteen books, including some of the seminal works on society’s current energy and environmental sustainability crisis. Web: https://richardheinberg.com/ [25 Jun 2022]
Hesperian Health Guides Strives for a world in which people and communities are equipped to achieve health for all. Our mission is to provide information and educational tools that help all people take greater control over their health and work to eliminate the underlying causes of poor health. Hesperian produces and shares easy-to-understand health information for people worldwide. Address: 1919 Addison Street, Suite 304, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 845-1447 Fax: (510) 845-9141 Email: hesperian@hesperian.org Web: https://hesperian.org/ [19 Mar 2022]
Heyday An independent, nonprofit publisher founded in 1974 in Berkeley, California. We are a diverse community of writers and readers, activists and thinkers. Heyday promotes civic engagement and social justice, celebrates nature’s beauty, supports California Indian cultural renewal, and explores the state’s rich history, culture, and influence. Heyday works to realize the California dream of equity and enfranchisement. Address: PO Box 9145, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 549-3564 Web: https://www.heydaybooks.com/ [19 Mar 2022]
Hidden Villa An educational nonprofit stretching over 1600 acres of open space in the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains, Hidden Villa offers unique Experiential Education and Responsible Agriculture programs in a setting that promotes engagement, connection and understanding. Every year, 30,000 people participate in one of our programs and an additional 20,000 visitors come to explore our organic farm and gardens, greet our farm animals and hike our beautiful trails. We welcome school groups, summer campers, family gatherings, corporate volunteers and anyone looking for an escape and a respite. Address: 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills CA 94022 Voice: (650) 949-8650 Email: info@hiddenvilla.org Web: https://www.hiddenvilla.org/ [21 Jan 2023]
Jim Hightower National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and New York Times best-selling author, Jim Hightower has spent four 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. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations, on the web, and on Radio for Peace International. Web: https://jimhightower.com/ [19 Mar 2022]
Hills Conservation Network (HCN) A San Francisco Bay Area community organization committed to fire safety, forest preservation and environmental protection. founded in 2007 by residents of the East Bay hills to reduce wildfire danger while preserving the unique, precious woodlands we call home. We work with local agencies to implement effective, species-neutral risk mitigation strategies. Since its inception, HCN has filed three lawsuits, all of which were settled with terms favorable to our environmental goals. We don't consider litigation the preferred means to resolve deforestation and vegetation management conflicts — it's expensive and time-consuming — but we resort to it after exhausting all other means. Address: PO Box 5426, Berkeley CA 94705 Email: inquiries@hillsconservationnetwork.org Web: https://www.hillsconservationnetwork.org/ [30 Oct 2021]
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. To enhance opportunities for marginalized people in the Bay Area, HipHopForChange Inc (HH4C) is reclaiming Hip Hop culture as a vehicle for education, empowerment, and cultural innovation. Out of displacement and neglect, inner-city neighborhoods birthed Hip Hop as an outlet for oppressed people to address socio-economic injustices and validate their experiences through music, artistic expression, and storytelling; however, this beautiful cultural art form has been co-opted. Address: 515 55th Street, Suite A, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 350-7730 Email: Roots@hiphopforchange.org Web: https://www.hiphopforchange.org/ [30 Sep 2023]
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: https://www.hire-ability.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
Hively We believe that everyone should have the resources and support they need to feel supported, cared for, and able to thrive. We help parents find and pay for quality child care, we provide parent education and support to ensure that children get the best start possible, we provide guidance and training for people interested in building sustainable, high quality child care businesses and we help adults and children through challenging life situations. By providing counseling and other resources, we ensure that children and families throughout Alameda County have the resources they need to thrive. Address: 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 150, Pleasanton CA 94588 Voice: (925) 417-8733 Email: hello@behively.org Web: https://behively.org/ [25 Jun 2022]
Holy Land Olive Oil Helps 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: 484 Lake Park Avenue # 644, Oakland CA 94610-2730 Voice: (510) 830-8804 Web: https://holylandoliveoil.org/ [31 Jul 2021]
Homeless Action Center (HAC) Provides high-quality public benefits advocacy for free to homeless and disabled residents of Alameda County. With legal representation, people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless are able to access the maze of social safety net programs that provide a pathway to a better life. Provides free legal assistance with a range of public benefits programs, including Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Medi-Cal, CalWorks, Cal-Fresh (food stamps) General Assistance (GA) and Cash Assistance Programs for Immigrants (CAPI). HAC also provides informal advice and referrals for non-benefits related legal issues. Address: 3126 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 540-0878 Fax: (510) 540-0403 Email: info@homelessactioncenter.org Web: http://homelessactioncenter.org/ [08 Oct 2022]
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://veteranshousingfacility.org/ [31 Jul 2021]
HomeRise (CHP) Mission is to help people experiencing homelessness 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 individuals, seniors and families experiencing homelessness to help them rise up and rebuild their lives and break the cycle of homelessness. Address: PO Box 237, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 852-5300 Fax: (415) 749-2791 Email: info@homerisesf.org Web: https://homerisesf.org/ [17 Sep 2022]
HOMEY ( Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth) A grassroots, non-profit organization rooted in San Francisco, California. For 23 years, HOMEY has identified community issues adversely affecting the youth, young adults and families in our city and we are dedicated to empowering community members in making transformative change through individual and community success. We do this by supporting youth and families with educational enrichment programming, social services, resource referrals, leadership development and cultural activities, educational workshops, advocacy efforts, but most importantly with love. At HOMEY we say, “This is a place where dreams come true.” Address: 2221 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 861-1600 Email: info@homey-sf.org Web: https://www.homey-sf.org/ [21 Jan 2023]
HOPE Collaborative (Health for Oakland’s People and Environment) A community collaborative working towards policy and systems change to promote the health and well-being of families and youth in the most vulnerable communities of East and West Oakland. Our mission is to advance racial, economic, and health equity in Oakland through community-driven food and neighborhood initiatives. We envision a vibrant Oakland where historically marginalized communities shape their neighborhoods’ future, have equitable opportunities for healthy food and safe community spaces, and build community wealth. Address: 2000 Franklin Street, Third Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 817-4069 Web: https://www.hopecollaborative.net/ [21 Jan 2023]
Horizons Foundation The world’s first community foundation of, by, and for LGBTQ people, Horizons invests in LGBTQ nonprofits, strengthens a culture of LGBTQ giving, and builds a permanent endowment to secure our community’s future for generations to come. Address: 155 Sansome Street, Suite 650, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 398-2333 Fax: (415) 398-4733 Email: info@horizonsfoundation.org Web: https://www.horizonsfoundation.org/ [17 Sep 2022]
Hospitality House A progressive, community-based organization located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin Neighborhood, Sixth Street Corridor, and Mid-Market Area that provides opportunities and resources for personal growth and self-determination to homeless people and neighborhood residents. Our mission is to build community strength by advocating policies and rendering services which foster self-sufficiency and cultural enrichment. Address: 290 Turk Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 749-2100 Fax: (415) 749-2136 Email: info@hospitalityhouse.org Web: https://www.hospitalityhouse.org/ [21 Jan 2023]
Housing California (HCA) Shaping narrative, building power, and changing policy to end homelessness and create affordable homes for all. We work to address housing affordability and homelessness through two primary policy approaches: * Land Use: Promoting affordable housing production and influencing where affordable homes are built by regulating how land can be developed. * Finance: Increasing and protecting public investment in affordable homes and supportive services. We also partner with our allies on supporting tenant protections by strengthening laws that help keep people in their homes. Web: https://www.housingca.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
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: 410 7th Street, Suite 203, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 832-1382 Web: http://hceb.org/ [31 Jul 2021]
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco (HRCSF) Has fought for tenants rights since 1979, when a group of seniors at Old St. Mary’s Church came together to organize against condo conversions displacing the elderly. We offer both call-in and drop-in counseling. Our dedicated staff of volunteer counselors are trained to help tenants identify their options for problems with evictions, illegal rent increases, repair problems, security deposit returns, and more. Address: 11 Grove Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 703-8634 Fax: (415) 703-8639 Web: https://hrcsf.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
Human Rights Watch Investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. We are roughly 450 people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. We direct our advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. To ensure our independence, we refuse government funding and carefully review all donations to ensure that they are consistent with our policies, mission, and values. We partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and to help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims. Web: https://www.hrw.org/ [19 Mar 2022]
The Humane Farming Association (HFA) Dedicated to the protection of farm animals. Founded in 1985, and over 270,000 members strong, HFA has garnered worldwide recognition and respect for its landmark anti-cruelty campaigns including, most notably, its successful National Veal Boycott. HFA is particularly well known for its unparalleled track record of credibility, accuracy, and integrity in addressing legislative issues pertaining to farm animals. Address: PO Box 3577, San Rafael CA 94912 Voice: (415) 485-1495 Fax: (415) 485-0106 Email: hfa@hfa.org Web: https://www.hfa.org/ [19 Mar 2022]
Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) The world’s first model shelter, accomplished by meeting the guidelines put forth by the Association of Shelter Veterinarians. Established in 1929, the organization offers quality adoptions, affordable spaying/neutering, vaccinations and microchipping services, pet care services and education programs to enhance the human-animal bond. HSSV operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are also the first animal community center in the nation to receive Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Address: 901 Ames Avenue, Milpitas CA 95035 Voice: (408) 262-2133 Email: comments@hssv.org Web: https://www.hssv.org/ [07 Oct 2023]
Humanimal Connection, Inc. (HAC) A 501c3 not-for-profit, no-kill, cat rescue run entirely by volunteers. Humanimal Connection has been working in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1998 to facilitate healthy, helpful relationships between humans, animals, and the environment. Rescues homeless, unwanted, abandoned and sometimes abused and neglected, kittens and cats. Humanimal Connection also rescues kittens and cats from other shelters (for instance, other shelters who euthanize). Humanimal Connection provides these kittens and cats with medical care, human affection, and then works non-stop to find them the forever homes they deserve. Address: 27544 Canyon Road, Los Altos CA 94022 Voice: (888) 538-9402 Email: info@humanimalconnection.com Web: http://www.humanimalconnection.com/ [30 Oct 2021]
Humanist Mutual Aid Network (HuMAN) We work toward a world with humanist values, that respects science, secular education, sustainability, community, kindness, peace & democracy. We support humanists at-risk internationally, via educational opportunities, technological solutions, health assistance and small business grants. We fund mutual aid groups that support secular schools, orphans, refugees, safe houses, grocery stores, community gardens, and humanist libraries. We deliver $150-$300 grants exclusively to our mutual aid partners in Uganda, Nigeria, Chad, Zambia, Sudan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, The Philippines, Peru, and USA + we provide $100 grants to African humanist students, entrepreneurs & humanitarians. Address: 99 Pinehurst Road, PO Box 6, Canyon CA 94516 Voice: (415) 309-3505 Email: HumanistMutualAid@gmail.com Web: https://www.thehuman.team/ [02 Jul 2023]
IBON Foundation, Inc. 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. We explain issues in a popular and understandable manner. We provide information and education services especially to people’s organizations. We publish and distribute progressive materials and have an increasing presence in the formal education sector through textbooks, journals and seminars. Web: https://www.ibon.org/ [19 Mar 2022]
ICA Fund Good Jobs (ICA) People of color, especially women of color, start businesses at higher rates than white people — but they are constrained by structural inequities and often overlooked by mainstream funders. We partner with, mentor, and invest in underestimated Bay Area entrepreneurs to accelerate great businesses and build an economy that works for all. Address: 1714 Franklin Street #100-174, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 271-0142 Email: info@ica.fund Web: https://www.ica.fund/ [02 May 2021]
Idle No More SF Bay A grassroots all-volunteer organization composed of Native and non-Native allies dedicated to climate change activism. We are Native women-led and multi-generational. Founded in 2013, our mission is to creatively do all we can to ensure the future of coming generations by addressing environmental harms caused by corporate extreme energy. We stand for clean air, water and soil, safe jobs and a sustainable future for the generations beyond. Our beliefs and conduct are rooted in Native tradition and we bring an indigenous perspective to climate work. We understand that our enemies are not other human beings but the thought forms that create separation, colonization and capitalism. We know that we are all related in the sacred system of life. We pray, conduct teach-ins, coordinate local nonviolent direct actions, encourage people to envision the future they want to help create, offer indigenous leadership, and work with other groups who resist the fossil fuel industry. Web: http://www.idlenomoresfbay.org/ [02 Jul 2023]
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: https://ifamericansknew.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
IfNotNow A movement of American Jews organizing our community for equality, justice, and a thriving future for all: our neighbors, ourselves, Palestinians, and Israelis. We are Jews of all ages, with ancestors from across the world and Jewish backgrounds as diverse as the ways we practice our Judaism. Web: https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/ [17 Nov 2023]
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) Working with and educating immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to help build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people. The ILRC trains attorneys, paralegals, and community-based advocates who work with immigrants around the country. We inform the media, elected officials, and public to shape effective and just immigration policy and law. Our staff works with grassroots immigrant organizations to promote civic engagement and social change. Web: https://www.ilrc.org/ [08 May 2021]
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) Helps immigrants, refugees, and their families join and contribute to the community. IIBA provides high-quality immigration legal services, education, and civic engagement opportunities. Address: 1111 Market Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 538-8100 x206 Fax: (415) 538-8111 Email: sfinfo@iibayarea.org Web: https://iibayarea.org/ [21 Feb 2021]
IMPACT Bay Area Teaches full force self-defense in a safe and empowering environment. Since 1985, we've taught more than 15,000 people effective boundary setting, personal safety, and physical self-defense skills. We believe that everyone has the right to safety - our classes accommodate various ages and body types. Address: PO Box 23831, Oakland CA 94623 Voice: (510) 208-0474 Email: info@impactbayarea.org Web: https://www.impactbayarea.org/ [31 Jul 2021]
The Impact Fund Mission is to provide grants, advocacy, and education to support impact litigation on behalf of communities seeking economic, environmental, racial, and social justice. We do this by (1) making grants to support cases that affect large numbers of people and aim to change a larger system or lead to significant legal reform; (2) providing training for public interest law practitioners on a wide range of issues relating to public interest litigation including in-person presentations, brown bag lunches, webinars, our annual Class Action Conference, and our three-day intensive Class Action Training Institute; and (3) pursuing an active and diverse docket of impact civil rights cases, maintaining an active amicus program, and providing consulting to civil rights practitioner on a range of complex issues, free of charge. Address: 2080 Addison Street, Suite 5, Berkeley CA 94704-1692 Voice: (510) 845-3473 Email: impactfund@impactfund.org Web: https://www.impactfund.org/ [07 Oct 2023]
In Defense of Animals (IDA) Mission is to defend animals, humans and the environment from abuses and exploitation, and to foster peace between all life. We advocate for changes in laws, human behavior, and enlightenment in the need to protect lives, advance rights, improve welfare, and steward environmental protection. We accomplish our mission through education and campaigns, as well as sanctuaries and hands-on animal rescue facilities in India, Korea, and rural Mississippi. Our main headquarters are established in Marin County, California. Address: 3010 Kerner Blvd, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 448-0048 Fax: (415) 454-1031 Web: https://www.idausa.org/ [19 Mar 2022]
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/ [21 Jan 2023]
In These Times An independent, nonprofit magazine 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: https://inthesetimes.com/ [14 Feb 2021]
Independent Arts & Media (IAM) Believes that diverse voices and free expression are a cultural necessity. Through a combination of personalized attention, professional expertise, and an active network, we provide fiscal sponsorship services to support our Affiliate Projects. To independent artists, journalists, and media producers, we offer fundraising, accounting, and professional development services, delivered with flexibility and personalized attention. With our support you can focus on your vision rather than administrative tasks. To foundations and donors, we match your dedication to creative expression and critical thought by connecting you with our community of dynamic artists and meaningful voices. Working together, we help democratize the world of art and media when it is needed most. Address: PO Box 420442, San Francisco CA 94142 Voice: (415) 738-4975 Email: admin[at]artsandmedia.net Web: https://www.artsandmedia.net/ http://newsdesk.org/ [07 Oct 2023]
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. Principles of Unity: San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia 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: https://www.indybay.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
Independent Television Service (ITVS) We partner with filmmakers who bring untold stories to public broadcasting to make a difference in the world. Address: 1435 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 356-8383 Email: itvs@itvs.org Web: https://itvs.org/ [07 Oct 2023]
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/ [30 Jan 2022]
Indigenous Environmental Network An alliance of Indigenous Peoples whose Shared Mission is to Protect the Sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination & exploitation by Respecting and Adhering to Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Law. Web: https://www.ienearth.org/ [17 Sep 2022]
Indivisible East Bay A grassroots community group founded in 2017, inspired by the 2016 Indivisible Guide. We are working to expand and protect our democracy and enact a progressive legislative agenda. We do this by influencing our representatives in government, advocating for policies that advance economic, racial, gender, and environmental justice, participating in electoral work, and allying with groups across the country to protect our rights and build a vibrant, participatory democracy and a better future for all. We cover the East Bay Area, spanning California’s 11th, 13th, and 15th congressional districts. Web: https://indivisibleeb.org/ https://www.facebook.com/indivisibleeb/ [02 Jul 2023]
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW / The Wobblies) A labor union representing nearly 9000 workers across North America. Established in 1905, the IWW is known for its high standards of democracy, transparency, multinationalism, and active use of the right to strike. The IWW is a general union that is open to workers from all industries and companies, rather than just one organization or particular sector. The IWW promotes the creation of "One Big Union" and contends that all workers should be united as a social class to supplant capitalism and wage labor with industrial democracy. Web: https://www.iww.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
inequality.org Your online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality. You'll find on these pages information and insights that can help you better understand our deeply unequal world — and how we can work to change it. Inequality.org comes to you as a project of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies. Web: https://inequality.org/ [19 Mar 2022]
Insight Center for Community Economic Development (ICCED) A national economic justice organization, the Insight Center is working to build inclusion and equity for people of color, women, immigrants, and low-income families. Through research and advocacy, narrative change, and thought leadership, Insight aims to ensure that all people become, and remain, economically secure. Led by a Black woman, we intentionally center race, gender, and place in the pursuit of progressive economic change. Address: 360 14th Street, Suite 500A, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-2600 Email: info@insightcced.org Web: https://insightcced.org/ [14 Aug 2021]
Insight Housing Passionately committed to a single goal: Ensuring everyone in our community has a home through supportive, equitable, and sustainable housing solutions. Insight Housing services can include: Emergency and temporary housing, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing Fresh and nutritious meals, water, and snacks Wellness checks and links to medical providers Life skills and vocational counseling Family reunification support Formerly Berkeley Food & Housing Project. Address: 2855 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 601, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 649-4965 Email: info@insighthousing.org Web: https://insighthousing.org/ [30 Mar 2024]
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. Pursues cutting edge solutions that benefit family farmers, rural communities and the planet. Our work extends from advocating for more democratic and economically just trade agreements to advocacy for stronger public health protections in chemical policy, to spearheading Farm to Head Start programs. Web: https://www.iatp.org/ [02 May 2021]
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) Advance the Haitian people’s struggle for justice and democracy in Haiti and on the international stage. IJDH and BAI advocate, litigate, build constituencies and nurtures networks to create systemic pathways to justice for marginalized Haitians and to hold international human rights violators accountable. IJDH amplifies Haitian voices in places outside Haiti where decisions about their rights are made and helps to build an accurate, rights-based narrative of Haiti internationally. IJDH provides structural support to fortify the capacity & impact of BAI, while BAI provides essential framing & guidance for IJDH’s work. Web: http://www.ijdh.org/ [14 Aug 2021]
Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) Has a vision of thriving, diverse, equitable communities. To reach this vision, we build local power to fight corporate control. We are a national research and advocacy organization that partners with allies across the country to build an American economy driven by local priorities and accountable to people and the planet. We recognize the biggest challenges in the U.S. today are corporate control and diminishing community power which undermines the strength of our democracy and local economies. For us, local self-reliance is the best answer to these challenges. Web: https://ilsr.org/ [07 Oct 2023]
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) A progressive organization dedicated to building a more equitable, ecologically sustainable, and peaceful society. In partnership with dynamic social movements, we turn transformative policy ideas into action. Web: https://ips-dc.org/ [26 Mar 2022]
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: ipa[at]accuracy.org Web: https://accuracy.org/ [26 Mar 2022]
Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights Since 1983, IREHR has served as a social justice organization dedicated to standing against bigotry and defending democracy and human rights. We unmask movements, organizations, and individuals that threaten democracy and human rights. We support movements advancing human rights. We use investigative research and strategic organizing to counter racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, nativism, homophobia, and other forms of bigotry. Web: https://www.irehr.org/ [03 Apr 2021]
Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) Mission is to protect the genetic integrity and nature’s biological evolution by preventing the outdoor release of genetically modified organisms, and to protect human and animal health by preventing the use of GMOs in the food and feed supply. In addition, we seek to stop the use of toxic agricultural chemicals associated with GMOs, such as Roundup. Web: https://responsibletechnology.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) A global organization at the forefront of innovation, using technical expertise, direct advocacy, and policy guidance to mitigate the impacts of climate change, improve air quality, and support prosperous, sustainable, and equitable cities. We have worked with over 100 cities in more than 40 nations to design and implement transport and urban development systems and policy solutions that make cities more viable, fair, and livable. Web: https://www.itdp.org/ [26 Mar 2022]
Institute of Urban Homesteading A Home Grown Folk School of Urban Sustainability Mission is to: Offer affordable classes in the art of living sustainably and self-sufficiently in an urban environment Help students forge connections with their food supply, their community, and the natural environment Inspire and enable a slower, more intentional, more sustainable lifestyle Empower students and communities by promoting self-determination, self-learning, and self-reliance Revive the lost arts of the garden, the kitchen, and things done by hand through the teaching of heirloom skills and traditional homesteading crafts Web: https://iuhoakland.com/ [02 May 2021]
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) A non-profit, non-partisan tax policy organization. We conduct rigorous analyses of tax and economic proposals and provide data-driven recommendations on how to shape equitable and sustainable tax systems. ITEP’s expertise and data uniquely enhance federal, state, and local policy debates by revealing how taxes affect both public revenues and people of various levels of income and wealth. Web: https://itep.org/ [02 Apr 2021]
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: sshaker@ilaboral.org Web: http://www.ilaboral.org/ [21 Feb 2021]
Intact America Male child genital cutting (MCGC, a.k.a. circumcision) of baby boys is still widespread in America, despite rising evidence of real harm to boys and the men they will become. Stopping baby circumcision is a nascent cause, and is gaining strength as more people speak out. Intact America is an intactivist advocacy organization seeking to end MCGC in America, and to ensure healthy sexual futures for all people. Intact America envisions a world where children are free from medically unnecessary surgeries carried out on them without their consent in the name of culture, religion, profit, parental preference, or false benefit. Web: https://intactamerica.org/ [25 Jun 2022]
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: https://www.ipsnews.net/ [17 Sep 2022]
The Intercept An award-winning news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Its in-depth investigations and unflinching analysis focus on politics, war, surveillance, corruption, the environment, technology, criminal justice, the media, and more. The Intercept gives its journalists the editorial freedom and legal support they need to expose corruption and injustice wherever they find it. Web: https://theintercept.com/ [14 May 2022]
Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity A statewide California organization that connects clergy and people of faith to the work of social justice. We work to make the criminal justice system more just, and the immigration system more fair and humane. Working at the intersection of spirituality and social movements, we mobilize congregations to take a stand on issues of social justice like immigration and mass incarceration, and we engage people of faith to develop their own leadership so they can stand up against racism, discrimination and the political challenges of the day. We bring a faith voice to social movement coalitions, providing a compassionate religious perspective amidst the clamor of angry political actors. Address: 310 Eighth Street, Suite 310, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 948-7899 Email: office@im4humanintegrity.org Web: https://www.im4humanintegrity.org/ [17 Sep 2022]
International Action Center (IAC) Information, activism & resistance to U.S. militarism, war & corporate greed, linking with struggles against racism & oppression within the United States 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. Our goal: work toward the liberation of all peoples living in the U.S. and around the world. The IAC is “anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist.” Web: https://iacenter.org/ [08 Oct 2022]
International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter) (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) Connecting the flight for social justice at home and in opposition to war and occupation abroad. We are actively fighting against the ongoing occupation of Afghanistan, the renewed assaults on Iraq and Syria, the drone attacks on Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia, among others. We have mobilized across the country to stop the repeated assaults against and massacres of the people of Gaza. We fight against racist and religious profiling, in support of immigrant and workers’ rights, and for economic and social justice for all. Address: 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 821-6545 Email: answer@answersf.org Web: https://www.answercoalition.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
International Bicycle Fund (IBF) 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/ [26 Mar 2022]
International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) A global conservation organization for birds in a changing world. Since 1971, Bird Rescue has responded to over 250 oil spills and other wildlife emergencies, caring for more than 160,000 birds on six continents. With crisis response centers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Anchorage, the organization specializes in emergency preparedness and response, day-to-day aquatic bird care, and scientific research. Innovations are shared worldwide to inspire the next generation of wildlife specialists. Bird Rescue aims to give a voice to waterbirds through conservation, advocacy, and wildlife literacy that builds empathy and encourages action. Our mission is to inspire people to act toward balance with the natural world by? ?rescuing waterbirds in crisis.? Address: 4369 Cordelia Road, Fairfield CA 94534 Voice: (707) 207-0380 Web: https://www.birdrescue.org/ [02 Jul 2023]
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: https://www.bhopal.net/ [14 Aug 2021]
International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Promotes human rights, democratic freedoms and self-determination for the Tibetan people. Web: https://savetibet.org/ [26 Mar 2022]
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) A coalition of non-governmental organizations promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty. A broad, inclusive campaign, focused on mobilizing civil society around the world to support the specific objective of prohibiting and eliminating nuclear weapons. The ICAN international structure consists of partner organizations, an international steering group and an international staff team. Web: https://www.icanw.org/ [07 Oct 2023]
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/ [13 Oct 2023]
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Sets the global agenda for gender equity, inclusion, and shared prosperity with action-oriented research and solutions. Our Research and Programs, Advocacy and Policy, and Private Sector teams focus on economic opportunity and security, health and reproductive rights, gender norms, and climate action. Web: https://www.icrw.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of CGIAR, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development. Web: https://www.ifpri.org/ [31 Jul 2021]
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) An organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America, the Arctic, Caribbean and 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 Web: https://www.iitc.org/ [26 Mar 2022]
International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins (IIBHB) Our mission is to develop and implement models for proper watershed management, the remediation of toxic ground and surface waters in California and on the Indian subcontinent, and to deploy this knowledge throughout the world. As pure water for hydration, sanitation, and agriculture becomes increasingly scarce as a result of climate change and other environmental crises, such efforts will become increasingly urgent. Address: PO Box 11553, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (510) 870-4988 Email: info@iibhb.org Web: https://iibhb.org/ [21 Jan 2023]
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) An international network of Jews who are uncompromisingly committed to struggles for human survival and emancipation, of which the liberation of the Palestinian people and land is an indispensable part. We are committed to the right of return for Palestinian refugees and to ending Israeli colonization of historic Palestine, which is reinforced by US economic and military power. We support full Palestinian self-determination and the right to resist occupation. We look to the Palestinian grassroots and Palestinian-led organizations as our primary points of reference in this struggle. Web: http://www.ijan.org/ [17 Jan 2024]
International Labor Organization (ILO) The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers of 187 Member States , to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men. The unique tripartite structure of the ILO gives an equal voice to workers, employers and governments to ensure that the views of the social partners are closely reflected in labour standards and in shaping policies and programmes. The main aims of the ILO are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. Web: https://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm [10 Feb 2024]
International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) A human rights organization that advances dignity and justice for workers in the global economy. Our core work is three-fold: 1. We hold global corporations accountable for labor rights violations in their supply chains. 2. We advance policies and laws that protect workers. 3. We strengthen workers’ ability to advocate for their rights. Web: https://laborrights.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies (ECA Watch) Export credit agences provide government-backed loans, guarantees and insurance to corporations working internationally in some of the most volatile, controversial and damaging industries on the planet. Shrouded in mystery, ECAs provide financial backing for risky projects that might never otherwise get off the ground. They are a major source of national debt in developing countries. ECA Watch is a network of NGOs from around the world. We come together to campaign for ECA reform - better transparency, accountability, and respect for environmental standards and human rights. Web: https://www.eca-watch.org/ [26 Mar 2022]
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) A non-partisan federation of national medical groups in over 60 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 and armed violence. Web: https://www.ippnw.org/ [17 Feb 2024]
International Rivers Protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them. * We work with river-dependent and dam-affected communities to ensure their voices are heard and their rights are respected. * We help to build well-resourced, active networks of civil society groups to demonstrate our collective power and create the change we seek. * We undertake independent, investigative research, generating robust data and evidence to inform policies and campaigns. * We remain independent and fearless in campaigning to expose and resist destructive projects. * We engage with all relevant stakeholders to develop a vision that protects rivers and the communities that depend upon them. Address: 1330 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 848-1155 Email: contact@internationalrivers.org Web: https://www.internationalrivers.org/ [21 Feb 2021]
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: https://palsolidarity.org/ [13 Oct 2023]
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO, Pastors for Peace) 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. IFCO's mission is to support the poor and disenfranchised in developing and sustaining community organizations to fight human and civil rights injustices. In pursuit of this mission, IFCO promotes funds and coordinates domestic and international community development efforts - programs designed to improve people's own communities. Web: https://ifconews.org/ [16 Oct 2022]
Intersection for the Arts A bedrock Bay Area arts nonprofit that’s dedicated to helping artists grow. Through vital resources, including fiscal sponsorship, low-cost coworking and event space, and professional development programs, we empower people to continue creating, thinking big, and taking weird and wonderful risks. We believe art and culture are necessary elements of wellbeing. That’s why we serve people working in the arts—from artists to educators to administrators to funders. We take the stance that artists should be at the top of the systems that were originally created to support their work. Address: 1446 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 626-2787 Web: https://theintersection.org/ [02 Jul 2023]
Intertribal Friendship House (IFH) 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. The Bay Area American Indian community is multi-tribal, made of Native people and their descendants—those who originate here and those who have come to the Bay region from all over the United States and from other parts of this hemisphere. Address: 523 International Blvd, Oakland CA 94606 Voice: (510) 836-1955 Email: ifhoakland@gmail.com Web: https://www.ifhurbanrez.org/ [21 Jan 2023]
Island Press Began with a simple idea: knowledge is power—the power to imagine a better future and find ways for getting us there. Founded in 1978, Island Press’ mission is to provide the best ideas and information to those seeking to understand and protect the environment and create solutions to its complex problems. We elevate voices of change, shine a spotlight on crucial issues, and focus attention on sustainable solutions. Our network of authors includes E.O. Wilson, Paul Ehrlich, Sylvia Earle, Gretchen Daily, Jan Gehl, Daniel Pauly, and many others. By working closely with experts like these, Island Press has developed a comprehensive and growing body of knowledge—vital resources for all those working to protect the environment and create healthy communities. Web: https://islandpress.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
It Takes Roots (ITR) A multiracial, multicultural, intergenerational alliance of alliances representing over 200 organizations and affiliates in over 50 states, provinces, territories and Native lands on Turtle Island; and is led by women, gender non-conforming people, people of color, Black and Indigenous Peoples. It is an outcome of years of organizing and relationship building across the membership of Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network and Right to the City Alliance. Our four alliances are led by communities on the frontlines fighting for racial, housing and climate justice, and Indigenous sovereignty. Web: https://ittakesroots.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
It's Going Down A digital community center for anarchist, anti-fascist, autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial movements across so-called North America. Our mission is to provide a resilient platform to publicize and promote revolutionary theory and action. What We Do: We publish original content alongside anonymous submissions as well as repost articles from websites which share our perspectives. We host a weekly radio show every Friday at 12 PM (PST) on KPFA, 94.1FM across Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco, 88.1 in Fresno, and 97.5 in Santa Cruz and 94.3 Monterrey. Web: https://itsgoingdown.org/ [13 Oct 2023]
Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) We are a global community conservation organization that advances the vision and work of Dr. Jane Goodall. By protecting chimpanzees and inspiring people to conserve the natural world we all share, we improve the lives of people, animals and the environment. Everything is connected—everyone can make a difference. We’re using science and technology in ways that were impossible only a decade ago to hone in on locations for conservation, assess the state of habitat, and track our progress in restoring viable chimpanzee habitat, and to amplify the reach of our conservation work. Web: https://janegoodall.org/ [02 Jul 2023]
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (JCCEB) Creates healthy communities inspired by Jewish values, culture, and tradition. Our vision is to be a geographically accessible home that provides high-quality programs and gathering spaces throughout the East Bay to advance, nurture, and evolve Jewish communal life and contribute to the vitality of the broader community. Address: 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 848-0237 Email: info@jcceastbay.org Web: https://www.jcceastbay.org/ [30 Oct 2021]
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: https://jcrc.org/ [16 Oct 2022]
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) A national, grassroots organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just and lasting peace according to principles of human rights, equality, and international law for all the people of Israel and Palestine. 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: PO Box 589, Berkeley CA 94701 Voice: (510) 465-1777 Fax: (510) 619-2004 Email: info@jvp.org Web: https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ [14 Aug 2021]
Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA) Engages Jewish youth in movements for social justice by creating a joyous, multiracial community where young people develop innovative leadership and organizing skills, facilitate socio-political learning, and run action campaigns. We envision a Jewish community that recognizes the importance of investing in youth leadership. We envision interconnected networks of Jewish youth who experience their Judaism and their social justice values as one and the same. We envision youth who have the tangible skills to participate in movements for justice. We envision a world in which Jews mobilize towards justice from a place of joy, pride and connection instead of a place of fear. Address: 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont CA 94610 Voice: (510) 570-9934 Email: Info@jycajustice.org Web: https://jycajustice.org/ [30 Jan 2022]
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: https://www.jwj.org/ [16 Oct 2022]
JoinCalifornia Elections Archive The largest online database for California legislator biographies and election results. The database currently contains more than thirteen thousand candidate biographies. Purpose is to educate policymakers and the public about the political history of the Golden State. Looking to the past gives us a reference point from which to view current events and reminds us that there is a precedent for almost everything. Web: http://www.joincalifornia.com/ [21 Feb 2021]
Journey Free - Recovery from Harmful Religion Dedicated to helping people transition out of harmful religions, recover from trauma, and rebuild their lives. We are here to help! Journey Free has developed programs for both individuals and groups. If you are recovering from religious harm, we have great respect for your strength and courage. Please know that you are not alone and things can get better. Our founder and director is Marlene Winell, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion. She has been working in religious recovery for over 30 years and originated the term, Religious Trauma Syndrome. Web: https://journeyfree.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Juma Ventures Strives to break the cycle of poverty by paving the way to work, education, and financial capability for youth across America. Our vision is that all young people have the opportunity to succeed, advance and thrive in the career of their choice, competing in a job market that is inclusive, equitable, and diverse. Operates businesses with the purpose of employing young people. We make sure they EARN a paycheck, LEARN to manage their money and gain essential skills like responsibility, teamwork and how to communicate in the workplace. Ultimately, we CONNECT them to their next job and set them on a path to a career. Address: 131 Steuart Street, Suite 201, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 371-0727 Fax: (415) 371-1634 Web: https://www.juma.org/ [21 Feb 2021]
Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County (JRC) Committed to creating a fair and just public safety system based on effective practices that invest in our communities, our families, and our people. JRC is comprised of community-based groups committed to reimagining public safety in Alameda County. The JRC activates member organizations to lead initiatives that increase Alameda County’s investments in Black and Brown criminalized communities. JRC partners believe that increasing community investments are urgently needed to end incarceration in Alameda County. The JRC does this by following the leadership of organizations led by Black, Indigenous, & People of Color who are directly impacted by incarceration. Address: 2323 Broadway, Suite 103, Oakland CA 94612 Email: JRCofAC@gmail.com Web: https://www.jrcofac.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
JVS (Jewish Vocational Service) A nonprofit working to close opportunity gaps in employment by supporting jobseekers with the skills and confidence to secure quality careers with family-sustaining wages. We believe that everyone, regardless of their background, deserves access to quality jobs and economic mobility. Every day, we invest in skills training, employer engagement, and systems-level change across California, because when we work towards equitable paths to opportunity, individuals, families, employers, and communities can thrive. Address: 548 Market Street, PMB 37733, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 391-3600 Email: info@jvs.org Web: https://jvs.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
KALX Broadcasts freeform radio 24 hours a day to a large portion of the San Francisco Bay Area. You can catch all stripes of underground music accented with news, sports and alternative informational programming. KALX has a wonderfully dedicated staff of student and community volunteers who are willing to explore with and educate their listeners. KALX is regular folks doing wild, unpredictable, extraordinary radio. All of our programs are homespun, we don't depend on satellite feeds. Rather we create programs from, and for our community (a community that includes both the University of California, Berkeley student population AND the surrounding area). Address: 26 Social Sciences Building # 5650, Berkeley CA 94720-5650 Voice: (510) 642-1111 (office); (510) 642-KALX (on-air DJ) Email: mail@kalx.berkeley.edu Web: https://www.kalx.berkeley.edu/ [14 Aug 2021]
Keep Alta Bates Open A campaign spearheaded by National Nurses United to stop Sutter Health from closing Alta Bates hospital in Berkeley, California. Web: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/keep-alta-bates-open [02 Jul 2023]
Keep Oakland Housed Committed to preventing Oakland residents from losing their housing by providing legal representation, emergency financial assistance, and supportive services. Web: https://www.keepoaklandhoused.org/ [12 Jan 2021]
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://kehillasynagogue.org/ [16 Oct 2022]
Kidango We want every child to reach their full potential. That’s why we are so passionate about providing high quality early learning services to the children who need it most. Both research and common sense tells us that a child’s early life experiences have a huge impact on their future well being. But the high cost of preschool and child care leaves many families without a quality option. With many parents working multiple jobs with long commutes just to get by, the stress on Bay Area families has never been higher. Kidango is the place that 4,000 Bay Area families trust to take care of their youngest children. This trust is the foundation upon which we build a partnership with parents, one that will help prepare their children for success in school and life. Address: 44000 Old Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 897-6900; (855) 757-5437 Email: hello@kidango.org Web: https://www.kidango.org/ [25 Jun 2022]
KIDS for the BAY Connects children with nature, turns children on to science, and inspires environmental action. Address: 1771 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 734-3835 Email: info@kidsforthebay.org Web: https://kidsforthebay.org/ [26 Mar 2022]
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: https://www.kitazawaseed.com/ [14 Aug 2021]
Kiva More than 1.7 billion people around the world are unbanked and can’t access the financial services they need. Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 in San Francisco, with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. We do this by crowdfunding loans and unlocking capital for the underserved, improving the quality and cost of financial services, and addressing the underlying barriers to financial access around the world. Through Kiva's work, students can pay for tuition, women can start businesses, farmers are able to invest in equipment and families can afford needed emergency care. By lending as little as $25 on Kiva, you can be part of the solution and make a real difference in someone’s life. Address: 986 Mission Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (828) 479-5482 Web: https://www.kiva.org/ [21 Feb 2021]
KKUP A non-commercial radio station broadcasting at 91.5 MHz. Staffed completely by volunteers and supported 100% by our listeners, we have provided an alternate source for music and information not readily available on other stations for over 40 years. By maintaining a separation from corporate backing, underwriting or any other source of funding that would place demands on our programming, we’re free to entertain and educate the listening community within our coverage area in a unique manner. Every day we offer music ranging from comical to classical, reggae to barbershop, new age to oldies, world music to bluegrass, blues to gospel, jazz to philosophy, vintage radio to poetry and much more. It’s all here! Address: 1275 Franklin Mall, PMB 9150, Santa Clara CA 95050 Voice: (408) 260-2999 (request line) Web: https://kkup.org/ [01 Apr 2022]
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. Provides 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 250 people per night. Over the course of a year we serve more than 4,500 guests. Address: 540 Mission Bay Blvd North, San Francisco CA 94158 Voice: (415) 476-8321 Email: info@familyhouseinc.org Web: https://familyhouseinc.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
KPFA (94.1 FM) A community powered radio station that creates and curates a unique mix of music, informed public affairs, culture, and news. Since 1949, KPFA has investigated the contemporary intersections of class, race, distribution of wealth and it’s affects on the citizens of our Northern and Central California coverage area. Over the years we’ve advanced the discussions and told the truth about historical moments of political impasse, racial tensions and economic inequality. Our mission and hope is to provide diverse programming that provokes thought and reaction on a complexity of issues for our community of listeners. Address: 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley CA 94704-1067 Voice: (510) 848-6767; (510) 848-4425 (studio) Email: comments@kpfa.org Web: https://kpfa.org/ [01 Apr 2022]
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 (between Bryant and York Streets), San Francisco CA 94110-1426 Voice: (415) 864-2000 Web: https://www.kqed.org/ [01 Apr 2022]
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. KZSU is a non-commercial station funded mainly by Stanford student fees, in addition to underwriting and listener donations. KZSU's staff is all volunteer, made up of Stanford students, staff, alumni, and community affiliates. Address: PO Box 20510, Stanford CA 94309-0510 Voice: (650) 725-4868 Web: http://kzsu.stanford.edu/ http://kzsulive.stanford.edu [14 Aug 2021]
La Casa de las Madres Acts boldly to create a community where violence against women and children is not tolerated. We envision a society in which all individuals and families have equal access to basic resources and asset-building opportunities. We envision a future where safety and respect in intimate relationships are the norm. To achieve this future, La Casa offers a continuum of comprehensive and empowering services to women, teens, and children exposed to and at risk of abuse. We provide access, tools and support—clinical and peer-based—that strengthen their ability to affect change and break the cycle of violence. Address: 1269 Howard Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 503-0500 (office); (877) 503-1850 (adult crisis line); (877) 923-0700 (teen crisis line) Email: info@lacasa.org Web: https://www.lacasa.org/ [02 Jul 2023]
La Cocina Mission is to cultivate low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses. La Cocina was born out of a belief that a community of naturally talented entrepreneurs, given the right resources, can create self-sufficient businesses that benefit themselves, their families, their community, and the whole city. The food that has come out of our kitchen since 2005 reflects that aspiration and, quite simply, tastes amazing. Address: 2948 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 824-2729 Web: https://lacocinasf.org/ [16 Oct 2022]
La Pena Cultural Center (La Pena) Rooted in the Latin American and Caribbean diaspora, La Peña Cultural Center collaborates with and unites communities by preserving and celebrating cultural traditions; producing creative new works; and nurturing global grassroots social justice movements with artists, activists and allies. With the community’s support, La Peña presents over 100 special events per year, including concerts, community gatherings, panel discussions, theatre performances, film screenings, art exhibits, fundraisers and more. Address: 3105 Shattuck (near Ashby, 2 blocks from Ashby BART), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 849-2568 Web: https://lapena.org/ [01 Apr 2022]
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 [22 Oct 2023]
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 worker 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, worker centers, communities, industries, and countries to strengthen the movement—from the bottom up. Web: https://www.labornotes.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
Labor Rise Climate Jobs Action Group A grassroots organization of rank-and-file union members working to amplify labor’s voice in the climate struggle. The fight for climate jobs is a key strategy for building power to bring about a Just Transition for workers, communities, and the world. We are affiliated with Labor Rise for Climate, Jobs, Justice, and Peace, a coalition of union activists that grew out of 2018’s 35,000-person Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice march in San Francisco. Web: https://laborrise.org/ [23 Apr 2023]
Labor Video Project (LVP) Labor Video Project has been producing labor TV shows and documentaries since 1983. Address: PO Box 720027, San Francisco CA 94172 Voice: (415) 867-0628 Email: labormedia1@gmail.com Web: http://www.laborvideo.org/ [01 Apr 2022]
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 healthy 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. Web: https://landstewardshipproject.org/ [08 Jul 2023]
Lao Family Community Development, Inc. Mission is to advance the economic mobility and well-being of diverse communities through culturally-informed specialized employment, housing, education and support services. Lao Family Community Development (Lao Family) values a comprehensive, integrated service model that engages individuals and family participation to achieve self-sufficiency and stability goals. Lao Family’s comprehensive approach strives to meet the immediate basic, long-term, and special needs of affected community members. Customized and holistic service plans incorporate workforce, education, housing and support services, including health, income and savings, to foster positive outcomes. Address: 2325 East 12th Street, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 533-8850 Web: https://lfcd.org/ [08 Jul 2023]
Lava Mae A nonprofit that teaches and funds organizations around the world to bring mobile showers and other services that promote well-being to people experiencing homelessness. We also deliver services on the streets of San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles, where our Radical Hospitality® approach—meeting people wherever they are with extraordinary care—helps restore dignity, rekindle optimism and fuel a sense of opportunity. Address: 1701 Monarch Street, Suite 200, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (415) 872-6950 Web: https://lavamaex.org/ [25 Jun 2022]
Lavender Phoenix Builds queer and transgender Asian and Pacific Islander power to amplify our voices and increase the visibility of our communities. Through organizing in the Bay Area, we inspire and train grassroots leaders, transform our values from scarcity to abundance, and partner with organizations to sustain a vibrant movement ecosystem. We are a political home for QTAPI people to transform. Together, we learn and practice organizing skills, unlearn ancestral and collective traumas, and relearn values of abundance and interdependence. Our organizing is centered on the transformative potential of relationships and organizing. Address: 17 Walter U. Lum Place, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 274-6760 Email: info@lavenderphoenix.org Web: https://lavenderphoenix.org/ [11 Dec 2022]
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 x100 Fax: (415) 703-6153 Email: lyricinfo@lyric.org Web: https://lyric.org/ [13 Oct 2023]
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCRSF) The leading civil rights organization on the West Coast that works on groundbreaking impact litigation and provides direct services to low-income communities of color. As one of the oldest civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society. Address: 131 Steuart Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 543-9444 Fax: (415) 543-0296 Email: info@lccrsf.org Web: https://lccrsf.org/ [04 Sep 2021]
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. In addition to the regular League classes, we host intra-league debates, the LCM Field Study program and professional experts. Finally LCM delegates attend national and international debate conferences, participate in UN Briefings or U.S. Commissions, and research in the field at the local, national, and international level. Voice: (650) 255-5944 Email: admissions@Lcmmun.org Web: https://creativedelegates.org/ [29 Jul 2023]
League of Women Voters of San Francisco (LWVSF) A nonpartisan political nonprofit that defends democracy. We provide education to encourage people to vote in elections and participate in government. We also engage in advocacy to influence public policy that benefits the community. People of all genders are welcome. We do not support or oppose candidates or political parties. Address: 582 Market Street, Suite 615 (near the Montgomery BART station), San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 989-VOTE (8683) Web: https://lwvsf.org/ https://votersedge.org/ca/page/smartvoter [25 Jun 2022]
Learning for Action (LFA) We partner with social sector organizations to advance knowledge, capacity, and culture of learning in the service of equity and justice. Learning for Action supports individuals and organizations working on systemic, structural, and policy changes that address the underlying root causes of inequities so that all members of our communities have access to the opportunities they deserve for productive, healthy, and meaningful lives. We provide consulting services to social sector organizations so that they may effectively design, implement, assess, and improve strategies to achieve impact. Address: PO Box 411490, San Francisco CA 94141-1490 Voice: (415) 392-2850 Fax: (415) 392-2856 Email: info@learningforaction.com Web: http://learningforaction.com/ [02 Jul 2022]
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. Through our publication, Left Turn Magazine, our website and other forums, we seek to create spaces for our various movements to reflect and strategize. The magazine serves as a resource to grassroots movements by reporting on and analyzing local and global struggles for justice. It is an all volunteer publication written by activists for activists. Web: http://leftturn.org/ [16 Oct 2022]
Legal Aid of Marin Mission is to create an equitable Marin by empowering the community through legal representation, advocacy and education. Our vision is for an inclusive Marin with equal justice and opportunity for all. Address: 1401 Los Gamos Drive, Suite 101, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 492-0230 Fax: (415) 492-0947 Web: https://legalaidmarin.org/ [10 Feb 2024]
Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) A nonprofit legal services organization that has been assisting low-income, working families for more than 100 years. We use four main strategies to enforce and strengthen workers’ rights: free clinics and helplines, free legal info, litigation, and policy advocacy. Address: 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 864-8848 Fax: (415) 593-0096 Web: https://legalaidatwork.org/ [02 Jul 2022]
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 the prison system, and we advance racial and gender justice in all our work. Address: 4400 Market Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (415) 255-7036 Email: info@prisonerswithchildren.org Web: https://prisonerswithchildren.org/ [22 Oct 2022]
LevelBar A San Francisco Bay Area non-profit dedicated to increasing opportunity in legal 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 extends beyond just a grant; we are committed to helping Scholars 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 to support our Scholars. Address: PO Box 23094, Oakland CA 94623 Voice: (510) 214-2694 Email: info@levelbar.org Web: https://www.levelbar.org/ [08 Jul 2023]
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. A Program of Family & Children Services and Caminar. Voice: (408) 343-7940 Email: YouthSpace@FCServices.org Web: https://youthspace.org/ [22 Oct 2022]
The Liberation Institute A grassroots non-profit mental health organization based in San Francisco. We are co-created by counselors, psychotherapists, mindfulness teachers, artists and activists from the community we serve. The aim is to fill what we see as gaps in the availability of easily accessible professional support for issues related to mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. We strive daily to meet that mission with a fresh, open minded, compassionate, inclusive, and creative approach. Address: PO Box 411502, San Francisco CA 94141-1502 Voice: (415) 606-5296 x102 Email: info@liberationinstitute.org Web: http://www.liberationinstitute.org/ [01 Apr 2022]
LifeMoves Dedicated to helping individuals and families experiencing homelessness to return to stable housing and self-sufficiency. LifeMoves meets people where they are in their life’s journey, provides supportive services to address their needs, and creates a new kind of interim housing designed to build self-sufficiency. With 26 shelter and service sites from Daly City to San José, we give our neighbors experiencing homelessness a temporary place to call home while providing intensive, customized case management through both shelter programs and community outreach. Web: https://www.lifemoves.org/ [17 Feb 2024]
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. Web: https://www.linktv.org/ [08 Jul 2023]
Dave Lippman Post-corporate song-maker Dave Lippman provides a passionate, comedic, participatory, multi-media romp through society’s ills and thrills. Known if not feared on many coasts and in some interiors for his sharp send-ups of topical subjects and the banksters and politicians who rule those subjects, Lippman has toured widely in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Central America in a 50-year musical career that has brought him respect, laughter, and occasional plaudits as a top-notch serio-comic documentary songmaker. His specialty genres range from torrential tirades, often accompanied by his handcrafted videos, to unsingable singalongs, with lyrics projected for all to attempt. Web: http://www.davelippman.com/ [01 Apr 2022]
Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) Promotes ecological health, environmental stewardship, and community development in Southeast San Francisco by creating urban greening, eco-literacy, community stewardship and workforce development opportunities that directly engage and support local residents in securing a healthier future. We are a multi-generational and multi-cultural cohort of youth, volunteers, supporters, environmental educators, habitat restoration specialists, community organizers and social justice advocates dedicated to connecting people to local urban open spaces to restore ecology, improve environmental health and strengthen community. Address: PO Box 170039, San Francisco CA 94117-0039 Voice: (415) 282-6840 Fax: (866) 909-9466 Email: staff@lejyouth.org Web: https://www.lejyouth.org/ [14 Aug 2021]
Little People of America (LPA) A national nonprofit organization that provides support and information to people of short stature and their families. Short stature is generally caused by one of more than 300 medical conditions known as dwarfism. LPA welcomes all forms of dwarfism. LPA has more than 7500 members across the United States and internationally. We have 13 districts and 70 chapters. LPA provides social interaction, parent and peer support, medical support and education, scholarships and grants. Our members range from newborns to senior citizens, both little people and average height. Dwarfism spans all religions, ethnicities, and economic levels. All are welcome! Web: https://www.lpaonline.org/ [21 Jan 2023]
Living Liberally (DL) A national network of progressive social clubs. Since 2003, we've provided liberals across the country a way to wed their social and political lives, make friends, dream and scheme, get more involved locally, and have fun along the way. We believe that our political identity should be part of our regular lives. We take our politics where we gather, socialize, learn, love and live. We create easy entryways into progressive political involvement, where you can find a community that shares your values. Web: https://livingliberally.org/ [18 Jun 2022]
Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay The Bay Area's foremost membership organization working at the local, state, and national level to promote a clean energy future through the development and democratization of local renewable energy resources. We see these resources as key to addressing climate change, advancing social and racial justice, and building sustainable and resilient communities. We partner with environmental, social justice, business, and community groups in advancing our work. The Alliance recognizes the importance of all communities, especially those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, benefiting from a clean energy economy. Address: 339 15th Street, Suite 208, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 284-3838 Email: info@localcleanenergy.org Web: http://www.localcleanenergy.org/ [02 Jul 2022]
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. Web: https://www.localharvest.org/ [17 Feb 2024]
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, do business and raise families. We invest in affordable housing, small businesses, community safety and justice, quality education and programs that connect people with financial opportunity. We provide the capital, strategy and know-how to local partners to get this done. Web: https://www.lisc.org/ [21 Feb 2021]
Long Haul Infoshop An anarchist resource center and community space. 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. The Infoshop is a combination of a lending library, computer room, zine making space, activist reading room, and a social gathering space. But the Infoshop is primarily an information distribution center. Much of literature, (including our own newspaper, Slingshot), is available for free. Flyers regarding current political events and radical/alternative news sources are always posted on our front bulletin board and are on the front desk. Address: 3124 Shattuck Avenue (near Woolsey; three blocks from Ashby BART), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 540-0751 Web: https://thelonghaul.org/ [01 Apr 2022]
Love and Justice in the Streets Harnessing community resources in solidarity with our unhoused neighbors in Oakland. The homelessness crisis in the Oakland cannot be addressed in a just and humane manner without the voices and leadership contributions of unhoused community members. However the daily hardships of living without stable housing can make it difficult or impossible to participate in policy work or community organizing efforts. By meeting the urgent needs of our unhoused neighbors and curbside communities, LJIS increases their capacity to participate in the grassroots organizing efforts to bring humane, just and lasting solutions to the Oakland homelessness crisis. Web: https://www.loveandjusticeinthestreets.com/ [05 Jan 2021]
Love the Bulb The Albany Bulb is a former construction debris landfill on San Francisco Bay where people have been making informal outdoor sculptures and paintings for decades. It's home to 150 species of birds, huge trees, wildflowers, amazing views, and lots of walking trails. Love the Bulb is a community-based non-profit organization devoted to protecting the spirit and stories of this unique pile of rubble. We present workshops and events including theater, dance, music and participatory art, as well as stewardship and environmental education activities. We advocate to protect this very necessary space for the imagination and to preserve it as a uniquely Bay Area cultural zone. Please join us! Web: https://www.albanybulb.org/ [17 Feb 2024]
Lyon-Martin Health Services Mission is to provide high quality, compassionate and trauma-informed medical, gynecological, and mental health care services to trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) communities and cis-gender women with specific sensitivity to LGBQA sexual orientation, disability, size, race, ethnicity, and language regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. We aim to eliminate health inequities for our communities by rooting our clinical practice in core foundational frameworks of intersectionality, anti-racism, reproductive and disability justice, self-determination, and harm reduction. Address: 1735 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 565-7667 Fax: (415) 252-7512 Email: info@lyon-martin.org Web: https://lyon-martin.org/ [22 Oct 2022]
Making Contact (International Media Project) An independent, non-profit organization committed to investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Its core focus is Making Contact. Foundations know us as International Media Project, but you can just call us Making Contact. Making Contact produces media that analyses critical social and environmental issues and showcases grassroots solutions in order to inform and inspire audiences to action. 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 corporate media. Our goal is to produce media that informs, inspires, and moves people to take action. Making Contact, is an award-winning, 29-minute weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on 151 radio stations in the USA, Canada, South Africa and Ireland. Address: 1714 Franklin Street #100-251, Oakland CA 94612 Email: makingcontact@radioproject.org Web: https://www.radioproject.org/ [29 Jan 2023]
Mandela Foods Cooperative Nourishing our West Oakland neighborhood with healthy food, wellness resources, and collective ownership. Unlike conventional supermarkets and grocery stores, Mandela is operated, centrally governed, and democratically controlled by our worker-owners. Our structure and operations are guided by cooperative principles and a strong community centered mission. We source with intention from local farmers and food purveyors. Why? Because it keeps money circulating within our local economy longer, providing more jobs to people who live in our area. We intentionally support businesses run by people of color because we are deeply committed to creating opportunity for interdependence in the food space, where POC entrepreneurs generate livable incomes that support their families. Address: 1430 Seventh Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 452-1133 Web: https://www.mandelagrocery.coop/ [29 Jan 2023]
Mandela Partners 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 local food enterprises in limited resource communities of color. Address: 1344 7th Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 433-0993 Email: info@mandelapartners.org Web: https://www.mandelapartners.org/ [02 May 2021]
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) The number one organization in the U.S. dedicated to legalizing cannabis. We've passed 15 medical cannabis laws, and we've run winning campaigns and legislative efforts in 13 of the 23 legalization states. No organization in the movement has changed as many cannabis laws, impacted as many patients and consumers, created as many new markets, or done more to end cannabis prohibition in the U.S. than MPP. Web: https://www.mpp.org/ [08 Jul 2023]
Marin City Community Development Corporation (MCCDC) Established 1979, the Marin City Community Development Corporation (MCCDC) came together to address the growing disparity between the small community of Marin City and the broader county. Since then we have become the employment experts for the city, Marin County, and beyond. Our mission is to enhance community development and economic self-sufficiency through employment services, mental health, and financial education. Our goal is to prepare and empower lower income and less advantaged individuals for the workforce and long-term economic self-sufficiency. Address: 441 Drake Avenue, Marin City CA 94965 Voice: (415) 339-2837 Fax: (415) 332-0337 Email: info@marincitycdc.org Web: https://www.marincitycdc.org/ [02 Jul 2022]
Marin Conservation League (MCL) Serving as both watchdog and advocate, MCL’s hard-working and vigilant committees monitor a broad range of planning and land use decisions county-wide to ensure Marin’s ecological values are maintained and restored. The work depends on the dedication of volunteers to carefully study development proposals and government initiatives that have county-wide implications and then work to influence decision makers to ensure that planning, policies, and actions are consistent with a healthy environment. Address: 175 North Redwood Drive, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 485-6257 Email: mcl@marinconservationleague.org Web: https://www.marinconservationleague.org/ [29 Jan 2023]
Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC) Mission is to create a healthy, connected, and sustainable Marin by promoting bicycling for everyday transportation and recreation. We advocate vigorously for increased bicycle and pedestrian funding, interconnected routes, and policies to enable a great ride. We help build new rider confidence through safety and skills education – from classes teaching parents how to share the joy of cycling with their children, to programs demonstrating the benefits of green transportation. We provide the opportunities and environment to support Marin’s diverse cycling community. Our network of events is a central hub for cyclists of all ages and skill levels to connect, learn, ride, and have fun. Address: PO Box 695, Fairfax CA 94978 Voice: (415) 456-3469 Email: info@marinbike.org Web: https://www.marinbike.org/ [01 Apr 2022]
Marin Open Space Trust Works to preserve Marin’s most important remaining open space lands at risk of development. Although thousands of acres in Marin have been protected, more than 15,000 acres of significant lands remain at risk of development. These unprotected properties, mostly in the county’s eastern urbanized corridor, are important for close-to-home recreational opportunities, scenic viewsheds, watershed protection, and wildlife corridors. Address: PO Box 4133, San Rafael CA 94913 Voice: (415) 884-2270 Email: info@mostmarin.org Web: https://marinopenspacetrust.org/ [29 Jan 2023]
Marin Treatment Center (MTC) A community based non-profit agency that has been providing effective, affordable and quality outpatient substance use treatment services since 1976. Beginning in 2013 the agency expanded its services by adding much needed mental health services to our list of program services. Our highly skilled team of doctors, nurses, psychologists and licensed therapists work together with the client to provide individualized services to meet the unique needs of each client. 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: https://marintreatmentcenter.org/ [21 Feb 2021]
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/ [08 Jul 2023]
The Marine Mammal Center Advances global ocean conservation through rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education. The ocean is in trouble. From the depletion of fish stocks to increasing ocean temperatures, human activity threatens marine ecosystems that are vital to the health of our ocean and all life on earth. As a critical first responder to these threats, The Marine Mammal Center is leading the field in ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue, veterinary medicine, science, and education. Address: 2000 Bunker Road, Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito CA 94965-2619 Voice: (415) 289-7325 Email: info@tmmc.org Web: https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/ [22 Oct 2022]
Marine Science Institute (MSI) Mission is to cultivate a responsibility for the natural environment and our human communities through interdisciplinary science education. We achieve this goal through innovative marine science education programs that: Place students of all ages in direct contact with the natural environment; Emphasize the interdependence of all living things, their connection to the physical environment, and the special responsibilities of humans to the environment; Facilitate active learning through the use of observation, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in a cooperative setting, and Instill confidence, encourage involvement, and inspire accomplishment by providing positive role models. Address: 500 Discovery Parkway, Redwood City CA 94063-4715 Voice: (650) 364-2760 Email: info@sfbaymsi.org Web: https://www.sfbaymsi.org/ [21 Aug 2021]
MarinLink Serves as an incubator and fiscal sponsor for community-based projects inspired by social entrepreneurs to generate positive change in the Arts, Community, Education, Environment and Health. Address: 5800 Northgate Mall, Suite 250, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 472-0211 Fax: (415) 472-0221 Web: http://www.warmwishes.org/ [30 Oct 2021]
Media Alliance (MA) Formed in 1976 by a group of media workers to unite the professional media community with the public interest communities of the Bay Area. 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. Media Alliance is a Northern California democratic communications advocate that focuses on policy and regulation for legacy broadcast media and digital platforms in the interests of peace, justice and social responsibility. Address: 2830 20th Street, Suite 201 (at Bryant Street), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 746-9475; (510) 684-6853 (Mobile/Cell) Email: information@media-alliance.org Web: https://media-alliance.org/ [29 Jan 2023]
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. Media Matters for America put in place, for the first time, the means to systematically monitor a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation - news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda - every day, in real time. Web: https://www.mediamatters.org/ [29 Jan 2023]
Mendocino Land Trust Mission is to conserve and restore valuable natural resources of the Mendocino County region. It is dedicated to providing public access to the coast and protecting working farmlands and forests, wildlife habitat, open space, scenic vistas and watersheds. Our current work: Conservation of land for its scenic and recreational values. Construction of trails so that people can have a direct connection to beautiful landscapes. Protection and restoration of waterways and forests which provide critical wildlife habitat. Preservation of family farms and ranchlands for generations to come. Stewardship of the lands we have protected, in perpetuity. Address: 215 South Main Street, Fort Bragg CA 95437 Voice: (707) 962-0470 Email: info@mendocinolandtrust.org Web: http://www.mendocinolandtrust.org/ [30 Oct 2021]
The Metaphor Project Today it’s vital for our future that we learn to frame our messages in ways more Americans can get. To succeed, we must present our ideas about peace, justice, and a healthy, sustainable environment as part of the best American dream– a fair, just, and prosperous nation that does the right thing at home and abroad. That ideal still carries the finest American values, uniting left, center, and moderates on the other side–much needed common ground now. Moreover, we ourselves represent a basic American phenomenon–people led by the desire for a new and better society. To this end, The Metaphor Project (MP) has been building the capacity of cutting edge American progressive and liberal activists to ‘speak American’ since 1997. Address: PO Box 892, Orinda CA 94563 Email: metaphorproject@earthlink.net Web: https://metaphorproject.org/ [09 Apr 2022]
Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco (MCCSF) We are a House of Prayer for All People and a Home for Queer Spirituality. We see a transformed world, where every life matters and every person belongs. We, of the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco, are a beloved community joining together from diverse spiritual backgrounds and ministering primarily within the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered Community as a house of prayer of all people and a home for queer spirituality. We are called to a prophetic ministry of peace and social justice. Therefore, we see as equally important the nurturance and growth of our congregation and communities, and our active involvement in the society around us. Address: 1300 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 863-4434 Web: http://mccsf.org/ [09 Apr 2022]
Metta Center for Nonviolence We provide educational resources on the safe and effective use of nonviolence, with the recognition that it’s not about putting the right person in power but awakening the right kind of power in people. We advance a higher image of humankind while empowering people to explore the question: How does nonviolence work, and how can I actively contribute to a happier, more peaceful society? The Metta Center for Nonviolence has special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations. Address: Box 98, Petaluma CA 94953 Voice: (707) 235-3176 Email: info@mettacenter.org Web: https://www.mettacenter.org/ [13 Oct 2023]
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: https://web.archive.org/web/20210826095924/http://www.michaelparenti.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue Most of our volunteers and foster birds live in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Valley. We are dedicated to rescuing companion birds (parrot-type and other commonly domesticated birds) who have been neglected, abused, injured or surrendered to us. Our goals are: To ensure that birds in our care will have a safe, loving environment for life. To educate bird owners on the most current standard of care, so that the medical, emotional, and dietary needs of their birds will be met. Address: PO Box 697, San Jose CA 95106-0697 Voice: (650) 450-9104 (voicemail) Fax: 1-866-201-4199 Web: https://mickaboo.org/ [13 Oct 2023]
Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) A nonprofit organization working for the rights and the well-being of children in the Middle East. MECA supports dozens of community projects for Palestinian children and refugees from Syria. Since 1988 we have delivered $29 million in food and medical aid to Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon. MECA welcomes the support of all people who care about children and their future. Address: 1101 8th Street, Suite 100, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 548-0542 Fax: (510) 548-0543 Email: meca@mecaforpeace.org Web: https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ [08 Jul 2023]
Midpeninsula Community Media Center (Midpen Media) A nonprofit agency with digital media resources and training available to the public. Use the Midpen 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 Web: https://midpenmedia.org/ [17 Feb 2024]
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) An organization of military families across the US and around the world who have a loved one who has served in the military since 9-11. Our membership includes Gold Star Families. We oppose the wars in Iraq and Syria, and speak out against other unjust military interventions. As families with loved ones who were or are in the military, we have both a unique voice and role to play in speaking out. It is our loved ones who are, have been, or will be on the frontlines. It is our loved ones who are risking injury and death. It is our loved ones who are returning scarred both physically and emotionally. Web: https://militaryfamiliesspeakout.com/ [29 Jan 2023]
The Millet Project Our goal is to diversify agriculture and our diet by the cultivation and consumption of lesser-known grains such as millets. With a generous Seed Grant from the Berkeley Food Institute in 2015, we are beginning to explore the traditions of cultivating millets, and further introducing them into the community and in our diets. We conducted a study at the UC Gill Tract Farm in Albany, California in 2015. Millets are a group of gluten-free cereal grains that are highly nutritious and commonly contain higher protein, mineral and vitamin and fiber levels, compared to corn, rice and wheat. Millets can grow with little water compared to most other grains, and are very well suited to drought-like conditions. Web: https://themilletproject.org/ [17 Feb 2024]
Doug Minkler A San Francisco Bay Area printmaker, Doug specializes in fund raising, outreach and educational posters. 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/ [21 Aug 2021]
Mission Bay Community Church (MBCC) A Progressive San Francisco Church Proclaiming Christ's love to the world. Cares about one thing more than anything else, the teachings of Jesus Christ. Mission Bay is a family of individuals that have found hope in Jesus, through thinking critically about our faith, having fun and simply want as many people as possible to experience that exact same freedom. Mission Bay Community Church was started in 2001 by a few founding folks and two young pastors. Back then, these folks imagined a church that was truly welcoming to everyone - where everyone had a seat at the table regardless of personal history, family background, ethnicity, sexuality or gender. Mission Bay hosted its first gathering in late 2001. Address: 32 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 787-4751 Email: mbccadmin@gmail.com Web: https://www.missionbaycc.org/ [08 Jul 2023]
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 cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of the Chicano, Central and South American, and Caribbean people, and to make arts accessible as an essential element to community development and well-being. MCCLA is a multicultural, multidisciplinary arts organization committed to the collaborative artistic vision of the Latino art forms. MCCLA provides the community with an arena in which to develop new artistic skills, as well as support local and established artists that serve their community. MCCLA collaborates with other arts, social and humanitarian groups to provide the widest range of programming possible. Address: 2868 Mission Street (near 24th Street), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 821-1155 Email: info@missionculturalcenter.org Web: https://missionculturalcenter.org/ [09 Apr 2022]
Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA) Since our inception in 1973, MEDA’s work has centered on equity. We envision generations of Latino families choosing where to call home, thriving economically, succeeding in learning opportunities, and leading policy and social change toward a more equitable society. To make that a reality, we assess need, incorporate our vision, implement best practices and work toward capacity-building. MEDA is also committed to maintaining the cultural identity and enhancing the resources of the Mission District, as we help every student achieve and every family succeed as the lead agency of the Mission Promise Neighborhood. Address: Plaza Adelante, 2301 Mission Street, Suite 301, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-3334 Email: rjaquez@medasf.org Web: https://medasf.org/ [13 Oct 2023]
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 from 1982 to 2012, 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: PO Box 10328, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 268-9429 Email: alerts@freemumia.org Web: http://www.free-mumia.org/ [21 Aug 2021]
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: https://www.eroplay.com/ https://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/ [09 Apr 2022]
Mother Jones (MoJo) A reader-supported investigative news organization honored as Magazine of the Year by our peers in the industry. Our nonprofit newsroom goes deep on the biggest stories of the moment, from politics and criminal and racial justice to education, climate change, and food/agriculture. We reach more than 10 million people each month via our website, social media, videos, podcasts, email newsletters, and print magazine. Our fellowship program is one of the premier training grounds for emerging investigative storytellers. Address: PO Box 584, San Francisco CA 94104-0584 Voice: (415) 321-1700 Web: https://www.motherjones.com/ [02 Jul 2022]
Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center (MDPC) Exists to offer Contra Costa County residents a choice – a choice in how to view the world through peaceful eyes, to view Contra Costa County as part of the global family. Showing support for community programs allows the Center to work towards engendering new ways of thinking in every citizen. That choice includes how we spend our time and money, and the picture of what peace looks like gets clearer as we take actions that reflect our resolve to be the change we want to see. Address: 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette CA 94549 Voice: (925) 933-7850 Email: andrew@ourpeacecenter.org Web: https://ourpeacecenter.org/ [08 May 2021]
Movement Labs Mission is to build a country that works for everyone. We combine data, technology and experimental methods with an army of passionate volunteers to build power. We use peer-to-peer texting to help grassroots organizing, recruit candidates to run for office, and help those candidates win. We look for opportunities to work in red and rural areas, and with communities that have too often been ignored. We invest any revenue from our operations into running experiments for the movement, incubating new social welfare organizations, or working pro-bono for no-budget critical grassroots activists. Web: https://movementlabs.com/ [13 Nov 2021]
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office) (MUA) A membership-based Latina immigrant community organizing and empowerment program. Over 30 years later, MUA is a grassroots organization with a budget of over $3 million and a staff of 30+ that reaches thousands of Latina immigrant women throughout the San Francisco Bay Area each year. MUA has a dual mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. Address: 3543 18th Street #23 (at Valencia), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 621-8140 Web: https://mujeresunidas.net/ [02 Jul 2022]
Multicultural Institute (MI) Since 1991, under the leadership of its Founder, Rigoberto Calocarivas, MI has worked with different immigrant communities in three areas; Alameda, San Mateo and Contra Costa counties. Its strongest niche is with Latino immigrants, particularly those from Mexico and Central America and its core constituents include day laborers, low-income immigrant adults and youth. Since its inception MI has envisioned a community in which immigrants, regardless of their immigration status, are embraced and valued in the communities in which they live and work. Address: 1920 Seventh Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 848-4075 Email: info@mionline.org Web: https://mionline.org/ [13 Oct 2023]
Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice (MVPJ) We come together from many diverse faith communities and spiritual traditions to put our convictions into action by saying NO to war and YES to peace and justice. Address: c/o First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto CA 94301 Email: info@multifaithpeace.org Web: http://www.multifaithpeace.org/ [09 Apr 2022]
Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) MESA cultivates a global grassroots network of food and farming leaders dedicated to reviving community food systems. Through experiential learning in agroecology and horizontal exchanges for food sovereignty, MESA links ancestral knowledge with innovation rooted in earth stewardship, equitable economies, and multicultural alliances worldwide. Address: 2362 Bancroft Way #202, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 654-8858 Email: mesa@mesaprogram.org Web: https://mesaprogram.org/ [21 Aug 2021]
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Celebrates Black cultures, ignites challenging conversations, & inspires learning through the global lens of the African Diaspora. Address: 685 Mission Street (at Third Street), San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 318-7215 Email: communications@moadsf.org Web: https://www.moadsf.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Musicians Action Group (MAG) An ad-hoc group of musicians, horn players and percussionists, who have played at Bay Area actions and events for progressive political causes for over thirty-five years. We started in the early 1980’s, participating with the Livermore Action Group protesting nuclear weapons research. We are amateur and professional musicians who make music for marches, rallies, boycotts, picket lines, block parties, neighborhood actions and celebrations. We use our music to mobilize for union causes, against war, for civil rights, against fascism, for women’s rights, against police brutality, for the rights of immigrants, and with left/progressive movements in our local communities and around the world. Web: https://musiciansactiongroup.org/ [02 Jul 2022]
NamasteDirect A non-profit organization that is laser-focused on empowering Guatemalan women who run small businesses to lift themselves out of poverty. 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. Namaste Direct has been in operation since 2004 and since then has empowered over 4,000 women through our signature Creating Prosperity Program (CPP). The CPP combines personalized mentorship, financial literacy training, and customized microloans to help women entrepreneurs formalize their business models, manage their finances, and dramatically increase their profits. Address: POBox 521, San Francisco CA 94104-0521 Voice: (415) 412-2057 Email: info@namaste-direct.org Web: https://namastedirect.org/ [05 Feb 2023]
NARAL Pro-Choice California The leading grassroots pro-choice advocacy organization in our state, and we believe that every woman should be able to make personal decisions about the full range of reproductive health options. NARAL Pro-Choice California works to protect every woman’s right to access the full range of reproductive health options, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion. NARAL Pro-Choice California is the state affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Address: 335 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 890-1020 Fax: (415) 890-1025 Web: https://prochoicecalifornia.org/ [21 Feb 2021]
Narika Founded in 1992 by immigrant women who identified the need for culturally responsive and linguistically diverse domestic violence services in the Bay Area. Embracing the notion of safety, empowerment and wellness, Narika addresses the unmet needs of survivors of abuse by providing advocacy, support, information, and referrals within a culturally sensitive and linguistically diverse model. Narika has helped thousands of individuals put abuse and violence behind them and build new lives for themselves. Address: PO Box 1708, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 444-6068 Email: narika@narika.org Web: https://www.narika.org/ [05 Feb 2023]
The Nation Principled. Progressive. The Nation speaks truth to power to build a more just society. Home to tenacious muckraking, provocative commentary, and spirited debate about politics and culture, The Nation empowers readers to fight for justice and equality for all. By providing a deeper understanding of the world as it is—and as it could be—we drive bold ideas into the conversation and ignite debates far beyond our pages. We believe in intellectual freedom. We value facts and transparency. We argue that dissent is patriotic and we hold the powerful to account, no matter their political persuasion. We raise up the promise of a radical tomorrow while we agitate for meaningful change today. Web: https://www.thenation.com/ [09 Apr 2022]
Nation of Change Our 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. Web: https://www.nationofchange.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
National Abortion Federaion (NAF) The professional association of abortion providers. We unite, represent, serve, and support abortion providers in delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care. Web: https://prochoice.org/ [09 Apr 2022]
National AIDS Memorial Healing, hope, remembrance, and history about the AIDS epidemic in America. By sharing the story of the struggle against HIV/AIDS, we remember, in perpetuity, the lives lost, we offer healing and hope to survivors, and we inspire new generations of activists in the fight against stigma, denial, and hate, for a just future. Our work helps ensure that the lives of people who died from AIDS are not forgotten and the story of AIDS is known by future generations - so that never again will a community be harmed because of fear, silence, discrimination, or stigma. Address: PO Box 2270, San Francisco CA 94126-2270 Email: info@aidsmemorial.org Web: https://www.aidsmemorial.org/ [09 Apr 2022]
National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) A non-profit organization representing African American farmers and their families in the United States. As an association, it serves tens of thousands of members nationwide. NBFA's education and advocacy efforts have been focused on civil rights, land retention, access to public and private loans, education and agricultural training, and rural economic development for black and other small farmers. Web: https://www.nationalblackfarmersassociation.org/ [15 Jul 2023]
National Black Food and Justice Alliance (NBFJA) A coalition of Black-led organizations aimed at developing Black leadership, supporting Black communities, organizing for Black self-determination, and building institutions for Black food sovereignty & liberation. The Alliance seeks to achieve this by engaging in broad based coalition organizing for Black food and land, increasing visibility of Black-led narratives and work, advancing Black-led visions for just and sustainable communities, and building capacity for self-determination within our local, national, and international food systems and land rights work. Web: https://www.blackfoodjustice.org/ [15 Jul 2023]
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) We are a nonprofit organization that has been supporting the employee ownership community since 1981. Our mission is to help employee ownership thrive. We have over 3,000 members because we help people make smart decisions about employee ownership, with everything from reliable information on technical issues to inspiration to help companies reach the full potential of employee ownership. We generate original research, facilitate the exchange of best practices at our live and online events, feature the best and most current writing by experts in our publications, and help employee ownership companies build ownership cultures where employees think and act like owners. Address: 1629 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94612-3445 Voice: (510) 208-1300 Email: customerservice@nceo.org Web: https://www.nceo.org/ [27 Feb 2021]
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. As the first national LGBTQ legal organization founded by women, 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 LGBTQ community; provides free legal assistance to LGBTQ people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBTQ 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: https://www.nclrights.org/ [05 Feb 2023]
National Center for Science Education (NCSE) Promotes and defends accurate and effective science education because everyone deserves to engage with the evidence. NCSE works with teachers, parents, scientists, and concerned citizens at the local, state, and national levels to ensure that topics including evolution and climate change are taught accurately, honestly, and confidently. Address: 230 Grand Avenue, Suite 101, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 601-7203 Email: info@ncse.ngo Web: https://ncse.ngo/ [22 Oct 2022]
National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) Believes in the incredible power, agency, and wisdom of youth. For more than 50 years, we have worked to center the voices and experiences of youth blocked from educational, health, and social well-being opportunities, particularly Black youth and youth of color, LGBTQ youth, disabled youth, immigrant youth, and youth in child welfare and juvenile justice systems. We are transforming systems – classrooms, courts, the justice system, and health care spaces – to extend equity, dignity and care for children and youth. Address: 1212 Broadway, Suite 600, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 835-8098 Web: https://youthlaw.org/ [17 Feb 2024]
National Center on Disability and Journalism (NCDJ) The goal of the NCDJ is to provide support and guidance for journalists as they cover people with disabilities. Group picturePeople with disabilities make up at least 19 percent of the U.S. population or 54.4 million people. However, it is widely acknowledged that people with disabilities are frequently under-covered by the mainstream press or that coverage is inaccurate or incomplete. Web: https://ncdj.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) Every generation of Americans faces new and significant challenges to free expression. For almost 50 years, NCAC has acted as a first responder to protect this freedom, which is both a fundamental human right and a keystone of democracy in the ever-changing American nation. We promote freedom of thought and inquiry and oppose censorship. When controversy occurs, we encourage and facilitate dialogue between divergent voices and perspectives, including those that have historically been silenced. We envision an American society that understands, values, defends, and vigorously exercises free expression in a just, egalitarian, diverse, and inclusive democracy. Web: https://ncac.org/ [27 Feb 2021]
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 end and prevent homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights are respected and protected. Web: https://nationalhomeless.org/ [21 Aug 2021]
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: https://www.pay-equity.org/ [05 Feb 2023]
National Compadres Network (NCN) Mission is to strengthen and re-root the capacity of individuals, families, and communities to honor, rebalance, and redevelop the authentic identity, values, traditions, and indigenous practices of Chicano, Latino, Native, Raza, and other communities of color as the path to the honoring of all their relations and lifelong well-being. Believes re-rooting the generational extended kinship Compadre and Comadre network will have an impact on reducing the incidence of substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, teen pregnancy, gang violence, heterosexism, racial inequity, and other individual, family, community, and societal issues. Address: 1550 The Alameda, Suite 320, San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 484-4191 Fax: (408) 693-3735 Web: https://nationalcompadresnetwork.org/ [03 Jun 2023]
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) Mission is to develop, advance and protect cooperative enterprise. Works to build a better world and a more inclusive economy that empowers people to contribute to shared prosperity and well-being for themselves and future generations. By leveraging the shared resources of the cooperative movement, we seek to engage, partner with and empower people from all walks of life—particularly those left behind by a shifting economy and facing the greatest economic and societal barriers. We achieve this vision through collaborative partnerships in development, advocacy, public awareness and thought leadership. Web: https://ncbaclusa.coop/ [21 Aug 2021]
National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) Mobilizes family farmers and ranchers to achieve fair prices, vibrant communities, and healthy foods free of corporate domination. NFFC supports family farmers, fishers, and ranchers taking action in their communities and ensures their voices are represented in Washington, DC, and beyond. Our members represent farmers, ranchers, and fishers who are learning from each other and taking action to change the inequities in our farm and food system. Our work is always driven by these grassroots organizations and guided by a firm commitment to racial equity. Web: https://nffc.net/ [22 Oct 2023]
National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC) A national 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of state and regional affiliates. Through its programs and services and national member network, NFOIC promotes press freedom, legislative and administrative reforms and litigation to ensure open, transparent and accessible state and local governments and public institutions. Web: https://www.nfoic.org/ [30 Oct 2021]
National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC) We are a national organization dedicated to using the power of the law to end and prevent homelessness and to protect the rights of people experiencing homelessness. The only national organization dedicated solely to using the power of the law to end and prevent homelessness through training, advocacy, impact litigation, and public education. Web: https://homelesslaw.org/ [17 Feb 2024]
National Housing Trust (ICE) The nation’s leading expert in preserving, improving and maintaining affordable housing – ensuring that privately owned rental housing remains in our affordable housing stock and is sustainable over time. Using the tools of real estate development, rehabilitation, finance, policy advocacy in conjunction with sustainable practices, the Trust is responsible for saving more than 36,000 affordable homes in all 50 states, leveraging more than $1.2 billion in financing. Web: https://www.nationalhousingtrust.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
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 immigrants with low income. At NILC, we believe that all people who live in the U.S. 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 we play a major leadership role in addressing the real-life impact of policies 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/ [15 Jul 2023]
National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLG-SFBA) Since its inception, NLG-SFBA has been dedicated to mass defense and protecting the rights of demonstrators as the legal arm of the movement. NLG-SFBA membership currently comprises movement and jailhouse lawyers, legal workers and paralegals, community organizers, activists, volunteers, and law and other students working for prison and police abolition, migrant justice, housing justice, labor rights, and environmental justice, among other struggles. To this day, NLG-SFBA is committed to uplifting human rights over property rights, serving communities in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond through our projects, programs, and committees. Voice: (415) 285-5067 Email: contact@nlgsf.org Web: https://nlgsf.org/ [02 Jul 2022]
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) A national organization composed of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights and labor organizations and activists. It serves as a forum to share information and analysis, to educate communities and the general public, and to develop and coordinate plans of action on important immigrant and refugee issues. We work to promote a just immigration and refugee policy in the United States and to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status. Address: 310 Eighth Street, Suite 310, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 465-1984 Email: nnirrinfo@nnirr.org Web: https://nnirr.org/ [21 Aug 2021]
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter (California NORML) A non-profit, membership organization dedicated to reforming California’s marijuana laws. We are the only state organization advocating for sensible and fair cannabis laws and regulations on behalf of consumers. We lobby lawmakers, promote events, publish newsletters, offer legal and consumer health advice, and sponsor scientific research. Address: 2261 Market Street #278A, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 563-5858 Web: https://www.canorml.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
National Organization of 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. NORM is dedicated to providing an arena in which circumcised men can share their concerns without fear of being ridiculed for a desire to be intact and whole again. A safe place is provided to discuss goals and learn about methods and techniques of restoration and to discover those methods that will work best for each individual. Web: http://www.norm.org/ [08 May 2021]
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: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/ [27 Feb 2021]
National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Seeks to empower, unify, and support student organizers as they push forward demands for Palestinian liberation & self-determination on their campuses. Supports over two hundred Palestine solidarity organizations on college campuses across occupied Turtle Island (U.S. and Canada). We promote an agenda grounded in freedom, solidarity, equality, safety, and historical justice, and we seek to elevate the student movement for Palestinian liberation to a higher level of political engagement. We aim to develop a connected, disciplined movement that is equipped with the tools necessary to contribute to the fight for Palestinian liberation. Web: https://nationalsjp.org/ [17 Nov 2023]
National Writers Union (NWU) The National Writers Union is more than just another writers’ organization. It is the only labor union that represents freelance writers working in all genres, formats, and mediums. As freelancers we may value our autonomy, but we are united by the fact that we work independently. We face the same challenges, file the same income tax forms, and often suffer the same frustrations. Whether you’re a journalist, a book author, a technical or business writer, a screenwriter or blogger – whether you write poetry or proposals – the NWU is already working to improve your professional life. Web: https://nwu.org/ [27 Feb 2021]
Native American Health Center (NAHC) A nonprofit, Federally Qualified Health Center proudly serving California’s Bay Area Native Population and other underserved communities. Caring for the Bay Area since 1972, NAHC has worked at local, state, and federal levels to deliver resources and services for the urban Native community. As an Urban Indian Health Project through our relationship with the Indian Health Service (IHS), we are dedicated to providing high quality medical, dental, behavioral health, community wellness, and social service programs. Address: 3124 International Blvd, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 434-5421 Web: https://www.nativehealth.org/ [27 Feb 2021]
Native Seeds / SEARCH (NS/S) A nonprofit seed conservation organization based in Tucson, Arizona. Our mission is to conserve and promote the arid-adapted crop diversity of the Southwest in support of sustainable farming and food security. Native Seeds/SEARCH seeks to find, protect and preserve the seeds of the people of the Greater Southwest so that these arid adapted crops may benefit all peoples and nourish a changing world. Web: https://www.nativeseeds.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
Nature in the City Rapidly urbanizing San Francisco is a biodiversity hotspot. With so many colorful plants and animals sharing our home, we're dedicated to educating our community about urban wildlife and pioneering projects that encourage exploring and caring for local habitats. As a grassroots environmental nonprofit, we empower local communities—people of all ages, ethnicities, and socio-economic strata by organizing habitat restoration stewardship projects; leading nature walks & events; offering habitat gardening services; and providing tools and educational resources for people to participate in citizen science and lifelong learning. Our open space advocacy work serves diverse San Francisco neighborhoods. Address: PO Box 170088, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 564-4107 Email: info@natureinthecity.org Web: http://natureinthecity.org/ [22 Oct 2023]
Naturist Society Promoting a culture of body acceptance through clothing-optional recreation, education, and community outreach. Web: https://naturistsociety.com/ [14 Apr 2022]
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: c/o Sustainable Economies Law Center, 1428 Franklin Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 736-2667 (voice message) Email: info@nobawc.org Web: https://nobawc.org/ [22 Oct 2023]
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. Address: 1420 West Bartlett Avenue, Las Vegas NV 89106-2226 Voice: (702) 646-4814 Email: info@nevadadesertexperience.org Web: http://nevadadesertexperience.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
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: https://www.newday.com/ [27 Feb 2021]
New Door Ventures (GGCI) 80,000 youth ages 16 – 24 are disconnected from education and employment in the Bay Area. There’s over 8,000 disconnected youth in San Francisco alone. Without connecting to school and work, these young people are at high risk to be poor, unemployed, homeless or incarcerated throughout their adult lives. Our solution is simple: provide paid jobs, skills training, education and individualized support so that young adults can get ready for work and life. Employment and education change the trajectory of their lives, putting youth on a path towards economic opportunity. Address: 3221 20th Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Web: https://www.newdoor.org/ [21 Aug 2021]
New Economy Coalition (NEC) A membership-based network representing the solidarity economy movement in the United States. We exist to organize our members into a more powerful and united force, in order to accelerate the transition of our economic system from capitalism to a solidarity economy. NEC’s members are a cross section of nonprofits, mission-driven businesses, grassroots community organizations, and sectoral associations. While many groups are focused on a particular strategy or are based in a specific geographic region, they join NEC to be part of a network that is cross-sectoral and national in scope. Together, we understand ourselves as part of an international social movement ecosystem that includes tens of thousands of groups using varied and different strategies to build a more just, liberatory, and democratic world. Web: https://neweconomy.net/ [15 Jul 2023]
New Field Foundation Since 2004, New Field Foundation has supported rural women's organizations to overcome poverty, violence, and injustice in their communities. Please note that as of 2017, New Field Foundation has completed its funding of the Rural Women Creating Change program. Currently, New Field is the Advisor to the Seeds, Soil, and Culture fund managed by RSF Social Finance. Email: info@newfieldfound.org Web: https://www.newfieldfound.org/ [09 Jul 2022]
New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office) (NIF) Helps Israel live up to its founders’ vision of a society that ensures complete equality to all its inhabitants. Our aim is to advance liberal democracy, including freedom of speech and minority rights, and to fight the inequality, injustice and extremism that diminish Israel. Voice: (415) 543-5055 Fax: (415) 543-6066 Email: sf@nif.org Web: https://www.nif.org/ [05 Feb 2023]
New Society Publishers (NSP) We are an activist, solutions-oriented publisher focused on bringing you tools for a world of change. New Society Publishers has published over 600 books, available as both print and ebooks. We care deeply about both what we publish and how we do business and so the same thinker and doer approach permeates our in-house work and the books themselves. A certified B Corporation, we print on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, we are carbon neutral, and we print only in North America, never offshore. Web: https://newsociety.com/ [05 Feb 2023]
New Village Press A publisher in the humanities and social sciences since 2005, best known for transdisciplinary books in urban sociology, community cultural development, and healthy city design. Our titles aim to animate emerging movements in societal transformation with true stories about collaborative community building and the creative new roles that artists and scholars, citizens and planners can play in public life. The press crosses boundaries between professional, academic, and informal education with books that engage scholars, practitioners, and community activists alike. Most significantly, New Village books go beyond abstract policy and polemics to present the human motivations and nitty-gritty work for making a certain part of the world a better place. Web: https://www.newvillagepress.org/ [22 Oct 2023]
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. Web: http://newsfromnativecalifornia.com/ [14 Apr 2022]
NewspaperIndex.com A list of the most important online newspapers and other news sources in all countries in the world. All the newspapers focus on general news, politics, debate and economy and they are free to access online. The newspapers are chosen in order to give journalists, researcher and others an overview of how the national media edit current topics. Web: https://www.newspaperindex.com/ [22 Oct 2022]
The Next Generation (TNG) An award-winning political consulting and issue advocacy firm based in Oakland, California. We specialize in progressive and environmental candidates and causes in the Bay Area and across the state. As a boutique firm, we focus on a select few campaigns each election cycle, so we can guarantee our clients hands-on service with a personal touch. We are deeply involved in every aspect of a campaign from start to finish, anticipate our clients’ concerns, and can promise full access to the knowledge, skills, and network our team has developed over a combined 50+ plus years in the business. Address: 520 3rd Sreet #208, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 444-4710 Fax: (510) 444-4743 Email: info@nextgeneration.org Web: https://www.nextgeneration.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
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) 517-0150 Email: NPML@marxistlibr.org Web: http://marxistlibr.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
Nine Lives Foundation We are a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating a no-kill, cat-only clinic and adoption center. We rescue at-risk cats and kittens, provide them with clinical care and nurturing to address their medical and behavioral needs — great or small — and find them loving forever homes. We are committed to addressing the overpopulation of homeless cats by providing low-cost spay and neuter services for those in our community. Address: 3137 Jefferson Avenue, Redwood City CA 94062 Voice: (650) 368-1365 Email: contact@ninelivesfoundation.org Web: https://ninelivesfoundation.org/ [05 Feb 2023]
Ninth Street Independent Film Center Provides a permanent home for independent media in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have transformed nearly 22,000 square feet of industrial space into a publicly accessible nonprofit film center. We see this building as a power plant that generates independent media on a local and national level—a facility created to promote and preserve public-interest media within an increasingly homogenous telecommunications landscape. Address: 145 Ninth Street, Suite 250, San Francisco CA 94103 Web: https://www.ninthstreet.org/ [22 Oct 2022]
No Coal in Oakland A grassroots organization campaigning to stop the threat of coal being transported by rail into Oakland for export overseas. Though the Oakland City Council, the city’s Mayor, and politicians at the state and local levels are on-record opposing coal passing through Oakland, the proposal to build a massive coal terminal at the foot of the Bay Bridge remains tied up in both Federal and California lawsuits, and decidedly on the table. Web: https://nocoalinoakland.info/ [13 Feb 2022]
No Death Penalty (CEDP) This site is being developed as a resource for those searching the internet for anti-death penalty information and resources. Capital punishment is a topic that brings up deep emotional reactions for those on both sides of the issue and conflict for those who are undecided how they feel. In 2018, the United States executed 25 people and over 2,700 prisoners remain on “death row.” It is one of only 56 nations in the world that still practice capital punishment. At a time when the rest of the world has all but abandoned capital punishment as barbaric, not only does the United States carry on the practice – it carries it out in a way that echoes the racism and discrimination that the civil rights movement was fought to combat. Web: https://nodeathpenalty.org/ [11 Sep 2022]
No Fly Climate Sci We are scientists, academics, and members of the public who either don’t fly or who fly less. We feel that global warming poses a clear, present, and dire danger for humanity. In an era of obvious climate change, we feel a need to ramp down unnecessary fossil fuel use. Actions speak louder than words. We try to fly as little as possible while pushing for systemic change, especially through our home institutions. These are our stories: why we fly less, and what that means in a society that still, insanely, rewards frequent flying. Web: https://noflyclimatesci.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
No Kill Advocacy Center Through legislation, litigation, consultation, education, direct assistance, and rescue, The No Kill Advocacy Center has been the leading force in the creation of hundreds of No Kill communities across the country for the better part of two decades. The Center was founded in 2004 by Nathan J. Winograd — who serves as the Executive Director. Since our founding, there’s been a 90% drop in the killing of dogs and cats in American pounds. Address: PO Box 182, Canyon CA 94516 Web: https://nokilladvocacycenter.org/ [22 Oct 2023]
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: https://chomsky.info/ [21 Aug 2021]
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. View a complete list of sites in the Nolo Network. Web: https://www.nolo.com/ [27 Feb 2021]
Non-GMO Project A mission-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to building and protecting a non-GMO food supply. We do this through consumer education and outreach programs; marketing support provided to Non-GMO Project Verified brands; and training resources and merchandising materials provided to retailers. Non-GMO Project Verified remains the market leader for GMO avoidance and one of the fastest growing labels in the retail sector. We offer North America’s most trusted third-party verification for non-GMO food and products. Web: https://www.nongmoproject.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH) The proud voice of affordable housing across the Bay Area. Our members, partners, and supporters stand strong together to develop and pass critical policies to create change for our communities. And our events, programs, and trainings bring people together to grow our industry’s capacity, foster connections and community, and ensure that we’re working collaboratively to develop, pass, and implement critical housing solutions for all of our community members. Address: 369 Pine Street, Suite 350, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 989-8160 Web: https://nonprofithousing.org/ [30 Oct 2021]
NorCal Resilience Network Mission is to catalyze a just transition to an equitable and regenerative region by supporting and activating community-based and ecological solutions in Northern California. Our regional network increases capacity for grassroots projects and programs; helps to build out model sites for permaculture and resilience; and builds solidarity across divides of race, class, sector and region. We work with organizations, businesses and leaders committed to growing thriving, resilient communities through collaboration and collective impact. Email: info@norcalresilience.org Web: https://norcalresilience.org/ [22 Oct 2023]
NorCal4OurRevolution We are friends, neighbors, volunteers that are supporting #OurRevolution with progressive candidates. Web: https://www.facebook.com/NorCal4OurRevolution https://ourrevolution.com/ [15 Jul 2023]
North Atlantic Books (NAB) An independent nonprofit publisher committed to a bold exploration of the relationships between mind, body, spirit, culture, and nature. Founded in Vermont in 1974 and operating in Berkeley since 1977, NAB has been at the forefront of publishing a diverse range of original books in bodywork and somatics, ecology and sustainability, health and healing, Indigenous cultures and anthropology, psychology and personal growth, social justice and engaged activism, and spirituality and liminality. NAB’s Blue Snake Books imprint is one of the largest sources of internal and historical martial-arts books in the world. Address: 2526 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 549-4270 Web: https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/ [22 Oct 2022]
North Beach Citizens Utilizes the talents of the community to innovatively address the needs of its homeless and low-income citizens in an atmosphere of trust, integrity, and respect. Our programs are designed with a holistic focus on the well-being of those that we serve, bringing food, housing, and stability to those who need it most. Since 2001, we have helped hundreds of our neighbors transition from homelessness to housing and from crisis to community. Address: 1034 Kearny Street, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 772-0918 Fax: (415) 358-5893 Email: info@northbeachcitizens.org Web: https://www.northbeachcitizens.org/ [12 Mar 2022]
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: https://sf911truth.org/ [22 Oct 2023]
Northern California Land Trust (NCLT) A Community Land Trust (CLT) that uses community ownership and control of the land in order to provide affordable homes and community facilities in perpetuity. Founded in 1973, we have led the development of many innovations and developments in cooperative and community ownership models that help ensure housing and economic justice for all. We envision a world where persons of all means have secure, sustainable and affordable housing and community facilities through resident and community control and ownership. Address: 3120 Shattuck Avenue (near Woolsey), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 548-7878 Email: nclt@nclt.org Web: https://nclt.org/ [08 May 2021]
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 around 200 members, the majority of whom are located in Northern California. Boat rockers, we are active locally, regionally, state-wide and nationally depending on what needs to be done. 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: PO Box 5581, Berkeley CA 94705-5581 Web: https://ncrarecycles.org/ [27 Feb 2021]
Northern California Solar Energy Association (NorCal Solar) A nonprofit, member-supported association that provides education on the many aspects of solar energy. Since 1975, NorCal Solar has served as a leading clearinghouse of unbiased information for solar professionals and newcomers, the general public, policymakers, grassroots organizations, advocacy groups, and the media in Northern California. Address: 340 Village View Court, Orinda CA 94563 Email: info@norcalsolar.org Web: https://www.norcalsolar.org/ [22 Oct 2022]
Northern Sun Merchandising We're a small group of individuals who work for a company that sells progressive, message-oriented t-shirts, button, stickers, etc. through a paper catalog and on our website. Northern Sun also does events, mostly done by Scott, the owner. Northern Sun donates to local community radio (kfai.org), the Midwest Renewable Energy Assoc (midwestrenew.org), the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (ijdh.org), Women Against Military Madness (wamm.org), the Resource Center of the Americas (americas.org) and others. Web: https://www.northernsun.com/ [27 Feb 2021]
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) The leading Northwest voice for non-toxic pest and weed solutions. We promote safe pest and weed alternatives for the health of people and the environment. Web: https://www.pesticide.org/ [05 Feb 2023]
Not In Our Town (NIOT) A movement to stop hate, racism and bullying, and build safe, inclusive communities for all. With film, social media, and organizing tools, Not In Our Town helps local leaders build vibrant, diverse cities and towns, where everyone is encouraged to participate. Address: PO Box 70232, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 268-9675 Email: info@niot.org Web: https://www.niot.org/ [15 Jul 2023]
Nourish California Shapes the programs and policies that should connect—but sometimes stand between—people and the food they need to thrive. We work with an urgent focus on improving access to food for Californians who face the greatest needs and the starkest inequities. Our team leads statewide advocacy efforts to end hunger, disrupt poverty, and ensure that all Californians are well nourished. Our work also contributes to a larger movement of individuals, communities, and organizations fighting for human rights, dignity, and justice, both within California and beyond. Address: 1736 Franklin Street, Suite 550, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 433-1122 Email: hello@nourishca.org Web: https://nourishca.org/ [11 Sep 2022]
Nova Ukraine A 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about Ukraine in the US and throughout the world and providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine. We work closely with non-profits and volunteers focused on helping Ukraine. We organize fundraisers, meetings with Ukrainian famous people, round tables discussions dedicated to Ukraine and Ukrainian culture and participate in various cultural events. Address: 767-B Loma Verde Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 690-6194 Fax: (484) 204 4323 Email: contact@novaukraine.org Web: https://novaukraine.org/ [27 Feb 2022]
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) A national non-profit organization devoted to a nuclear-free, carbon-free world. We have served as the information and networking hub for people and organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues since 1978. We work internationally to create a sustainable energy future without nuclear power, and are affiliated with the World Information Service on Energy (WISE) International. Web: https://www.nirs.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
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! Address: 1600 South Main Street Suite 190, Walnut Creek CA 94596 Voice: (877) 270-4700 (toll-free); (925) 820-4700 Web: https://www.noelderabuse.com/ [08 May 2021]
NutritionFacts.org A science-based nonprofit organization founded by Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, that provides free updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos with captions offered in multiple languages, blogs, and infographics. We are a strictly non-commercial public service health charity. Nearly 2,000 videos on virtually every aspect of healthy eating are already available online, and new videos and blogs are uploaded every day. We also disseminate fact-based information through social media on the benefits of a whole food, plant-based diet for wellness, disease prevention, healthy weight management, and longevity, as well as maintain a Spanish-language site and operate several Chinese platforms. Web: https://nutritionfacts.org/ https://drgreger.org/ [11 Sep 2022]
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 Web: http://oaklandclimateaction.org/ [29 Oct 2023]
Oakland Institute Change begins with informed and active citizens. The Oakland Institute is an independent policy think tank, 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: PO Box 18978, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 474-5251 Email: info(at)oaklandinstitute.org Web: https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/ [15 Jul 2023]
Oakland Kids First (OKF) Increases youth voice, leadership, and power to create engaging and equitable public schools where all students learn and lead. Founded in 1995 by a multi-racial coalition of youth serving community-based organizations, Oakland Kids First (OKF) trains hundreds of high-school leaders each year who work to advance safe and caring school cultures, academic success, and educational equity campaigns that center the needs of underserved Oakland students. We believe students are the experts of their own experience and therefore equipped to evaluate, innovate, and govern the institutions that are supposed to serve them. Address: 1445 34th Avenue, PO Box 17131, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 452-2043 Email: Info@kidsfirstoakland.org Web: https://www.oaklandkidsfirst.org/ [24 Apr 2022]
Oakland Pride Mission is to celebrate the cultures and diversity of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community in Oakland and the East Bay. We are dedicated to educating the greater community, promoting equality, civic involvement and responsibility within Oakland and neighboring communities. Oakland Pride is committed to facilitating leadership and coalition building for the funding and development of the first LGBTQ community center in Oakland for everyone. Web: https://www.oaklandpride.org/ [09 Jul 2022]
Oakland Privacy A citizens’ 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 privacy enhancing legislative efforts with the Counties of Alameda and Santa Clara and several Northern California cities and regional entities. As experts on municipal privacy reform, we have written use policies and impact reports for a variety of surveillance technologies, conducted research and investigations, and developed frameworks for the implementation of equipment with respect for civil rights, privacy protections and community control. Web: https://oaklandprivacy.org/ https://www.facebook.com/oakprivacy [15 Jul 2023]
Oakland Rising As a collaborative of racial, economic, and environmental justice organizations, Oakland Rising uses the civic process to build political power for and with BIPOC, working-class, immigrant, and formerly incarcerated community members to bring about systemic change. By flexing people power, aligning like-minded forces, and developing values-based leaders, we are dismantling systems of oppression and building a real Democracy that is inclusive of and led by the communities who have historically and systemically been left out of the political and policy decisions. Address: 570 14th Street, Suite 6, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 261-2600 Email: Info@OaklandRising.org Web: https://www.oaklandrising.org/ [22 Jul 2023]
Oakland Socialist Dedicated to trying to understand the world in order to change it. We are a Marxist blog site. We believe that capitalism is destroying the planet and that only the working class can save it through building (or rebuilding) its own independent organizations. Oaklandsocialist is edited by John Reimann, who is the author of all the articles here unless otherwise noted. John is a retired carpenter, the former recording secretary of Carpenters Local 713 and an expelled member of that union. Web: https://oaklandsocialist.com/ [07 May 2022]
Oakland Tenants Union (OTU) An organization of housing activists. OTU's core values are to protect and expand tenant rights and interests. OTU works directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacts legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and works with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares its core values and believes that tenants have the power and responsibility to advocate on their own behalf. Address: PO Box 10573, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 704-5276 Web: http://www.oaklandtenantsunion.org/ [22 May 2021]
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: https://oaec.org/ [24 Apr 2022]
Occupy Oakland Occupy Oakland’s first encampment launched on October 10th, 2011 in front of City Hall at 14th and Broadway in downtown Oakland. After the encampments were forcibly removed from the plaza by OPD it evolved into a group of committees and caucuses, and General Assemblies that met twice a week, then once a week, on Sundays at OGP until the March, 2020 pandemic. The GA has been meeting once every two weeks online since then. We reclaimed, for a time, 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 was more than just a speak out or a camp out. The purpose of our gathering was to plan actions, mobilize real resistance, and defend ourselves from the economic and physical war that is being waged against our communities. Web: https://occupyoakland.org/ [24 Apr 2022]
Occupy the Farm - The Film Tells the story of a community’s fight to save public land for urban farming. When 200 farmers march to the gates of the last farmland in the urban East Bay near Oakland, they don't carry signs protesting University of California’s plans to build a shopping center. Instead, they carry tents, tools and 15,000 seedlings. They clip the padlock off the gate and march onto the fields. What happens next will change the fate of the land and introduce a new strategy for activism. Web: https://occupythefarmfilm.com/ [22 Jul 2023]
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/ [24 Apr 2022]
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. Address: 1709 Bridgeway, Sausalito CA 94965 Voice: (415) 332-4681 Email: info@oceanvoyagesinstitute.org Web: https://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
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 nationwide. The second edition of the Stolen Lives book documents over 2000 cases in the 1990s alone. Volunteers are needed to help with the research and editing of cases since then. Web: http://www.october22.org/ [27 Feb 2021]
OHIAS (Our Health Is At Stake) Mission is to educate and empower people and community to live more responsibly, just and sustainably as our natural world requires. End waste (natural resources and human potential) as we know it today by taking complete responsibility for it and putting waste and people to work for the benefit of all people, community and planet. Address: PO Box 150355-0355, San Rafael CA 94915 Voice: (415) 454-9948 Web: https://www.ohias.org/ [13 Nov 2021]
Oil & Gas Action Network (OGAN) We focus on strengthening alliances across the climate and environmental justice movement and building grassroots power. Non-profit organizations should seek to facilitate and support grassroots movements that can scale up beyond staff-driven professional campaigns. Web: https://oilgasaction.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
Oil Change International A research, communications, and advocacy organization focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating the ongoing transition to clean energy. Rooted in community solidarity and principled policy analysis, we work within larger movements to build a fossil free future. Founded in 2005, Oil Change International now has a talented, experienced, and dedicated international team of twenty, backed by hundreds of thousands of supporters. We are data driven and people powered. Web: https://priceofoil.org/about/ [12 Feb 2023]
Oilwatch A network of resistance to the impacts of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) industries on people’s and their environments. Oilwatch’s creation was inspired by the need to develop global strategies for the communities affected by oil activities, support their resistance processes, and work for sustainability and collective rights. We facilitate the exchange of information on oil activities in each country, the different resistance movements and the international campaigns against specific companies. Web: http://www.oilwatch.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
Older Women's League (OWL-SF) Mission is to focus on critical issues facing women as they age. We work to improve the status and quality of life for midlife and older women, both within our organization and with other like-minded groups, locally, state-wide, and nationally. OWL SF educates and advocates on many quality of life issues that affect midlife and older women. In our monthly meetings and other actions we address housing, transportation, pedestrian safety, aging in place, mental and physical health, nutrition, caregiving, climate change, and racial justice. We address the financial impact of aging, present educational programs on financial planning, and are very involved with efforts to preserve and improve Social Security and Medicare. Address: 870 Market Street #905, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 712-1695 Email: info@owlsf.org Web: https://www.owlsf.org/ [28 Aug 2021]
Omni Commons What if one of the largest community centers and venue spaces in the Bay Area was run in a spirit of radical generosity, by a volunteer collective where everybody is a leader? We're trying to do just that. We are nine Bay Area collectives with a shared political vision of more equitable commoning of resources and meeting human needs over private interests or corporate profit. Address: 4799 Shattuck Avenue (at 48th Street), Oakland CA 94609 Email: info@omnicommons.org Web: https://omnicommons.org/ [28 Aug 2021]
One Brick (95123) 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: 851 White Moonstone Loop, San Jose CA 95123 Email: sf-events@onebrick.org Web: https://onebrick.org/ [29 Oct 2023]
OneJustice Mission is to strengthen the legal services sector’s expertise and capacity to advance justice and equity. OneJustice works mainly with legal services organizations and pro bono lawyers and their employers, sharing best practices, providing leadership development opportunities, convening the legal services sector, and offering a vast array of legal services and pro bono trainings. Address: 548 Market Street, #27400, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 834-0100 Email: info@one-justice.org Web: https://onejustice.org/ [22 Jul 2023]
Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) Has worked since 2004 at the intersection of cutting-edge digital tools and a distributed network of communities and movements to serve the public interest with open knowledge. We create digital tools, equip people with skills, and expand digitally savvy networks that understand the transformative power of openness. Confronting the multi-complex challenges that the planet is facing today, we're working for open knowledge to be a guiding principle in designing the infrastructures and organisations of the future, inspiring and guiding those who want to transform our digital and physical world by building a free, sustainable and inclusive future. ‘Open knowledge’ is any content, information or data that people are free to use, re-use and redistribute — without any legal, tech or social restriction. Web: https://okfn.org/ [22 Jul 2023]
OpenSecrets (Center for Responsive Politics) The nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Our mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy. Our vision is for Americans to use this knowledge to create a more vibrant, representative and accountable democracy. Web: http://www.opensecrets.org/ [28 Aug 2021]
Operation Dignity Our mission is to create pathways to health and housing for the most vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness in our community, with a special focus on veterans and people living in encampments. We help participants reach their housing goals by providing a continuum of service from comprehensive street outreach and shelter to permanent supportive housing. Among our core values are meeting people where they are while cultivating a strong peer community, inclusive of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. Address: 318 Harrison St., Suite 302, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 287-8465 Email: info@operationdignity.org Web: https://operationdignity.org/ [29 Oct 2023]
Organic Consumers Association (OCA) Mission is to protect and advocate for consumers’ right to safe, healthful food and other consumer products, a just food and farming system and an environment rich in biodiversity and free of pollutants. OCA educates and advocates on behalf of organic consumers, engages consumers in marketplace pressure campaigns, and works to advance sound food and farming policy through grassroots lobbying. We address crucial issues around food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children’s health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability, including pesticide use, and other food- and agriculture-related topics. Web: https://organicconsumers.org/ [29 Oct 2023]
Organic Seed Alliance Advances ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world. Our work ensures an abundant and diverse supply of ecologically grown seed, tended in perpetuity by skilled and diverse communities of seed stewards. To advance this mission, we serve growers working with seed across the US at any scale through participatory research, practical education, policy advocacy, and network development. We prioritize partnerships with organizations and individuals aligned with our values, and we convene spaces where divergent viewpoints can be expressed and explored. In all our work, we ally ourselves with and embrace opportunities to amplify movements for community sovereignty, racial equity, and social justice. Web: https://seedalliance.org/ [22 Jul 2023]
Our City A progressive grassroots network dedicated to linking families, neighbors, communities and elected officials with a shared vision of a better San Francisco and California. We support universal human and civil rights; economic, racial, gender, and environmental justice; full LGBT rights; open, well run, and responsive government; a clean environment with safe, healthy, food and water; 100% clean, renewable energy and a Green New Deal; Medicare for All; free public education and college; universal and free public transportation; fair treatment and full empowerment for workers; affordable housing as a right and an end to homelessness; empowered neighborhoods; and decent, intelligent elected officials, who will work hard for the people they represent. Address: 1450 Sutter Sreet #325, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 756-8844 Email: info@ourcitysf.org Web: http://our-city.org/ [08 May 2021]
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/ [05 Nov 2022]
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: https://ourfamily.org/ [27 Feb 2021]
Our World 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. Web: https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/ [28 Aug 2021]
OutRight Action International Fights for the human rights for LGBTIQ people everywhere. OutRight works at the international, regional and national levels to research, document, defend, and advance human rights for LGBTIQ people around the world. OutRight is the only LGBTIQ organization that has a permanent presence to advocate at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for progress for LGBTIQ people. We have a major stake at the UN on human rights and hold special consultative status there, which allows us to bring to light the concerns of LGBTIQ people globally at this important world forum. Web: https://outrightinternational.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
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/ [28 Aug 2021]
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, PO Box 29191, San Francisco CA 94129-9191 Voice: (415) 561-4522 Web: https://pachamama.org/ [12 Feb 2023]
Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association (PCFMA) Our mission is to connect California farmers’ to their local communities. One way that we achieve this is by operating a variety of farmers’ markets across the bay area. PCFMA currently manages over 50 farmers’ markets, making us the oldest and largest farmers’ market association on the West Coast! Address: 5060 Commercial Circle, Suite A, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 825-9090; (800) 949-FARM Web: https://www.pcfma.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
Pacific Environment We believe that communities must determine their destinies and that people have a right to meaningfully participate in decisions that affect their lives, their livelihoods and the natural environment. That’s why Pacific Environment helps build the global grassroots environmental movement. We achieve this by providing direct financial support, technical and legal expertise, and the know-how to build activist networks. We also fight for systemic changes that complement and can even transform these local efforts. We seek policy reforms, and sometimes revolutions, in international legal regimes that influence what happens locally throughout the world. We win through forceful advocacy, strong coalition-building and grassroots pressure. Address: 473 Pine Street, Third Floor, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 399-8850 Email: info@pacificenvironment.org Web: https://www.pacificenvironment.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Pacific Institute Creates and advances solutions to the world’s most pressing water challenges. Our vision is to create a world in which society, the economy, and the environment have the water they need to thrive now and in the future. Address: 344 20th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-1600 Email: info@pacinst.org Web: https://pacinst.org/ https://www.worldwater.org/ [09 Jul 2022]
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. Address: PO Box 883, Pacifica CA 94044 Email: general@pacifica-gardens.org Web: https://www.pacifica-gardens.org/ [12 Feb 2023]
Palestine Legal Our mission is to bolster the Palestine solidarity movement by challenging efforts to threaten, harass and legally bully activists into silence and inaction. We provide legal advice, Know Your Rights trainings, advocacy and litigation support to college students, grassroots activists and affected communities who stand for justice in Palestine. Palestine Legal also monitors incidents of suppression to expose trends in tactics to silence Palestine activism. Web: https://palestinelegal.org/ [22 Jan 2024]
Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) A transnational, independent, grassroots movement of young Palestinians in Palestine and in exile worldwide as a result of the ongoing Zionist colonization and occupation of our homeland. Our belonging to Palestine and our aspirations for justice and liberation motivate us to assume an active role as a young generation in our national struggle for the liberation of our homeland and people. Irrespective of our different political, cultural and social backgrounds, we strive to revive a tradition of pluralistic commitment toward our cause to ensure a better future, characterized by freedom and justice on a social and political level, for ourselves and subsequent generations. Web: https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/ [05 Nov 2023]
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG San Francisco) Promotes the health and well being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gender expansive 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 an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Address: 584 Castro Street #758, San Francisco CA 94114-2512 Voice: (415) 921-8850 Email: pflagsf@pflagsf.org Web: https://pflagsf.org/ https://pflag.org/ [28 Aug 2021]
San Jose/Peninsula Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG) Supports, educates, and advocates for LGBTQ+ people and their parents, families, friends, and allies. Founded in 1973, PFLAG is the first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and their families. Started in 1985, the PFLAG San Jose / Peninsula chapter meets people where they are and collaborates with others to realize its vision through: Address: PO Box 2718, Sunnyvale CA 94087 Voice: (408) 270-8182 Email: info@pflagsanjose.org Web: https://pflagsanjose.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
Participatory Budgeting Project (Oakland office) (PBP) A nonprofit 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. PBP is the lead organization advancing participatory budgeting (PB) across the United States and Canada. We have empowered more than 400,000 people to directly decide how to spend $300 million in public funds in 29 cities. Address: 344 20th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@participatorybudgeting.org Web: https://www.participatorybudgeting.org/ [08 May 2021]
Partners for Livable Communities Mission is to improve the quality of life and economic and social wellbeing of low- and moderate-income individuals and communities. Partners for Livable Communities promotes livable communities through technical assistance, leadership training, workshops, charrettes, research and publications. More than 1,200 individuals and groups from local, state, national, international, public and private and media organizations make up Partners’ resource network and share innovative ideas on livability and community improvement. Partners for Livable Communities is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Web: http://livable.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
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: https://www.justiceonline.org/ [22 Jul 2023]
Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) Uses science, litigation, policy analysis and strategic communications to promote policies that protect climate, ecosystems, and people. We demonstrate the real environmental impact of devastating industries and equip advocates with the tools to fight back and protect the communities they love. Web: https://www.pfpi.net/ [14 Jul 2023]
Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office) (PSL) Believes that the only solution to the deepening crisis of capitalism is the socialist transformation of society. Driven by an insatiable appetite for ever greater profits regardless of social cost, capitalism is on a collision course with the people of the world and the planet itself. Imperialist war; deepening unemployment and poverty; deteriorating health care, housing and education; racism; discrimination and violence based on gender and sexual orientation; environmental destruction—all are inevitable products of the capitalist system itself. Voice: (415) 821-6171 Email: sf@pslweb.org Web: https://www.pslweb.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Pathways to Peace (PTP) An international Peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization. For over four decades, PTP has been actively making Peace a lived reality. PTP is an UN-designated Peace Messenger Organization and has Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). PTP works locally and globally, inter-generationally and multi-culturally, to support Peacebuilding, Peacebuilders, and to collaborate with other organizations in initiatives that advance the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI). Address: PO Box 1057, Larkspur CA 94977 Web: https://pathwaystopeace.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Peace Action West A national, grassroots organization committed to organizing a powerful peace movement. Works for smarter approaches to global problems. If we want to address problems like war, the nuclear threat, poverty, climate change, and terrorism – the U.S. needs to work together, cooperatively, with other nations. We also need to overcome the partisan politics and divisive rhetoric that often drown out alternatives to war. By getting people and communities around the country involved, we build the political will needed to break through that deadlock. Our success comes from empowering people to engage in foreign policy issues like no other organization. Voice: (800) 949-9020 Web: https://www.peaceaction.org/ [24 Apr 2022]
The Peace Alliance We are an alliance of organizers and advocates taking the work of peacebuilding from the margins of society into the center of national discourse and policy priorities. We champion a comprehensive, collaborative approach to peace and peacebuilding. Web: https://peacealliance.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
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: PO Box 24764, Oakland CA 94623 Voice: (510) 465-9414 Web: http://www.peaceandfreedom.us/ [29 Oct 2023]
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. Where people are empowered and live in harmony with the earth, nurtured by diverse traditions that foster compassion 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. We are not affiliated with any political party or religion. While PJCNC is a diverse community of many spiritual, religious, and political beliefs, individuals may not represent PJCNC as being a political or religious entity. Web: http://www.ncpeace.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County Mission is to inform, support and energize the Sonoma County community to create peace and social justice through active nonviolence.? Envisions a world of Peace & Justice, where differences are respected, conflicts are addressed nonviolently, oppressive structures are dismantled, and people live in harmony with the earth and one another. Address: 467 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa CA 95401 Voice: (707) 575-8902 Email: peacentr@sonic.net Web: https://www.pjcsoco.org/ [08 May 2021]
Peace Brigades International (PBI) Human rights defenders are at the heart of all we do at PBI. We provide protection, support and recognition to local human rights defenders who work in areas of repression and conflict and have requested our support. We believe that lasting transformation of conflicts cannot come from outside, but must be based on the capacity and desires of local people. We avoid imposing, interfering or getting directly involved in the work of the people we accompany. Our work is effective because we take an integrated approach, combining a presence alongside human rights defenders on the ground with an extensive network of international support. Web: https://www.peacebrigades.org/ [28 Aug 2021]
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 always have been committed to empowering grassroots groups by providing these educational, fundraising and visibility resources as reasonably priced as we can. Address: PO Box 1122, Arcata CA 95518-1122 Voice: (888) 822-7075 Web: https://www.peaceproject.com/ [01 Jan 2021]
Peninsula Family Service Strengthens our community by providing children, families, and older adults the support and tools to realize their full potential and lead healthy, stable lives. Peninsula Family Service provides comprehensive services that support individuals and families at various stages of life. Originally a small organization founded in 1950, Peninsula Family Service has grown to recognize the need for innovative, professionally-led, locally-targeted solutions to secure the wellness and stability of our neighbors. The community has rallied behind this mission, providing fundraising support and volunteers to establish and grow expert-led programs. Address: 24 Second Avenue, San Mateo CA 94401 Email: info@peninsulafamilyservice.org Web: https://www.peninsulafamilyservice.org/ [09 Jul 2022]
Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) Protects open space on the Peninsula and in the South Bay for the benefit of all. POST is creating a network of protected lands where people and nature connect and thrive. These lands are preserved forever so present and future generations benefit from the careful balance of rural and urban landscapes that makes our region extraordinary. Address: 222 High Street, Palo Alto CA 94301 Voice: (650) 854-7696 Email: post@openspacetrust.org Web: https://openspacetrust.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
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: 4546 El Camino Real #B10-335, Los Altos CA 94022 Voice: (650) 326-8837 Email: julia.malakimanpeaceandjustice.org Web: https://peaceandjustice.org/ https://www.facebook.com/penin.pjc/ [06 Mar 2021]
People for the American Way (PFAW) Engages cultural and community leaders and individual activists in campaigns promoting freedom of expression, civic engagement, fair courts, and legal and lived equality for LGBTQ people. Together we have battled voter suppression, censorship, and injustice in our justice system. Today, our future as a diverse democratic society is threatened by a new rising tide of anti-democratic forces, including cultural and political leaders promoting authoritarianism, white nationalism, and Christian nationalism. Web: https://www.pfaw.org/ [12 Feb 2023]
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) The largest animal rights organization in the world, and PETA entities have more than 9 million members and supporters globally. PETA opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, and 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 laboratories, in the food industry, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment business. 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, investigative newsgathering and reporting, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns. Web: https://www.peta.org/ [12 Feb 2023]
People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER) PODER’s mission is to organize with Latinx immigrant families and youth to put into practice people-powered solutions that are locally based, community led and environmentally just. We nurture everyday people’s leadership, regenerate culture, and build community power. PODER’s vision is a society where everyday people can shape their neighborhoods and economies. We organize with Latinx immigrant families, along with Black, Indigenous and other underinvested communities of color, to cultivate community rooted solutions. These solutions create a society where immigrants have the rights to social, racial, economic, and environmental justice and these are central to the world in which we live. Address: 255 Shotwell Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 431-4210 Email: info@podersf.org Web: https://podersf.org/ [29 Oct 2023]
People's Park Committee Founded in 1969, People’s Park in Berkeley, California is a gathering place for Community, History, Free Speech, Social Justice, Civil Rights, Gardens, Music, Education, Recreation, Ecology, Sports, and more. People’s Park is located in the City of Berkeley, a few blocks South of the University of California campus. The Park is bounded on the East by Bowditch St., on the South by Dwight Way, on the North by Haste St. and on the West, it’s a short half block from Telegraph Avenue. This site, PeoplesPark.org, features a huge collection of historical and contemporary photos of the founding of the park, and activities such as music, art, gardening, sports, and having fun! Address: c/o Grassroots House, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 390-0830 Email: charles@well.com Web: http://www.peoplespark.org/wp/ [08 May 2021]
People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group Historians, preservationists, students, neighbors and concerned citizens who have come together to document and preserve the open space of People’s Park and the historic resources encircling it. Objective and purpose is to protect, preserve, and enhance public understanding of the significant architectural and cultural landmarks and historic events unique to the outside campus area through outreach, research, and educational and cultural community projects. Address: PO Box 758, Berkeley CA 94704 Email: peoplesparkhxdist@gmail.com Web: http://peoplesparkhxdist.org/ [24 Apr 2021]
Permaculture Action Network A continent-wide collective that mobilizes thousands of people to take direct action on regenerative projects with a diversity of groups and organizations. We collaborate with performing artists and cultural events to invite people into hands-on work that regenerates ecosystems and catalyzes the movement for a just transition. We work at the edge of art, music, culture, and the regenerative community movement, offering people a pathway to take action locally where they live through Permaculture Action Days, Permaculture Action Hubs, and Permaculture Action Courses; our approach is to create events that are easy to engage in and sprout long-lasting movement involvement. Web: https://www.permacultureaction.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) We work to create a just, healthy, and equitable food system. For too long, pesticide and biotech corporations have dictated how we grow food, placing the health and economic burdens of pesticide use on farmers, farmworkers and rural communities. PAN works with those on the frontlines to tackle the pesticide problem — and reclaim the future of food and farming. Address: 2029 University Avenue, Suite 200, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 788-9020 Web: https://www.panna.org/ https://pesticideinfo.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
Petaluma Bounty Mission is healthy food for everyone through collaboration, education and promoting self-reliance. Vision is to grow a thriving local food system where consumers make informed decisions; farmers make a decent living while prioritizing ecological stewardship of the land; and all people – regardless of income – have access to healthy food. We push beyond the immediate demands of hunger relief toward community food security (and hunger prevention) with programming that expands our community’s capacity to feed each other today and into the future. Address: 1500 Petaluma Blvd, South, Petaluma CA 94952 Voice: (707) 364-9118 Email: suzi@petalumabounty.org Web: http://www.petalumabounty.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
Petaluma Community Access (PCA) A non-profit public access television station in Petaluma. Through community programming, member production services, and partnerships with local businesses, PCA promotes diversity and free speech for Petaluma. Our mission is to promote freedom of expression, provide access to communication tools, and foster the use of visual media and technology. PCA broadcasts through Comcast on Petaluma’s local channels 26, 27, and 28. With AT&T U-Verse, PCA’s channels are accessible through channel 099. DISH network does not currently syndicate PCA’s broadcasts. The best way to view PCA’s programming with DISH is by installing a freestanding antenna to your home TV. Address: 205 Keller Street, Suite 203, Petaluma CA 94952 Voice: (707) 773-3190 Email: kpca@pca.tv Web: https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/pca/ [12 Feb 2023]
Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) Keeps people and their companion animals together. PAWS believes that no one should have to make the difficult choice of caring for themselves or caring for their beloved pets. We provide free comprehensive support services for pets of older adults and individuals living with disability or illness. Address: 3170 23rd Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 979-9550 Fax: (415) 979-9269 Web: https://www.shanti.org/programs-services/pets-are-wonderful-support/ [24 Apr 2022]
PFLAG Oakland/East Bay (PFLAG) A local chapter of PFLAG National, celebrating 50 years as the nation’s largest family and ally organization uniting people who are LGBTQ+ with families, friends, and allies. PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy. Address: PO Box 21195, Oakland CA 94620-1195 Voice: (510) 562-7692 Email: support@pflag-eastbay.org Web: http://pflag-eastbay.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Phat Beets Produce Aims to create a healthier, more equitable food system in North Oakland. Our programs include two certified, clinic-based farmers’ markets, one youth-led school farm stand and community nutrition hub, and a youth market garden & orchard in partnership with a local hospital obesity prevention clinic, and the "Beet Box" Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Share. Address: 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 250-7957 Email: info@phatbeetsproduce.org Web: https://www.facebook.com/Phat.Beets.Produce/ [08 May 2021]
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Combines the clout and expertise of more than 12,000 physicians with the dedicated actions of more than 175,000 members across the United States and around the world. Our efforts are dramatically changing the way doctors treat chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and cancer. By putting prevention over pills, doctors are empowering their patients to take control of their own health. And we are also building a new way of viewing research. Since 1985, the Physicians Committee has worked tirelessly for alternatives to the use of animals in medical education and research and for more effective scientific methods. Web: https://www.pcrm.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, PSR works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. PSR mobilizes physicians and health professionals to advocate for climate solutions and a nuclear weapons-free world. PSR’s health advocates contribute a health voice to energy, environmental health and nuclear weapons policy at the local, federal and international level. Web: https://www.psr.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Pipeline Fighters Hub Provides technical, legal, story-telling, and organizing assistance to any community fighting pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure, with the goal of protecting the land and water. We believe unlikely alliances of landowners, Tribal Nations, and climate advocates are the ones closest to the pain, and should also be closest to the solutions. Web: https://pipelinefighters.org/ [14 Aug 2022]
PLACE for Sustainable Living (People Linking Art, Community & Ecology) We're a volunteer-run community hub that nurtures regenerative living practices through People Linking Art, Community & Ecology. As an educational and maker-space organization, we have been extending community space as a tool and resource for healing, organizing, and co-creating art, visions, and equitable systems. This includes everything from community organizing, regenerative building, political education, cooking and medicine making demonstrations, hands-on gardening, solidarity fundraisers, cultural gatherings, spiritual ceremonies, song circles, community clay making, dance workshops, meditation classes, film screenings, local concerts and jams, and many other things that paint the intersectionality of the movement. Address: 1121 64th Street, Oakland CA 94608 Email: hi@place.community Web: https://www.place.community/ [05 Nov 2022]
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: PO Box 31251, San Francisco CA 94131 Voice: (415) 285-6556 Email: mail@planetdrum.org Web: http://www.planetdrum.org/ [24 Apr 2022]
Planned Parenthood Northern California Champions healthy communities and increases access to quality health care, information and reproductive freedom by providing medical services, education, and advocacy. Web: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-northern-california [09 Jul 2022]
Planning and Conservation League (PCL) Since 1965, PCL has changed the landscape of California through supporting measures that have preserved its iconic forests, coastlines, mountains, and watersheds. We support legislation that protects our environment and we work to promote open space, habitat, and healthy communities. Web: https://www.pcl.org/ [24 Apr 2022]
Plant Based Foods Association The first and only trade association in the U.S. representing over 200 of the nation’s leading plant-based food companies. PBFA’s mission is to build a strong foundation for the industry to scale and thrive. PBFA works to remove obstacles to a fair and competitive marketplace for plant-based foods. PBFA empowers the industry by advocating for government policies that allow fair competition, while expanding market opportunities for retail, distribution, and foodservice to support the continued growth of the plant-based foods industry. Address: 4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 236-5048 Email: Info@PlantBasedFoods.org Web: https://plantbasedfoods.org/ [13 Nov 2021]
Planting Justice (PJ) Since 2009 Planting Justice has built over 550 edible permaculture gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked with five high-schools to develop food justice curricula and created over 40 green jobs in the food justice movement for people transitioning from prison. We work to address the structural inequalities embedded in the 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 We are transforming the food system one garden at a time. Address: 319 105th Avenue, Oakland CA 94603 Voice: (510) 756-6965 Email: orders@plantingjustice.org Web: https://plantingjustice.org/ [12 Feb 2023]
Ploughshares Fund For 40 years Ploughshares Fund has supported the most effective people and organizations in the world to reduce and eventually eliminate the dangers posed by nuclear weapons. Our grantees, partners and community have made significant progress in cutting risks and reducing nuclear weapons stockpiles since their peak in the 1980s. Together, we can finish the job. Together, we can put an end to one of the greatest threats to our planet—and to future generations. Address: 315 Bay Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 668-2244 Fax: (415) 668-2214 Web: https://www.ploughshares.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
Point of View Productions (Karil Daniels) I am a film and video writer/ producer/ director/ cinematographer/ editor. Working through my production company, Point of View Productions, I have made various films and tapes which together have won over 30 festival awards. I have 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/ https://twitter.com/karildaniels [12 Feb 2023]
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: https://www.polarisinstitute.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) Provides free legal services to asylum seekers and promotes the rights of detained immigrants. Web: https://www.pairproject.org/ [22 Jul 2023]
Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) Promotes human and ecological well-being through our original research. Our approach is to translate what we learn into workable policy proposals that are capable of improving life on our planet today and in the future. In the words of the late Professor Robert Heilbroner, we at PERI “strive to make a workable science out of morality.” PERI has become a leading source of research and policy initiatives on issues of globalization, unemployment, financial market instability, central bank policy, living wages and decent work, and the economics of peace, development, and the environment. Web: https://peri.umass.edu/ [14 May 2022]
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-five years of expertise helps journalists, advocates, educators, scholars, and the public to understand and challenge the right-wing. Web: http://www.politicalresearch.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
Pollinate Farm & Garden Rooted in urban farming, beekeeping, backyard chicken keeping, and food preserving, Pollinate Farm & Garden is your online destination for everything DIY food. We inspire you to grow food wherever you are. We believe that everyone deserves fresh, local and healthy food. In 2013, we opened our doors as a plant nursery, urban farm supply, demonstration garden and learning space in the Fruitvale District of Oakland, CA. In 2020, like many small businesses, we closed the doors to our brick-and-mortar shop. While we have scaled down our retail operations to focus primarily on supplies for your backyard farm or edible garden, we now offer consulting, mentoring and edible garden design and installation services. Voice: (510) 686-3493 Email: hello@pollinatefarm.com Web: https://www.pollinatefarm.com/ https://www.yelp.com/biz/pollinate-farm-and-garden-supply-oakland-2 [12 Aug 2023]
The Pollination Project (TPP) A global community of over 5,000 grassroots changemakers in 120 countries. These visionary servant leaders bring their hopes for a kinder, more compassionate world. In return, we offer seed funding, capacity-building support, belief, and connectivity with other aligned leaders. Working in this bottom-up, people-centered way is meaningful and in many ways, revolutionary. Web: https://thepollinationproject.org/ [29 Oct 2023]
POOR News Network 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: PO Box 5474, Oakland CA 94605 Voice: (510) 435-7500 (message only) Email: poormag@gmail.com Web: https://www.poormagazine.org/ [09 Jul 2022]
Population Connection The largest grassroots population organization in the United States! We have more than 40,000 members and hundreds of thousands more supporters and participating educators working together to build a more sustainable future for all of our planet’s inhabitants. Population Connection works to ensure that everyone around the world who wants to delay or end childbearing has access to the health services and contraceptive supplies they need in order to do so. Fulfilling Population Connection’s mission requires smashing any and all barriers that prevent people from deciding if and when to have children. It’s never about “population control.” It’s always about empowering people — especially women and girls. Web: https://www.populationconnection.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
Population Services International (PSI) Makes it easier for all people to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire. Yes, we’re a nonprofit, but don’t think of us as a charity. Like a Fortune 500 company, we take a business approach to saving lives. We provide real solutions to complex health problems. And, we measure our results. Made stronger by the combined power of a network of 8,000 local experts in more than 50 countries. Web: https://www.psi.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
Post Carbon Institute Mission is to lead the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world by providing individuals and communities with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated ecological, economic, energy, and equity crises of the 21st century. Provides individuals and communities with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated ecological, economic, energy, and equity crises of the 21st century. We help build resilience to withstand these crises, and support social and cultural change to make society more ready to take decisive and appropriate action. Web: https://www.postcarbon.org/ [13 Mar 2021]
Power Shift Network (PSN) A network of young people, organizations run by young people, and campaigns that support youth organizing. Network members are working to combat climate and environmental injustice, stop dirty energy projects, divest from fossil fuels, fix democracy, and build the just, clean-energy powered future young people need. We understand that these issues are deeply interlinked, and we believe that we can better tackle them as a coordinated network. Web: https://www.powershift.org/ [23 Nov 2021]
PowerPAC Believes that the most effective way to build political power for historically underrepresented constituencies is to invest in long-term political infrastructure that can be mobilized for short-term and long-term victories. Our process includes conducting research and analysis on the political landscape, and identifying critical social justice issues to bring more voters–particularly voters of color–into the political process. From there, PowerPAC directs financial and human resources to strategic local and state legislative fights, ballot initiatives, and other campaigns by organizing donors who are committed to social justice politics. We believe that we will only have a true democracy when the electorate is engaged and representative of the population. Address: 456 Montgomery Street Suite 1350, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 442-0940 Email: info@powerpac.org Web: http://www.powerpac.org/ [29 Jul 2023]
PRC Has been transforming the Bay Area for decades, helping those affected by HIV/AIDS, substance use, or mental health issues realize their best selves by providing the support and services they need to reclaim their lives. Services include emergency financial assistance for short-term security; legal representation for access to basic income and healthcare benefits; and residential treatment, supportive housing, and employment training for longer-term social rehabilitation. Address: 170 9th Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 777-0333 Web: https://prcsf.org/ [17 Jan 2021]
Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center As an inner-city, community-based, mural arts organization, Precita Eyes Muralists work to enrich and beautify urban environments and educate the public about the process and history of community mural art. Working with a wide variety of neighborhoods and communities, we nourish one’s inherent creativity and celebrate the beauty of their community. We maintain a deep commitment to collaboration. This dedication to the collaborative process ensures that the creative work produced is accessible, both physically and conceptually, to the people whose lives it impacts. We bring art into the daily lives of people through a process which allows them to celebrate their beauty, discover their creativity, and reflect their concerns, joys and triumphs. Address: 2981 24th Street (at Harrison), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 285-2287 Email: info@precitaeyes.org Web: https://www.precitaeyes.org/ [12 Feb 2023]
Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc. (PJC) A multi-cultural, multi-service community resource center 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. Today, we serve West Oakland and surrounding cities and communities. All services are offered by PJC staff in English and Spanish, with other languages available by translators. We are also home to the Northern California Breathmobile Project, the West Oakland Food Pantry, the Father Charles D. Burns Pre preschool, and the Washington Burns Youth Mentoring & Computer Learning Program. Address: 920 Peralta Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 835-8683 Fax: (510) 208-3195 Email: info@prescottjoseph.org Web: https://www.prescottjoseph.org/ [24 Apr 2022]
Presidio Graduate School (PGS) Misson is to educate changemakers to build a flourishing future for all. At Presidio, we look for students who are inspired and committed to creating a better world and healthier planet. We educate and equip those whose decisions and actions can transform society as emerging leaders in business, government, nonprofits, and education. And, we provide an outstanding education that enables our students to develop practical skills, forward-looking competencies, and the power to influence and lead. Address: 649 Mission Street, Suite 500, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 561-6555 Email: info@presidio.edu Web: https://www.presidio.edu/ [25 Feb 2023]
Pride At Work A nonprofit organization that represents LGBTQ union members and their allies. We are an officially recognized constituency group of the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations) that organizes mutual support between the organized Labor Movement and the LGBTQ Community to further social and economic justice. From our national office in Washington, DC, we coordinate and support more than 20 Chapters across the country. Web: https://www.prideatwork.org/ [17 Jan 2021]
Priority Africa Network (PAN) Mission is to Inform and mobilize people of African descent in support of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora for sustained peace and democracy as well as economic, political, racial, gender, and social justice. We believe all people regardless of race, sex, gender, gender identification, religion, ethnicity, nationality, creed, sexual orientation, age or ability, are equal and deserve equal chances in life. Address: PO Box 2528, Berkeley CA 94702 Email: info@priorityafrica.org Web: https://www.priorityafrica.org/ [13 Nov 2021]
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: PO Box 70447, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 893-4648 Email: prisonactivist-at-gmail-dot-com Web: https://www.prisonactivist.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Prison Radio An independent multimedia production studio producing content for radio, television, and films for 30 years and distributing throughout the world. We stream our high-audio quality material to media outlets and the general public in order to add the voices of people most impacted by the prison industrial complex. This takes on a special urgency during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the national focus on the damage done by the police and prison structures across the nation. Address: PO Box 411074, San Francisco CA 94141 Voice: (415) 648-4505 Email: info@prisonradio.org Web: https://www.prisonradio.org/ [17 Jan 2021]
Prisoners Literature Project (PLP) An inclusive, all-volunteer, grassroots nonprofit whose purpose is to encourage reading, the pursuit of knowledge, and self-determination among incarcerated people. By sending free reading materials to those behind bars, PLP aims to foster learning and critical thinking and help prepare people to lead successful lives after incarceration. We believe that all people have a right to read. We recognize that many incarcerated people lack formal education, and the PLP strives to remedy that by providing books that impart knowledge. We also provide genre fiction because we understand that incarcerated people need to pass the time. Through the books that we send, we demonstrate that there are many possibilities for how to live. Address: Grassroots House, 2022 Blake Street, Berkeley CA 94704 Email: PrisonLit@gmail.com Web: https://www.prisonlit.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
Privacy International (PI) Governments and corporations are using technology to exploit us. Their abuses of power threaten our freedoms and the very things that make us human. That’s why PI is here: to protect democracy, defend people's dignity, and demand accountability from institutions who breach public trust. Web: https://www.privacyinternational.org/ [29 Oct 2023]
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse As a nonprofit organization protecting privacy for all by empowering individuals and advocating for positive change, we have focused exclusively on consumer privacy rights and issues since 1992. We strive to provide clarity on complex topics by publishing extensive educational materials and helping people find answers to their questions. We also amplify voices often underrepresented in policy discussions in our work championing strong privacy protections. Web: https://privacyrights.org/ [30 Apr 2022]
Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley Equal justice under the law is more than just a phrase; it is a notion fundamental to our democracy. Without access to courts or legal services, low-income Californians may not have the protection afforded by a civil society. Those who suffer the most are often the most vulnerable among us – victims of domestic violence, immigrants, children, and the homeless. Since its founding in 1986, Pro Bono Project has been 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, and consumer law. “Justice for all” is not a vague concept, but our mission. Address: 25 North 14th Street, Suite 506, San Jose CA 95112 Voice: (408) 998-5298 Web: https://www.probonoproject.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
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, raising unheard voices, and changing the conversation. Web: https://www.protectchoice.org/ [17 Jan 2021]
Progressive Asset Management (PAM) A national, independent financial advisor network dedicated to building strong, enduring relationships with the individuals and organizations we serve. Our knowledgeable and certified advisors assist clients in working toward their investment goals--whether that's saving for a college fund or developing a strong financial plan for retirement--while at the same time giving them the opportunity to invest in ways that reflect their values. Address: 1814 Franklin Street, Suite 503, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (800) 786-2998 Email: info@progressiveassetmanagement.com Web: http://www.progressiveassetmanagement.com/ [30 Apr 2022]
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 organization operating inside the Democratic Party, and outside in movements for peace and justice, PDA has played a key role in the rise of the progressive movement. 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: https://pdamerica.org/ [28 Aug 2021]
Progressive Populist Believes people are more important than corporations. 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/ [30 Apr 2022]
Project Censored Mission is to promote critical media literacy, independent journalism, and democracy. We educate students and the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government. Censorship undermines democracy. We expose and oppose news censorship and we promote independent investigative journalism, media literacy, and critical thinking. Address: PO Box 1177, Fair Oaks CA 95628 Voice: (707) 241-4596 Email: info@projectcensored.org Web: https://www.projectcensored.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) We bring public spaces to life by planning and designing them with the people who use them every day. Our knowledge, skills, and strategies equip people to fuel lasting change. Together, we create community-powered public spaces around the world. Web: https://www.pps.org/about [13 Feb 2022]
Project Gutenberg A library of over 60,000 free eBooks Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy. Web: https://www.gutenberg.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Project HIRED A free, all-inclusive employment services agency, offering advocacy and empowerment programs to individuals with disabilities. Our clients face formidable barriers, and we help them achieve job security and long-term success through job search, training and placement services. Embodying the region’s innovative energy, Project HIRED continues to evolve and meet the ever-changing needs of our clients and has delivered expert services since our founding. Voice: (408) 557-0880 Email: frontdesk@projecthired.org Web: https://www.projecthired.org/ [17 Jul 2022]
Project On Government Oversight (POGO) A nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when the government fails to serve the public or silences those who report wrongdoing. We champion reforms to achieve a more effective, ethical, and accountable federal government that safeguards constitutional principles. Web: https://www.pogo.org/ [17 Jul 2022]
Project Open Hand (Alameda County) 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 Oakland, engaging more than 125 volunteers daily to nourish our community. Address: 1921 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland ca 94612 Voice: (510) 622-0221 Email: info@openhand.org Web: https://www.openhand.org/ [29 Jul 2023]
Project Open Hand (San Francisco) Address: 730 Polk Street (near Ellis), San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 447-2300 Web: https://www.openhand.org/ [29 Jul 2023]
Project Read The adult literacy program of the San Francisco Public Library. Trained volunteer tutors provide free one-on-one tutoring to English-speaking adults who want to improve their basic reading and writing skills. Address: San Francisco Public Library, Fifth Floor, 100 Larkin Street (corner of Larkin & Grove at Civic Center), San Francisco CA 94102-4733 Voice: (415) 557-4388 Web: https://sfpl.org/locations/main-library/bridge-main-5th-floor/project-read [30 Apr 2022]
Project Sentinel Fair Housing Mission is to develop and promote fairness and equality of housing for all persons and to advocate peaceful resolution of disputes for community welfare and harmony. 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: 1490 El Camino Real, Santa Clara CA 95050 Voice: (408) 720-9888 Email: info@housing.org Web: https://www.housing.org/ [05 Nov 2023]
Project Vote Smart Mission is to provide free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to ALL Americans. Vote Smart is a historic undertaking. Citizens come together, not in selfish interest or to support one candidate over another, but to defend democracy. It is an extraordinary gathering of people committed to one purpose: to strengthen the most essential component of democracy -- access to information -- even as it suffers grave attacks from candidates and political parties, many who are now willing to manipulate information and deceive voters. Web: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
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: https://www.prometheusradio.org/ [30 Apr 2022]
ProPublica An independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account. With a team of more than 150 editorial staffers, ProPublica covers a range of topics including government and politics, business, criminal justice, the environment, education, health care, immigration, and technology. We focus on stories with the potential to spur real-world impact. Among other positive changes, our reporting has contributed to the passage of new laws; reversals of harmful policies and practices; and accountability for leaders at local, state and national levels. Web: https://www.propublica.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
Prospera Advances Latina economic empowerment through leadership development, entrepreneurship and cooperative business ownership. We believe that when women are at the forefront of our local economies, entire communities thrive. Prospera partners with Latina entrepreneurs to launch social enterprises that foster cooperation, economic independence, and well-being in immigrant communities. Our comprehensive, culturally specific programs address the unique challenges and the immense resourcefulness that Latina immigrants bring. Through our programs, Latina entrepreneurs come together in a safe space to take risks and access the tools and the capital they need to achieve economic independence and well-being. Address: 1072 60th Street, #3, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 695-2270 Email: info@prosperacoops.org Web: https://prosperacoops.org/ [29 Jul 2023]
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, transportation equity, and climate justice. We spur change through collaboration with grassroots groups representing low-income communities, people of color and immigrants, combined with strategic policy reform, media advocacy and litigation, “making rights real” across California since 1971. Address: 131 Steuart Street, Suite 300 (at 11th Street), San Francisco CA 94105-1241 Voice: (415) 431-7430 Fax: (415) 431-1048 Web: https://www.publicadvocates.org/ [17 Jul 2022]
Public Citizen A nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that champions the public interest in the halls of power. We defend democracy, resist corporate power and work to ensure that government works for the people – not for big corporations. Founded in 1971, we now have 500,000 members and supporters throughout the country. We use every tool at our disposal to take on big fights – and win . We mobilize activists to grow democratic movements, watchdog Congress, sue the government when it fails to do its job, petition regulatory agencies to safeguard the public and engage in cutting-edge research that effects change. Web: https://www.citizen.org/ [25 Feb 2023]
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) Supports current and former public employees who seek a higher standard of environmental ethics and scientific integrity within their agencies. We do this by defending whistleblowers, shining the light on improper or illegal government actions, working to improve laws and regulations, and supporting the work of other organizations. All our services are provided pro bono, without charge. Through PEER, public servants can choose to work as “anonymous activists” so that public agencies must confront the message, rather than the messenger. Web: https://www.peer.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) A not-for-profit legal services organization whose mission is to protect freedom in the patent system. 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/ [13 Nov 2021]
Q Foundation Believes in a world where all people have a safe, decent, and affordable home. Toward that vision, we prevent homelessness by helping people keep the housing they already have, providing resources to secure new housing, and promoting public policy to expand opportunity for all. Address: 350 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 552-3242 Fax: (415) 561-9940 Email: info@theqfoundation.org Web: https://theqfoundation.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Queer Cultural Center (QCC) Promotes social justice and the artistic and financial development of queer art and culture. With a focus on the Bay Area’s queer arts community, QCC seeks to achieve national visibility and recognition by employing the arts to advance cultural equity and social justice. We believe that community building is key to social change and that we can envision this change through the arts. Queer Cultural Center has long played a prominent role in the frontlines of queer culture in the Bay Area. Web: https://queerculturalcenter.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
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/ [25 Feb 2023]
The Rabbit Haven Rescues abandoned rabbits and guinea pigs and accepts surrendered rabbits and guinea pigs from the general public and shelters in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Benito and Monterey Counties. We then work to place these rescued animals into loving foster homes, secure medical care including needed spay neuter, and then place them into permanent homes. The Rabbit Haven works in the community, at schools, with shelters, and other education groups to educate the public on animal care, feeding, grooming, medical needs, social dynamics and behaviors. Address: PO Box 66594, Scotts Valley CA 95067 Voice: (831) 600-7479 (office); (831) 239-7119 (mobile); 11AM to 6PM PST M-F Email: director@therabbithaven.org Web: http://therabbithaven.org/ [28 Aug 2021]
RACCOON (Radical Anti-Capitalist Collective Of Outrageous Noise) A new activist group dedicated to ending US participation in the Gaza massacre. We have loud noisemakers we share - megaphones, air horns, metal trashcan lids we bang on the sidewalk, plus electric guitar, trombone, drums. We publish essays. We admire Dorothy Day, Peter Kropotkin, MLK Jr., Henry George, Ursela K LeGuin, Tinyism, Distributism & Global Egalitarianism. Voice: (415) 309-3505 Email: raccoon@gmx.us Web: https://raccoon.today/ [03 Jan 2024]
Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation In 2017, Race Forward united with the Center for Social Inclusion. 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. Founded in 2002, the Center for Social Inclusion catalyzed community, government, and other institutions to dismantle structural racial inequity and create equitable outcomes for all. Race Forward is home to the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), a national network of local government working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines and presents Facing Race, the country’s largest multiracial conference on racial justice. Address: 900 Alice Street, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 653-3415 Email: info@raceforward.org Web: https://www.raceforward.org/ [13 Nov 2021]
Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness Mission is to eliminate health inequities in San Francisco’s Black and marginalized communities through education, advocacy, and by providing holistic health and wellness services in a culturally affirming environment. Rafiki Coalition strives to achieve its focus by providing health and wellness services including, but not limited to, health education, movement classes, health screenings, advocacy, transitional housing and case management services for people living with HIV/AIDS, trauma resiliency and mental health circles, and other health-promoting activities. Address: 601 Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 615-9945 Fax: (415) 615-9943 Email: mmatthews@rafikicoalition.org Web: https://rafikicoalition.org/ [13 Feb 2022]
Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County (RCC) Builds community, equity, and well-being among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex (LGBTQI+) people & our allies. Envisions a society that advocates for and celebrates gender and sexual diversity, racial justice, safety, and liberation for all through healing centered engagement. Rainbow transcends its vision from inclusive to expansive, as we will be able to represent by centering and reaching a wider scope of Marginalized LGBTQI+ and Intersectional Identities more effectively. Address: 2118 Willow Pass Road, Suite 500, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 692-0090 Email: rcc@rainbowcc.org Web: https://www.rainbowcc.org/ [19 Feb 2022]
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns. RAN works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated. Address: 425 Bush Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 398-4404 Email: answers@ran.org Web: https://www.ran.org/ [06 Mar 2021]
Ted Rall Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer." Web: https://rall.com/ [05 Nov 2023]
Rape Trauma Services (RTS) Mission is to eliminate all forms of violence, with a special focus on sexual assault 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. RTS has improved the health and quality of life for 200,000 survivors of sexual assault/abuse and their loved ones for over 25 years. We make our services accessible to all residents by minimizing economic and cultural barriers to participation. Services are free and delivered with linguistic and cultural competence. 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: https://www.rapetraumaservices.org/ [05 Nov 2023]
Raphael House Mission is to help low-income families and families experiencing homelessness strengthen family bonds by achieving stable housing and financial independence. 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. Address: 1065 Sutter Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 345-7200 Fax: (415) 345-7299 Email: info@raphaelhouse.org Web: https://www.raphaelhouse.org/ [13 Mar 2021]
The Raucous Rooster A free range Petaluma, California inequality report with roots extending all the way to Appalachia, the Raucous Rooster is a radical, unconventional holler at the working-class to recall its history, and has been the North Bay's abattoir for sacred cows since 2013. Reporting for an engaged citizenry, compost for feeding the soil and sowing the seeds of a sustainable democracy of, by, and for the people. Web: http://theraucousrooster.com/ [05 Nov 2022]
REACH Shirati 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: PO Box 7776, Berkeley CA 94707-0776 Voice: (510) 273-9044 Web: https://www.reachshirati.org/ [05 Nov 2023]
The Real News Produces independent, verifiable, fact-based journalism that engages ordinary people in solving the critical problems of our times. As legendary journalist Ida B. Wells said, “The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.” We examine the underlying causes of the chronic problems, and investigate and report on effective solutions and models for change. We don’t just cover people in high office or limit news to the partisan horse race for power. People who fight for human rights and work for solutions are newsmakers. We believe that real change will be driven by the people who need it most. Web: https://therealnews.com/ [05 Nov 2023]
RealClimate A commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists and has been operating since Dec 2004. We aim to provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary on climate science. The discussion here is mostly restricted to scientific topics though we maintain open threads for the political or economic implications of the science and for discussions of possible solutions. All posts are signed by the author(s), except ‘group’ posts which are collective efforts from the whole team. Please note this is a moderated forum. Web: https://www.realclimate.org/ [17 Jul 2022]
The Rebuilding Alliance Dedicated to advancing equal rights for Palestinians through education, advocacy, and support that assures Palestinian families the right to a home, schooling, economic security, safety, and a promising future. Address: 50 Woodside Plaza, Suite 627, Redwood City CA 94061 Voice: (650) 440-9667 Email: contact@rebuildingalliance.org Web: https://www.rebuildingalliance.org/ [25 Feb 2024]
Rebuilding Together San Francisco (RTSF) Mission is repairing homes, revitalizing communities, rebuilding lives. Founded in 1989 in response to the Loma Prieta earthquake, we’ve worked in partnership to preserve affordable housing in San Francisco addressing home safety repairs, deferred maintenance, and code violations. We have served over 4,000 low-income families and worked with over 300 community spaces in San Francisco. As a result of our work, RTSF stabilizes residents and prevents displacement of San Francisco’s most vulnerable populations. We are committed to help our communities rebuild through Community Revitalization. Address: Pier 28 (near Bryant on the Embarcadero), San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 905-1611 Web: https://rebuildingtogethersf.org/ [19 Feb 2022]
ReCARES Collects, redistributes, and encourages reuse throughout its 3 Bay Area locations. Our volunteers receive 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. Every week in Oakland, San Francisco, and Marin volunteers gather at our sites to accept donations of durable medical equipment and supplies. We provide the items we collect to people who need them. Address: 2619 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-2273 Web: https://www.homecares.org/ [05 Nov 2022]
Reclaim Democracy! Works to create a more democratic republic, where citizens don’t merely choose from a menu of options determined by elites, but play an active role in shaping our communities, states, and nation. We believe every person’s influence should be a direct result of the quality of one’s ideas, skills and energy, independent of wealth, race, gender, location and other factors. Web: https://reclaimdemocracy.org/ [19 Feb 2022]
Recycle for Change Works to mobilize people and resources to support important sustainable development in the poorest parts of the world, and at the same time to preserve our planet’s resources through the promotion of textile recycling. We provide an opportunity for people to drop off their surplus clothing to be reused, through collection boxes placed at publicly accessible locations throughout California. The clothing is collected, packed and sold, generating money to support the training of volunteers working in the poorest parts of the globe. Address: 1081 Essex Avenue, Richmond CA 94801 Voice: (510) 932-3839 Fax: (510) 439-2748 Web: http://www.recycleforchange.org/ [13 Nov 2021]
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: PO Box 135, 1144 Redway Drive, Redway CA 95560-0135 Voice: (707) 923-2513; (707) 923-3911 (studio) Web: https://kmud.org/ [13 Mar 2021]
Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) Since 1987, the Redwood Empire Food Bank has been feeding our neighbors in need and leading the community to end hunger. We distribute food through our own programs and our partner organizations in Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties. As the largest hunger-relief organization in our area, we work on the front lines of emergency food assistance in our region, playing a crucial role in helping individuals, families, seniors, and children. Address: 3990 Brickway Blvd, Santa Rosa CA 95403 Voice: (707) 523-7900 Fax: (707) 523-7901 Web: https://refb.org [12 Nov 2022]
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 Encourage and support eco-tourism as part of sustainable community development that protects and preserves coral reef ecosystems Strengthen our organizational capacity to carry out our mission Web: https://www.reefrelief.org/ [05 Nov 2023]
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. 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/ [05 Nov 2023]
Refugee & Immigrant Transitions (RIT) Provides free education, family engagement, and community leadership programs. Our students have sought refuge due to war, violence, persecution, or economic duress. Our mission is to welcome and partner with people who have sought refuge, employing strengths-based educational approaches and community supports so they may thrive in our shared communities. Address: 870 Market Street #558 (near Powell), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 989-2151 Email: info@reftrans.org Web: https://www.reftrans.org/ [25 Feb 2023]
Refuse Fascism (Bay Area group) Exposes, analyzes, and stands against the very real danger and threat of fascism coming to power in this country. Seventy-four million people voted for Trump in 2020. The Republi-fascist Party has been purged of dissenting voices. The mass fascist movement has hardened in the wake of their January 6 coup attempt. Fascist initiatives around restricting voting, immigration and abortion rapidly advance in statehouses across the country. The election of Biden has not eliminated the danger, it has only bought some time. Voice: (510) 926-8144 Email: NorCal[at]refusefascism.org Web: https://refusefascism.org/ [17 Jul 2022]
Refuser Solidarity Network (RSN) Provides crucial support to Israel's military refusers in the toughest of political circumstances. We provide funds for for demonstrations outside prison, for legal fees, for media campaigns that tell conscientious objector’s stories to the general public, for education programs for Israeli and American audiences about their important resistance to the occupation. Refusers work to end the Israeli occupation and create a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis, and Refuser Solidarity Network is here for them. Web: http://www.refuser.org/ [22 May 2021]
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) A broad-based, national, interfaith movement that brings the moral force of religion to protect and advance reproductive health, choice, rights and justice through education, prophetic witness, pastoral presence and advocacy. RCRC values and promotes religious liberty which upholds the human and constitutional rights of all people to exercise their conscience to make their own reproductive health decisions without shame and stigma. RCRC challenges systems of oppression and seeks to remove the multiple barriers that impede individuals, especially those in marginalized communities, in accessing comprehensive reproductive health care with respect and dignity. Web: https://rcrc.org/ [13 Mar 2021]
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, reused or properly recycled. We have a staff of qualified technicians that work hard to bring these computers back to life and fortunately we are able to reuse many quality products that would otherwise go to landfill or be scrapped. 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 Email: info@renewcomputers.com Web: https://www.renewcomputers.com/ [05 Nov 2023]
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! Our student interns have been carefully trained in California rent law to help you out. Note: Our in person office is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we are still available to assist via email. Address: Cubicle 65, 312 Eshleman Hall, Berkeley CA 94720 Email: asucrla@gmail.com Web: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~asucrla/ [19 Feb 2022]
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Provides pro bono legal representation, amicus curiae support, and other legal resources to protect First Amendment freedoms and the newsgathering rights of journalists. The Reporters Committee serves news organizations, reporters, editors, documentary filmmakers, media lawyers, and many more who use our online resources. Web: https://www.rcfp.org/ [17 Jul 2022]
Reporters Without Borders (RWB) Defends the right of every human being to have access to free and reliable information. This right is essential to know, understand, form an opinion and take action on vital issues in full awareness, both individually and collectively. Works in all terrains, from the office of the UN Secretary General to the valleys of Afghanistan. Our work covers a range of activities: field interventions, advocacy, and major initiatives to change the course of international law. Web: https://rsf.org/en [09 Feb 2024]
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. Web: https://www.rupe-india.org/ [13 Mar 2021]
Resilience.org Aims to support 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 caf़ 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: https://www.resilience.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
Resource Renewal Institute (RRI) Mission is to strengthen society’s ability to secure the future health of the planet by fostering innovative solutions to increasingly complex environmental problems. RRI combines education, advocacy, organizational development, and sustainability analysis to leverage the global adoption of long-term environmental management strategies to benefit natural resources, wildlife, and society. As a lean organization with a small staff, one key RRI strategy is to incubate new initiatives that are each focused on a specific issue which later become separate organizations. Address: 8 Bolinas Road, Suite 3A, Fairfax CA 94930 Voice: (415) 928-3774 Email: ccutrano@rri.org debmosk@gmail.com Web: https://www.rri.org/ [12 Nov 2022]
Resources for Community Development (RCD) For more than 37 years, Resources for Community Development has created and preserved affordable housing for very low- and low-income individuals and families, to build community and enrich lives. The problem we continue to address is how low-income individuals and families can continue to live and work in an increasingly expensive Bay Area. RCD’s affordable housing and community services make a difference in the lives of seniors, lower wage working families, and people with special needs. At the same time, our work supports inclusiveness, builds economic strength, and improves environmental quality and sustainability throughout the community. Address: 2220 Oxford Street, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 841-4410 Fax: (510) 548-3502 Email: contact@rcdhousing.org Web: https://rcdhousing.org/ [13 Nov 2021]
Restore Hetch Hetchy Vision is to return to the people Yosemite Valley’s lost twin, Hetch Hetchy – a majestic glacier-carved valley with towering cliffs and waterfalls, an untamed place where river and wildlife run free, a new kind of national park. 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: 3286 Adeline Street Suite 7, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 893-3400 Web: https://hetchhetchy.org/ [17 Jul 2022]
Revolution Books A bookstore with literature, history, science, art, philosophy, and revolutionary theory....a place of discovery and engagement. Scientific and poetic, wrangling and visionary. A bookstore at the center of a movement for revolution! Address: 2444 Durant Avenue (near Telegraph), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 848-1196 Web: https://www.revolutionbooks.org/ [22 May 2021]
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 [25 Feb 2023]
Richmond / Ermet Aid Foundation (REAF) Providing aid for HIV services, hunger programs and support for homeless and disenfranchised youth. Address: 942 Divisadero Street, Suite 201, San Francisco CA 94115-4407 Voice: (415) 931-2515 Fax: (415) 236-6456 Email: info@richmondermet.org Web: https://www.reaf-sf.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
Richmond Art Center Has been sharing art and creating with community since 1936. Our programs encompass classes, exhibitions and events at our facility, as well as off-site activities that bring free, high-quality art making experiences to WCCUSD schools, community centers, and Richmond Public Library. Address: 2540 Barrett Avenue (at 25th street), Richmond CA 94804-1600 Voice: (510) 620-6772 Web: https://richmondartcenter.org/ [19 Feb 2022]
Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library A seed lending library is a place where you can 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. (Don’t worry. We don’t have fines if you don’t return seeds.) Address: Richmond Public Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond CA 94804 Email: RichmondGrows@gmail.com Web: http://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/ [22 May 2021]
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/ [12 Nov 2022]
Richmond Shoreline Alliance An alliance of Richmond, California area residents, organizations, and allies dedicated to environmental justice, environmental protection, and an accessible and healthy Richmond shoreline now and for future generations. Web: https://richmondshorelinealliance.org/ [20 Apr 2023]
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. The Riseup Collective is an autonomous body based in Seattle with collective members world wide. Our purpose is to aid in the creation of a free society, a world with freedom from want and freedom of expression, a world without oppression or hierarchy, where power is shared equally. We do this by providing communication and computer resources to allies engaged in struggles against capitalism and other forms of oppression. Web: https://riseup.net/ [29 Jul 2023]
Rising Sun Energy Center A premier nonprofit organization working at the intersection of economic equity and climate resilience in the California Bay Area and San Joaquin County. With offices in Oakland and Stockton, our workforce development programs specialize in preparing youth, women, and individuals in reentry for high-road careers and green pathways that offer family-sustaining wages. Since our founding in 1994, Rising Sun has served more than 2,900 youth and adults while helping over 50,600 households reduce their carbon footprint. Address: 1116 36th Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 665-1501 Fax: (510) 665-1502 Email: info@risingsunopp.org Web: https://risingsunopp.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
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. I want to ride a bike.” 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. We continue to foster a thread of idealism in our work. Address: 6323 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 338-3326; (888) 354-2453 (toll-free) Fax: (510) 735-9838 Email: customerservice@rockthebike.com Web: https://rockthebike.com/shop/ [29 Jul 2023]
Rocket Dog Rescue (RDR) Saves dogs from abuse, neglect, and death at overcrowded shelters and places them in loving homes. We support pet owners in need in our community, and serve as first responders in emergency animal situations and natural disasters. Funded entirely by donations, we are a volunteer-run, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Address: PO Box 460826, San Francisco CA 94146 Voice: (510) 698-4161 Email: info@rocketdogrescue.org Web: https://www.rocketdogrescue.org/ [11 Nov 2023]
Rodale Institute A nonprofit dedicated to growing the organic movement through rigorous research, farmer training, and consumer education. Widely recognized as a founder of the modern organic movement, Rodale Institute has been a global leader in regenerative organic agriculture for over 70 years. Web: https://rodaleinstitute.org/ [17 Jul 2022]
Romania Animal Rescue (Animal Spay Neuter International) We are on a mission to improve the welfare of all dogs and cats and help reduce the overpopulation of stray animals. There is no one solution for this complex problem. Our multi-faceted approach stems from our belief that only by combining prevention and treatment with education and training, we can achieve better and more sustainable results. Address: PO Box 827, Livermore CA 94551 Voice: (925) 672-5908 Email: nancy@romaniaanimalrescue.org Web: https://www.romaniaanimalrescue.org/ [20 Nov 2021]
Roots Community Health Center Dedicated to improving the status of health of East Bay residents. Roots implements its mission by providing high-quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate health care, by implementing direct service models to increase access to care and thereby prevent the need for emergency services, and by coordinating cross-agency liaisons to ensure a more efficient, continuum of care in East Oakland. Roots Community Health Center was founded to address the growing need for accessible, culturally appropriate, community-responsive, comprehensive health care in Oakland, California. Specifically, Roots aims to eliminate wide health disparities and improve health outcomes for uninsured and low-income residents of East Oakland. Address: 7272 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA 94605 Voice: (510) 533-1248 Email: admin@rootsclinic.org Web: https://rootsclinic.org/ [12 Jan 2021]
Roots of Change (ROC) A think and do tank. We have spent over a decade analyzing the food system from soil to table and know the intervention points for making change. By working with food and farming entrepreneurs, policy makers, and food system change advocates, we are using the power of relationships, strategy and expertise to create a 21st century food system that will offer all communities better health and resilience. Address: 555 12th Street, Oakland CA 94607 Email: mail@rootsofchange.org Web: https://www.rootsofchange.org/ [25 Feb 2023]
Rosenberg Fund for Children 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. The Rosenberg Fund for Children was started by Robert Meeropol, who was orphaned at age six when his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were executed at the height of the McCarthy Era. Web: https://www.rfc.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
The Ruckus Society A multi-racial network of trainers dedicated to providing the necessary tools, preparation, and support to build direct action capacity for ecological justice and social change movements. We work with Indigenous communities and other communities of color working to preserve their homes and environments and for climate justice. Address: PO Box 28741, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 931-6339 Fax: (866) 778-6374 Web: https://ruckus.org/ [19 Nov 2023]
Russian Riverkeeper Mission is to Inspire the Community to Protect the Russian River Forever. Russian Riverkeeper has been fighting since 1993 to ensure a thriving river system and your rights to fishable, swimmable and drinkable waters. Unfortunately, clean water is under new attacks from a rapidly warming climate and unsustainable water use. This is a pressing issue because our river and community both rely on clean and reliable water. Now, more than ever, your river needs vigilant enforcement of environmental laws and the care and commitment of people like you. Address: PO Box 1335, Healdsburg CA 95448 Voice: (707) 433-1958 Email: info@russianriverkeeper.org Web: http://russianriverkeeper.org/ [30 Apr 2022]
Sage Renewable Energy Consulting An energy consulting and project management firm that assists schools, governments, and private organizations with solar PV, battery storage, electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and fleet planning, zero net energy (ZNE) planning and implementation, and Community Choice (CCA) programs. Our services lower costs, reduce risk, and optimize the value of energy planning and projects. Address: 101 Lucas Valley Road, Suite 302, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 663-9914 Fax: (415) 692-8148 Email: info@sagerenew.com Web: https://www.sagerenew.com/ [01 Jan 2021]
Saint Anthony Foundation In the spirit of the Gospel, inspired by the joy and compassion of Francis and Clare of Assisi, in solidarity with all who hunger and thirst for justice and peace, and together with those we serve, our mission is to feed, heal, shelter, clothe, lift the spirits of those in need, and create a society in which all persons flourish. Address: 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 241-2600 Fax: (415) 440-7770 Email: info@stanthonysf.org Web: https://www.stanthonysf.org/ [04 Sep 2021]
Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge (SFHC) Works with a diverse set of stakeholders (including encampment residents, neighbors, local businesses, community organizations, and City Departments and service workers) to develop comprehensive solutions to end the crisis conditions of street homelessness. Web: http://www.saintfrancischallenge.org/ [01 Jan 2021]
Samaritan House As one of San Mateo’s leading nonprofits, we are the largest food distribution agency in the county and are recognized as a role model in the community. Our free service offerings include shelter and housing assistance; medical and dental clinics; clothes for children; personalized case management and much more. Each year, we provide services and resources to more than 14,000 low-income and homeless San Mateo County residents in need, including families with children, seniors and individuals living with a disability, veterans and homeless adults. Address: 4031 Pacific Blvd, San Mateo CA 94403 Voice: 650) 347-3648 Email: info@samaritanhousesanmateo.org Web: https://samaritanhousesanmateo.org/ [04 Sep 2021]
San Bruno Mountain Watch (SBMW) Helps the public learn about and explore San Bruno Mountain’s history and environment, works with local communities to restore the mountain’s native habitats and cultivate its flora at the Mission Blue Nursery, and protects its open space. Address: 44 Visitacion Avenue, Suite 206, Brisbane CA 94005 Voice: (415) 467-6631 Email: info@mountainwatch.org Web: https://www.mountainwatch.org/ [12 Nov 2022]
San Carlos Foundation We provide health and educational assistance to refugees and other people living in extreme poverty in the developing 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: 1612 Virginia Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 540-8474 Email: sancarlosfoundation18@gmail.com Web: http://www.sancarlosfoundation.org/ [07 May 2022]
San Franciscans for Police Accountability (SFPA) Formed to address the need for transformational SFPD reform. We're policy wonks AND street activists. We do our homework. We show up. Join us. Web: https://www.facebook.com/sfpa4reform/ [29 Jul 2023]
San Francisco AIDS Foundation Promotes health, wellness, and social justice for communities most impacted by HIV, through sexual health and substance use services, advocacy, and community partnerships. Address: 1035 Market Street, Fourth Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 487-3000 Web: https://www.sfaf.org/ [11 Nov 2023]
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. Address: 3053 Fillmore Sreet #308, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 776-7601 Web: https://www.facebook.com/DarfurSF [11 Nov 2023]
San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) A nonprofit public policy organization. We bring people together from across the political spectrum to develop solutions to the big problems cities face. Based in San Francisco, San José, and Oakland, we are recognized as a leading civic planning organization and respected for our independent and holistic approach to urban issues. Address: 654 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94105-4015 Voice: (415) 781-8726 Email: info@spur.org Web: https://www.spur.org/ [11 Nov 2023]
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 [09 Jan 2021]
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) A team comprised of scientists, outreach specialists, and volunteers dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach. Founded in 1981, we have produced 40 years of scientific research on local bird populations, working with community scientists, government agencies, and partner organizations. We share our research with resource managers, universities, conservation groups, and the public to help people make informed decisions that affect birds and have offered environmental education activities that showcase our research to teach the public about avian science and conservation. Address: 524 Valley Way, Milpitas CA 95035 Voice: (408) 946-6548 Email: outreach@sfbbo.org Web: https://www.sfbbo.org/ [07 May 2022]
San Francisco Bay View A communications network for the Black community worldwide, with its website, www.sfbayview.com, the most visited Black newspaper on the web, second only to the Final Call, and one of a kind print edition that’s distributed throughout the Bay Area and mailed to subscribers, including thousands 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, a paper so popular that it disappears within hours of hitting the stands. Address: 4917 Third Street, San Francisco CA 94124-2309 Voice: (415) 671-0789 Email: editor@sfbayview.com Web: https://sfbayview.com/ [04 Sep 2021]
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 bicycle 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: PO Box 425959, San Francisco CA 94142-5959 Voice: (415) 431-2453 (431-BIKE) Email: info@sfbike.org Web: https://sfbike.org/ [08 Mar 2024]
San Francisco Bike Party (SFBP) 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. SFBP is created by a CO-OP, by and for bike enthusiasts, run by volunteers. SFBP volunteers plan the routes, test ride them, help participants ride in control, avoid traffic disruption, and not get lost. SFBP is on the 1st FRIDAY at 8pm every month. Web: https://sfbikeparty.wordpress.com/ [20 Nov 2021]
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. Web: https://www.sfbff.org/ [07 Aug 2022]
San Francisco Community Health Center Mission is to transform lives by advancing health, wellness, and equality. We are an LGBTQ and people of color health organization that believes EVERYONE deserves access to high 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, Fourth Floor (between Ellis and Eddy streets), San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 292-3400 Fax: (415) 292-3404 Web: https://sfcommunityhealth.org/ [11 Nov 2023]
San Francisco Community Land Trust A nonprofit organization whose mission is to create permanently affordable housing for low-to-moderate-income people through community ownership of the land. Guided by the principles of anti-displacement and racial justice, SFCLT stabilizes neighborhoods, and creates greater access to housing and homeownership opportunities with a focus on BIPOC communities previously excluded from access to wealth, and in particular, access to homeownership opportunities. Address: 44 Page Street, Suite #401, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 399-0943 Web: https://www.sfclt.org/ [07 May 2022]
San Francisco Conservation Corps (SFCC) Motivates and connects youth with inspiring work, quality education, and a better future. SFCC has grown from a basic education and training program into a robust academic, job training, work readiness and life skills experience for over 100 very low-income young adults each year. Address: 3450 Third Street, Suite 1-D, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 928-7322 x1001 Email: admin@sfcc.org Web: https://www.sfcc.org/ [09 Jan 2021]
San Francisco Environment Department (SF Environment) Advances climate protection and enhances quality of life for all San Franciscans. Address: 1155 Market Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 355-3700 Email: environment@sfgov.org Web: https://sfenvironment.org/ [26 May 2023]
San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) Established in 1988 by the State of California and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act’s National Estuary Program when the San Francisco Estuary was designated as an estuary of national significance. The Partnership is a collaboration of local, state, and federal agencies, NGOs, academia and business leaders working to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. The Partnership’s work is guided by the development and implementation of the Estuary Blueprint, a comprehensive, collective vision for the Estuary’s future. Address: 375 Beale Street, Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 820-7900 Web: https://www.sfestuary.org/ [04 Sep 2021]
San Francisco Forest Alliance (SFFA) A 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environmentalism. We fight to protect our environment through outreach and providing information. We oppose the unnecessary destruction of trees, oppose the use of toxic herbicides in parks and public lands, and support public access to our parks and conservation of our tree canopy. We stand for transparency in the use of public funds. Address: 1683 34th Avenue, San Francisco CA 94122 Email: SFForestNews-at-gmail.com Web: https://sfforest.org/ [07 May 2022]
San Francisco Freecycle Network The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 5,352 Town Groups with 10,327,975 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns and thus keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free, and everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages. To view the items being given away or sought in San Francisco, you must be a member of the local Town Group. Web: https://www.freecycle.org/town/SanFrancisco [12 Nov 2022]
San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network (SFILEN) A unique collaboration of legal and service organizations dedicated to aiding the immigrant community in San Francisco. We represent immigrants from African and Afro-Caribbean, Arab, Asian, and Latino communities, providing free immigrant legal assistance and community education to low-income immigrants in San Francisco. Collectively the Network provides services in over 20 languages and dialects. The San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network is funded by the Mayor’s Office of Housing, Community Development Division (MOH-MOCD). Address: 938 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-6209 Fax: (415) 282-2826 Email: info@sfilen.org Web: https://sfilen.org/ [29 Jul 2023]
San Francisco League Against Systemic Harm (SLASH) Calling on the San Francisco city government to substantially expand its job programs in order to meet the need of the economic crisis (instead of funding police). By decreasing the cops’ allotment by half or more, the City would have plenty of money to redirect to crucial social services, such as job programs that support gainful public-sector employment and build skills through placements in newly created City jobs. Web: https://www.facebook.com/sfSLASH/ [20 Nov 2021]
San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters We're a bunch of political geeks in a torrid but troubled love affair with San Francisco. The League formed in 2004 with the goal of building a progressive governing majority in our lifetime. Our contribution is this voter guide--a secret decoder ring for SF politics. 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. We've made a voter guide for every SF election since 2004. We like to say it's thoroughly researched and thoroughly biased. It’s how we educate our friends on the issues, excite pissed-off progressive voters, and remind sellout politicians that we’re paying attention. Web: https://www.theleaguesf.org/ [29 Jul 2023]
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center (SF LGBT Center) The SF LGBT Center is not just the bright purple building that catches your eye at 1800 Market Street, it is a focal point for the LGBT community of San Francisco, where individuals who need resources, support, or a safe space to gather can find comfort and celebration. Our 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 LGBTQ people and our allies. We host over 200 programs and welcome more than 9,000 individuals each month, in addition to providing affordable office space. Address: 1800 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 865-5555 Email: info@sfcenter.org Web: https://www.sfcenter.org/ [06 Aug 2023]
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee (San Francisco Pride) 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. Our Pride Celebration begins 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: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 305, San Francisco CA 94103-1112 Voice: (415) 864-0831 Email: info@sfpride.org Web: http://www.sfpride.org/ [12 Nov 2022]
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB) The first openly-gay musical organization in the world, inspiring the formation of LGBTQ+ bands, choruses and performing groups around the globe. 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 Web: https://www.sflgfb.org/ [22 May 2021]
San Francisco Living Wage Coalition A low-wage worker advocacy organization fighting for economic justice . We are actively campaigning to reverse income inequality and wage disparity. We are advancing local campaigns and projects that can be models for policies to address the fundamental causes of income inequality. The Living Wage Coalition was initiated in 1998 by labor unions, community organizations and religious congregations to develop a movement led and democratically run by low-wage workers. Address: 2940 16th Street, Room 301 (near Capp Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 863-1225 Email: sflivingwage@riseup.net Web: https://www.livingwage-sf.org/ [13 Mar 2021]
San Francisco Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (SFLTCOP) A federally-mandated visiting advocacy program. Professional staff and volunteers receive and investigate complaints regarding the health, safety, welfare, and rights of older adults and people with disabilities living in long-term care facilities. It is the only long-term care advocacy program in the United States. Our mission is to advocate for the dignity, quality of life, and quality of care for residents living in long-term care facilities. Address: 6221 Geary Blvd, 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA 94121 Voice: (415) 751-9788 Fax: (415) 751-9789 Email: ombudsman@felton.org Web: https://www.sfltcop.net/ [12 Nov 2022]
San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) Mission is to create and produce theater that presents a working-class analysis of the events that shape our society, that exposes social and economic injustice, that demands revolutionary change on behalf of working people, and to present this analysis before the broadest possible audience with artistry and humor. The collective of the San Francisco Mime Troupe exists not only to create this activist art but also to embody our ideals of combating the fragmentation of the working class: we are a democratically run, multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-cultural, gender-balanced theater of social justice that by its very existence sustains a vision of community governance of, by, and for the people. Address: 855 Treat Avenue, San Francisco CA 94110-2723 Voice: (415) 285-1717 Email: info@sfmt.org Web: https://www.sfmt.org/ [07 Aug 2022]
San Francisco Parks Alliance Partners with communities and public agencies to create, sustain, and advocate for parks and public spaces that welcome and belong to everyone. We believe that our community-centered approach for transforming spaces cultivates local leaders, builds a broad coalition of supporters, and strengthens our social bonds and shared responsibilities. Address: 1074 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 621-3260 Email: feedback@sfparksalliance.org Web: https://sanfranciscoparksalliance.org/ [12 Nov 2022]
San Francisco Permaculture Guild Permaculture is the harmonious integration of landscape and people. Permaculture, being bounded by the ethics of care of people, care of earth and reinvestment of surplus, can provide food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. The specific purpose of the SF Permaculture Guild is to support a local community of those interested in permaculture by producing educational and social events, enabling permaculture projects and providing opportunities to exchange information related to permaculture design. Web: https://www.permaculture-sf.org/ [07 May 2022]
San Francisco Public Bank Coalition (SFPBC) Mission is to educate San Franciscans about the social and environmental costs associated with the City and County of San Francisco’s private banking relationships, and ensure a future public bank of San Francisco abides by principles of racial, social, economic, and environmental justice. In addition, SFPBC works with statewide partners to educate people across the state on the benefits of public banking. Web: https://www.sfpublicbank.org/ [04 Sep 2021]
San Francisco Public Bank Coalition (SFPBC) Mission is to educate San Franciscans about the social and environmental costs associated with the City and County of San Francisco’s private banking relationships, and ensure a future public bank of San Francisco abides by principles of racial, social, economic, and environmental justice. In addition, SFPBC works with statewide partners to educate people across the state on the benefits of public banking. Web: https://www.sfpublicbank.org/ [19 Feb 2022]
San Francisco Rescued Orphan Mammal Program (SF ROMP) A non-profit, community-based organization that helps injured and orphaned wildlife in the City of San Francisco. We provide a humane alternative to poisoning, trapping, or killing wildlife. We provide biological information as well as recommendations to exclude animals from areas where they are causing a problem, or deter their undesirable behavior. Voice: (415) 350-WILD (9453) Web: https://www.sfromp.org/ [07 Aug 2022]
San Francisco Rising (SFR) Builds the political power of working-class communities and communities of color in San Francisco to lead the way for democratic governance that prioritizes racial, economic and environmental justice. We are an alliance of grassroots organizations led by people of color, and a political home for San Franciscans who care about justice and sustainability. We build power through deepening multiracial solidarity, educating and mobilizing voters, working closely with policymakers, organizing, and developing leaders of color. Web: https://www.sfrising.org/ [06 Aug 2023]
San Francisco SPCA Mission is to save and protect animals, provide care and treatment, advocate for their welfare and enhance the human-animal bond. As the fourth oldest humane society in the U.S. and the founders of the No-Kill movement, The San Francisco SPCA has always been at the forefront of animal welfare. As a result of our efforts and partnerships with our community partners, San Francisco has the lowest euthanasia rate of any major city in the country. Address: 201 Alabama Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 554-3000 Email: publicinfo@sfspca.org Web: https://www.sfspca.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
San Francisco Tenants Union (SFTU) Purpose is to promote the preservation and expansion of the rights of tenants and the supply of affordable housing. For more than 40 years, the city’s renters have turned to the San Francisco Tenants Union, a mostly volunteer-run organization, for advice on how to secure and maintain habitable and affordable housing. Through counseling services and the distribution of the Tenants Rights Handbook, the SFTU has educated thousands of San Francisco renters on their rights under local, state and federal law, and empowered residents to assert those rights in an informed and dignified manner. Address: 558 Capp Street (near Mission and 21st), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-6622 Web: https://sftu.org/ [22 May 2021]
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: 5537 Mission Street #201, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 585-9489 Email: president-at-sftomorrow.org Web: http://www.sftomorrow.org/ [07 May 2022]
San Francisco Vegan Society (SFVS) We promote the adoption of a plant-based diet and a vegan 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 compassionate living for a better world. A non-profit, volunteer-run organization founded in 1968. Address: PO Box 210370, San Francisco CA 94121 Web: https://www.sfvs.org/ [11 Nov 2023]
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. Address: 3543 18th Street, Suite 7, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 861-2024 Fax: (415) 861-2092 Email: info@sfwar.org Web: https://sfwar.org/ [19 Nov 2022]
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank Our mission is to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin. We address hunger head-on – from our food pantry network and home-delivered groceries to CalFresh (food stamp) enrollment. Every week, over 50,000 households count on us for food assistance. Nearly 60% of what we distribute to them is fresh fruit and vegetables. Our efforts focus on the immediate distribution of food while simultaneously working on long-term strategies to address hunger and empower neighbors in need. Address: 900 Pennsylvania Avenue , San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 282-1900 Fax: (415) 453-6636 Email: info@sfmfoodbank.org Web: https://www.sfmfoodbank.org [07 May 2022]
San Jose Bike Party (SJBP) 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/ [20 Nov 2021]
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation We serve as a resource and action center for progressive activism, seeking to develop and nurture the growing community of people who work to create and participate in a just, peaceful, and non-violent society, one that ensures human rights for all people and ensures the continuation of, and respect for, all life on earth. 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, presence on social media 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, San Jose CA 95112 Voice: (408) 297-2299 Email: sjpjc@sanjosepeace.org Web: https://sanjosepeace.org/ [20 Nov 2021]
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. Web: https://www.smcdfa.org/ [25 Feb 2023]
San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic Works to prevent STD/HIV infection and care for individuals and families affected by HIV in San Mateo County. The Program provides comprehensive, community-based prevention and testing services, STD/HIV related health care, social services, advocacy, and referrals to community agencies providing drug treatment, housing, food, dental care and other services. Address: 222 West 39th Avenue, San Mateo CA 94403 Voice: (650) 573-2385 Web: https://www.smchealth.org/hivstds [20 Nov 2021]
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, when we brought together local residents to remove invasive ivy and trash from the creek banks at the El Sobrante Library. From there, our scope has grown to include restoring creek banks, removing invasive plant species, planting native species, hosting educational programs for students and adults alike, monitoring creek water quality, and making sure that all interested parties can learn about and appreciate the San Pablo Creek Watershed. Address: c/o The Watershed Project, 1327 South 46th Street, Building 155, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 326-1191 Email: cdiamant@thewatershedproject.org Web: http://www.spawners.org/ [12 Nov 2022]
Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) Provides quality affordable homes and services that empower people and strengthen neighborhoods. SAHA’s innovative properties provide more than 4,000 residents in seven counties in northern California with much-needed affordable housing and services. With a commitment to high-quality design and thoughtful, ongoing supportive services, we empower our residents to build better lives and create healthier, safer communities. Address: 1835 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 647-0700 Web: https://www.sahahomes.org/ [20 Nov 2021]
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/ [07 May 2022]
Save Mount Diablo (SMD) A nationally accredited land trust and conservation organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Save Mount Diablo has been preserving lands on and around Mount Diablo and educating the public to the mountain’s natural values since 1971. We are biologists, conservationists, hikers, bikers, equestrians, bird watchers, and people who just love to look at the mountain. Our mission is to forever preserve the remaining natural lands on and around Mount Diablo, and to connect Mount Diablo to the rest of the Diablo Range. Address: 1901 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 320, Walnut Creek CA 94596 Voice: (925) 947-3535 Email: smdinfo@savemountdiablo.org Web: https://www.savemountdiablo.org/ [22 May 2021]
Save Mount Sutro Forest 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. Sutro Forest is being cut down. As a consequence of both UCSF’s “Vegetation Management Plan” and the new Comprehensive Plan for Parnassus, we expect that the forest will be gone within 2-3 years. The felling is happening now, and trees are being fed into the BANDIT Intimidator. Web: https://sutroforest.com/ [11 Nov 2023]
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) along the Nile completed or scheduled for construction, each of which will create a large reservoir and flood countless ancient archaeological sites and displace hundreds of thousands of people. Thus, the Save Nubia Project’s task is to document that the dam construction areas in northern and eastern Sudan are valuable World Heritage Areas that are in danger of being destroyed, and should be preserved. Address: PO Box 18623, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 273-2456 Email: info@savenubia.org Web: https://www.savenubia.org/ [12 Nov 2022]
Save the Bay (Save San Francisco Bay Association) Our mission remains constant, to protect and restore the Bay for people and wildlife. In an era of climate change, growing populations and environmental injustices it will take all of us to change the tides. With a 60-year history of unparalleled impact in environmental protection, we are the only organization that combines political advocacy, wetland restoration and environmental education to drive positive change for San Francisco Bay and its communities. Address: 560 14th Street #400, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 463-6850 Email: info@saveSFbay.org Web: https://savesfbay.org/ [06 Aug 2023]
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://www.savethebpo.com/ [19 Nov 2023]
SaveNature.Org (SNO) Mission is to nurture environmental literacy and good health, creating a population of young people whose approach to their environment reflects responsibility, stewardship and commitment to save wildlife habitats. SaveNature's vision, through its Adopt an Acre and Adopt a Reef programs, is to continue to collaborate with schools, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, museums and science centers to raise awareness and funds for conservation programs with in-country partners around the world. SaveNature.Org, through the award winning Insect Discovery Lab and Nature Academy, has impacted the lives of more than 500,000 children since 1998. Address: 699 Mississippi Street, Suite 106, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 648-3392 Email: info@savenature.org Web: https://www.savenature.org/ [02 Oct 2021]
School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) A nonviolent grassroots movement working to close the SOA / WHINSEC and similar centers that train state actors such as military, law enforcement and border patrol. We strive to expose, denounce, and end US militarization, oppressive US policies and other forms of state violence in the Americas. We act in solidarity with organizations and movements working for justice and peace throughout the Americas. Web: https://soaw.org/ [19 Nov 2023]
Scientist Rebellion We are scientists, uniting against climate failure. As scientists we have tried writing reports and giving presentations about the climate and ecological crisis to those in power. We must now have the humility to accept these attempts have not worked. Now is the time for us to take action, so that we show how seriously we take our warnings. Web: https://scientistrebellion.org/ [15 May 2023]
Sea Shepherd International Sole mission is to protect and conserve the world’s oceans and marine wildlife. We work to defend all marine wildlife, from whales and dolphins, to sharks and rays, to fish and krill, without exception. Serving as the only fleet in the world whose sole purpose is to protect all marine wildlife, we are committed to the protection and enforcement of conservation law. Web: https://seashepherd.org/ [19 Feb 2022]
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 creekbanks of California to the biodiverse waters of Cocos Island. 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: PO Box 370, Forest Knolls CA 94933 Voice: (415) 663-8590; (800) 859-7283 Email: info@seaturtles.org Web: https://seaturtles.org/ [07 Aug 2022]
Seacology Mission is to protect threatened island ecosystems all over the world. We do that by working directly with communities, helping them to preserve their cultures and improve their lives while saving precious island habitats. Address: 1623 Solano Avenue, Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (510) 559-3505 Web: https://www.seacology.org/ [04 Sep 2021]
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Our mission is to lead our community to ensure that anyone who needs a healthy meal can get one. Our volunteers, donors and supporters help us provide food to families, multi-generational households, seniors and college students. We offer more than just nourishment, we are helping people in our own community feel a little more secure and find joy in the pleasure of cooking and sharing a meal with loved ones. Address: 750 Curtner Avenue, San Jose CA 95125 Voice: (408) 266-8866 Fax: (408) 266-9042 Web: https://www.shfb.org/ [25 Feb 2023]
Seed the Commons Building a food system that is just, sustainable and independent of animal exploitation involves two things: resisting and dismantling the power of the agroindustrial complex, and creating a shift in social norms where non-human animals are no longer thought of as food. Our approach to these two goals is multi-pronged and includes building awareness around the corporate takeover of food systems; sharing information about alternatives such as agroecology and activist success-stories; working within the social norms of tomorrow instead of defaulting to those of today; and promoting animal liberation. Web: https://seedthecommons.org/ [19 Nov 2023]
SEEDS Community Resolution Center We cultivate positive communication and develop fundamental understanding so that all people can be in productive relationship with each other. We do this through mediation, facilitation, training and restorative practices. We see conflict as an opportunity for positive growth and transformation in our society. We envision a future in which all individuals, organizations and communities have the skills and capacity to engage in effective dialogue and promote peaceful resolution of issues and conflicts. Address: 1721 Broadway Suite 201, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 548-2377 Email: info@seedscrc.org Web: https://www.seedscrc.org/ [19 Nov 2023]
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 a divine inspiration lead us to pull together as a unified community of SELF-HELP (each one help one) thus, we endeavor to provide HELP & SERVICES to individuals and families not merely to help them survive but to help them THRIVE! Web: https://www.selfhelphunger.org/ [14 Apr 2022]
Self-Sustaining Communities A Richmond, CA, organization working 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. Voice: (510) 230-5100 Web: http://www.self-sustainingcommunities.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
Sempervirens Fund Connects, protects and restores the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Since 1900, Sempervirens Fund has permanently protected more than 53 square miles of local redwood forests and watersheds for people, wildlife and future generations. Sempervirens Fund is California’s oldest land trust, but also resides on the leading edge of forest restoration science and innovative conservation methods. 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 [22 May 2021]
Seneca Family of Agencies Founded in 1985 as a small Bay Area residential and day treatment program with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca has expanded to provide a broad continuum of permanency, mental health, education, and juvenile justice services, which today reach over 18,000 youth and families throughout California and Washington State each year. The agency’s growth has been guided by a commitment to our Unconditional Care® model – doing whatever it takes to help children and families thrive, even when faced with tremendous challenges. Address: 8945 Golf Links Road, Oakland CA 94605 Voice: (510) 654-4004 Email: info@senecacenter.org Web: https://www.senecafoa.org/ [22 May 2021]
Seva Foundation A global nonprofit eye care organization that works with local communities around the world to develop self-sustaining programs that preserve and restore sight. Seva builds sustainable eye care systems worldwide by creating equitable access to eye care, building capacity of new and existing eye hospitals and systems, and collecting and learning from evidence. Since 1978, Seva has empowered underserved communities and provided eye care services to 57 million people around the world. 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) 809-3364 Web: https://www.seva.org/ [08 Mar 2024]
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: https://www.sevenstories.com/ [06 Aug 2023]
Sex Worker's Education Network Provides information for sex workers, sex worker rights advocates and students about diverse sex industries. BAYSWAN links individuals to resources provided by sex workers and other rights based organizations. Highlights legislative and cultural issues as they impact 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, trafficking issues from a sex worker rights perspective, sex workers and pornography, as well as current trends in legislation and social policy in the U.S. and internationally. 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 [07 Aug 2022]
Sex Workers Outreach Project USA (SWOP) A national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy. On the national level, SWOP helps build stronger communities and a stronger movement through technical assistance, funding, and direct support and advocacy. On a local level, our chapters address structural, cultural, and interpersonal violence individuals in the sex trade face by working to change attitudes, change policies, and create alternative community-led systems of support. Web: https://swopusa.org/ [07 May 2022]
Sex, Gender, and Relationships Hotline (SGR) We are a group of volunteers with comprehensive sex education providing accurate, non-judgmental, confidential information about sexuality, gender, and relationships. We welcome calls from people of all ages with all types of questions around sex, sexual health, gender expression, identity, and the ways sex and sexuality can impact relationships. At SGR, we strive to provide fact-based information to assist each person receiving information in making choices and decisions that feel right for them. Web: https://sgrhotline.org/ [19 Nov 2022]
SF Urban Riders (SFUR) 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: https://sfurbanriders.org/ [25 Feb 2023]
SF-CAIRS A coalition of organizations serving the San Francisco Bay Area asylee, immigrant and refugee community and service providers. SF-CAIRS is a multidisciplinary body of over 60 agencies and 240 members with representation from city, state and federal partners, 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/ [19 Nov 2023]
Shanti Project A pioneering nonprofit that builds human connections to reduce isolation, enhance health and well-being, and improve quality of life. We believe that meaningful relationships are essential for navigating life’s most difficult challenges. Every day, we ease the invisible suffering that can accompany isolation or illness, and combat it through the power of personal connection. Because when we take care of each other, we make San Francisco a healthier and more compassionate community, for everyone. Address: 730 Polk Street, Third Floor, San Francisco CA 94109-7813 Voice: (415) 674-4700 Fax: (415) 674-0370 Web: https://www.shanti.org/ [05 Mar 2023]
Shareable An award-winning 501(c)3* nonprofit news, action network, and consultancy 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 outdated 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 economic growth leads to shared prosperity; and that more stuff leads to 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: https://www.shareable.net/ [13 Mar 2021]
ShelterOak Advocating policy and action leading to solutions for homelessness. *Holding Oakland & Alameda County Officials accountable for improving services ?*?Tracking how and where allocated City and County homeless funding is being spent * Disseminating and distributing current information affecting the unsheltered population *Giving voice and dignity to the homeless while advocating for faster transitioning to sheltered housing *Advocating for daily services and sanitation standards. Web: https://www.shelteroak.org/ [05 Jan 2021]
Showing Up for Racial Justice, Bay Area (SURJ Bay Area) Part of a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice. There are over 150 chapters and affiliates nationwide. 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. Web: https://www.surjbayarea.org/ [19 Nov 2023]
Shut it down for Palestine An international call to action. There is a growing global movement for a Free Palestine. Across the world, millions of people are engaging in demonstrations and organizing major marches in solidarity with Palestine. Our demands for an immediate ceasefire, cutting all aid to Israel, and lifting the siege on Gaza have broader support than ever. We must keep building momentum and increase the pressure with more marches, walk-outs, sit-ins, and other forms of direct action directed at the political offices, businesses, and workplaces that fund, invest, and collaborate with Israeli genocide and occupation. Web: https://www.shutitdown4palestine.org/ [25 Dec 2023]
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: https://sidewalkbubblegum.com/ [05 Mar 2023]
Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter We are the local face of the national Sierra Club, and as such we offer local members and supporters the opportunity to get involved and actively contribute of their talents and skills to the environmental work of the Sierra Club. A lot of other enviro organizations put your dues to work for the environment, but we offer you a way to do that plus physically make a difference. And the opportunities extend all the way from helping build hiking trails to helping haul trash out of a nearby creek to persuading legislators at a city council meeting to pass a riparian corridor ordinance to planning a campaign to get your neighbors involved in an action designed to improve public transit. Not to mention going hiking. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Suite 204, Palo Alto CA 94303 Web: https://www.sierraclub.org/loma-prieta [07 Aug 2022]
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) Our purpose is to create a healthy community, environment, and economy through bicycling for people who live, work, or play in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Address: PO Box 1927, San Jose CA 95109 Voice: (408) 287-7259 Web: https://bikesiliconvalley.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
Silicon Valley Climate Action Now! (SV-CAN!) We’re a nonviolent direct action climate justice group. We’re consensus-driven & open to everyone. We both lead actions & join actions led by our allies. Money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns. Mega-banks play a pivotal role in funding the climate crisis by providing loans to fossil fuel companies. We believe that if we can stop the flow of money, then we can stop the flow of oil. Our actions target two of the worst offenders, “Oily Wells” Fargo, because its global headquarters is in our backyard (San Francisco) and more recently, JPMorgan Chase, one focus of the nationwide Stop the Money Pipeline campaign. Our direct actions disrupt business as usual for corporate enablers of the fossil-fuel industry. Address: 265 Cambridge Avenew #60723, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 383-8286 Web: https://sv-can.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
Silicon Valley De-Bug A community organizing, advocacy, and a multimedia storytelling organization based out of San José, California. Since its inception in 2001, De-Bug has been a platform for Silicon Valley's diverse communities to impact the political, cultural, and social landscape of the region, while also becoming a nationally recognized model for community-based justice work. Address: 701 Lenzen Avenue, San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 971-4965 Email: info@siliconvalleydebug.org Web: https://siliconvalleydebug.org/ [05 Mar 2023]
Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America (SVDSA) We believe our economy and society should be run democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. We’re not a political party. We’re a community organization that’s building working class power and fighting for radical change. It’s unusual for people to know their neighbors in our present society. It’s even more unusual to have meaningful conversations about politics with them. We want to break that mold: we’ve been staging public events and going door to door as volunteers to support key causes (like single payer healthcare!), but also to build solidarity where none existed. Web: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/ [06 Aug 2023]
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC) A 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, non-residential organization that provides free services to all persons with disabilities of all ages who seek services to help further their independence in Santa Clara County. Address: 25 North 14th Street, Suite 1000, San Jose CA 95112 Voice: (408) 894-9041 Fax: (669) 231-4795 Email: info@svilc.org Web: https://svilc.org/ [09 Jan 2021]
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 serving 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: PO Box 5052, San Jose CA 95150 Voice: (408) 448-3071 Web: https://www.svpal.org/ [05 Mar 2023]
Silicon Valley Rising A coordinated campaign driven by a powerful coalition of labor, faith leaders, community-based organizations and workers. We aspire to a new vision for Silicon Valley where all workers, their families and communities are valued. We have high expectations for this Valley and for our communities: * We want to be a part of creating a new economic model that rebuilds the middle class. * We want to raise wages and standards for all workers so they can live and thrive here. * And we want to build housing that is affordable and accessible so that our families don't have to live in garages, in their cars, or near a creekbed. Address: 2302 Zanker Road, San Jose CA 95131 Voice: (408) 809-2120 Email: updates@siliconvalleyrising.org Web: https://www.siliconvalleyrising.org/ [13 May 2023]
Silicon Valley Transit Users We are the kinds of people who use mass transit such as VTA buses, light rail, Caltrain, and ACE instead of a car to commute. However, there are numerous issues with mass transit in Santa Clara County that sometimes make us wonder if being another solo driver on our already crowded streets and highways really is more worthwhile than using mass transit. Whether it’s a bus line that stops running after certain hours (and/or doesn’t run often enough), ACE or Caltrain not running often enough, or light rail/rapid bus that does not run through an overcrowded corridor, many obstacles await those who choose mass transit in Santa Clara County instead of driving a car. Address: PO Box 390069, Mountain View CA 94039-0069 Voice: (408) 888-2208 Email: info@svtransitusers.org Web: http://www.svtransitusers.org/ [21 May 2022]
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/ [07 Aug 2022]
Andy Singer The cartoonist of "NO EXIT". His books include "CARtoons", a critique of our car-obsessed society. Web: http://www.andysinger.com/ [05 Mar 2023]
Single Payer Now (SPN) A statewide California 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. Web: https://singlepayernow.net/ [19 Nov 2023]
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. A leading-edge Order of queer and trans nuns. We believe all people have a right to express their unique joy and beauty. 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 use humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit. Address: 584 Castro Street, #392, San Francisco CA 94114-2594 Web: https://www.thesisters.org/ [09 Jan 2021]
Slide Ranch We connect children and people of all ages to the outdoors and partner with community groups, families and educators to provide transformative learning experiences on our organic farm and national park land along the California coast. Address: 2025 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach CA 94965 Voice: (415) 381-6155 Email: admin@slideranch.org Web: https://www.slideranch.org/ [05 Mar 2023]
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. Located in the Long Haul at 3124 Shattuck Avenue (near Wollsery), Berkeley CA 94705. Address: PO Box 3051, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 540-0751 Email: slingshotcollective(at)protonmail(dot)com Web: https://slingshotcollective.org/ [05 Mar 2023]
Small House Society A cooperatively managed organization dedicated to the promotion of smaller housing alternatives which can be more affordable and ecological. Mission. 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: https://www.resourcesforlife.com/small-house-society [22 May 2021]
Snitow-Kaufman Productions Formed in 1993 to produce film, video and educational media for the general public on social issues from race relations to globalization. Address: PO Box 7402, Berkeley CA 94707 Email: secrets@igc.org Web: https://www.snitow-kaufman.org/ [05 Mar 2023]
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. Address: PO Box 2409, San Anselmo CA 94979-2409 Voice: (415) 388-2821 Web: http://sjcm.ourproject.org/ [22 May 2021]
Socialist Action A nationwide revolutionary socialist party made up of activists committed to the emancipation of workers and the oppressed. We work to revitalize the anti-war, labor, anti-racist, feminist, LGBTQI, student and other social movements, and build a revolutionary workers’ party deeply integrated into all the struggles of working people, that can successfully challenge the capitalist elite. Socialism is the only way to build a truly democratic society organized for the needs of the many, not the profits of the few. Voice: (510) 268-9429 Email: socialistaction@lmi.net Web: https://socialistaction.org/ [19 Nov 2022]
Socialist Alternative A revolutionary organization working to build a movement for a democratic socialist society. We are campaigning for a new party of working people and fight for an end to all capitalist oppression and exploitation! Web: https://www.socialistalternative.org/ [19 Nov 2023]
Socialist Viewpoint 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. Address: 60 29th Street, #429, San Francisco CA 94110 Email: info@socialistviewpoint.org Web: http://www.socialistviewpoint.org/ [12 Mar 2023]
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council The largest Emergency shelter in the county, open 365 days a year. Our staff and volunteers in our free dining room and community center are dedicated to providing warm meals and supplementary programs for our unhoused/housing insecure, food insecure, and impoverished neighbors in Oakland. Address: 2272 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 638-7600 Web: https://www.svdp-alameda.org/ [25 Nov 2023]
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust An urban Indigenous women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. Through the practices of rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, Sogorea Te’ calls on Native and non-native peoples to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do. Address: 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland CA 94612 Web: https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/ [08 Nov 2021]
Solano Community Foundation (SCF) Dedicated to building a stronger community and enhancing the quality of life in Solano County through the support of philanthropic activities that make a deep and lasting positive impact. As a grantmaker, we award grants and scholarships to improve the lives of Solano County residents. As a vehicle for philanthropy, we encourage private giving for public good. As a community leader, we inspire, educate, and cultivate a spirit of philanthropy. To respond to changing needs, we promote community involvement and collaboration. Address: 744 Empire Street, Suite 240, Fairfield CA 94533 Voice: (707) 399-3846 Web: https://www.solanocf.org/Index.aspx https://www.givelocalsolano.org/Index.aspx [12 Mar 2023]
Solano Land Trust (SLT) Mission is to protect land to ensure a healthy environment, keep ranching and farming families on their properties, and inspire a love of the land. The work we do goes beyond conserving land; it’s also about ensuring people’s relationship to the land remains strong. We are committed to building a conservation and stewardship ethic in our community by supporting values based on common ground and engaging the future leaders and land stewards who will come after us to take care of this land. Address: 700 Main Street, Suite 210, Suisun City CA 94585 Voice: (707) 432-0150 Fax: (707) 432-0151 Email: info@solanolandtrust.org Web: http://solanolandtrust.org/ [20 Nov 2021]
Solar Sonoma County (SSC) A program of The Climate Center, is Sonoma County’s trusted nonprofit solar resource. Our mission is to increase local renewable energy generation and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. We achieve this mission through our Solar Coach service and Qualified Vendor program. Address: PO Box 3785, Santa Rosa CA 95402 Voice: (707) 525-1665 Web: https://theclimatecenter.org/solar-sonoma-county/ [20 Mar 2021]
Sonoma Clean Power Sonoma Clean Power is the public power provider for Sonoma and Mendocino counties, and we're proud to be your local, community alternative to the investor-owned utility. We contract with cleaner generating sources, like geothermal, wind, and solar, that have fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and provide power to residents, businesses, and municipalities in our service territory at rates that are competitive with PG&E. Climate change affects everyone, so our services and programs are designed to be practical and inclusive. Together, through advocacy, education, and participation, SCP and our customers are turning the tide on the climate crisis. Address: 50 Santa Rosa Avenue, 5th Floor, Santa Rosa CA 95404 Voice: (855) 202-2139 Email: info@SonomaCleanPower.org Web: https://sonomacleanpower.org/ https://scpadvancedenergycenter.org [20 Mar 2021]
Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (BikeSonoma) Promotes healthy and safe riding for everyone through advocacy and education. Our vision: riding a bicycle becomes an everyday activity for transportation, recreation and exercise throughout Sonoma County for everyone. Bicycling is considered a standard form of transportation by local governments and safe transportation options for bicycle riders are always included in decision-making. As a result, the people of Sonoma County enjoy healthier lifestyles, a cleaner environment and safe cycling choices. Address: PO Box 3088, Santa Rosa CA 95402 Voice: (707) 545-0153 Email: info@BikeSonoma.org Web: https://www.bikesonoma.org/ [08 Mar 2024]
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 Web: https://www.conservationaction.org/ [08 Mar 2024]
Sonoma County Conservation Council (SCCC) Dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the quality of the environment for the general public in Sonoma County. To this end, members share organizational resources and coordinate study and action. Objectives shall include, but not be limited to, the protection of the natural environment, and the publication and dissemination of educational information relative to environmental concerns of its member organizations. Founded by a federation of local groups with the aim of pooling resources to protect and restore our environment. In 1984, SCCC became incorporated as a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit. The Environmental Center of Sonoma County is a project of the SCCC. It is operated jointly with the Sierra Club’s Redwood Chapter, Sonoma Group, mainly by volunteers. Address: PO Box 4346, Santa Rosa CA 95402 Voice: (707) 578-0595 Email: sccc2@sonic.net Web: https://envirocentersoco.org/ [19 Nov 2022]
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: PO Box 1486, Eldridge CA 95431 Voice: (707) 996-0712 Fax: (707) 996-2452 Email: info@sonomaecologycenter.org Web: https://sonomaecologycenter.org/ [25 Nov 2023]
Sonoma Land Trust (SLT) Protects the scenic, natural, agricultural and open landscapes of Sonoma County for the benefit of the community and future generations by: Developing long-term land protection strategies; Promoting private and public funding for land conservation; Acquiring land and conservation easements; Practicing 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: https://sonomalandtrust.org/ [20 Nov 2021]
Soul Flower Farm Committed to empowering the socially disenfranchised and injecting balance in our food and social systems. We are a small organic farm located in the San Francisco East Bay Hills of California. We strive to incorporate biodynamic farming methods and permaculture design to be self sustaining. Our passion is living in connection with the land, giving back, sharing with community and practicing holistic medicine. Web: http://soulflowerfarm.com/ [14 May 2022]
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) A national movement strategy and advocacy organization committed to racial justice through structural change, which means we focus on transforming institutions while leveraging incremental change as a means to shift conditions and power. We do this through federal policy and advocacy, local and national partnerships, coalition building (i.e. NCSO) and strategic communications. We convene dedicated spaces for South Asian organizations across the country to engage in political education leading to strategies and narratives to realize our vision. Web: https://saalt.org/ [07 Aug 2022]
South Bay Progressive Alliance An independent, politically unaffiliated organization with a mission to unite diverse individuals, communities, and organizations into an inclusive coalition that fights to elect local corporate-free candidates, enact progressive policies, and build institutions and a society based on democracy, equity, cooperation, compassion and sustainability. Address: PO Box 5397, San Jose CA 95150-5397 Voice: (408) 262-8975 Email: Info[at]SouthBayPA[dot]org Web: https://southbaypa.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
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/ [14 May 2022]
South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN) A multi-racial, community-based organization, serving low-income immigrant youth and families in SOMA, Excelsior, 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 uplifting the voices of immigrant, people-of-color, and low-income communities, so they will be heard in local policy-making decisions and so civic offices are accountable to their needs. Address: 1010 Mission Street (at 7th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 255-7693 (English); (415) 552-5637 (Tagalog) Fax: (415) 552-5637 Web: https://www.somcan.org/ [25 Nov 2023]
Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) Working for equality, dignity, and justice for people impacted by the criminal legal system in the Deep South. SCHR fights for a world free from mass incarceration, the death penalty, the criminalization of poverty, and racial injustice. Web: https://www.schr.org/ [12 Mar 2023]
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) 738-8018 Web: https://soex.org/ [14 May 2022]
Southern Poverty Law Center A catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people. Our lawsuits have toppled institutional racism and stamped out remnants of Jim Crow segregation; destroyed some of the nation’s most violent white supremacist groups; and protected the civil rights of children, women, the disabled, immigrants and migrant workers, the LGBTQ community, prisoners, and many others who faced discrimination, abuse or exploitation. Web: https://www.splcenter.org/ [25 Nov 2023]
Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture A mission-driven speakers agency and social justice education institute. SpeakOut's mission is to encourage critical and imaginative thinking to address the major inequities of our day and transform a fractured world. Our network of speakers, artists, and strategic partners provide experiential learning opportunities through lectures, workshops, film screenings, performances, consulting and professional development. SpeakOut works with colleges, universities, schools, organizations, government agencies and the private sector, promoting critical analysis, creativity and innovative strategies for 21st century problem-solving. Address: PO Box 22748, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 647-9115 Email: info@speakoutnow.org Web: https://www.speakoutnow.org/ [06 Aug 2023]
Speak Out Now / Revolutionary Workers Group A revolutionary socialist group. We believe that a socialist world is possible and can be brought into being by the active struggles of the majority of the people of the world. We believe the international working class is the social force that can transform society and create a new world. But to do so, revolutionary organizations must be built in the working class. For this reason our group aims its activity primarily at large workplaces. Our newsletters are distributed at several workplaces every two weeks. Voice: (510) 343-9105 Email: bayarea[at]speakoutsocialists[dot]org Web: https://speakoutsocialists.org/ [21 Jan 2024]
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/ [07 Aug 2022]
Spokeland We're more than a bike shop, we're a learning center! Spokeland is a community run non-profit. This space is offered as a resource where volunteers and staff reflect the many communities of Oakland. We are a collective that values all voices and is intentional about being the equity we wish to see. By joining our Membership Program, you support our ability to remain open and inclusive. By using our shop resources you allow us to give back and support those who rely on bicycles for transportation, because all of us have been or are still there. Address: 813 37th Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 852-9253 Email: spokeland@gmail.com Web: https://spokeland.square.site/ [12 Mar 2023]
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: (925) 676-0274 Email: info@standffov.org Web: https://www.standffov.org/ [28 Nov 2021]
Stand.earth (San Francisco office) Brings people together to demand that corporations and governments put people and the environment first. Over the years, our work and our approach has evolved from a dedicated focus on forest protection to taking on some of the root causes of climate change and environmental injustice. As we’ve done since the start, we pursue audacious solutions, campaign for as long as it takes to see them through, punch way above our weight, and treat everyone, including our adversaries, with respect. From keeping communities safe from dozens of proposed oil by rail terminals to protecting more than 65 million acres of forest from logging, our work has resulted in sweeping industry-wide changes and environmental protection on a massive scale. Address: 548 Market Street, Suite 74196, San Francisco CA 94104-5401 Voice: (415) 863-4563 Web: https://www.stand.earth/ [28 Nov 2021]
Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) 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: https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-journal-of-civil-rights-civil-liberties-sjcrcl/ [25 Nov 2023]
Starhawk Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess and the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its sequel City of Refuge. Her most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict and communications. Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirituality and with a focus on activism. She travels internationally, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism. Web: https://starhawk.org/ [25 Nov 2023]
StoptheDrugWar.org Works for health and justice by seeking to end drug prohibition and its excesses, while positively impacting related issues. StoptheDrugWar.org is a primarily US-based organization that advocates on domestic drug policies and in the international sphere. We pick advocacy issues for which there are unfilled roles in which we and coalition partners can make a difference. One in which we played a leading role for over a decade was a successful effort to repeal a law that denied financial aid for college because of drug convictions. Web: https://stopthedrugwar.org/ [10 Jun 2023]
StopWaste.Org Helps Alameda County’s businesses, residents, and schools waste less, recycle properly, and use water, energy, and other resources efficiently. We’re a public agency governed by the Alameda County Waste Management Authority, the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board, and the Energy Council. Address: 1537 Webster Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 891-6500 Email: info@stopwaste.org Web: https://www.stopwaste.org/ [28 Nov 2021]
The Story of Stuff An environmental nonprofit fighting for systemic change. We make videos and launch campaigns to tackle environmental and social problems from plastic pollution to water privatization. Address: 1442 A Walnut Street, #272, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 883-1055 Email: info@storyofstuff.org Web: https://www.storyofstuff.org/ [27 Feb 2022]
StoryCenter We promote healing, growth, and social change by creating spaces for listening to and sharing stories. We believe that storytelling inspires connection and action, and we are committed to helping people from all walks of life use the power of their own voices and experiences to build a just and healthy world. Address: 1442A Walnut Street, #417, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 548-2065 Email: info@storycenter.org Web: https://www.storycenter.org/ https://www.storycenter.org/silence-speaks/ [17 Sep 2023]
Streetsblog SF A daily news source connecting people to information about sustainable transportation and livable communities. Since 2006, Streetsblog has covered the movement to transform our cities by reducing dependence on private automobiles and improving conditions for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. Our reporters have broken important stories about transit funding, pedestrian safety, and bicycle policy from day one. And our writing makes arcane topics like parking prices and induced traffic accessible to a broad audience. Web: https://sf.streetsblog.org/ [07 Aug 2022]
Student Environmental Resource Center Cultivates a collaborative space to strengthen the collective effectiveness of the sustainability community, and provides resources for students to actualize their visions of a more equitable, socially just, and resilient future. Address: 2495 Bancroft Way, Suite 82C3, Berkeley CA 94720-4520 Email: serc@berkeley.edu Web: https://serc.berkeley.edu/ [12 Mar 2023]
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 nonviolent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to political freedom. Web: https://studentsforafreetibet.org/ [28 Nov 2021]
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) The largest national youth-led network dedicated to ending the War on Drugs. At its heart, SSDP is a grassroots organization, led by a Board of Directors primarily elected by and from our student and youth members. We bring young people of all political and ideological orientations together to have honest conversations about drugs and drug policy. We create change by providing a platform where members collaborate, communicate, share resources with, and coach each other to generate policy change, deliver honest drug education, and promote harm reduction. Founded in 1998, SSDP is comprised of thousands of members in hundreds of communities around the United States. Web: https://ssdp.org/ [06 Aug 2023]
Sudo Room Our slogan is: HACK THE PLANET! We use and share technology to promote social justice, sustainability, education and solidarity. We strive to be an open, transparent, horizontal and welcoming community where all are supported and free to learn, create, gather, collaborate, work, play and more! We are exclusively volunteer-run and supported through donations! 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: https://sudoroom.org/ [06 Aug 2023]
Sunflower Alliance Committed to environmental justice and the health and safety of all Bay Area communities threatened by toxic pollution and climate change. We are fighting against the poisoning of our communities and the destruction of our planet, and for an equitable and sustainable economy fueled by renewable energy sources—wind, water and solar. We seek an end to the ruinous extractive economy and its replacement with a life-sustaining system that meets people’s real needs and nurtures the planet we live on. Web: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects Purpose is to empower people to adopt solar power where it hasn’t been economically practical in the past. Installing solar can be expensive for a homeowner due to costs of equipment, installation, and marketing costs in a competitive industry. By making solar more affordable for low-energy-footprint homeowners and for nonprofits, SunWork puts solar power within more people’s reach. Our volunteers are what makes SunWork work. And due to our nonprofit model, we don’t mark up equipment nor do we have many marketing costs. Address: Sobrato Center for Nonprofits, 477 Valley Way, Milpitas CA 95035 Voice: (650) 520-9918 Fax: (650) 350-4331 Email: info@sunwork.org Web: https://sunwork.org/ https://sunwork.org/solar-for-your-home/ https://sunwork.org/volunteer/ [06 Aug 2023]
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities (SFCD) A parent-run San Francisco-based nonprofit organization founded in 1982. We support families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need as they face challenges. Our purpose is to ensure that families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need, and the providers who serve them, have the knowledge and support to make informed choices that enhance children's development and well-being. We promote partnership with families, professionals and the community at large, because it is through partnership that we create a community where our children can flourish. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 282-7494 Fax: (415) 349-5194 Email: info@supportforfamilies.org Web: https://www.supportforfamilies.org/ [25 Nov 2022]
Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP) A national collaborative working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment. STPP monitors trends, emerging issues, needs, and new policy proposals related to the planning and implementation of transportation in the United States. Of particular interest are issues related to safety, the environment, sound asset management, planning, and public policy. Web: http://www.transact.org/ [08 Mar 2024]
Surfrider Foundation Dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network. Our irreplaceable national network of chapter volunteers serves as the first response to local threats in coastal communities across the US. They are the boots on the ground who collaborate on both the local and national level with regional staff and issue experts to carry out our mission through campaign, program and educational initiatives in their local communities. Our network grows stronger with every chapter we add. Web: https://www.surfrider.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
Survival International USA From the Amazon to the Kalahari, from the jungles of India to the Congo rainforest, we work in partnership with tribal peoples to protect their lives and land. They suffer racism, land theft, forced development and genocidal violence just because they live differently. It must stop. We fight for tribal peoples’ survival. We stop loggers, miners, and oil companies from destroying tribal lands, lives and livelihoods across the globe. We lobby governments to recognize Indigenous land rights. We document and expose the atrocities committed against tribal people and take direct action to stop them. We give tribal peoples a platform to speak to the world. We’ve had over 200 victories since 1969, but our work is far from over and we need your help. Address: PO Box 26345, San Francisco CA 94126 Voice: (510) 858-3950 Email: info.usa@survivalinternational.org Web: https://www.survivalinternational.org/ [06 Aug 2023]
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. Survivors International serves residents of San Francisco. Address: 2727 Mariposa Street, Suite 100 (at Bryant Street), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 437-3000 Web: http://traumarecoverycenter.org/services/survivors-international/ [05 Jun 2021]
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/ [25 Nov 2023]
Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) Revitalizes agricultural places near cities and fosters vital food systems that connect urban and rural communities. Our approach is to generate big-vision ideas and implement them through collaboration with diverse stakeholders. We work in two interconnected program areas: Urban-Edge Agricultural Revitalization and Urban-Rural Connections. SAGE assists clients in developing place-based agriculture and local food projects. Our consulting services include existing conditions analysis, feasibility studies, business plans, stakeholder engagement and facilitation of multi-party collaborations. Address: David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 320, Berkeley CA 94704-1381 Voice: (510) 526-1793 Email: info@sagecenter.org Web: https://www.sagecenter.org/ [09 Jan 2021]
Sustainable City Dedicated to achieving a sustainable future for San Francisco. 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://sustainablecity.org/ [27 Feb 2022]
Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) Cultivates a new legal landscape that supports community resilience and grassroots economic empowerment. We provide essential legal tools - education, research, advice, and advocacy - so communities everywhere can develop their own sustainable sources of food, housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a thriving community. Address: 1428 Franklin Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 398-6219 Email: communications@theSELC.org Web: https://www.theselc.org/ [12 Aug 2023]
Sustainable San Mateo County (SSMC) Our mission is to drive impactful action on economic, environmental and social equity issues that leads to sustainable practices and improves the long-term health of San Mateo County. Our core programs are: Our Indicators Report, which tracks sustainability progress in local cities and the county. It has been produced annually since 1997. Our Awards Program, which celebrates local sustainability champions and Green Building Award recipients. It has been held annually since 1999. Our Sustainability Ideas Bank, which compiles successful policies and programs implemented by local governments and businesses to accelerate sustainability. Address: 2955 Campus Drive, #110, San Mateo CA 94403 Voice: (650) 918-1992 Email: advocate@sustainablesanmateo.org Web: https://sustainablesanmateo.org/ [28 Nov 2021]
Swing Left San Francisco Mobilizes Bay Area activists to support Democratic campaigns in swing districts through canvassing, phone banking, and other voter outreach methods. Our focus is primarily on the California Central Valley and Arizona, and we also help out in special elections nationwide. We hold regular (virtual) membership meetings with guest speakers, and we offer training in voter outreach techniques and specialized Spanish language classes. Join us and become part of a community of activists committed to taking back our democracy and growing our Democratic majorities in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and state legislatures. Web: https://swingleft.org/group/swing-left-san-francisco [28 Nov 2021]
Swords to Plowshares We are a community-based not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We are dedicated to supporting nearly 3,000 homeless, low-income and at-risk veterans in the Bay Area every year. War causes wounds and suffering that last beyond the battlefield. Swords to Plowshares' mission is to support veterans as they navigate the challenges of post-military life, and to prevent and end veteran homelessness through wrap-around care and informed advocacy. Address: 1060 Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 252-4788 Web: https://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/ [08 Mar 2024]
System Change Not Climate Change (SCNCC) A network of North American ecosocialists 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 Canadian Liberals and the corporate friendly approach of most Green NGOs. SCNCC believes the climate justice movement will unite with the labor movement, First Nations/indigenous 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: https://systemchangenotclimatechange.org/ https://www.facebook.com/Bayecosocialists/ [13 Aug 2022]
Task Force on the Americas (TFA) A grassroots human rights organization dedicated to supporting the social justice movements in Latin America and the Caribbean, along with educating North Americans about the realities of the Americas and the role the US plays there. Founded in 1985, we are also known as the Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas (MITF). TFA conducts public education events and publishes a quarterly newsletter. We monitor the U.S. role – military, economic and political – in Latin America and respond to human rights violations with appropriate actions, which include an urgent action network. Address: PO Box 925, Larkspur CA 94977 Voice: (415) 578-7930 Email: taskforceontheamericas@gmail.com Web: https://taskforceamericas.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
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. We fight for good contracts and oppose concessions and benefit cuts. We bring Teamsters together to enforce our rights and to hold union officials accountable to the members. Web: https://www.tdu.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
Teamsters Local 2010 The Union of 14,000 hard-working employees in California higher education. 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 direct action and determined labor representation. Web: https://teamsters2010.org/ [04 Dec 2021]
Tech Exchange Works to ensure that all families have a computer, Internet access, and technology skills necessary to improve and enhance their lives.? We are dedicated to building a community of digitally proficient Bay Area residents who can access online education, employment, health, financial, and civic services. Tech Exchange sources high quality decommissioned technology from contributing partners to refurbish and distribute to households across the Bay Area. Our Tech For All solution is designed to supply everything needed to support digitally disconnected residents with technology access. Each household receives a refurbished computer, digital skills trainings, free tech support, and assistance accessing free or low-cost Internet. Address: 2530 International Blvd, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 866-2260 Email: info@techexchange.org Web: https://www.techexchange.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
Tech Workers Coalition (TWC) A coalition of workers in and around the tech industry, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends. We work in solidarity with existing movements towards social justice, workers' rights, and economic inclusion. Guided by our vision for an inclusive & equitable tech industry, TWC organizes to build worker power through rank & file self-organization and education. Web: https://techworkerscoalition.org/ [19 Nov 2022]
TechEquity Collaborative We mobilize tech workers and companies to advance structural change that addresses economic inequity at its roots. We do this in three ways: Education: We create educational spaces in which the tech community can deepen their understanding of structural inequities, the history behind them, and the solutions we can enact together. Public Policy: We advocate for public policy that addresses structural inequity in our economy. We work on issues that have a nexus with tech and the economy, with a focus on housing and workforce & labor. Corporate Practice: We research, develop, and promote equitable corporate practices that build equity and opportunity in the broader economy. Voice: (510) 239-7472 Email: info@techequitycollaborative.org Web: https://techequitycollaborative.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
Telegraph for People A student organization fighting for a car-free Telegraph Avenue near the UC Berkeley campus. Our vision is a car-free Telegraph with a vibrant public realm, more space and safety for pedestrians and cyclists, faster and more reliable buses, and revitalized small businesses. We take an all-of-the-above approach to organizing and believe that students have the power to make real change in Berkeley if we organize and fight for our basic needs. Web: https://www.telegraphforpeople.com [02 Jun 2022]
Tenants Together A statewide coalition of local tenant organizations dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of California tenants to safe, decent, and affordable housing. As California’s only statewide renters’ rights organization, Tenants Together works to improve the lives of California’s tenants through capacity-building, movement-building, and statewide advocacy. Tenants Together seeks to support and strengthen the statewide movement for renters’ rights. Address: PO Box 410325, San Francisco CA 94141 Voice: (415) 495-8100 Email: info@tenantstogether.org Web: https://www.tenantstogether.org/ [25 Nov 2023]
Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC) Mission is to prevent tenant displacement, to preserve and expand the City's low cost housing stock, and to provide comprehensive legal assistance to low income tenants. THC is successful in fulfilling this mission by providing free legal services, securing SRO units through the Master Lease program and offering comprehensive support services to our clients. Address: 126 Hyde Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 885-3286 Fax: (415) 771-0702 Web: https://www.thclinic.org/ [27 Feb 2022]
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) Develops community and provides affordable housing and services for people with low incomes in the Tenderloin and throughout San Francisco, to promote equitable access to opportunity and resources. Rooted in the Tenderloin with branches across seven San Francisco neighborhoods and growing, TNDC strives to work alongside communities and meet people where they're at. We believe that only together we can build a future with economic and racial equity. Address: 201 Eddy Street, San Francisco CA 94102-2715 Voice: (415) 776-2151 Email: info@tndc.org Web: https://www.tndc.org/ [12 Mar 2023]
Terma Foundation An international humanitarian medical organization that develops integrated health programs to educate, research, treat and prevent illness in vulnerable communities. Founded in 1993, Terma operates in Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region, China), Mexico, Myanmar, and Brazil and has reached over 1.5 million beneficiaries to date. Mission is to provide innovative and sustainable health solutions for excluded populations, particularly indigenous peoples and marginalized communities. Address: 799 Main Street, Suite J, Half Moon Bay CA 94019 Voice: (650) 712-8413 Email: terma@terma.org Web: https://www.terma.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
The Appeal A nonprofit news organization that envisions a world in which systems of support and care, not punishment, create public safety. The Appeal’s journalism exposes the harms of a criminal legal system entrenched in centuries of systemic racism. We equip people with the information necessary to make change, and we elevate solutions that emerge from the communities most affected by policing, jails, and prisons in the U.S. Web: https://theappeal.org/ [17 Sep 2023]
The Utility Reform Network (TURN) TURN champions the cleanest energy and highest quality phone service at the lowest prices possible for residential customers, low-income households, and small businesses through legal advocacy at the California Public Utilities Commission, state and federal policy development, and community organizing throughout California. 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: https://www.turn.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
Third Act (Th!rd Act) We are building a community of Americans over the age of sixty determined to change the world for the better. Together, we use our life experience, skills, and resources to build a better tomorrow. “Experienced Americans” are the fastest-growing part of the population: 10,000 people a day pass the 60-year mark. That means that there’s no way to make the changes that must be made to protect our planet and society unless we bring our power into play. Web: https://thirdact.org/ [20 Mar 2023]
This Modern World Tom Tomorrow is the creator of the weekly political cartoon, This Modern World, which can be found on sites including Daily Kos, The Nib and The Nation, as well as many alternative weeklies across the nation (support your local altweekly!). His work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Spin, Mother Jones, Esquire, The Economist, The Nation, U.S. News and World Report, and The American Prospect. Web: https://thismodernworld.com/ [12 Aug 2023]
Thought Leader Public Relations A West Coast consultancy specializing in communications for responsible organizations, businesses and individuals. Helps 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) 330-9640 Email: Michele.Horaney@gmail.com Web: https://www.thoughtleaderpr.com/ [12 Mar 2023]
Thousand Currents (IDEX) Has invested more than $31 million in 1,000 grassroots and movement formations in the Global South. Today, we make connections and facilitate relationships for collective power and collective change. Our movement partners are working with and connected to over 200 million women, Indigenous, Black and Afro-descent Peoples, small farmers, urban residents, sexual and ethnic minorities, and youth. Address: 548 Market Street, Suite 62831, San Francisco CA 94104-5401 Voice: (415) 824-8384 Email: info@thousandcurrents.org Web: https://thousandcurrents.org/ [12 Aug 2023]
Thrive A community, network and movement building Beloved Community for these times. We gather people at the intersections of meaning, belonging, music, the arts, and social change. Our mission is to create a world where all people belong and thrive. Web: http://www.thriveeastbay.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
Thrive Street Choir Takes the power of song to the streets, bringing musical inspiration and energy to protests and actions. We support causes and organizations that are working for a more just, equitable, and loving world. If you are planning a march and/or action and would like someone to mobilize the crowd in collective singing, give us a call! The Thrive Street Choir was born to sing the music of the revolution. These times are asking us to show up in solidarity, and resistance, in the streets, at the Federal Building, at the airport. There are too many threats to list here, our leaders are wielding the fires of hate, greed and delusion. And so we respond in love and in song. Web: http://www.thriveeastbay.org/thrivestreetchoir [06 Nov 2021]
Tibet Justice Center (TJC) 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 Web: http://www.tibetjustice.org/ [09 Jan 2021]
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. TANC has a membership of approximately 3,000 Tibetan residents and friends of the community in Northern California. Address: 5200 Dalai Lama Avenue, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 230-8333 Email: president@tanc.org Web: https://tanc.org/ [17 Jan 2021]
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) A non-profit organization committed to advancing human rights and democracy in Tibet and the exiled Tibetan community by empowering Tibetan advocates and monitoring, documenting, and campaigning against human rights abuses. Web: https://tchrd.org/ [14 May 2022]
Tikkun Magazine We are a prophetic voice for peace, love, environmental sanity, social transformation, and unabashedly utopian aspirations for the world that can be. We speak to, and hear from, people from all communities, all races, all religions, all ethnicities, and all ages. Over the past thirty-two years, Tikkun has been a platform for young writers to emerge as public intellectuals and for established thinkers and academics to posit groundbreaking philosophies and radical ideas. It has also been a stage for novelists and poets to flex their minds and for spiritual progressives and social change activists to urge self-reflection, inner psychological and spiritual healing, and direct action. Web: https://www.tikkun.org/ [04 Dec 2021]
Top Documentary Films (TDF) At TDF you can find thousands of stunning, eye-opening and interesting documentaries. Choose one that suits your interest through navigation system of TDF, watch it, and tell us how it was through comments. Go through this great collection of documentary movies, watch your favorite documentaries, share your thoughts and enjoy TDF. Web: https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ [25 Nov 2023]
Toward Freedom A news and analysis publication offering a progressive perspective on world events. We cover global politics, protest movements, government and corporate abuses of power, human rights, and other pressing topics. With writers and readers based around the globe, TF has worked for social justice through investigative and progressive journalism since 1952. Web: https://towardfreedom.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
Trabajadores Unidos Workers United (TUWU) A regional Bay Area immigrant worker center (SF-Oakland) that finds itself at the intersection of economic justice and immigrant rights inclusion. TUWU centers this intersection by organizing through a working-class conscious identity, engaging its membership with a feminist economic perspective, and holding institutions and employers accountable. We do this through worker organizing, political education, know your rights outreach, and maintaining a highly engaged and active base. Formerly known as Young Workers United. Address: 65 Ninth Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 621-4155 Email: tuwu@tuwu.org Web: https://www.tuwu.org/ [17 Dec 2023]
TransForm Promotes walkable communities with excellent transportation choices to connect people of all incomes to opportunity, make 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: 560 14th Street, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 740-3150 Fax: (510) 740-3131 Email: info@transformca.org Web: https://www.transformca.org/ [12 Mar 2023]
Transition Berkeley Brings neighbors and community members together to build a more equitable, regenerative, self-reliant future for Berkeley. We envision a strong, diverse local economy, with greatly reduced dependence on fossil fuels, and a healthy, cooperative, rewarding community life. The Transition Movement is a network of imaginative and locally focused Initiatives that address current challenges of resource depletion, climate change and economic instability through community inspiration and engagement. This holistic form of engagement helps raise awareness and provide hands on solutions to these challenging issues, while affording support for the inner transition that is taking place within us simultaneously. Email: info@transitionberkeley.org Web: https://www.transitionberkeley.org/ [25 Mar 2023]
Transition Earth Aims to increase awareness on the effects of increasing population growth and unsustainable economic growth on people and the planet. Address: 6143 Rose Arbor Avenue, San Pablo CA 94806 Email: suzanne@transition-earth.org Web: https://transition-earth.org/ [04 Dec 2021]
Transport Oakland Works to support the enactment of safe, sustainable and equitable transportation policies. The organization worked for the establishment of a strong, independent Department of Transportation for the City of Oakland and continues efforts for better transportation infrastructure and for Oakland. Web: https://transportoakland.org/ [04 Dec 2021]
Transportation for America An advocacy organization made up of local, regional and state leaders who envision a transportation system that safely, affordably and conveniently connects people of all means and ability to jobs, services, and opportunity through multiple modes of travel. Web: https://t4america.org/ [02 Dec 2023]
Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund (TRANSDEF) A non-profit environmental organization created by transit activists to advocate for better solutions to transportation, land use and air quality problems in the San Francisco Bay Area. TRANSDEF promotes cost-effective transit, Smart Growth, and market-based pricing as fiscally and environmentally preferable responses to traffic congestion. These strategies represent a major departure from the prevailing policy climate of suburban sprawl, ever-widening highways and overwhelming dependence on the private automobile. We are especially focused on transportation solutions that reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, which cause climate change. Address: PO Box 151439, San Rafael CA 94915 Email: info@transdef.org Web: https://transdef.org/ [21 May 2022]
Trees For The Future Our mission is to improve livelihoods of impoverished farmers by revitalizing degraded lands. We train farmers in agroforestry and sustainable land use - so that they can grow vibrant regional economies, thriving food systems, and a healthier planet. Currently working with thousands of farming families across nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Web: https://trees.org/ [08 Mar 2024]
Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (Tri-Valley CARES, TVC) 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. Nuclear weapons pose one of the great social, economic and ecological challenges of our time. Tri-Valley CAREs was founded in 1983 in Livermore, California by concerned neighbors living around the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of two locations where all US nuclear weapons are designed. Tri-Valley CAREs monitors nuclear weapons and environmental clean-up activities throughout the US nuclear weapons complex, with a special focus on Livermore Lab and the surrounding communities. Send email to get monthly electronic "mini-newsletters". Address: 4049 First Street, Suite 243, Livermore CA 94551 Voice: (925) 443-7148 Email: marylia@trivalleycares.org Web: https://trivalleycares.org/ [04 Dec 2021]
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: (844) 90-3-KONE (844-903-5663) Email: contact@trikone.org Web: https://www.trikone.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
Triple Justice Economic justice. Racial justice. Climate justice. Upon these three pillars of people power, Triple Justice is building a new and unified movement activated by one simple, inconvenient and inescapable truth: As our planet burns, disunity is no longer an option. We are a volunteer organization aiming to build a nationwide network of activists and alternative democracy practitioners, to transfer power away from our broken institutions and back into the hands of the people, in order to secure racial, economic, and climate justice for all. We do not have a physical address yet. We are presently based in Kansas City MO, and the San Francisco & East Bay Area. Web: https://triplejustice.org/ [03 Jan 2024]
Trust for Public Land (San Francisco office) We create parks and protect public land where they’re needed most so that everyone will have access to the benefits and joys of the outdoors for generations to come. Quality parks and green spaces are fundamental for sustaining equitable, resilient communities. Access to nature and the outdoors—close to home, in the cities and communities where people live—is a matter of health, equity, and justice. That’s why we work alongside communities across the country to create, protect, and steward the nature-rich places that are vital to human well-being. We’re driven by four commitments: equity, health, climate, and community. Address: 23 Geary Street, Suite 1000, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 495-4014 Email: sanfrancisco@tpl.org Web: https://www.tpl.org/ [25 Mar 2023]
Trust In Education (TIE) A grass-roots people to people non-profit organization providing aid to Afghan children and families since 2003. We help educate their children, particularly girls, and provide direct financial aid to extremely poor families. Address: 985 Moraga Road, Suite 207, Lafayette CA 94549 Voice: (925) 209-9494 Email: trustineducation@gmail.com Web: https://trustineducation.org/ [14 May 2022]
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) 692-1715 Email: ken@truthtold.co Web: https://truthtold.co/ [27 Feb 2022]
truthout A nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. Since our founding in 2001, we have anchored our work in principles of accuracy, transparency, and independence from the influence of corporate and political forces. Truthout works to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing a platform for progressive and transformative ideas, through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis. With a powerful, independent voice, we will spur transformations in consciousness and inspire both policy change and direct action. Web: https://truthout.org/ [27 Feb 2022]
TUC Radio A regular weekly program on over 60 radio stations and can be heard in many rural communities as well as in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, Cleveland, Houston, Taos, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Vancouver and many other cities – as far as Cape Town, South Africa and into North Africa via Milano, Italy. Independent Radio - also on the Internet - on the untold story, the impact of big corporations on society. TUC Radio programs are FREE to all radio stations and listeners: On line as 29 min. mp3 file posted no later than 11:00 pm EST every Tuesday on this site and as podcast. Address: Box 44, Calpella CA 95418 Voice: (707) 463-2654 Email: tuc@tucradio.org Web: https://tucradio.org/ http://radio4all.net/ [02 Dec 2023]
Tuolumne River Trust We protect and restore the Tuolumne River watershed for present and future generations. We do this through three key program areas: education, advocacy, and restoration. For over 40 years, we have continued this decades-long legacy of restoring and protecting this irreplaceable watershed that spans from the Sierra Nevada Mountains through the Central Valley to the San Francisco Bay. Address: PO Box 3727, Sonora CA 95370-3727 Voice: (415) 882-7252 Email: staff@tuolumne.org Web: https://www.tuolumne.org/ [25 Mar 2023]
U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) A nonprofit investigative research group focused on promoting transparency for public health. We are working globally to expose corporate wrongdoing and government failures that threaten the integrity of our health, our environment and our food system. Since 2015, we have obtained, posted online and reported on thousands of industry and government documents, including many acquired through judicial enforcement of open records laws. Address: 4096 Piedmont Avenue #963, Oakland CA 94611-5221 Voice: (415) 944-7350 Email: gary@usrtk.org Web: http://usrtk.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) One of the nation’s leading university museums, BAMPFA is a forum for cultural experiences that transform individuals and advance the local, national, and global discourse on art and film. As the premier visual arts venue at the top U.S. public research university, BAMPFA is uniquely dedicated to art and film in equal measure. Its annual program encompasses exhibitions, screenings, and public programs that connect visitors from campus, across the Bay Area, and beyond with the leading artists and filmmakers of our time. Address: 2120 Oxford Street #2250, Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 642-0808 Email: bampfa@berkeley.edu Web: https://bampfa.org/ [12 Aug 2023]
UC Berkeley Public Service Center (PSC) Brings together students, faculty, and communities to harness their collective wisdom in support of social justice, civic engagement, and transformative social change. The Center builds student leadership skills, helps students find their passion and purpose, enhances the capacity of our community partners, and lifts up the public service mission of the University. For the past 50 years our organization has served as the heart of civic engagement and the public service voice at Berkeley. Address: 2465 Bancroft Way, Suite 218, Berkeley CA 94720-4500 Voice: (510) 642-3916 Email: publicservice@berkeley.edu Web: https://publicservice.berkeley.edu/ [19 Nov 2022]
UC Gill Tract Community Farm A collaborative community project between the University of California Berkeley and the local 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 also hosts a sliding-scale farmstand and partners with several East Bay community organizations and food pantries to distribute fresh organic produce to those who lack access to it. Email: contact@gilltractfarm.org Web: https://www.gilltractfarm.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
UndocuBlack Network (UBN) A multigenerational network of currently and formerly undocumented Black people that fosters community, facilitates access to resources, and contributes to transforming the realities of our people, so we are thriving and living our fullest lives. We do this by: Developing the leadership of our members through tools, training and programming Building power with and for our communities through advocacy, local organizing, and cultivating strategic alliances to advance policies that affect our daily lives. Centering the humanity, dignity, and wellbeing of our communities in all aspects of our work. Web: https://undocublack.org/ [13 Aug 2022]
Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) An interdisciplinary membership organization of academics and of activists. Its mission is to promote the study, development and application of radical political economic analysis to social problems. Concretely, this involves a continuing critique of both the capitalist system, and of all forms of exploitation and oppression. URPE’s mission also includes, coming out of this critique, helping to construct a progressive social policy, and a human-centered radical alternative to capitalism. Web: https://urpe.org/ [14 May 2022]
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Mission is to use rigorous, independent science to solve our planet's most pressing problems. Joining with people across the country, we combine technical analysis and effective advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future. Today, we are a group of nearly 250 scientists, analysts, policy experts and strategic communicators dedicated to that purpose. Web: https://www.ucsusa.org/ [04 Dec 2021]
Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley (UUCB) Mission is is to create loving community, inspire spiritual growth, and encourage lives of integrity, joy, and service. We are a welcoming and vibrant congregation, joyously supporting spiritual development guided by individual faith, reason, and conscience. We are committed to serving one another, the church community, the community at large, and the global community. We foster a spirit of generosity and trust that encourages care for our church home and affirms diversity and relationships consistent with Unitarian Universalist principles. Address: 1 Lawson Road, Kensington CA 94707-1015 Voice: (510) 525-0302 Web: https://uucb.org/ [08 Mar 2024]
Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma (UUP) A home for your inquiring mind and expansive heart. All of who you are is welcomed here. No matter where you are in your journey of meaning-making and discovery, you are welcome here! Our living tradition, Unitarian Universalism, is enriched by seekers of all kinds, dedicated to living with open minds, warm hearts and welcoming hands. Address: 16 Fifth Street, Petaluma CA 94952 Voice: (707) 773-2835 Email: uupetaluma@gmail.com Web: http://www.uupetaluma.org/ [04 Dec 2021]
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo (UUSM) A congregation filled with caring, open-minded people of all ages, backgrounds, and beliefs. UUSM is a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). We create spirituality and community beyond boundaries, and work for more justice and more love in our own lives and in the world. Address: 300 East Santa Inez Avenue (at North Ellsworth), San Mateo CA 94401 Voice: (650) 342-5946 Email: office@uusanmateo.org Web: https://www.uusanmateo.org/ [04 Dec 2021]
UNITE HERE (Western Regional Office) A labor union that represents 300,000 working people across Canada and the United States. Our members 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: https://unitehere.org/ [27 Feb 2022]
United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO (UFW) Begun in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Gilbert Padilla and other early organizers, the United Farm Workers of America is the nation’s first enduring and largest farm workers union. The UFW continues organizing in major agricultural sectors, chiefly in California. Recent years have witnessed dozens of UFW union contract victories protecting thousands of farm workers, among them agreements with the some of the largest berry, winery, tomato, dairy and mushroom companies in California and the nation. More than 75 percent of California’s fresh mushroom industry is now under union contract. Many recent UFW-sponsored laws and regulations protect all farm workers in California, especially those at non-union ranches. Web: https://ufw.org/ [27 Feb 2022]
United for a Fair Economy (UFE) Exposes and challenges the deep-seated systemic causes of inequality: institutionalized racism, low wages, exorbitant CEO compensation, regressive tax policies, and more. We engage in state and federal policy debates, provide trainings and support for organizers across the nation, and publish illuminating reports. UFE’s goal is to build a vibrant economic justice movement, help people “connect the dots,” and work towards solutions that address inequality at its roots. Web: https://www.faireconomy.org/ [04 Mar 2022]
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) UFPJ was founded, in 2003, to build a coalition of local and national peace and justice organizations to prevent the War on Iraq. The conflicts raging around the world today make it clear that the need to work for peace remains more important than ever. That is why UFPJ reorganized, in 2008, as a network and now operates with an all-volunteer Coordinating Committee, supported by one part-time staff member who assists with UFPJ action alerts, campaigns, and organizing. They meet weekly to manage the ongoing communication and administrative requirements of the network. Address: PO Box 71523, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (917) 410-0119 Email: info.ufpj[at]gmail.com Web: https://www.unitedforpeace.org/ [25 Mar 2023]
United States Code A searchable web site at Cornell Law School containing all laws of the USA. Web: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text [16 Mar 2024]
United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) The nation's largest youth-led, direct action campaign organization, running local and national campaigns in coordination with labor unions on our campuses, in our communities, and around the world. Since 1997, we have trained tens of thousands of student activists to become skilled organizers and campaigners in the labor movement. Our mission is to build union power and advance the rights of workers on our campuses, in our communities. We are the student arm of the labor movement, with USAS locals organizing on college campuses across the country. Web: https://usas.org/ [02 Dec 2023]
The Unity Council (The Spanish Speaking Unity Council) A non-profit Social Equity Development Corporation with over 50 years of history in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Our mission is to promote social equity and improve quality of life by building vibrant communities where everyone can work, learn, and thrive. Our programs aim to provide the community with the tools, knowledge, and resources to transform their lives and ultimately achieve their long-term educational, career, and financial goals. These holistic programs and services reach more than 8,000 individuals and families annually in five languages. Programs include: early childhood education, youth mentorship and leadership development, employment services, career readiness training, housing and financial stability, senior citizen services, affordable housing and neighborhood development, and arts and cultural events. Address: 1900 Fruitvale Avenue, Suite 2A, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 535-6900 Fax: (510) 534-7771 Email: admin@unitycouncil.org Web: https://unitycouncil.org/ [02 Dec 2023]
Universal Giving An award-winning nonprofit social enterprise, allowing people to donate and volunteer with top-performing, vetted organizations all over the world. 100% goes directly to the cause. Address: PO Box 1012, Menlo Park CA 94026-1012 Email: info@universalgiving.org Web: https://universalgiving.org/ [16 Mar 2024]
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://hrlibrary.umn.edu/ [25 Mar 2023]
University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE / CWA 9119) The union of technical and professional employees at the University of California. Over 16,000 UC employees are covered by UPTE-CWA contracts. UPTE was founded in 1990 by a group of employees who believed that UC workers would benefit from a union to safeguard and expand our rights. In 1993, UPTE members voted to affiliate with the Communications Workers of America, a 700,000-member union in the AFL-CIO, to better represent our members. In 1994, UC’s 4,000 technical employees voted for UPTE representation. In 1996, 3,700 research professionals joined them, and in 1997, 2,000 health care professionals followed suit. There are now UPTE locals at all UC campuses, labs and medical centers. Address: PO Box 4443, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 704-8783 Fax: (510) 704-8065 Email: info@upte-cwa.org Web: http://www.upte.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
The UNtraining: Healing Personal and Social Oppressions 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. Voice: (510) 235-3957 Email: info@untraining.org Web: https://untraining.org/ [02 Dec 2023]
Urban Adamah An educational farm and community center in Berkeley, California that integrates the practices of Jewish tradition, mindfulness, sustainable agriculture, and social action to build loving, just, and sustainable communities. We provide training programs, educational workshops, and community celebrations for more than 15,000 visitors annually. Address: 1151 Sixth Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 649-1595 Email: info@urbanadamah.org Web: https://urbanadamah.org/ [25 Mar 2023]
Urban Creeks Council A non-profit organization based in the Bay Area, California, working to preserve, protect, and restore urban streams and their riparian habitats. Urban Creeks Council builds projects and programs that unite communities around their streams. We build places that increase urban aesthetics, restore wildlife habitat, and make urban communities better places to live. We empower communities to restore and protect their streams by employing volunteer power to construct and manage native riparian habitats. Through our programs, we leverage broad and effective partnerships to help cities and other agencies responsibly manage their natural resources. Web: http://urbancreeks.org/ [11 Jun 2022]
Urban Displacement Project A research and action initiative of the University of California Berkeley and the University of Toronto. UDP conducts community-centered, data-driven, applied research toward more equitable and inclusive futures for cities. Our research aims to understand and describe the nature of gentrification, displacement, and exclusion, and also to generate knowledge on how policy interventions and investment can support more equitable development. The goal of UDP is to produce rigorous research and create tools to empower advocates and policymakers, to reframe conversations, and to train and inspire the next generation of leaders in equitable development. Address: care of Institute of Governmental Studies, 109 Moses Hall, #2370, Berkeley CA 94720-2370 Email: info@urbandisplacement.org Web: https://www.urbandisplacement.org/ [25 Mar 2023]
Urban Ecology, Inc. Dedicated to developing harmony with urban planning and nature. Web: http://www.urbanecology.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
Urban Habitat Democratizes power and advances equitable policies to create a just and connected Bay Area for low-income communities of color. We confront structural inequities impacting historically disenfranchised communities, and through strategic partnerships increase power and capacity in low-income communities of color. Address: 2000 Franklin Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 839-9510 Email: info@urbanhabitat.org Web: https://urbanhabitat.org/ [25 Mar 2023]
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 eduEational 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/ [04 Dec 2021]
Urban Sprouts Plants the seeds of social equity to build healthy and thriving neighborhoods in San Francisco. Across our five gardens and our network of community partners, we reach over 2000 people each year through three vital programs: cooking and nutrition, garden-based education, and job readiness. We build supportive learning communities in English, Spanish, and Cantonese, for people of all ages, genders, and races. We work with communities who have been systematically denied access to resources to remove barriers and create pathways to health and economic equity through garden-based education and experiences. Address: 1074 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 326-3948 Email: sprout@urbansprouts.org Web: https://www.urbansprouts.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
Urban Tilth Inspires, hires, and trains local residents to cultivate agriculture, feed our community, and restore relationships to land to build a more sustainable food system, within a just and healthier community. Founded in 2005 to help build a more sustainable, healthy, and just local food system, Urban Tilth has emerged as a local leader, a catalyst drawing together a variety of individual, discrete initiatives into a web of integrated, food- and community-focused efforts. In sum, we farm, feed, forage, teach, train, build community, employ, and give back. Address: 323 Brookside Drive, Richmond CA 94801 Voice: (510) 232-0911 Email: info@urbantilth.org Web: https://urbantilth.org/ [23 Apr 2023]
Urban Village Farmers' Market Association (UVFM) We are a Non-Profit Organization, formed in 1997, aimed to help build healthy communities by fostering direct economic and social ties between local producers and consumers. Our role is to bring together California’s agricultural and urban communities, for their mutual benefit, increased communication and shared education. Our presence as a key educational platform for families, schools, environmental causes, health and nutrition accessibility are all part of the mission we are devoted to upholding. Address: 484 Lake Park Avenue, #501, Oakland CA 94610 Email: Info@uvfm.org Web: https://uvfm.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
UrbanAgLaw (Urban Agriculture Laws) Your One-Stop Resource For Everything Related To Urban Agriculture Laws. Designed To Provide Information And Resources On The Legal Aspects Of Urban Agriculture, Including Zoning Laws, Land Use Regulations And Food Safety Regulations. We Aim To Help Urban Farmers, Policymakers And Advocates Navigate The Complex Legal Landscape Surrounding Urban Agriculture And Promote The Growth And Sustainability Of Urban Agriculture Across The Country. Email: 12/31/1899 Web: https://urbanaglaw.org/ [12 Aug 2023]
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) A political home for all who believe that freedom for the Palestinian people is an integral part of achieving our collective liberation. We provide resources and strategic support to the U.S.-based Palestine solidarity movement, channeling grassroots power into positive change in U.S. policy and public opinion. We work with local organizers and activists, policymakers, movement leaders, media, and advocacy organizations to advance a rights-based, accountability and justice-oriented framework from the U.S. to Palestine. Web: https://uscpr.org/ [22 Dec 2023]
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/ [12 Aug 2023]
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: https://laborrights.org/programs/usleap [13 Apr 2023]
Vajrapani Institute 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: PO Box 2130, Boulder Creek CA 95006 Voice: (800) 531-4001 Email: office@vajrapani.org Web: https://vajrapani.org/ [23 Apr 2023]
Vegan Action Works to eliminate animal suffering, reduce environmental impacts, and improve human health through a vegan diet. Created in 1995, Vegan.org is one of the oldest and most visited vegan websites in the world. Our efforts over the past 25 years include certifying thousands of vegan products with our logo through our Vegan Certification Campaign. Web: https://vegan.org/ [13 Apr 2023]
Vegan Outreach (VO) Working to end violence towards animals. We seek a future when sentient animals are no longer exploited as commodities. We focus on reaching the people who are motivated enough to make changes now—of which there are always many in our target audience who just need some guidance. By steadily increasing the number of vegans, we’re laying the groundwork to reach a tipping point in which sweeping public policy changes for animals will become realistic. Founded in 1993, we’ve been most known for our massive outreach program of leafleting on college campuses. Web: https://veganoutreach.org/ [13 Apr 2023]
The Vegan Society Through our work with individuals, organisations and companies we are: Promoting veganism as a mainstream way of life Highlighting the moral and legal status of other animals Addressing issues of global food security and social justice Expanding the Vegan Trademark globally Advocating on behalf of vegans in vulnerable situations Furthering knowledge of plant-based nutrition and health Influencing public policy, giving vegans a stronger voice Showing the world that veganism isn't only a viable option; it's a liberating, fun and exciting way to live Web: https://www.vegansociety.com/ [02 Dec 2023]
VegDining.com An online guide to vegetarian restaurants around the world. Web: http://www.vegdining.com/ [13 Apr 2023]
VeggieDate 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. Web: https://veggiedate.org/ [23 Apr 2023]
VegNews The largest vegan media brand in the world. Reaching more than 3.6 million people each month across its print, digital, and social platforms, VegNews is beloved by readers and has won nearly every major award in the industry. The country’s best-selling plant-based magazine, every issue of VegNews is packed with today’s best vegan lifestyle content from food and fashion to travel, celebrity interviews, and beauty. In addition to its flagship publication, VegNews also produces websites, cookbooks, and even international vacations. Web: https://vegnews.com/ [18 Dec 2021]
Venezuelanalysis.com The only independent, grassroots English-language media outlet working on the ground in Venezuela. An independent website produced by individuals who are dedicated to disseminating news and analysis about the current political situation in Venezuela. Our main objective is to counter the corporate media propaganda against the Bolivarian Revolution by giving a voice to leftist and grassroots movements in Venezuela. We aim to cover daily news about Venezuela, as well as to contextualize these developments with in-depth analysis and background information. The site is targeted towards activists, academics, journalists, intellectuals, policymakers from different countries, and the general public. Web: http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/ [23 Apr 2023]
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: https://www.veteransforpeace.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
Veterans Speakers Alliance (VSA) “We, having dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace by applying the concept of engaging conflict peacefully, without violence.” Increase public awareness of the total costs of war. Restrain our government from intervening overtly or covertly in the internal affairs of other nations. End the arms race and reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons. Seek Justice for veterans and victims of war. Abolish war as an instrument of foreign/ international policy. As members of Veterans For Peace we pledge to use non-violent means to achieve these goals. All members are trusted to act in the best interest of the group for the larger purpose of world peace. Address: at Mission, 401 Van Ness Avenue, #213B, San Francisco CA 92102 Email: veteransforpeacesf@gmail.com Web: https://vfpsf.wordpress.com/ [12 Aug 2023]
Video Project Realizing the potential of documentary films to educate, inspire and compel audiences, fostering a more just and sustainable society. Video Project believes documentary films can shape minds and change lives. Founded in 1983, we are recognized as one of the leading documentary film distributors to educational institutions in the United States. Our buyers look to us to curate and distribute cutting edge social interest documentaries that explore the most pressing issues facing our society. Address: 145 Ninth Street, Suite 230, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (800) 475-2638 (4-PLANET); (415) 981-9710 Fax: (415) 692-6223 Email: support@videoproject.org Web: https://www.videoproject.org/ [23 Apr 2023]
Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA (VFVP) A charitable nonprofit that raises money in the United States to help support the Vietnam Friendship Village in Hanoi. Most of the funds raised in the US come from donations made by individual supporters. Follow the links below to learn more about our organization. The Vietnam Friendship Village is a residential facility located in Hanoi, Vietnam that provides medical care, physical therapy, education and vocational training to Vietnamese children, young adults and veterans with a range of maladies presumed to be caused by Agent Orange. Web: http://www.vietnamfriendship.org/ [11 Sep 2021]
Village Harvest A nonprofit volunteer organization in Northern California whose mission is to provide food for people in need, promote sustainable use of urban resources, and preserve our agricultural heritage and skills. We organize and coordinate fruit harvesting, and provide education on fruit tree care, harvesting and food preservation. Volunteers now harvest up to 1/4 million pounds of abundant fruit each year from homes and small orchards for food banks to help people in need. Instead of going to waste abundant fruit becomes healthy food, and our volunteer harvests provide important life experiences for children and families, assistance for seniors, and community connection for a greater good. Address: PO Box 9231, San Jose CA 95157 Voice: (888) 378-4841 (888 FRUIT 411) Fax: (888) 378-4841 Email: info@villageharvest.org Web: https://www.villageharvest.org/ [18 Dec 2021]
Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc. The Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark is 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. Viola Blythe helped homeless, helpless and hungry men, women and children in Fremont, Newark and Union City for over fifty years. Address: 37365 Ash Street, PO Box 362, Newark CA 94560 Voice: (510) 794-3437 Fax: (510) 739-0343 Email: violablythectr@gmail.com Web: https://www.violablythe.org/ [23 Apr 2023]
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: https://vpc.org/ [02 Dec 2023]
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Jose Provides 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, now Vista Center, San Jose, 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: https://www.vistacenter.org/Vista%20Center%20San%20Jose.html [09 Jan 2021]
Vivalon Mission is to promote independence, well being and quality of life for older adults and people living with disabilities in Marin County. Vivalon provides a comprehensive, integrated program of active aging services and activities, including: specialized transportation, nutrition programs, classes and other means of social connection. Address: 930 Tamalpais Avenue, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 456-9062 Web: https://vivalon.org/ [13 Aug 2022]
Voice of Roma (VoR) Mission 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: PO Box 514, Sebastopol CA 95473 Email: voiceofroma@gmail.com Web: http://www.voiceofroma.com/ [14 May 2022]
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) Phasing out the human species 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: https://www.vhemt.org/ [02 Dec 2023]
VolunteerMatch Since 1998, VolunteerMatch has put the power of technology to good use by enabling the social sector to unlock over $14 billion worth of volunteer time. The award-winning nonprofit service has complemented and co-existed with commercial technologies to become the web’s largest and most popular volunteer recruiting platform. It serves thousands of nonprofits, a million interested volunteers a month, and has generated over $40 million in mission-related revenue from its legacy corporate volunteering product YourMatch. Address: 5424 Sunol Blvd, Suite 10 PMB 1164, Pleasanton CA 94566-7705 Voice: (510) 227-2787 Email: engage@VolunteerMatch.org Web: https://www.volunteermatch.org/ [13 Aug 2022]
Vote Hemp The longest running grass roots 501 (c)4 non-profit in the hemp industry. We have been lobbying legislators both on the federal level and state level while educating advocates throughout the world since 2000. Our longevity and experience has set the standards for grass roots advocacy around hemp. Vote Hemp’s headquarters in D.C. has allowed us to spearhead the push in Washington to implement permanent hemp legislation. Our grass roots efforts have been focused around American farmers once again legally being able to grow hemp on American soil. The Federal Farm Bills of 2014 and 2018 were huge wins for our grass roots advocacy movement. Web: https://www.votehemp.com/ [12 Aug 2023]
Vote Solar Our mission is to realize a 100% clean energy future through a solutions-driven, people-first approach. We focus on solar energy because it’s plentiful, it’s popular, and it has a unique ability to shift power (literally and figuratively) over energy decision-making to real people, who overwhelmingly support a rapid transition to clean energy. Vote Solar advocates for clean energy in legislative and regulatory arenas at the state level, where most decisions about electricity are made. Despite powerful opposition, we use a winning combination of deep policy expertise, coalition building, and public engagement to get the job done. Address: 2201 Broadway, Fourth Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@votesolar.org Web: https://votesolar.org/ [16 Mar 2024]
Vukani Mawethu A multi-racial community based social justice choir which sings freedom songs of Southern Africa, as well as songs showing links between struggles in the United States and around the world. We are united in our strong opposition to racism and injustice, and by our love of rhythms, melodies and harmonies which have grown out of many struggles for freedom. We collaborate, perform and organize to inspire and unite people to strive and work for peace, justice and equality for all. Voice: (510) 868-1105 Email: thenewvukani@gmail.com Web: https://www.vukani.com/ [16 Mar 2024]
Waging Nonviolence (WNV) A nonprofit media organization dedicated to providing original reporting and expert analysis of social movements around the world. With a commitment to accuracy, transparency and editorial independence, we examine today’s most crucial issues by shining a light on those who are organizing for just and peaceful solutions. Through on-the-ground movement coverage and commentary that draws on both history and the latest research, Waging Nonviolence works to advance the public’s understanding of movements and their key role in shaping politics. Our stories inspire readers to realize the powerful agency they possess. Web: https://wagingnonviolence.org/ [16 Mar 2024]
Walk Bike Berkeley An all-volunteer organization that advocates for safe, low-stress, and fun walking and biking in Berkeley for people of all ages and abilities. We want a healthy, equitable, and sustainable transportation system in Berkeley. Join us to make an impact on policies, plans, and projects that affect walking and biking (while having fun). Web: https://www.walkbikeberkeley.org/ [04 Mar 2022]
Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) A membership-based, volunteer-driven non-profit organization whose mission is to improve neighborhood livability, vitality and sustainability by making walking and biking in Oakland safe, easy, accessible and fun. Address: 1330 Broadway 3rd Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@wobo.org Web: https://wobo.org/ [09 Jan 2021]
Walk San Francisco San Francisco can and should be the safest, most walkable city in the United States. Yet every day, at least 3 people on average are hit while walking in our city. Walk San Francisco exists to change this. We want nothing less than to make San Francisco the most pedestrian-friendly city in the United States. Address: 333 Hayes Street, Suite 202, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 431-WALK (9255) Email: info@walksf.org Web: https://walksf.org/ [18 Dec 2021]
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. Web: https://www.warresisters.org/ [29 Apr 2023]
Northern California War Tax Resistance (NCWTR) Provides information and support for conscientious war tax resisters in Northern California, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, we operate the People’s Life Fund — a local alternative fund for resisted war taxes — offer informational workshops, provide individual counseling, do public outreach and hold demonstrations. NCWTR is one of many local groups around the country, affiliated with the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC). As a member organization, our guiding principles are in agreement with NWTRCC’s statement of purpose. Address: PO Box 2422, Berkeley CA 94702-2422 Voice: (510) 842-6124 Email: NoWarTax@riseup.net Web: http://www.nowartax.org/ https://nwtrcc.org/ [18 Dec 2021]
WaterPartners International A global nonprofit organization working to bring water and sanitation to the world. We want to make it safe, accessible, and cost-effective. We help people get access to safe water and sanitation through affordable financing, such as small loans. We give our everything every day to empower people in need with these life-changing resources – giving women hope, children health and families a bright future. Web: https://water.org/ [29 Apr 2023]
Watershed Project Mission is to inspire San Francisco Bay Area communities to understand, appreciate, and protect our local watersheds. We envision a future where everyone in our communities has equitable access to a healthy environment that provides clean air and water. Along with our many community and local group partners, through educating, community organizing, restoring creeks, shorelines, and native plant communities, and implementing vital green infrastructure projects, The Watershed Project is committed to building environmental resiliency and equity in the San Francisco Bay Area. Address: 1327 South 46th Street, Building 155, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 665-3430 Email: info@thewatershedproject.org Web: https://thewatershedproject.org/ [12 Aug 2023]
We Are Many A film thta reveals the story behind the largest global protest in human history. On February 15th 2003, 30 million people protested against the USA and UK’s plans to invade Iraq. Demonstrations spread across 789 cities, in 72 countries, covering every continent. This fearless, thought-provoking documentary details the remarkable story behind the first ever global demonstration. Whilst the protests did not stop the Iraq War, the movement inspired a new generation of activists. The legacy of the demonstrations continued to influence campaigners across the world; including activists in Egypt during the Arab Spring as well as Black Lives Matter campaigners in the United States. Web: http://wearemany.com [04 Mar 2022]
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 Web: http://sfwelcomeministry.blogspot.com/ [29 Apr 2023]
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://westberkeleyalliance.org/ [04 Mar 2022]
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. Our mission is to build grassroots capacity to provide local leadership for positive change. Our work aids residents in understanding the political, social, and natural forces that impact their lives. We give impacted residents the tools to participate in these processes and to drive change from the bottom. Address: 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 257-5640 Email: info@woeip.org Web: https://woeip.org/ [13 Aug 2022]
Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office) (WCLP) Through the lens of economic and racial justice, Western Center on Law & Poverty fights in courts, cities, counties, and in the Capitol to secure housing, health care and a strong safety net for Californians with low incomes. Many systems keep people in poverty – from institutionalized racism to unjust and unequal economic structures. We address those factors in every aspect of our work, and call out the ways they oppress people experiencing poverty. Address: 449 Fifteenth Street, Suite 301, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (213) 487-7211 Web: https://wclp.org/ [04 Mar 2022]
Western Institute for Social Research (WISR) Provides community-involved adults with high-quality, personalized, learner-centered online graduate education and degrees in a collaborative, multicultural learning community. WISR engages in community education, with a commitment to action-oriented inquiry that combines theory and practice to achieve community improvement and social justice. Includes a Master’s program in Psychology leading to the State of California’s MFT and LPCC licenses. Address: 1812 San Pedro Avenue, Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (510) 655-2830 Email: mail@wisr.edu Web: https://wisr.edu/ [29 Apr 2023]
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. 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/ [19 Aug 2023]
What If? Foundation Invests in the future of Haitian children living in poverty. We work in close partnership with the grassroots organization? Na Rive to deliver food, education, and community support programs that are transforming lives in the Ti Plas Kazo community of Port-au-Prince, and beyond. Over the last two decades, we've helped provide more than 5 million meals to hungry children and families, funded thousands of scholarships, and helped build the Fr. Jeri School which has become a beacon of hope for the community. Address: 1569 Solano Avenue, #192, Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (510) 528-1100 Email: info@whatiffoundation.org Web: https://whatiffoundation.org/ [09 Dec 2023]
What the Health The groundbreaking follow-up film from the creators of the award-winning documentary Cowspiracy. The film exposes the collusion and corruption in government and big business that is costing us trillions of healthcare dollars, and keeping us sick. What The Health is a surprising, and at times hilarious, investigative documentary that will be an eye-opener for everyone concerned about our nation’s health and how big business influences it. Web: https://www.whatthehealthfilm.com/ [09 Dec 2023]
Where Do We Go Berkeley? A movement of unhoused and housed neighbors standing in solidarity to combat the homelessness crisis. Everywhere is trespassing if you're not a homeowner or tenant. No one wants to be arrested or cited. Answer us! Web: https://www.facebook.com/WhereDoWeGoBerkeley/ [29 Apr 2023]
Wholly H2O Offers educational activities that inspire environmental stewardship by forging personal connections with local watersheds. Our educational programs are tailored to enliven curiosity, knowledge, and yes, even stewardship for California watersheds. We engage people directly in community science, watershed tours, and art. These full-bodied activities grow connections to watersheds that influence peoples’ choices and outcomes. Address: 2700 Barbers Point Road, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 323-5966 Email: info@whollyh2o.org Web: https://whollyh2o.org/ [09 Dec 2023]
WildAid (San Francisco Office) We believe that when the buying stops, the killing can too. The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-billion dollar global industry largely driven by consumer demand in expanding economies. While most wildlife conservation groups focus on scientific studies and anti-poaching efforts, WildAid works to reduce global consumption of wildlife products and to increase local support for conservation efforts. We also work with governments and partners to protect fragile marine reserves from illegal fishing and shark finning, to enhance public and political will for anti-poaching efforts, and to reduce climate change impacts. Address: 333 Pine Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 834-3174 Fax: (415) 834-1759 Web: https://wildaid.org/ [09 Jan 2021]
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 Web: https://discoverwildcare.org/ [29 Apr 2023]
Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) Protects endangered wildlife by supporting conservationists who ensure wildlife and people coexist and thrive. Address: 209 Mississippi Street, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 202-6380 Email: info@wildnet.org Web: https://wildnet.org/ [18 Dec 2021]
Wildmind Science Learning Home to over 50 non-releasable wild animals who have found sanctuary with us in Half Moon Bay for over 38 years. WILDMIND educational programs will bring science and environmental literacy alive in the classroom. Students will learn to think like scientists, appreciate our connectivity with animals, the environment and each other while have fun learning science. Our transformative at-risk youth programs offer our youth a place to heal and re-imagine their lives with programs that meet their important needs. They learn trust, empathy, and compassion for our wild animals, each other and themselves. Our wild animals enter young people’s minds through their hearts, to teach them the fundamentals of science, the environment and how to become responsible stewards as young adults. Address: PO Box 3098, Half Moon Bay CA 94019 Voice: (650) 712-0800; (800) 244-WILD Fax: (650) 712-0774 Email: info@wildmindscience.org Web: https://www.wildmindscience.org/ [19 Aug 2023]
Witness for Peace A politically independent, nationwide grassroots movement of more than 20,000 people who campaign for justice in Latin America. Web: https://www.witnessforpeace.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
Witness to Innocence (WTI) 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: https://www.witnesstoinnocence.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) A transnational feminist solidarity network that promotes human rights and gender justice and equality for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by patriarchal and/or authoritarian interpretations of Islam. WLUML supports feminist local struggles for individual and collective autonomy within Muslim countries and communities by facilitating a transnational solidarity network. WLUML gathers, builds and mobilizes knowledge, and furthers channels of communication and exchange towards the realization of gender justice, equality and human rights. Web: https://www.wluml.org/ [29 Apr 2023]
Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc. (W.O.M.A.N., Inc.) Supports survivors of domestic violence and their loved ones along their healing journeys, bridging value-rich networks designed to address intersections of violence. W.O.M.A.N, Inc. is a feminist organization. As feminism evolves, so does our organization. We work towards social justice and in doing so we are intentional about the values that drive our organization forward. Address: 26 Boardman Place, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 864-4722 (support line); (415) 864-4777 (business line) Web: http://www.womaninc.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
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: 389 30th Street, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 986-0340 Fax: (510) 986-0341 Web: http://womenhiv.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
Women's Cancer Resource Center (WCRC) We help people with cancer navigate through an often overwhelming health care system so that they can get the appropriate care and treatment they need. Address: 2908 Ellsworth Street (at Howe), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 601-4040 Fax: (510) 809-0240 Email: wcrc@wcrc.org Web: https://www.wcrc.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
San Francisco Women's Centers, Inc. / Women's Building The world continues to be a treacherous place for women and girls. Even here in the Bay Area, women have to fight against physical, economic, political and professional barriers, assaults, and forms of discrimination. Since 1971, we have represented and been guided by the belief that all women and girls have the right to safe, joyous and creative lives. Embodying that belief, The Women’s Building is a safe and welcoming place that facilitates the wellbeing of women, girls and families. Address: 3543 18th Street, #8 (between Valencia and Guerrero), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 431-1180 Fax: (415) 861-8969 Email: info@womensbuilding.org Web: https://womensbuilding.org/ [29 Apr 2023]
Women's Daytime Drop-In Center (WDDC) Provides a safe space, warm meals, counseling, and support to identify housing to any homeless woman and her children during the day, when shelters are closed. WDDC serves an average of 150 women and children each month. Address: 2218 Acton Street, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 548-2884 Web: https://www.womensdropin.org/ [13 Aug 2022]
Women's Earth Alliance (WEA) On a mission to protect our environment, end the climate crisis, and ensure a just, thriving world by empowering women’s leadership. In some of the most environmentally threatened places in the world, WEA leaders are defending forests and rivers, saving threatened indigenous seeds, launching sustainable farms, conserving coral reefs, and protecting land rights. WEA takes a different approach than investing in a water well that might fail, or providing a one-time loan that could leave a woman in debt and without options. Our model identifies grassroots women leaders working on the frontlines to reverse climate change and protect their communities' natural resources, livelihoods, and health. We invest in their long-term leadership through training, funding, and networks of support. Address: The David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 859-9106 Web: https://womensearthalliance.org/ [19 Aug 2023]
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, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 986-8620 Email: weap@weap.org Web: https://www.facebook.com/people/WEAP-The-Womens-Economic-Agenda-Project/100064636725788/ [17 Dec 2023]
Women's Environment & Development Organization (WeDo) A global women’s advocacy organization for a just world that promotes and protects human rights, gender equality, and the integrity of the environment. Web: https://wedo.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
Women's Environmental Network (WEN) Empowers women to advance to leadership roles in the environmental field. We provide networking, career building and leadership development opportunities so that women can build the networks and develop the leadership skills essential to their success. While the number of women in the environmental sector is rising, women continue to face unequal pay and barriers to career advancement. Through its curated events and partnerships, WEN aims to bridge leadership gaps and advance women’s interests. Web: https://www.wencal.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - San Jose Branch (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. 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 UN committees. The San Jose group is one of 55 national branches in the U.S. Web: https://www.wilpfsanjose.org/ [19 Nov 2022]
Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center (WCI) Develops safe community centers that serve women affected by conflict and poverty. A Center responds to women’s needs with training and support in five core areas: housing, education, livelihoods, health awareness, and protection from violence. A Center seeks to foster women’s healing and growth, enabling them be vital agents of sustainable peace and prosperity in their communities.. WCI prepares each Center for ownership and sustainable self-management. Address: 307 Lee Street #6, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 507-4424 Web: https://www.womenscentersintl.org [09 Dec 2023]
Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International (WECAN) A solutions-based, multi-faceted organization established to engage women worldwide in policy advocacy, on-the-ground projects, trainings, and movement building for global climate justice. Address: 775 East Blithedale Avenue, #384, Mill Valley CA 94941 Email: info@wecaninternational.org Web: https://www.wecaninternational.org/ [23 Nov 2021]
Work for Good Our mission is to help purpose-driven organizations and talented professionals connect, so together you can do the best work possible. Since our founding in 1999 as Opportunity Knocks, one of the first job boards focused exclusively on mission-driven careers, our team at Work for Good has helped more than 30,000 organizations find the talent they need. We’re a nonprofit ourselves. Everything we do is designed to give back to the organizations across the country that give so much. That’s why we make everything as easy as possible with unparalleled customer service, ongoing support, and exclusive content from industry experts about hiring trends in the industry. Web: https://www.workforgood.org/ [14 May 2022]
Workers World Party (WWP) Hate capitalism? Workers World Party fights for a socialist society — where the wealth is socially owned and production is planned to satisfy human need. This outmoded capitalist system is dragging down workers’ living standards while throwing millions out of their jobs. If you’re young, you know they’re stealing your future. And capitalism is threatening the entire planet with its unplanned, profit-driven stranglehold over the means of production. Workers built it all — it belongs to society, not to a handful of billionaires! But we need a revolution to make that change. That’s why for 55 years WWP has been building a revolutionary party of the working class inside the belly of the beast. Web: https://www.workers.org/ [29 Apr 2023]
Working Partnerships USA Based in Silicon Valley, Working Partnerships USA tackles the root causes of inequality and poverty by leading collaborative campaigns for quality jobs, healthy communities, equitable growth and a vibrant democracy. We are a community organization that brings together the power of grassroots organizing and public policy innovation to drive the movement for a just economy. We build the capacity of workers, low-income neighborhoods and communities of color to lead and govern. Since our founding in 1995, we've been pioneering policy campaigns that are then adopted across the nation — from the groundbreaking Children's Health Initiative, to raising the minimum wage, to the growing movement for a fair workweek. Address: 2302 Zanker Road, San Jose CA 95131 Voice: (408) 809-2120 Fax: (408) 269-0183 Web: https://www.wpusa.org/ [20 Mar 2021]
Worksafe, Inc. A California-based organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the basic right of all people to a safe and healthy workplace. Everyone has the right to work in a safe and healthy job - and to return home safe at the end of each workday. Yet California averages more than one workplace fatality every day. And that doesn't include the thousands of workers who are seriously injured each year, nor the thousands who die or are disabled by occupational disease. Address: 1736 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 922-8075 Web: https://worksafe.org/ [06 May 2023]
World BEYOND War A global nonviolent movement to end war and establish a just and sustainable peace. Our work includes education that dispels myths, like “War is natural” or “We have always had war,” and shows people not only that war should be abolished, but also that it actually can be. Our work includes all variety of nonviolent activism that moves the world in the direction of ending all war. Web: https://worldbeyondwar.org/ [26 Jan 2024]
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. Web: https://worldcantwait.org/ [09 Dec 2023]
World Resources Institute (WRI) A global research organization that works with governments, businesses, multilateral institutions and civil society groups to develop practical solutions that improve people’s lives and ensure nature can thrive. We organize our work around seven global challenges: Food, Forests, Water, Energy, Climate, the Ocean and Cities. We analyze these issues through the lenses of our four Centers of Excellence: Business, Economics, Finance and Equity. Our more than 1,200 staff have deep expertise in policy, research, data analysis, economics, political dynamics and more. We work with partners in more than 50 countries and currently have offices in 12 countries: Brazil, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Web: https://www.wri.org/ [13 Aug 2022]
World Savvy We’re empowering educators to make school inclusive, relevant, and engaging for all students, inspiring them to learn, work, and thrive as responsible global citizens. As our country becomes more diverse, the global economy becomes more interconnected, and our collective challenges become increasingly complex and borderless, it requires a new kind of teaching and learning to prepare the next generation. Address: 600 California Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (612) 259-7849 Email: info@worldsavvy.org Web: https://www.worldsavvy.org/ [09 Jan 2021]
World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) The online publication of the world Trotskyist movement, the International Committee of the Fourth International, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. It launched publication in February 1998, and has been publishing continuously for the past 23 years. 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: https://www.wsws.org/ [13 Aug 2022]
World Trust Our Mission is Racial Equity. Our Movement is Building. Join Us. Through film and dialogue, World Trust Educational Services ignites courage and expands capacity to create a world free from racism. We envision a world coming into wholeness where transformative love and wisdom heal the human family from racism and separation. Over our more than 20 years of operation, we have opened millions of hearts and minds. By offering the comprehensive capabilities and deep knowledge necessary to help you solve the most complex issues of your organization, our work helps heal and transform people, communities and institutions. Address: 4200 Park Blvd, Oakland CA 94602 Voice: (925) 451-6678 Email: info@world-trust.org Web: https://www.world-trust.org/ [09 Dec 2023]
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. Visitors, or 'WWOOFers', share in daily life with their host and learn about organic agriculture, while spending about half of each day helping out on a farm. Web: https://wwoofusa.org/en/ [19 Aug 2023]
YES Nature to Neighborhoods In partnership with nature, YES nurtures leaders who champion the wellbeing of our community. Our vision is for Richmond youth, adults and families to lead healthy, connected lives; motivate change in their neighborhoods; and inspire a safe, thriving community. Address: 3029 Macdonald Avenue, Richmond CA 94804 Voice: (510) 232-3032 Email: info@yesfamilies.org Web: https://www.yesfamilies.org/ [19 Nov 2022]
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 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: https://ynpn.org/ [06 May 2023]
Young Women's Freedom Center (YWFC) Mission is to provide fiscal sponsorship, operational support, coaching, and training to projects that center systems-impacted women, girls, and trans people of all genders with the primary purpose to inspire and empower young women who have been involved in the juvenile justice system, criminal justice system, and/or the underground street economy to create a positive change in their lives and communities. We meet young people where they’re at: on the streets, in jails and detention centers, and in the neighborhoods and communities where we live. Together, we build our personal and collective power, heal from trauma, advocate on behalf of ourselves and each other, and gain access to education and work to transform the conditions, systems, and policies that lead to intergenerational cycles of violence, incarceration, and poverty. Address: 832 Folsom Street, Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 703-8800 Email: info@youngwomenfree.org Web: https://www.youngwomenfree.org/ [17 Dec 2023]
Youth Alive! Since 1991, as mentors, youth leaders, counselors, case managers, intervention specialists and violence interrupters, we at Youth ALIVE! have worked to help violently wounded people heal themselves and their community. Our mission is to prevent violence and create young leaders. We believe that young people growing up and going to school in the city’s most violent neighborhoods, possess the power to change the city for the better. We meet our clients where they are, at home, in school, at the hospital bedsides of young shooting victims, on the streets of our most dangerous neighborhoods. Address: 3300 Elm Street, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510 594-2588 Fax: (510) 594-0667 Email: mail@youthalive.org Web: https://www.youthalive.org/ [20 Aug 2022]
Youth Homes, Inc. Since 1965, the Youth Homes team has provided services for young people who have experienced multiple traumas, abuse, and neglect. What drives us is simple: helping young people heal and empowering them to lead lives of meaning. We serve families and young people (ages 4-25) in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a special emphasis on Contra Costa County. We have extraordinary practitioners in essential areas — mental health, behavioral health, residential treatment, and care coordination. These resources — along with a gifted, dedicated staff, a hard-working board, donors, volunteers, and, most importantly, children and families who allow us into their lives — enable us to focus on doing the best work possible with every child in our care. Address: PO Box 5759, Walnut Creek CA 94596-1759 Voice: (925) 933-2627 Fax: (925) 933-5824 Email: info@youthhomes.org Web: https://www.youthhomes.org/ [05 Jun 2021]
Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) Builds communities where young people and their adult allies come together to create positive community change that promotes social justice and racial equity. Address: 209 9th Street, Suite 200, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (628) 400-9252 Email: info@yli.org Web: https://yli.org/ [20 Aug 2022]
Youth Science Institute (YSI) Committed to inspiring enthusiasm for science, nature, and a love of learning. We offer hands-on, nature-based science camps to children, families and the general public. Address: 333 Blossom Hill Road, Los Gatos CA 95032 Voice: (408) 356-4945 Email: info@ysi-ca.org Web: https://www.ysi-ca.org/ [06 May 2023]
Youth Spirit Artworks (YSA) An interfaith 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. The mission of Youth Spirit Artworks is to use art jobs and jobs training to empower and transform the lives of youth, giving young people the skills, experience, and self-confidence needed to meet their full potential. Address: 1740 Alcatraz Avenue (near Adeline), Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 858-7229 Web: https://youthspiritartworks.org/ [06 May 2023]
Youth Together (YT) In 1996 Youth Together was formed by youth, community members, parents and school officials in Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond, California concerned about inter-racial violence and inadequate school conditions. Because of the organization’s youth leadership programming, student centers, and campaigns, five local high schools are developing positive, long-term solutions to fight social, political, community, and educational inequities in their lives, serving as a model for empowering change in other communities. Community members were inspired to form Youth Together in 1994 in response to inter-racial conflicts in schools. Since that time, young people in Youth Together have fought for, won, and continued to struggle for a new vision of their schools and communities. Address: 1714 Franklin Street # 100-153, Oakland CA 94612-3409 Email: info@youthtogether.net Web: http://www.youthtogether.net/ [17 Jan 2021]
Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) A grassroots community organization created, led, and run by young people of color, the 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) 450-1920 Email: info@youthunited.net Web: http://youthunited.net/ [04 Mar 2022]
Youth Vs. Apocalypse (YVA) A diverse group of young climate justice activists working together to lift the voices of youth, in particular, youth of color, and fight for a livable climate and an equitable, sustainable, and just world. We are all passionate people based in the Bay Area. YVA approaches the climate crisis as a symptom of the same system that has impacted frontline youth and their communities in so many ways. We focus on building a movement not just of those who already consider themselves climate activists, but of everyone who is impacted. Address: PO Box 27545, Oakland CA 94602 Email: youthvsapocalypse@gmail.com Web: https://www.youthvsapocalypse.org/ [06 Nov 2021]
YR Media A leading media, technology, and music training center and platform for emerging BIPOC content creators who are using their voices to change the world. YR Media is focused on youth-produced content and products. Our partnerships focus mainly on the distribution of those products, thought leadership and disrupting the media landscape by training the next generation of BIPOC content creators who better reflect the diversity of our communities. Address: 1701 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-1101 Web: https://yr.media/ [16 Mar 2024]
YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley On a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. At YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley, one of the first multiservice agencies in the Bay Area, we are rooted in our Theory of Change which requires a continuum of response to the challenges of racism, sexism, and gender-based violence. That’s why we offer direct services to meet immediate needs, issue education to change hearts and minds in our local communities, and legislate advocacy to change the rules and systems in order to achieve greater equity and justice for all. Address: 375 South Third Street, San Jose CA 95112 Voice: (408) 295-4011 Web: https://yourywca.org/ [20 Aug 2022]
YWCA of San Francisco & Marin (Marin office) Address: 30 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 479-9922 Web: https://yourywca.org/ [20 Aug 2022]
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: https://zcomm.org/zmag/ [05 Jun 2021]
[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 a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California and is a federally registered 501(c)(3). Web: https://www.peoplepowermedia.org/ [04 Mar 2022]
abortion rights (See also reproductive rights)
Abortion Clinics OnLine; Exhale Pro-Voice; 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)
American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation; Good Shepherd Gracenter; Liberation Institute, The; Oil Change International
adoption & foster care (See also animal shelters and adoption; children; family; orphans; relationships)
Alternative Family Services, Inc.; Seneca Family of Agencies
advertising (See also commodification; corporations; culture jamming; media criticism; products; propaganda; public relations; publicity)
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Commercial Alert; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office)
affirmative action (See also civil rights; distribution of wealth; diversity; education; employment; people of color; racism; women)
Californians for Justice (Oakland office); 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; places; religious right)
Afghan Women's Mission; afghans for Afghans; Costs of War Project; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Military Families Speak Out; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; Trust In Education
Africa (See also African Americans; Algeria; Berbers; Eritrea; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; places; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania; Zimbabwe)
African Advocacy Network; Amazigh Cultural Association in America; California Newsreel; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Museum of the African Diaspora; New Field Foundation; Priority Africa Network; REACH Shirati; Thousand Currents; Trees For The Future
African Americans (See also Africa; demographics; Mumia Abu-Jamal; people of color)
African American Art and Culture Complex; Black Lives Matter; California Newsreel; Family Agriculture Resource Management Services; Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; Museum of the African Diaspora; National Black Farmers Association; National Black Food and Justice Alliance; Priority Africa Network; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Ruckus Society, The; San Francisco Bay View; San Francisco Black Film Festival; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; UndocuBlack Network
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 (Oakland office); Animal Place; Association for India's Development; Big Livestock’s Big Greenwash; California FarmLink; California Trade Justice Coalition; Center for Farmworker Families; Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Factory Farming Awareness Coalition; Fair Trade Federation; Family Agriculture Resource Management Services; Farm Sanctuary; FEED Sonoma; Fleet Farming; Food & Environment Reporting Network, The; Food Chain Workers Alliance; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Friends of the MST; GRAIN; Greenbelt Alliance; HEAL Food Alliance; Holy Land Olive Oil; Humane Farming Association, The; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute for Responsible Technology; International Food Policy Research Institute; Kitazawa Seed Company; Land Stewardship Project; Local Harvest; Mandela Partners; Millet Project, The; National Black Farmers Association; National Family Farm Coalition; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Occupy the Farm - The Film; Pesticide Action Network North America; Petaluma Bounty; Phat Beets Produce; Planting Justice; Raucous Rooster, The; Resilience.org; Roots of Change; Seed the Commons; Solano Land Trust; Sonoma Land Trust; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Thousand Currents; Trees For The Future; Union of Concerned Scientists; United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO; Urban Tilth; UrbanAgLaw; Vote Hemp
agroecology (See also agriculture; ecology; organic agriculture; sustainability)
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture
AIDS / HIV (See also health; needle exchange; sex)
AIDS Legal Referral Panel; Berkeley Free Clinic; Bread & Roses; California Prison Focus; East Bay Community Law Center; GLIDE; GLMA; Health Access California (Oakland office); Kidango; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; National AIDS Memorial; Native American Health Center; Pets Are Wonderful Support; Population Services International; PRC; Project Open Hand (San Francisco); Q Foundation; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Richmond / Ermet Aid Foundation; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; San Francisco Community Health Center; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; 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)
350BayArea.org; American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Environment America Research & Policy Center; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Idle No More SF Bay; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund; 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; Citizens for Balanced Growth; DCARA; F.U.N. Progressives; Furry Friends Rescue; Global Women Power; Kidango; Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment; Urban Village Farmers' Market Association; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.
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; Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network; Alternative Radio; Big Livestock’s Big Greenwash; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Political Education; Center for Popular Economics; Center for Public Integrity; Center for Story-based Strategy; Center for Sustainable Economy; ChangeLab Solutions; ColorLines Magazine; Corporate Watch; CorpWatch; Countercurrents.org; CounterVortex; Dollars and Sense; Economic Policy Institute; Environmental Working Group; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; FOCUS on the Global South; Global Forest Watch; Heinberg, Richard; IBON Foundation, Inc.; In These Times; Institute for Public Accuracy; Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; Intercept, The; International Food Policy Research Institute; Making Contact; Marin Conservation League; Media Matters for America; Metaphor Project, The; Michael Parenti Political Archive; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Noam Chomsky Archive; Oakland Institute; Partnership for Policy Integrity; Political Research Associates; PowerPAC; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Research Unit for Political Economy; Resource Renewal Institute; Revolution Books; San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association; Socialist Viewpoint; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Tikkun Magazine; Toward Freedom; Trabajadores Unidos Workers United; truthout; Union for Radical Political Economics; Venezuelanalysis.com; Violence Policy Center; Waging Nonviolence; Working Partnerships USA; World Socialist Web Site; Z Magazine
anarchism (See also autonomy; control techniques; decentralization; populism; socioeconomic models)
AK Press; Bureau of Public Secrets; Free Radio Berkeley; It's Going Down; 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 Outlook; Animal Place; Animals Voice; Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care; Berkeley Animal Rights Center; Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy; Cat Support Network; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Culture and Animals Foundation; Ethical Traveler; Farm Sanctuary; FoodPrint; Furry Friends Rescue; Golden State Greyhound Adoption; Humane Farming Association, The; Humane Society Silicon Valley; In Defense of Animals; Jane Goodall Institute; No Kill Advocacy Center; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Romania Animal Rescue; San Francisco SPCA; San Francisco Vegan Society; Seed the Commons; WildCare
animal shelters and adoption (See also adoption & foster care; animal liberation; shelters)
Animal Rescue Foundation; Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care; Farm Sanctuary; Friends of Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority; Furry Friends Rescue; Golden State Greyhound Adoption; Humane Society Silicon Valley; Humanimal Connection, Inc.; Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue; Nine Lives Foundation; No Kill Advocacy Center; Rabbit Haven, The; Rocket Dog Rescue; 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; GRID Alternatives; Institute for Responsible Technology; Rock the Bike; 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 ANSWER 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)
AND Architecture + Community Planning; Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter); California Straw Building Association; ChangeLab Solutions; Ecocity Builders; Ecological Building Network; First Community Housing; New Village Press
archiving (See also history; libraries; research materials)
Freedom Archives, The; GLBT Historical Society; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; Labor Archives and Research Center; Long Haul Infoshop; Michael Parenti Political Archive; National Security Archive; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Project Gutenberg; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Argentina (See places; South America)
Armenian Americans (See also Asia; demographics; Turkey)
Armenian National Committee of America
art (See also architecture; cartoonists; censorship; comics; crafts; creativity; film / video; murals; performance art; photography; posters and flyers; web site design)
Active Voice Lab; African Advocacy Network; African American Art and Culture Complex; American Humanist Association; Artists' Television Access; ArtSpan; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; BAVC Media; Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Brush Fire Painting Workshops; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Commonweal; Community Vision; 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; First Amendment Project; GLBT Historical Society; HOMEY; Independent Arts & Media; Intersection for the Arts; La Pena Cultural Center; Love the Bulb; MarinLink; Minkler, Doug; Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; Moore, Frank; 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 Cultural Center; Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area; Richmond Art Center; Ruckus Society, The; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Southern Exposure; Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; StoryCenter; This Modern World; Thrive; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Wholly H2O; Youth Spirit Artworks
Asia (See also Afghanistan; Armenian Americans; Asian Americans; Buddhism; 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; Kitazawa Seed Company; Pacific Environment; Thousand Currents
Asian Americans (See also Asia; demographics; Korean Americans; people of color; South Asian Americans)
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action; American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Health Services; Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Asian Women's Shelter; Chinese for Affirmative Action; Lavender Phoenix; San Francisco Community Health 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
atheism (See also humanism; religion)
American Humanist Association
audio recordings (See media)
Australia (See places)
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; Berkeley Friends on Wheels; Carfree.com; Depave; Singer, Andy; Streetsblog SF; Telegraph for People; Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund
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)
Center for Elders' Independence; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); CounterVortex; GRAIN; It's Going Down; 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; Lippman, Dave; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; Silicon Valley Climate Action Now!
barter (See also carpools; local economy; noncorporate economy; reuse; sharing)
Bay Area Community Exchange; Forage Oakland; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - USA
bay / delta environment (See also ecology; water)
BayEcotarium, The; Marine Science Institute; San Francisco Estuary Partnership; Save the Bay
beer (See also alcohol; drugs; food)
Living Liberally
benefits (See also fundraising; spaces for events)
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center
Berbers (See also Africa; Algeria; demographics; indigenous people)
African Advocacy Network; Amazigh Cultural Association in America
bicycling (See cycling)
biodiesel (See agriculture; automobiles; biofuels; pollution; recycling; renewable energy)
biodiversity (See also agriculture; bioregions; conservation; diversity; endangered species / habitat; native plants; science; seeds; wildlife)
Bay Area Seed Interchange Library; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Ecological Farming Association; GRAIN; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Island Press; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Nature in the City; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Resilience.org; Save Knowland Park Coalition; SaveNature.Org; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); Sustainable Agriculture Education; Transition Earth; Union of Concerned Scientists
biofuels (See also biodiesel; deforestation; energy; peak oil; transportation)
Partnership for Policy Integrity
bioregions (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
biotechnology (See also control techniques; evolution; organic agriculture; pesticides; science; seeds; technology)
Future of Food, The; Global Justice Ecology Project; Institute for Responsible Technology; Non-GMO Project; Pesticide Action Network North America; Polaris Institute; Union of Concerned Scientists
bisexuals (See also sexual minorities)
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; Conservation Sense and Nonsense; CounterVortex; Fire John Yoo; Free Farm Stand; Hills Conservation Network; In Search of Good Food; Oakland Socialist; Organic Consumers Association; San Francisco Permaculture Guild
book publishers (See also books)
AK Press; Chelsea Green Publishing; Haymarket Books; Island Press; New Society Publishers; New Village Press; Nolo; 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
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); Corporation (the film), The; Emerald Earth; Food Not Lawns; 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; Prisoners Literature Project; Project Gutenberg; Revolution Books; Sidewalk Bubblegum; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Starhawk
boycotts (See also consumer protection; corporations; direct action; divestiture; products)
Animals Voice; Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; Corporate Accountability International; Rainforest Action Network
Brazil (See also places; South America)
ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Friends of the MST; World Resources Institute
brownfields (See also land use; recycling; rural life; toxics; urban life)
Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; Urban Habitat
Buddhism (See also Asia; philosophy; religion)
Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Vajrapani Institute
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; East Bay Cohousing; Ecological Building Network; Emerald Earth; First Community Housing; San Francisco Environment Department; 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
business (See also collectives; consumer protection; cooperatives; corporations; economics; microenterprise; privatization; products; services)
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; Ali Shahrestani, Esq.; AnewAmerica Community Corporation; Bay Area Green Tours; California FarmLink; California Trade Justice Coalition; Common Future; Family Agriculture Resource Management Services; FEED Sonoma; Food Runners; Friends of Adeline; Global Women Power; ICA Fund Good Jobs; La Cocina; Mandela Partners; Mission Economic Development Association; NamasteDirect; New Door Ventures; New Economy Coalition; Point of View Productions; Presidio Graduate School; Prospera; Telegraph for People; The Utility Reform Network
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; Arab Resource & Organizing Center; East Bay Cohousing; Ecology Center; Global Exchange; Green City Project; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; La Pena Cultural Center; Occupy Oakland; One Brick; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; Planet Drum Foundation; Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation
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; OpenSecrets; San Mateo County Democracy for America; South Bay Progressive Alliance
camping (See also hiking; outdoor activity; simple living)
Bay Area Barns and Trails; Bay Area Girls Rock Camp; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Ruckus Society, The; YES Nature to Neighborhoods; Youth Science Institute
Canada (See North America; places)
cancer (See also health)
Breast Cancer Action; Breast Cancer Prevention Partners; Center for Environmental Health; Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, The; Commonweal; Koret Family House; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; What the Health; Women's Cancer Resource Center
cannabis (See also drugs; hemp; medical marijuana)
Marijuana Policy Project; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter
capitalism (See also corporations; economics; socioeconomic models)
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Corporate Watch; Countercurrents.org; Idle No More SF Bay; It's Going Down; Left Turn; New Economy Coalition; RACCOON; System Change Not Climate Change; Union for Radical Political Economics
caregiver support (See also health; services; support groups)
Shanti Project
Caribbean (See also Cuba; Haiti; places; Puerto Rico)
African Advocacy Network; Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; Task Force on the Americas
carpools (See automobiles; barter; pollution; sharing; transportation)
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)
California First Amendment Coalition; Center for Democracy and Technology; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Moore, Frank; Mother Jones; National Coalition Against Censorship; Palestine Legal; People for the American Way; Prison Radio; Project Censored
Central America (See also Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Latin America; Latinas / Latinos; Nicaragua; Panama; places)
Peace Brigades International; San Carlos Foundation; Task Force on the Americas; Thousand Currents; 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; National Compadres Network; United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO
child abuse (See also child labor; children; violence)
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program; Bread & Roses; National Compadres Network; Youth Homes, Inc.
child labor (See child abuse; children; human rights; labor)
childcare (See also children; services)
Bay Area Crisis Nursery; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Compass Family Services; FACES SF; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Hively
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; Bay Area Girls Rock Camp; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County; Bread & Roses; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Child Family Health International; Children's Defense Fund - California; 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; Girls on the Run of the Bay Area; GirlVentures; GLIDE; Hamilton Families; HealthWrights; Independent Television Service; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; 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; Our Family Coalition; 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; Youth Homes, Inc.
Chile (See places; South America)
China (See also Asia; places)
Free Tibet; Friends of Falun Gong USA; World Resources Institute
CIA / FBI / NSA (See controllers; national government; spying)
circumcision (See also children; health; human rights; men; sex)
Intact America; National Organization of Restoring Men
civil disobedience (See also direct action; law; nonviolence)
Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area; Freedom to Marry; Ruckus Society, The; 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 Foundation; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Center for Democracy and Technology; Citizens for Constitutional Local Government; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Council on American-Islamic Relations; Death with Dignity National Center; Defending Rights & Dissent; Demand Progress; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; HOMEY; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Mother Jones; National Coalition Against Censorship; People for the American Way; 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)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Anti-Defamation League; Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; 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; Demand Progress; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Fair Immigration Reform Movement; FIRM Action; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; GI Rights Hotline; Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.; Impact Fund, The; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); National Black Farmers Association; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Public Advocates, Inc.; South Asian Americans Leading Together; Southern Poverty Law Center; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Vukani Mawethu
class (See also demographics; distribution of wealth; elitism; populism; socialism)
Center for Popular Economics; Class Action; Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office); Speak Out Now / Revolutionary Workers Group; Z Magazine; [people. power. media]
classes / courses (See also discussion groups; education; leadership development; retreats)
ABADA-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; Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Berkeley Animal Rights Center; 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 Independent Living (Berkeley); Center for Nonprofit Learning; Center for Story-based Strategy; Center for Third World Organizing; ChangeLab Solutions; Civicorps Schools; Class Action; Communities for a Better Environment; Community Youth Center; CommunityGrows; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Crucible, The; Cycles of Change; Daily Acts; Destiny Arts; East Point Peace Academy; Ecology Center; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; Emerald Earth; Family Agriculture Resource Management Services; Fred Finch Youth Center; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; Garden for the Environment; GLIDE; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; HealthWrights; Hidden Villa; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Immigration Institute of the Bay Area; IMPACT Bay Area; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Land Stewardship Project; LevelBar; Love the Bulb; Mandela Foods Cooperative; Media Alliance; Metaphor Project, The; Metta Center for Nonviolence; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; NamasteDirect; Native Seeds / SEARCH; New Door Ventures; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California; Northern California Land Trust; Ocean Voyages Institute; our developing world; Palestine Legal; Partners for Livable Communities; Permaculture Action Network; 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; Richmond Art Center; Rising Sun Energy Center; Rodale Institute; Ruckus Society, The; SEEDS Community Resolution Center; Shanti Project; Slide Ranch; Social Justice Center of Marin; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Spokeland; StopWaste.Org; StoryCenter; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; United for a Fair Economy; UNtraining: Healing Personal and Social Oppressions, The; Vivalon; Watershed Project; Women's Earth Alliance; Women's Economic Agenda Project; Workers World Party; World Savvy; World Trust; Youth Leadership Institute; Youth Spirit Artworks; YR Media
climate change (See also ecology; fossil fuels; global warming)
350BayArea.org; A1 Sun, Inc.; Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; California Climate and Agriculture Network; California Environmental Voters; Center for Climate and Energy Solutions; Center for Climate Integrity; Center for International Policy; Center for Neighborhood Technology; Center for Sustainable Economy; Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter); Climate Access; Climate Center, The; Climate Defiance; Climate Disobedience Center; Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force; Climate Health Now; Climate Mobilization, The; Climate Organizing Hub; Climate Reality Project; Cool Effect Inc.; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Corporate Watch; Countercurrents.org; Depave; Diablo Rising Tide; East Point Peace Academy; EcoEquity; Ecology Center; Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area; Floodlight; Fossil Free California; Fridays for Future; Grassroots Global Justice; Greenbelt Alliance; Idle No More SF Bay; Island Press; Labor Rise Climate Jobs Action Group; National Center for Science Education; No Fly Climate Sci; NorCal Resilience Network; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oil & Gas Action Network; Older Women's League; Pacific Institute; Partnership for Policy Integrity; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Power Shift Network; RealClimate; Resilience.org; Richmond Rivets; San Francisco Environment Department; Scientist Rebellion; Silicon Valley Climate Action Now!; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); Sunflower Alliance; System Change Not Climate Change; Transition Earth; Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund; Vote Solar; Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International; World Resources Institute; Youth Vs. Apocalypse
clothing (See also buttons; life necessities; nudism; T-shirts; textiles)
Ecumenical Hunger Program; Recycle for Change; Saint Anthony Foundation; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.
coalitions (See also networking)
Abolition 2000; Activist San Diego; Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Alliance for Girls; Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (Oakland office); Alliance of South Asians Taking Action; Anti Police-Terror Project; BAVC Media; Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Bay Rising; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; 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 Indian Environmental Alliance; California Trade Justice Coalition; California Walks; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Californians United for A Responsible Budget; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force; 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; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers International; Council of Community Housing Organizations; Drug Policy Alliance; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; East Bay Housing Organizations; Environmental Justice Coalition for Water; Environmentalists Against War; F.U.N. Progressives; Factory Farming Awareness Coalition; Fair Immigration Reform Movement; Food Chain Workers Alliance; Future of Music Coalition; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Grassroots Global Justice; Greywater Alliance; Harm Reduction Coalition; HEAL Food Alliance; Health Access California (Oakland office); Housing Consortium of the East Bay; Indigenous Environmental Network; Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity; International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; It Takes Roots; Jobs with Justice; Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County; Labor Rise Climate Jobs Action Group; Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice; National Black Food and Justice Alliance; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Coalition for the Homeless; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Family Farm Coalition; National Freedom of Information Coalition; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; New Economy Coalition; Non-GMO Project; Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oakland Privacy; October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality; Oil & Gas Action Network; Organic Seed Alliance; OutRight Action International; Peace Alliance, The; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Planning and Conservation League; Pro-Choice Public Education Project; Progressive Democrats of America; Q Foundation; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Richmond Shoreline Alliance; Russian Riverkeeper; San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition; San Francisco Forest Alliance; San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network; San Francisco Living Wage Coalition; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; San Francisco Rising; Save Knowland Park Coalition; SF Urban Riders; SF-CAIRS; Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition; Silicon Valley Rising; Solar Sonoma County; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; South Bay Progressive Alliance; StoptheDrugWar.org; Sunflower Alliance; Tech Workers Coalition; TransForm; Transportation for America; 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; Seacology; Surfrider Foundation
cohousing (See also community-building; housing; intentional communities)
East Bay Cohousing; Foundation for Intentional Community; Sustainable Economies Law Center
collectives (See also business; community-building; cooperatives; economics; employee ownership; employment; noncorporate economy)
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Berkeley Free Clinic; Berkeley Student Food Collective; Center for Popular Economics; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Design Action Collective; East Oakland Collective; Grassroots House Collective; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives; New Day Films; Omni Commons; San Francisco Mime Troupe; Slingshot
Colombia (See also places; South America)
Task Force on the Americas
colonialism (See also control techniques; military occupation; national government; socioeconomic models)
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; It's Going Down; 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)
Farm Sanctuary
communications (See also media; technology; telephone service)
Center for Democracy and Technology; Center for Story-based Strategy; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Labor Video Project; Metaphor Project, The; Partnership for Policy Integrity; Public Advocates, Inc.; Riseup; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations
communism (See also socialism; socioeconomic models)
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Revolution Books
Community Choice Energy (See also energy)
Sage Renewable Energy Consulting; Sonoma Clean Power
Community Supported Agriculture (See also agriculture; decentralization; local economy; noncorporate economy)
Community Alliance with Family Farmers
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)
Alameda Point Collaborative; American Community Gardening Association; 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; Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice; Community Vision; Community Works; Coral Reef Alliance, The; CounterPulse; Crucible, The; Daily Acts; East Bay Cohousing; East Bay Community Space; Friends of the Urban Forest; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; HandsOn Bay Area; HipHopForChange; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Intersection for the Arts; Jewish Community Center of the East Bay; Jewish Youth for Community Action; Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Long Haul Infoshop; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; Mission Bay Community Church; Mission Economic Development Association; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; New Village Press; NorCal Resilience Network; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oakland Kids First; Oakland Rising; One Brick; Our Family Coalition; Participatory Budgeting Project (Oakland office); Partners for Livable Communities; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Petaluma Community Access; PRC; Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center; Project for Public Spaces; Richmond Art Center; San Francisco Conservation Corps; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center; San Francisco Rising; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Solano Community Foundation; Sustainable City; Sustainable San Mateo County; Tech Workers Coalition; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Thousand Currents; Thrive; Transition Berkeley; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; Unity Council, The; UNtraining: Healing Personal and Social Oppressions, 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
composting (See also organic agriculture; recycling; science)
Garden for the Environment; Northern California Recycling Association; San Francisco Environment Department; 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; Community Technology Alliance; Community Youth Center; ewasteCollective; GLIDE; Renew Computers; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Sudo Room; Tech Exchange; TechEquity Collaborative
conflict resolution (See also community-building; facilitation; mediation; nonviolence)
Community Boards; Destiny Arts; East Point Peace Academy; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; 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; Refuser Solidarity Network
conservation (See also biodiversity; building materials; coral reefs; deforestation; development; ecology; endangered species / habitat; land trusts; land use; mining; native plants; trails; trees; waste; wildlife)
American Farmland Trust; American Hiking Society; Bay Area Barns and Trails; Bay Nature Institute; Berkeley Path Wanderers Association; California Environmental Voters; California FarmLink; California Interfaith Power and Light; California Native Plant Society; Center for a New American Dream; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Sustainable Economy; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Conservation Corps North Bay; Conservation Sense and Nonsense; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Daily Acts; Desert Survivors; Earth Island Institute; Ecological Farming Association; Ethical Traveler; Friends of the River; Global Forest Watch; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; Green Foothills; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Greenbelt Alliance; Greywater Alliance; GRID Alternatives; Hills Conservation Network; Island Press; Jane Goodall Institute; Love the Bulb; Marin Conservation League; Marine Mammal Center, The; Marine Science Institute; Mendocino Land Trust; Nation of Change; National Family Farm Coalition; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Nature in the City; Northern California Recycling Association; Occupy the Farm - The Film; Ocean Voyages Institute; Pachamama Alliance; Pacific Environment; Pacific Institute; Peninsula Open Space Trust; People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group; 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 Conservation Corps; San Francisco Estuary Partnership; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save Mount Diablo; Save Mount Sutro Forest; Save Nubia Project; Save the Bay; SaveNature.Org; Sea Shepherd International; Seacology; Sempervirens Fund; Solano Land Trust; Sonoma County Conservation Action; Sonoma Land Trust; Susan Ives Communications; Transition Earth; Trees For The Future; Tuolumne River Trust; Urban Creeks Council; Watershed Project; Wholly H2O; 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 Learning; Center for Third World Organizing; Class Action; Community Vision; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; ICA Fund Good Jobs; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Learning for Action; Next Generation, The; OneJustice; Oyate; Sage Renewable Energy Consulting; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Thought Leader Public Relations
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; Fair Trade Federation; Shareable; Simpler Way, The; Story of Stuff, The
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 Pesticide Reform; Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Center for Digital Democracy; Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Consumer Action; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers International; Cooperative Community Energy; Fair Trade USA; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Future of Food, The; Green Science Policy Institute; Legal Aid of Marin; 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; The Utility Reform Network; Violence Policy Center; What the Health
Contra Costa County (See also counties)
Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care; Cat Support Network; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center; 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; Watershed Project; YES Nature to Neighborhoods; Youth Homes, Inc.
Contract with America (See elitism; national government)
control (See also autonomy; control techniques; controllers; self-determination)
Corporate Watch
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; 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; Foundation for Intentional Community
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; Democracy at Work Institute; Electric Embers; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Mandela Foods Cooperative; National Cooperative Business Association; Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives; OHIAS; Prospera; Spokeland; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Village Harvest
copyright (See intellectual property; law; patents; writing)
coral reefs (See also coastal environment; conservation; endangered species / habitat; water)
Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Reef Relief; SaveNature.Org
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)
Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador; CorpWatch; Global Exchange; GRAIN; Heinberg, Richard; India Resource Center; Inter Press Service; International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies; Left Turn; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street; Oil Change International; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Polaris Institute; Ruckus Society, The; Thousand Currents; 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; Big Livestock’s Big Greenwash; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California Public Interest Research Group; Center for Climate Integrity; Center for Environmental Health; Center for Public Integrity; Citizens for Tax Justice; Common Cause; Consumer Action; Corporate Accountability International; Corporate Watch; Corporation (the film), The; CorpWatch; Courage California; Demand Progress; Diablo Rising Tide; Environmental Integrity Project; Environmental Protection Information Center; Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Floodlight; Food & Water Watch; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Future of Food, The; Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal; International Labor Rights Fund; Keep Alta Bates Open; National Family Farm Coalition; National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Oilwatch; Polaris Institute; Privacy International; Raucous Rooster, The; Reclaim Democracy!; Seed the Commons; Silicon Valley Climate Action Now!; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); System Change Not Climate Change; Toward Freedom; TUC Radio; U.S. Right to Know; What the Health; Witness for Peace
Costa Rica (See Central America; places)
counseling (See also mediation; services; suicide prevention; therapy)
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; East Bay Agency for Children; Equal Rights Advocates; Exhale Pro-Voice; FACES SF; Family & Children Services; Fred Finch Youth Center; Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco; Insight Housing; La Casa de las Madres; LGBTQ Youth Space; Native American Health Center; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Rape Trauma Services; Raphael House; Renters' Legal Assistance; San Francisco Women Against Rape; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Shanti Project; Swords to Plowshares; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; Western Institute for Social Research; Women's Daytime Drop-In Center
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 transportation)
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
creativity (See also art; dance; diversity; film / video; humor; life necessities; music; performance art; photography; poetry; sex; spoken word; theatre; writing)
Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Brush Fire Painting Workshops; Creative Action Theater; Creativity Explored; Crucible, The; GirlVentures; Southern Exposure
credit unions (See banks; community-building; finance; local economy; noncorporate economy)
creek restoration (See also water; watersheds)
Alameda Creek Alliance; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Codornices Creek Watershed Council; Friends of Five Creeks; San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education & Restoration Society; Urban Creeks Council; Watershed Project
crime (See also criminal justice; death penalty; law; police accountability; urban life)
Community Works; Prison Activist Resource Center
criminal justice (See also crime; incarceration; justice; juvenile justice; law)
American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); Californians for Justice (Oakland office); Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; Critical Resistance; Intercept, The; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; The Appeal
Cuba (See also Caribbean; places)
Global Exchange; Task Force on the Americas
cultural survival (See also history; imperialism; indigenous people; multiculturalism; rainforests)
Amazigh Cultural Association in America; Arab Cultural and Community Center; Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits; Calle 24 Latino Cultural District; 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
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; Cycles of Change; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; East Bay Bike Party; International Bicycle Fund; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Naturist Society; Rock the Bike; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; San Francisco Bike Party; San Jose Bike Party; SF Urban Riders; Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Spokeland; Streetsblog SF; Telegraph for People; Walk Bike Berkeley; 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)
ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Bullfrog Films; Culture and Animals Foundation; Destiny Arts; East Bay Bike Party; Love the Bulb; San Francisco Bike Party
death penalty (See also crime; human rights; law; Mumia Abu-Jamal; racism)
Amnesty International; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Death Penalty Focus; No Death Penalty; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Prison Activist Resource Center; Prison Radio; Southern Center for Human Rights; Witness to Innocence
debt cancellation (See distribution of wealth; finance; poverty; World Bank / IMF)
decentralization (See also anarchism; autonomy; bioregions; Community Supported Agriculture; control techniques; corporate-controlled globalization; local economy; noncorporate economy; organic agriculture; socioeconomic models)
Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Seed the Commons
deforestation (See also biofuels; conservation; ecology; land use; rainforests; trees)
Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Forest; Borneo Project, The; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Sustainable Economy; Conservation Sense and Nonsense; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Earth Island Institute; East Bay Pesticide Alert; Environmental Protection Information Center; Forests Forever; Friends of the Eel River; Global Forest Watch; Global Justice Ecology Project; Hills Conservation Network; Mendocino Land Trust; San Francisco Forest Alliance; Save Mount Sutro Forest; Sempervirens Fund; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); Transition Earth; Trees For The Future; World Resources Institute
delivery (See also material aid; products; services; transportation)
Food Runners
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; Demand Progress; Democracy at Work Institute; East Bay Democratic Socialists of America; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Free Press; Freedom Socialist Party; Haiti Action Committee; Industrial Workers of the World; Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights; Labor Notes; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; New Economy Coalition; Ninth Street Independent Film Center; Pacific Environment; Participatory Budgeting Project (Oakland office); Point of View Productions; Political Research Associates; Public Citizen; Raucous Rooster, The; Reclaim Democracy!; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; Riseup; San Mateo County Democracy for America; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Social Justice Center of Marin; South Bay Progressive Alliance; Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy; truthout
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; Black Lives Matter; Brass Liberation Orchestra; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Food Not Bombs, San Jose; International Action Center; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Musicians Action Group; National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Nevada Desert Experience; Shut it down for Palestine; Thrive Street Choir; Toward Freedom; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; We Are Many
depleted uranium (See health; nuclear radiation; nuclear weapons / testing)
deregulation (See also corporate-controlled globalization; corporations; law; privatization; utilities)
Vote Hemp
desert (See also land use)
Border Angels; 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; GRID 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; Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter); Association for India's Development; Bank Information Center; Berkeley Partners for Parks; Borneo Project, The; Bullfrog Films; California Institute for Rural Studies; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Congress for the New Urbanism; Democracy at Work Institute; Depave; 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; East Oakland Collective; Ecocity Builders; Ecological Building Network; First Community Housing; FOCUS on the Global South; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Friends of Adeline; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; GRID Alternatives; 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 Food Policy Research Institute; International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies; International Rivers; Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay; Marin Open Space Trust; Mission Economic Development Association; National Black Farmers Association; New Village Press; Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California; Northern California Land Trust; Oakland Institute; Pacific Institute; Pesticide Action Network North America; Political Economy Research Institute; Presidio Graduate School; Recycle for Change; Resources for Community Development; San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters; Save Mount Diablo; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Thousand Currents; TransForm; Transportation for America; Unity Council, The; Urban Ecology, Inc.; WaterPartners International; Women's Environment & Development Organization; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center; World Resources Institute
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; Association of Feminists Fighting Fascism, Imperialism, Refeudalization, and Marginalization; Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Forest; Berkeley Copwatch; Black Lives Matter; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Center for Third World Organizing; Climate Defiance; Climate Disobedience Center; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Diablo Rising Tide; East Bay Democratic Socialists of America; East Point Peace Academy; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Idle No More SF Bay; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street; Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County; RACCOON; Rainforest Action Network; Refuse Fascism (Bay Area group); Ruckus Society, The; Shut it down for Palestine; Silicon Valley Climate Action Now!; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Students for a Free Tibet; Thousand Currents; UC Gill Tract Community Farm; Western States Legal Foundation; Workers World Party; World Can't Wait
directories (See also calendars; research materials)
2-1-1 Bay Area; Abortion Clinics OnLine; Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; Activist San Diego; Berkeley Information Network; Energy Justice Network; EnviroLink Network; Foundation for Intentional Community; HappyCow's Vegetarian Guide (California Section); Hively; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; Local Harvest; NewspaperIndex.com; Planet Drum Foundation; Polaris Institute; Project Vote Smart; San Francisco Environment Department; United for Peace and Justice; Universal Giving; VegDining.com; VolunteerMatch; Work for Good; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - USA
disabilities (See also assistive technology; discrimination; diversity; health; human rights; mental health)
AbilityPath; Adams ESQ (Oakland office); Alternative Family Services, Inc.; Asian Health Services; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; 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; Creativity Explored; DCARA; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Disability Services & Legal Center; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Felton Institute; Fred Finch Youth Center; HealthWrights; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; National Center on Disability and Journalism; Pets Are Wonderful Support; Project HIRED; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; San Francisco Bay Area Wheelchair Accessible Trails; Silicon Valley Independent Living Center; Silicon Valley Rising; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Jose; Vivalon
disasters (See also ecology; food security; insurance; occupational safety and health; public health; refugees; terrorism)
International Bird Rescue Research Center; What If? Foundation
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)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Bay Area Legal Aid; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Family Agriculture Resource Management Services; Human Rights Watch; National Committee on Pay Equity; OutRight Action International; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Public Advocates, Inc.; Trikone
discussion groups (See classes / courses; community-building; email mailing lists; facilitation; networking; support groups)
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; Countercurrents.org; 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; Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street; Sea Turtle Restoration Project; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Thousand Currents; 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; Bullfrog Films; California Newsreel; Center for Accessible Technology; Center for Digital Democracy; CounterPulse; Defending Rights & Dissent; Friends of Adeline; 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 Pride; our developing world; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Save the Bay; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Southern Exposure; Tech Workers Coalition; Thousand Currents; Toward Freedom; Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; UNtraining: Healing Personal and Social Oppressions, The
divestiture (See also boycotts; direct action; finance; investment; noncorporate economy; shareholder advocacy)
350BayArea.org; Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; Fossil Free California; Power Shift Network; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition
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; 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; Community United Against Violence; Family Violence Law Center; Immigration Institute of the Bay Area; Kidango; La Casa de las Madres; Legal Aid of Marin; LifeMoves; Narika; National Compadres Network; 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; Veterans Speakers Alliance
drone warfare (See also militarism)
CODEPINK Women for Peace; Nevada Desert Experience
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 Health Services; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Community Youth Center; Consortium For Independent Journalism; Drug Policy Alliance; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Family & Children Services; Harm Reduction Coalition; Independent Arts & Media; Marin Treatment Center; National Compadres Network; Native American Health Center; 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; bioregions; 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; 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; Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Commonweal; Communities for a Better Environment; Corporate Watch; Crissy Field Center; David Brower Center; Earth Island Institute; Earthjustice; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; EarthRights International; EarthShare California (Northern California office); Ecocity Builders; Ecology Center; EnviroLink Network; Environment California; Environment News Service; Environmental Integrity Project; Environmental News Network; Environmental Volunteers; Environmental Working Group; Environmentalists Against War; EnviroVideo; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Green City Project; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Indigenous Environmental Network; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; KIDS for the BAY; MarinLink; Mother Jones; Nature in the City; New Village Press; Next Generation, The; North Atlantic Books; Northern California Recycling Association; Planet Drum Foundation; Point of View Productions; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Resource Renewal Institute; San Francisco Tomorrow; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter; Social Justice Center of Marin; Sonoma County Conservation Council; Sonoma Ecology Center; Survival International USA; Susan Ives Communications; Sustainable San Mateo County; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Western States Legal Foundation; Women's Earth Alliance; Women's Environmental Network; World Resources Institute
economic conversion (See also economics; militarism)
Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; Thousand Currents; 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 (Oakland office); Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Bank Information Center; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; California Immigrant Policy Center (Oakland office); Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Center for Community Change; Center for Economic and Social Rights; Class Action; Community United Against Violence; Community Vision; Courage California; Development Group for Alternative Policies, The; Dollars and Sense; East Bay Housing Organizations; EcoEquity; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Filipino Advocates for Justice; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Friends of Alemany Farm; Friends of the MST; Global Justice Ecology Project; 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; Mission Economic Development Association; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); National Housing Trust; National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter; Occupy Oakland; Occupy Wall Street; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Planting Justice; Priority Africa Network; 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; Triple Justice; United for a Fair Economy; Urban Habitat; Women's Environment & Development Organization; Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - San Jose Branch
economic sanctions (See also control techniques; economics; foreign policy; trade)
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation
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; Between The Lines; California Trade Justice Coalition; 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; Commons San Francisco, The; Dollars and Sense; 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.; ICA Fund Good Jobs; Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; New Economy Coalition; NorCal Resilience Network; Oakland Institute; Political Economy Research Institute; Research Unit for Political Economy; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; Shareable; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Sustainable San Mateo County; Union for Radical Political Economics; Women's Economic Agenda Project; World Resources Institute; Z Magazine
Ecuador (See places; South America)
editorial comment (See also blogs; cartoonists; comics; media; news; writers)
AlterNet; Animals Voice; Berkeley Daily Planet; Common Dreams News Center; CounterVortex; Defending Rights & Dissent; Dissident Voice; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Fiore, Mark; Funny Times; Hightower, Jim; Intercept, The; Lippman, Dave; Making Contact; Nation, The; Our World; Progressive Populist; Rall, Ted; RealClimate; Socialist Action; System Change Not Climate Change; Thought Leader Public Relations; Tikkun Magazine; truthout
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)
350BayArea.org; Ali Shahrestani, Esq.; Aspect Foundation; Aspire Education Project; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; California Institute of Integral Studies; Center for Political Education; Commonweal; Daily Acts; EnCorps; Environmental Volunteers; Equal Rights Advocates; Foundation for a College Education; GirlVentures; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Hively; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; La Casa de las Madres; League of Creative Minds; LevelBar; Marine Science Institute; MarinLink; Museum of the African Diaspora; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter; Native American Health Center; Pacifica Gardens; Peninsula Family Service; Post Carbon Institute; Presidio Graduate School; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Public Advocates, Inc.; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Richmond Art Center; San Bruno Mountain Watch; Shanti Project; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Tech Workers Coalition; Trust In Education; Vote Hemp; Western Institute for Social Research; What If? Foundation; World Savvy; Youth Science Institute
educational curriculum (See also education; research materials)
California Newsreel; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Civicorps Schools; Edible Schoolyard Project; Girls on the Run of the Bay Area; Green City Project; Hesperian Health Guides; KIDS for the BAY; National Center on Disability and Journalism; our developing world; Our Family Coalition; Oyate; San Francisco Parks Alliance; Save the Bay; Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Thousand Currents; Union of Concerned Scientists; Video Project; World Savvy; World Trust; Youth Leadership Institute
educators (See also demographics; education; tenure)
Commons San Francisco, The; Greater Good Magazine; University Professional and Technical Employees; Watershed Project
El Salvador (See also Central America; places)
Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador; 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 Environmental Voters; California Voter Foundation; Californians for Electoral Reform; Center for Voting and Democracy; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; F.U.N. Progressives; Forests Forever; Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club; Indivisible East Bay; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; Movement Labs; NARAL Pro-Choice California; Next Generation, The; NorCal4OurRevolution; OpenSecrets; PowerPAC; Project Vote Smart; San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters; San Francisco Rising; San Francisco Tomorrow; San Mateo County Democracy for America; Sonoma County Conservation Action; South Bay Progressive Alliance; Swing Left San Francisco; Thought Leader Public Relations; Vote Hemp
electric scooters (See appropriate technology; cycling; pollution; products; transportation; urban life)
electromagnetic radiation (See health; nuclear radiation; radio; science; telephone service; toxics)
electronic commerce (See Internet; products; trade)
elitism (See class; Contract with America; control techniques; discrimination; distribution of wealth; philosophy; right-wingers)
email mailing lists (See computers; discussion groups; news on-line)
eminent domain (See also housing; land use; law; municipal government)
Family Agriculture Resource Management Services
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; AND Architecture + Community Planning; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Center for Nonprofit Learning; Chinese for Affirmative Action; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Community Youth Center; CommunityGrows; Compass Family Services; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; EnCorps; Episcopal Community Services; FACES SF; Family Connections Centers; Friends of Alemany Farm; GLIDE; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Hire-Ability, Inc.; HomeRise; ICA Fund Good Jobs; Immigration Institute of the Bay Area; Jobs with Justice; Juma Ventures; JVS; Labor Rise Climate Jobs Action Group; 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; Planting Justice; PRC; Project HIRED; Prospera; REACH Shirati; Rising Sun Energy Center; Saint Anthony Foundation; San Francisco Conservation Corps; San Francisco League Against Systemic Harm; Swords to Plowshares; Trabajadores Unidos Workers United; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; US Labor Education in the Americas Project; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; Work for Good; Youth Spirit Artworks; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
endangered species / habitat (See also animal liberation; biodiversity; bioregions; conservation; coral reefs; diversity; ecology; evolution; native plants; rainforests; wildlife)
Alameda Creek Alliance; Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Forest; BayEcotarium, The; Berkeley Partners for Parks; California Native Plant Society; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Sustainable Economy; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Climate Mobilization, The; Conservation Corps North Bay; Coral Reef Alliance, The; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Earth Island Institute; Environmental Protection Information Center; Ethical Traveler; Forests Forever; Green Foothills; 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; Sea Shepherd International; Sea Turtle Restoration Project; Susan Ives Communications; Transition Earth; WildAid (San Francisco Office); Wildlife Conservation Network
energy (See also biofuels; Community Choice Energy; dams; ecology; economics; fossil fuels; 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; California Interfaith Power and Light; Center for International Environmental Law; Climate Access; Diablo Rising Tide; Emerald Earth; Energy Justice Network; Global Energy Monitor; GRID Alternatives; No Coal in Oakland; NorCal Resilience Network; Pipeline Fighters Hub; Post Carbon Institute; Public Citizen; Resilience.org; San Francisco Environment Department; Self-Sustaining Communities; Sonoma Clean Power; The Utility Reform Network; Transition Earth; Transportation for America; Union of Concerned Scientists; World Resources Institute
environmental justice (See also ecology; human rights; multiple chemical sensitivity; public health; racism; toxics)
350BayArea.org; Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Borneo Project, The; California Environmental Voters; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Environmental Health; Center for Health, Environment and Justice; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Climate Organizing Hub; Communities for a Better Environment; Connect Oakland; CorpWatch; Crissy Field Center; Energy Justice Network; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Health News; Environmental Justice Coalition for Water; Environmental Law Foundation; Friends of Alemany Farm; Global Justice Ecology Project; Grassroots Global Justice; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Greenlining Institute; GRID Alternatives; GroundSpark; HOMEY; Impact Fund, The; In These Times; Indigenous Environmental Network; International Indian Treaty Council; It Takes Roots; Literacy for Environmental Justice; Oil & Gas Action Network; Pacific Institute; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Pesticide Action Network North America; Power Shift Network; Richmond Shoreline Alliance; San Francisco Environment Department; San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); Sunflower Alliance; Susan Ives Communications; Tenants Together; Triple Justice; Urban Habitat; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; Western States Legal Foundation; Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International; Youth United for Community Action; Youth Vs. Apocalypse; [people. power. media]
Europe (See also Balkans; Great Britain; Greece; Ireland; places; Russia; Turkey; Ukraine; Yugoslavia)
Voice of Roma
evolution (See also biotechnology; diversity; endangered species / habitat; religion; science; separation of church and state)
Greater Good Magazine; National Center for Science Education; Northern Sun Merchandising
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; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; East Bay Cohousing; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; SEEDS Community Resolution Center; Sustainable Agriculture Education
fair trade (See also economic justice; economics; products; trade)
Borneo Project, The; Fair Trade Federation; Fair Trade USA; Global Exchange; Organic Consumers Association; Thousand Currents
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 Shahrestani, Esq.; Asian Health Services; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; Bay Area Crisis Nursery; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Bill Wilson Center; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Canal Alliance; Center for Farmworker Families; Child Family Health International; Children's Defense Fund - California; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Commercial Alert; Community Youth Center; Compass Family Services; DrawBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Ecumenical Hunger Program; Face The World Foundation; FACES SF; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Family & Children Services; Family Agriculture Resource Management Services; Family Connections Centers; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Felton Institute; GLIDE; Hamilton Families; HOPE Collaborative; Insight Housing; Koret Family House; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Military Families Speak Out; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Compadres Network; National Family Farm Coalition; Native American Health Center; Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California; 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; PFLAG Oakland/East Bay; Planned Parenthood Northern California; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Raphael House; Resources for Community Development; Seneca Family of Agencies; Silicon Valley Rising; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Tech Exchange; Trees For The Future; Western Institute for Social Research; YES Nature to Neighborhoods; Youth Homes, Inc.
family court (See family; judiciation)
farmers markets (See also agriculture; bioregions; 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; Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association; Phat Beets Produce; Susan Ives Communications; Urban Village Farmers' Market Association
fascism (See also Holocaust; racism; socioeconomic models)
Dossier, The; It's Going Down; Refuse Fascism (Bay Area group)
fasting (See direct action; hunger)
feminism (See also women)
Association of Feminists Fighting Fascism, Imperialism, Refeudalization, and Marginalization; Breaking the Chains; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Feminist Majority Foundation; Freedom Socialist Party; Grassroots Global Justice; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace and Freedom Party, Alameda County; Women Living Under Muslim Laws
festivals (See also community-building; Earth Day; music; outdoor activity)
Oakland Pride; Point of View Productions; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; San Francisco Black Film Festival; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee
film / video (See also art; creativity; media; photography)
Active Voice Lab; Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Artists' Television Access; BAVC Media; Berkeley Community Media; Brave New Films; Bullfrog Films; California Newsreel; Corporation (the film), The; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Dossier, The; EnviroVideo; First Run Features; Freedom to Marry; Future of Food, The; Global Justice Ecology Project; Green Planet Films, Inc.; GroundSpark; GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth; In Search of Good Food; Independent Arts & Media; La Pena Cultural Center; Labor Video Project; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; Museum of the African Diaspora; New Day Films; Ninth Street Independent Film Center; Not In Our Town; NutritionFacts.org; Occupy the Farm - The Film; Point of View Productions; Prison Radio; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; San Francisco Black Film Festival; Sex Worker's Education Network; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Story of Stuff, The; Top Documentary Films; Truth Be Told Creative; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Video Project; We Are Many; What the Health; World Trust
finance (See also banks; campaign finance reform; credit unions; debt cancellation; divestiture; economics; export credit agenices; grants / financial aid; investment; land trusts; local currencies; microenterprise; World Bank / IMF)
ACCION International; Berkeley Partners for Parks; Community Vision; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Demand Progress; Dossier, The; Fossil Free California; Housing California; Kiva; National Black Farmers Association; PowerPAC; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley
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; 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 Food Network; Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project; Berkeley Student Food Collective; CANFIT; Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; City Slicker Farms; Community Vision; Consider The Homeless; Corporate Accountability International; EarthSave Foundation; Ecumenical Hunger Program; Factory Farming Awareness Coalition; FEED Sonoma; Fleet Farming; Food & Environment Reporting Network, The; Food & Water Watch; Food Chain Workers Alliance; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Food Not Bombs, San Jose; Food Not Lawns; Food Pantry, The; Food Runners; FoodCorps; FoodPrint; Future of Food, The; GRAIN; HappyCow's Vegetarian Guide (California Section); HEAL Food Alliance; Holy Land Olive Oil; HOPE Collaborative; In Search of Good Food; Insight Housing; Island Press; La Cocina; Mandela Foods Cooperative; Mandela Partners; Millet Project, The; National Black Food and Justice Alliance; National Family Farm Coalition; Non-GMO Project; North Atlantic Books; Nourish California; One Brick; Organic Consumers Association; Petaluma Bounty; Plant Based Foods Association; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Project Open Hand (Alameda County); Project Open Hand (San Francisco); Roots of Change; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Terma Foundation; Trees For The Future; U.S. Right to Know; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; VegDining.com; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.; What If? Foundation; What the Health; World Resources Institute
food banks (See also food security; hunger; low-income; material aid; services)
Alameda County Community Food Bank; Alameda Food Bank; Berkeley Food Network; Berkeley Food Pantry; Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano; Redwood Empire Food Bank; San Francisco-Marin Food Bank; Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
food security (See also agriculture; disasters; food; food banks; local food)
Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement; Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative; NorCal Resilience Network; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; UC Gill Tract Community Farm; Urban Adamah
foreign policy (See also economic sanctions; global issues; national government; places; policy; trade)
Center for International Policy; Foreign Policy In Focus; Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - San Jose Branch
fossil fuels (See also climate change; energy; global warming; mining; petroleum; pollution)
Automobile Moratorium; Clean Energy Action; Climate Health Now; Climate Organizing Hub; Fossil Free California; Heat is Online, The; Heinberg, Richard; Idle No More SF Bay; No Fly Climate Sci; Oil Change International; Oilwatch; Pipeline Fighters Hub; Power Shift Network; Silicon Valley Climate Action Now!; Simpler Way, The; System Change Not Climate Change; Transition Berkeley
framing (See also propaganda; psychology)
Metaphor Project, The; POOR News Network; Urban Habitat
free speech (See also censorship; civil liberties; First Amendment; homeowners associations; Internet; microbroadcasting; PATRIOT Act; political prisoners; pornography)
Alternative Radio; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Berkeley Community Media; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California First Amendment Coalition; Center for Democracy and Technology; Center for Digital Democracy; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Committee to Protect Journalists; Defending Rights & Dissent; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Free Radio Berkeley; Free Speech TV; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Media Alliance; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; People for the American Way; People's Park Committee; Reporters Without Borders; 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 Committee for Freedom of the Press
fundraising (See also benefits; grants / financial aid)
Center for Nonprofit Learning; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; EarthShare California (Northern California office); Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; HipHopForChange; Horizons Foundation; Minkler, Doug; NARAL Pro-Choice California; Nova Ukraine; Peace Resource Project; Ploughshares Fund; Richmond / Ermet Aid Foundation; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Susan Ives Communications
gambling (See addiction; state government)
gardening (See also agriculture; community-building; do-it-yourself; food; local food; native plants; noncorporate economy; organic agriculture; outdoor activity; seeds; trees)
Alameda Point Collaborative; American Community Gardening Association; Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative; Berkeley Partners for Parks; California Native Plant Society; CommunityGrows; Ecocity Builders; Ecology Action; Edible East Bay; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; Edible Schoolyard Project; Fleet Farming; Food Not Lawns; FoodCorps; Friends of the Mission Greenway; Garden for the Environment; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Kitazawa Seed Company; Nature in the City; New Village Press; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Petaluma Bounty; PLACE for Sustainable Living; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Trees For The Future; Urban Sprouts; Village Harvest
Gays (See also sexual minorities)
Horizons Foundation; LGBTQ Youth Space; Our Family Coalition
genetic engineering (See also biotechnology)
Future of Food, The; Global Justice Ecology Project; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute for Responsible Technology; Non-GMO Project; Organic Consumers Association; U.S. Right to Know
genocide (See also antisemitism; Holocaust; human rights; racism)
Armenian National Committee of America; San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition; Shut it down for Palestine; Sogorea Te’ Land Trust; Survival International USA
gentrification (See also development; discrimination; distribution of wealth; economic justice; housing; low-income; neighborhoods)
TechEquity Collaborative; Urban Displacement Project
global community (See also community-building; diversity; global issues; international law; internationalism; networking; world government)
Aspect Foundation; GRID Alternatives; LinkTV; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; Pacific Environment; Pathways to Peace; 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; Thousand Currents; Western States Legal Foundation; World Savvy
global warming (See also automobiles; climate change; ecology; fossil fuels; global issues; pollution; renewable energy; science; trees)
Big Livestock’s Big Greenwash; California Interfaith Power and Light; Climate Mobilization, The; Heat is Online, The; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; No Fly Climate Sci; Oil Change International; RealClimate; Trees For The Future
globalization (See also corporate-controlled globalization)
Political Economy Research Institute
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)
Americans United for Separation of Church and State; California First Amendment Coalition; Center for Public Integrity; Citizens for Constitutional Local Government; Defending Rights & Dissent; Demand Progress; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club; Human Rights Watch; Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies; National Freedom of Information Coalition; National Security Archive; NorCal4OurRevolution; Participatory Budgeting Project (Oakland office); Privacy International; Project Vote Smart; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); Toward Freedom; Working Partnerships USA; Worksafe, Inc.
grants / financial aid (See also finance; fundraising; material aid)
Berkeley Partners for Parks; Commonwealth Fund, The; Culture and Animals Foundation; 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; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Impact Fund, The; Independent Television Service; Keep Oakland Housed; LevelBar; MarinLink; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Pollination Project, The; PRC; Rosenberg Fund for Children; San Carlos Foundation; San Francisco Parks Alliance; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Solano Community Foundation; Thousand Currents; Wildlife Conservation Network
Great Britain (See also Europe; Ireland; places)
Free Tibet; Privacy International
greens (See also ecology; political parties)
Alameda Green Parties; Green Party, San Francisco; Green Party of Alameda County
Guatemala (See also Central America; Mayans; places)
NamasteDirect; Seva Foundation; Task Force on the Americas; Thousand Currents; Witness for Peace
guns (See also militarism; self-defense; technology; violence)
1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence; Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Violence Policy Center
Gypsies (See Romanis)
Haiti (See also Caribbean; places)
African Advocacy Network; Global Exchange; Haiti Action Committee; Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; Task Force on the Americas; What If? Foundation; Witness for Peace
harm reduction (See also addiction; drugs; needle exchange; public health)
Harm Reduction Coalition; Marijuana Policy Project; 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, a project of Collins Foundation; Southern Poverty Law Center
Hawai'i (See indigenous people; places)
health (See also addiction; AIDS / HIV; air; cancer; 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; American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Berkeley Free Clinic; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Breast Cancer Action; California Coalition for Women Prisoners; California Indian Environmental Alliance; California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee; Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry; CANFIT; Center for Elders' Independence; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Center for International Environmental Law; Child Family Health International; Circle of Blue; Clean Water Action (California office); Commonweal; Communities for a Better Environment; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Death with Dignity National Center; EarthRights International; EarthSave Foundation; East Bay Agency for Children; East Bay Pesticide Alert; Ecological Farming Association; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Health News; Equality Trust, The; Food & Environment Reporting Network, The; FoodPrint; GLMA; Green Science Policy Institute; Greenlining Institute; GRID Alternatives; HealthWrights; 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; Island Press; Mandela Partners; Marine Mammal Center, The; MarinLink; Multicultural Institute; NARAL Pro-Choice California; National Organization of Restoring Men; Native American Health Center; Nourish California; NutritionFacts.org; Organic Consumers Association; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, San Jose/Peninsula; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Point of View Productions; Project Open Hand (Alameda County); Public Advocates, Inc.; ReCARES; Roots Community Health Center; San Francisco Community Health Center; San Francisco Vegan Society; Seva Foundation; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; StoptheDrugWar.org; Sunflower Alliance; Terma Foundation; U.S. Right to Know; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; WaterPartners International; What the Health; Women's Cancer Resource Center; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center; 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 Bay Area; Abortion Clinics OnLine; Afghan Women's Mission; Americans for Safe Access; Bay Area Legal Aid; Breast Cancer Prevention Partners; Burma Humanitarian Mission; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; California Physicians Alliance; California Prison Focus; Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, The; Child Family Health International; Children's Defense Fund - California; Clinic by the Bay; Commonwealth Fund, The; Compassion & Choices; Death with Dignity National Center; Exhale Pro-Voice; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; GLIDE; Gray Panthers, San Francisco; Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.; Health Access California (Oakland office); Health Care for All California; Health Initiative of the Americas; Hesperian Health Guides; Homeless Action Center; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Keep Alta Bates Open; Koret Family House; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Older Women's League; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Planned Parenthood Northern California; Population Services International; Priority Africa Network; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Saint Anthony Foundation; Samaritan House; San Carlos Foundation; San Francisco SPCA; San Mateo County Democracy for America; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Shanti Project; Terma Foundation; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Women's Economic Agenda Project; Working Partnerships USA
hemp (See also agriculture; cannabis; sustainability)
Vote Hemp
hiking (See also camping; health; outdoor activity; sports; trails; walking)
American Hiking Society; Bay Trail; Desert Survivors; Naturist Society; San Bruno Mountain Watch; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter
history (See also archiving; cultural survival; education; Holocaust; museums; reparations)
American Muslims for Palestine; Arab Cultural and Community Center; Armenian National Committee of America; Bay Nature Institute; Border Angels; California Native Plant Society; California Newsreel; City Lights Bookstore; Commons San Francisco, The; Connect Oakland; Cultural Heritage Imaging; Culture and Animals Foundation; Dossier, The; Ecology Action; Freedom Archives, The; 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; People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; Save Nubia Project; Save the Berkeley Post Office; SaveNature.Org; Seven Stories Press; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; World Socialist Web Site
Holocaust (See fascism; genocide; history; Jews)
homelessness (See also housing; mental health; poverty; shelters)
ABODE Services; Alameda Point Collaborative; American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); Bay Area Community Services; Berkeley Friends on Wheels; Bread & Roses; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; 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; East Oakland Collective; Episcopal Community Services; EveryOne Home; Food Pantry, The; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; Hamilton Families; Homeless Action Center; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; HomeRise; Hospitality House; Housing California; Independent Arts & Media; Insight Housing; Kidango; Lava Mae; LifeMoves; Love and Justice in the Streets; National Coalition for the Homeless; National Homelessness Law Center; Native American Health Center; New Door Ventures; North Beach Citizens; Operation Dignity; POOR News Network; Q Foundation; Raphael House; Saint Anthony Foundation; Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge; Samaritan House; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation; ShelterOak; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Welcome Ministry; Where Do We Go Berkeley?; Women's Daytime Drop-In Center; Youth Spirit Artworks
homeowners associations (See also civil liberties; consumer protection; free speech; housing; privacy; private government)
Citizens for Constitutional Local Government
homophobia (See also discrimination; hate crimes; issues; sexual minorities)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights; 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 / National Nurses Organizing Committee; Child Family Health International; Keep Alta Bates Open; Koret Family House
hotels (See also hostels; labor; travel)
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Central City S.R.O. Collaborative; 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 Legal Referral Panel; Alameda Point Collaborative; AND Architecture + Community Planning; Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Bay Area Community Services; Bay Area Legal Aid; Build It Green; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Central City S.R.O. Collaborative; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Community Boards; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Community Vision; Compass Family Services; Corporate Watch; Council of Community Housing Organizations; East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation; East Bay Community Law Center; East Bay Housing Organizations; Ecocity Builders; Ecological Building Network; Episcopal Community Services; Eviction Defense Collaborative; First Community Housing; Greenbelt Alliance; GRID Alternatives; Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; Hamilton Families; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; HomeRise; Housing California; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco; Insight Housing; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; It Takes Roots; Keep Oakland Housed; LifeMoves; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Love and Justice in the Streets; National Housing Trust; Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California; North Beach Citizens; Northern California Land Trust; Oakland Tenants Union; Operation Dignity; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Public Advocates, Inc.; Q Foundation; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Raphael House; Rebuilding Alliance, The; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; Renters' Legal Assistance; Resources for Community Development; San Francisco Community Land Trust; San Francisco Tenants Union; Satellite Affordable Housing Associates; ShelterOak; Silicon Valley Rising; Small House Society; Swords to Plowshares; Tenants Together; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Transition Earth; Urban Habitat; VeggieDate; Welcome Ministry; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Women's Daytime Drop-In Center; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's 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)
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition; American Muslim Voice Foundation; Amnesty International; Anti-Slavery International; Asylum Access; Bay Area Friends of Tibet; Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Border Angels; Burmese American Democratic Alliance; California Prison Focus; California Trade Justice Coalition; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Economic and Social Rights; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for International Policy; Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, San Francisco; Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador; Committee of 100 for Tibet; CorpWatch; Costs of War Project; Courage California; Drug Policy Alliance; 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; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Friends of the MST; GLMA; Global Fund for Women, The; HealthWrights; HOMEY; Human Rights Watch; Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights; Inter Press Service; International Campaign for Tibet; International Campaign to Ban Landmines; International Indian Treaty Council; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; International Labor Rights Fund; Middle East Children's Alliance; Nation of Change; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Oil Change International; OutRight Action International; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Peace Action West; Peace Brigades International; 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; 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
humanism (See also atheism; civil liberties; human rights; philosophy; skepticism)
American Humanist Association; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The
humanitarian aid (See also human rights; material aid; services; technical assistance)
afghans for Afghans; Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; Nova Ukraine; Population Services International; Task Force on the Americas
Humboldt County (See also counties)
Environmental Protection Information Center; Redwood Community Radio, Inc.; Redwood Empire Food Bank
humor (See also cartoonists; comics; creativity; culture jamming; street theater)
About-Face; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Creative Action Theater; Fiore, Mark; Funny Times; Hightower, Jim; Lippman, Dave; Northern Sun Merchandising; Rall, Ted; 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; Berkeley Food Network; Dorothy Day House; Ecumenical Hunger Program; Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Food Not Bombs, San Jose; Food Runners; GLIDE; International Food Policy Research Institute; Redwood Empire Food Bank; San Francisco-Marin Food Bank; Second Harvest of Silicon Valley; Self-Help Hunger Program; Trees For The Future; 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 Bay Area; African Advocacy Network; Amazigh Cultural Association in America; American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); AnewAmerica Community Corporation; Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Asian Women's Shelter; Border Angels; California Immigrant Policy Center (Oakland office); California Trade Justice Coalition; Canal Alliance; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Center for Farmworker Families; 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; 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; Fair Immigration Reform Movement; FIRM Action; Health Initiative of the Americas; HOMEY; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Immigration Institute of the Bay Area; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity; International Action Center; La Cocina; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; 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); Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project; Priority Africa Network; Public Advocates, Inc.; REACH Shirati; Refugee & Immigrant Transitions; San Francisco Community Health Center; San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network; SF-CAIRS; Socialist Alternative; South of Market Community Action Network; Trabajadores Unidos Workers United; UndocuBlack Network; Youth United for Community Action; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
impeachment (See democracy; elections; government; judiciation)
imperialism (See also cultural survival; intervention; military occupation; national government; socioeconomic models)
antiwar.com; Association of Feminists Fighting Fascism, Imperialism, Refeudalization, and Marginalization; Courage to Resist; Left Turn
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; Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice; Community Works; Critical Resistance; East Point Peace Academy; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Equality Trust, The; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Marijuana Policy Project; New Door Ventures; Prison Activist Resource Center; Prison Radio; Prisoners Literature Project; Southern Center for Human Rights; StoptheDrugWar.org; The Appeal; Witness to Innocence; Young Women's Freedom Center
India (See also Asia; places; South Asian Americans)
Association for India's Development; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; India Resource Center; International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal; International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basins; Research Unit for Political Economy; Seva Foundation; Thousand Currents; World Resources Institute
indigenous people (See also Berbers; bioregions; cultural survival; demographics; Hawai'i; Mayans; Native Americans)
Amazigh Cultural Association in America; Amazon Watch; Borneo Project, The; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Bullfrog Films; Chiapas Support Committee; Earth Island Institute; Ethical Traveler; Global Justice Ecology Project; HOMEY; Idle No More SF Bay; Indigenous Environmental Network; International Indian Treaty Council; It Takes Roots; Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County; National Compadres Network; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Pachamama Alliance; Rainforest Action Network; Seva Foundation; Sogorea Te’ Land Trust; Survival International USA; System Change Not Climate Change; Terma Foundation; Thousand Currents
individuals (See also consultants; demographics)
Moore, Frank
Indonesia (See also Asia; Muslims; Pacific Islands; places)
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network; Peace Brigades International; World Resources Institute
initiatives (See also elections; law; legislation; petitions)
Causa Justa :: Just Cause; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; NorCal4OurRevolution; PowerPAC; San Francisco Tomorrow; Single Payer Now
insurance (See also corporations; disasters; health; single payer health care)
Berkeley Partners for Parks; California Physicians Alliance; California Public Interest Research Group; Health Care for All California; International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies; Public Advocates, Inc.
intellectual property (See also control techniques; copyright; law; NAFTA / GATT / FTAA; patents; property rights)
Future of Music Coalition
intentional communities (See also cohousing; community-building; cooperative living; do-it-yourself; family; local economy; noncorporate economy)
East Bay Cohousing; Emerald Earth; Foundation for Intentional Community; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Urban Permaculture Guild
interconnectedness (See also spirituality; sustainability)
Aspect Foundation; Climate Access
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; Sea Shepherd International
internationalism (See also global community; international law; multiculturalism; world government)
Global Exchange; Thousand Currents
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; Courage California; Demand Progress; Electric Embers; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Environmental Working Group; Free Press; Free Speech TV; Long Haul Infoshop; Riseup; Silicon Valley Public Access Link; Sudo Room; TechEquity Collaborative; Thought Leader Public Relations; Top Documentary Films; Women's Cancer Resource Center
intervention (See also covert operations; imperialism; militarism; military occupation; national government; petroleum; School of the Americas)
Berkeley Youth Alternatives; International Action Center; Noam Chomsky Archive
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; CorpWatch; Floodlight; Food & Environment Reporting Network, The; Making Contact; Mother Jones; ProPublica; truthout
investment (See also banks; divestiture; finance; shareholder advocacy)
Community Vision; Farmland LP; Greenlining Institute; Housing California; Mandela Foods Cooperative; No Coal in Oakland; Progressive Asset Management; Sustainable Economies Law Center
Iran (See Kurds; Middle East; 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)
Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Costs of War Project; Countercurrents.org; Courage to Resist; Enabling Peace in Iraq Center; International Action Center; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Middle East Children's Alliance; Military Families Speak Out; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation; United for Peace and Justice; We Are Many
Ireland (See Europe; Great Britain; places)
Israel (See also Israelis; Middle East; places)
Bay Area Women in Black; Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Refuser Solidarity Network; Shut it down for Palestine
Israelis (See also Israel; Jews; Middle East; Palestinians)
If Americans Knew; IfNotNow; International Solidarity Movement; Jewish Voice for Peace; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Rebuilding Alliance, The; Refuser Solidarity Network
issues (See also 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)
PRC; World Resources Institute
Ivory Coast (See Africa; places)
janitorial work (See labor)
Japan (See also Asia; Japanese Americans; places)
Kitazawa Seed Company
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; IfNotNow; Jewish Community Center of the East Bay; Jewish Community Relations Council; Jewish Youth for Community Action; JVS; Kehilla Community Synagogue; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Urban Adamah
Jews (See also antisemitism; demographics; Holocaust; Israelis; Jewish Americans; Middle East)
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; Jewish Community Relations Council; Jewish Voice for Peace; Tikkun Magazine
journalism (See also blogs; investigative journalism; media; Mumia Abu-Jamal; news; photography; writing)
Circle of Blue; Committee to Protect Journalists; 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 Committee for Freedom of the Press; Reporters Without Borders
judiciation (See also family court; impeachment; incarceration; law; litigation; mandatory minimum sentencing; mediation; reparations)
Critical Resistance; Equal Justice Society; Fully Informed Jury Association; Witness to Innocence
justice (See also criminal justice; economic justice; law; leadership development)
California Anti-SLAPP Project; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Communities for a Better Environment; First Congregational Church of San Francisco; Haymarket Books; 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; National Center for Youth Law; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
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; Breaking the Chains; California Labor Federation (Bay Area office); California Newsreel; California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee; California Trade Justice Coalition; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Center for Farmworker Families; Center for Political Education; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Coworker.org; Democracy at Work Institute; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Food Chain Workers Alliance; Friends of the MST; Grassroots Economic Organizing; HEAL Food Alliance; 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 Rise Climate Jobs Action Group; Labor Video Project; Left Turn; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives; Pride At Work; Prospera; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; Sex Worker's Education Network; Sex Workers Outreach Project USA; Silicon Valley Rising; Socialist Action; Socialist Viewpoint; Speak Out Now / Revolutionary Workers Group; Sunflower Alliance; System Change Not Climate Change; Teamsters for a Democratic Union; Tech Workers Coalition; Trabajadores Unidos Workers United; United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO; United Students Against Sweatshops; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; US Labor Education in the Americas Project; Vukani Mawethu; Witness for Peace; Workers World Party; Working Partnerships USA; Worksafe, Inc.
labor councils (See also labor)
California Labor Federation (Bay Area office); Worksafe, Inc.
labor union locals (See also labor)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, District Council 57; Berkeley Federation of Teachers; National Writers Union; 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; Foundation for Intentional Community; GroundSpark; Mendocino Land Trust; National Housing Trust; Northern California Land Trust; Peninsula Open Space Trust; San Francisco Community Land Trust; Sogorea Te’ Land Trust; Solano Land Trust; Sonoma Land Trust; Susan Ives Communications
land use (See also agriculture; automobiles; bioregions; brownfields; conservation; deforestation; desert; development; ecology; eminent domain; housing; land reform; land trusts; landmines; mining; native plants; open space; parks; privatization; property rights; urban planning; urban sprawl)
Agrarian Trust; American Hiking Society; Berkeley Partners for Parks; Berkeley Path Wanderers Association; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Creative Land Recyling; ChangeLab Solutions; Citizens for Balanced Growth; City Repair; Connect Oakland; Ecocity Builders; Farmland LP; Food Not Lawns; Friends of the Mission Greenway; Green City Project; Green Foothills; Greenbelt Alliance; Groundplay; Housing California; National Black Farmers Association; National Black Food and Justice Alliance; Occupy the Farm - The Film; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Project for Public Spaces; Save Mount Diablo; Small House Society; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Susan Ives Communications; Thousand Currents; TransForm; Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund; Trees For The Future; Trust for Public Land (San Francisco office); 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)
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies; CounterVortex; GRID Alternatives; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; School of the Americas Watch; Task Force on the Americas; Thousand Currents; US Labor Education in the Americas Project
Latinas / Latinos (See also Central America; demographics; South America)
Calle 24 Latino Cultural District; Centro Legal de la Raza; HOMEY; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; La Pena Cultural Center; Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; Mission Economic Development Association; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); National Compadres Network; 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; Black Movement-Law Project; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California Legislative Information; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Farmworker Families; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for Sustainable Economy; ChangeLab Solutions; Citizens for Constitutional Local Government; Communities for a Better Environment; Compassion & Choices; Death Penalty Focus; Defending Rights & Dissent; EarthRights International; Environmental Integrity Project; Equal Justice Society; Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; Freedom to Marry; Future of Music Coalition; Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Housing California; Human Rights Watch; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center; Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay; Marijuana Policy Project; National Committee on Pay Equity; National Homelessness Law Center; National Immigration Law Center (Berkeley office); Nolo; Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center; Palestine Legal; PRC; Privacy International; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; StoptheDrugWar.org; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Sustainable Economies Law Center; United States Code; UrbanAgLaw; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Western States Legal Foundation; Witness to Innocence; Women Living Under Muslim Laws; Worksafe, Inc.
lawyers (See also law)
Adams ESQ (Oakland office); AIDS Legal Referral Panel; Ali Shahrestani, Esq.; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Black Movement-Law Project; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Center for Constitutional Rights; ChangeLab Solutions; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Earthjustice; East Bay Community Law Center; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Environmental Integrity Project; Fire John Yoo; First Amendment Project; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; 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; Arab Resource & Organizing Center; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; Bay Area Wilderness Training; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; California Indian Environmental Alliance; Californians for Justice (Oakland office); Catalyst Project; Center for Community Change; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; Center for Story-based Strategy; Civicorps Schools; Communities for a Better Environment; Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice; Community Youth Center; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Democracy at Work Institute; Destiny Arts; East Oakland Collective; FoodCorps; Grassroots Global Justice; Greenlining Institute; HandsOn Bay Area; HOPE Collaborative; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; International Center for Research on Women; Jewish Youth for Community Action; Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County; Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center; League of Creative Minds; LGBTQ Youth Space; Love and Justice in the Streets; Multicultural Institute; National Black Food and Justice Alliance; Oakland Kids First; OneJustice; Partners for Livable Communities; Phat Beets Produce; Prospera; 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; Trabajadores Unidos Workers United; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; UndocuBlack Network; Women's Earth Alliance; Women's Economic Agenda Project; Women's Environment & Development Organization; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center; Working Partnerships USA; YES Nature to Neighborhoods; Young Nonprofit Professionals Network; Youth Alive!; Youth Leadership Institute; Youth Together; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
leafleting (See also direct action; education)
Vegan Outreach; Witness for Peace
legal defense (See also law; legal services)
Animal Legal Defense Fund; California Anti-SLAPP Project; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice; 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 Americans Advancing Justice - 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 Agriculture Resource Management Services; Family Violence Law Center; First Amendment Project; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Homeless Action Center; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; Immigration Institute of the Bay Area; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; Keep Oakland Housed; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; OneJustice; Pipeline Fighters Hub; PRC; 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))
American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California Clean Money Action Fund; California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act; California Legislative Information; California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee; Californians for Justice (Oakland office); 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; Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity; Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center; National Freedom of Information Coalition; Next Generation, The; Oakland Privacy; Oakland Tenants Union; Planning and Conservation League; PowerPAC; School of the Americas Watch; Sex Worker's Education Network; Single Payer Now; Task Force on the Americas; Voice of Roma; Vote Hemp; Worksafe, Inc.
Lesbians (See also sexual minorities)
Horizons Foundation; LGBTQ Youth Space; Lyon-Martin Health Services; National Center for Lesbian Rights; Our Family Coalition; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.
letter-writing (See also lobbying)
Action Network, The; Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter); 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; Ecology Center; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Labor Archives and Research Center; Long Haul Infoshop; National Security Archive; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; our developing world; Oyate; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; Pesticide Action Network North America; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Project Read; Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library; 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; Post Carbon Institute; Transition Earth
literacy (See also books; economic justice; education)
Bay Area Literacy; Center for Ecoliteracy; Family & Children Services; GLIDE; Literacy for Environmental Justice; Project Read; San Francisco Conservation Corps; Sudo Room
litigation (See also judiciation; law)
Ali Shahrestani, Esq.; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Animal Legal Defense Fund; California Anti-SLAPP Project; California First Amendment Coalition; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Environmental Health; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Civil Liberties Defense Center; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Environmental Protection Information Center; Equal Rights Advocates; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Future of Food, The; Hills Conservation Network; Impact Fund, The; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Center for Youth Law; National Freedom of Information Coalition; National Homelessness Law Center; Palestine Legal; Partnership for Policy Integrity; Privacy International; Public Advocates, Inc.; Public Citizen; Southern Poverty Law 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)
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; Fair Trade Federation; Political Economy Research Institute; San Francisco Living Wage Coalition; Thousand Currents; Trabajadores Unidos Workers United; Working Partnerships USA
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; American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights; California Clean Money Campaign; California Environmental Voters; Children's Defense Fund - California; Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter); Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email; Common Cause; Courage California; Death with Dignity National Center; Demand Progress; Environment California; Food & Water Watch; Fossil Free California; Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center; NARAL Pro-Choice California; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter; Peace Action West; Planning and Conservation League; Public Citizen; Save Mount Diablo; Survival International USA; The Utility Reform Network; 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)
Sustainable Economies Law Center
local economy (See also autonomy; barter; bioregions; 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; City Slicker Farms; Common Future; Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Local Harvest; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Mandela Partners; Mission Economic Development Association; National Black Food and Justice Alliance; NorCal Resilience Network; Petaluma Bounty; Planet Drum Foundation; Richmond Rivets; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Transition Berkeley; Urban Ecology, Inc.
local food (See also farmers markets; food; food security; gardening; local economy)
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project; Berkeley Open Source Food; Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; City Slicker Farms; Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Daily Acts; Depave; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Edible East Bay; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; FEED Sonoma; Fleet Farming; Food & Water Watch; Food Not Lawns; Forage Oakland; Free Farm Stand; Friends of Alemany Farm; Friends of the Mission Greenway; Land Stewardship Project; Local Harvest; Pacifica Gardens; Petaluma Bounty; Phat Beets Produce; Planting Justice; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Raucous Rooster, The; Seed the Commons; Self-Sustaining Communities; Soul Flower Farm; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Transition Berkeley; UC Gill Tract Community Farm; Urban Adamah; Urban Sprouts; Urban Tilth; UrbanAgLaw; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; Village Harvest
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; 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); Alameda County Community Food Bank; Alameda Food Bank; AND Architecture + Community Planning; Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Bay Area Legal Aid; Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Ben Lomond Quaker Center; Canal Alliance; CANFIT; Center for Accessible Technology; Center for Community Change; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Third World Organizing; Centro Legal de la Raza; Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, The; Clinic by the Bay; Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; Commonwealth Fund, The; Communities for a Better Environment; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Community Vision; CommunityGrows; Council of Community Housing Organizations; Dorothy Day House; EarthSave Foundation; East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation; East Bay Community Law Center; East Bay Housing Organizations; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Economic Policy Institute; EnCorps; Episcopal Community Services; Felton Institute; FIRM Action; First Community Housing; Friends of Alemany Farm; Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley; Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco; Hamilton Families; Health Access California (Oakland office); Hively; HOMEY; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; International Food Policy Research Institute; Koret Family House; La Cocina; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area; Legal Aid of Marin; Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center; LevelBar; Liberation Institute, The; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Mandela Partners; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); National Center for Youth Law; National Immigration Law Center (Berkeley office); North Beach Citizens; Nourish California; Partners for Livable Communities; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Petaluma Bounty; Pets Are Wonderful Support; POOR News Network; Population Services International; PRC; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Prospera; Public Advocates, Inc.; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; Resources for Community Development; Roots Community Health Center; Samaritan House; San Francisco Community Land Trust; San Francisco Living Wage Coalition; Silicon Valley Public Access Link; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council; South of Market Community Action Network; Tech Exchange; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Urban Habitat; Urban Sprouts; Vote Solar; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Women's Economic Agenda Project; YES Nature to Neighborhoods; Youth United for Community Action; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
magazines (See also media)
AK Press; Bay Nature Institute; Breaking the Chains; Dollars and Sense; Earth Island Institute; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; Edible East Bay; GLMA; Greater Good Magazine; In These Times; Labor Notes; Mother Jones; Nation, The; Nation of Change; News from Native California; Our World; Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office); POOR News Network; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Socialist Viewpoint; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Tikkun Magazine; VegNews; 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 Planet Films, Inc.; Nolo; Northern Sun Merchandising
mandatory minimum sentencing (See also drugs; judiciation; law)
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
maps (See also transportation; travel)
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Global Forest Watch
Marin County (See also counties)
Bay Area Barns and Trails; Canal Alliance; Conservation Corps North Bay; Cool Effect Inc.; Gallinas Watershed Council; In Defense of Animals; Legal Aid of Marin; Marin City Community Development Corporation; Marin Conservation League; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Marin Open Space Trust; Marin Treatment Center; Marin Vegetarian Education Group; Marine Mammal Center, The; MarinLink; OHIAS; Pathways to Peace; Renew Computers; Sage Renewable Energy Consulting; Slide Ranch; Social Justice Center of Marin; Task Force on the Americas; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Vivalon; WildCare; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley; YWCA of San Francisco & Marin (Marin office)
marriage rights (See also civil rights; discrimination; relationships; sexual minorities)
Freedom to Marry; Lavender Phoenix
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 (Oakland office); Burma Humanitarian Mission; Burmese American Democratic Alliance; Chiapas Support Committee; Global Exchange; Middle East Children's Alliance; Nova Ukraine; San Carlos Foundation; Trust In Education; Universal Giving; What If? Foundation
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; BAVC Media; Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Berkeley Community Media; Center for Digital Democracy; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Center for Story-based Strategy; Courage California; Design Action Collective; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Free Press; Fresh Juice Party; Global Justice Ecology Project; HOMEY; Independent Arts & Media; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; Independent Television Service; Intercept, The; Making Contact; Media Alliance; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; Not In Our Town; OpenSecrets; Petaluma Community Access; POOR News Network; Prison Radio; Ruckus Society, The; StoryCenter; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations; World Trust; YR Media; [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; Center for Story-based Strategy; Commercial Alert; Consortium For Independent Journalism; Council on American-Islamic Relations; Dissident Voice; Dollars and Sense; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Free Press; Free Radio Santa Cruz; Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; Institute for Public Accuracy; Making Contact; Media Alliance; Media Matters for America; National Center on Disability and Journalism; Noam Chomsky Archive; Northern California 911 Truth Alliance; Project Censored; This Modern World; World Socialist Web Site
mediation (See also conflict resolution; counseling; do-it-yourself; facilitation; judiciation; services)
Ali Shahrestani, Esq.; Community Boards; Project Sentinel Fair Housing; SEEDS Community Resolution Center
medical marijuana (See also cannabis; health; healthcare access)
Americans for Safe Access; Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
men (See also circumcision; demographics; diversity)
National Organization of Restoring Men; STAND! For Families Free of Violence
Mendocino County (See also counties)
Emerald Earth; Friends of the Eel River; Mendocino Land Trust; Redwood Community Radio, Inc.; Redwood Empire Food Bank; Russian Riverkeeper; Sonoma Clean Power
mental health (See also addiction; disabilities; eating disorders; health; homelessness; psychology; psychotherapy; suicide prevention; support groups)
ABODE Services; Access Institute for Psychological Services; Alameda Family Services; Alameda Point Collaborative; Alternative Family Services, Inc.; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Health Services; Attitudinal Healing Connection, 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; Gaylesta: The Psychotherapist Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Homeless Action Center; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Native American Health Center; PRC; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Swords to Plowshares; Women's Daytime Drop-In Center
mentoring (See also education; technical assistance)
Adams ESQ (Oakland office); Aspect Foundation; Aspire Education Project; Bay Area Girls Rock Camp; Bay Area Literacy; California FarmLink; Center for Nonprofit Learning; Civicorps Schools; FACES SF; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Girls on the Run of the Bay Area; LevelBar; Metta Center for Nonviolence; NamasteDirect; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.; Project Read; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Women's Environmental Network; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
Mexico (See also Chicanas / Chicanos; Latin America; North America; places; Zapatistas)
Border Angels; Center for Farmworker Families; Chiapas Support Committee; Health Initiative of the Americas; HealthWrights; NamasteDirect; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Task Force on the Americas; Thousand Currents; Witness for Peace
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; Kiva; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; NamasteDirect; Pollination Project, The
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)
American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); CounterVortex; Dossier, The; GRID Alternatives; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Jewish Voice for Peace; Middle East Children's Alliance
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 (Oakland office); antiwar.com; 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 ; Corporate Watch; Costs of War Project; CounterVortex; Demand Progress; Dossier, The; East Timor and Indonesia Action Network; Environmentalists Against War; Foreign Policy In Focus; GI Rights Hotline; Grassroots Global Justice; Independent Arts & Media; Intercept, The; International Action Center; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); International Campaign to Ban Landmines; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; Left Turn; Lippman, Dave; Military Families Speak Out; Mother Jones; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice; Noam Chomsky Archive; Oil Change International; Peace Action West; Ploughshares Fund; School of the Americas Watch; Union of Concerned Scientists; United for Peace and Justice; Veterans for Peace; Veterans Speakers Alliance; War Resisters League; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; We Are Many; Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - San Jose Branch; World BEYOND War; World Can't Wait
military occupation (See also colonialism; imperialism; intervention; militarism)
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; Courage to Resist; Free Tibet; International Solidarity Movement; National Students for Justice in Palestine; Rebuilding Alliance, The; Refuser Solidarity Network; 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)
Socialist Alternative
mining (See also conservation; economics; energy; fossil fuels; land use)
California Indian Environmental Alliance; Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; Friends of the Eel River
multiculturalism (See also cultural survival; demographics; diversity; immigrants; internationalism; people of color; socioeconomic models)
AND Architecture + Community Planning; Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center; Asian Health Services; Center for Creative Land Recyling; ColorLines Magazine; Destiny Arts; Face The World Foundation; Independent Television Service; It Takes Roots; La Pena Cultural Center; Multicultural Institute; Museum of the African Diaspora; Oakland Kids First; our developing world; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; San Francisco Mime Troupe; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Vivalon; Vukani Mawethu; Western Institute for Social Research; 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)
Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Prison Radio
municipal government (See also eminent domain; government; police accountability; rent control; sister communities; urban life)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, District Council 57; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Berkeley Progressive Alliance; Beyond Chron; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; Groundplay; Hills Conservation Network; No Coal in Oakland; Oakland Privacy; Oakland Rising; Our City; San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association; San Francisco Environment Department; San Francisco Forest Alliance; San Francisco League Against Systemic Harm; San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; San Francisco Public Bank Coalition; San Francisco Rising; San Francisco Tomorrow; ShelterOak; Sonoma Clean Power; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Thought Leader Public Relations; Transport Oakland; Vote Solar; Walk San Francisco
murals (See also art; community-building)
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center
museums (See also history)
Cultural Heritage Imaging; GLBT Historical Society; Museum of the African Diaspora; SaveNature.Org
music (See also creativity; festivals; punk; radio)
ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; 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; Fresh Juice Party; Future of Music Coalition; HipHopForChange; Independent Arts & Media; Kehilla Community Synagogue; La Pena Cultural Center; Lippman, Dave; Love the Bulb; Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; Musicians Action Group; People's Park Committee; Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area; RACCOON; San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band; San Francisco Mime Troupe; South Bay Song Circle; Thrive; Thrive Street Choir; Vukani Mawethu
Muslims (See also Afghanistan; Arab Americans; Arabs; demographics; Indonesia; Iraq; Pakistan; Palestinians; religion)
American Muslim Voice Foundation; American Muslims for Palestine; Council on American-Islamic Relations; Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Myanmar (See also Burma)
Humanist Mutual Aid Network
NAFTA / GATT / FTAA (See corporate-controlled globalization; intellectual property; law; trade; World Trade Organization)
Napa County (See counties)
national government (See also CIA / FBI / NSA; colonialism; Contract with America; covert operations; export credit agenices; foreign policy; government; imperialism; militarism; spying; Trumpism)
America Walks; Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Alameda County chapter); Common Cause; congress.gov; Environmental Integrity Project; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; Indivisible East Bay; Land Stewardship Project; OpenSecrets; Project On Government Oversight; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; United States Code; World Can't Wait
nationalism (See also socioeconomic models)
Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights
Native Americans (See also demographics; indigenous people)
American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); American Indian Movement - West; Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits; California Indian Environmental Alliance; Idle No More SF Bay; International Indian Treaty Council; Intertribal Friendship House; Native American Health Center; News from Native California; Oyate; Peace Brigades International; Pipeline Fighters Hub
native plants (See also biodiversity; conservation; endangered species / habitat; gardening; land use)
California Native Plant Society; Pacifica Gardens; 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)
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project; Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (Oakland office); Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project; Bike Walk Alameda; Calle 24 Latino Cultural District; Center for Neighborhood Technology; Central City S.R.O. Collaborative; City Repair; Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice; Community Boards; Congress for the New Urbanism; Connect Oakland; Cycles of Change; East Oakland Collective; Forage Oakland; Free Farm Stand; Friends of Adeline; Friends of the Urban Forest; Marin City Community Development Corporation; Native American Health Center; Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California; Northern California Land Trust; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oakland Rising; Our City; Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center; San Francisco Bay View; San Francisco Forest Alliance; San Francisco Parks Alliance; San Francisco Tomorrow; Satellite Affordable Housing Associates; South of Market Community Action Network; Trust for Public Land (San Francisco office); Unity Council, The; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Walk Oakland Bike Oakland; West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
neoliberalism (See also control techniques; corporate-controlled globalization; economics; socioeconomic models; World Bank / IMF)
Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
networking (See also coalitions; computers; discussion groups; global community; noncorporate economy; retreats; sharing; volunteer matching)
Abolition 2000; Action Network, The; Activist San Diego; Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network; Animals Voice; Asexuality Visibility and Education Network; Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits; Bay Area Community Exchange; Bay Rising; Berkeley Food Network; Berkeley Information Network; California FarmLink; Californians for Justice (Oakland office); Center for Community Change; Center for Third World Organizing; Climate Organizing Hub; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Common Future; Courage California; Earth Island Institute; East Timor and Indonesia Action Network; Environmentalists Against War; Foreign Policy In Focus; Forests Forever; Freecycle Network; Global Women Power; Green City Project; Haiti Action Committee; Independent Arts & Media; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; International Rivers; It Takes Roots; Left Turn; Living Liberally; Local Harvest; Long Haul Infoshop; National Compadres Network; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives; New Economy Coalition; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Oil & Gas Action Network; Oilwatch; One Brick; Peace Alliance, The; Permaculture Action Network; Pesticide Action Network North America; Power Shift Network; Priority Africa Network; 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; System Change Not Climate Change; Thrive; VeggieDate; Wildlife Conservation Network; Women Living Under Muslim Laws; Women's Earth Alliance; Women's Environmental Network; Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International; World Trust; Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
news (See also editorial comment; journalism; media; news on-line; newsletters; newspapers; research materials)
Between The Lines; Committee to Protect Journalists; EnviroVideo; KPFA; LinkTV; OpenSecrets; Socialist Viewpoint
news on-line (See also blogs; email mailing lists; Internet; media; news; research materials)
100Reporters; 48 Hills; AlterNet; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Animals Voice; antiwar.com; Berkeley Daily Planet; Between The Lines; Beyond Chron; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Investigative Reporting; Center for Media & Democracy; Center for Public Integrity; Circle of Blue; ColorLines Magazine; Common Dreams News Center; Consortium For Independent Journalism; CorpWatch; Countercurrents.org; CounterVortex; Dissident Voice; Dollars and Sense; EarthRights International; Electronic Frontier Foundation; EnviroLink Network; Environment News Service; Environmental Health News; Environmental News Network; Environmentalists Against War; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Feminist Majority Foundation; Floodlight; Food & Environment Reporting Network, The; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Free Speech TV; Global Policy Forum; Human Rights Watch; In These Times; Independent Arts & Media; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; inequality.org; Institute for Public Accuracy; Inter Press Service; Intercept, The; It's Going Down; Mother Jones; Nation, The; Nation of Change; NewspaperIndex.com; Organic Consumers Association; Our World; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Polaris Institute; POOR News Network; Progressive Populist; ProPublica; Raucous Rooster, The; Real News, The; RealClimate; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Resilience.org; San Francisco Bay View; Shareable; Streetsblog SF; The Appeal; Toward Freedom; truthout; VegNews; Venezuelanalysis.com; Waging Nonviolence; World BEYOND War; World Socialist Web Site; [people. power. media]
newsletters (See also media; news)
Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Dissident Voice; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Heinberg, Richard; Nation of Change; National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter; our developing world; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation; Speak Out Now / Revolutionary Workers Group; Susan Ives Communications; Task Force on the Americas; 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; Bay Area Reporter; Berkeley Daily Planet; Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; Death Penalty Focus; Funny Times; NewspaperIndex.com; San Francisco Bay View; San Francisco Tenants Union; Slingshot; Socialist Action
Nicaragua (See also Central America; places)
Agua Para la Vida; Consortium For Independent Journalism; Thousand Currents; Witness for Peace
Nigeria (See Africa; petroleum-rich nations; places)
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)
Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Free Radio Santa Cruz; Independent Arts & Media; Independent Media Center, San Francisco Bay Area; Urban Permaculture Guild
nonviolence (See also civil disobedience; conflict resolution; peace; philosophy; violence)
Bay Area Center for Nonviolent Communication; Bay Area Women in Black; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Committee of 100 for Tibet; East Point Peace Academy; Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Idle No More SF Bay; International Solidarity Movement; Metta Center for Nonviolence; Nevada Desert Experience; Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County; Peace Brigades International; Ruckus Society, The; Silicon Valley Climate Action Now!; Students for a Free Tibet; Waging Nonviolence; War Tax Resistance, Northern California; Western States Legal Foundation; World BEYOND War
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; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Physicians for Social Responsibility; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation; Union of Concerned Scientists; 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; Global Security Institute; International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; Nevada Desert Experience; Peace Action West; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Ploughshares Fund; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation; Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment; Veterans for Peace; Western States Legal Foundation
nudism (See also censorship; clothing; imagism; simple living)
Bay Area Naturists; Naturist Society
nursing homes (See also healthcare access; long-term care; seniors)
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; Center for Elders' Independence; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center
nutrition (See also food; health; science)
CANFIT; Commonweal; CommunityGrows; Edible Schoolyard Project; Food Runners; FoodCorps; Free Farm Stand; Mandela Foods Cooperative; Native American Health Center; Nourish California; NutritionFacts.org; Older Women's League; Phat Beets Produce; Plant Based Foods Association; Seva Foundation; Terma Foundation; U.S. Right to Know; Urban Sprouts
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)
Common Cause; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Open Knowledge Foundation; Public Citizen
open source / open data (See also computers; research; science; sharing)
Berkeley Open Source Food; Global Energy Monitor; Open Knowledge Foundation
open space (See also development; land use; parks)
Berkeley Partners for Parks; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Connect Oakland; Greenbelt Alliance; Hidden Villa; Marin Open Space Trust; Mendocino Land Trust; Peninsula Open Space Trust; People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group; San Bruno Mountain Watch; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save Mount Diablo; Save Mount Sutro Forest; SF Urban Riders; Solano Land Trust; Susan Ives Communications; Trust for Public Land (San Francisco office)
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; California Climate and Agriculture Network; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Chelsea Green Publishing; City Slicker Farms; Ecological Farming Association; Ecology Action; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; Edible Schoolyard Project; Emerald Earth; Farmland LP; FoodPrint; Free Farm Stand; Friends of Alemany Farm; Garden for the Environment; Hidden Villa; In Search of Good Food; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Organic Consumers Association; Organic Seed Alliance; Pacifica Gardens; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Rodale Institute; Slide Ranch; Soul Flower Farm; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Susan Ives Communications; UC Gill Tract Community Farm; Urban Adamah; Urban Permaculture Guild; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - USA
orphans (See also adoption & foster care; children)
Humanist Mutual Aid Network
outdoor activity (See also agriculture; camping; cycling; demonstrations; farmers markets; festivals; gardening; hiking; parks; retreats; sports; street theater; trails; travel; vigils; water)
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project; 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; Conservation Corps North Bay; Destiny Arts; GirlVentures; Love the Bulb; Save the Bay; SF Urban Riders; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter; Slide Ranch
ozone (See ecology)
Pacific Islands (See also Asia; Indonesia; places)
American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Asian Women's Shelter; Lavender Phoenix; San Francisco Community Health Center
Pakistan (See also Asia; Muslims; places; South Asian Americans)
Afghan Women's Mission; Costs of War Project
Palestinians (See also Arabs; demographics; Israelis; Middle East; Muslims; self-determination)
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network; American Muslims for Palestine; Arab Resource & Organizing Center; BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights; Bay Area Women in Black; Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; Countercurrents.org; Holy Land Olive Oil; If Americans Knew; IfNotNow; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; International Solidarity Movement; Jewish Voice for Peace; Middle East Children's Alliance; National Students for Justice in Palestine; Palestine Legal; Palestinian Youth Movement; RACCOON; Rebuilding Alliance, The; Refuser Solidarity Network; Shut it down for Palestine; US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
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; Friends of the Urban Forest; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy; Greenbelt Alliance; Groundplay; Love the Bulb; National AIDS Memorial; People's Park Committee; People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group; San Francisco Forest Alliance; San Francisco Mime Troupe; San Francisco Parks Alliance; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save Mount Diablo; Trust for Public Land (San Francisco office)
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)
Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Brass Liberation Orchestra; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Destiny Arts; East Point Peace Academy; Enabling Peace in Iraq Center; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Global Policy Forum; HipHopForChange; Jewish Voice for Peace; Metaphor Project, The; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice; Nation of Change; Pathways to Peace; Peace Action West; Peace Alliance, The; Peace Resource Project; Ploughshares Fund; Point of View Productions; Political Economy Research Institute; Priority Africa Network; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition; San Mateo County Democracy for America; South Bay Song Circle; Toward Freedom; United for Peace and Justice; Veterans for Peace; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; War Resisters League; Western States Legal Foundation; Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - San Jose Branch; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center; World BEYOND War
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; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation
peak oil (See also biofuels; economics; limits to economic growth; local economy; petroleum; population control; renewable energy; simple living; sustainability; transportation)
Countercurrents.org; Heinberg, Richard; Post Carbon Institute; Resilience.org; Richmond Rivets; Transition Earth
pedestrian advocacy (See also automobiles; community-building; transportation; urban life; walking)
America Walks; California Walks; Congress for the New Urbanism; Older Women's League; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; Streetsblog SF; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Telegraph for People; TransForm; Walk Bike Berkeley; 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)
Anti Police-Terror Project; Bay Rising; Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Black Lives Matter; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Californians for Justice (Oakland office); Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Center for Community Change; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Political Education; Center for Third World Organizing; Communities for a Better Environment; Critical Resistance; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; FIRM Action; Foundation for a College Education; Grassroots Global Justice; Greenlining Institute; It Takes Roots; Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County; La Cocina; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office); Museum of the African Diaspora; National Compadres Network; Oakland Rising; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; PowerPAC; San Francisco Community Health Center; San Francisco Rising; 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; Youth Vs. Apocalypse
performance art (See also art; creativity; street theater; theatre)
Moore, Frank
permaculture (See also agriculture; appropriate technology; bioregions; local economy; sustainability)
Commonweal; Daily Acts; Emerald Earth; NorCal Resilience Network; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Permaculture Action Network; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; Soul Flower Farm; Starhawk; 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; Hills Conservation Network; Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Pesticide Action Network North America; San Francisco Forest Alliance; Worksafe, Inc.
petitions (See also government; initiatives)
Action Network, The; California Clean Money Action Fund; Californians for Justice (Oakland office); Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador; Courage California; Coworker.org; Diablo Rising Tide; First Amendment Project; Forests Forever; School of the Americas Watch
petroleum (See also addiction; automobiles; corporate-controlled globalization; economic justice; energy; fossil fuels; intervention; Iraq; militarism; peak oil; pesticides; petroleum-rich nations; plastic; toxics; utilities)
350BayArea.org; Amazon Watch; Center for Climate Integrity; Diablo Rising Tide; Energy Justice Network; Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; Fossil Free California; Heat is Online, The; Heinberg, Richard; International Bird Rescue Research Center; No Fly Climate Sci; NorCal Resilience Network; Oil & Gas Action Network; Oil Change International; Oilwatch; Pipeline Fighters Hub; Post Carbon Institute; Silicon Valley Climate Action Now!; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); Sunflower Alliance; System Change Not Climate Change
petroleum-rich nations (See Iran; Iraq; Nigeria; petroleum; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Venezuela)
Philippines / Filipinos (See also Asia; places)
Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, San Francisco; Filipino Advocates for Justice; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; IBON Foundation, Inc.; Thousand Currents
philosophy (See also Buddhism; elitism; humanism; nonviolence; psychology; religion; simple living; socioeconomic models; veganism / vegetarianism)
California Institute of Integral Studies; Culture and Animals Foundation; Vajrapani Institute
photography (See also art; creativity; film / video; journalism)
Animals Voice; Global Justice Ecology Project; Labor Archives and Research Center; Museum of the African Diaspora
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; bioregions; 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; Tanzania; Thailand; tourism; travel; Turkey; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yugoslavia; Zimbabwe)
plastic (See also automobiles; building materials; ecology; petroleum; toxics)
Earth Island Institute; Story of Stuff, The; Surfrider Foundation
plutocracy (See socioeconomic models; Trumpism)
poetry (See also creativity; spoken word)
City Lights Bookstore; Culture and Animals Foundation; Seven Stories Press
police accountability (See also controllers; crime; law; municipal government)
American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); Anti Police-Terror Project; Berkeley Copwatch; Black Lives Matter; Black Movement-Law Project; Center for Human Rights and Privacy; Community United Against Violence; Creative Action Theater; Defending Rights & Dissent; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Occupy the Farm - The Film; October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality; Privacy International; San Franciscans for Police Accountability; San Francisco League Against Systemic Harm; The Appeal
policy (See also foreign policy; government; legislation; lobbying; think tanks)
350BayArea.org; Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network; Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (Oakland office); American Farmland Trust; American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation; Americans for Safe Access; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Bank Information Center; Bay Rising; Beyond Pesticides; Bike East Bay; Border Angels; Breast Cancer Action; California Certified Organic Farmers; California Climate and Agriculture Network; California Environmental Voters; California Immigrant Policy Center (Oakland office); California Trade Justice Coalition; California Walks; Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry; Catholic Charities of San Jose; Center for Community Change; 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 Sustainable Economy; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; ChangeLab Solutions; Circle of Blue; Clean Energy Action; Climate Center, The; Climate Mobilization, The; Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Commonwealth Fund, The; Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Consumers International; Costs of War Project; Demand Progress; Depave; Development Group for Alternative Policies, The; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Drug Policy Alliance; East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; East Bay Housing Organizations; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Ecological Building Network; Economic Policy Institute; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Environment America Research & Policy Center; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; 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; Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy; Foreign Policy In Focus; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Free Press; Friends of the River; Future of Music Coalition; Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Global Policy Forum; Greater Good Magazine; Green Science Policy Institute; Greenlining Institute; Harm Reduction Coalition; Health Initiative of the Americas; Hills Conservation Network; HOPE Collaborative; Housing California; 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; Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; International Food Policy Research Institute; International Labor Organization; International Labor Rights Fund; International Rivers; Island Press; Land Stewardship Project; Love and Justice in the Streets; Marijuana Policy Project; Marin Conservation League; Media Alliance; Middle East Children's Alliance; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Center for Youth Law; National Coalition for the Homeless; National Family Farm Coalition; National Homelessness Law Center; Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California; Nourish California; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Oakland Institute; Oakland Tenants Union; Organic Seed Alliance; Our City; Pacific Environment; Participatory Budgeting Project (Oakland office); Partnership for Policy Integrity; Peace Action West; Peace Alliance, The; Plant Based Foods Association; Polaris Institute; Political Economy Research Institute; Population Connection; PowerPAC; Public Advocates, Inc.; Public Patent Foundation; Q Foundation; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Roots of Change; San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association; San Francisco Environment Department; San Mateo County Democracy for America; ShelterOak; Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter; Social Justice Center of Marin; Solar Sonoma County; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; South Asian Americans Leading Together; South Bay Progressive Alliance; StoptheDrugWar.org; Streetsblog SF; Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Tenderloin Housing Clinic; Thought Leader Public Relations; TransForm; Transport Oakland; Transportation for America; Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund; Tuolumne River Trust; UndocuBlack Network; Union for Radical Political Economics; Union of Concerned Scientists; United for a Fair Economy; Urban Habitat; US Campaign for Palestinian Rights; Vegan Outreach; Violence Policy Center; Vote Solar; Walk Bike Berkeley; Walk San Francisco; Wholly H2O; Women's Economic Agenda Project; Women's Environment & Development Organization; Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International; Working Partnerships USA; World Resources Institute; Youth Leadership Institute; [people. power. media]
Political Action Committees (PACs) (See also campaign finance reform; elections; lobbying)
OpenSecrets; PowerPAC
political parties (See also elections; government; greens)
Alameda Green Parties; Green Party, San Francisco; Green Party of Alameda 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
political prisoners (See also demographics; free speech; human rights; incarceration; Mumia Abu-Jamal)
Amnesty International; Critical Resistance; Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; Prison Activist Resource Center
pollution (See also air; automobiles; biodiesel; carpools; ecology; electric scooters; fossil fuels; global warming; noise pollution; telecommuting; waste; water)
Build It Green; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Clean Water Action (California office); Climate Center, The; Communities for a Better Environment; Cool Effect Inc.; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Earth Island Institute; Environment America Research & Policy Center; Environmental Integrity Project; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Global Justice Ecology Project; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; Save the Bay; Story of Stuff, The; Sunflower Alliance; Surfrider Foundation; 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)
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; Population Connection; Population Services International; Transition Earth; Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
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)
Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog; Minkler, Doug; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace Resource Project
poverty (See also debt cancellation; economics; homelessness; hunger; low-income; microenterprise)
ACCION International; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; Catholic Charities of San Jose; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Neighborhood Technology; Center for Sustainable Economy; Community Vision; Compass Family Services; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Foundation for International Community Assistance; Grassroots Global Justice; 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; International Food Policy Research Institute; Kiva; Multicultural Institute; NamasteDirect; National Center for Youth Law; National Homelessness Law Center; New Field Foundation; New Israel Fund (San Francisco Regional Office); Oil Change International; Prospera; Saint Anthony Foundation; San Carlos Foundation; Southern Center for Human Rights; Thousand Currents; Trees For The Future; Urban Adamah; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); What If? Foundation; Women's Economic Agenda Project; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center; Young Women's Freedom Center
prevention (See also health; occupational safety and health; suicide prevention; sustainability)
Bay Area Community Services; 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; HOMEY; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; La Casa de las Madres; Legal Aid of Marin; Native American Health Center; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; San Francisco Women Against Rape; Seva Foundation; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Worksafe, Inc.; Youth Alive!; Youth Together
printers (See also media; products; recycling)
Design Action Collective
prisons (See also incarceration)
California Prison Focus; Californians United for A Responsible Budget; East Point Peace Academy; Prison Activist Resource Center; Prisoners Literature Project; Southern Center for Human Rights
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; 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 for Constitutional Local Government
privatization (See also business; corporate-controlled globalization; corporations; deregulation; land use; private government; utilities)
Corporate Watch; Food & Water Watch; Save the Berkeley Post Office; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Story of Stuff, The
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 Planet Films, Inc.; Holy Land Olive Oil; Kitazawa Seed Company; Long Haul Infoshop; Non-GMO Project; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace Resource Project; Plant Based Foods Association; Rock the Bike; SunWork Renewable Energy Projects; Video Project
propaganda (See also advertising; control techniques; culture jamming; framing; media criticism; psychology; public relations; television)
Big Livestock’s Big Greenwash; Center for Media & Democracy; Dissident Voice; Dossier, The; Friends of Falun Gong USA; Heat is Online, The; Metaphor Project, The; Noam Chomsky Archive; Raucous Rooster, The
property rights (See housing; intellectual property; land use; law)
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 Magazine; Western Institute for Social Research
psychotherapy (See also mental health; psychology; services; therapy)
Access Institute for Psychological Services; Gaylesta: The Psychotherapist Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity; Survivors International
public education (See also education; government; human rights)
Adams ESQ (Oakland office); Berkeley Federation of Teachers; Californians for Justice (Oakland office); Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies; Clean Energy Action; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Community Works; Cycles of Change; Edible Schoolyard Berkeley; FoodCorps; GroundSpark; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; National Center for Science Education; Nature in the City; Not In Our Town; Oakland Kids First; Public Advocates, Inc.; Teamsters Local 2010; Tech Exchange; Youth Together
public health (See also disasters; ecology; environmental justice; harm reduction; health; single payer health care)
Beyond Pesticides; California Trade Justice Coalition; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Center for Digital Democracy; Center for Environmental Health; ChangeLab Solutions; Climate Health Now; Communities for a Better Environment; Drug Policy Alliance; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Integrity Project; EveryOne Home; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; National Center for Youth Law; Pesticide Action Network North America; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Public Citizen; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Survivors International; Terma Foundation; Transportation for America; Violence Policy Center
public relations (See also advertising; corporations; propaganda)
Center for Media & Democracy; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Heat is Online, The; Organic Consumers Association; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations; U.S. Right to Know
publicity (See also advertising; logistics; media; posters and flyers)
Action Network, The; Berkeley Partners for Parks; California Certified Organic Farmers; It's Going Down; Minkler, Doug; Susan Ives Communications; Thought Leader Public Relations; Truth Be Told Creative
Puerto Rico (See Caribbean; places)
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)
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action; Anti Police-Terror Project; Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Black Lives Matter; Black Movement-Law Project; Brass Liberation Orchestra; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; California Immigrant Policy Center (Oakland office); Catalyst Project; ColorLines Magazine; Depave; Destiny Arts; East Bay Housing Organizations; East Oakland Collective; East Point Peace Academy; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Equal Justice Society; Freedom Socialist Party; Green-Collar Communities Clinic; Greenlining Institute; Harm Reduction Coalition; Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights; International Action Center; International ANSWER Coalition (San Francisco chapter); Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; National Compadres Network; Not In Our Town; Oakland Climate Action Coalition; Prison Radio; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Showing Up for Racial Justice, Bay Area; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Socialist Alternative; South Asian Americans Leading Together; Southern Center for Human Rights; Southern Poverty Law Center; Survival International USA; The Appeal; Triple Justice; United for a Fair Economy; UNtraining: Healing Personal and Social Oppressions, The; Vukani Mawethu; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office); Workers World Party; World Trust; Youth Together; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley; 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; It's Going Down; KALX; KKUP; KPFA; KQED, Inc.; KZSU; Making Contact; POOR News Network; Prison Radio; Redwood Community Radio, Inc.; TUC Radio; YR Media
radioactivity (See nuclear radiation)
rainforests (See also cultural survival; deforestation; ecology; endangered species / habitat)
Borneo Project, The; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Pachamama Alliance; Rainforest Action Network; SaveNature.Org
rape (See also sexual harassment; violence; women)
Bay Area Women Against Rape; 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; Ecology Center; ewasteCollective; Fast Haul; Freecycle Network; Garden for the Environment; Northern California Recycling Association; Recycle for Change; Renew Computers; San Francisco Environment Department; 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 Community Corporation; Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Women's Shelter; Asylum Access; BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights; Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions; California Immigrant Policy Center (Oakland office); Committee of 100 for Tibet; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Immigration Institute of the Bay Area; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; JVS; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project; Refugee & Immigrant Transitions; San Carlos Foundation; San Francisco Community Health Center; SF-CAIRS; Tibet Justice Center; Voice of Roma
relationships (See also adoption & foster care; family; marriage rights; sex)
Act for Love; Jane Goodall Institute; Sex, Gender, and Relationships Hotline; VeggieDate
religion (See also atheism; Buddhism; community-building; control techniques; evolution; Muslims; philosophy; psychology; religious right; separation of church and state; spirituality)
American Humanist Association; American Muslims for Palestine; 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 Sanctuary Covenant; First Congregational Church of San Francisco; Friends of Falun Gong USA; GLIDE; Habitat for Humanity East Bay / Silicon Valley; Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; Journey Free - Recovery from Harmful Religion; Kehilla Community Synagogue; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; Mission Bay Community Church; Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice; Nevada Desert Experience; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Task Force on the Americas; Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; 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)
People for the American Way
renewable energy (See also biodiesel; energy; global warming; peak oil; solar energy; sustainability)
California Interfaith Power and Light; Center for Sustainable Economy; Chelsea Green Publishing; Clean Energy Action; Climate Health Now; Climate Reality Project; Cooperative Community Energy; Fossil Free California; GRID Alternatives; Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Oil Change International; Power Shift Network; Resilience.org; Rising Sun Energy Center; Rock the Bike; Sage Renewable Energy Consulting; Sonoma Clean Power; Sunflower Alliance; The Utility Reform Network
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; Center for Reproductive Rights; NARAL Pro-Choice California; National Abortion Federaion; Planned Parenthood Northern California; Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Worksafe, Inc.
research (See also analysis; investigative journalism; open source / open data; research materials; researchers; science)
About-Face; ACCION International; Active Voice Lab; Americans for Safe Access; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Economic and Social Rights; Center for Farmworker Families; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; Center for Public Integrity; Commonwealth Fund, The; Consumer Federation of America; Corporate Watch; CorpWatch; Democracy at Work Institute; Equality Trust, The; FOCUS on the Global South; Further The Work: Advancing Social Justice; Greater Good Magazine; Green Science Policy Institute; Greenbelt Alliance; Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; International Bird Rescue Research Center; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; Jane Goodall Institute; Learning for Action; Marine Science Institute; NutritionFacts.org; Open Knowledge Foundation; Organic Seed Alliance; Our World; Partners for Livable Communities; Post Carbon Institute; Privacy International; Privacy Rights Clearinghouse; Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation; Research Unit for Political Economy; Sonoma Ecology Center; Thought Leader Public Relations; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; Violence Policy Center; West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; Western Institute for Social Research; Working Partnerships USA; World Resources Institute
research materials (See also archiving; computers; directories; educational curriculum; libraries; mail-order; news; news on-line; research)
Bank Information Center; California Environmental Voters; California Legislative Information; Center for Climate and Energy Solutions; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Investigative Reporting; Center for Popular Economics; congress.gov; Corporate Watch; Costs of War Project; Dossier, The; Energy Justice Network; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Working Group; Fair Trade Federation; Feminist Majority Foundation; GLBT Historical Society; Global Energy Monitor; GRAIN; inequality.org; JoinCalifornia Elections Archive; Long Haul Infoshop; National Center for Employee Ownership; National Center for Science Education; National Freedom of Information Coalition; National Security Archive; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Organic Consumers Association; Pacific Institute; Pesticide Action Network North America; Polaris Institute; Privacy International; Project Vote Smart; RealClimate; Resilience.org; United States Code; University of Minnesota Human Rights Library; Venezuelanalysis.com; Western States Legal Foundation; Women's Cancer Resource Center; World Resources Institute; World Socialist Web Site
researchers (See also research; think tanks; watchdog groups)
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights; Berkeley Food Network; California Institute for Rural Studies; California Public Interest Research Group; Center for Economic and Policy Research; Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies; Center for Media & Democracy; Center for Neighborhood Technology; Center for Nonprofit Learning; Center for Sustainable Economy; Citizens for Tax Justice; Clean Energy Action; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Ecology Action; Electronic Privacy Information Center; Environment America Research & Policy Center; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environment California; Environmental Working Group; Food & Water Watch; FoodPrint; Greenlining Institute; Health Initiative of the Americas; 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; Native Seeds / SEARCH; Oakland Institute; OpenSecrets; Political Economy Research Institute; Political Research Associates; Pro-Choice Public Education Project; Rodale Institute; San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association; San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; U.S. Right to Know; Union of Concerned Scientists; Urban Displacement Project
retreats (See also classes / courses; networking; outdoor activity; travel)
Ben Lomond Quaker Center; Jewish Youth for Community Action; Journey Free - 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; ewasteCollective; Fast Haul; Freecycle Network; Greywater Alliance; Northern California Recycling Association; ReCARES; Recycle for Change; San Francisco Freecycle Network; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Alameda District Council; Wholly H2O
right to know (See also freedom of information; law; sunshine laws; watchdog groups)
California First Amendment Coalition; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Environmental Law Foundation; Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; Fully Informed Jury Association; Non-GMO Project; Northern California 911 Truth Alliance; Open Knowledge Foundation; U.S. Right to Know; Worksafe, Inc.
right-wingers (See also elitism; militias; religious right)
Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights; 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; Ecological Farming Association; Emerald Earth; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; NamasteDirect; National Black Farmers Association; National Family Farm Coalition; Sustainable Agriculture Education
Russia (See Asia; Europe; petroleum-rich nations; places)
San Mateo County (See also counties)
AbilityPath; Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County; Center for Independence of the Disabled; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Family & Children Services; Green Foothills; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; Marine Science Institute; Nine Lives Foundation; Pacifica Gardens; Peninsula Family Service; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Planned Parenthood Northern California; Rape Trauma Services; Samaritan House; San Bruno Mountain Watch; San Mateo County Democracy for America; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Second Harvest of Silicon Valley; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Sustainable San Mateo County; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; Village Harvest; Youth United for Community Action
Santa Clara County (See also counties)
AbilityPath; ABODE Services; Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center; Catholic Charities of San Jose; Community Technology Alliance; Family & Children Services; First Community Housing; Foundation for a College Education; Friends of Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority; Green Foothills; 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; Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley; Project HIRED; Rabbit Haven, The; San Jose Peace & Justice Center, a project of Collins Foundation; Second Harvest of Silicon Valley; Sempervirens Fund; Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition; Silicon Valley Climate Action Now!; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Silicon Valley Independent Living Center; Silicon Valley Public Access Link; Silicon Valley Rising; Silicon Valley Transit Users; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; South Bay Song Circle; Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Village Harvest; Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Jose; Wildlife Conservation Network; Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - San Jose Branch; Working Partnerships USA; Youth Science Institute; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
Santa Cruz County (See also counties)
ABODE Services; Free Radio Santa Cruz; Rabbit Haven, The; Reel Work Labor Film Festival; Sempervirens Fund; Sex Workers Outreach Project USA; Vajrapani Institute; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA
Saudi Arabia (See Middle East; 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; Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy; California Native Plant Society; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office); Child Family Health International; Communities for a Better Environment; Conservation Sense and Nonsense; Cool Effect Inc.; Drug Policy Alliance; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; EnCorps; Environment and Human Health, Inc.; Environmental Health News; Environmental News Network; Environmental Volunteers; Farmland LP; Global Forest Watch; Greater Good Magazine; Green Planet Films, Inc.; Green Science Policy Institute; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Island Press; Jane Goodall Institute; KIDS for the BAY; Marine Science Institute; National Center for Science Education; No Fly Climate Sci; NutritionFacts.org; Partnership for Policy Integrity; Political Economy Research Institute; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; RealClimate; San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; SaveNature.Org; Scientist Rebellion; Sudo Room; Union of Concerned Scientists; Video Project; Wholly H2O; Wildmind Science Learning; Youth Science Institute
secession (See autonomy; direct action; government)
seeds (See also agriculture; biodiversity; biotechnology; gardening; noncorporate economy; organic agriculture; trees)
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; Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library; 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; Compassion & Choices; DCARA; Development Group for Alternative Policies, The; East Timor and Indonesia Action Network; HealthWrights; Hesperian Health Guides; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; HomeRise; Institute of Urban Homesteading; International Campaign for Tibet; International Indian Treaty Council; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; National Black Food and Justice Alliance; National Students for Justice in Palestine; Oilwatch; Pesticide Action Network North America; Prospera; Riseup; Thousand Currents; Tibet Justice Center; Tibetan Association of Northern California; US Food Sovereignty Alliance; Workers World Party
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; Hamilton Families; Hesperian Health Guides; Nolo; Self-Help Hunger Program; 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)
AbilityPath; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; City Slicker Farms; Daily Acts; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Free Farm Stand; Hamilton Families; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Transition Berkeley; Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Jose
self-sufficiency (See also autonomy; local economy; self-help; self-reliance; sustainability)
Asian Health Services; Bill Wilson Center; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; City Slicker Farms; Covenant House California; FACES SF; Family & Children Services; 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 & Immigrant Transitions; Self-Sustaining Communities; Swords to Plowshares; Village Harvest
seniors (See also ageism; demographics; diversity; family; health; nursing homes)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Bread & Roses; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Center for Elders' Independence; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Commonwealth Fund, The; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; Crucible, The; East Bay Cohousing; Felton Institute; Foundation Aiding The Elderly; Gray Panthers, San Francisco; Health Access California (Oakland office); Legal Aid of Marin; Nursing Home & Elder Abuse Law Center; Older Women's League; Pets Are Wonderful Support; Project Open Hand (Alameda County); Project Open Hand (San Francisco); Rebuilding Together San Francisco; Resources for Community Development; San Francisco Long Term Care Ombudsman Program; Third Act; Vivalon; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
separation of church and state (See also civil liberties; evolution; First Amendment; government; religion; religious right)
Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Friends of Falun Gong USA
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 Bay Area; AbilityPath; ABODE Services; Abortion Clinics OnLine; Access Institute for Psychological Services; ACCION International; African Advocacy Network; AIDS Legal Referral Panel; Alameda Family Services; Alameda Food Bank; Alameda Point Collaborative; Alternative Family Services, Inc.; AnewAmerica Community Corporation; Arab Cultural and Community Center; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Health Services; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Asian Women's Shelter; Bay Area Community Services; Bay Area Crisis Nursery; Berkeley Food Network; Berkeley Free Clinic; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Bill Wilson Center; Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency; California FarmLink; Canal Alliance; Center for Elders' Independence; Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, The; Clinic by the Bay; Community Boards; Compass Family Services; Consider The Homeless; COTS Committee on the Shelterless; Covenant House California; DCARA; Disability Services & Legal Center; Dorothy Day House; East Bay Agency for Children; East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation; East Oakland Collective; Ecumenical Hunger Program; Electric Embers; Episcopal Community Services; EveryOne Home; Eviction Defense Collaborative; FACES SF; Family & Children Services; Family Connections Centers; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Fast Haul; Felton Institute; Fenton Communications (San Francisco office); Filipino Advocates for Justice; First Community Housing; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Food Pantry, The; Fred Finch Youth Center; Free Farm Stand; GLIDE; Good Shepherd Gracenter; Hamilton Families; Harm Reduction Coalition; Hire-Ability, Inc.; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; HomeRise; HOMEY; Hospitality House; Housing California; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; Insight Housing; Instituto Laboral de La Raza; Intertribal Friendship House; Juma Ventures; JVS; Keep Oakland Housed; Kidango; Koret Family House; La Casa de las Madres; Lao Family Community Development, Inc.; Lava Mae; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area; LifeMoves; Lyon-Martin Health Services; Marin Treatment Center; Narika; Native American Health Center; North Beach Citizens; Operation Dignity; Peninsula Family Service; Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project; Population Services International; PRC; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.; Project Open Hand (Alameda County); Project Open Hand (San Francisco); Project Sentinel Fair Housing; Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness; Rape Trauma Services; Raphael House; REACH Shirati; Rebuilding Together San Francisco; Refugee & Immigrant Transitions; Richmond / Ermet Aid Foundation; Roots Community Health Center; Rosenberg Fund for Children; Saint Anthony Foundation; Samaritan House; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; San Francisco Community Health Center; San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network; San Francisco League Against Systemic Harm; San Francisco-Marin Food Bank; San Mateo County Edison STD Clinic; Satellite Affordable Housing Associates; SEEDS Community Resolution Center; Seneca Family of Agencies; Shanti Project; ShelterOak; 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; Tech Exchange; Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; Unity Council, The; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA; Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark, Inc.; Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Jose; Vivalon; Welcome Ministry; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.; Women's Centers, Inc. / Women's Building, San Francisco; 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)
Sex Worker's Education Network; Sex, Gender, and Relationships Hotline; 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 USA
sexism (See also discrimination; imagism; pornography; sex; sexual harassment; sizism; women)
International Action Center; Socialist Alternative; Workers World Party; 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)
Asexuality Visibility and Education Network; Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits; Bay Area Reporter; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center; Californians for Justice (Oakland office); Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry; City of Refuge United Church of Christ; Community United Against Violence; Congregation Sha'ar Zahav; Ethical Traveler; Family & Children Services; First Congregational Church of San Francisco; Freedom Socialist Party; Freedom to Marry; Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Gaylesta: The Psychotherapist Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity; GLBT Historical Society; GLMA; GroundSpark; Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club; Horizons Foundation; International Action Center; Lavender Phoenix; 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; Oakland Pride; Our Family Coalition; OutRight Action International; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, San Jose/Peninsula; PFLAG Oakland/East Bay; Pride At Work; Queer Cultural Center; Queer Things To Do in the San Francisco Bay Area; Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County; San Francisco Community Health Center; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee; San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band; Sex, Gender, and Relationships Hotline; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Trikone; Women's Cancer Resource Center; Workers World Party
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; HealthWrights; Shareable; Sustainable Economies Law Center
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; Raphael House; Saint Anthony Foundation; Samaritan House; STAND! For Families Free of Violence
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; Simpler Way, The; Small House Society
single payer health care (See also health; healthcare access; insurance; public health)
California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act; 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
sizism (See also discrimination; eating disorders; imagism; sexism)
Little People of America
skepticism (See analysis; humanism; science)
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)
Breaking the Chains; Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; East Bay Democratic Socialists of America; Freedom Socialist Party; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Oakland Socialist; Party for Socialism and Liberation (San Francisco office); Peace and Freedom Party, Alameda County; Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America; Socialist Action; Socialist Alternative; Socialist Viewpoint; Speak Out Now / Revolutionary Workers Group; System Change Not Climate Change; Union for Radical Political Economics; Workers World Party; 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; Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; 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 Community Foundation; Solano Land Trust
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; GRID Alternatives; Northern California Solar Energy Association; Solar Sonoma County; SunWork Renewable Energy Projects; Vote Solar; Women's Earth Alliance
solidarity (See also diversity; global community; unity)
Bay Area Labor Heritage Rockin' Solidarity Chorus; Bay Area Women in Black; Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador; Friends of the MST; Haiti Action Committee; Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; International Solidarity Movement; Love and Justice in the Streets; National AIDS Memorial; National Students for Justice in Palestine; New Economy Coalition; NorCal Resilience Network; Occupy Oakland; Oilwatch; Palestine Legal; Refuser Solidarity Network; Shut it down for Palestine; Students for a Free Tibet; Task Force on the Americas; Thrive Street Choir; US Campaign for Palestinian Rights; Where Do We Go Berkeley?; Witness for Peace; Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Sonoma County (See also counties)
Daily Acts; FEED Sonoma; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; Petaluma Community Access; Raucous Rooster, The; Redwood Empire Food Bank; Russian Riverkeeper; Solar Sonoma County; Sonoma Clean Power; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Sonoma County Conservation Action; Sonoma County Conservation Council; Sonoma Ecology Center; Sonoma Land Trust; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Voice of Roma
South Africa (See also Africa; places)
Vukani Mawethu
South America (See also Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Latinas / Latinos; Peru; places; Venezuela)
Amazon Watch; CounterVortex; Survival International USA
South Asian Americans (See also Asian Americans; India; Pakistan)
Narika; South Asian Americans Leading Together; 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; David Brower Center; East Bay Community Space; La Pena Cultural Center; Long Haul Infoshop; Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; Omni Commons; Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County; San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center; Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley; Vajrapani Institute; Women's Centers, Inc. / Women's Building, San Francisco
speakers (See also )
Alternative Radio; Californians for Electoral Reform; Ecocity Builders; Global Exchange; League of Women Voters of San Francisco; Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center; Planet Drum Foundation; Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Union of Concerned Scientists; Veterans Speakers Alliance; Witness to Innocence; Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases; Women's Cancer Resource Center; Women's Economic Agenda Project
spirituality (See also interconnectedness; religion; yoga)
Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits; Ben Lomond Quaker Center; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; California Institute of Integral Studies; EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living; Kehilla Community Synagogue; Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco; North Atlantic Books; Northern Sun Merchandising; San Francisco Vegan Society; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; Starhawk; Tikkun Magazine; Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley; Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo; 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)
ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors; Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program; Berkeley Youth Alternatives; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Girls on the Run of the Bay Area; Naturist Society
spying (See also CIA / FBI / NSA; covert operations; national government; privacy; surveillance)
Defending Rights & Dissent; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
squatting (See direct action; housing)
Sri Lanka (See Asia)
state government (See also gambling; government; initiatives)
California Legislative Information; Climate Center, The; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Thought Leader Public Relations
stem cell research (See health; reproductive rights; science)
street theater (See also humor; outdoor activity; performance art; theatre)
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The
strikes (See direct action; labor)
students (See also demographics; education; leadership development; military recruitment; university publications; youth)
Aspect Foundation; Aspire Education Project; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy; Berkeley Student Food Collective; Californians for Justice (Oakland office); Child Family Health International; Climate Health Now; 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; Foundation for a College Education; Foundation for Intentional Community; KALX; KIDS for the BAY; KZSU; League of Creative Minds; LevelBar; Marine Science Institute; Millet Project, The; National Students for Justice in Palestine; Oakland Kids First; Palestine Legal; Recycle for Change; Renters' Legal Assistance; Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture; Student Environmental Resource Center; Students for a Free Tibet; Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Telegraph for People; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; United Students Against Sweatshops; University Professional and Technical Employees; Wildmind Science Learning; World Savvy; Youth Together
study groups (See also education)
UNtraining: Healing Personal and Social Oppressions, 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 Bay Area; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program; Asexuality Visibility and Education Network; Bay Area Friends of Tibet; Bay Area Women Against Rape; Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center; East Bay Agency for Children; Family Violence Law Center; Journey Free - Recovery from Harmful Religion; Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center; LGBTQ Youth Space; Little People of America; National Organization of Restoring Men; Older Women's League; Our Family Coalition; Pets Are Wonderful Support; PFLAG Oakland/East Bay; Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County; San Francisco Women Against Rape; 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)
Center for Democracy and Technology; Center for Human Rights and Privacy; Defending Rights & Dissent; Demand Progress; Intercept, The; 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; Association for India's Development; Bank Information Center; Bay Area Green Tours; Berkeley Student Food Collective; Build It Green; Bullfrog Films; California Climate and Agriculture Network; California Institute for Rural Studies; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Ecoliteracy; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for Neighborhood Technology; Center for Sustainable Economy; Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; Chelsea Green Publishing; Citizens for Balanced Growth; City Slicker Farms; Communities for a Better Environment; Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Community Vision; Countercurrents.org; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Crissy Field Center; Cycles of Change; Daily Acts; David Brower Center; Earth Island Institute; Ecocity Builders; Ecological Building Network; Ecology Center; Edible East Bay; Emerald Earth; Factory Farming Awareness Coalition; FEED Sonoma; First Community Housing; Food & Water Watch; FoodPrint; Garden for the Environment; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Grassroots Economic Organizing; Green City Project; Green Planet Films, Inc.; GRID Alternatives; GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth; Heinberg, Richard; Hidden Villa; HOPE Collaborative; Idle No More SF Bay; 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 Food Policy Research Institute; Land Stewardship Project; Mandela Partners; Marin City Community Development Corporation; Metaphor Project, The; Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture; National Black Food and Justice Alliance; New Field Foundation; New Society Publishers; Northern California Land Trust; Northern California Recycling Association; Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; OHIAS; Organic Consumers Association; Pachamama Alliance; Pacific Institute; Permaculture Action Network; Petaluma Bounty; PLACE for Sustainable Living; Planet Drum Foundation; Planting Justice; Point of View Productions; Population Connection; Post Carbon Institute; Presidio Graduate School; Raucous Rooster, The; Recycle for Change; Resource Renewal Institute; Roots of Change; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; Seed the Commons; Self-Sustaining Communities; Seva Foundation; Social Justice Center of Marin; Sonoma Ecology Center; South Bay Progressive Alliance; Story of Stuff, The; Student Environmental Resource Center; Sudo Room; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable City; Sustainable Economies Law Center; Sustainable San Mateo County; Tech Exchange; Thousand Currents; TransForm; Transition Berkeley; Transition Earth; Trees For The Future; UC Gill Tract Community Farm; Union of Concerned Scientists; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Urban Permaculture Guild; Urban Tilth; Village Harvest; Walk Bike Berkeley; Walk San Francisco; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center; World BEYOND War; World Trust; Youth Vs. Apocalypse
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; Long Haul Infoshop; Northern Sun Merchandising; Peace Resource Project
tabling (See direct action; voter registration)
Tanzania (See also Africa; places)
REACH Shirati
taxes (See also distribution of wealth; government)
Berkeley Partners for Parks; Citizens for Tax Justice; Common Cause; Family Agriculture Resource Management Services; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; United for a Fair Economy; 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; America Walks; BAVC Media; California FarmLink; California Indian Environmental Alliance; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Health, Environment and Justice; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; ChangeLab Solutions; Communities for a Better Environment; Community Technology Alliance; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; East Bay Cohousing; Ecological Building Network; Electric Embers; Environmental Law Foundation; Environmental Working Group; Free Radio Berkeley; Friends of the Urban Forest; GRID Alternatives; Housing Consortium of the East Bay; Impact Fund, The; Independent Arts & Media; Institute for Local Self-Reliance; International Center for Research on Women; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; La Cocina; Learning for Action; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Media Alliance; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; National Center for Youth Law; National Coalition for the Homeless; Occupy Wall Street; Organic Consumers Association; Partners for Livable Communities; Petaluma Community Access; Pipeline Fighters Hub; Prometheus Radio Project; Prospera; Shanti Project; Silicon Valley Public Access Link; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Support for Families of Children with Disabilities; Trees For The Future; Women's Economic Agenda Project
technology (See also appropriate technology; biotechnology; communications; computers; guns; nuclear energy; patents; science; technical assistance; transportation)
A1 Sun, Inc.; Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Center for Democracy and Technology; Center for Neighborhood Technology; CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; EnCorps; Future of Music Coalition; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Intercept, The; JVS; Movement Labs; Oakland Privacy; Privacy International; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Tech Workers Coalition; Union of Concerned Scientists
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 TV; Independent Television Service; KQED, Inc.; Labor Video Project; LinkTV; Midpeninsula Community Media Center; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Petaluma Community Access; Real News, 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; Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Bay Area Legal Aid; Causa Justa :: Just Cause; Central City S.R.O. Collaborative; Council of Community Housing Organizations; Eviction Defense Collaborative; Housing California; Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco; Legal Aid of Marin; Oakland Tenants Union; 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)
CounterVortex; Dossier, The; Independent Arts & Media; Northern California 911 Truth Alliance
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)
FOCUS on the Global South
theatre (See also creativity; performance art; street theater)
African American Art and Culture Complex; Creative Action Theater; Culture and Animals Foundation; Destiny Arts; Intersection for the Arts; Love the Bulb; Moore, Frank; San Francisco Mime Troupe
therapy (See also counseling; health; psychotherapy; services)
AbilityPath; Access Institute for Psychological Services; Americans for Safe Access; Brush Fire Painting Workshops; Fred Finch Youth Center; Liberation Institute, The; Samaritan House; Western Institute for Social Research
think tanks (See also analysis; lobbying; policy; researchers)
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network; Center for International Policy; Center for Sustainable Economy; EcoEquity; Economic Policy Institute; Foreign Policy In Focus; IBON Foundation, Inc.; Institute for Policy Studies; Oakland Institute; Political Research Associates; San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association; 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; Committee of 100 for Tibet; Free Tibet; 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)
American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation; 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; 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)
As You Sow; Beyond Pesticides; Breast Cancer Prevention Partners; California Indian Environmental Alliance; Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Health, Environment and Justice; Center for Public Environmental Oversight ; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Communities for a Better Environment; East Bay Pesticide Alert; Ecological Building Network; Environmental Law Foundation; Green Science Policy Institute; Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice; International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal; Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Organic Consumers Association; People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Richmond Shoreline Alliance; San Francisco Environment Department; Sunflower Alliance; Urban Habitat; Worksafe, Inc.
trade (See also economic sanctions; economics; electronic commerce; foreign policy; NAFTA / GATT / FTAA; World Trade Organization)
California Trade Justice Coalition; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; National Family Farm Coalition; Vote Hemp
trails (See also conservation; hiking; outdoor activity; parks)
American Hiking Society; Bay Area Barns and Trails; Bay Trail; Love the Bulb; San Francisco Bay Area Wheelchair Accessible Trails; Slide Ranch
transgenders (See also sexual minorities)
California Coalition for Women Prisoners; Horizons Foundation; LGBTQ Youth Space; Lyon-Martin Health Services; 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)
Amazon Watch; Automobile Moratorium; BayRail Alliance; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Bike East Bay; Bike Walk Alameda; Carfree.com; Center for Neighborhood Technology; ChangeLab Solutions; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Congress for the New Urbanism; Connect Oakland; East Bay Bicycle Coalition; East Bay Bike Party; Ecocity Builders; First Community Housing; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; International Bicycle Fund; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Ocean Voyages Institute; Older Women's League; Public Advocates, Inc.; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; San Francisco Environment Department; Self-Sustaining Communities; Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition; Silicon Valley Transit Users; Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition; Spokeland; Streetsblog SF; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Teamsters for a Democratic Union; TransForm; Transport Oakland; Transportation for America; Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund; Union of Concerned Scientists; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Urban Habitat; Vivalon; Walk Bike Berkeley; Walk San Francisco
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; Ethical Traveler; Face The World Foundation; Global Exchange; International Bicycle Fund; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization; Middle East Children's Alliance; No Fly Climate Sci; 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)
Conservation Sense and Nonsense; Friends of the Urban Forest; Global Forest Watch; Global Justice Ecology Project; Hills Conservation Network; Love the Bulb; Self-Sustaining Communities; Trees For The Future; Village Harvest; Women's Earth Alliance
Trumpism (See also national government; plutocracy)
Indivisible East Bay; Refuse Fascism (Bay Area group)
Turkey (See Armenian Americans; Europe; Kurds; places)
Ukraine (See also Europe)
Nova Ukraine
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; International Labor Organization; Our World; Pathways to Peace; Save Nubia Project; Western States Legal Foundation
unity (See also diversity; solidarity)
Bay Area United Against War Newsletter; HipHopForChange; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., The; 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; Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative; Berkeley Open Source Food; Carfree.com; Center for Creative Land Recyling; Center for Neighborhood Technology; Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture; Circle of Blue; City Repair; City Slicker Farms; Communities for a Better Environment; Congress for the New Urbanism; Conservation Sense and Nonsense; Crissy Field Center; Cycles of Change; Depave; Ecocity Builders; Ecology Center; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Fleet Farming; Friends of the Urban Forest; Garden for the Environment; GLIDE; Green City Project; Greenbelt Alliance; ICA Fund Good Jobs; Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; Institute of Urban Homesteading; Intertribal Friendship House; Literacy for Environmental Justice; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Mission Bay Community Church; New Village Press; Occupy the Farm - The Film; Petaluma Bounty; Phat Beets Produce; PLACE for Sustainable Living; Planet Drum Foundation; Planting Justice; Pollinate Farm & Garden; Resilience.org; San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association; San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; San Francisco Parks Alliance; San Francisco Permaculture Guild; San Francisco Tomorrow; Save Mount Sutro Forest; SF Urban Riders; Sogorea Te’ Land Trust; Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project; Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; Sustainable Agriculture Education; Sustainable Economies Law Center; UC Gill Tract Community Farm; Urban Adamah; Urban Creeks Council; Urban Displacement Project; Urban Ecology, Inc.; Urban Habitat; Urban Permaculture Guild; Urban Sprouts; Urban Tilth; UrbanAgLaw; Village Harvest
urban planning (See also development; land use; urban life; urban sprawl)
Community Vision; Greenbelt Alliance; International Bicycle Fund
urban sprawl (See also automobiles; land use; transportation; urban life; urban planning)
Center for Creative Land Recyling; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Congress for the New Urbanism; Ecocity Builders; Greenbelt Alliance; San Jose Bike Party; Save the Bay; Transition Earth; Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund; 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)
Animal Outlook; Berkeley Animal Rights Center; EarthSave Foundation; Factory Farming Awareness Coalition; Farm Sanctuary; Food Not Bombs, San Francisco; Food Not Bombs, San Jose; Go Vegan! Radio; HappyCow's Vegetarian Guide (California Section); Marin Vegetarian Education Group; NutritionFacts.org; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Plant Based Foods Association; Pollination Project, The; San Francisco Vegan Society; Vegan Action; Vegan Outreach; Vegan Society, The; VegDining.com; VeggieDate; VegNews; What the Health
Venezuela (See also petroleum-rich nations; places; South America)
Task Force on the Americas; Venezuelanalysis.com
veterans (See also demographics; militarism)
Courage to Resist; Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility; Operation Dignity; Swords to Plowshares; Veterans for Peace; Veterans Speakers Alliance; Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA
Vietnam (See also Asia; militarism; places; veterans)
Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA
vigils (See also direct action; outdoor activity)
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; Alliance of South Asians Taking Action; Anti Police-Terror Project; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.; BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth; Black Lives Matter; Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice; Community United Against Violence; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; Critical Resistance; Destiny Arts; Equality Trust, The; Family & Children Services; Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; HOMEY; New Field Foundation; October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality; Peace Brigades International; Sex Worker's Education Network; Southern Poverty Law Center; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Violence Policy Center; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center; 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 Legal Referral Panel; American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); Bay Area Literacy; Berkeley Partners for Parks; Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto; Conservation Corps North Bay; Environmental Volunteers; Green City Project; HandsOn Bay Area; One Brick; PRC; Project Read; UC Berkeley Public Service Center; Universal Giving; VolunteerMatch; Walk Bike Berkeley; World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - USA
voter registration (See also elections; tabling)
Green Party, San Francisco; San Mateo County Democracy for America; Swing Left San Francisco
walking (See also cycling; hiking; pedestrian advocacy; transportation)
America Walks; Berkeley Path Wanderers Association; Bike East Bay; Bike Walk Alameda; Congress for the New Urbanism; Love the Bulb; Marin County Bicycle Coalition; Walk Bike Berkeley; Walk Oakland Bike Oakland
waste (See also conservation; consumer lifestyle; ecology; pollution; recycling; reuse; toxics)
Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Fast Haul; Freecycle Network; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; OHIAS; San Francisco Environment Department; San Francisco Freecycle Network; Simpler Way, The; StopWaste.Org; Tech Exchange; World Resources Institute
watchdog groups (See also do-it-yourself; investigative journalism; researchers; right to know; whistleblowing)
Amazon Watch; Berkeley Copwatch; California Environmental Voters; Center for Media & Democracy; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth; Committee to Protect Journalists; CorpWatch; Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Environmental Integrity Project; Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; Food & Water Watch; Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights; Human Rights Watch; Oilwatch; Palestine Legal; Privacy International; Project On Government Oversight; 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; Alameda Creek Alliance; As You Sow; Association for India's Development; Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors; BayEcotarium, The; Berkeley Climate Action Coalition; Border Angels; California Indian Environmental Alliance; Center for Ecoliteracy; Circle of Blue; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Clean Water Action (California office); Corporate Accountability International; Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Environment America Research & Policy Center; Environmental Justice Coalition for Water; Ethical Traveler; Food & Water Watch; Friends of the Eel River; Friends of the River; Garden for the Environment; Greywater Alliance; Idle No More SF Bay; International Rivers; Island Press; Marine Mammal Center, The; Marine Science Institute; Ocean Voyages Institute; Pacific Institute; Pipeline Fighters Hub; Polaris Institute; Resilience.org; Restore Hetch Hetchy; Russian Riverkeeper; Save Nubia Project; Save the Bay; Sea Shepherd International; Sea Turtle Restoration Project; Seacology; Snitow-Kaufman Productions; Stand.earth (San Francisco office); Story of Stuff, The; Surfrider Foundation; Susan Ives Communications; Transition Earth; Tuolumne River Trust; WaterPartners International; Watershed Project; Wholly H2O; Women's Earth Alliance; World Resources Institute
watersheds (See also bioregions; creek restoration; water)
Alameda Creek Alliance; BayEcotarium, The; Borneo Project, The; Codornices Creek Watershed Council; Environmental Protection Information Center; Friends of Five Creeks; Friends of the River; Gallinas Watershed Council; Mendocino Land Trust; Peninsula Open Space Trust; 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)
POOR News Network
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; Homeless Action Center; IBON Foundation, Inc.; Legal Aid of Marin; Western Center on Law and Poverty (Oakland office)
wetlands (See also water)
Earth Island Institute; Gallinas Watershed Council; Green Foothills; Greenbelt Alliance; International Bird Rescue Research Center; Save the Bay; Watershed Project
whistleblowing (See also direct action; freedom of information; government; labor; science; watchdog groups)
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
wilderness (See also ecology; wildlife)
Bay Area Wilderness Training; Center for Biological Diversity, SF Bay Area Office; Citizens for Balanced Growth; Desert Survivors; Forests Forever; Hidden Villa; SaveNature.Org; Susan Ives Communications
wildlife (See also animal liberation; biodiversity; conservation; endangered species / habitat; rural life; trees; wilderness)
Animal Place; BayEcotarium, The; California Climate and Agriculture Network; Conservation Corps North Bay; Depave; Earth Island Institute; Green Foothills; In Defense of Animals; International Bird Rescue Research Center; Jane Goodall Institute; Mendocino Land Trust; Nature in the City; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Planning and Conservation League; Resource Renewal Institute; San Francisco Rescued Orphan Mammal Program; Save Knowland Park Coalition; Save the Bay; SaveNature.Org; Sea Shepherd International; Susan Ives Communications; Urban Creeks Council; WildAid (San Francisco Office); WildCare; Wildlife Conservation Network; Wildmind Science Learning
women (See also affirmative action; demographics; diversity; feminism; rape; reproductive rights; sex; sexism; sweatshops)
About-Face; Afghan Women's Mission; Asian Immigrant Women Advocates; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; Association of Feminists Fighting Fascism, Imperialism, Refeudalization, and Marginalization; Bay Area Women Against Rape; Bay Area Women in Black; Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology; Breaking the Chains; Breast Cancer Action; Breast Cancer Prevention Partners; California Coalition for Women Prisoners; Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, The; CODEPINK Women for Peace; Equal Rights Advocates; GirlVentures; GLIDE; Global Fund for Women, The; Global Women Power; Good Shepherd Gracenter; GRID Alternatives; Humanist Mutual Aid Network; Idle No More SF Bay; IMPACT Bay Area; International Center for Research on Women; It Takes Roots; 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 (San Francisco office); NamasteDirect; Narika; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Committee on Pay Equity; Native American Health Center; New Field Foundation; Older Women's League; Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Point of View Productions; Prospera; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; Sogorea Te’ Land Trust; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; Thousand Currents; Transition Earth; Trust In Education; 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 Daytime Drop-In Center; Women's Earth Alliance; Women's Economic Agenda Project; Women's Environment & Development Organization; Women's Environmental Network; Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - San Jose Branch; Women’s Centers International / Oakland Women's Center; Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International; Young Women's Freedom Center; YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
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 Rivers; Thousand Currents; 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; Heyday; Hightower, Jim; National Writers Union; Rall, Ted; Seven Stories Press; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Starhawk
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)
ABADA-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center; Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project; Action For Nature; Alameda Family Services; American Friends Service Committee (Oakland office); American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation; Art of Yoga Project; Asian Americans for Community Involvement; Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach ; 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 Democracy; Center for Independent Living (Berkeley); Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; Civicorps Schools; Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force; 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; Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice; Community Vision; Community Youth Center; CommunityGrows; Crisis Support Services of Alameda County; Cycles of Change; Destiny Arts; EcoVillage Farm Learning Center; Family & Children Services; Family Support Services of the Bay Area; Family Violence Law Center; Fred Finch Youth Center; Fridays for Future; GirlVentures; GLIDE; GroundSpark; 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; Mission Bay Community Church; National Center for Youth Law; Native American Health Center; New Door Ventures; New Village Press; Oakland Kids First; Ocean Voyages Institute; Our Family Coalition; Palestinian Youth Movement; Phat Beets Produce; POOR News Network; Power Shift Network; Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc.; Pro-Choice Public Education Project; Richmond Art Center; San Francisco Black Film Festival; San Francisco Conservation Corps; Seneca Family of Agencies; Silicon Valley De-Bug; Socialist Action; STAND! For Families Free of Violence; StoryCenter; Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Trabajadores Unidos Workers United; Urban Sprouts; Veterans Speakers Alliance; Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc.; World Savvy; YES Nature to Neighborhoods; Young Nonprofit Professionals Network; Young Women's Freedom Center; Youth Alive!; Youth Homes, Inc.; Youth Leadership Institute; Youth Science Institute; Youth Together; Youth United for Community Action; Youth Vs. Apocalypse; YR Media
Yugoslavia (See Balkans; Europe; places; Romanis)
Zapatistas (See also Mayans; Mexico)
Chiapas Support Committee