1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence Mission is to alleviate the detrimental impact of violence through direct, practical and compassionate outreach services to victim-survivor families in the San Francisco Bay Area. Address: POBox 781, Hayward CA 94543 Voice: (510) 581-0100 Email: mothers1000@aol.com Web: http://1000mothers.org/ [06 Apr 2009]
2-1-1 For every day needs and in times of disaster, dial 2-1-1 to access hundreds of community services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2-1-1 phone service is free, confidential and available in over 150 languages. You can also find the help you need by searching our online database. Voice: 211 Web: http://www.211BayArea.org [19 Jul 2008]
21 Grand Art Gallery & Performance Space A volunteer-run interdisciplinary arts space hell-bent on presenting a macrocosmic panoply of emerging and experimental artists, focusing on genre-bending and innovative works of visual arts and live art (i.e. performative and media art presented to a live audience). Events range from the populist to the academic. Located three blocks north of the 19th Street BART station. Address: 416 25th Street (at Broadway), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-7263 (44GRAND) Email: 21grand@21grand.org Web: http://www.21grand.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
511 (Bay Area Transportation Information) A free phone and web service that provides transportation information for the nine-county Bay Area. 511 gives up-to-the-minute information on driving times, traffic conditions, public transit routes, fares and transit trip planning, instant carpool and vanpool referrals, bicycling information and more. Call 511 or visit 511.org. 511 is managed by a partnership of public agencies led by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the California Highway Patrol, and the California Department of Transportation. Web: http://www.511.org/ [03 Sep 2007]
A Better Way A not-for-profit children and family service agency dedicated to helping family live healthy and productive lives. We do this by serving children and families who have had a family disruption through the child welfare or child protective services agencies. Through our innovative, integrative service model, we are able to assist, with families’ involvement, their mental health, parenting, housing and therapeutic needs and provide them with the resources to reach their stated goals. Address: 3200 Adeline Street, Berkeley CA 94703-2407 Voice: (510) 601-0203 Fax: (510) 601-4002 Web: http://www.abetterwayinc.net [11 Jan 2010]
A First Amendment Center A compendium of links to activist web sites and alternative news. Sells activist bumperstickers, buttons, and posters. Topics include political prisoners, animal rights, gay rights, Native American rights, environmentalism, anti-nuclear, hemp, and so on. Web: http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/thefirstamendment/ [08 Apr 2007]
A New Way Forward This website was put together to facilitate people all over the country to share a path and organizings tasks towards economic recovery. The only nationally-coordinated grassroots protest against the bank bailouts since the meltdown. Web: http://www.anewwayforward.org/ [02 Apr 2009]
A1 Sun, Inc. A licensed California contractor. 100% of our electricity comes from PV. 30+ years of solar experience, designing and installing solar thermal and electric systems for residential and small business customers in the Bay Area and around the globe. Everyone can have access to low cost clean local energy. Address: 2015 Yolo Avenue, Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (510) 526-5715 Fax: (510) 526-5715 (same as voice) Email: info@a1suninc.com Web: http://www.a1suninc.com [07 Oct 2007]
ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center (ACSF) Founded in 1991 by world-renowned capoeira master artist Márcia Treidler, ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco (ACSF) is dedicated to preserving and promoting Afro-Brazilian culture through inspirational professional performance and instruction of capoeira and related Brazilian dance and music. By consistently seeking out new and creative ways of exploring and sharing the dynamic aspects of the multi-faceted art of capoeira and related arts, ACSF remains a pioneering force in the preservation and development of Brazilian cultural arts. Using traditional Brazilian arts as its medium, ACSF seeks to inspire and empower people, especially youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, to realize their full potential as responsible, confident, productive citizens. Address: 3221 22nd Street (at Mission), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 206-0650 Email: info@abada.org Web: http://www.abada.org/ [09 Nov 2008]
abagOnline The web page of the Association of Bay Area Governments, featuring numerous links to local, regional, and state government Internet services. Web: http://www.abag.ca.gov [11 Feb 2007]
Abalone Alliance Safe Energy Clearinghouse A safe energy clearinghouse overseeing technical and historical information on nuclear power, nuclear weapons proliferation, safe and renewable energy, and conservation. Current projects include organizing, the Energy-Net website and inhouse library, support for sustainable community development, and the 'Rad Bull' (Radiation Bulletin) electronic newsletter. Address: 2940 16th Street #310 (at Capp), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-0592 Fax: please call first Email: abalone@energy-net.org Web: http://www.energy-net.org [01 Aug 2006]
ABDF.org A small US-based development organization operating in the Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka. The organization sponsors a series of low-cost micro-development projects with the objective of improving the lives of recipients in an immediate and tangible way. Projects range from supplying clean drinking water, providing electricity, building roads, and supplying materials for schools. Web: http://www.abdf.org [06 Apr 2009]
Abilities United A not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization for children and adults with developmental disabilities (mental retardation, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, autism, and other neurodevelopmental conditions causing developmental delays) who live in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Each year, our nine services are used by over 2,500 people and their families. Formerly C.A.R, Community Association for Rehabilitation. Address: 525 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 494-0550 Fax: (650) 855-9710 Email: info@abilitiesunited.org Web: http://www.AbilitiesUnited.org [22 Mar 2008]
ABODE Services Offers housing programs linked to support services for low-income and homeless families and individuals. Each Abode program integrates these two components to help people establish permanent stability and return to independent lives. Housing options include emergency shelter, rental subsidies, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing. Support services include case management, primary and mental health care, substance recovery services, job counseling and placement, life skills classes, financial literacy training, practical tenancy training, parenting classes, and children's programs. Formerly Tri-City Homeless Coalition. Address: 40849 Fremont Blvd, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 657-7409 Fax: (510) 657-7293 Email: info@abodeservices.org Web: http://www.abodeservices.org [20 Jun 2009]
Abolition 2000 Abolition 2000 is an international global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons within a time-bound framework. It is open to all organizations endorsing the Abolition 2000 Statement. The Network aims at providing groups concerned with nuclear issues a forum for the exchange of information and the development of joint initiatives. The Abolition 2000 Network meets once a year and communicates on an ongoing basis via a number of list serves and through conferences, teleconferencing, and periodic mailings. Web: http://www.abolition2000.org [30 Jul 2006]
Abortion Clinics OnLine (ACOL) A directory service comprised of providers of abortion services and other reproductive health care. Includes private physicians' offices, state licensed clinics, private clinics, and hospital abortion services. Web: http://www.gynpages.com [11 Feb 2007]
About-Face Mission is to equip women and girls with tools to understand and resist the harmful stereotypes of women the media disseminates. There are three components to About-Face's program, Education into Action: media-literacy workshops, action groups, and a resource-filled web site. Our ultimate goal, the About-Face vision, is to imbue girls and women with the power to free themselves from body-related oppression, so they will be capable of fulfilling their potential. Web: http://www.about-face.org [08 Apr 2007]
abrupt: Apocalyptic Optimism for the End of History Culture jamming and more. Web: http://www.abrupt.org/ [11 Feb 2007]
ACCESS Exists to make reproductive health and choice a concrete reality -- not just a theoretical right -- for all women. We use a combination of direct services, community education and policy advocacy to promote real reproductive options and access to quality health care for low-income and uninsured women, young women, immigrant women and women in rural or isolated areas. No other organization in California provides the same range of support to women who are seeking or considering an abortion. Address: POBox 3609, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 923-0739; (800) 376-4636 (English hotline); (888) 442-2237 (Spanish hotline) Fax: (510) 923-0014 Web: http://www.whrc-access.org/ [01 Mar 2008]
Access Institute for Psychological Services Dedicated to making quality mental health care affordable to San Franciscans. We provide a full range of psychological services—including psychological assessment, psychotherapy and medication consultation—to individuals, couples, families, and children. Services are offered on a sliding scale, dependent upon a patient’s monthly income. Access Institute is located in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, close to Market Street and major transportation lines. Address: 110 Gough Street, Suite 301 (near Page), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 861-5449 Fax: (415) 861-3252 Email: info@accessinst.org Web: http://www.accessinst.org [10 Nov 2007]
ACCION International A nonprofit that fights poverty through microlending. Every day, millions of enterprising women and men around the world struggle to better their lives by opening tiny businesses. They work exhausting hours yet they barely scrape by. What they need to break free is a little credit - a loan as small as $100. With ACCION, they can get it. Web: http://www.accion.org [07 Jun 2008]
Accion Latina A non-profit, San Francisco-based organization founded in 1987 to promote social change and cultural pride in the Latino community. We produce a bilingual newspaper, an annual Latino music festival, and coordinate a journalism project for community youth. Our projects are a training ground for young people educating them on cultural traditions, increasing their social awareness, and inspiring them to serve the community. We are a volunteer-based collective committed to excellence in Latino education, art and culture. Our office is located in the Mission district, San Francisco's historic Latino community. Address: 2958 24th Street (between Harrison and Alabama), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 648-1045 Fax: (415) 648-1046 Web: http://accionlatina.org [11 Jan 2010]
Acme Electric Solar Systems Acme Electric is a licensed electrical contractor specializing in solar electric systems for homes and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Address: 2822 Mathews Street, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 644-2367 Fax: (510) 845-3401 Email: bruce@acmesolar.com Web: http://www.acmesolar.com [10 Nov 2007]
ACORN (Contra Costa County) (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) The nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities. Since 1970, ACORN has grown to more than 350,000 member families, organized in 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S. and in cities in Argentina, Peru, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Canada. ACORN's accomplishments include successful campaigns for better housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and more. Address: 2401 Stanwell, Suite 320, Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 689-1001 Fax: (925) 969-9862 Email: caacornbpro@acorn.org Web: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=7873 http://www.acorn.org [10 Feb 2008]
ACORN (Oakland) (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Address: 3700 East 12th Street, Suite 2, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 434-3110 Fax: (510) 434-3111 Email: caacornoaro@acorn.org Web: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=7876 http://www.acorn.org/ [10 Feb 2008]
ACORN (San Francisco) (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Address: 5319 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 587-9080 Fax: (415) 587-1778 Email: caacornsf@acorn.org Web: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=7880 http://www.acorn.org/ [10 Feb 2008]
ACORN (San Jose) (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Address: 395 East Taylor Street, Suite 230, San Jose CA 95112 Voice: (408) 293-1520 Fax: (408) 293-1609 Email: caacornsjro@acorn.org Web: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=7881 http://www.acorn.org/ [10 Feb 2008]
Act Against Torture A coalition of activists based in the San Francisco Bay Area working to abolish torture and indefinite detention, to end U.S. intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to prevent future wars. Our work is guided by radical, systemic analysis of war, torture and detention; the connections between these and other forms of oppression are the reason we support other movements for social justice as an integral part of our mission. Web: http://www.actagainsttorture.org/ [18 Sep 2006]
Act for Love An on-line activist-oriented dating service. Web: http://www.actforlove.org/ [11 Feb 2007]
Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth Mission is to create local solutions that foster a healthy natural environment. Acterra was formed in 2000 by the merger of two of the region's most respected and effective environmental groups: Bay Area Action (BAA) and the Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation (PCCF). In June of 2001 we announced our new name: Acterra. [Spam avoidance: Change the * to a @ in the email address.] Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303-4303 Voice: (650) 962-9876 Fax: (650) 962-8234 (please do not send unsolicited faxes) Web: http://www.Acterra.org [10 Sep 2006]
Action Alliance for Children A nonprofit information agency committed to educating and empowering people who work with and for children. The organization serves as a resource for policy makers, children's service providers and advocates, and the media. Publishes Children's Advocate, a bimonthly newsmagazine. Address: The Hunt House, 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA 94612-1217 Voice: (510) 444-7136 Email: aac@4children.org Web: http://www.4children.org [11 Feb 2007]
Action Alliance for Children (AAC) Works to inform, educate, connect, and inspire people who work with and on behalf of children throughout California. We provide useful, reader-friendly information on current issues, trends, and public policies that affect children and families, for families, early care and education staff, people who work with them, and advocates. We are committed to improving the lives of children and families and believes that providing information is a key step towards this goal. Address: 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-7136 Fax: (510) 444-7138 Email: aac@4children.org Web: http://www.4children.org/ [26 Dec 2008]
Action for Animals Publishes a monthly calendar of events for Bay Area animal rights and environmental activists for $20 per year ($35 for organizations). Does public speaking in schools. Has a major focus on live animals in food markets and animals in entertainment: rodeos, circuses, zoos, and maritime parks. Address: POBox 20184, Oakland CA 94620 Voice: (510) 652-5603 Fax: (510) 654-7432 Email: afa@mcn.org [21 Apr 2008]
Action For Nature (AFN) A local nonprofit that encourages young people to take personal action to nurture and protect a healthy environment on which all life depends. Every year we award scholarships to youth around the world for their environmental work. Address: 2269 Chestnut Street #263, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 513-2421 Fax: (415) 922-5717 Email: mail@actionfornature.org Web: http://www.actionfornature.org [12 Nov 2009]
ActionLA.org The fiscal umbrella for ActionLA affinity group, ActionLA web page/Listserv, Changelinks monthly newspaper, Peace No War Network, National Immigrant Solidarity Network, and US-Mexico Border Action Projects. We are part of the Los Angeles activist communities, and we offer our resources to help labor, immigrant, youth, environment and economic justice movements across the city and California. Web: http://www.actionla.org [11 Feb 2007]
Active Voice A team of strategic communication specialists who put powerful media to work for personal and institutional change in communities, workplaces, and campuses across America. Through our practical guides, hands-on workshops, stimulating events and key partnerships nationwide, Active Voice moves people from thought to action. By highlighting compelling personal stories and perspectives seldom found in mainstream media, we offer a much-needed outlet to people across America to speak out, listen up, and take the initiative for positive change. Address: 600 Townsend Street #140, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 487-2000 Fax: (415) 487-2260 Email: info@activevoice.net Web: http://www.activevoice.net/ [09 Nov 2008]
Activism Links of the Open Directory Project The Open Directory Project's (dmoz) directory of activism-related web links. Web: http://dmoz.org/Society/Activism/ [08 Apr 2007]
Activist San Diego A social justice organization that promotes and facilitates the development of an active, inter-related, progressive community in San Diego through networking, culture and electronic technology. The web site includes calendars of events and an organizational directory. Web: http://www.activistsandiego.org/ [07 Jun 2008]
Adams ESQ The law firm of Adams ESQ represents children with disabilities and fights school districts to obtain special education and related services such as 1:1 tutoring, speech and language, school-based counseling, behavior intervention, college preparation, assistive technology and more. Retainer fees are waived for low-income families that qualify for our modest means program. Courteous, bilingual (Spanish/English) staff, advocates and attorneys are available to assist parents and their children throughout the Bay Area. Address: 449 Fifteenth Street, Atrium Level, Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@adamsesq.com Web: http://www.adamsesq.com [19 Aug 2007]
Adbusters A magazine that takes on media culture and consumer culture, presenting parodies of the most insidious ad campaigns of our times. Web: http://www.adbusters.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Adopt A Special Kid (AASK) Believes that every child has the right to a safe, stable and nurturing home and that all children are adoptable. Adopt A Special Kid provides education and support services to adoptive and foster families and children. We promote positive changes to benefit children who are in the child welfare system. AASK provides complete, no-fee foster and adoption services to families interested in helping children in the foster care system. AASK also offers fee-for-service home studies and other services for families wishing to adopt children from outside of the system. Address: 8201 Edgewater Drive, Suite 103, Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 553-1748 x12; (888) 680-7349 (toll-free) Fax: (510) 553-1747 Email: info@aask.org Web: http://aask.org/ [16 Apr 2009]
Adoption Connection A non-profit licensed adoption agency completing domestic, infant adoptions and international adoption services. We work with birth families from across the nation and adoptive families in 19 counties in Northern California. As a full service agency we can provide services such as: homestudy, counseling, relinquishment, post placement, and second parent/domestic partner adoption services. Adoption Connection welcomes couples and individuals of all ages, religions, ethnic backgrounds or sexual orientation. Address: 2150 Post Street, San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 359-2494; (800) 972-9225 (birthparents only) Fax: (415) 359-2490 Email: families@adoptionconnection.org Web: http://www.adoptionconnection.org [07 Jun 2008]
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program (ASCA) An international self-help support group program designed specifically for adult survivors of neglect, physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse. The ASCA program offers: * Community based self-help support groups * Provider based self-help support groups * Web based self-help support groups * Survivor to Thriver workbooks Address: The Morris Center, POBox 14477, San Francisco CA 94114 Email: info@ascasupport.org Web: http://www.ascasupport.org [17 Jan 2009]
Affero Hosts personal web pages for authors, whether they are bloggers, writers, publishers, community hosts or individual forum participants that describe why they care about certain issues, which causes or organizations they feel need support, and a secured payment mechanism to facilitate impulse gifts from patrons who the member may have inspired or assisted in time of need. Affero also provides a historical record of ratings for the authors and their patrons. Each members' user-history provides a record of their contributions as perceived by other community members, including their history of writing, volunteerism and partronage. The personal web pages each have a unique web address (URL) that members can attach to email signatures, blog entries, articles, bulletin boards or any other digital work. Address: 510 Third Street, Suite 225, Box 12 (at Bryant), San Francisco CA 94107 Email: info@affero.org Web: http://www.affero.com [23 Jul 2006]
Afghan Hound Rescue of California A volunteer organization dedicated to saving Afghan Hounds from homelessness and euthanasia. We are an independent rescue group that operates under the approved guidelines of, and in cooperation with, the Afghan Hound Club of America Rescue (www.agfhanhound.net). We are a no kill organization. We DO NOT have a kennel facility; all rescues are fostered in the private homes of our volunteers. Address: POBox 3508, Redwood City CA 94064 Voice: (650) 678-9984 Fax: (650) 364-1957 Email: info@afghanhound911.com Web: http://www.afghanhound911.com [29 Oct 2008]
Afghan Women's Mission Works closely with RAWA to support health, educational, and other programs for Afghan women. Web: http://afghanwomensmission.org [07 Jun 2008]
afghans for Afghans afghans for Afghans is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that knits and crochets wool blankets, sweaters, vests, socks, mittens, and hats for the people of Afghanistan. The project started in response to the war that unfolded after 9/11. This follows a long-time American tradition of knitting for others at times of war and crisis. As of late 2007, US and Canadian volunteers have made more than 62,000 top-quality blankets and garments as a gesture of friendship and respect for Afghan children, women, and men. Address: POBox 475843, San Francisco CA 94147-5843 Email: afghans4Afghans@aol.com Web: http://www.afghansforafghans.org/ [10 Nov 2007]
AfricaJack Foundation Mission is to improve the lives of children in Sub-Saharan Africa affected by the AIDS pandemic through magical events and connections. How do we accomplish it? We build learning centers at AIDS orphanages where children can learn local and world trade skills to earn an income to support their future families. This will also build local commerce. What makes us different? Every donated dollar goes directly to benefit the children. No administrative costs or fees are deducted. A 501(c)(3) Corporation. Address: 400 Derby Avenue #7, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 533-5912 Email: info@africajack.com Web: http://www.africajack.com [27 May 2007]
African American Art and Culture Complex A three-floor art-deco style complex housing the Buriel Clay Theater, the Sargent Johnson Gallery, several workshops and classrooms, and visual arts studios. The center's programs reflect diversity and highlight African American art in its traditional and contemporary forms. Address: 762 Fulton Street (between Webster and Laguna), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 922-2049 [20 Sep 2006]
African Immigrant and Refugee Resource Center (AIRRC) Mission is to provide African and other immigrants and refugees of the Bay Area with the tools that they need to lead independent, productive, and dignified lives and to become contributing members of the Bay Area Community. The AIRRC provides all of its services free of charge. We provide a range of services to complement the job development component. AIRRC assists clients in filling out immigration / INS forms, job applications and divorce papers. The Center also provides crisis intervention counseling, bus tickets, translation / interpretation assistance, and referral services. Address: 1290 Fillmore Street, Suite 104 (at Eddy), San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 433-7300; (415) 433-7301 Web: http://www.airrc.org/ [19 Jan 2008]
African Immigrants' Social & Cultural Services (AISCS) We at AISCS have a dual mission: - Helping communities in Africa with education, vocational training, medical services, and community organization - Helping African immigrants adjust to the social and cultural changes they experience in the United States. Address: POBox 7776, Berkeley CA 94707-0776 Voice: (510) 273-9044 Email: info@aiscs.org Web: http://www.aiscs.org [21 Sep 2009]
After Downing Street A coalition working to expose the lies that launched the war and to hold accountable its architects, including through censure and impeachment. Web: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ [10 Aug 2006]
Against the Grain A radio and web media project whose aim is to provide in-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters -- political, economic, social and cultural -- important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. We're based at the studios of Pacifica station KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California. Web: http://www.againstthegrain.org [20 Apr 2008]
Agape Foundation A nonprofit tax-exempt foundation that raises and distributes funds to groups working for nonviolent social change. Agape provides seed grants, loans and fiscal sponsorship to organizations addressing the following six areas: Peace, Human Rights, Environmental Protection, Economic Justice, Progressive Arts & Media and Grassroots Organizing Support. Address: 1095 Market Street, Suite 304, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 701-8707 Fax: (415) 701-8706 Email: info@agapefdn.org Web: http://www.agapefdn.org [20 Apr 2008]
Agua Para la Vida Helps rural Nicaraguan communities build their own drinking water and sanitation systems. Address: 2311 Webster Street (near Telegraph and Ashby), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 643-8003 Web: http://www.aplv.org [09 Nov 2008]
AIDS Coalition Silicon Valley (SCCAC) Dedicated to raising awareness of local HIV/AIDS issues, and raising money to support local agencies providing HIV/AIDS services & programs. Sponsors the Walk for AIDS Silicon Valley. Address: 12 South First Street, Suite 1110, San Jose CA 95113 Voice: (408) 451-WALK (451-9255) Fax: (408) 248-7423 Email: info@aidscoalition.org Web: http://www.walkforaids.org [12 Oct 2008]
AIDS Emergency Fund A volunteer-run, community-funded agency that provides emergency financial aid to low-income persons with AIDS or disabling HIV. Address: 965 Mission Street, Suite 630 (between 5th and 6th Streets), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 558-6999 Fax: (415) 558-6990 Web: http://www.AIDSEmergencyFund.org/ [11 Feb 2007]
AIDS Housing Alliance / SF Believes in a world where all people have a safe, decent, and affordable home. Toward this vision, we prevent homelessness for people with HIV/AIDS by protecting the housing we already have, providing resources to secure new housing, and promoting public policy to increase opportunity for all. Address: 427 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 552-3242 Fax: (415) 703-8639 Email: info@ahasf.org Web: http://www.ahasf.org/ [05 Apr 2008]
AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) Assists persons with AIDS and HIV infection with a wide range of legal problems, from creditor problems or housing difficulties to wills and powers of attorney. Recruits attorneys and others to provide free and low-cost legal services. Provides staff and volunteer training to HIV service providers. Advocates for the rights of people with HIV. Supported by individual donations and volunteers. 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: info@alrp.org Web: http://www.alrp.org/ [08 Jul 2007]
Air America Radio A collaborative effort that brings together a group of experienced radio entrepreneurs with a talented team of creative artists. We are a new voice in talk radio: a smart voice with a sense of humor. It brings to the marketplace an unserved need. We give voice to what millions of Americans are thinking, but can't hear on radio. Until now! Web: http://www.airamericaradio.com/ [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Air Quality Management District The regional, government agency that regulates sources of air pollution within the nine San Francisco Bay Area Counties. Address: 939 Ellis Street (near Van Ness), San Francisco CA 94109-7714 Voice: (415) 771-6000 Web: http://www.baaqmd.gov [24 Jun 2009]
AK Press A worker run book publisher and distributor organized around anarchist principles. All decision-making, including which titles we distribute and what we publish, is made collectively. Our goal is to make available radical books and other materials, titles that are published by independent presses, not the corporate giants, titles with which you can make a positive change in the world. Address: 674-A 23rd Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-1700 Fax: (510) 208-1701 Email: info@akpress.org Web: http://www.akpress.org [11 Feb 2007]
Akha Heritage Foundation We work to protect the human rights of the Akha people in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, China and Vietnam. Our work includes protection for Akha language and culture, defending land rights, ending abuses by security forces, preventing the removal of Akha children, improving health care and providing clean water systems. We are joined by volunteers from around the world, and we also encourage people to share the work by starting their own projects to bolster the Akha cause. You can join us in person or on the net, or help in an Akha village. Web: http://www.akha.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
Al Jazeera Web: http://aljazeera.com/ [11 Feb 2007]
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition A broad-based, non-partisan, democratic, and charitable organization of grassroots activists and students committed to comprehensive public education on the rights of all Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and lands of origin, and to full restitution of all their confiscated and destroyed property in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International law and the numerous United Nations Resolutions upholding such rights. Web: http://al-awda.org/ [07 Jun 2008]
Alameda County Community Food Bank A central clearinghouse for donated food. Nonprofit organizations that distribute free food to low-income people in Alameda County are eligible for membership. Address: POBox 2599, Oakland CA 94614 Voice: (510) 834-3663 Fax: (510) 834-3773 Email: info@accfb.org Web: http://www.accfb.org [10 Nov 2007]
Alameda County Computer Resource Center We will recycle anything that you can plug into a power outlet. This means we will recycle your computer, VCR, television, copy machine, and even your microwave and toaster, but not your large appliances such as a washing machine or refrigerator. When you give us your computer, you will receive a tax write-off, and we will attempt to fix your equipment and then give it away to someone who is unable to afford to buy a computer. If we are unable to reuse your equipment, it will be recycled in an environmentally friendly manner. Address: 1501 Eastshore Highway, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 528-4052 Fax: (510) 528-4053 Email: info@accrc.org Web: http://www.accrc.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Alameda Creek Alliance A volunteer-based community watershed group working to restore native steelhead trout to Alameda Creek. The Alameda Creek watershed is the largest drainage in the southern San Francisco Bay region, encompassing almost 700 square miles. Address: POBox 192, Canyon CA 94516 Voice: (510) 499-9185 Fax: (415) 436-9683 Email: alamedacreek-AT-hotmail.com Web: http://www.alamedacreek.org [10 Feb 2008]
Alameda Family Services A human services organization, active in Alameda and the East Bay, whose programs improve the emotional, psychological, and physical health of children, youth, and families. Programs include new parent support, Head Start, school-based health centers, homeless youth services, counseling, drug and alcohol treatment, and a clinical training program. Formerly known as Xanthos. Address: 2325 Clement Avenue, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 629-6300 Fax: (510) 865-1930 Email: info@alamedafs.org Web: http://www.alamedafs.org/ [04 Oct 2009]
Alameda Food Bank Mission is to provide nutritious food to the low-income residents of the City of Alameda on a non-discriminating basis. The Alameda Emergency Food Bank is a private, non-affiliated, non-profit, tax-exempt agency. Board members and virtually all staff are dedicated volunteers from the community. Located at 1900 Thau Way in Alameda. Address: POBox 2167, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 523-5850 Email: alamedafoodbank@alamedanet.net Web: http://www.alamedafoodbank.org [10 Feb 2008]
Alameda Green Parties The web site of the City of Alameda Greens, Oakland Greens, and Campus Greens. Web: http://cagreens.org/alameda/ [24 Jun 2009]
Alameda Peace Network A group of Alameda residents who believe that peaceful solutions to local, national and international conflicts are possible and desirable. We are committed to non-violence and welcome diversity and new ideas. Web: http://www.alamedapeacenetwork.org/ [11 Feb 2007]
Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) Works to end homelessness by providing housing and services to create communities where formerly homeless residents can flourish. APC is situated on the former Alameda Naval Air Station, and operates 239 housing units. APC provides affordable housing, job training, health services and employment in a community that fosters support and interaction. APC operates a community garden, bike shop, commercial plant nursery, health center and community center. APC is fertile ground for several community-based projects. APC is home to the Growing Youth Project (GYP), which employs resident youth working to build a sustainable food system for Alameda Point. GYP operates a community garden, weekly produce delivery and teaches residents about cooking and nutrition. APC also gave birth to Ploughshares Nursery (www.ploughsharesnursery.com), a commercial nursery specializing in native, drought-tolerant plants. Finally, APC sponsors Cycles of Change, a nonprofit community bike shop that recycles donated bikes and sells them to the public. Address: 677 West Ranger Avenue, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 898-7800 Fax: (510) 898-7858 Email: info@apcollaborative.org Web: http://www.apcollaborative.org/ [22 Aug 2008]
Albany Let It Be A group that advocates leaving the Albany Waterfront Park as it is, a "natural wonder" with both native and exotic plants that have grown out of the land fill that was closed here in 1984. To make changes to this area would be to destroy a phenomenon that could only have grown out of the unique nature of a closed land fill. There are old chunks of concrete and rebar mixed with contemporary expressions of art. There is evidence, such as Mark's castle, of all the years that squatters occupied this land. Don't let this landmark be manicured and sanitized. Email: info@albanyletitbe.org Web: http://www.albanyletitbe.org [30 Jul 2006]
Albion Monitor A different kind of media source, with coverage of the important news stories ignored by the mainstream press, as well as the overlooked angles of stories that make the headlines. Most content is available with a $9.95 per year subscription. Web: http://www.monitor.net/monitor [11 Feb 2007]
Alcatraz Cruises: A Union Busting Experience Boycott Hornblower! The National Park Service awarded the exclusive and lucrative Alcatraz ferry contract to Hornblower Yachts (Alcatraz Cruises) for ten years (2005-2015). Every year at least 1,500,000 visitors take the ferry to and from the island (there is no other way). Hornblower refuses to hire qualified, trained, professional Inland Boatmen's Union (IBU) and Masters, Mates, and Pilots association (MM&P) workers who have performed this work safely since 1973. We will not stand by and let Hornblower do this to us. This is our side of the story. An injury to one is an injury to all! Web: http://alcatrazunion.com/ [28 Jan 2007]
Alemany Farm A project of the Alemany Resident Management Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving conditions in the Alemany Community, a 165-unit public housing development beset by high unemployment and recurring violence. Alemany Farm empowers San Francisco residents to grow their own food, and through that process encourages people to become more engaged with their communities. We grow organic food and green jobs for low-income communities, while sowing the seeds for economic and environmental justice. Voice: (415) 261-2705 Web: http://www.alemanyfarm.org/ [05 Feb 2009]
Alexander Berkman Social Club For the appreciation of anarchism, anarchist history, and culture. We see to reawaken, revive, and reinvigorate the rich history of anarchism in the San Francisco Bay Area. We believe that there is a vibrant anarchist past that can inform our present practice. Web: http://www.myspace.com/alexanderberkmansocialclub [07 Jun 2008]
All Of Us Or None poster archive project (AOUON) Started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document the poster-work of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though earlier work is included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance, which began in 1965 and continues to this day. The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade-union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. Voice: (510) 418-5193 Email: lcushing@igc.org Web: http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/AOUON.html [20 Jun 2009]
ALL Species Foundation A non-profit organization dedicated to the complete inventory of all species of life on Earth within the next 25 years - a human generation. To describe and classify all of the surviving species of the world deserves to be one of the great scientific goals of the new century. In applied science, this completion of the Linnaean enterprise is needed for effective conservation practices, and for impact studies of environmental change. Address: POBox 29462, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 750-7243 Email: info@all-species.org Web: http://www.all-species.org/ [30 Jul 2006]
Alliance For A Better District 6 A non-partisan, not for profit, civic education organization devoted to increasing low and very low income participation in elections and government. Address: POBox 420782, San Francisco CA 94142-0782 Voice: (415) 820-1560 Email: sf_district6@yahoo.com Web: http://www.geocities.com/sf_district6/ [28 Mar 2009]
Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care The Alliance’s sole purpose is to protect and enhance the abilities of nonprofit healthcare organizations to serve society and their individual communities. Web: http://www.nonprofithealthcare.org/ [06 May 2007]
Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War (APTSJW) Addresses the grave concern that the Japanese government and Japan’s prominent political and business leaders continue to distort the history of its brutal aggression against China and her people during the Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945), and their blunt refusal to accept Japan’s war responsibilities. Address: POBox 2066, Cupertino CA 95015-2066 Voice: (415) 398-7758 Web: http://www.sjwar.org/ [10 Nov 2007]
Ally Action Ally Action strives to assure that schools are safe, inclusive, and effective for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Address: 1924 Grant Street, Suite 4, Concord CA 94520-2426 Voice: (925) 685-5480 Fax: (925) 685-5413 Email: info@allyaction.org Web: http://www.allyaction.org [13 Sep 2008]
Alter Eco Fair Trade Alter Eco Fair Trade products are farmed sustainably and ethically traded, providing fair prices to farmers in developing countries. Alter Eco is a San Francisco-based start-up company that exclusively imports Fair Trade foods, such as tea, rice, quinoa, coffee and sugar. Alter Eco is distributed in Northern California stores, including Whole Foods Market, Andronico’s, Rainbow Market, Lunardi's, New Leaf Community Markets as well as several other natural food stores in the Bay Area. Address: 2339 Third Street, Suite 15, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 701-1212 Fax: (415) 701-1213 Email: contact@altereco-usa.com Web: http://www.altereco.com [10 Feb 2007]
Alter Systems A Berkeley-based, progressive company that services Northern California’s growing energy needs with a sustainable approach. Alter Systems offers an array of alternative energy designs and systems with an emphasis on solar energy. Address: 2313 4th Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (866) 568-5579 Fax: (510) 868-0846 Web: http://www.altersystems.com [09 Nov 2008]
Alternative Family Services, Inc. (AFS) Provides therapeutic foster care, short-term emergency foster care and adoption services for abused, neglected and developmentally disabled children in the Bay Area. AFS, a not-for-profit corporation, is licensed by the State of California as a Foster Family Agency and as an Adoption Agency. AFS has locations in Oakland, San Francisco, Vallejo and Santa Rosa. Address: 250 Executive Park Blvd, Suite 4900, San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 656-0116 Fax: (415) 656-0117 Email: hmatias@afs4kids.org Web: http://www.afs4kids.org/ [27 May 2007]
Alternative Press Review An independent not-for-profit quarterly publication of A.A.L. Press. Your guide beyond the mainstream. Web: http://www.altpr.org/ [07 Jun 2008]
Alternative Radio A weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, Australia, and on short-wave on Radio for Peace International. AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media. Web: http://www.alternativeradio.org/ [09 Nov 2008]
AlterNet (Alternative News Network) An award-winning news website and online community that creates original journalism and aggregates top content from over 200 independent media sources. AlterNet.org features 12 Special Coverage Areas, including Health, Media, Immigration, Environment, Human Rights and more. Established in 1998, AlterNet provides free online content to millions of readers, helping our audience to navigate a culture of information overload and providing an alternative to commercial media. Our aim is to stimulate, inform, and instigate. Web: http://www.alternet.org [12 Nov 2009]
AlterNetRides.com AlterNetRides offers you a simple, inexpensive, hassle-free way of providing a completely automated rideshare/carpool service for your organization. We set up your location & send you your link, you place the link on your web site, and presto! You have a rideshare / carpool service -- no hardware or software installation required. And our service works nationwide. Companies can offer a rideshare / carpool option for all employees anywhere in the U.S. Learn how fast and easy we make providing this service for all of your locations. Web: http://AlterNetRides.com [11 Jan 2010]
Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA) A non-profit organization operated exclusively for cultural, educational, and scientific purposes to contribute to saving, promoting, and enriching the Amazigh (Berber) language and culture. The practice of Amazigh language and culture has been seriously diminished by long periods of non-recognition in North African countries, officially identified as Arab and where Arabic is the only recognized and official language, and by immigration. Web: http://www.tamazgha.org [08 Apr 2007]
Amazigh Voice A web site of news and links pertaining to Amizigh (Berber) human rights in North Africa. Web: http://www.amazigh-voice.com/ [07 Jun 2008]
Amazon Watch Works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial development --- oil & gas pipelines, power lines, roads, and other mega-projects. Web: http://www.amazonwatch.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights (AAPER) America's Pro-Palestine, Pro-Peace lobby. AAPER's mission is to educate the American public about Palestinian human and national rights, and about the role of the US in the Arab-Israeli relationship, and to shape a US foreign policy that recognizes and seeks to advance the human and national rights of the Palestinian people. Web: http://americansforpalestine.org [18 Feb 2007]
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) Provides legal assistance to protect civil liberties and constitutional rights. Provides impact litigation, counseling and legal referral, assistance to attorneys and advocates for constitutional rights, lobbying, and community organizing and workshops. Address: 39 Drumm Street (near 13th Street), San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 621-2493 Fax: (415) 255-1478 Web: http://www.aclunc.org [18 Feb 2007]
American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) A bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities. The Association recognizes that community gardening improves the quality of life for people by providing a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulating social interaction, encouraging self-reliance, beautifying neighborhoods, producing nutritious food, reducing family food budgets, conserving resources and creating opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education. Web: http://www.communitygarden.org [09 Nov 2008]
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) We are fighting so people with disabilities can live in the community with real supports instead of being locked away in nursing homes and other institutions. Web: http://www.adapt.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
American Farmland Trust (AFT) Founded in 1980 by a group of farmers and conservationists concerned about the rapid loss of the nation's farmland to development, American Farmland Trust (AFT) is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting our nation's strategic agricultural resources. Working with farmers and ranchers, political leaders and community activists, AFT has helped to permanently protect more than a million acres of America's best farm and ranch land. Web: http://farmland.org/ [30 Jul 2006]
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) An international Quaker-based organization promoting peace and justice. This is the Pacific Mountain Regional Office, whose programs address criminal justice alternatives, youth and militarism, emergency relief, African concerns, Middle East peace, American Indian concerns, farm labor rights, homeless organizing and rural economic alternatives. Address: 65 Ninth Street, San Francisco CA 94103-1401 Voice: (415) 565-0201 Fax: (415) 565-0204 Email: alessik@afsc.org Web: http://www.afsc.org/ [09 Nov 2008]
American Hiking Society (AHS) The only national organization dedicated to serving hikers and protecting the nation's hiking trails. From the halls of Congress to the backcountry, AHS speaks up for America's hikers and the trails they love. Web: http://www.americanhiking.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
American Homeowners Resource Center (AHRC) A comprehensive public interest data center dealing with homeowner associations, with links to related Web sites. The data center includes profiles of HOA's, the history of the development of HOA's as a form of housing, relevant legislation and litigation, the lobbying efforts by special interests, the Homeowner Bill of Rights and relevant news articles. The site provides links to HOA Web sites, to local, state and federal government agencies, relevant publications, and private organizations promoting human rights and social justice. As homeowner associations have largely developed without any concern for individual rights of homeowners, the Homeowner Bill of Rights seeks to redress that imbalance. Web: http://www.ahrc.com [28 Mar 2009]
American Humanist Association Represents both secular and religious naturalistic humanism, and cooperates with other national and international humanist organizations to advance the ideals of humanism. Humanism is a rational philosophy informed by science, inspired by art, and motivated by compassion. Affirming the dignity of each human being, it supports the maximization of individual liberty and opportunity consonant with social and planetary responsibility. Free of supernaturalism, it recognizes human beings as a part of nature and holds that values --- be they religious, ethical, social, or political--have their source in human experience and culture. Web: http://www.americanhumanist.org/ [09 Nov 2008]
American Indian Movement - West Voice: (415) 566-5788 Email: gazelbe@yahoo.com Web: http://www.aimwest.info [17 Feb 2009]
American Institute of Architects East Bay (AIA) For almost 150 years, members of The American Institute of Architects have worked with each other and their communities to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings and cityscapes. AIA members have access to the right people, knowledge, and tools to create better design, and through such resources and access, they help clients and communities make their visions real. Visit our web site to see enhanced collaboration in action. Address: 1405 Clay Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 464-3600 Fax: (510) 464-3616 Email: info@aiaeb.org Web: http://www.aiaeb.org http://aiaeastbay.blogspot.com [24 Mar 2007]
American Lands Alliance America's wildlife and wildlands continue to be threatened by logging, roadbuilding, grazing and mining. This broad coalition of activists and organizations is dedicated to protecting our forest heritage and restoring ecological integrity to the landscape. Web: http://www.americanlands.org/ [08 Jul 2007]
American Library Association The voice of America's libraries. Provides leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all. Tracks legislation that restricts public access to information. Covers censorship and free speech topics in a newsletter. Web: http://www.ala.org [18 Feb 2007]
American Movement for World Government (AMWG) We believe the only way to solve and resolve global issues is through the establishment of a democratic World Federal Government. That such a world government, could be established through a transformation of the United Nations, a World Constitutional Convention, or other legal means. Web: http://www.amwg.org/ [08 Jul 2007]
American Muslim Voice (AMV) The AMV is committed to bridge the gap between all communities and foster life long friendships with all. We will work with all Muslim and non-Muslim organizations/groups who share our dedication and commitment to protect and preserve civil liberties and constitutional rights for all and protect human rights. We regard all humans as equal and will stand by all oppressed and targeted communities in their plight. We feel strongly about protecting and improving human rights globally. Address: 39675 Cedar Blvd, Suite 295-D, Newark CA 94560 Voice: (650) 387-1994 Email: amvoice@amuslimvoice.org Web: http://www.amuslimvoice.org [12 Aug 2006]
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, which is non-sectarian, non- partisan is the largest Arab-American grassroots organization in the United States. It was founded in 1980 by former Senator James Abourezk and has chapters nationwide. It is based in Washington, D.C. Web: http://www.adc.org/ [11 Jan 2010]
Americans for a Palestinian State A Political Action Committee (PAC). Our mission is to provide support to congressional representatives in order to enable them to help find a fair solution to the Palestinian / Israeli conflict. The peace and security of the United States are tied to the peace and security of both Israel and the Palestinians. No one can be safe until all are safe. While both sides are committing atrocities, the cause of the conflict is the occupation, settlements and crimes against humanity committed by Israel on the Palestinians. These crimes are aided and abetted by us, the American taxpayer. Address: POBox 99635, Emeryville CA 94662 Voice: (888) 878-3708 Email: jerry@apstate.us Web: http://americansforapalestinianstate.org [10 Nov 2007]
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) The leading national lobbying organization (501 (c) 4), dedicated to nonsmokers' rights, taking on the tobacco industry at all levels of government, protecting nonsmokers from exposure to secondhand smoke, and preventing tobacco addiction among youth. ANR pursues an action-oriented program of policy and legislation. Address: 2530 San Pablo, Suite J, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 841-3032 Fax: (510) 841-3071 Web: http://www.no-smoke.org [08 Apr 2007]
Americans for Peace Now (APN) Founded in 1981 to support the activities of Shalom Achshav in Israel. APN's mission is to help Israel and the Shalom Achshav movement to achieve a comprehensive political settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict consistent with Israel's long-term security needs and its Jewish and democratic values. Web: http://www.peacenow.org [06 May 2007]
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) The nation’s largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. Address: 1322 Webster Street, Suite 402, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-1856 Fax: (510) 251-2036 Email: info@safeaccessnow.org Web: http://www.safeaccessnow.org [18 Feb 2007]
Americans United for Separation of Church and State - Silicon Valley (AUSV) As concerned citizens, we have formed a new chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. AUSV is dedicated to protecting and strengthening the 'wall of separation' between our government and religious institutions. All of us have been deeply troubled by the influence religions have in our public policies, on the actions taken by our government, and in the official statements that do not reflect the religious and non-religious diversity of our country. We believe that an absolute separation of church and government (at all levels) is an essential cornerstone to our democracy. Address: 2310 Homestead Road, Suite 523, Los Altos CA 94024 Email: chris@ausv.org Web: http://www.ausv.org http://www.au.org [10 Jul 2006]
Amnesty International (AI) An independent world-wide movement working impartially for the release of all prisoners of conscience, for fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, and for an end to torture and executions. Web: http://www.amnesty.org/ [10 Nov 2007]
Amorfia Productions Promotes the socially aware pan-Arabic music of Georges Lammam and friends. Address: 71 Hartford Street, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415)-431-0768 Web: http://www.amorfiaproductions.com/ [01 Dec 2006]
Ananse Village We are proud to offer the finest traditional African crafts produced in a fair trade environment. By working directly with village artisans we are able to positively affect the economic development in the most needy areas. Ananse Village is dedicated to supporting small scale production by talented craftspeople. A portion of our profits helps provide medical care and educational opportunities to the communities we work with. We are members of the Fair Trade Federation and Coop America, committed to the principles of fair trade and economic empowerment of women. Address: 17800 North Highway One, Fort Bragg CA 95437 Voice: (707) 965-3534 Fax: (707) 964-3544 Web: http://www.anansevillage.com [06 May 2007]
Anarchists Against the Wall (AATW) A direct action group that was established in 2003 in response to the construction of the wall Israel is building on Palestinian land in the Occupied West Bank. The group works in cooperation with Palestinians in a joint popular struggle against the occupation. Since its formation, the group has participated in hundreds of demonstrations and direct actions against the wall specifically, and the occupation generally, all over the West Bank. All of AATW's work in Palestine is coordinated through villages' local popular committees and is essentially Palestinian led. Web: http://www.awalls.org/ [11 Jan 2010]
AnewAmerica An asset-building organization, a designated U.S. Small Business Administration Women’s Business Center, and a U.S. Treasury designated Community Development Entity (CDE) whose mission is to promote the long-term economic empowerment of new Americans - new citizens, immigrants and refugees – and to encourage their full participation in the political, social and cultural growth of America. AnewAmerica has developed an innovative model which integrates Business Incubation, Asset Building and Social Responsibility. Entrepreneurs and their families receive a package of comprehensive services for 3 years to meet their cultural and linguistic needs. Address: 1918 University Avenue, Suite 3A, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 540-7785 x306 Fax: (510) 540-7786 Email: info@anewamerica.org Web: http://www.anewamerica.org [24 Jun 2009]
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) Seeks to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. For information about ALDF and actions that you can take right now to help animals , check ALDF's web site. Address: 170 East Cotati Avenue, Cotati CA 94931 Voice: (707) 795-2533 Fax: (707) 795-7270 Email: info@aldf.org Web: http://www.aldf.org [18 Feb 2007]
Animal Place A nonprofit sanctuary and education center for abused and discarded ‘farm’ animals founded in 1989. Rescued individuals and indigenous wildlife share 60 acres of forest, meadow, pasture, hills and small lake. Farm tours, vegetarian cooking classes and volunteer workshops offered throughout the year. Call for a listing of programs or visit our website. Address: 3448 Laguna Creek Trail, Vacaville CA 95688 Voice: (707) 449-4814 Fax: (707) 449-8775 Email: info@animalplace.org Web: http://AnimalPlace.org/ [07 Jun 2008]
Animal Rescue and Care Network, Inc. A not-for-profit 501(c)(3) all volunteer, no-kill organization based in Santa Clara dedicated to providing better lives for animals through rescue and adoption efforts. We provide education services on spay/neuter and teach kindness to animals. We rescue and adopt over 100 kittens and cats a year and have countless success stories. We rely on donations and corporate funding. Please visit our website for more information. Address: POBox 4542, Santa Clara CA 95056 Voice: (408) 846-8466 Email: info@animalrescueandcarenetwork.org Web: http://www.animalrescueandcarenetwork.org [19 Aug 2006]
Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) Rescues and finds loving homes for abused and abandoned cats and dogs. We also have created programs that bring the healing touch of animals to at-risk youth and others who dearly need a good dose of unconditional love. Address: POBox 30215, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 256-1273 (1ARF) Fax: (925) 977-9079 Email: info@arf.net Web: http://www.arf.net/ [22 Jul 2007]
Animal Switchboard An animal rights organization that focuses on California state legislation affecting animals and the environment. Offers referrals and consultation on animal issues. Address: Building C, Room 262, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 474-4021 Email: vhandley@animalswitchboard.org Web: http://www.animalswitchboard.org [27 May 2007]
Animals Asia Foundation (US Office) An animal welfare organization that works to end animal cruelty in Asia. The primary focus now is to end the marketing of dogs and cats for food as well as end bear farming in China. Thousands of highly endangered Asiatic Black Bears, also known as Moon Bears, are imprisoned on bear farms throughout China. Animals Asia Foundation is the only organization in the world working on the ground in China to rescue 500 Moon Bears from farms and provide sanctuary to the bears, who are often missing limbs, teeth and paws as a result of trapping and confinement. Volunteers are needed to help build awareness as well as fundraise to raise money for the Moon Bear Rescue Center. Address: PMB 506, 584 Castro Street, San Francisco CA 94114-2594 Voice: (888) 420-BEAR Fax: (888) 420-1610 Email: info@animalsasia.org Web: http://www.animalsasia.org [30 Jul 2006]
Animals Voice An award-winning, independent, networking source of timely information, news, campaigns, boycotts, action alerts, and thought-provoking editorial and compelling photography about animal rights and its defenders. Web: http://www.animalsvoice.com/ [28 Mar 2009]
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (IWT) Provides resources and programs to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women leaders in high technology careers. By providing numerous platforms that ensure women's voices, ideas and spirits to influence technology ABI delivers programs that are changing the world for women and for technology. Address: 1501 Page Mill Road, MS 1105, Palo Alto CA 94304 Voice: (650) 236-4756 Fax: (650) 852-8172 Email: information@anitaborg.org Web: http://www.anitaborg.org [08 Apr 2007]
Annual Reports Library A resource for finding and evaluating Annual Reports of corporations and others. Address: POBox 2006, San Francisco CA 94126 Voice: (415) 956-8665 Fax: (415) 393-8006 Web: http://www.zpub.com/sf/arl [18 Feb 2007]
Anti-Slavery International The world's oldest international human rights organization, founded in 1839. It is the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses. Web: http://www.antislavery.org/ [30 Jul 2006]
antiwar.com Anti-war news, viewpoints, and activities. Sponsored by the Committee Against U.S. Intervention. Web: http://www.antiwar.com/ [09 Nov 2008]
API Equality Committed to working in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community in California and nationally for equal marriage rights, fair treatment, and overall acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Address: 17 Walter U. Lum Place, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 274-6760 x306 Fax: (415) 397-8770 Email: alim@caasf.org Web: http://www.apiequality.org [04 Jan 2009]
Appalshop A non-profit multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart of Appalachia producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-word recordings, radio, photography, multimedia, and books. Our education and training programs support communities' efforts to solve their own problems in a just and equitable way. Each year, Appalshop productions and services reach several million people nationally and internationally. Web: http://www.appalshop.org [24 Jun 2009]
Appetite for Profit (CIFC) The website for Michele Simon, is a public health lawyer who has been writing about the food industry since 1996. She specializes in legal strategies to counter corporate practices that harm the public’s health. She is currently Research and Policy Director for the Marin Institute, an alcohol industry watchdog group based in Northern California. She has written extensively on the politics of food, and her first book, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back, was published by Nation Books in 2006. Voice: (510) 465-0322 Email: michele@informedeating.org Web: http://www.informedeating.org [15 Dec 2007]
Applied Research Center (ARC) A national public policy, educational, and research institute emphasizing issues of race and social change. ARC co-publishes ColorLines Magazine with the Center for Third World Organizing. Address: 900 Alice Street, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 653-3415 Fax: (510) 986-1062 Email: arc@arc.org Web: http://www.arc.org [08 Jul 2007]
Arab Cultural and Community Center (ACCC) A non-profit agency committed to the development of the Arab / Arab American communities in the San Francisco Bay Area by delivering social services, educational programs and cultural events. ACCC’s mission includes: providing services like health referrals, educational services, and ESL classes to all segments of the Arab community; deepening Arab American youths’ connection to their heritage and history; and strengthening the understanding of the Arab culture within the US. Address: 2 Plaza Street, San Francisco CA 94116 Voice: (415) 664-2200 Fax: (415) 664-2280 Email: info@arabculturalcenter.org Web: http://www.arabculturalcenter.org [10 Feb 2008]
Arab Net Aim is to provide the most comprehensive online resource on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Web: http://www.arab.net [18 Feb 2007]
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) A grassroots organization working to empower and organize our community towards justice and self-determination for all. AROC members build community power in the bay area by participating in leadership development, political education, and campaigns. Voice: (415) 861-7444 Email: info(at)araborganizing.org Web: http://www.araborganizing.org/ [04 Jan 2009]
Arc Ecology (Arc) A progressive public interest grassroots community-focused nonprofit organization addressing the environmental, economic, social, and security impacts of governmental policies and activities. Founded in 1983, we provide scientific and advocacy technical support to grassroots community-based organizations seeking a greater voice in governmental policy in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, nationally within the US, and in the Philippines, Okinawa and Great Britain. Arc Ecology's current programs promote the cleanup of toxic contamination on military facilities, sustainable environmental restoration and economic development, social and environmental justice, and peace. Address: 4634 Third Street, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 643-1190 Fax: (415) 643-1142 Email: info@arcecology.org Web: http://www.arcecology.org/ http://communitywindowontheshipyard.org [08 Mar 2007]
The Arc San Francisco Dedicated to helping adults with developmental disabilities live and work independently. Has several programs in place to help adults with developmental disabilites achieve their full potential as equal members of society. The Arc's Adult Vocational Program offers packaging, assembly, and direct mailing services as well as catering. You can help support The Arc by becoming a member, or by putting them to work! Address: 1500 Howard Street (at 11th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 255-7200 Fax: (415) 255-9488 Email: info@thearcsf.org Web: http://www.thearcsanfrancisco.org [09 Nov 2008]
Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter) (ADPSR) Educates design professionals and the public about critical social and environmental issues. Although established with a disarmament focus, during the last nine years ADPSR has expanded its concerns to include the protection of the natural and built environment, and the promotion of ecologically and socially responsible development. A listserv is available at listserve@adspr-norcal.org for anyone who would like to join it. Address: POBox 9126, Berkeley CA 94709-0126 Voice: (510) 845-1000 Email: admin@adpsr-norcal.org Web: http://www.adpsr-norcal.org/ [20 Apr 2007]
Armenian National Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (ANC) A grassroots public affairs organization serving to inform, educate, and act on a wide range of issues concerning Armenian Americans throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our efforts span a wide range: meeting with political representatives and diplomats about issues affecting our community, participating in local campaigns, publicizing the Armenian Cause and educating the community, fighting historic revisionism, and promoting recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The SF-Bay Area ANC is one of many ANC chapters across the country and around the world, from Armenia to Moscow, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and South America. Address: 51 Commonwealth Avenue, San Francisco CA 94118 Voice: (415) 387-3433 Fax: (415) 751-0617 Email: mail@ancsf.org Web: http://www.ancsf.org [24 Jun 2009]
Art and Education Media A public educational non-profit making documentaries about street survivors since 1979. The web site features the Mysterious World Of Claire Burch, plus the James Baldwin Memorial Site and Bay Area Resources for Street Survivors. Includes catalogs of Ms. Burch's videos and books, an art gallery, and homeless resources. Email: info@ClaireBurch.com Web: http://www.ClaireBurch.com/ [30 Jul 2006]
Art in Action Art in Action is a Bay Area nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing visual arts education to the classroom. The Art in Action program enriches the lives of thousands of students each year through an engaging, hands-on curriculum that teaches art history, art appreciation, and art techniques. Through the training and support of educators, Art in Action seeks to make visual art an integral part of every student's classroom experience. Address: 3925 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park CA 94025 Voice: (650) 566-8339 Fax: (650) 566-8319 Email: artinaction@artinaction.org Web: http://www.artinaction.org [07 Jun 2008]
Art of Yoga Project Mission is to lead teen girls in the California juvenile justice system toward accountability to self, others and community by providing practical tools to effect behavioral change. Address: 821 Waverley Street, Palo Alto CA 94301 Voice: (650) 245-0766 Email: info@theartofyogaproject.org Web: http://www.theartofyogaproject.org/ [08 Dec 2008]
Artist Resource Connects, educates, empowers and promotes creative people in the visual and literary arts by providing a supportive community online. We post calendars of shows, events and classes, readings, interactive forums, competitions, jobs, galleries, portfolios, hundreds of art links, art supplies, advice and techniques, and artists' stories. Web: http://www.artistresource.org [08 Apr 2007]
Artists for Literacy (AFL) Mission is to influence community, public and private sector support for literacy, and to enrich the lives of reading challenged youth and adults by responding to the need for dynamic and innovative learning tools that foster literary and artistic appreciation, critical thinking, increased confidence, curiosity, and life-long learning. Address: 2325 3rd Street, Suite 324, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 307-3181 Web: http://www.artistsforliteracy.org [30 Oct 2006]
Artists' Television Access (ATA) Since the early '80s, Artists' Television Access has provided equipment, education, and a screening venue for independent film and video to artists and the community in San Francisco's Mission District. Our mission is to bring the tools of the mass media within reach. Address: 992 Valencia Street (near 21st), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 824-3890 Email: ata@atasite.org Web: http://www.atasite.org [21 Jun 2008]
Arts First Oakland Fosters and exhibits the creativity and beauty of Oakland’s diverse cultural heritage, promoting spiritual growth and community transformation through artistic empowerment. Unites local performing artists and organizations, arts teachers, youth artists, and the families and community members who support the arts to form a nexus of arts activity. Address: 2501 Harrison Street, Suite 1 (at 27th Street), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-8511 x15 Email: info@artsfirstoakland.org Web: http://www.artsfirstoakland.org http://artsfirstoakland.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_artsfirstoakland.org [09 Nov 2008]
ArtSF Mission is to create a foundation on which the community of San Francisco's visual and performing artists can develop unity and solidarity, in order to promote prosperity and self-sufficiency as one evolving entity. How does this translate? TO KEEP ART IN SAN FRANCISCO by raising money to purchase a community art center. There is a great need for practice and performance space in the beautiful city of San Francisco, a city famous for its creative community. Address: 110 Capp Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 552-7873 Email: info@artsf.org Web: http://www.artsf.org/ [08 Jul 2007]
ArtSpan A nonprofit organization dedicated to building connections within San Francisco's visual arts community and between artists and the general public. ArtSpan produces San Francisco Open Studios and Art for Inner City Youth, publishes sf open studios: the guide, organizes workshops to help artists with their professional development, and holds Selections, a biennial juried art exhibition. Address: 934 Brannan Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-9838 Fax: (415) 431-4575 Email: info@artspan.org Web: http://www.artspan.org http://www.sfopenstudios.com [10 Nov 2007]
ARTworkSF Founded in 1992 [as ARTwork Magazine], ARTwork is dedicated to helping emerging artists gain the confidence and exposure necessary to become successful "art businesses", enhancing the sales of established artists, and selling and renting original art in every media to individuals and businesses at affordable prices. ARTwork is funded by commissions from art sales, rentals fees, exhibit fees and membership fees. Address: 49 Geary Street, Suite 215, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 673-3080 Fax: (415) 399-1372 Email: johnnyd@artworksf.com Web: http://www.artworksf.com [10 Sep 2006]
As You Sow As You Sow was founded in 1992 and has grown into two programs that strive to increase corporate accountability. The Environmental Enforcement Program seeks to reduce and remove carcinogenic exposures by pursuing compliance with California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act. The Corporate Social Responsibility Program (CSRP) uses shareholder advocacy and the financial markets to catalyze positive change within public held companies. [Anti-spam measure: change * to @ in the email address.] Address: 311 California Street, Suite 510, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 391-3212 Fax: (415) 391-3245 Email: asyousow*asyousow.org Web: http://www.asyousow.org [30 Jul 2006]
Asexuality Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) A resource for asexual people, their partners and friends, and anyone interested in the topic of asexuality (an orientation in which people don't experience attraction to any gender). It has active forums, and also holds regular meetups of its members in San Francisco. Web: http://www.asexuality.org [05 Oct 2008]
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center (Ashkenaz) A nationally recognized nonprofit music and culture venue that specializes in live roots music. Ashkenaz strives to bring people of all classes, races, cultures and ages together with musical programs that include Balkan, Celtic, Cajun/Zydeco, Middle Eastern, African, Carribbean, Reggae and American roots from Appalachian to the blues. Address: 1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman), Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 525-5054 (showline) Fax: (510) 525-3630 Email: dekker@ashkenaz.com Web: http://www.ashkenaz.com/ [18 Feb 2007]
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition Against War (APICAW) A coalition of individuals and organizations from Asian and Pacific Islander communities of the Bay Area. We believe that true peace and security can only come through global justice. Working in solidarity with other anti-war groups and community organizations, our mission is to build an anti-war and anti-interventionists movement that upholds the sovereignty and human rights of opporessed people within the US and abroad. Web: http://www.apicaw.com/ [15 Oct 2006]
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center A health services, education, research, and policy organization. Our mission is to educate, support, empower and advocate for Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI communities—particularly A&PIs living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. Address: 730 Polk Street (between Ellis and Eddy streets), San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 292-3400 Fax: (415) 292-3404 Web: http://www.apiwellness.org [16 Jan 2010]
Asian AIDS Action Focuses on various aspects of the HIV AIDS pandemic affecting the Asian American community. Does outreach to both the queer and heterosexual AA communities, lobbies local, state and federal organizations, engages major pharmaceutical companies in expanding the scope of their clinical trials of AIDS drugs to the AA community, works with AIDS service organizations across Asia, and provides services in the Silicon Valley area. Services include preventative education, support, outreach, and advocacy. All services can be available in Chinese (Mandarin), Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Tamil. A program of the Asian American Public Policy Institute. Address: 4546 El Camino Real, Suite B10-129, Los Altos CA 94022 Voice: (650) 518-0069 Email: asianaids@juno.com [29 Dec 2006]
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) Mission is to improve the health, mental health, and well-being of individuals and their families by providing an array of human services. AACI empowers the Asian American community by working collaboratively for equality and social justice. Most of our clients are low-income Asian immigrants and refugees. Current programs include mental health and primary care health services, HIV/AIDS prevention and education, breast cancer education, substance abuse treatment, a center for survivors of torture, programs and shelter for women and children who are domestic violence victims, a senior center, after-school youth programs, English and citizenship classes, and advocacy. Address: 2400 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 300, San Jose CA 95128 Voice: (408) 975-2730 Fax: (408) 975-2745 Web: http://www.aaci.org [22 Jul 2007]
Asian Americans for Community Outreach (AACO) An organization dedicated to creating a forum in the San Francisco Bay Area where Asian American professionals and students can meet and foster the common goal of community service, benefiting the extended community as a whole. AACO organizes community service and social events and promotes awareness of social and political issues relevant to Asian Americans. By bringing together people from many diverse fields, AACO hopes to pool its members' knowledge, strength, and experience to make a positive impact on our community. Email: info@aaco-sf.org Web: http://www.aaco-sf.org [30 Jul 2006]
Asian Community Mental Health Services Provides and advocates multilingual and multicultural family services that empower people to lead healthy, productive and self-sufficient lives. The staff speaks 14 Asian languanges. Offices hours are Monday through Friday, 9 to 5. Programs include Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Services, Services to the Developmentally Disabled, and Family Support Services. Address: 310 Eighth Street, Suite 201, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 451-6729 Fax: (510) 268-0202 Email: info@acmhs.org Web: http://www.acmhs.org [10 Nov 2007]
Asian Health Services Mission is to serve and advocate for the Asian community regarding its health rights, and to assure access to health care services regardless of income, insurance status, language, or culture. Address: 818 Webster Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 986-6830 Web: http://www.ahschc.org [22 Jul 2007]
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) Works primarily with low-income Asian immigrant women employed as seamstresses, hotel room cleaners, nursing home aides, and electronics assemblers in the Bay Area and Santa Clara county. Seeks to empower women by helping them to exercise their rights and develop the skills necessary to advocate for justice and dignity in their lives and workplaces. Address: 310 Eighth Street #301 (near Harrison), Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 268-0192 Fax: (510) 268-0194 Email: info@aiwa.org Web: http://www.aiwa.org [18 Feb 2007]
Asian Law Caucus The nation's oldest legal and civil rights organization serving the low-income Asian Pacific American communities. Founded in 1972, the Caucus has always strived to defend and empower the Asian Pacific American community through a three-pronged strategy of (1) community education and organizing, (2) provision of direct legal services, and (3) strategic impact litigation. Address: 939 Market Street, Suite 201 (between 3rd and 4th Streets), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 896-1701 Fax: (415) 896-1702 Email: alc@asianlawcaucus.org Web: http://www.asianlawcaucus.org [04 Aug 2006]
Asian Neighborhood Design Provides multicultural, low-income communities with housing and employment services through housing development, architecture, family support, job training, and furniture manufacturing. Address: 1021 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 593-0423 Fax: (415) 575-0424 Email: info@andnet.org Web: http://www.andnet.org [10 Nov 2007]
Asian Pacific American Community Center (APACC) A grassroots organization that was founded by several longtime community activists in the Visitacion Valley and Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhoods of San Francisco. APACC's mission is to develop, implement, and evaluate programs and services in response to the changing and various needs of our communities. APACC provides bilingual (English/Chinese) information and referral services to non-English speaking immigrants who are new to the area. APACC also offers language assistance, informational workshops, and cultural activities. Address: 2442 Bayshore Blvd., San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 587-2689 Fax: (415) 587-0789 Email: apacc_1999@yahoo.com [11 Apr 2006]
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP) A grassroots, internet-empowered, national network of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) for Progressive Action. Our goals are to develop a national network of APAs interested in progressive politics, support candidates who represent our organization's vision and mission, increase APA involvement in local and national politics, and increase awareness of APA issues. Web: http://www.apaforprogress.org [17 May 2008]
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) Seeks to empower low-income Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities to achieve environmental and social justice. APEN believes that the environment includes everything around us: where we live, work and play. And we strive to build grassroots organizations that will improve the health, well-being and political strength of our communities. Address: 310 Eighth Street #309, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 834-8920 Fax: (510) 834-8926 Email: apen*AT*apen4ej.org Web: http://www.apen4ej.org [16 Jan 2010]
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach A community-based, social justice organization serving the Asian and Pacific Islander communities of the Greater Bay Area. With a staff of 20 in offices in San Francisco and Oakland, we provide legal, social, and educational services in more than a dozen languages and dialects including Cantonese, Chiu-Chow, Hindi, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Formerly Nihonmachi Legal Outreach. Address: 1121 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 567-6255 Fax: (415) 567-6248 Email: info@apilegaloutreach.org Web: http://www.apilegaloutreach.org [04 Oct 2009]
Asian Pacific Psychological Services (APPS) A nonprofit community-based mental health agency committed to providing culturally and linguistically competent comprehensive mental health services for the Asian and Pacific Islander community. Their priority is serving disadvantaged immigrant and refugee communities who have limited access to care due to cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic barriers. Address: 55 International Blvd, Oakland CA 94606 Voice: (510) 835-2777 Email: inforequest@appsweb.org Web: http://www.appsweb.org [21 Jun 2008]
Asian Women's Shelter A shelter program for abused Asian women and their children. Provides safety, food, shelter, advocacy, and other resources to assist women in rebuilding violence-free lives. Services are culturally appropriate and language accessible. Has an on-call pool of multilingual advocates to respond to the wide range of Asian languages spoken in the Bay Area. Address: 3543 18th Street, Box 19, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 751-7110 (office); (415) 751-0880 (24-hour crisis line) Fax: (415) 751-0806 Web: http://www.sfaws.org [28 Mar 2009]
Aspira A private, non-profit foster care and adoption agency dedicated to providing services to children in foster care and the families who care for them. For over 2 decades, Aspira and its parent organization, MBH, Inc., have recruited, trained, certified and serve families who care for children in the foster care system. Our vision is to take collective action to support communities and families as they love and care for children. Aspira is the leader in providing homes for siblings, advancing siblings rights, reuniting brothers and sisters split by foster care. Address: 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 501, South San Francisco CA 94080 Voice: (650) 866-4080 Fax: (650) 866-4081 Email: dbush@mossbeachhomes.com Web: http://www.aspiranet.org [23 Nov 2007]
Aspire Education Project Provides tutoring, test prep and after-school programs to disadvantaged students who need focused help in order to accomplish their goals of graduating from high school and/or entering college. We aim to maximize the impact of our resources both by facilitating mentoring relationships in the educational community and by creating opportunities for students who want to give back to the community through involvement in mentoring or pursuing careers in education. Address: POBox 10083, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 658-7500 Fax: (866) 471-3153 Email: info@aspireeducation.org Web: http://www.aspireeducation.org [06 May 2007]
Association for India's Development A volunteer movement promoting sustainable, equitable and just development. AID supports grassroots organizations in India and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres such as agriculture, energy, education, health , livelihoods, natural resources including land and water, women's empowerment and social justice. Web: http://www.aidindia.org [12 Sep 2009]
Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO) A network of scientists and others, having an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world's production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints. Web: http://peakoil.net/ [21 Jun 2008]
Association of World Citizens An international peace organization with World Citizen Centers established in 50 countries. NGO status with the UN, including consultative status with ECOSOC. Address: 55 New Montgomery Street, Suite 224 (between Market and Mission), San Francisco CA 94105-3421 Voice: (415) 541-9610 Fax: (650) 745-0640 Email: info@worldcitizens.org Web: http://www.worldcitizens.org/ [30 Jul 2006]
Asylum Access Envisions a world where refugees are seen as people with rights, not just needs. To make these rights a reality, Asylum Access provides on-the-ground legal counsel and representation for refugees in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and advocates for refugee rights worldwide. Asylum Access believes that by empowering refugees to assert their human rights, we can create effective, lasting solutions for refugees, throughout the global south and around the world. Address: POBox 14205, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 601-3896 Email: emily@asylumaccess.org Web: http://www.asylumaccess.org/ [08 Jun 2007]
Atheists of Silicon Valley An Atheist organization founded by Atheists for Atheists. We are committed to defending the separation of state & church and the civil rights of atheists, altering the negative perception many Americans have of atheists by promoting critical thinking, and educating the public about atheists & atheism. Web: http://www.godlessgeeks.com/ [16 Jan 2010]
Atlantic Monthly A magazine devoted to politics, society, the arts, and culture since 1857. Web: http://www.theatlantic.com [06 May 2007]
Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) A non-profit organization founded to secure equal protection for, and broaden judicial and public recognition of, children’s legal and human rights to bodily integrity and self-determination. ARC directs its efforts towards both male and female circumcision (also known as female genital mutilation [FGM] or female genital cutting), focusing on the American cultural practice of male circumcision due to its frequency relative to FGM in the United States and also due to the lack of any other legal organization currently concentrating on male circumcision. Address: c/o J. Steven Svoboda, Esq., 2961 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 464-4530 Email: arc@orel.ws Web: http://www.arclaw.org/ [16 Jan 2010]
Aurora Forum at Stanford University An ongoing public conversation series featuring people who turn vision into action for positive social change. The Forum serves as a bridge between the university and a public eager for high quality ideas and information. Our programs are free and open to everyone. Address: 425 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford CA 94305-2245 Voice: (650) 725-5633 Email: auroraforum@stanford.edu Web: http://auroraforum.org [09 Nov 2008]
AutismTutors.com Mission is to provide a directory of tutors so parents can find an appropriate tutor for their child, and a directory of parents, so tutors can connect with parents who need help. Web: http://www.autismtutors.com/ [24 Jul 2009]
Automobile Moratorium A program to develop a car-free day in the city of Berkeley and other communities, looking toward a national and international car-free day in honor of environmental values. Address: POBox 9409, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (888) 363-2821 Email: orealius@juno.com Web: http://www.marctwang.org/auto.html [28 Nov 2007]
Auxiliary at Mount Zion Hosptial - UCSF (San Francisco) Our mission is to promote the health and welfare of Mount Zion patients by providing financial support for programs and services to patients which would otherwise not be available. The Auxiliary was founded in 1897 as a volunteer and philanthropic organization, serving as a major link between the hospital and the community. Mount Zion is now a campus of the UCSF Medical Center. Address: 1600 Divisadero Street, Box 1606, San Francisco CA 94143-1606 Voice: (415) 885-7354 Fax: (415) 353-9565 Email: auxiliary.department@ucsfmedctr.org Web: http://mountzion.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/auxiliary [09 Feb 2008]
awolbush.com A web site that details how George W. Bush never showed up for National Guard duty for a period of approximately one year, possibly more, in 1972-1973. Web: http://www.awolbush.com/ [30 Jul 2006]
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights An independent, community-based non-profit organization mandated to defend and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees and IDPs. Our vision, missions, programs and relationships are defined by our Palestinian identity and the principles of international law, in particular international human rights law. We seek to advance the individual and collective rights of the Palestinian people on this basis. Web: http://www.badil.org/ [04 Oct 2009]
BADvertising Institute Counters the seduction of dishonest tobacco advertising by doctoring-up tobacco ads to make them honest. By juxtaposing funny, gross and disgusting images on top of deceitful ads, we jolt people into realizing how tobacco ads are concealing the truth about smoking. We show how they seduce young people into addiction to tobacco, and dupe the rest of society into dependence on tobacco money. Web: http://www.badvertising.org [08 Apr 2007]
Baku Ceyhan Campaign Working to raise public awareness of the social problems, human rights abuses and environmental damage that are being caused by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which runs through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. In particular, the campaign argues that public money should not be used to subsidise social and environmental problems, purely in the interests of the private sector, but must be conditional on a positive contribution to the economic and social development of people in the region. Web: http://www.bakuceyhan.org.uk/ [30 Jul 2006]
Bandar Interactive Inc. We're an interactive agency, helping corporate and non-profit organizations leverage the Web and improve online user experience. We do about 40% of our work for non-profits, such as TransFair USA, Building Child Care, The National Economic Development and Law Center, Asian Law Caucus, Junior Achievements, and local credit unions. We have a strategic alliance with Altrue.com, Inc., who provide Web site solutions for non-profits. While we also do work for corporate for-profit clients, we target non-profits and provide them with significant discounts. Address: 291 3rd Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 658-7871 Fax: (510) 868-0929 Email: ehab@bandarinteractive.com Web: http://www.bandarinteractive.com [11 Sep 2007]
BANDTEC: A Network for Diversity Training Dedicated to the creation of an equitable society for children and their families by promoting and providing quality training, technical assistance, information and resources in diversity issues for educators, care providers and families of young children. Address: 5236 Claremont Avenue, 2nd Floor, Oakland CA 94618 Voice: (510) 658-9197 Fax: (510) 658-2067 Email: bandtec@earthlink.net Web: http://www.bandtec.org [23 Nov 2006]
Bank Information Center Partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote social and economic justice and ecological sustainability. BIC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that advocates for the protection of rights, participation, transparency, and public accountability in the governance and operations of the World Bank, regional development banks, and IMF. Web: http://www.bicusa.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
BanTransFats.com Works behind the scenes on a daily basis to help the food industry reduce and eliminate trans fat in our food supply and educate the public about the harmful effects of trans fat. Has successfully sued Kraft and McDonald's over trans fats, and assisted New York City and other cities in developing trans fat bans. Web: http://www.bantransfats.com/ [20 Apr 2008]
BARE-2-BREAKERS An 'unofficial', uncostumed subgroup of the textiled Bay to Breakers footrace. The BARE-2-BREAKERS run is a spontaneous event by individuals; the BARE-2-BREAKERS' Boosters and the supportive Western Association for Nude Recreation are solely information guides. Web: http://baretobreakers.com/ [10 Sep 2006]
Baring Witness When 45 Marin County, California women were photographed on November 12, 2002, forming the word PEACE with their naked bodies, it struck a deep chord around the world. Our exposure of the vulnerable human flesh we all share has created a powerful statement against the naked aggression of our country’s policies. Similar nude and clothed actions took place across the US and around the world. These actions brought unprecedented press to the Pro-Peace movement. Address: POBox 753, Marshall CA 94940 Email: info@BaringWitness.org Web: http://www.baringwitness.org/ http://www.GlobalOrgasm.org [29 Oct 2006]
Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits (BAAITS) A community-based volunteer organization offering culturally relevant activities for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Native Americans, their families and friends. Two-Spirit refers to the commonly shared notion among many Native American tribes that some individuals naturally possessed and manifested both a masculine and feminine spiritual qualities. American society commonly identifies Two-Spirit People as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender. Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits comes together to socialize, share and network in an alcohol and drug-free environment. Address: SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, Box 95, San Francisco CA 94102-6227 Voice: (415) 865-5616 Email: admin@baaits.org Web: http://www.baaits.org [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Animal Rights Network (BAARN) A network of individuals and organizations within the San Francisco Bay Area working on behalf of animals and animal rights. It is not our intent to create a new organization, but to create a network for existing activists and organizations to communicate and support each other, share resources, alert the activist community about activities/situations which need support as well as share successful strategies. Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baarn/ [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BAADS) We believe sailing is the sport where disabled people feel most able. Thus, BAADS seeks to make all aspects of sailing in the San Francisco Bay Area accessible. This includes full participation in teaching sailing, cruising, racing, and developing engineering designs for adaptive equipment to benefit people with diverse abilities. Address: Pier 40, The Embarcadero, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 281-0212 Email: baadsmembership@gmail.com Web: http://www.baads.org [24 Jun 2009]
Bay Area Barns and Trails Mission is to preserve the equestrian heritage in the ‘Great Outdoors of the San Francisco Bay Area’. Bay Area Barns and Trails (BABTT) provides financial support, networking and technical assistance to individual equestrians, coalitions, public and private landowners, land and trail trusts, and organizations. BABTT supports partnerships that preserve and maintain publicly accessible barns, stables, pastures, staging areas, horse camps, and trails throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma Counties. Address: POBox 2435, Mill Valley CA 94942-2435 Voice: (415) 383-6283 Fax: (415) 381-3809 Email: babtt@earthlink.net Web: http://www.bayareabarnsandtrails.org [21 Jun 2008]
Bay Area Bicycle Coalition (BABC) Goal is to make the San Francisco Bay Area a national model for progressive bicycling policies, and to provide a safe and comprehensive network to facilitate bicycling throughout the region. BABC believes that bicycling can and should be a viable transportation and recreation option for all of the wonderfully diverse residents of the Bay Area. Address: POBox 2214, Novato CA 94948-2214 Voice: (415) 246-8078 Fax: (415) 893-9596 Email: cole-AT-bayareabikes-DOT-org Web: http://www.bayareabikes.org [20 Apr 2008]
Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN) Mission is to develop a healthy, vibrant, multicultural bisexual community in the San Francisco Bay Area and to promote better understanding of bisexual lives and issues within the larger lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community and the public. We offer: * Two email lists. The events list is a low-volume, moderated list. Our chat list is a free-form discussion of whatever you fancy. * Information and referral. * Cultural & social events. * A monthly peer-support group. Address: SFLGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street, Room 405, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 865-5627 Email: babn@babn.org Web: http://www.babn.org [09 Nov 2008]
Bay Area Center for Nonviolent Communication (BayNVC) A local affiliate of the Center for Nonviolent Communication, BayNVC share's CNVC's vision of a world where everyone's needs can be met peacefully. BayNVC contributes to this vision by providing trainings all around the bay area, for the public as well as for organizations. BayNVC coaches are available for individual, couple and family counseling; mediation and meeting facilitation; as well as full and half-day communication workshops at schools, businesses and other organizations (which may include diversity training, if requested). BayNVC is a nonprofit organization and all donations are tax deductible. Address: 55 Santa Clara Avenue, Suite 203, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 433-0700 Fax: (510) 452-3900 Email: nvc@baynvc.org Web: http://www.baynvc.org/ http://www.cnvc.org [16 Jan 2010]
Bay Area Coalition for Employment Development (BACED) A network of agencies who work together to substantially increase the hiring of individuals with barriers to employment by connecting qualified applicants with the employers who need them. Address: 1150 South Bascom Avenue #7A, San Jose CA 95125 Email: info@baced.us Web: http://www.baced.us [08 Aug 2008]
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 a biologically viable redwood forest. BACH connects local environmentalists with forest activists to preserve the old growth redwood ecosystems, with real solutions for forest workers and communities. Address: 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 548-3113 Web: http://www.headwaterspreserve.org [09 Nov 2008]
Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR) Creates a diverse action-based network of support for family planning clinics and abortion service providers. Seeks to expand the finding of Roe v Wade, and works within communities to support full service family planning / reproductive health centers. Web: http://www.bacorr.org/ [16 Jan 2010]
Bay Area Community Exchange (BACE) A collaborative network that supports the development of alternative means of exchange in the San Francisco Bay Area. We provide research and development support, incubation of alternative exchange projects, and education to the Bay Area community about economic issues. Through our work with currency projects, we hope to create an economy that is more sustainable, just, and embedded in healthy community connections. Web: http://wiki.sfbace.org http://bayareacommunityexchange.ning.com/ [30 Aug 2009]
Bay Area Community Exchange Blog A network of individuals who share our skills, knowledge, and abilities with one another. We contribute hours of service to our community so that all of our lives become richer. BACE members believe in the values of trust, respect, and cooperation as the foundation for an new economy based more on relationships and care rather than profit and greed. We believe that there is no need for the scarcity that is artificially created by the centralized monetary system we have been using to facilitate most of our exchanges. In reality, we are only limited by our time and creativity, which is in much more abundant supply than US dollars. Web: http://timebank.sfbace.org/ [31 Oct 2009]
Bay Area Dioxins Project A joint project of Bay Area local governments, working to reduce dioxins pollution. The project has three focuses: Convening interested local governments; assisting local governments with dioxins pollution prevention strategies; and maintaining a productive dialogue with interested community, environmental, labor, government and business groups. Web: http://dioxin.abag.ca.gov [10 Feb 2008]
Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition A group of consumers, students, non-profits, Fair Trade businesses, activists and community members working together to raise awareness and build demand for Fair Trade in the Bay Area. We hope to make San Francisco the first Fair Trade Town in the US! Web: http://bayareafairtradecoalition.blogspot.com/ [16 Jan 2010]
Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT) Educates the public about Tibet and the Tibetan people; organizes grassroots projects and events; and cooperates with other Tibet support groups locally and internationally. Recognizing the value of the Tibetan way of life to the world, BAFoT actively promotes Tibetan culture and advocates protection of human rights and the environment in Tibet. Address: 2288 Fulton Street, Suite 312, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 548-1271 Fax: (510) 548-3785 Email: bafot@friends-of-tibet.org Web: http://www.friends-of-tibet.org [10 Sep 2006]
Bay Area Green Business Program A successful partnership of environmental agencies and utilities that assists, recognizes and promotes businesses and government agencies that volunteer to operate in a more environmentally responsible way. To be certified "green", participants must be in compliance with all regulations and meet program standards for conserving resources, preventing pollution and minimizing waste. We offer motivated businesses and agencies an easy-to-use framework for improving environmental performance. Web: http://www.greenbiz.ca.gov/ [22 Jul 2007]
Bay Area Intactivists Group (BANG) Routine infant circumcision is unnecessary and harmful. We welcome you to help us organize locally to educate and raise consciousness (our own as well as others'), and to work toward changing relevant regulations and policy. Join the worldwide movement to protect human rights by eradicating all forms of the unconsenting amputation of parts of one's healthy body. Dinner-meetings are normally held the first Sunday of the month. Contact us to be put on our listserv, BANG-L. Address: c/o Tina Kimmel, MSW, MPH, 719 Aileen Street (near MLK), Oakland CA 94609-1611 Voice: (510) 653-5260 Fax: (510) 653-5260 (same as voice) Email: tinakimmel@motherlove.org [22 Sep 2007]
Bay Area Iranian American Democrats (BAIAD) A grassroots political organization that stands for protecting the rights and interests of Iranian Americans by empowering the Iranian-American political voice. BAIAD seeks to promote progressive values such as social justice, responsibility and fairness through education, political participation, public and political advocacy, and grassroots activism. Address: 6363 Christie Avenue, Suite 2611, Emeryville CA 94608 Voice: (415) 315-9959 Email: info1-at-baiad.org Web: http://www.baiad.org/ [20 Apr 2008]
Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace & Justice (LC4PJ) An ad hoc committee of union and other labor activists founded three weeks after 9/11. It organizes for immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, against Israeli Apartheid practices in Palestine and Israel, and for social justice in the U.S. An annual donation of $30 is requested (but not required) for membership. Meets most months on the first Sunday of each month from 10am to noon at CWA Local 9415, at 1831 Park Blvd. (near 18th St., across from the Parkway Theater) in Oakland. Affiliated with U.S. Labor Against the War. Voice: (510) 263-5303 Email: labor-for-peace-and-justice@igc.org [02 Mar 2009]
Bay Area Labor Heritage Rockin' Solidarity Chorus The chorus, directed by Pat Wynne, performs songs about work in a variety of styles (including IWW anthems, labor gospel, South African songs, and new compositions). Sessions are held at SF City College, Phelan Campus, Creative Arts Building, Room 133 on Thursdays at 6:30pm and at Laney College, Oakland on alternate Saturdays at 12:30pm. (College credit is available.) All friends of labor are welcome. The chorus is available for performances in the community. Web: http://www.laborchorus.org [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County The largest provider of free civil legal services in the Bay Area. Our seven regional offices work together to provide high quality legal assistance to low-income people regardless of their location, language, or disability. BayLegal is uniquely positioned to help people across county lines. We assist people in the areas of housing, public benefits, health access, and domestic violence. See the next several entries for the addresses of the other regional offices. Address: 405 14th Street, 11th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 663-4744 Fax: (510) 663-4710 Email: info@baylegal.org Web: http://www.baylegal.org [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Legal Aid, Contra Costa County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 1025 Macdonald Avenue, Richmond CA 94801 Voice: (510) 233-9954 Fax: (510) 236-6846 Email: info@baylegal.org Web: http://www.baylegal.org [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Legal Aid, Marin County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 30 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 479-8224 Fax: (415) 479-8549 Email: info@baylegal.org Web: http://www.baylegal.org [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Legal Aid, San Francisco County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 50 Fell Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 982-1300 Fax: (415) 982-4243 Email: info@baylegal.org Web: http://www.baylegal.org [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Legal Aid, San Mateo County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 2287 El Camino Real, San Mateo CA 94403 Voice: (650) 358-0745 Fax: (650) 358-0751 Email: info@baylegal.org Web: http://www.baylegal.org [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Legal Aid, Santa Clara County See description at Bay Area Legal Aid, Alameda County. Address: 2 West Santa Clara Street, 8th Floor, San Jose CA 95113 Voice: (408) 283-3700 Fax: (408) 283-3750 Email: info@baylegal.org Web: http://www.baylegal.org [15 Dec 2007]
Bay Area Literacy (BALIT) Serves adults in the Bay Area who choose to improve their reading and writing skills. BALit’s 25 member programs are located in libraries from Mendocino County to Santa Clara County. Each year these programs serve some 6,500 adults, helping them to achieve their goals and expand their opportunities. Web: http://www.literacynet.org/balit [16 Jan 2010]
Bay Area Naturally A printed directory of community resources for natural living, published by City Spirit Publications and distributed in businesses for free. Includes holistic health professionals, green products and services, schools and educational centers, a natural food restaurant guide, and a calendar of events. Address: 7282 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, POBox 267, Lagunitas CA 94938 Voice: (800) 486-4794 Fax: (800) 211-6746 Email: info@naturalpages.com Web: http://www.naturalpages.com/ba.html [18 Feb 2007]
Bay Area Naturists A loosely-knit collection of people in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas who believe that the human species must live in harmony with itself and the other species which populate Planet Earth, believe in the fundamental wholesomeness of the human body, and regard it as neither an object of shame nor a subject for degrading exploitation, and advocate the acceptance of suitable areas for nude recreation. Address: POBox 23781, San Jose CA 95153-3781 Web: http://www.bayareanaturists.org/ [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP) A 501(c)3 non-profit organization working to improve the health, independence and social integration of people with physical disabilities through sports, fitness and recreation programs. At BORP, we believe that sports and recreation provide a path to greater achievement to which all people should have access, and we continually strive to make this a reality. Address: 600 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 849-4663 Fax: (510) 849-4616 Email: info@borp.org Web: http://www.borp.org [10 Feb 2008]
Bay Area Reporter (BAR) A weekly newspaper of transgender, bisexual, lesbian and gay news, activism, and entertainment, distributed free every Thursday. Address: 395 Ninth Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-5019; (415) 861-8144 Email: barpaper@aol.com [26 Dec 2006]
Bay Area Seed Interchange Library (BASIL) Holds seed-saving workshops and offers a public library (at the Ecology Center) of open-pollinated seeds, both cultivated and wild. Web: http://www.ecologycenter.org/basil [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Area United Against War (BAUAW) A non-profit affiliation of groups and individuals dedicated to organizing demonstrations, seminars and other peaceful actions to stop war, protect human rights and civil liberties. BAUAW is a non-partisan organization not associated with any political parties or candidates. We receive funding from individual contributions. Address: POBox 318021, San Francisco CA 94131-8021 Voice: (415) 824-8730 (Bonnie Weinstein) Email: bauaw2003-owner@yahoogroups.com Web: http://www.bauaw.org [21 Jun 2008]
Bay Area Vegetarians (BAV) A bay area wide group for vegans, vegetarians, veg*n-inclined and interested people to find community & support with like-minded folks. Our goal is to support and encourage the local veg*n community through our online discussion forum and mailing lists ("SFBAVeg", "SFBAVeg-Events"), and planned monthly events. In the community spirit, all of our events are organized by volunteers, and membership is free. Come join us for a Vegan Food Party! See our website for upcoming events or information on joining. Web: http://www.bayareaveg.org [17 Sep 2006]
Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) A nonprofit media arts center that was founded in 1976 by a coalition of media makers and activists who wanted to find alternative, civic-minded applications for a new technology - PortaPak video. While the technology has continued to evolve, BAVC’s mission to bring increased cultural and economic participation to underserved communities through media, and our belief that telling compelling stories is powerful for both media maker and audience, remains. Address: 2727 Mariposa Street, Second Floor (at Bryant), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 861-3282 Fax: (415) 861-4316 Web: http://www.bavc.org [28 Mar 2009]
Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT) BAWT, a program of the Earth Island Institute, began with the idea that California's bountiful wilderness areas are a vast, yet untapped, resource for local youth-serving organizations. BAWT promotes the wise use of these national, state and regional parks through our professional wilderness leadership training. Then, we link our workshops to our outdoor equipment library, so that youth organizations and schools may outfit their groups for trips of their own -- free of charge! We believe that well led trips to granite cliffs, isolated beaches and ancient redwoods, provide youth with powerful and life changing experiences. Address: c/o Earth Island Institute, 300 Broadway, Suite 23, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 788-3666 x125 Fax: (415) 788-7324 Web: http://www.bawt.org [15 Dec 2007]
Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR) Provides free in-person counseling to survivors of sexual assault and their significant others. Also offers accompaniment to police, court and hospital, a 24-hour hotline, support groups, and community education. Address: 470 27th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 430-1298 (office); (510) 845-7273 (24-hour crisis line) Fax: (510) 430-2579 Email: BawarTraining@gmail.com Web: http://www.bawar.org/ [16 Jan 2010]
bay area youth fund for education (b.a.y.fund) Committed to helping young people finish high school and become the first in their family to graduate from college. We make a 10 year commitment to each student - from the end of 7th grade to the end of 5 years of college. Through mentoring, tutoring, community service and college counseling our students are exposed to experiences and challenges that encourage them to develop the decision-making skills, leadership ability and good judgment necessary to become successful adults. Located at 220 Halleck Street in the Presidio. Address: Presidio of San Francisco, POBox 29415, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 561-3450 Fax: (415) 561-3454 Email: info@bayfund.org Web: http://www.bayfund.org [22 Jul 2007]
The Bay Institute Dedicated to the protection and restoration of the ecosystems of San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta, and the rivers, streams, and watersheds tributary to the estuary. Goals are to protect and restore fish and wildlife, increase freshwater flows, reform water allocation policy, and protect and improve water quality. Address: 500 Palm Drive, Novato CA 94949 Voice: (415) 506-0150 x26 Email: davis@bay.org Web: http://www.bay.org [08 Apr 2007]
Bay Nature The first natural history magazine for the San Francisco Bay Area, dedicated to the intelligent and joyful exploration of the region's natural and the species that inhabit them. Address: 1328 Sixth Street, Suite 2, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 528-8550 Email: baynature@baynature.com Web: http://www.baynature.com [10 Nov 2007]
Bay Worms A non-profit dedicated to diverting waste from local landfills by converting it into rich soil amendments. Using vermicomposting methods, we provide compost, worm castings and worms to residents and businesses. We also offer educational opportunities such as workshops, seminars and school presentations. Voice: (510) 776-6210 Email: bayworms@gmail.com Web: http://www.bayworms.org [28 Mar 2009]
BAY-Peace (Better Alternatives for Youth) Fights back against aggressive military recruiting in our schools. Address: 1470 Fruitvalue Avenue, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 809-7416 Email: baypeace4youth@gmail.com Web: http://www.baypeace.org/ [23 Dec 2007]
BayRail Alliance The voice for modern rail transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area. We mobilize transit riders and other key constituencies to influence government to modernize and expand our regional rail network. We advocate for improvements that will produce a quantum leap in the quality and convenience of rail public transit to boost quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally founded in 1982 as Peninsula Rail 2000, BayRail Alliance is a grassroots, non-profit, membership-based organization. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (866) 267-8024 (toll-free) Web: http://www.bayrailalliance.org [20 Jul 2008]
BayVajra.info A Vajrayana Buddhist events list for the San Francisco Bay Area. Bay Area Vajrayana Buddhist groups and individuals can publish their dharma events here. Sangha social gatherings and fundraising events are good too. Also welcome are events related to Tibetan freedom and human rights, and Tibetan culture. All events should be in and around the Bay Area. Web: http://bayvajra.info/ [09 Dec 2007]
Bayview Hunter's Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT) A non-profit community media producer that educates, empowers and employs underserved youth and adults in the digital media arts. By bridging the digital divide, BAYCAT inspires students to stay in school and become lifelong learners, and to use the power of digital media and design to shape their communities and tell their unique stories. Address: 2415 Third Street, Suite 230, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 701-8CAT (8228) Fax: (415) 701-9CAT (9228) Email: info@baycat.org Web: http://www.baycat.org/ [21 Jun 2008]
Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center (HERC) Our vision is to empower the residents of Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) to meet the challenges of healthy living within an urban environment scarred by more than fifty years of environmental pollutants. By working with a consortium of community-based organizations dedicated to developing culturally effective, evidence-based interventions to eliminate and improve the health caused by industrial pollution as well as lifestyle habits. Address: 828 Innes Avenue, Unit 110, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 401-6810 Fax: (415) 401-6812 Email: bmcgee_us@yahoo.com Web: http://www.bayviewherc.org/ [05 Apr 2007]
BehindTheLabel.org A multimedia news magazine and on-line community covering the stories and people of the global clothing industry the hidden stories of the millions of workers around the world who make our clothes, the people who care how their clothes are made and the multinational corporations behind the labels. Web: http://www.behindthelabel.org/ [21 Jun 2008]
Ben Lomond Quaker Center A self-service conference and retreat center with simple, comfortable accommodations, modestly priced. It is a sacred place for friends to gather, offering group rentals; personal retreats; our own schedule of Quaker Center Programs focused on Quakerism, spiritual growth, and social justice; a residential internship in non-profit administration; and a permanent outdoor labyrinth available to the public. Quaker Center extends a special hand of support to low-income community groups working for peace, social justice, race and gender equity, and care and reclamation of the environment. Address: POBox 686, Ben Lomond CA 95005 Voice: (831) 336-8333 Fax: (831) 336-0218 Email: mail(at)quakercenter.org Web: http://www.quakercenter.org/ http://www.quakercenter.org/Pages/GroupRentalPages/SpecialSupport.html [20 Apr 2008]
berberworld.com A web site covering the Berber (Amazigh) people and culture. Berbers are the indigenous people of Northern Africa (Tamazgha), and continue to comprise a substantial portion of the population of Morocco and Algeria and elsewhere, yet their culture and language (Tamazight) are being actively repressed. Web: http://www.mondeberbere.com/ [22 Jul 2007]
Berkeley Adult School (BAS) A remarkable community asset. We teach immigrants and non-English speakers English. We teach older adults how to read and solve math problems. We provide the means for adults to complete high school credits, obtain a GED, graduate and pas the exit exam. We help older adults learn and grow and contribute to their quality of life. We also provide career and technical education so that our most needy adults can find meaningful work and a living wage. Located on the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Virginia Streets. You do not have to be a resident of Berkeley and all of the classes that we offer are either free or at the lowest cost possible. Address: 1701 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 644-6130 Email: BASinfo@berkeley.k12.ca.us Web: http://bas.berkeley.net/ [31 Oct 2009]
Berkeley Car-Free Housing Ordinance A number of groups have proposed an ordinance that would allow developers to build car-free-by-contract housing in Berkeley, California. Web: http://www.preservenet.com/carfreehousing/ [18 Feb 2007]
Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative (BCGC) 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. What We Do: 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: POBox 2801, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 883-9096 Web: http://ecologycenter.org/bcgc [21 Apr 2007]
Berkeley Community Media (BCM) Dedicated to community access to the media by and for Berkeley residents. Many people know us through B-TV Channel 28, the community access television station run by BCM and by B-TV Channel 33 that airs City Council and other government meetings. We also provide low-cost classes, access to video equipment, editing suites and studios, a popular internship program, and ongoing advocacy with the City and Comcast to protect and enhance these resources for Berkeley residents. Our mission is to build an electronic free speech forum in order to encourage democratic involvement and build community. Address: 2239 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (between Bancroft and Allston), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 848-2288 Fax: (510) 848-0265 Email: info@betv.org Web: http://www.betv.org/ [21 Jun 2008]
Berkeley Cooperative Grocery (The CoG) A group of local Bay-Area residents is launching this food cooperative in early 2007. Its mission is to offer reasonably priced food and products that are sustainably sourced from a central Berkeley location. The CoG will run on a democratic model in which every member can vote on operational issues at monthly general meetings. Email: info@berkeleycog.org Web: http://www.berkeleycog.org/ [03 Aug 2006]
Berkeley Daily Planet A twice-weekly newspaper covering Berkeley, California, available for free on the street. Address: 3023-A Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 841-5600 Fax: (510) 841-5695 Web: http://www.berkeleydaily.org [22 Jul 2007]
Berkeley Ecological and Safe Transportation Coalition (Berkeley BEST) BEST advocates sustainable transit for all Berkeley area users: pedestrians, bicyclists, wheelchair users, bus and BART riders. BEST is currently inactive (noted October 2006), but could be revived by an infusion of new energy. Address: c/o BFBC, POBos 13357, Berkeley CA 94712-4357 Email: imgreen03@comcast.net [16 Oct 2006]
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) A member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association, a non-creedal religious organization consisting of more than a thousand churches, societies, and fellowships in the U.S. and Canada. We welcome people of all religious, social, and cultural backgrounds, people of all sexual orientations, people of different abilities, and of all ages to become part of our congregation. We have a long-standing, very active Social Justice Committee, whose members are deeply engaged in many areas of progressive grassroots politics, including the peace movement, economic justice, deep ecology/environmental activism, abolition of the death penalty, and much more. Fellowship Hall is located at 1924 Cedar Street (at Bonita). Address: 1606 Bonita Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709-2022 Voice: (510) 841-4824 Email: office@bfuu.org Web: http://www.bfuu.org [04 Nov 2006]
Berkeley Food and Housing Project To help ease and end the crisis of homelessness in our community, the Berkeley Food and Housing Project provides emergency food and shelter, transitional housing and assistance, and long-term housing placement with support services to homeless individuals and families. Address: 2140 Dwight Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 649-4965 x307 (Marci Jordan, Executive Director) Fax: (510) 649-4982 Email: info@bfhp.org Web: http://www.bfhp.org [22 Jul 2007]
Berkeley Free Clinic Offers general medical services, TB testing, HIV testing, hepatitis testing, peer counseling, dental (extractions, checkups, and fillings only), a men's STD clinic, and information referrals. Services are free, but donations are accepted. A volunteer owned and run collective. Address: 2339 Durant Avenue (near Dana), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 548-2570; (800) 6-CLINIC Email: info@berkeleyfreeclinic.org Web: http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org [22 Jul 2007]
Berkeley Information Network (BIN) A free community information and referral service at the Berkeley Public Library connecting people with local information sources including over 3000 agencies, organizations, and clubs. Access is available by telephone or computer, or you can visit the public files in all 5 Berkeley public libraries. Telephone hours are Mon-Tue noon to 9 PM, Wed-Sat 10 AM to 6 PM, and Sun 1 PM to 5 PM. Address: c/o Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street (at Shattuck), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 981-6166 (BIN line); (510) 981-6150 (office voice mail) Fax: (510) 981-6246 Web: http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org/ [12 Nov 2006]
Berkeley Liberation Radio Berkeley Liberation Radio exists to provide a voice for the diverse community in the greater Berkeley / Oakland area. Further, it is a vehicle and a means by which to bring about radical social change. Consistent with a vision of creating an alternative, diverse, vibrant society and community that respects the right to be free of sexism, racism, homophobia and all other forms of oppression, our programming will reflect those goals and beliefs. Broadcasts at 104.1 FM. Meets every Thursday; newcomers welcome. Address: 3124 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 597-0706 Email: berkeleyradio(at)sbcglobal.net Web: http://www.berkeleyliberationradio.net [14 Jun 2009]
Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy (BOAA) A student organization on the UC Berkeley campus. We have weekly meetings to discuss animal rights issues, our events, and how to become better advocates for the other beings on this planet. We are currently working on a number of campaigns, including weekly letter writing, revising and relaunching our fight against on-campus animal research, and raising awareness of animal rights issues among students, faculty, and members of the local community. Address: c/o ASUC Office of Student Affairs, University of California, 400 Eshleman Hall, MC 4500, Berkeley CA 94720-4500 Web: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~boaa/ [09 Nov 2008]
Berkeley Partners for Parks (BFPF) A citywide nonprofit devoted to supporting parks and open space in Berkeley through encouraging citizen involvement. Since its incorporation in 1994, BPFP has played an instrumental role in bringing additional funding and thousands of hours of volunteeer labor ('sweat equity') to bear on improving Berkeley's parks, community gardens,and open space. The participation of 'adopt-a-park' groups working in partnership with the City and local businesses has led to innovative projects and visible results in dozens of parks and community gardens throughout the City of Berkeley. Address: POBox 13673, Berkeley CA 94712 Web: http://www.bpfp.org [16 Jan 2010]
Berkeley Path Wanderers Association (BPWA) A grassroots volunteer group of community members who have come together to increase public awareness of the City of Berkeley's pathways. BPWA hopes to accomplish this goal through volunteer-led path walks; identification and accurate mapping of Berkeley's complete path network; and eventual restoration of paths that have been blocked or obscured. We hope the final outcome of the community effort will be the preservation and on-going maintenance of all the paths, lanes and steps throughout Berkeley. Address: 1442A Walnut Street, Box 269, Berkeley CA 94709 Email: info@berkeleypaths.org Web: http://www.berkeleypaths.org/ [26 Apr 2009]
Berkeley Student Food Collective (BSFC) Mission is to provide fresh, healthy, environmentally sustainable and ethically produced food at an affordable price to Berkeley students and the greater community. We will operate a student-run cooperative cafe and market, located on or near UC Berkeley's campus. Our physical space will serve as a conduit for community building and environmental stewardship through holding arts events, hosting meetings, and providing a place for groups to come together. Email: director-at-foodcollective-dot-org Web: http://foodcollective.org [31 Oct 2009]
Berkeley Women in Black We stand each Friday from noon to 1 PM to protest the Israeli Occupation of Palestine. Join us when you can. We are a non-hierarchical group. We create a new flyer each week about the situation on the ground and distribute about 300 at the south side of UC campus, at Bancroft and Telegraph. Voice: (510) 548-6310 Email: wibberkeley@yahoo.com [12 Feb 2008]
Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) Helps youth and families address issues and problems via Prevention --- reaching youth before their problems become crises, and Intervention --- providing support services to youth who are entangled in the juvenile justice system. BYA helps build capacity within individuals to reach their innate potential. Projects include an after-school center, a computer lab, crisis counseling, a Summer Jam day camp, a sports and fitness academy, health and environmental awareness training, and a teen center. Address: 1255 Allston Way, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 845-9010 Fax: (510) 849-1421 Email: administration@byaonline.org Web: http://www.byaonline.org/ [22 Jul 2007]
Berkeleyans for a Livable University Environment (BLUE) Mission is to promote and protect a livable community, and a healthy urban and natural environment, around the University of California at Berkeley and its associated institutions. Web: http://berkeleyblue.org/ [26 Apr 2009]
Between The Lines A weekly radio newsmagazine that offers timely, in-depth interviews with progressive activists engaged in the fight for a more just world. This four-time Associated Press award-winning program covers political and economic topics, and provides listeners with the information they need to know about today's growing social justice movement. Web: http://www.btlonline.org/ [07 Feb 2007]
Beyond Chron Provides coverage of political and cultural issues often distorted or ignored by the Bay Area's largest newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle. Beyond Chron presents a critical look at the cutting edge issues of the day. Address: 126 Hyde Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 771-9850 Fax: (415) 771-1287 Email: rshaw@beyondchron.org Web: http://www.beyondchron.org/ [10 Nov 2007]
Beyond Oil and Hubbert's Peak Peak Oil books by Princeton University Professor Kenneth S. Deffeyes. Web: http://www.princeton.edu/hubbert/ [09 Nov 2008]
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 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. Formerly the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides. Web: http://www.beyondpesticides.org [04 Oct 2009]
BGH Bulletin Here you will find behind-the-scenes details about how a large share of America’s milk supply has quietly become adulterated with the effects of a synthetic hormone secretly injected into cows, and how pressure from the hormone maker Monsanto led Fox TV to fire two of its award-winning reporters and sweep under the rug much of what they discovered but were never allowed to broadcast. Web: http://www.foxbghsuit.com/ [18 Feb 2007]
Bicycle Church Collective (Community Self-Service Cycle Repair) You need not be a mechanic to use the Bike Church's do-it-yourself repair facility; people of all aptitudes make use of the shop. Church ministers (mechanics) are there to help and get as involved in the repair of your bicycle as necessary. We encourage people to learn by getting their hands dirty - familiarize themselves with the machine that they rely on to get them from place to place. The Bike Church is part of The Hub in downtown Santa Cruz. Open 3 pm to 7 pm every day except Sunday. Address: enter on Spruce Street, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (831) 425-2453 Email: postmaster@santacruzhub.org Web: http://www.santacruzhub.org/bikechurchfrm.html [19 Apr 2008]
Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition (BFBC) Mission is to make Berkeley a more bicycle-friendly city -- we want to help make bicycling so safe, convenient, and pleasant that it becomes a preferred way of getting around town. Address: POBox 13357, Berkeley CA 94712-4357 Voice: (510) 549-7433 (549-RIDE) Email: bfbc(at)lmi(dot)net Web: http://www.bfbc.org/ [06 May 2007]
Big Think Studios A group of advertising and graphic design professionals dedicated to social change. We craft strategies and communication materials that inspire people to take action to improve the world around them. We understand this is no small task. That’s why we think big. Address: 1426 18th Street (at Connecticut), San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 934-1111 Fax: (415) 934-1114 Email: lael@bigthinkstudios.com Web: http://www.bigthinkstudios.com/ [09 Nov 2008]
Bike Alameda Mission is to encourage everyday use of the bicycle in and around Alameda. Founded in 1999, BikeAlameda serves the community through education and services such as secure Valet Bike Parking at community events and its Bicycle and Walking Map of Alameda. BikeAlameda believes in safe streets, active, healthy citizens, and vibrant, walkable business districts and neighborhoods. We are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) California corporation. Address: POBox 2732, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 595-4690 Fax: (510) 595-4690 (same as voice) Web: http://www.bikealameda.org/ [29 Dec 2006]
The Bike Kitchen A cooperative, do-it-yourself bike repair shop. 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. Instead of charging a fee for services, the Bike Kitchen charges membership dues: either $5 a day, or $30 a year. Purchasing a membership gives you access to all the tools and parts in our inventory. If you’re short on cash, you can earn a membership or parts by volunteering in the shop for a certain number of hours. We accept donations of all working and usable bicycle parts for our youth programs and adult classes. Located in San Francisco at 1256 Mission Street between 8th and 9th, with the entrance on Laskie Alley. Open hours are currently 6 to 9 pm Tuesday and Thursday, and 12 to 5 pm Saturdays. Email: info@bikekitchen.org Web: http://www.bikekitchen.org [20 Jan 2007]
Bike the Bridge! Coalition Advocates bicycle access to major Bay Area bridges. Address: POBox 15071, Berkeley CA 94712-6071 Voice: (510) 725-9991 Fax: (510) 486-1528 Email: jmeggs@bikethebridge.org Web: http://www.bikethebridge.org/ [15 Apr 2007]
Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) Mission is to promote, organize, and support a diverse, effective, national grassroots movement to restore and protect civil rights and liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Our purpose is to educate people about the significance of those rights in our lives; to encourage widespread civic participation; and to cultivate and share the organizing tools and strategies needed for people to convert their concern, outrage, and fear into debate and action to restore Bill of Rights protections. Web: http://www.bordc.org [04 Oct 2009]
Bill Wilson Center Mission is to support and strengthen the community by serving youth and families through counseling, housing, education, and advocacy. The agency’s programs primarily focus on working with youth in order to provide them with the services they need to become healthy and self-sufficient adults. Services include counseling, shelter, transitional housing, independent living skills training and health education. Located at 3490 The Alameda in Santa Clara. Address: POBox 210 A, Santa Clara CA 95052 Voice: (408) 243-0222 Fax: (408) 246-5752 Email: BWCMail@billwilsoncenter.org Web: http://www.billwilsoncenter.org [22 Jul 2007]
Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center A multi-service agency that promotes human care, education and social activities that further the well-being and developent of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community of Santa Clara County. Works to promote better understanding and unity within the community and its friends. Ensures a 'safe environment' free from verbal and physical harassment, and free from fear of disclosure. Address: 938 The Alameda, San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 293-2429 Web: http://www.defrank.org [08 Apr 2007]
Bioneers Through the annual Bioneers Conference, workshops, the media, the Bioneers Fund and model projects, Bioneers seeks to create a network of visionary innovators working to heal and restore the Earth and people. Address: 160 14th Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 553-8633 Fax: (415) 553-8672 Web: http://www.bioneers.org [22 Jun 2008]
Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture A print magazine devoted to feminist analysis and media criticism. Bitch features critiques of TV, movies, magazines, advertising, and other elements of pop culture. We also interview feminist pop culture makers, review new books and music, and lots more. We're in the process of evolving into a multimedia organization, starting with this very website. Web: http://www.bitchmagazine.com [10 Feb 2008]
San Francisco Black Coalition on AIDS (BCA) Mission is to stop the spread of HIV in the Black community through education, service and advocacy. BCA promotes collective, comprehensive and compassionate care for those infected with, and affected by, the disease. Address: 2800 Third Street, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 615-9945 Fax: (415) 615-9943 Email: bcoa@bcoa.org Web: http://www.bcoa.org [10 Nov 2007]
Black Commentator The Black Commentator's core audience is African Americans and their allies in the struggle for social and economic justice. It is also important to share Black American perspectives with the rest of the world, a mission uniquely suited to the Internet. Our focus is commentary, analysis and investigation, elements of political dialogue that are absolutely essential to the creation of movements for social change. Without regular forums for advocacy and debate, a people are at the mercy of their adversaries. Web: http://www.blackcommentator.com/ [15 Oct 2006]
Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc. A social enterprise that advances a mission of creating social change by providing high quality mental health care and promoting mental health training, research, and education through commercial pursuits. Blackbird Family Therapy, Inc. contracts with licensed mental health clinicians in private practice to provide free community mental health services to children, teens, and adults who have witnessed or experienced violent crimes such as child abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence, assault, rape, homicide, and gang violence. Many of our clients are children and teens who reside in foster care as well as victims of domestic violence. Address: 610 16th Street, Suite 608-B, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 594-4332 Fax: (510) 878-7369 Email: info@blackbirdfamilytherapy.com Web: http://blackbirdfamilytherapy.com [30 Sep 2009]
Blue Blanket Improv We are a dedicated group of improvisational actors and comedians. We devote our time and skills to bring free or low cost entertainment to the residents of San Francisco and the Bay Area. We perform for free in outdoor venues around San Francisco, from beaches to parks to anywhere we can hang our eponymous blanket. We are committed to inspire laughter in others, expose theater to those who might not attend otherwise, and to give back to our community. Web: http://www.blueblanketimprov.com/ [09 Nov 2008]
Bluewater Network Works to stop environmental damage from vehicles and vessels, and to protect human health and the planet by reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Bluewater is a division of Friends of the Earth - the U.S. voice of the world's largest network of environmental groups with one million supporters in 70 countries across five continents. Address: 311 California Street, Suite 510, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 544-0790 Fax: (415) 544-0796 Email: bluewaternetwork@bluewaternetwork.org Web: http://www.bluewaternetwork.org [10 Sep 2006]
Bolerium Books A bookstore with 45,000 used, rare, and out-of-print books and pamphlets on American labor history, radicalism, social movements, gay literature, African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and the Spanish Civil War. Books are both bought and sold. Address: 2141 Mission Street, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th Streets, 3rd floor), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-6353; (800) 326-6353 Fax: (415) 255-6499 Email: info@bolerium.com Web: http://www.bolerium.com [08 Apr 2007]
Boom - The Sound of Eviction The web site of the documentary video on the rise and fall of the dot-com takeover of a San Francisco neighborhood. By turns humorous and scathing, Boom delves into the ironies and contradictions of the 'New Economy' and delivers a potent social critique that is ambitious in its scope while remaining close to the human scale. Produced by Whispered Media. Directed by Francine Cavanaugh, A. Mark Liiv, and Adams Wood. Web: http://www.boomthemovie.org/ [04 Oct 2009]
Boots on the Roof The premier Wind and Solar Energy training provider in the United States, with the mission of training the next wave of Renewable Energy Contractors, Engineers, Architects, Sales Professionals and Business Entrepreneurs. Address: 4670 Auto Mall Parkway, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (888) 893-0367 Fax: (510) 249-9125 Web: http://www.bootsontheroof.com/ [16 Aug 2009]
The Borneo Project Assists diverse tribal groups on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo in their struggles for human rights, rainforest protection and sustainable community development. The Project has supported legal aid, mapping for land rights, indigenous-led reforestation, watershed restoration, and sustainable energy and micro-enterprise. Address: 1771 Alcatraz Avenue (near Adeline), Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 547-4258 Email: borneo-at-borneoproject.org Web: http://borneoproject.org [22 Jun 2008]
Bound Together Books ('The Anarchist Bookstore') A volunteer-run anarchist collective bookstore and meeting place. Normally open 7 days a week from 11:30 am to 7:30 pm (call to verify). Organizes the annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfare every spring. Also serves as the mailing address of the Prisoners' Literature Project. Address: 1369 Haight Street (at Masonic), San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 431-8355 Email: haightanarcat@gmail.com Web: http://www.boundtogetherbooks.com/ [04 Oct 2009]
Bountiful Garden Foundation A completely volunteer run, nonprofit organization which promotes healthy, sustainable agriculture in the local community by raising premium produce that can be converted into fundraising for local and international humanitarian organizations. Any produce that we raise that can not be converted to cash gets deposited directly into local food banks such as Second Harvest, Salvation Army or small municipal relief organizations. Voice: (408) 255-2010 Email: info@bountiful-garden.org Web: http://www.bountiful-garden.org/ [19 May 2007]
Bowling for Columbine The Michael Moore film addressing the increasing pandemic of gun violence and other violence in the U.S. Web: http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com [10 Sep 2006]
Boycott the GAP The purpose of the Save the Redwoods - Boycott the Gap Campaign is to inform Gap customers about logging by the Fisher family of the Gap clothing store empire (including Banana Republic and Old Navy Stores), and to convince the Fishers to place all of their damaged redwood forests into a conservation land trust. Web: http://www.gapsucks.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco Tenderloin Clubhouse An after-school and summer program offering a fun, safe environment for youth ages six to17. Membership fees are only $10 a year for amazing programming. We provide educational activities, including free tutoring, college application assistance and resume writing help. We also have computers, an outstanding arts & crafts program, and a games room that features pool and foosball tables. During the school year we are open for Monday - Friday from 2:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Special teen-only nights are held from Tuesday – Thursday from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Friday nights from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. We provide extended hours on school holidays and in the summer we are open from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Address: 115 Jones Street (between Golden Gate and Turk Streets), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 351-3125 Email: pzamora@kidsclub.org [19 Dec 2007]
Brass Liberation Orchestra A musical group of brass, reeds and percussion that plays music to support political causes with particular emphasis on peace, and racial and social justice. We are a work in progress. We work to build a multigender/multiracial/multigenerational group that enhances and strengthens the culture of the Left. Email: blo@brassliberation.org Web: http://brassliberation.org/ [01 Mar 2008]
Brave New Films Founded in the wake of the 2004 election after the spectacular success of Robert Greenwald's documentaries Outfoxed and Uncovered. We have since created Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price -- Greenwald's hugely successful documentary that reached millions of people forcing the largest company in the world to become better corporate citizens -- distributed The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress, produced two television series, created Brave New Theaters, launched a non-profit Foundation, and recently created Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers -- a story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Web: http://www.bravenewfilms.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) The largest social movement in Latin America and one of the most successful grassroots movements in the world. Hundreds of thousands of landless peasants have taken onto themselves the task of carrying out a long-overdue land reform in a country mired by an overly skewed land distribution pattern. Less than 3% of the population owns two-thirds of Brasil's arable land. Web: http://www.mstbrazil.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
Bread & Roses Brings hope and healing through live music to isolated individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our performances uplift the spirits of children undergoing chemotherapy, teens battling substance abuse, families in homeless shelters, seniors nearing the end of life transition, and others living apart from friends and family while facing challenging times. Address: 233 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 100, Corte Madera CA 94925-1415 Voice: (415) 945-7120 Fax: (415) 945-7128 Email: info@breadandroses.org Web: http://www.breadandroses.org/ [04 Oct 2009]
Bread for the World (BFW) A nationwide Christian movement that seeks justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers. Web: http://www.bread.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Breast Cancer Action (BCA) A membership-based organization that carries the voices of people affected by breast cancer to inspire and compel the changes necessary to end the breast cancer epidemic. BCA provides information about breast cancer to anyone who needs it, pushes policy makers to increase funding and research into the causes of breast cancer, and organizes individuals to effect meaningful change around breast cancer issues. Address: 55 New Montgomery Street, Suite 323, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 243-9301; (877) 2STOPBC (toll-free) Email: info@bcaction.org Web: http://www.bcaction.org [08 Apr 2007]
Breast Cancer Fund (TBCF) In response to the public health crisis of breast cancer, the Breast Cancer Fund identifies – and advocates for elimination of – the environmental and other preventable causes of the disease. Founded in 1992, the Breast Cancer Fund works from the knowledge that breast cancer is not simply a personal tragedy, but a public health priority that demands action from all. Address: 1388 Sutter Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94109-5400 Voice: (415) 346-8223 Email: info@breastcancerfund.org Web: http://www.breastcancerfund.org [28 Mar 2009]
Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust (BALT) Address: 1120 2nd Street, Suite 108, Brentwood CA 94513 Voice: (925) 634-6738 Fax: (925) 634-6748 Email: brentwoodagtrust@sbcglobal.net Web: http://contracostafarms.com/ [12 Sep 2008]
Bridge for Africa (A Bridge for Africa Foundation) A 501(c)(3) non-profit, Fair Trade organization dedicated to promoting the dignity of work and self-sufficiency in rural Africa. We partner with African artisan groups to develop, create and market unique handcrafted collectible art. The proceeds from our retail and wholesale sales are reinvested in providing a living wage to our artisans, and in advancing job creation, training and development in the region. Address: 268 Bush Street #3539, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 244-0604 Fax: (314) 271-3643 Email: info@bridgeforafrica.org Web: http://www.bridgeforafrica.org [18 Jan 2010]
Bright Path Video A production company offering broadcast quality image gathering and story creation. Services include: image aquisition, location sound recording, event coverage, video creation, encoding for streaming media and archiving. Web: http://www.brightpathvideo.com/ [08 Apr 2007]
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom: The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace Mission is is to educate and mobilize American Jews in support of a negotiated two-state resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Web: http://www.btvshalom.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
The Bu$h Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time This book by Antonia Juhasz exposes the Bush Administration's use of corporate globalization policy as a weapon of war. Web: http://thebushagenda.com/ [03 Jun 2007]
Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) Brings a Buddhist perspective to the peace movement, and the peace movement to the Buddhist community. Explores personal and group responses to political, social, and ecological suffering in the world. A national network of local chapters and individuals. Address: POBox 3470, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 654-6169 Fax: (510) 655-1369 Web: http://www.bpf.org [24 Jul 2009]
Build It Green A non-profit membership organization whose mission is to promote healthy, energy- and resource-efficient building practices in California. We work with mainstream stakeholders in the housing industry to accelerate the adoption of green building practices, and our short-term goal is to facilitate the greening of 10,000 housing units by the end of 2008. Address: 1434 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 845-0472 Fax: (510) 845-1854 Web: http://www.builditgreen.org/ [15 Feb 2008]
Building Better Families Teaches respect and responsibility as essential elements of healthy and satisfying relationships. Our 52-week batterer's treatment and anger management program has been certified by Marin County Probation and offers a humanistic approach to ending family violence. Address: POBox 150207, San Rafael CA 94915-0207 Voice: (415) 721-4304 Web: http://www.bbfmarin.com [12 Aug 2007]
Building Child Care (BCC) Provides a centralized clearinghouse of information and services to increase the California child care sector's understanding of the facilities development process and access to facility development resources. Address: National Economic Development and Law Center, 2201 Broadway, Suite 815, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (888) 411-3535 Email: bcc@nedlc.org Web: http://www.buildingchildcare.org [22 Jul 2007]
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) A nonprofit organization dedicated to ending poverty and homelessness in our community. Provides comprehensive services to 3,500 people per year and also advocates to change the root causes of poverty. Programs (located in Berkeley, Oakland, and Hayward) include: shelter, transitional houses (including AIDS housing), permanent housing assistance, job training, adult and children's education, employment services, community building, leadership development training, mental health/health care, substance abuse services, drop-in center, youth housing and services, and extensive information and referral. Address: 2065 Kittredge Street, Suite E, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 649-1930 Fax: (510) 649-0627 Email: bossmail@self-sufficiency.org Web: http://www.self-sufficiency.org [08 Apr 2007]
Building REsources San Francisco's only source for reusable, recycled and remanufactured building and landscape materials. We are a mix of old-fashioned junkyard, building materials store, remanfacturing facility and education center. We are a launch pad for ideas, a community based non-profit and a nexus for creative energy. Web: http://www.buildingresources.org/ [22 Apr 2009]
Bullfrog Films A leading US publisher of independently-produced, environmental videos, that point the way to living healthily, happily, and with greater concern for the other inhabitants of this planet, and for our descendants. We also distribute world-famous performing arts programs from Rhombus Media. Web: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com [28 Mar 2009]
Bums' Paradise A 53-minute documentary that depicts the lives of the men and women who lived in the ten-year-old Albany Landfill community prior to their eviction. It follows them through the eviction and documents them one month after the eviction. The film emphasizes their concepts of community as well as the amazing art that they created. The video is available for purchase on-line. Web: http://www.bumsparadise.com/ [08 Jul 2007]
Bureau of Public Secrets The web site features "The Joy of Revolution" and other writings by Ken Knabb (recently collected in the book PUBLIC SECRETS) as well as Knabb's translations from the Situationist International (the notorious group that helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France). Address: POBox 1044, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: knabb@bopsecrets.org Web: http://www.bopsecrets.org [10 Feb 2007]
Burma Humanitarian Mission Committed to bringing urgently needed medical supplies to the internally displaced people in Burma. Web: http://burmamission.org [18 Feb 2007]
Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) Burmese, Burmese American and American activists from San Francisco Bay Area working towards Democracy and Human Rights in Burma. Our hearts go out to Burmese people who are suffering under the most repressive and brutal regime on earth. Address: 1453 Marin Avenue, Albany CA 94706 Voice: (510) 528-8175 Email: badaonline@gmail.com Web: http://www.badasf.org/ [05 Aug 2008]
Burning Issues Provides public education about the health hazards of exposure to wood smoke. Smoke from residential burning of wood, wood burning restaurants and outdoor burning of wood, crops and debris is permeating our neighborhoods, resulting in high ground level concentrations of toxic air pollution. Address: Box 1045, Point Arena CA 95468 Voice: (707) 882-3601 Web: http://burningissues.org [10 Sep 2006]
Los Angeles Bus Riders Union A nonprofit membership organization that represents the mass transit and public health needs of the transit dependent and which seeks to promote environmentally sustainable public transportation for the entire population of Los Angeles, on the premise that affordable, efficient, and environmentally sound mass transit is a human right. Web: http://www.busridersunion.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp (BACH) An international activist-oriented business association promoting three goals: (1) full and unrestricted restoration of hemp as a sustainable farm crop and industrial resource, (2) access to cannabis medicines by prescription of licensed health care professionals, and (3) use, production, and sales of cannabis drugs in a regulated adult market. Does outreach into the environmentalist and business communities as well as political lobbying, community organizing, literature development, and commercial research and development. Address: POBox 1716, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 215-8326 Email: info@chrisconrad.com Web: http://www.chrisconrad.com [12 Sep 2006]
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) Mission is to catalyze, strengthen, and connect local business networks dedicated to building strong Local Living Economies. A Living Economy ensures that economic power resides locally, sustaining healthy community life and natural life as well as long-term economic viability. Address: 165 11th Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 255-1108 Fax: (415) 863-1356 Email: info@livingeconomies.org Web: http://livingeconomies.org/ [02 Sep 2007]
Businesses for Peace An association of businesses seeking to resolve international disputes through collective international diplomacy and without war. Grew out of the controversy surrounding the US Marines recruiting station in Berkeley, California. Email: info@businessesforpeace.org Web: http://www.businessesforpeace.org [06 Apr 2008]
Butterfly Gardeners Association A group of individuals and organizations trying to build a world wide network for global change. Intends to do this by developing and promoting events and programs that will inspire citizens on a worldwide basis. This coalition of organizations is in the process of coming together & getting a structure in place. Projects include the Butterfly Gardeners Association (emphasizing the need for conservation of natural habitats) and Musicians & Fine Artists for World Peace (promoting events and concerts to support our environment and peace organizing). Address: POBox 1511, Vallejo CA 94590 Voice: (707) 552-9886 Email: bflyspirit7@aol.com Web: http://www.butterflyspirit.org [06 May 2007]
Buy Local Berkeley Educates about the cultural, environmental, community and economic benefits of shopping at locally owned and operated businesses. Our goal is to inspire people to shift their spending to Berkeley businesses whenever possible. Web: http://www.buylocalberkeley.com/ [07 Dec 2008]
BuyBlue.org You may have voted blue, but every day you unknowingly help dump millions of dollars into the conservative war chest. By purchasing products and services from companies that donate heavily to conservatives, we have been compromising our own interests as liberals and progressives. BuyBlue.org is a concerted effort to lift the veil of corporate patronage, so consumers can make informed buying decisions that coincide with their principles. Web: http://buyblue.org [22 Jun 2008]
BuzzFlash Provides headlines, news, and commentary for a geographically-diverse, politically-savvy, pro-democracy, anti-hypocrisy web community. Web: http://buzzflash.com/ [24 Jul 2009]
Cal Corps Public Service Center Dedicated to providing opportunities for the UC Berkeley to connect to surrounding communities. Students will find information on how to be a leader in the community - whether you want to volunteer once in a while, work with a student group, apply for a fellowship, take a service-learning class, or get paid to address important social issues. Cal Corps Public Service Center hosts several special events throughout the year and is expanding rapidly, so check back with us often. Address: 505 Eshleman Hall #4550, Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 642-3916 Fax: (510) 643-0326 Email: publicservice@berkeley.edu Web: http://publicservice.berkeley.edu [18 Jan 2010]
California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFit) A statewide, non-profit organization whose mission is to engage communities and build their capacity to improve the nutrition and physical activity status of California´s low-income African American, American Indian, Latino, Asian American, and Pacific Islander youth 10-14 years old. Address: 2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 610, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 644-1533 Fax: (510) 644-1535 Email: info@canfit.org Web: http://www.canfit.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) A non-profit information and advocacy organization for nursing home residents, their families and their friends. Services include a consumer information service, a legal information network, legal services support, a lawyer referral service, legislative and administrative advocacy support, family council organizing, and pension rights counseling. Address: 650 Harrison Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 974-5171; (800) 474-1116 Web: http://www.canhr.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
California Alliance to Stop the Spray (CASS) Opposes the upcoming aerial spraying of pesticides in populated areas of California. Web: http://ca.stopthespray.org/ http://www.californiaalliancetostopthespray.org [15 Feb 2008]
California Anti-SLAPP Project (CASP) Dedicated to helping protect and further the rights of Californians to participate in government and civic affairs and to speak freely about public issues. CASP assists the public and legal community in preventing and defending against SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation). Address: 2903 Sacramento Street, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 486-9123 Fax: (510) 486-9708 Email: info[at]casp[dot]net Web: http://www.casp.net [10 Feb 2008]
California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO) Provides resources for building the capacity of Human Relations and Human Rights Organizations. Their website is designed to increase the effectiveness of organizations working to preserve and promote human and civil rights, more specifically, but not limited to issues of intergroup conflict, hate crime and hate violence, police-community relations and human relations commissions. Web: http://www.cahro.org [08 Apr 2007]
California Association of Mental Health Patients' Rights Advocates (CAMHPRA) A membership organization working to promote public policy furthering the rights and well-being of mental health consumers. Web: http://www.camhpra.org/ [04 Oct 2009]
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) The only full service organic certification and trade association providing premier organic certification programs and trade association benefits to farms, processors, private labelers, retailers, restaurants, brokers, and supporting members including individuals, suppliers and service providers. CCOF helps you succeed with marketing and PR support and stay informed by supporting the growth of organic foods and agriculture through certification services, organic education, promotion, political advocacy. Address: 1115 Mission Street, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (831) 423-2263 Fax: (831) 423-4528 Email: ccof@ccof.org Web: http://www.ccof.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
California Clean Money Campaign Works to achieve 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 [22 Jul 2007]
California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) A grassroots racial justice organization that challenges the institutional violence imposed on women and communities of color by prisons and the criminal justice system. We are building a movement with women prisoners, family members of prisoners, and the larger communities through organizing, leadership development, and political education. Address: 1540 Market Street #490, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 255-7036 x4 Email: info@womenprisoners.org Web: http://www.womenprisoners.org [20 Jun 2009]
California Faculty Association (CFA) A union of 23,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches who teach in the California State University system. In classrooms on the 23 CSU campuses, CFA members work hard to teach our students the critical-thinking skills, the technical know-how and the cultural insights they need to be thoughtful, productive and artistic participants in our society. Web: http://www.calfac.org/ [10 Feb 2008]
California Faith for Equality Mission is to educate, support and mobilize California's faith communities to promote equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and to safeguard religious freedom. Web: http://www.cafaithforequality.org/ [27 Jan 2010]
California FarmLink Mission is to build family farming and conserve farmland in California by linking aspiring and retiring farmers; and promoting techniques and disseminating information that facilitate intergenerational farm transitions. Address: POBox 2224, Sebastopol CA 95473 Voice: (707) 829-1691 Fax: (707) 829-1693 Email: info@californiafarmlink.org Web: http://californiafarmlink.org/ [02 Sep 2007]
California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC (SEE-fak)) Mission is to protect and promote freedom of expression and the people’s right to know. The Coalition is a non-profit, nonpartisan educational and advocacy organization serving the public, public servants, and the media in all its forms. Its constituency reflects an increasingly diverse society. The Coalition is committed to the principle that government is accountable to the people, and strives through education, public advocacy, litigation, and other efforts to prevent unnecessary government secrecy and to resist censorship of all kinds. Web: http://www.cfac.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
California Food and Justice Coalition (CFJC) A statewide membership coalition committed to the basic human right to healthy food while advancing social, agricultural and environmental justice. We are partners of the national Community Food Security Coalition, and collaborate with community-based efforts in California working to create a socially just, ecologically and economically sustainable food supply. We envision a California food system in which all activities, from farm to table, are equitable, healthful, sustainable, and community-driven. Web: http://www.foodsecurity.org/california/ [25 Jun 2008]
California Food Policy Advocates A statewide public policy and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health and well being of low-income Californians by increasing their access to nutritious and affordable food. Address: 436 14th Street, Suite 1220, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 433-1122 Email: khecht@cfpa.net Web: http://www.cfpa.net/ [09 Nov 2008]
California Housing Law Project (CHLP) Provides information on housing issues that are before the California Legislature and various administrative agencies. Web: http://www.housingadvocates.org [12 Aug 2007]
California Indian Environmental Alliance (CIEA) Created in 2006 by California Tribal representatives and advocates to address mining contaminants, including mercury, left over from the California Gold Rush. Our core program work is the Mining Toxins and Tribal Health Program. Address: POBox 2128, Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 848-2043 Email: info@cieaweb.org Web: http://www.cieaweb.org/ [07 Dec 2009]
California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) Our mission is to work toward a rural California that is socially just, economically balanced, and environmentally sustainable. Each of these elements is integral to the larger goal of sustainable development. As a non-profit research organization, we are committed to pursuing these long-term goals through sound empirical research that is directly relevant to progressive social change. Web: http://www.cirsinc.org/ [05 Feb 2009]
California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) An accredited institution of higher learning that strives to embody spirit, intellect, and wisdom in service to individuals, communities, and the Earth. CIIS honors the spiritual dimension of intellectual life, preparing students to work in the areas of psychology, religion, philosophy, and the humanities. Ph.D., Psy.D., M.A., and B.A. Completion degrees are offered in a stimulating environment that fosters rigorous scholarship and supportive community. LifeLong Learning programs at CIIS provide innovative, experiential learning opportunities that move beyond the constraints of degree-centered education. Address: 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 575-6100 Fax: (415) 575-1268 Web: http://www.ciis.edu [18 Feb 2007]
California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL) CIPL is galvanizing a religious response to global warming as the moral issue of our time. All major faith traditions call us to be good stewards of the earth, therefore we must work together to address the grave threat to humanity and all of Creation posed by global warming. Since our founding in 2001, we have mobilized religious support for landmark legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California, educated hundreds of thousands of congregants, and worked with every major religious denomination in the state. CIPL member congregations are leading by example, reducing CO2 emissions in our own houses of worship by over 20 million pounds. Address: c/o The Next Generation, 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 609, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-4078 x319 Email: info@interfaithpower.org Web: http://www.interfaithpower.org/ [12 Aug 2007]
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO Made up of more than 1,200 AFL-CIO and Change to Win unions, representing 2.1 million union members in manufacturing, retail, construction, hospitality, public sector, health care, entertainment and other industries. Dedicated to promoting and defending the interests of working people and their families for the betterment of California’s communities. From legislative campaigns to grassroots organizing, our affiliates are actively engaged in every aspect of California’s economy and government. Address: 600 Grand Avenue, Suite 410, Oakland CA 94610-3561 Voice: (510) 663-4000 Fax: (510) 663-4099 Email: info@calaborfed.org Web: http://www.calaborfed.org [15 Nov 2008]
California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) A non-profit organization that provides low-cost lawyer referrals, mediation, arbitration, and educational programs for all kinds of artists. Address: Fort Mason Center, C-255, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 775-7200 Fax: (415) 775-1143 Email: cla@calawyersforthearts.org Web: http://calawyersforthearts.org/ [29 Jun 2008]
California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) The nation's largest and oldest state political action organization for the environment. Founded in 1972, the League mobilizes California voters to support environmentally responsible candidates and issues, and serves as a watchdog to hold elected officials accountable for their environmental votes. The League is a non-partisan organization supported by 30,000 members, working in coalition with a wide spectrum of environmental and community groups. Address: 350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 1100, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 271-0900; (800) 755-3224 Fax: (510) 271-0901 Web: http://www.ecovote.org [03 May 2008]
California Legislative Information A web site containing the complete texts of California Codes, the California Constitution, and all statutes enacted on or after 1 Jan 1993, plus information on pending legislation. Web: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/ [06 May 2007]
California Native Plant Society (CNPS) A statewide non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals with a common interest in California's native plants. The Society, working through its local chapters, seeks to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve this rich resource for future generations. Membership is open to all. Our members have diverse interests including natural history, botany, ecology, conservation, photography, drawing, hiking, and gardening. Web: http://www.cnps.org [15 Dec 2007]
California Newsreel Distributes cutting edge social interest documentaries to universities, high schools and public libraries. A leading resource center for the study of race and diversity, African American life and history and African feature films and documentaries. Address: 500 Third Street, Suite 505, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 284-7800 Fax: (415) 284-7801 Email: contact@newsreel.org Web: http://www.newsreel.org/ [15 Nov 2006]
California Nurses Association (CNA) Represents over 75,000 members nationwide. We are the largest and fastest-growing organization of direct care Registered Nurses in the country and are dedicated to providing a voice for nurses and a vision for healthcare. Address: 2000 Franklin Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 273-2200 Web: http://www.calnurse.org/ [12 Aug 2007]
California Physicians Alliance A chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Address: 2344 Sixth Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 665-8523 Fax: (510) 665-6027 Email: capa13@sbcglobal.net Web: http://capa.pnhp.org/ [22 Feb 2007]
California Prison Focus (CPF) Investigates conditions in California's Security Housing Units (SHUs) and works with prisoners with HIV and HEP C to expose human rights abuses in California's prisons. CPF uses the information gathered from California's prisoners and their family members to call for an end to human rights abuses and the use of solitary confinement, for improvement of medical, HIV and HEP C care, and an end to the prison system as we know it. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 507, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 836-7222 Fax: (510) 836-7333 Email: contact@prisons.org Web: http://www.prisons.org [12 Aug 2007]
California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) CPAC brings the resources of the University of California to address significant healthcare policy issues affecting California's low-income populations. Through independent research and policy analysis conducted by the academic community both inside and outside of the University of California, CPAC expands and enhances dialogue among government officials, healthcare advocates, and academic researchers. Address: 1950 Addison Street #203, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 643-3140 Fax: (510) 642-7861 Email: cpac@berkeley.edu Web: http://www.ucop.edu/cpac/ [08 Dec 2009]
California Public Health Association - North (CPHA) Provides leadership in the field of public health by bringing together people whose goal is improving the health of Californians. Welcomes health professionals, para-professionals, lay persons, and organizations from a variety of disciplines including nursing, education, laboratory, medicine, environmental health, social work, administration, nutririon, pharmacy, and community health. Address: 555 Twelfth Street, 10th floor, Oakland CA 94607-4046 Voice: (510) 601-0900 Email: office@cphan.org Web: http://www.cphan.org [06 May 2007]
California Straw Building Association (CASBA) We’re a non-profit organization whose members are architects, engineers, builders, and people interested in straw building. Our mission is to"...further the practice of straw building by exchanging current information and practical experience, promoting and conducting research and testing, and making that body of knowledge available to working professionals and the public at large." Web: http://www.strawbuilding.org [15 Nov 2008]
California Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC) Unites students, campuses, and campaigns from across California to transform our educational systems into models of sustainability. Mission is to unite and empower the California community of higher education to collaboratively and nonviolently transform our selves and our institutions based on our inherent social, economic, and ecological responsibilities. Web: http://www.sustainabilitycoalition.org/ [12 Oct 2008]
California Tomorrow (CT) Provides vision, leadership, research, customized strategies and ongoing support to community organizations, schools, policymakers and advocates working toward a more equitable, inclusive, multicultural society. We help transform institutions so that they are better able to serve a broader, more diverse public. Address: 1904 Franklin St, Suite 300, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 496-0220 Fax: (510) 496-0225 Email: ct411@californiatomorrow.org Web: http://www.californiatomorrow.org [10 Feb 2008]
California Voter Foundation A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization promoting and applying the responsible use of technology to improve the democratic process. Web: http://www.calvoter.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
California Walks A coalition of nonprofit pedestrian advocacy groups promoting walkable communities for all people throughout California. Web: http://www.californiawalks.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Californians for Electoral Reform (CfER) Primary purpose is to promote the implementation of election methods such as instant runoff voting and forms of proportional representation. A nonpartisan organization with members from across the political spectrum. Often works with the Center for Voting and Democracy (CVD), a national organization with similar aims. CfER members are automatically enrolled as members of CVD. Web: http://CFER.org [28 Mar 2009]
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture A state-wide coalition of farmer, environmental and consumer groups committed to ecologically responsible and economically viable agriculture. We provide education and resources in support of the rights of farmers and communities to evaluate and address the environmental, human health and economic risks of genetic engineering in agriculture. Cal GE-Free is the only California group focused solely on genetic engineering in agriculture. Address: 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental CA 95465 Voice: (707) 874-0316 Email: calgefree@calgefree.org Web: http://www.calgefree.org/ [12 Aug 2007]
Californians for Justice (CFJ) A statewide, grassroots organization dedicated to build power in communities that have been pushed to the margins of the political process. These groups -- communities of color, and young and poor people of all colors -- represent a new emerging majority in California. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 317 (at 16th Street), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-2728 Fax: (510) 452-3552 Email: info@caljustice.org Web: http://www.caljustice.org [12 Aug 2007]
Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) A coalition of more than 185 public health, consumer, environmental, sustainable agriculture, labor and rural assistance public interest organizations. Goals are to expand the public's right to know about pesticide use and abuse, reduce that use and promote safer, ecologically sound agricultural and urban pest management. Address: 49 Powell Street, Suite 530, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 981-3939 Fax: (415) 981-2727 Web: http://www.pesticidereform.org [28 May 2009]
Californians United for A Responsible Budget (CURB) A broad based coalition of over 40 organizations seeking to CURB prison spending by reducing the number of people in prison and the number of prisons in the state. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 504, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-0484 Email: curb@riseup.net Web: http://www.curbprisonspending.org/ [16 May 2007]
Campaign for America's Future Challenging the big money corporate agenda by encouraging Americans to speak up - to discuss and debate a new vision of an economy and a future that works for all of us. Insists that the question of falling wages and rising insecurity be placed at the center of our national debate. Works to revitalize a progressive agenda, and fights to make this economy work for working people once again. We engage citizens, activists and political leaders in a renewed debate about the kind of country - and the kind of world - we want to build for the generations yet to come. Web: http://www.ourfuture.org/ [12 Aug 2007]
Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict (CIVIC) Advocates on behalf of victims of armed conflict, working to ensure they receive recognition and assistance from warring parties. CIVIC persuaded the US Congress to establish programs for war victims in Afghanistan and Iraq, guides victims to assistance, brings the human cost of war to the attention of policymakers and the public, and is advocating a new global standard of conduct that warring parties should help where they have hurt. Web: http://www.civicworldwide.org [15 Nov 2008]
Campaign for Justice: Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans! (CFJ) A collaborative effort by individuals and organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress, and the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project. Founding individuals included former JLA internees, their children, grandchildren, and others interested in pursuing justice. Campaign for Justice has two primary goals. First, it seeks to secure proper redress for former Japanese Latin American internees. Second, we want this little known story to be widely known and so we work to educate the public about the wartime and redress experiences of the Japanese Latin Americans. Address: POBox 1384, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 528-7288 Email: info@campaignforjusticejla.org Web: http://www.campaignforjusticejla.org [22 Jun 2008]
Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP) The only national membership-driven, chapter-based grassroots organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment in the United States. We have active chapters in cities and campuses across the country -- from Berkeley, California, to Austin, Texas to Chicago, Illinois. We work hand in hand with those who have experienced the horrors of death row firsthand - death row prisoners themselves and their family members - and work to ensure that their voices are at the forefront of our movement. Web: http://www.nodeathpenalty.org http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cedp_oakland/ [15 Nov 2008]
The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods Mission is to create a national grassroots consumer campaign for the purpose of lobbying Congress and the President to pass legislation that will require the labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States. Web: http://www.thecampaign.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
Campus Anti-War Network The largest and leading independent, democratic, grassroots network of students opposing the occupation of Iraq and military recruiters in our schools at campuses all over the country. Since our formation before the war in Iraq began, our unapologetic opposition to the U.S. government's project of conquest and plunder in the Middle East, along with its horrible consequences at home, has been unwavering. Web: http://www.campusantiwar.net/ [12 Aug 2007]
Campus California TG (CCTG) A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, that among other activities, is training & placing international volunteers/activists at humanitarian & environmental projects abroad. We offer programs where you, as a participant, can take actions as a responsible World-citizen through volunteering abroad & in the USA for a better world. Currently Campus California TG has international volunteers at development projects in Mozambique, Nicaragua, Zambia and Namibia. We train and send volunteers to Africa and Central America. Web: http://www.cctg.org/ [12 Aug 2007]
Campus Greens A national student-based, non-profit organization dedicated to building a broad-based movement for radical democracy on America's high school and college campuses. Web: http://campusgreens.org/ [06 May 2007]
Capoeira Arts Foundation A non-profit umbrella organization for the United Capoeira Association / Capoeira Arts Cafe and Projeto Kirimure. Capoeira Arts Cafe is a cultural organization dedicated to the teaching and promotion of capoeira. Our goal is to create the right environment for capoeira to thrive as the dynamic and traditional art form that it is. Projeto Kirimurê is a non-profit program funded by the Capoeira Arts Foundation and designed to enrich the lives of at-risk youth in the neighborhood of Itapoã, Bahia, Brazil. Address: 2026 Addison Street (between Shattuck and Milvia), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 704-8422 Web: http://www.capoeira.bz/index2.html http://www.projetokirimure.org/ [07 Oct 2007]
Carbusters Magazine Published four times a year by the World Carfree Network and produced by an international activist team in Prague, Czech Republic. It is a 32-page print magazine critiquing our society's car culture and exploring positive alternatives. Carbusters aims to serve as both an information source and a call to action, providing a full range of content from direct action skills to the latest research developments, feature articles on topics ranging from Driving as Addiction to Ecocity Visions, world news and even cartoons poking fun at the car and oil industries. Web: http://www.carbusters.org/ [06 May 2007]
Carfree.com The web site that goes with the book "Carfree Cities", which proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles. Web: http://www.carfree.com/ [18 Jan 2010]
carpoolconnect.com With carpoolconnect.com, anyone wishing to find fellow commuters to carpool with can easily perform a search for someone in their area and contact them directly through the site. This is accomplished without compromising anyone's security --- all communication happens through carpoolconnect.com's messaging service. Web: http://carpoolconnect.com [15 Nov 2008]
Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center (CREEC) The role of this all-volunteer, nonprofit organization is to effect wildlife habitat and enhancement, maintenance and restoration projects in the communities and open lands surrounding the Carquinez Strait - California's most significant wildlife migratory corridor. The sole goal of CREEC is the betterment of the area's natural resources through cooperative, constructive and mutually beneficial partnerships with the industries, families and agencies who live and work along the Strait. Web: http://www.creecyouth.org/ [06 Jul 2006]
Casa de la Paz Casa de la Paz provides housing and education for medium to long-term volunteers interested in working in Chiapas. The staff of CASA works with volunteers to help arrange volunteer work in San Cristóbal and the surrounding communities. Volunteers must speak Spanish proficiently and make a minimum four month commitment to working in Chiapas. Web: http://www.casacollective.org/casa-de-la-paz [04 Oct 2009]
CATdestroysHomes.org A campaign to stop Caterpillar from selling bulldozers to Israel until Israel stops using these machines to destroy Palestinian lives and livelihoods. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94612 Email: info@catdestroyshomes.org Web: http://www.catdestroyshomes.org [15 Nov 2008]
Catholic Charities of San Jose (CCSJ) Serves and advocates for families and individuals in need, especially those living in poverty. Rooted in gospel values, CCSJ works to create a more just and compassionate community in which people of all cultures and beliefs can participate. Address: 2625 Zanker Road, Suite 200 (near Trimble), San Jose CA 95134-2107 Voice: (408) 468-0100 Fax: (408) 944-0275 Web: http://ccsj.org [06 May 2007]
Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) Conducts the 'See Change' campaign to change the status of the Holy See at the United Nations from that of a country to that of a non-governmental organization (NGO) since it is in fact a religion (an organization of the Roman Catholic Church) and not a country. Recognition as a country allows the Church to unduly influence U.N. policy on religious freedom, women's reproductive rights, and education on condom use for prevention of HIV / AIDS. Web: http://www.seechange.org/ [06 May 2007]
CELLspace (Collectively Explorative Learning Labs) Mission is to provide a safe and supportive public environment for the exploration of art, education, performance and community building. Through cooperative relationships and multidisciplinary programs, CELLspace encourages the celebration of intergenerational, cross-cultural collaborations and the promotion of social justice. Address: 2050 Bryant Street (between 18th and 19th Streets), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 648-7562 Fax: (415) 285-2809 Web: http://www.cellspace.org/ [04 Jan 2010]
Center for a New American Dream Helping Americans change the way they consume to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice. Works with individuals, institutions, government agencies and companies to conserve natural resources, counter the commercialization of our culture and promote positive changes in the way goods are produced and consumed. Web: http://www.newdream.org/ [22 Jun 2008]
Center for Accessible Technology (CforAT) We provide access to assistive technology that gives people with disabilities access to computers; provide art programs to provide access to artistic expression; and offer ongoing consultation and support to assist people with disabilities in maintaining and enhancing access. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Address: 2547 Eighth Street #12A, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 841-3224 Fax: (510) 841-7956 Email: info1@cforat.org Web: http://www.cforat.org [10 Sep 2006]
Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) A research, education, and public service program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, dedicated to increasing ecological sustainability and social justice in the food and agriculture system. On the UCSC campus, the Center operates the 2-acre Alan Chadwick Garden and the 25-acre Farm. Both sites are managed using organic production methods and serve as research, teaching, and training facilities for students, staff, and faculty. Address: UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz CA 95064 Voice: (831) 459-3240 Email: jonitann@ucsc.edu Web: http://casfs.ucsc.edu/ [05 Feb 2009]
Center for Asian American Media A non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding, producing,distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media. Address: 145 Ninth Street, Suite 350, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-0814 Fax: (415) 863-7428 Email: info@asianamericanmedia.org Web: http://asianamericanmedia.org [07 Apr 2007]
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. Address: 1095 Market Street, Suite 511, San Francisco CA 94103-1628 Voice: (415) 436-9682 Fax: (415) 436-9683 Web: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org [10 Feb 2008]
Center for Caregiver Training Enables persons with life-threatening, serious illness (such as AIDS, cancer, emphysema) or frail elders to receive sufficient, appropriate and affordable health care in their own homes by training friends and family members in basic home care skills. Address: 1320 Divisadero Street (between Ellis and O'Farrell), San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 563-9286 Email: kevin@caregiving101.org Web: http://www.caregiving101.org [06 May 2007]
Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI) Runs ambitious professional development exchange programs for citizens of the former Soviet Union. Takes pride in citizen activism through localized grassroots efforts. Consists of five programs: Economic Development Program, Productivity Enhancement Program, Agricultural Initiative, Nonprofit Management Training Program, and Russian Initiative for Self Employment. Address: Presidio of San Francisco, Building 1008, General Kennedy Avenue, 1st floor, POBox 29912, San Francisco CA 94129-0912 Voice: (415) 561-7777 Fax: (415) 561-7778 Email: info@ccisf.org Web: http://www.ccisf.org/ [06 May 2007]
Center for Community Change Strengthens, connects and mobilizes grassroots groups to enhance their leadership, voice and power. We believe that vibrant community-based organizations, led by the people most affected by social and economic injustice, are key to putting an end to the failed "on your own" mentality of the right and building a new politics based on community values. One of the longest-standing champions for low-income people and communities of color. Together, our expert staff and dynamic partners confront the vital issues of today and build the social movements of tomorrow. Web: http://www.communitychange.org/ [18 Jan 2010]
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) A non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR uses litigation proactively to advance the law in a positive direction, to empower poor communities and communities of color, to guarantee the rights of those with the fewest protections and least access to legal resources, to train the next generation of constitutional and human rights attorneys, and to strengthen the broader movement for constitutional and human rights. Web: http://www.ccr-ny.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Center for Corporate Policy A non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable. Web: http://www.corporatepolicy.org/ [22 Jun 2008]
Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR ("see clear")) A statewide nonprofit organization focused on creating sustainable communities by identifying and implementing responsible patterns of land use and development. Mission is to encourage and facilitate land recycling in ways that revitalize urban areas, discourage urban sprawl and conserve greenspace. Focuses on sites that are idle, abandoned, underutilized, or contaminated (or perceived to be contaminated), known as 'brownfields'. Address: 200 Pine Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 398-1080 Fax: (415) 398-5738 Email: info@cclr.org Web: http://www.cclr.org [15 Dec 2007]
Center for Defense Information A private, nongovernmental, research organization that serves as an independent monitor of the military. Believes that strong social, economic, political, and military components and a healthy environment contribute equally to the nation's security. Web: http://www.cdi.org/ [06 May 2007]
Center for Democracy and Technology Works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media. Web: http://www.cdt.org/ [06 May 2007]
Center for Digital Democracy A nonprofit organization working to ensure that the digital media systems serve the public interest. Committed to preserving the openness and diversity of the Internet in the broadband era, and to realizing the full potential of digital communications through the development and encouragement of noncommercial, public interest programming. Web: http://www.democraticmedia.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
Center For Digital Storytelling (CDS) An international not-for-profit community arts organization rooted in the craft of personal storytelling. We assist youth and adults around the world in using media tools to share, record, and value stories from their lives, in ways that promote artistic expression, health and well being, and justice. While the term "digital storytelling" has been used to describe a wide variety of new media practices, what best describes our approach is its emphasis on first-person narrative, meaningful workshop processes, and participatory production methods. Address: 1803 Martin Luther King Jr Way (near Delaware Street), Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 548-2065 Fax: (510) 548-1345 Email: info@storycenter.org Web: http://www.storycenter.org http://www.silencespeaks.org http://www.storycircles.org http://www.storiesforchange.net [16 Oct 2009]
Center for Ecoliteracy (CEL) A public foundation that supports a grantmaking program for educational organizations and school communities, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area; convenes networks of its grantees; sponsors projects consistent with its mission; administers donor-advised funds; and manages a publishing imprint, Learning in the Real World®. Address: 2528 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA 94702 Email: info@ecoliteracy.org Web: http://www.ecoliteracy.org/ [12 Aug 2007]
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Conducts both professional research and public education. The professional research is oriented towards filling important gaps in the understanding of particular economic and social problems, or the impact of specific policies. The public education portion of CEPR’s mission is to present the findings of professional research, both by CEPR and others, in a manner that allows broad segments of the public to know exactly what is at stake in major policy debates. Web: http://www.cepr.net [10 Sep 2006]
Center for Economic and Social Rights Mission is to advocate for social justice using human rights tools and strategies. For more than ten years we have contributed to the development of a human rights culture that integrates economic security, social equality, and political freedom as established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We build relationships with civil society groups and strengthen local initiatives for economic justice by connecting them with international institutions and legal mechanisms for protecting human rights. Web: http://www.cesr.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
Center for Ecosystem Survival (CES) Dedicated to creating global partnerships to inspire broadbased participation in the preservation of biological diversity through ecosystem protection worldwide. CES works in partnership with schools, universities, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, natural history museums, and science centers worldwide to protect wildlife and nature. Address: 699 Mississippi Street, Suite 106, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 648-3392 Email: info@savenature.org Web: http://www.savenature.com/ [12 Aug 2007]
Center for Employment Training (CET) A private, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to fighting poverty & dependence on public aid by making hands-on job training available to youth and adults of all educational levels & backgrounds, but especially to those most in need and hardest to serve. The mission of CET, an economic and community development corporation is to promote human development and education by providing people with marketable skills training and supportive services that contribute to self-sufficiency. Address: Sobrato Center, 701 Vine Street, Second Floor, San Jose CA 95110 Voice: (408) 287-7924 Email: info@cet2000.org Web: http://www.cetweb.org [18 Jan 2010]
Center for Environmental Health (CEH) Works to protect the public from environmental and consumer health hazards. Committed to environmental justice, reducing the use of toxic chemicals, supporting communities in their quest for a safer environment, and corporate accountability. Changes corporate behavior directly through education, litigation and advocacy. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 302, Oakland CA 94612-3017 Voice: (510) 655-3900 Fax: (510) 655-9100 Web: http://www.cehca.org [26 Jul 2008]
Center for Food Safety (West Coast Office) (CFS) A non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization established in 1997 by its sister organization, International Center for Technology Assessment, for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives. CFS combines multiple tools and strategies in pursuing its goals, including litigation and legal petitions for rulemaking, legal support for various sustainable agriculture and food safety constituencies, as well as public education, grassroots organizing and media outreach. Address: 2601 Mission Street, Suite 803, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 826-2770 Fax: (415) 826-0507 Email: office@centerforfoodsafety.org Web: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) Through training, coalition-building and one-on-one technical and organizing assistance, CHEJ works to level the playing field so that people can have a say in the environmental policies and decisions that affect their health and well-being. By organizing one school, one neighborhood, one community at a time, CHEJ is making the world cleaner and healthier for all of us. Web: http://www.chej.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Center for Housing Policy Combining research and practical, real-world expertise, the Center helps to develop effective policy solutions at the national, state and local levels that increase the availability of affordable homes. Web: http://www.nhc.org/index/chp-index/ [14 May 2009]
Center for Independent Living (Berkeley) A national leader in supporting disabled people in their efforts to lead independent lives. As an organization founded by people with disabilities, we understand the challenges faced by our consumers. This motivates us to achieve immediate and long-term solutions – be it assistance with finding housing or a job, equipping a home with assistive technologies, or enhancing independent living skills. Address: 2539 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 841-4776 Fax: (510) 841-6168 Web: http://www.cilberkeley.org/ [06 May 2007]
Center for Insurance Research Provides an independent voice for reform in debates about insurance, banks, financial services companies and related public policy issues around the nation. Web: http://www.centerforinsuranceresearch.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) A public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm founded in 1989 to strengthen international and comparative environmental law and policy around the world. CIEL provides a full range of environmental legal services in both international and comparative national law, including: policy research and publication, advice and advocacy, education and training, and institution building. Web: http://www.ciel.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Center for International Policy (CIP) Mission is promoting a U.S. foreign policy based on international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for basic human rights. The Center for International Policy was founded in 1975, in the wake of the Vietnam War, by former diplomats and peace activists. This mix of those from inside the government and those from outside by choice has shaped both our methodology and our agenda. Web: http://www.ciponline.org/ [04 Oct 2009]
Center for Investigative Reporting A nonprofit organization that reveals injustice and strengthens democracy through the tools of journalism. Investigative reporting -- requiring long lead times and significant investment of resources -- is in short supply. Address: 2927 Newbury Street, Suite A, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 809-3160 Fax: (510) 849-1813 Email: center@cironline.org Web: http://www.muckraker.org/ [22 Jun 2008]
Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) A National Resource Center dedicated to promoting research and community awareness about issues affecting Latin America. The Center works to: * host public events that bring leading scholars, policymakers and social leaders to the Berkeley community; * support faculty and student research; * bring information about Latin America to a wider audience through our website and publications; * build networks among Latin Americanist scholars, students and practitioners. Address: 2334 Bowditch #2312 (between Durant and Haste), Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 642-2088 Fax: (510) 642-3260 Email: clas(at)berkeley.edu Web: http://www.clas.berkeley.edu/ [04 Oct 2009]
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS) A center of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. The Center serves three distinct but overlapping constituencies: the academic theological world; the churches; and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities. CLGS is purposed toward developing programming in each of four major areas: Research, Resourcing, Education for Leadership, and Community-Building / 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: http://www.clgs.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Art and Culture (QCC) A multiracial community-building organization that fosters the artistic, economic and cultural development of San Francisco's LGBT community. We implement our mission by operating programs that commission and present Queer artists, that promote the development of culturally diverse Queer arts organizations and that document significant Queer arts events taking place in San Francisco. Web: http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
Center for Media & Democracy (PR Watch) Strengthens participatory democracy by investigating and exposing public relations spin and propaganda, and by promoting media literacy and citizen journalism, media "of, by and for the people." Our programs include PR Watch, a quarterly investigative journal; six books by CMD staff; Spin of the Day; the Weekly Spin listserv; and, Congresspedia and SourceWatch, part of our wiki-based investigative journalism collaborative to which anyone, including you, can contribute. Web: http://www.prwatch.org/ http://www.sourcewatch.org [15 Nov 2008]
Center for Nonprofit Success A nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide the training, knowledge and resources to help nonprofit organizations succeed. We believe that the most important asset in an organization is its people, and our programs and services are designed with your most important asset in mind. Our offerings include mentoring, workshops, a job bank, consulting, and research. Web: http://www.cfnps.org/ [09 Sep 2008]
Center for Popular Economics A nonprofit collective of political economists who demystify economics and give social change activists a framework for understanding the economy. Provides alternatives to mainstream analyses and helps people understand and counteract the economic 'facts' used against them on the job, in the media, and by the government. CPE's programs emphasize the centrality of class, race and gender in analyzing how the economy works. Web: http://www.PopularEconomics.org [15 Dec 2007]
Center for Progressive Leadership (CPL) A national political training institute that develops diverse leaders who can effectively advance progressive political and policy change. Through long-term, comprehensive programs for organizational leaders, political professionals, activists and future candidates, CPL provides promising leaders with the skills, resources, and networks needed to become powerful progressive leaders. Web: http://www.progressleaders.org/ [10 Feb 2008]
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 three Internet newsgroups, and maintains the web-based "technology tree." Address: 278-A Hope Street, Mountain View CA 94041 Voice: (650) 961-8918 Email: cpeo@cpeo.org Web: http://www.cpeo.org [06 May 2007]
Center for Public Integrity (CPI) Mission is to provide the American people with the findings of our investigations and analyses of public service, government accountability and ethics related issues. The Center's books, studies and newsletters combine political science and investigative reporting, unfettered by the usual time and space constraints. Through its hard-earned reputation for "public service journalism," the Center aims to produce high-quality, well-documented, investigative research resulting in a better-informed citizenry that demands a higher level of accountability from its government and elected leaders. Web: http://www.publicintegrity.org [30 Oct 2006]
Center for Reproductive Rights A non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights worldwide. Web: http://www.reproductiverights.org [08 Apr 2007]
Center for Responsive Politics A non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. The Center’s work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government. Web: http://www.crp.org/ [06 May 2007]
Center for Sex and Culture Mission is to provide judgment-free education, cultural events, a library/media archive, and other resources to audiences across the sexual and gender spectrum; and to research and disseminate factual information, framing and informing issues of public policy and public health. We envision the day when people around the world are free from the stigmas and shame attached to sexuality. Rather, sexuality is recognized as a birthright and as our life-force energy. To attain such a lofty vision it is vital that the resources, educational, and cultural programming we offer reaches many. Address: c/o Carol Queen, 2215-R Market Street, PMB 455, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 255-1155 Email: info@sexandculture.org Web: http://www.sexandculture.org/ [18 Jan 2010]
Center for Socialist History Promotes research, education, and publication in the field of socialist history. Address: POBox 626, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 601-6460 Email: mlipow@pacbell.net Web: http://www.gn.apc.org/csh [06 May 2007]
Center for Tactical Magic Engages in extensive research, development, and deployment of the pragmatic system known as Tactical Magic. A fusion force summoned from the ways of the artist, the magician, the ninja, and the private investigator, Tactical Magic is an amalgam of disparate arts invoked for the purpose of actively addressing Power on individual, communal, and transnational fronts. At the CTM we are committed to achieving the Great Work of Tactical Magic through community-based projects, daily interdiction, and the activation of latent energies toward positive social transformation. Email: invoke@tacticalmagic.org Web: http://www.tacticalmagic.org [18 Feb 2007]
Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) On the cutting edge of change efforts in communities of color. CTWO's stance and innovative work to advance a racial analysis and ideology in organizing campaigns is acknowledged by peers, constituent group leaders, and funders as key contributions to the broader social-justice movement. Over the years, CTWO has supported the creation of multi-racial, multi-ethnic organizations and campaigns; has fearlessly challenged racist policies and practices of the state and other institutions; and has continuously sought opportunities to build bridges among a wide range of communities and activists of color. Address: 1218 East 21st Street (near 12th Avenue), Oakland CA 94606-3132 Voice: (510) 533-7583 Fax: (510) 533-0923 Web: http://www.ctwo.org [06 May 2007]
Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) Runs the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market on Tuesdays and Saturdays. CUESA's fundamental purpose is to provide the community with a place to buy fresh produce direct from producers in a congenial atmosphere and to provide producers with a direct market for their goods. Further objectives include education about regional sustainable agriculture. CUESA believes that small family farms are essential to the sustainable agricultural economy, and is committed to making economic and educational connections between urban dwellers and sustainable farmers. Address: One Ferry Building - Suite 50, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 291-3276 (291-FARM) Fax: (415) 291-3275 Email: info@cuesa.org Web: http://cuesa.org [28 Apr 2007]
Center for Voting and Democracy (FairVote) The leading national organization acting to transform our elections to achieve secure and universal access to participation, a full spectrum of meaningful choices and majority rule with fair representation and a voice for all. Achieving our goals rests upon bold, but achievable reforms: a constitutionally protected right to vote, a national popular vote for president, instant runoff voting for executive elections and proportional voting for legislative elections. As a reform catalyst, we develop and promote practical strategies to improve elections for local, state and national leaders. Web: http://www.fairvote.org/ [15 Dec 2007]
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) A nonprofit nonpartisan organization promoting a balanced and humane criminal justice system through the provision of direct services, technical assistance, and policy analysis. CJCJ maintains a professional staff with diverse backgrounds and expertise. Our senior staff members possess over 30 years of experience in the criminal and juvenile justice field that includes program operations, policy development and analysis, technical assistance, nonprofit management, program evaluation, and organizational reform. Address: 440 Ninth Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 621-5661 Fax: (415) 621-5466 Web: http://www.cjcj.org/ [18 Jan 2010]
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) Supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war. Address: 405 14th Street #205, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 465-1617 Fax: (510) 465-2459 Email: info@objector.org Web: http://www.objector.org [22 Jun 2008]
Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) An independent research and media group of writers, scholars and activists. It is a registered non profit organization in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Global Research webpage publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on social, economic, strategic, geopolitical and environmental processes. Web: http://globalresearch.ca/ [30 Oct 2006]
Challenging White Supremacy Workshops (CWS) The purpose of CWS workshops is to train principled and effective grassroots anti-racist organizers. Since Hurricane Katrina, CWS has focused on providing one-on-one and small group anti-racist political education programs for activists who want to work in solidarity with the struggle for the Right of Return of all Katrina survivors to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We do this work in collaboration with Bay Area solidarity networks and New Orleans grassroots racial justice organizations. Address: 2440 Sixteenth Street #275, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 647-0921 Email: cws@igc.org Web: http://www.cwsworkshop.org [12 Sep 2006]
Change-Links Published monthly as a print newspaper in the Los Angeles area and now on the Web with a calendar of progressive events. Web: http://www.change-links.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
Changemakers A national public foundation that promotes community-based philanthropy through grantmaking, donor education and fundraising programs. We make capacity-building grants to organizations practicing and promoting community-based philanthropy; we educate donors and their advisors about effective giving practices; and promote the models and practices of community-based philanthropy in the larger philanthropic sector. Address: 1550 Bryant Street, Suite 850, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 551-2363 Web: http://www.changemakers.org [23 Jul 2006]
Chardon Press Books Resources on fundraising and organizing for social change. Web: http://www.chardonpress.com/ [24 Feb 2007]
CharityFocus Endeavors to leverage technology for inspiring greater volunteerism and providing meaningful volunteer opportunities for all who want them -- no matter what their skills, how much time they have to give, where they are located, and what their interests. In the process, CharityFocus volunteers provide much-needed assistance to nonprofit organizations worldwide and create inspiring local events that manifest the spirit of service. Address: POBox 2711, Santa Clara CA 95055 Web: http://www.charityfocus.org [15 Nov 2008]
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic A state-licensed holistic health clinic with locations in both Oakland and San Francisco that provides free complementary alternative medicine treatments to low-income women with cancer. Complementary Alternative Medicine treatments are rarely covered under health care plans. Without the services provided by CMCC, low income women in the Bay Area would not have access to these beneficial treatments. Address: 5691 Telegraph Avenue (at 57th street), Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 601-7660 Fax: (510) 601-7669 Email: info@charlottemaxwell.org Web: http://www.charlottemaxwell.org [22 Jun 2008]
Chasing Amy Social Club (CASC) A bisexual and bi-supportive women's social group geared towards creating community among bisexual women and their friends, and promoting acceptance of bisexuality within the queer female community. Women of all ages, races, cultures, religions, political views, colors and creeds are welcome. New members are screened by telephone for safety and privacy reasons. The CASC isn't politically or religiously affiliated. Based in San Francisco, CA, and catering to the whole Bay Area. Do NOT send marketing or commercial email to this group, this is a private club for women only and should only be contacted by those interested in membership. Email: FashionEmpress@chasingamysocialclub.com Web: http://www.chasingamysocialclub.com/ [12 May 2007]
Chelsea Green Publishing Publishes books related to sustainable living. Web: http://www.chelseagreen.com [24 Jul 2009]
Chiapas Media Project A bi-national partnership that provides tools and training so that marginalized indigenous communities can establish their own information outlets. The project provides video cameras, editing equipment, computers and appropriate training so that communities in Chiapas can tell their own stories in their own words. Web: http://www.chiapasmediaproject.org [15 Dec 2007]
Chiapas Support Committee (CSC) A grass roots all-volunteer organization in Oakland, California. We support indigenous and campesino organizations in Mexico. We have an hermanamiento (partnership) with San Manuel autonomous Zapatista municipality. In the Bay Area we provide public information about Chiapas through public events, radio programs, our newsletter, Chiapas Update, our listserv and several web sites. We organize delegations to Chiapas and also recruit and certify human rights observers and volunteers. We are now organizing for the Other Campaign and the International Campaign in Northern California. Address: POBox 3421, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 654-9587 Email: cezmat@igc.org Web: http://www.chiapas-support.org [22 Jun 2008]
Chico Peace & Justice Center Dedicated to bringing an end to violent conflict among nations and individuals. As a community-based non-profit 501(c)3 organization we are committed to working for peace, social and economic justice through the power of nonviolence. Issues we have worked to combat since 1960 include poverty, racism, sexism, economic exploitation, militarism, and environmental destruction. We work on these issues through education, community building, and direct action. Web: http://www.chico-peace.org/ [30 Oct 2006]
Child Care Links Acts as a link between government social service agencies and families. Income-eligible families can receive needed funds to pay for child care and also education on how to find quality child care. Child Care Providers, parents and employers receive valuable one-on-one support and education from our agency. Free child care referrals are provided to parents in the Tri-Valley area. Address: 1020 Serpentine Lane, Suite 102, Pleasanton CA 94566 Voice: (925) 417-8733 Email: mail@childcarelinks.org Web: http://www.childcarelinks.org [22 Jun 2008]
Child Family Health International (CFHI) The leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just. We model best global health education practices which demonstrate a priority commitment to community engagement and local integrity. Address: 995 Market Street #1104, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 957-9000 Fax: (415) 840-0486 Email: info@cfhi.org Web: http://www.cfhi.org/ [24 Jun 2009]
Child Labor Coalition (CLC) Exists to serve as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor; provide a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation; and develop informational and educational outreach to the public and private sectors to combat child labor abuses and promote progressive initiatives and legislation. Web: http://www.stopchildlabor.org/ [30 Oct 2006]
The Children and Armed Conflict Unit A project at the University of Essex addressing the impact of armed conflict on children. Aims to keep the issue of the impact of armed conflict on children in the public and institutional eye through its web-site, which provides accessible information on conflicts and relevant international standards and norms as well as good practices relating to children. Web: http://www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/ [15 Nov 2008]
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) The only national organization in the world specifically supporting children, youth and adults with LGBTQ parent(s). Using our experiences and creativity, COLAGE offers a diverse array of community building opportunities, education, leadership development and advocacy by and for folks with LGBTQ parents. Address: 1550 Bryant Street, Suite 830, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-5437 (861-KIDS) Fax: (415) 255-8345 Email: colage@colage.org Web: http://www.colage.org [22 Jun 2008]
Children of the Gulf War --- Photo Exhibition U.S. Committee An exhibition of the works of Japanese photojournalist Takashi Morizumi. The works of this fine photographer deal with the horrors and ravages of war and economic sanctions in Iraq. Address: POBox 66751, Scotts Valley CA 95067-6751 Voice: (831) 438-1401 Email: chouwa@savewarchildren.org Web: http://www.savewarchildren.org [15 Dec 2007]
Children's Council of San Francisco Works to improve the well-being of children, parents, families, and child care providers, and to make affordable, high-quality child care a reality for all working families. Provides free resource and referral listings; child care subsidy assistance to low-income families; license preparation and training to child care providers; health and nutritional services and food subsidies; child care resources and options for children with special needs; and advocacy, public education, and support to the child care community. Address: 445 Church Street, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 276-2900 Web: http://www.childrenscouncil.org [15 Dec 2007]
Children's Defense Fund - California (CDF-CA) The Children’s Defense Fund’s Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. Since 1973, CDF has educated the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, and have never taken government funds. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 705, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 663-3224 Email: cdfca@cdfca.org Web: http://www.cdfca.org [15 Nov 2008]
Chin Jurn Wor Ping - Moving Forward For Peace (CJWP) An intergenerational alliance of people of Taiwanese, Chinese and Hong Kong heritage, working together in the Bay Area for peace and social justice. We empower and build leadership within our communities through education, grassroots organizing and activism on local and global issues. We build community strength and resist systems of injustice by exploring our shared, diverse heritages, and by building alliances with other people of color involved in social justice. Email: info@cjwp.org Web: http://www.cjwp.org [15 Dec 2007]
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) Founded in 1969 to protect the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans and to advance multiracial democracy in the United States. Today, CAA is a progressive voice in and on behalf of the broader Asian and Pacific American community. We advocate for systemic change that protects immigrant rights, promotes language diversity, and remedies racial injustice. Address: 17 Walter U Lum Place (near Portsmouth Square Park), San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 274-6750 Fax: (415) 397-8770 Email: info@caasf.org Web: http://www.caasf.org [04 Oct 2009]
Choice Medical Group Provides quality abortion care to the women of Northern California. We are committed to providing the support and education you need to make good health care decisions. The decision to terminate a pregnancy is not an easy one to make. We are sensitive to the thought, and sometimes confusion or stress, involved in the decision to terminate a pregnancy. Voice: (800) 338-1361 Web: http://www.choicemedicalgroup.com/ [22 Jun 2008]
Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) A program of Brethren, Quaker and Mennonite Churches and other Christians that support nonviolence. Offers an organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal inter-group conflict. CPT provides organizational support to persons committed to faith-based nonviolent alternatives in situations where lethal conflict is an immediate reality or is supported by public policy. Web: http://www.cpt.org [12 Aug 2007]
Church of Reality A new breed of religion that is based in reality rather than mythology. We answer the great questions that other religions address like what is right and wrong, how do people live in community, and what are our responsibilities, and we do so in the context of our evolutionary history, our present reality, and what we as human want to evolve into as we take control of our evolution. Address: 754 Glenview Drive #201, San Bruno CA 94066 Voice: (866) 666-3211 Email: marc@churchofreality.org Web: http://www.churchofreality.org [06 May 2007]
Church World Service The relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of 35 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations in the United States. Working in partnership with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries, CWS works worldwide to meet human needs and foster self-reliance for all whose way is hard. Web: http://www.churchworldservice.org [10 Sep 2006]
Cicala Filmworks, Inc. A full-service film, video, and new-media production company. Headquartered in New York City, the company creates content as varied as documentary programming, industrial videos, TV commercials, CD-ROMs and DVDs, and short and feature films. Clients range from not-for-profit arts and education organizations to advertising agencies to universities, foundations and museums. Web: http://www.cicalafilmworks.com/ [28 Mar 2009]
Circle of Life Founded in 1999 by Julia Butterfly Hill, Circle of Life activates people to live in a way that honors the diversity and interdependence of all life. We believe that you, yes you, make the difference in the world. Since the Luna tree-sit, Julia Butterfly and Circle of Life have worked to transform consciousness into spiritually-based action. This work intertwines the goals of ecological integrity, social and economic justice, and peace. Through our educational programs, action support, and promotion of sustainable-living choices, Circle of Life is a leader in the spiritual activation movement. Address: POBox 3764, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 601-9790 Fax: (510) 601-9788 Web: http://www.circleoflife.org [30 Oct 2006]
Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, Inc. (CAPGH) 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. Mission includes informing the public (a) of the private government nature of HOAs and their governing bodies; (b) of the restrictions on homeowners’ civil liberties and; (c) of the lack of effective enforcement of state laws and the governing documents under the “private contract” interpretation of HOA. Web: http://pvtgov.org [18 Feb 2007]
Citizens for Healthy Options In Children's Education (CHOICE) Launched in 1994 by a group of concerned parents to promote a choice of wholesome plant-based meals and nutrition education in our nation's schools. It is supported entirely by individual contributions. CHOICE produces and distributes teaching materials, supports parents working for change in their schools, assists school administrators and food service providers in developing healthier meals, encourages students to select healthier food choices, and reports on similar efforts throughout the U.S. Web: http://www.choiceusa.net/ [28 Mar 2009]
Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting (CIPB) A national membership organization dedicated to putting the public back into public broadcasting so that we can all join in the debate about our nation's future. At the national level, CIPB has developed a detailed proposal for a Public Broadcasting Trust (PBT) that is independently funded, publicly accountable, and true to the service's founding mission. At the community level, CIPB builds chapters, and is working with national partner organizations to democratize community public broadcasting service. Toward these goals CIPB offers a training manual, video and a national clearinghouse for organizing. Web: http://www.cipbonline.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) A nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to fair taxation at the federal, state, and local levels. CTJ fights for fair taxes for middle and low-income families, requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share, closing corporate tax loopholes, adequately funding important government services, reducing the federal debt, and taxation that minimizes distortion of economic markets. Web: http://www.ctj.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
Citizens for the Albany Shoreline (CAS) A magnificent park right on our shoreline can be ours. That's why the Citizens for the Albany Shoreline, Citizens for Eastshore Parks and the Sierra Club have developed a Citizens Waterfront Plan for the redevelopment of the Golden Gate Fields property. The Citizens Waterfront Plan calls for 85% of the entire property to be added to the Eastshore State Park. The Citizens Waterfront Plan maximizes open spaces with an expanded beach, allows for the development of sensational parklands along the waterfront, protects views from Fleming Point, includes major wetland and creek restoration and playing fields for kids and adults. Address: POBox 6087, Albany CA 94706 Voice: (510) 558-9639; (510) 525-2162 Email: brianp@pacbell.net Web: http://www.albanyshoreline.org [24 Jul 2009]
Citizens for the Eastshore Parks Established the Eastshore State Park on December 6, 2002 through residents' initiatives and strong voter support of ballot measures and funding. The park runs 8.5 miles from Oakland through Emeryville, Berkelely, Albany and El Cerrito to Richmond. It includes trails for bicycling and walking. It abounds in natural resources that make it ideal for bird and plant walks. CESP works to promote and preserve open space through advocacy and education. It also frequently organizes outings in the park. Address: POBox 6087, Albany CA 94706 Voice: (510) 524-5000 Fax: (510) 524-5008 Email: eastshorepark@hotmail.com [22 Mar 2008]
City CarShare A Bay Area nonprofit on a mission to provide convenient, affordable access to cars so that we can reduce individual car ownership—and improve the environment and quality of life in our cities. We're a nonprofit because we feel that is the best way to provide great service to our members for the long-term, while staying focused on our mission. City CarShare remains dedicated to socially responsible car sharing and, true to our purpose and mission, continues to work with community, government and private companies to support the growth and expansion of car sharing. Address: 1182 Market Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94102-4919 Voice: (415) 995-8588; (510) 352-0323 Fax: (415) 995-8589 Web: http://www.citycarshare.org [29 Jun 2008]
City Lights Bookstore A landmark independent bookstore and publisher that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics. Address: 261 Columbus Avenue (near Broadway), San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (415) 362-8193 Fax: (415) 362-4921 Email: staff@citylights.com Web: http://www.citylights.com [20 Oct 2009]
City of Dreams Dedicated to helping at-risk youth build brighter futures through mentorship and youth development. We provide caring mentorship in group settings and one-to-one matches, designed to help young people understand the value of staying in school and avoiding teen pregnancy, drugs, and gangs. Through our experiential learning, one-to-one mentoring, and community development programs, we expand our kids' perspectives and promote their self esteem. We believe that learning, seeing and doing new things—and then reflecting on those lessons learned—are crucial to helping our kids think critically, identify what's important to them, and pursue their dreams. Address: POBox 77007, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 706-5799 Fax: (800) 948-8219 Email: info@city-of-dreams.org Web: http://www.city-of-dreams.org [29 Mar 2008]
City of Refuge Community Church A congregation of the United Church of Christ that combines social justice ministry, Gospel music, and spiritual healing. Address: 1025 Howard Street (at Post), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-6130 Fax: (415) 861-6103 Email: arkinfo@pacbell.net Web: http://www.sfrefuge.org [06 May 2007]
East Bay City Repair An organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. We facilitate artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. Email: eastbay@cityrepair.com Web: http://eastbay.cityrepair.org/ http://cityrepair.org/ [17 Mar 2007]
City Slicker Farms Increases food self-sufficiency in West Oakland by creating organic, sustainable, high-yield urban farms and back-yard gardens. These spaces provide healthy, affordable food and improve the environment. We seek to serve all West Oakland residents, prioritizing people who have least access. Our farms and gardens demonstrate the viability of a local food-production system, serve as community spaces, empower children and adults who want to learn about the connections between ecology, farming and the urban environment, and give West Oakland residents tools for self-reliance. Address: 737 Henry Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 763-4241 Email: cityslickerfarms@riseup.net Web: http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/ [02 Sep 2007]
Civicorps Schools Promotes citizenship and builds a civil society by creating educational models that draw upon the power of service as a way of learning. An educated citizenry is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Students who learn not only academic knowledge but also their potential for changing the world become capable, caring citizens. Address: 1021 Third Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 992-7800 Fax: (510) 992-7950 Email: info@cvcorps.org Web: http://www.cvcorps.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
Civil Liberties Defense Center A nonprofit organization of practicing public interest attorneys and organizers. We focus on defending and upholding the rights of activists through education, outreach, litigation, and legal support and assistance. Web: http://www.cldc.org/ [14 Oct 2006]
Civil Liberties Monitoring Project (CLMP) Monitors, documents, advocates for & educates about civil liberties issues in Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties in California. Goal is to encourage public awareness of constitutional rights and encourage involvement of the whole community in preserving and protecting them. Address: POBox 544, Redway CA 95560 Voice: (707) 923-4646 Fax: (707) 923-9040 Email: clmp@civilliberties.org Web: http://www.civilliberties.org [18 Oct 2009]
Clara-Mateo Alliance Provides emergency and transitional housing to individuals, couples, and families with children, in a safe, structured and supportive program where people can work on overcoming homelessness. Case management, meals and supportive services, including 12-step programs are available on site. The Elsa Segovia Center, a one-stop day service center for women and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness is also on site, offering laundry facilities, showers, food and access to many other services. Address: 795 Willow Road, Bldg. 323-D (on the VA Hospital grounds), Menlo Park CA 94025 Voice: (650) 853-8697 x208 Fax: (650) 853-7083 [30 Jun 2007]
Claremont Canyon Conservancy Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of Claremont Canyon’s natural landscape and to the promotion of fire safety throughout the canyon and in adjacent residential neighborhoods. The Conservancy works closely with public and private property owners and various government agencies to ensure the best possible stewardship of the canyon as a whole. We support educational programs designed to improve fire safety and seek out the most effective measures that private property owners can take to protect their own properties from wildfire. Address: POBox 5551, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 843-2226 Web: http://ccconservancy.homestead.com/home.html [26 Apr 2009]
Clary-Meuser Research Network Provides information, tools, resources and expertise that may be used for improving environmental and social conditions. In addition to products and consulting for a few, the web site includes free maps, free GIS programs, a free mapping tutorial and much more related to the environment and advocacy community mapping. Web: http://www.mapcruzin.com [18 Feb 2007]
Clean Water Action (CWA) A national organization of diverse people and groups working together for clean water, protecting health, creating green jobs, and making democracy work. Address: 111 New Montgomery Street, Suite 600 (between Mission and Minna Street), San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 369-9160 Fax: (415) 369-9180 Web: http://www.cleanwateraction.org [31 May 2008]
Climate Ark A climate change portal and internet search tool that provides access to reviewed climate change and alternative energy news and information. Allows searching the entire content of several hundred leading research and advocacy sites, and browsing a huge Climate Change News Archive. The Climate Ark's premise is that Climate Change is occurring and that policy must be crafted now in response. Web: http://www.climateark.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
Close to Home (CTH) Offers a threshold into the natural world of the East Bay. Focus is on appreciating "open areas" as habitat for other species. Offers a year-long program of Saturday outings to some of the East Bay's most interesting and beautiful places. Public talks one Monday a month in Montclair in Oakland. Address: 3758 Grand Avenue #38, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 655-6658 Email: spring5@mindspring.com Web: http://www.close-to-home.org/ [11 Sep 2007]
Co-Op America Provides the economic strategies, organizing power and practical tools for businesses and individuals to address today's social and environmental problems. Programs include the National Green Pages, a campaign to end sweatshops, information on boycotts, forest conservation, responsibility ratings of individual corporations, and information on socially responsible investing. Web: http://www.coopamerica.org/ [15 Dec 2007]
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE) An all-volunteer consumer advocacy organization that has moved beyond its original mission of encouraging the creation and adoption of anti-spam laws to a broader stance of defending the interests of the average Internet user. Web: http://www.cauce.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) The nation's leading bipartisan pro-cures coalition. CAMR is comprised of over 100 nationally recognized patient organizations, universities, scientific societies, and foundations advocating for the advancement of breakthrough research and technologies in regenerative medicine. CAMR’s advocacy and education outreach focuses on stem cell research, somatic cell nuclear transfer, and related research fields in which the mission is to develop treatments and cures for individuals with life-threatening illnesses and disorders. Web: http://www.camradvocacy.org [15 Dec 2007]
Coalition of University Employees (CUE) A labor union that represents clerical employees at all nine UC campuses plus Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Address: 2855 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 302, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 845-2221 Fax: (510) 845-7444 Email: clericals@cueunion.org Web: http://www.cueunion.org [09 Sep 2007]
San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness Initiates program and policy changes that result in the creation of exits from poverty. The COH unites homeless people and service providers with concerned community members in outreach, advocacy, and community organizing activities to ensure that low-income communities are in a leadership position in the work to promote social justice in San Francisco. Address: 468 Turk Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 346-3740 Fax: (415) 775-5639 Email: coh@cohsf.org Web: http://www.cohsf.org [15 Dec 2007]
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) The leading Jewish environmental organization in the United States. COEJL has helped tens of thousands of Jews make a connection between Judaism and the environment. COEJL has put environmental protection on the agenda of the organized Jewish community and made the case to elected officials and decision-makers that protecting the environment is a moral and religious obligation. Today, COEJL represents 29 national Jewish organizations spanning the full spectrum of Jewish religious and communal life and serves as the voice of the organized Jewish community on environmental issues in Washington, D.C. and around the country. Web: http://www.coejl.org/home.shtml [10 Sep 2006]
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) A mass, democratic, integrated, national organization dedicated to building a new mass civil rights movement to defend affirmative action, integration, and the other gains of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and to advance the struggle for equality in American society by any means necessary. Web: http://www.bamn.com/ [10 Sep 2006]
Coalition to Free the University of California A student-led coalition that seeks to transform the University from an elitist, corporate, militaristic, autocratic institution into a responsible, just, diverse equitable, democratically-governed body that educates and works for the common welfare. To walk with the Phoenix Coalition is to be on the ground level of a new radical student movement. We will use nonviolent direct action to assist the evolution of the University structurally and ethically. We will organize, educate, protest, party, obstruct, heal, learn, struggle and grow together. Web: http://www.freetheuc.org [18 Feb 2008]
Coastside Committee For a New Library (CCFNL) An organization composed of persons from all along the San Mateo Coastside. CCFNL is a subcomittee of the Friends of the Library that supports the library building project. Our mission is to unite the Coastside community in building a library that will serve our informational needs in future decades. Web: http://www.newlibrarynow.org/ [19 May 2007]
Coastside Peace A community of concerned citizens dedicated to giving others like us the information and opportunity to create a more just and humane world through grassroots action. We support the activities of all like-minded groups and will gladly make our website available for announcements from groups working for peace or social justice causes. The group is located in the Half Moon Bay Coastside area south of San Francisco, CA. Web: http://www.coastsidepeace.org [09 Sep 2007]
CODEPINK Women for Peace A women-initiated, women-led grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities. CODEPINK rejects the Bush administration's fear-based politics that justify violence, and instead calls for policies based on compassion, kindness and a commitment to international law. With an emphasis on joy and humor, CODEPINK women seek to activate, amplify and inspire a community of peacemakers through direct action, creative campaigns and a commitment to non-violence. Voice: (510) 524-2776 Email: info@bayareacodepink.org Web: http://www.codepinkalert.org/ http://www.bayareacodepink.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Codornices Creek Watershed Council A new 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 promote awareness and stewardship through collaborative partnerships with agencies, businesses, organizations, and the community. Voice: (510) 759-1689 Email: pamboyle@gmail.com Web: http://www.codornicescreekwatershed.org [23 Apr 2008]
Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US) Mission is to promote the cohousing movement, support individuals and groups in creating communities, provide assistance to completed groups for improving their systems for living together in community, and create networking opportunities for those involved or interested in cohousing. Voice: (314) 754-5828 Web: http://www.cohousing.org http://www.cohousing.org/contact [27 Sep 2008]
cointel.org This web site has many authoritative links and references on the CIA's Cointelpro counterintelligence campaign against radical activists. Web: http://www.cointel.org [30 Oct 2006]
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth Serves as the voice for children in San Francisco. Works independently to change city policies and programs through advocacy, research, public education, and development of creative, cost-effective proposals on issues such as child welfare, health, juvenile justice, and recreation. Sponsors 'The Kids Network', a new citizen watchdog group with a free newsletter for activists. Address: 459 Vienna Street, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 239-0161 Fax: (415) 239-0584 Email: info@colemanadvocates.org Web: http://www.colemanadvocates.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
ColorLines Magazine The nation’s leading magazine on race, culture, and organizing. Published six times a year by the Applied Research Center (ARC). Address: 900 Alice Street, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94605 Voice: (510) 653-3415 Fax: (510) 986-1062 Email: colorlines@colorlines.com Web: http://www.colorlines.com [11 Sep 2007]
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. Web: http://www.commercialalert.org [24 Jul 2009]
Committee for Green Foothills Our mission is to protect the open space, farmlands, and natural resources of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties through advocacy, education and grassroots action. Address: Peninsula Conservation Center, 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 968-7243 Fax: (650) 968-8431 Email: info@GreenFoothills.org Web: http://www.greenfoothills.org [19 May 2007]
Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (CHRP) Shares the vision of human rights advanced by the National Democratic movement of the Philippines. CHRP educates, organizes, and mobilizes people and communities in the Bay Area to take progressive action in upholding and supporting human rights in the Philippines and throughout the world. Voice: (415) 377-2599 Email: chrp-owner@yahoogroups.com [01 Nov 2006]
Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, Inc. (CNR) Works to prevent deception in nuclear radiation research, while also contributing new insights about radiation injury. Address: POBox 421993, San Francisco CA 94142-1993 Voice: (415) 776-8299 Web: http://www.ratical.com/radiation/CNR [19 May 2007]
Bay Area Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) Supports grassroots labor and womens organizing and combats neoliberalism in El Salvador and in the US through petitions, media attention, speaking tours, demonstrations and street theatre. Also works with immigrants rights groups and sends people on solidarity delegations to El Salvador. There is a human rights network to combat attacks on workers and immigrants. Address: 3012 16th Street #205 (off Mission), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 503-0789 Fax: (415) 647-4718 Email: bayareacispes@yahoo.com Web: http://www.cispes.org [17 Mar 2007]
Committee of 100 for Tibet Tibetans, with their distinct culture, religion, language and national identity, are an oppressed people in China-occupied Tibet and face the real threat of assimilation and extinction. The C100 is dedicated to educating people and governments on the tragic human rights situation that exists in Tibet today, keeping Tibet on the international political agenda, and advancing the Tibetan people's legitimate right to decide their own future through the process of self-determination. Web: http://www.c100tibet.org/ [24 Jul 2009]
Committee to Free Lori Berenson Lori Berenson is a US citizen currently being held as a political prisoner in Lima. After serving nearly five years in harsh Peruvian jails high in the Andes, her conviction of treason against Peru and her life sentence were overturned. In June 2001 she was cleared of charges of being a terrorist, but convicted of collaboration, and sentenced to twenty years in prison by a civilian terrorism court which, according to the U.S. State Department, "fails to meet international standards of openness, fairness, and due process." Web: http://www.freelori.org/ [29 Jun 2008]
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CofC) We are people of all races and national backgrounds who are committed to the struggle for democracy and socialism. Our name is taken from the history of the U.S. revolutionary war against British colonialism. In the 1770s, Committees of Correspondence were formed in all 13 colonies and became the catalyst for united action against British oppression. We, too, seek united action among all who feel the brunt of oppression in the U.S. Web: http://www.cc-ds.org/ [18 Jan 2010]
Common Agenda Network A local network affiliated with the National Priorities Project of Massachusetts, working for significant cuts in military spending and redirecting the money to community and environmental needs. Address: c/o Betty Brown, 44 Beverly Road, Kensington CA 94707 Voice: (510) 524-6071 [21 Apr 2007]
Common Cause A nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization promoting open, honest and accountable government. Supported by the dues and contributions of over 250,000 members in every state across the nation, Common Cause represents the unified voice of the people against corruption in government and big money special interests. Web: http://www.commoncause.org [19 May 2007]
Common Circle Education As the leading ecological design and holistic living school, we create communities. Join us as we explore stunning permaculture ecovillages and organic farms. Meet incredible people healing the world. Engage your world, be the change. Reclaim your connection to your planet, your community, and yourself. Web: http://www.commoncircle.com/berkeley [13 Dec 2009]
Common Courage Press By publishing books for social justice, Common Courage Press helps progressive ideas to find a place in our culture. The press provides a platform to spread these ideas to activists and ordinary citizens alike. It has sold a total of over one million copies since its founding in 1991, and its books have been translated and reprinted in 24 countries. Skillfully edited, graphically striking, and popularly accessible, Common Courage books explore corporate power, ecology, race, gender, economics, health, welfare, and media politics, and U.S. policy from Central America to the Middle East and Afghanistan. Web: http://www.commoncouragepress.com/ [15 Nov 2008]
Common Dreams News Center Breaking news & views for progressive-thinking Americans. Web: http://www.commondreams.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
Common Ground Magazine Serves as a resource to help readers live healthier lives and create a sustainable society. Our editorial content builds conscious community by expanding social, political, and environmental awareness. It supports wellness and healthy living by informing readers about natural foods, nutrition, and integrative health care. We support and engage in socially responsible business practices. Address: 604 Mission Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco CA 94105-3526 Voice: (415) 459-4900 Fax: (415) 459-4974 Web: http://www.commongroundmag.com [10 Feb 2008]
Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center We offer hands-on classes and events in organic gardening and sustainable lifestyles; seeds and plant starts - hundreds of edible, medicinal, native and ornamental varieties; organic composts, fertilizers and mulches - a broad selection; tools and natural disease and pest control products - the highest quality; books, magazines, cards, and gift items; and volunteer opportunities and new friends. Address: 559 College Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 493-6072 Email: manager@commongroundinpaloalto.org Web: http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org [09 Sep 2007]
Common Knowledge A consulting agency helping nonprofits leverage the Internet for fund raising, advocacy, marketing, and communications. Progressive clients like IFAW, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Justice, and Equality California have made use of our services, including strategy, software, design and online campaigns. Address: 50 First Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 543-7600 Email: jpatrick@commonknow.com Web: http://www.commonknow.com [28 Jan 2007]
Commonweal Institute A think tank that seeks to maximize the visibility and the power of progressive ideas and values. From environmental protection to racial justice, from religious tolerance to economic security, the Commonweal Institute promotes fundamental American ideals of community, responsibility, and fairness. Applying a unique combination of policy analysis, strategy, and marketing know-how, we work to advance the common good, both now and for future generations. Address: 325 Sharon Park Drive, Suite 332, Menlo Park CA 94025 Voice: (650) 854-9796 Fax: (650) 854-8132 Email: info@commonwealinstitute.org Web: http://www.commonwealinstitute.org [10 Feb 2008]
The Commonwealth Fund A private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries. Web: http://www.cmwf.org/ [20 Sep 2006]
Communi-tea A company that provides solutions to improving your soil biology so that your plants grow better. This is based on a scientific next step to improve organic agriculture provided by Elaine Ingham, founder of the Soil Foodweb. By using specially prepared compost tea, you will improve the biology and fertility of your soil naturally, eliminate the need for chemical pesticides and fertilizers, and save money and the environment. Voice: 650 574-7154 (Brian) Email: brian@communi-tea.org Web: http://www.communi-tea.org/ http://www.greensolutions.org/ [28 Mar 2009]
Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) A social justice organization with a focus on environmental health and justice. We organize in working class communities of color because those communities suffer the most from environmental pollution and toxics. CBE works in these communities because they are also centers of resistance to environmental racism. We provide community residents who want to challenge corporate polluters with organizing help, scientific and policy research, and legal assistance. The focus of our work is to help community members identify their own problems, and define their own campaigns and solutions. Address: 1440 Broadway, Suite 701, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 302-0430 Fax: (510) 302-0437 Email: cperez@cbecal.org Web: http://www.cbecal.org/ [15 Dec 2007]
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz Mission is to advocate for, coordinate, and administer community programs to combat poverty and the causes of poverty in Santa Cruz County. Address: 406 Main Street, Suite 207, Watsonville CA 95076 Voice: (831) 763-2147 Fax: (831) 724-3447 Web: http://www.cabinc.org [18 Jan 2010]
Community Action Publications (CAP) "Information empowering constructive action for a better world for all." CAP produces and distributes information that empowers effective action on environmental, health, and community issues. Topic specialities include: healthy food and homes; sustainable energy sources; and effective individual and community action. Information is available through our website, articles, talks, and more. We also offer speakers, trainers, and training design for classes and workshops on these topics. Address: 708 Gravenstein Hwy N, Suite 104-W, Sebastopol CA 95472 Voice: (707) 829-2999 Email: info[at]healthyworld.org Web: http://www.healthyworld.org [19 Dec 2007]
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) Building a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice. Web: http://www.caff.org/ [29 Jun 2008]
Community Awareness and Treatment Services, Inc. (CATS) Offers a system of compassionate care through outreach, transportaion, support services, rehabilitation and housing for individuals and families affected by substance abuse, HIV / AIDS, mental disabilities, poverty, and / or homelessness. Address: 1446 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 241-1199 Fax: (415) 553-3939 Email: admin@catsinc.org [25 Jun 2006]
Community Boards A non-profit, community based dispute resolution organization that helps neighbors resolve conflicts. Examples of disputes we mediate are: barking dogs, noisy neighbors, landlord / tenant, or roommates. San Francisco residents may receive mediation services free-of-charge. For a fee, we provide facilitation services to organizations and businesses. Since 1976 thousands of people have been trained by Community Boards in the art of peacemaking and many more have been served. Address: 3130 24th Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 920-3820 Fax: (415) 626-0595 Email: jgarrison@communityboards.org Web: http://www.communityboards.org [29 Jun 2008]
Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) A non-profit 501(c)(3), North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times. We seek to develop self-reliance among all communities in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing, processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability. Web: http://www.foodsecurity.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (CHAM) One of the few grassroots, urban ministries for the homeless in the Bay Area -- where some of the highest rents and lowest vacancy rates in the nation have driven thousands of individuals and families into homelessness. CHAM's ministry seeks to empower those with the least and invites all people, rich and poor, to join together in creating equality, justice, and abundance for all. Our ministry is ultimately centered in the gospel principles and life of Christ: professing love, understanding, forgiveness, and compassion. Address: 80 South Fifth Street, San Jose CA 95112 Voice: (408) 295-4463 Email: sjwagers001@aol.com Web: http://www.cham-ministry.org/ [24 Jul 2009]
Community Housing Partnership (CHP) Creates, implements and demonstrates solutions to homelessness by working in partnership with people in San Francisco who would otherwise be without a home. CHP develops and operates high quality permanent affordable housing, integrating optional support services, job training and community organizing. We strive to break the cycle of homelessness by strengthening community, encouraging self-determination and involving tenants in every aspect of the organization. Address: 280 Turk Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 929-2470 Fax: (415) 749-2791 Email: info@chp-sf.org Web: http://www.chp-sf.org [12 Dec 2008]
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) Provides free legal services to low-income and under-served people in the areas of housing and immigration through advice clinics, direct services and representation. It is also home to the Volunteer Attorney Program (VAP) and a Juvenile Justice clinic, which provide legal services in a broad range of practice areas by engaging the assistance of volunteer law students and pro bono attorneys. Address: 2117-B University Avenue (near Donohoe Street), East Palo Alto CA 94403 Voice: (650) 326-6440 Fax: (650) 326-9722 Email: info@clsepa.org Web: http://www.clsepa.org [19 May 2007]
Community Media Center A not-for-profit resource where every citizen can make a difference. Use it to learn video production, make shows on local cable TV access channels, support us financially, join our Board of Directors, or view programs on the cable channels or this web site Your involvement makes the Media Center better, stronger, and increasingly vital. Address: 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto CA 94303-4917 Voice: (650) 494-8686 Email: info@midpenmedia.org Web: http://www.CommunityMediaCenter.net [18 Jan 2010]
Community Peacemakers Organized to partner with schools, religious organizations and civic groups in the pursuit and nurturing of common dreams --- a world of peace, without violence and with equal and social justice. Strives to offer the tools, skills and resources to make a real difference in how we see, deal and work with the issues, causes and solutions surrounding Social Conflict by the way of Education, Activism and Rebuilding Community. Programs and events are custom tailored including Walkabouts for Peace, Stand Up for Peace Discussion Groups and Peace Power Jamborees for Kids, Teens and Youth. Address: 2908 Madeline Street, Suite 100, Oakland CA 94602-3337 Voice: (510) 530-1319 Fax: (510) 530-1527 [15 Jan 2006]
Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL) Offers independent living services at no charge to persons with disabilities living in southern and eastern Alameda County. In order to become a CRIL consumer, an individual must have a disability and be paired with an Independent Living (IL) Coordinator. CRIL is also a resource for disability awareness education and training, advocacy and technical advice. Address: 439 'A' Street, Hayward CA 94541 Voice: (510) 881-5743; (510) 881-0218 (TTY) Fax: (510) 881-1593 Email: info@cril-online.org Web: http://www.cril-online.org/ [29 Jun 2008]
The Community Solution Dedicated to the development, growth and enhancement of small local communities. We envision a country where the population is distributed in small communities that are sustainable, diverse and culturally sophisticated. Web: http://www.communitysolution.org/ [18 Oct 2009]
Community Technology Alliance Provides technology tools that link and network agencies in the region to more effectively deliver services to the homeless and at-risk populations. Community VoiceMail helps the homeless and at-risk populations find housing, employment and stay in touch. Provided in partnership with the Housing Authority of Santa Clara County, the Housing Listing lists rental units available to Section 8 participants. The Shelter Bed Hotline (1-800-7SHELTER) gives information on shelter availability throughout the nine county San Francisco Bay Area. http://www.helpSCC.org offers online information on all health and human service providers in Santa Clara County. Address: 115 East Gish Road, Suite 222, San Jose CA 95112-4719 Voice: (408) 437-8800 Fax: (408) 437-9169 Email: admin@CTAgroup.org Web: http://www.ctagroup.org http://www.helpSCC.org [09 Sep 2007]
Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) A national membership network of community technology centers (CTCs) and other non-profits, united in their commitment to provide technology access and education to underserved communities. CTCNet works through the CTC Network to provide resources and advocacy to improve the quality and sustainability of CTCs. Web: http://www.ctcnet.org/ [19 May 2007]
Community Technology Foundation of California Mission is to bring basic and advanced information technology and telecommunications to underserved communities. Envisions a world where there is a technology user in every home, a technology resource center in every community, and where technology no longer divides, but is a bridge to a better life. Address: 101 Spear Street, Suite 218, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 371-8808 Fax: (415) 371-8818 Email: info@zerodivide.org Web: http://www.zerodivide.org/ [30 Oct 2006]
Community Toolbox for Children’s Environmental Health Guided by a board composed primarily of grassroots leaders, Community Toolbox seeks to build the organizational capacity and sustainability of parent and other community-based organizations working to eliminate children's environmental health threats, such as lead poisoning, in communities at highest risk. Community Toolbox addresses the needs of environmental health and justice groups serving children in disproportionately impacted communities through grantmaking, technical assistance, and community building programs, all of which aim to locate control on the grassroots level. Address: 999 Sutter Street, Fourth Floor (near Hyde Street), San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 614-9533 Fax: (415) 614-9537 Email: information@communitytoolbox.org Web: http://www.communitytoolbox.org [08 Apr 2007]
Community United Against Violence (CUAV) Founded in 1979, Community United Against Violence (CUAV) works to build the power of LGBTQQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning) communities to create safety. We support the healing and leadership of those impacted by abuse and mobilize our broader communities to transform violence and oppression into safety and liberation. Address: 170-A Capp Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 777-5500 Fax: (415) 777-5565 Email: info@cuav.org Web: http://www.cuav.org [18 Jan 2010]
Community Vocational Enterprises (CVE) A non-profit social enterprise that provides employment opportunities to individuals with mental health disabilities. Through innovative vocational training programs, and employment in our businesses, CVE provides the tools our clients need to thrive in today’s competitive employment marketplace. Address: 1425 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 544-0424 Fax: (415) 544-0351 Email: info@cve.org Web: http://www.cve.org [31 Jan 2010]
Community Works (CW) Engages youth and adults in arts and education programs that interrupt and heal the far-reaching impact of incarceration and violence by empowering individuals, families and communities. CW believes that the arts and education can serve as valuable platforms for achieving this goal, incorporating personal expression, alliance-building, and public engagement. CW is particularly concerned with the effects of soaring incarceration rates on communities, impacting not only the offending individuals but also families, neighbors, and survivors of crime. CW links up with the institutions that most affect our constituents’ lives, including the criminal and juvenile justice systems, the public school system, and other community-based organizations, in order to provide enriching, sustainable programs that work to bring communities together. Address: 1605 Bonita Avenue, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 486-2340 Fax: (510) 649-8239 Email: community_works@yahoo.com Web: http://www.community-works-ca.org [31 Jan 2010]
Community Youth Center (CYC) A multi-service organization serving Asian at-risk youths and their families in individual / group / family counseling, prevention of juvenile delinquency, drug education, parent education, career counseling, job placement and referral, labor market orientation, internship, volunteer recruitment, gang prevention, street outreach, after-school tutoring, and recreation. Address: 1237 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 200, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 775-2636 Fax: (415) 775-1345 Email: cyc@cycsf.org Web: http://www.cycsf.org [10 Sep 2006]
Compass Community Services A leading provider of shelter and critical services to San Francisco’s homeless and very low-income families. The agency helps more that 3,000 parents and children each year in their efforts to achieve stability, permanent housing, and employment. Services include crisis intervention, homeless prevention services, emergency shelter, transitional housing, counseling and intensive case management, pre-employment training, enriched infant care and childcare, and permanent housing placement. Address: 995 Market Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 644-0504 x315 Fax: (415) 644-0514 Email: ldyas@compass-sf.org Web: http://www.compass-sf.org [12 Aug 2007]
Compassion & Choices A nonprofit organization working to improve care and expand choice at the end of life. As a national organization with over 60 chapters and 30,000 members, we help patients and their loved ones face the end of life with calm facts and choices of action during a difficult time. We also aggressively pursue legal reform to promote pain care, put teeth in advance directives and legalize physician aid in dying. Web: http://www.compassionandchoices.org/ [29 Jun 2008]
Compassion Over Killing (COK) A nonprofit animal advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Working to end animal abuse since 1995, COK focuses on cruelty to animals in agriculture and promotes vegetarian eating as a way to build a kinder world for all of us, both human and nonhuman. Web: http://www.cok.net/ [22 Nov 2006]
Compassionate Cooks Dedicated to empowering people to make informed food choices and to debunking myths about vegetarianism and animal rights through cooking classes, podcasts, workshops and lectures, articles and essays, and cooking DVDs. Compassionate Cooks gives people the tools and resources they need to prevent disease, optimize their health, and create new habits that benefit the earth and all its inhabitants. Address: POBox 18512, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 531-2665 Email: info@compassionatecooks.com Web: http://www.compassionatecooks.com/ [10 Feb 2007]
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services A consulting, research, and training organization providing nonprofits with management tools, strategies, and resources to lead change in their communities. With offices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, we work with community-based nonprofits in executive transition, planning, boards of directors, finance systems and business planning, fundraising, and technology. Address: 731 Market Street, Suite 200, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 541-9000 Fax: (415) 541-7708 Email: info@compasspoint.org Web: http://www.compasspoint.org [10 Sep 2006]
CompuMentor A nonprofit organization specializing in technology assistance for community-based organizations and schools. Through our consulting practice, we offer technology planning, implementation, and support services. CompuMentor is also the home of TechSoup.org, the technology website for the nonprofit sector. Address: 435 Brannan Street, Suite 100, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 633-9300 Fax: (415) 633-9400 Email: realperson@compumentor.org Web: http://www.compumentor.org [29 Jun 2008]
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) A global organization promoting the responsible use of computer technology. Incorporated in 1983 (following discussions and organizing that began in 1981), CPSR educates policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues. CPSR has incubated numerous projects such as Privaterra, the Public Sphere Project, EPIC (the Electronic Privacy Information Center), the 21st Century Project, the Civil Society Project, and the CFP (Computers, Freedom & Privacy) Conference. Originally founded by U.S. computer scientists, CPSR now has members in 26 countries on six continents. Address: 1370 Mission Sreet, 4th floor, San Francisco CA 94103-2654 Voice: (415) 839-9355 Email: cpsr(a)cpsr.org Web: http://www.cpsr.org [19 May 2007]
Computer Recycling Center (CRC) The largest of its kind in California, and the oldest in the USA, continuously operating full-service collection, reuse, and refurbishment program. Working with businesses and municipalities, CRC's participation in collection and drop-off programs diverts millions of pounds of computer equipment from landfills each year. Reuse of entire units is given highest priority, followed by disassembly for reuse of parts, and finally recycling for the elements of unusable remaining items. Web: http://www.crc.org/ [06 Jan 2007]
ConceptionMedia A full-service production company specializing in social-interest documentaries and public service films. Established in October 2001 by filmmaker Mark Manning, ConceptionMedia is committed to providing exposure to the issues that fundamentally affect us all, but have limited or no coverage in today’s mainstream media. Our goal at ConceptionMedia is to empower people through information and compelling storytelling. Web: http://www.conceptionmedia.net [31 Jan 2010]
Concerned Cyclists Community Program (CCCP) A grassroots community organization made up of a concerned and committed volunteer base in (but not limited to) the Mission community in San Francisco that will work together and with law enforcement to help each other and make the neighborhood a better, safer place to live. This organization is open to anyone who wants to make a positive change in their local neighborhood and contribute something beneficial to the cause. Email: cccpsf@gmail.com Web: http://cccpsf.wordpress.com [21 Nov 2009]
Conexions: Partnerships for a Sustainable Future A non-profit collaborative organization working towards bringing our region into right relationship with Earth's systems and with each other. We develop and promote win-win solutions for the environment, the economy, and for our social systems through our own programs and by working in collaboration with other organizations and institutions. Address: 1023 Corporation Way, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 938-9300 Email: info@conexions.org Web: http://www.conexions.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
Congregation Sha'ar Zahav A progressive Reform synagogue, established in 1977. We are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual Jews, together with family and friends, both Jewish and non-Jewish. We come from a wide range of religious, ethnic, class and cultural backgrounds to worship God with egalitarian, feminist and gay-positive Jewish liturgy. Services are held at the corner of Dolores Street and 16th Street. Address: 290 Dolores Street (at 16th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-6932 Fax: (415) 861-6081 Email: office@shaarzahav.org Web: http://www.shaarzahav.org/ [15 Dec 2007]
Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) We work with architects, developers, planners, and others involved in the creation of cities and towns, teaching them how to implement the principles of the New Urbanism. These principles include coherent regional planning, walkable neighborhoods, and attractive, accommodating civic spaces. CNU has over 2,000 members throughout the United States and around the world. We sponsor annual conferences, known as Congresses, for the sharing and discussion of best practices in New Urbanism. Web: http://www.cnu.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Congress.org Allows users to identify and contact elected leaders in Congress, the White House, and state legislatures. Web: http://www.eactivist.org/ [19 May 2007]
Consortium For Independent Journalism Tackles tough, important stories that the mainstream media either ignored or failed to cover accurately. Editor / publisher Robert Parry broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-contra scandal, including the first stories on contra cocaine smuggling. Web: http://www.consortiumnews.com/ [19 May 2007]
Consumer Action (CA) A non-profit, membership-based organization that was founded in San Francisco in 1971. Since then, Consumer Action has continued to serve consumers nationwide by advancing consumer rights, referring consumers to complaint-handling agencies through our free hotline, publishing educational materials in Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese and other languages, advocating for consumers in the media and before lawmakers, and comparing prices on credit cards, bank accounts, and long distance services. Address: 221 Main Street, Suite 480, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 777-9635 Web: http://www.consumer-action.org [08 Apr 2007]
Consumer Federation of America (CFA) Provides consumers a well-reasoned and articulate voice in decisions that affect their lives. Day in and out, CFA's professional staff gathers facts, analyzes issues, and disseminates information to the public, policymakers, and rest of the consumer movement. Web: http://www.consumerfed.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech) Currently CPTech is focusing on issues concerning the production of and access to knowledge, including medical inventions, information and cultural goods, and other knowledge goods. Much of this work concerns intellectual property policy and practices, but some of it concerns different approaches to the production of knowledge goods, including for example new business models that support creative individuals and communities, and new incentive systems for investments in medical and agricutural inventions, such as those involving prizes and/or competitive Intermediaries. We also do some work on electronic commerce and competition policy. Web: http://www.cptech.org/ [10 May 2008]
Consumers for Dental Choice (CDC) CDC was established in 1996 by consumer advocates, mercury poisoning victims, scientists and mercury-free dentists, and soon thereafter became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Our purpose is to educate the public about the health and environmental dangers of mercury fillings, and to ensure more effective government oversight on amalgam. Web: http://www.toxicteeth.org/ [31 Jan 2010]
Consumers International A worldwide non-profit federation of consumer organizations, dedicated to the protection and promotion of consumer interests. Strives to promote a fairer society through defending the rights of all consumers, including poor, marginalized and disadvantaged people, by supporting and strengthening member organisations and the consumer movement in general, and by campaigning at the international level for policies which respect consumer concerns. Web: http://www.consumersinternational.org/ [19 May 2007]
Contra Costa Child Care Council An exciting resource for parents, child care providers and advocates seeking child care services and resources in Contra Costa County. The Council provides leadership to advance quality child care and early education. Services include free child care referrals and parent resources; inclusion of children with special needs in child care; child care subsidies for low-income families; provider training and accreditation; child care job bank; public education and advocacy; child nutrition, health and safety. Address: 1035 Detroit Avenue, Suite 200, Concord CA 94518 Voice: (925) 676-5442 Email: Administration@cocokids.org Web: http://www.cocokids.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
Cooperative Community Energy (CCEnergy) A member-owned organization of people like you who want clean, affordable energy for their homes and businesses. CCEnergy provides discounts on renewable energy equipment as well as expert design and project management services. We can handle any size system from a small residential system to megawatt industrial systems. CCEnergy also acts as advocates influencing public policy to promote renewable energy. Address: 534 Fourth Street, Suite C, San Rafael CA 94901-3360 Voice: (877) 228-8700; (415) 457-0215 Fax: (415) 457-0216 Email: info[at]ccenergy.com Web: http://www.ccenergy.com [15 Dec 2007]
Berkeley Copwatch A community based volunteer organization which monitors police activity in Berkeley in an effort to defend the the rights of all people to fair treatment under the law. Copwatch also carries out campaigns and distributes educational material geared at ending institutionalized injustice and police misconduct in our communities. Address: 2022 Blake Street (near Shattuck), Berkeley CA 94704-2604 Voice: (510) 548-0425 Email: berkeleycopwatch(at)yahoo(dot)com Web: http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/ [31 Jan 2010]
Oakland Copwatch Address: POBox 72444, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 548-0425 Email: oaklandcopwatch@gmail.com [21 Mar 2009]
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) A member-supported non-profit organization dedicated to keeping coral reefs alive around the world. Works to protect coral reefs (creating coral reef parks and protected areas), educating people, and building active partnerships with divers, snorkelers, the dive tourism industry, scientists, and others. Address: 417 Montgomery Street, Suite 205, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 834-0900 Fax: (415) 834-0999 Email: info@coral.org Web: http://www.coralreefalliance.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Corporate Accountability International A membership organization that protects people by waging and winning campaigns that challenge irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world. Web: http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org [24 Jul 2009]
Corporate Predators A book by Mokhiber and Weissman on how corporations are tightening their grip on the global political economy. It can be ordered directly from this web site. Web: http://www.corporatepredators.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
Corporateering (the book) In Corporateering, Jamie Court shows how corporations routinely and quietly rob us of our personal freedoms, including privacy, security, the right to legal recourse, and more. In fact, "corporateering" -- the act of prioritizing commercial gain over individual, social, or cultural gain -- is everywhere in our lives. Corporateering offers empowering strategies for counter-corporateering so we can reclaim our private lives, our right to health and safety, and other personal liberties. Web: http://www.corporateering.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
The Corporation (the film) In this complex and highly entertaining documentary, Mark Achbar, co-director of the influential and inventive MANUFACTURING CONSENT: NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA, teams up with co-director Jennifer Abbott and writer Joel Bakan to examine the far-reaching repercussions of the corporation’s increasing preeminence. Based on Bakan’s book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. Web: http://www.thecorporation.com/ [15 Dec 2007]
Corpreform.com Dedicated to exposing the truth about tort reform: That it punishes people to protect profits by limiting the rights of the catastrophically injured to sue those who injured them. Our goal is to show the average citizen that “frivolous lawsuits” are not ruining this country, and that the justice system isn’t broken. Both of those messages come from corporate interests that don’t want to be held accountable for their wrongs. Web: http://www.corpreform.com/ [10 Feb 2008]
CorpWatch Investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, #702, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 271-8080 Web: http://www.corpwatch.org [08 Apr 2007]
Cottonwood Foundation A charitable, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting empowerment of people, protection of the environment, and respect for cultural diversity. The foundation focuses its funding on committed, grass roots organizations that rely strongly on volunteer efforts and where foundation support will make a significant difference. Web: http://www.cottonwoodfdn.org/ [15 Dec 2007]
Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG) Fosters public debate about the social, ethical and environmental implications of genetic technologies. Founded in 1983, CRG is a non-profit, non- governmental organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. CRG works through the media and concerned citizens to distribute accurate information and represent the public interest on emerging issues in biotechnology. CRG also publishes a bimonthly magazine, GeneWatch, the only publication of its kind in the nation. Web: http://www.gene-watch.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
Council of Churches of Santa Clara County Serves as a catalyst for its members as they act locally to strengthen their ministries, support each other, and provide moral leadership for meaningful social change. Distributes "Ecumemo" (an e-mail newsletter) and "Ecumemo Bulletins" as material warrants. Address: 1710 Moorpark Avenue, San Jose CA 95128-2724 Voice: (408) 297-2660 Web: http://www.councilofchurches-scc.org [15 Nov 2008]
Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) A 24-member organization made up of of faith and community based non-profit affordable housing developers and advocate organizations seeking affordable housing and community development opportunities for homeless and low income San Franciscans. It's member organizations are located in Chinatown, the Tenderloin, South of Market, Mission, Bay View / Hunters Point, Bernal Heights and the Ingleside neighborhoods. They have, over the last 15 years developed and manage some 10,000 permanently affordable housing units including 2,400 single room occupancy hotels rooms. They employ some 1,000 residents in permanent jobs associated with the development, management and maintenance of the affordable housing. CCHO meets monthly on the last Wednesday of the month to plan common actions aimed at effecting public policy to expand affordable housing and needed services and employment opportunities for lower income San Franciscans. Address: 405 Shrader, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 666-0314 Fax: (415) 863-2860 Email: sfic98@pacbell.net [22 Feb 2007]
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) A Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group. CAIR’s vision is to promote justice and mutual understanding. CAIR’s mission is based on 3 core goals – enhancing understanding of Islam, promoting justice and empowering American Muslims. Web: http://www.cair-net.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
Council on Wireless Technology Impacts (CWTI) Citizens and professionals concerned about safe uses of electromagnetic radiation. Address: 936-B Seventh Street #206, Novato CA 94945 Email: info@energyfields.org Web: http://energyfields.org/ [29 Jun 2008]
CounterCorp CounterCorp believes that corporations are inherently anti-social organizations, because they are specifically designed to put the private interests of management and shareholders ahead of the public interest of the community. The organization seeks to dispel the widely held notion that the world must accept human exploitation, environmental destruction, and cultural degradation as the price for the largely illusory "benefits" corporations supposedly provide. Its mission is to document, decrease, and ultimately prevent the corrosive social, political, and economic effects that large corporations have in the U.S. and around the world. Among its programs is the annual CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival. Address: 2017 Mission Street, Second Floor (at 16th Street), San Francisco CA 94110 Email: info@countercorp.org Web: http://www.countercorp.org [04 Jan 2010]
CounterPULSE Provides support and low cost resources for emerging artists, serving as an incubator space to create socially relevant, diverse, community-based art in San Francisco. CounterPULSE works towards a world that celebrates a diversity of race, class, ability, gender identity & sexual orientation. Address: 1310 Mission Street (at 9th Street), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 626-2060 Fax: (415) 626-1643 Email: info@counterpulse.org Web: http://www.counterpulse.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
CounterPunch The bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Twice a month it brings its readers the stories that the corporate press never prints. Muckraking with a radical attitude. Web: http://www.counterpunch.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
Courage Campaign An online organizing network that empowers over 300,000 grassroots and netroots activists to push for progressive change in California. Web: http://www.couragecampaign.org [10 Jan 2009]
Courage to Resist A group of concerned community members, veterans and military families that supports military objectors to illegal war and occupation and the policies of empire. Our People Power strategy weakens the pillars that maintain war and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere by supporting GI resistance, counter-recruitment and draft resistance, which cuts off the supply of troops. Address: 484 Lakepark Avenue # 41, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 488-3559 Web: http://www.couragetoresist.org [01 Nov 2007]
Covenant House California Helps homeless and at-risk youth through shelter, food, clothing and assisting them to self sufficiency through employment and educational assistance, counseling, case management and life skills such as anger management, social justice and self advocacy classes. Covenant House California serves youth ages 13-23 and shelters youth 18-23. Address: 200 Harrison Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 379-1010 Email: info@covdove.org Web: http://www.covenanthouseca.org [29 Jun 2008]
COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) Works for the rights of all sex workers (strippers, phone operators, prostitutes, porn stars, etc.) of all genders and persuasions. Supports programs to assist sex workers in their choice to change their occupation. Works to prevent the scapegoating of sex workers for AIDS and other STDs, and to educate sex workers, their clients and the general public about safe sex. Send SASE for info. Address: POBox 210256, San Francisco CA 94121 Voice: (415) 751-1659 Fax: (415) 751-1659 (same as voice) Email: info@bayswan.org Web: http://www.bayswan.org [17 Aug 2008]
Craigslist Foundation We connect people to the resources they need to strengthen communities and neighborhoods. Inspired by the spirit and culture of craigslist, our programs are designed to help strengthen communities and spark community engagement. Since 2004, we have hosted Craigslist Foundation's Boot Camp, an in-person event that focuses on skills for connecting, motivating and inspiring greater community involvement and impact. Boot Camp has drawn more than 10,000 passionate people since its inception. Address: 657 Mission Street, Suite 507, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 278-0404 Email: info@craigslistfoundation.org Web: http://www.craigslistfoundation.org/ [18 Oct 2009]
Creating Economic Opportunities for Women, Inc. (C.E.O. Women) Mission is to create economic opportunities for low-income immigrant and refugee women through teaching English, communications and entrepreneurship skills, so they can establish successful livelihoods. C.E.O. Women then provides women with intensive mentoring, coaching and access to capital needed to start a small business. Address: 405 14th Street, Suite 712 (near 6th Avenue), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 836-3481 Fax: (510) 836-3473 Email: info@ceowomen.org Web: http://www.ceowomen.org [10 Feb 2008]
Creative Children's Environments (CCE) A non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality children's programming to youth service providers. CCE is about bringing artists who are dedicated to working with youth and youth service providers together to provide school age children with a rich diversity of art-inspired programs. In creating this network, we contribute to the push for education reform and the fight to validate art experiences as the foundation for all learning. CCE aspires to create a market for programming developed by artists and educators that allows the children we serve to share our passion and knowledge. Address: 401 First Street, Suite 215, Richmond CA 94801 Voice: (510) 387-7466 Email: briand@creativechildren.org Web: http://www.creativechildren.org [18 Aug 2009]
Creative Life This website provides inspiration, articles, discussion and an international on-line community for people using innovation, compassion and conscience to create a more authentic life and a better world. Has a particular focus on children’s rights and childhood. Web: http://www.creativelife.citymax.com [06 Jan 2008]
Creative Xpressions Publishing and Consulting Books: 'Hemp: Lifeline to the Future' ($15), 'Shattered Lives: Portraits from America's Drug War' ($20), 'Human Rights and the Drug War' ($6), 'Nostradamus and the Attack on NY' ($10) and 'Hemp for Health' ($15) [$3.95 s&h]. Legal services of court-qualified cannabis expert Chris Conrad; seminars on medical marijuana, industrial hemp, drug policy; educational displays; audio tapes. Schedules appearances/ interviews for BACH, FCDA, HRDW and Cannabis Consumers Campaign. Address: POBox 1716, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 215-8326 Email: info@chrisconrad.com Web: http://www.chrisconrad.com [12 Sep 2006]
Creativity Explored A non-profit visual arts center where adults with developmental disabilities create, exhibit and sell artwork. We provide workspace, materials, instruction and exhibition space for more that 125 artists working in our two studios. Our gallery mounts 6 exhibitions a year that feature the art created by the artists of Creativity Explored. Address: 3245 16th Street (between Dolores and Guerrero), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 863-2108 Fax: (415) 863-1655 Email: info@creativityexplored.org Web: http://www.creativityexplored.org [10 Sep 2006]
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County (CSS) Offers support to people of all ages and backgrounds during times of crisis. We work to prevent suicide and offer hope during times of hopelessness. We provide direct services to high risk groups like shut-in seniors, youth, the unemployed, and the chronically mentally ill. Founded on the humanistic idea that skilled intervention by nonprofessionals can help people in emotional crisis, CSS is part of an international movement with centers around the world. Address: POBox 3120, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (800) 309-2131 (crisis line) Web: http://www.crisissupport.org [09 Sep 2007]
Crissy Field Center Offers a wide variety of programs and amenities that connect the diverse population of the Bay Area to urban environmental issues. Our mission is to encourage new generations to become bold leaders for healthy communities, thriving parks, a more environmentally just society. Address: Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 561-3000 Fax: (415) 561-3003 Email: tellmemore@parksconservancy.org Web: http://www.crissyfield.org [15 Nov 2008]
Critical Mass A fun, radical, spontaneous, and spirited demonstration of bicyclists uniting to challenge the autocentric world by riding together one afternoon each month. The San Francisco ride begins at 5:30 pm on the last Friday of the month at the Embarcadero BART station at the foot of Market Street, and features several hundred riders. The Berkeley ride begins at 5:30 pm on the second Friday of the month at the (downtown) Berkeley BART station at Shattuck and Center Streets. Web: http://www.critical-mass.org/ [19 May 2007]
Critical Resistance Seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that it reflect communities most affected by the PIC. Because we seek to abolish the PIC, we cannot support any work that extends its life or scope. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 504, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-0484 Fax: (510) 444-2177 Email: crnational@criticalresistance.org Web: http://www.criticalresistance.org [09 Sep 2007]
Crocodyl - Collaborative Research on Corporations Crocodyl is a collaboration sponsored by CorpWatch, the Center for Corporate Policy and the Corporate Research Project. Our aim is to stimulate collaborative research among NGOs, journalists, activists, whistleblowers and academics from both the global South and North in order to develop publicly-available profiles of the world's most powerful corporations. The result is an evolving compendium of critical research, posted to the public domain as an aid to anyone working to hold corporations increasingly accountable. Web: http://www.crocodyl.org/ [02 Feb 2008]
CropChoice.com An information source for American farmers about genetically modified crops, alternatives, management options, and profitability. Cropchoice has news that big companies may not want farmers to hear. Cropchoice provides balance, complementing other news sources and helping American producers make the best planting and management decisions. Web: http://www.cropchoice.com/ [09 Sep 2007]
The Crucible A non-profit educational collaboration of arts, industry and community. Offers a wide variety of classes to adults, kids and soon to seniors in: welding, blacksmithing, glass work, foundry work, kinetics, neon, figure sculpture, enameling, machining, jewelry fabrication. An incredible environment of creative energy and sharing, full of (literally) sparks and fire and molten metal. The Crucible is all about making these industrial / art processes part of everyday life for everyone that they can, and creating a vibrant sense of community in the process. Address: 1260 7th Street, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 444-0919 Fax: (510) 444-0918 Email: info@thecrucible.org Web: http://www.thecrucible.org/ [09 Sep 2007]
Cruise Junkie Your resource page to the other information about the cruise industry, including health and environmental issues. Web: http://www.cruisejunkie.com [08 Apr 2007]
Cultural Restoration Tourism Project (CRTP) Works with local communities to restore culturally important structures, and promoting responsible tourism through "volunteer vacations". Our innovative programs to restore Buddhist temples in Nepal and Mongolia allow people from any background and any skill level to join the local communities in their restoration efforts. Address: 410 Paloma Avenue, Pacifica CA 94044 Voice: (415) 563-7221 Email: mark@crtp.net Web: http://www.crtp.net [09 Sep 2007]
Culture and Animals Foundation (CAF) A nonprofit, cultural organization committed to fostering the growth of intellectual and artistic endeavors united by a positive concern for animals. Explores our relationship with animals through cultural studies, history, and philosophy, and celebrates our unity through poetry, dance, fiction, painting, theater, sculpture, and music. Web: http://www.cultureandanimals.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
Culture Change Demonstrates alternatives to sprawl and petroleum dependence while fighting new road construction. Through independent thinking and cooperative action it is possible to attain bioregionally based economic security that would greatly heal the Earth's and our own wounds. We are not only "concerned" about global climate change; we present a realistic analysis of the so-called techno-fix. Formerly Sustainable Energy Institute / Fossil Fuels Policy Action / Alliance for a Paving Moratorium. Address: POBox 4347, Arcata CA 95518 Voice: (215) 243-3144 Fax: (215) 243-3144 (same as voice) Web: http://www.culturechange.org [16 Aug 2008]
Currie Tech A maker of battery-powered scooters and bicycles and devices to electrically assist standard bicycles. Web: http://currietech.com [09 Sep 2007]
Cycles of Change Works to improve the health and sustainability of our neighborhoods by increasing the use of bicycles as transportation, connecting youth with the extraordinary living systems of our local area, and building a diverse community of visionary young leaders. The organization began in 1998 at Roosevelt Middle School in East Oakland and has grown steadily to sites in Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley. Address: POBox 70292, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 595-4625 Email: cyclesofchange@yahoo.com Web: http://www.cyclesofchange.org/ [31 Jan 2010]
Dahr Jamail's Mideast Dispatches Weary of the overall failure of the US media to accurately report on the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people and US soldiers, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to report on the war himself. His dispatches were quickly recognized as an important media resource and he is now writing for the Inter Press Service, Le Monde Diplomatique, and many other outlets. Web: http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/ [20 Jul 2008]
Daily Acts Our mission is to inspire, educate and activate citizens and leaders to create a healthy, just, reverent world by addressing the root issue of behavior change to unleash human potential. Through becoming the media, highlighting models of eco-design and providing hands-on education, we inspire effective action, activating influential citizens, strengthening leaders and growing community self-reliance. Address: POBox 293, Petaluma CA 94953 Voice: (707) 789-9664 Email: moreinfo@DailyActs.org Web: http://www.DailyActs.org [31 Oct 2009]
Dance Monks Thrives on the creation and performance of innovative experimental dance-art that awakens cross-cultural connections and explores the intimate relationship between people and nature. They are committed to working with artists of diverse disciplines, supporting inspired collaberations among fellow creators. Additionally, Dance Monks provides educational outreach to diverse bi-lingual (Spanish/English) communities as well as professional dance training at universities, festivals, and programs. Directors: Mirah Kellc Moriarty and Rodrigo Esteva. Voice: (510) 644-1654 Email: dance_monks@yahoo.com Web: http://www.dancemonks.com [05 Jan 2008]
Dance Theatre of the Gospel Mission is to create inspirational dance productions that reflect real life experiences through kinesthetic storytelling. This energetic and colorful company strives to teach history, concepts, and culture reflected througout Africa and the African Diaspora. This diverse group of dancers share their uniqueness in culture and background while creating movements rooted in African-American church expression. This expression reflects on spiritual journeys, healing, enlightenment, and the pursuit of freedom, while also encouraging it's audience to grow stronger physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Address: POBox 1846, Richmond CA 94802 Voice: (510) 645-9822 Email: admin@dtgdance.org Web: http://www.dtgdance.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
Dandelion Relief Group Dedicated to providing humanitarian aid to disadvantaged and dispossessed people all over the world. We provide aid in the form of shelter, food, clothing, medical and hygienic supplies, and infant care packages. Dandelion Relief Group assists people regardless of their race, creed or political association. Our goal is to help people regain not only their wellbeing and dignity, but also their lives. Address: POBox 320083, Los Gatos CA 95032 Email: info@dandelionrelief.org Web: http://www.dandelionrelief.org/ [03 Aug 2009]
Darwan Tour & Travel Co. Ltd Offers visas and tours to Iran. Multilingual guides, hotel reservation and nomad tours. Event tours for Christians, Jews, Muslims and Zoroastrians. Web: http://www.darwantour.com [15 Nov 2008]
DataCenter A 31-year-old national progressive non-profit that provides strategic information & research training to communities advocating for dignity, justice & civil rights. We deliver the tools and power of information and knowledge into the hands of people working to make a more equitable and sustainable world. We support grassroots groups to bridge the gap between ideas for solutions and the actual power to engage in the civic process & decision making that affects their lives in order to make social change. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 900, Oakland CA 94612-2912 Voice: (510) 835-4692 Fax: (510) 835-3017 Email: datacenter@datacenter.org Web: http://www.datacenter.org [28 Mar 2009]
David Brower Center One of the Bay Area’s most advanced green buildings, the nonprofit David Brower Center is an inspiring home for environmental and social action, combining both offices and program facilities in a 50,000 square-foot space. Conceived as a vibrant community of like-minded individuals and organizations committed to a just and ecologically sustainable society, the Brower Center promises to be an invaluable asset for the region and a landmark for anyone, anywhere committed to the planet and its inhabitants. Address: 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 809-0900 Fax: (510) 809-0909 Web: http://www.browercenter.org/ [17 Dec 2009]
David Hanks Photography David Hanks has photographed hundreds of protests in the Bay Area and around the US. He's done photography for many non-profit organizations, including extensive work with Oakland's organic food movement. His photographs have been displayed at the Museum of the African Diaspora (SF) and the ASUC Art Studio (Berkeley). He's been published in dozens of newspapers, magazines and is featured in the periodicals and websites of many social justice organizations. His photography is also featured in the books, "Globalize Liberation" and "Army of None". Voice: (510) 205-2724 Email: photos@davidhanks.org Web: http://www.davidhanks.org/ [06 Jan 2008]
Davis Peace Coalition A coalition of diverse groups and individuals that support peace and nonviolence. The Davis Peace Coalition seeks foreign and domestic policies guided by a commitment to peace and justice achieved through nonviolent, democratic means. Web: http://www.davispeace.org/ [30 Oct 2006]
Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) A national nonprofit resource and information center for, by and about the Deaf Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex and Questioning communities. This is "the place" to find the most comprehensive and accurate information about this unique community. Web: http://www.deafqueer.org/ [20 Apr 2008]
Death Penalty Focus A non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives. Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 859, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 243-0143 Fax: (415) 243-0994 Email: information@deathpenalty.org Web: http://www.deathpenalty.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC) Works to legalize an individual's right to seek physician assistance as a humane and compassionate end to the dying process. Web: http://www.deathwithdignity.org [17 Feb 2008]
DefCon An online grassroots movement combating the growing power of the religious right. We will fight for the separation of church and state, individual freedom, scientific progress, pluralism, and tolerance while respecting people of faith and their right to express their beliefs. Web: http://www.defconamerica.org/ [11 Aug 2006]
Defend Science We have launched an ad hoc emergency initiative from – and reaching out to – scientists in various fields, science educators, science writers, etc. Coming from a diversity of perspectives, we are extremely concerned about the current attack on science, including on its very foundation in scientific method and thinking. Our goal is to mobilize scientists and issue this public call, "Defend Science," whose purpose is nothing less than to bring society wide attention to the real issues and the real stakes. Web: http://defendscience.org/ [31 Jan 2010]
Defenders of Wildlife Founded in 1947, Defenders of Wildlife is one of the country’s leaders in science-based, results-oriented wildlife conservation. We stand out in our commitment to saving imperiled wildlife and championing the Endangered Species Act, the landmark law that protects them. Web: http://www.defenders.org/ [20 Jan 2008]
Defending Justice: An Activist Resource Kit An Activist Resource Kit that helps progressive activists understand and resist the Right, the State, and other forces that contribute to the growing system of courts, surveillance, policing, and incarceration. The easy-to-use chapters and factsheets are useful tools to draw upon in leading discussions and talking to the press. Through dialog and thinking together, we can create the best strategies for challenging the criminal justice system. Web: http://www.defendingjustice.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
Defense of Place Goal is to create a principle in the minds of Americans that our protected lands will be protected forever. The need comes from an uncomfortable trend to violate preserved landscapes. Universities, churches, Boy Scout groups, and even environmental organizations are increasingly tempted to sell places they accepted with the promise that they would be saved forever. Years after the donors are long dead, land values go up, and the temptation to cash in takes over. We believe protecting these lands and honoring the promises to do that are more valuable than money. Address: Fort Mason Center, Building D, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 928-3774 Fax: (415) 928-4050 Web: http://defenseofplace.rri.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
deleteTheBorder.org Towards a global network of movements against borders. Web: http://www.deletetheborder.org [05 Apr 2009]
The Democracy Center Works globally to advance social justice through a combination of investigation and reporting, training citizens in the art of public advocacy, and organizing international citizen campaigns. Through all of these efforts the Center is working to help build a global citizenry that understands the public issues before it and is able to take effective public action. A special emphasis of our work is economic globalization and the movement for global democracy and justice. Address: POBox 22157, San Francisco CA 94122 Voice: (415) 564-4767 Fax: (978) 383-1269 Email: contact-at-democracyctr-dot-org Web: http://www.democracyctr.org/ [18 Oct 2009]
Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County (DUHC) Educates citizens about the illegitimate seizure of our authority to govern ourselves. We design and implement grassroots strategies that exercise democratic power over corporations and governments. We seek to create a truly democratic society by provoking a non-violent popular uprising against corporate rule in Humboldt County that can serve as a model for other communities across the United States. Web: http://www.duhc.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
DemocracyInAction We provide a full suite of online organizing tools to help you build awareness and mobilize members and supporters and keep them engaged. Our technology was specifically designed to help organizations engage their members and supporters more efficiently and effectively. Our services are web-based, don't require any technical expertise, and are designed to integrate easily with web publication systems and offline databases. The DemocracyInAction tools have everything you need to create campaigns, send timely alerts and newsletters, get real-time reports and inspire grassroots action. Web: http://www.democracyinaction.org [13 Jul 2006]
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Democratic Socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. To achieve a more just society, many structures of our government and economy must be radically transformed through greater economic and social democracy so that ordinary Americans can participate in the many decisions that affect our lives. Web: http://www.dsausa.org [19 May 2007]
Democratic World Federalists Seeks to move beyond the obsolescent system of 'sovereign' nation-states whose rulers spend a trillion dollars annually on war preparations but are unable to cope with transnational problems affecting life (e.g. pollution, famine, drugs, population explosion) and liberty (violation of human rights). Goal is a democratic federal system of global government with world citizenship, to deal with those problems facing the world community that nation-states cannot solve by themselves, to be pursued, if possible, through the United Nations. Address: 55 New Montgomery Street, Suite 225 (between Market and Mission), San Francisco CA 94105-3421 Voice: (415) 227-4880 Fax: (415) 227-4880 (same as voice) Email: dwfed@dwfed.org Web: http://www.dwfed.org [10 Sep 2006]
Desert Survivors A group of people who like to explore the American desert wilderness and are committed to its study and protection. Recognizes that this wilderness will not survive unless those who appreciate it are vigilant and act to preserve it. Leads hiking and backpacking trips. Publishes a quarterly journal. Address: POBox 20991, Oakland CA 94620-0991 Voice: (510) 769-1706 Email: bighorn@desert-survivors.org Web: http://www.desert-survivors.org [21 Feb 2008]
Design Action Collective A project of the Inkworks Press collective, intended for expanding the collective's design capabilities, and to begin to provide web and other interactive or "new media" services. Address: 1710 Franklin Street #300, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-1912 x204 Fax: (510) 452-0489 Email: info@designaction.org Web: http://www.designaction.org/ [10 Nov 2007]
Destiny Arts (De-Escalation Skills Training Inspiring Nonviolence in Youth) Provides movement-arts education & violence-prevention training for youth ages 3-18. In a multicultural community, youth come together to learn and challenge each other in an atmosphere of love & inspiration. Together Destiny participants build confidence, leadership skills and self-esteem through dance, martial arts, theater, outdoor education, and youth leadership training. Programs teach young people to become violence prevention/arts educators & community activists with skills to promote peaceful solutions to violence. Address: 1000 42nd Street, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 597-1619 Email: info@destinyarts.org Web: http://www.destinyarts.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
The Development Group for Alternative Policies Assists in the promotion of economic justice across the South, or Third World, by helping to maximize control by poor communities and sectors over their own development in the face of impositions from the North. Founded on the principle of the right to self-determination and on the belief that local knowledge is indispensable to the shaping of sound development policies, programs and projects relevant to local needs and conditions. Web: http://www.developmentgap.org/ [19 May 2007]
Development Services (granthelper.com) Specializes in consulting services and project management for mission-driven community benefit organizations. Address: 6450 Doyle Street, Emeryville CA 94608 Voice: (415) 686-6239 Email: marie@granthelper.com Web: http://www.granthelper.com [21 Sep 2008]
Dharma Publishing Publishes books and art reproductions for adults and children that promote meaningful and compassionate action and support multicultural diversity. Has a special focus on using work as a source of fulfillment. Address: 2210 Harold Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (800) 873-4276 Email: Contact@dharmapublishing.com Web: http://www.dharmapublishing.com/ [08 Dec 2009]
Diablo Progressive An e-newsletter offered as a public service by the Diablo Greens. This is a place for newcomers to our Valley, or to activism, to find out what our communities have to offer. It's also a place for local groups to get to know and support each other. Address: c/o Diablo Greens, POBox 3363, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 671-7025 Web: http://diabloprogressive.com [30 Aug 2009]
Diablo Valley Post Carbon Study Group Short Term goals: 1. Educate ourselves about Peak Oil. Try to find the "answers" that work for us as a community (our answers). 2. Connect with other groups, both those working on this exact issue and those who are likely to be interested. Medium-Term: 1. Become a resource for the community, providing information, inspiration, and models of community solutions. Long Term: 1. Become politically active, lobbying local, state and national agencies to make changes that prepare us for a post-carbon world and encourage sustainability. Email: peak_tyler@yahoo.com Web: http://www.relocalize.net/groups/diablo http://www.sfbayoil.org/dpcsg/index.html [18 Feb 2008]
DieOff.org A nice overview of the imminent decline in the rate of petroleum production and its far-reaching consequences. Web: http://www.dieoff.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Digital Underground Storytelling for Youth (DUSTY) Goal is to begin to bridge the digital divide in West Oakland by providing afterschool and summer instruction in digital story telling. In DUSTY's youth programs, participants work with undergraduate mentors and experienced teachers to create their own digital story. Besides improving writing, they learn to express themselves using sophisticated software including adobe photoshop and premiere. A collaborative between the University of California’s UC Links Program, UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education, and the Joseph-Prescott Center for Community Enhancement. Address: Prescott Joseph Center, 920 Peralta Street (near West Oakland between 9th and 10th on Peralta), Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 839-6812 Web: http://oaklanddusty.org/ [11 Apr 2007]
Dinner with Grace (DwG) A collaborative program (secular, non religious) between Grace Cathedral and Episcopal Community Services. It offers home-cooked complete meals to approximately 140 each month who live in SRO (Single Residence Occupancy) Hotels in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Volunteers help procure the ingredients, prepare and serve the food twice monthly on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Voice: (415) 749-6356 Web: http://www.ministriesofgrace.org/dinnerwithgrace [16 May 2009]
Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW) Recently a group of Bay Area activists got together and re-started Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW). Five years ago, on March 20, 2003, DASW organized a massively successful shutdown of the San Francisco financial district, in protest of President Bush’s decision to attack Iraq. Some of the people who were involved in that organizing effort, along with many new people, have come together to organize two mass direct actions on the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Voice: (510) 984-2566 Email: takedirectaction[at]riseup[dot]net Web: http://www.actagainstwar.net [23 Feb 2008]
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. Mission is to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development. Address: 2212 Sixth Street (between Bancroft and Allston), Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 644-2555 (voice and TTY) Fax: (510) 841-8645 Email: info@dredf.org Web: http://www.dredf.org [18 Oct 2009]
DisabledCommunity.Org (DCO) A clearinghouse of disability resources and information designed to help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, their friends, caregivers and social service agencies. DCO organizes community forums and gatherings to educate and build a social network on disability. Address: 1550 Bryant Street, Suite 800, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 508-6130 Email: admin@disabledcommunity.org Web: http://www.disabledcommunity.org [02 Jul 2009]
Disinformation Books The Disinformation Company is a dynamic, independent media company based in New York City. We are active in book publishing, film production and home video distribution, with well over 100 books and films in our catalog. We are known for working with filmmakers and authors to promote important political, social or cultural issues that are ignored by the mainstream media. Disinfo.com, our web portal, aggregates tens of thousands of the most shocking, unusual and quirkiest news articles, podcast episodes, and videos on the web, most of which are submitted by the site’s visitors. Web: http://www.disinfo.com [29 Oct 2009]
Dissident Voice (DV) An internet newsletter dedicated to challenging the distortions and lies of the corporate press and the privileged classes it serves. The goal of Dissident Voice is to provide hard hitting, thought provoking and even entertaining news and commentaries on politics and culture that can serve as ammunition in struggles for peace and social justice. Web: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/ [06 Jan 2008]
The Diversity Center A community center dedicated to advancing the causes and priorities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning (LGBTIQ) individuals and their allies in Santa Cruz County. Address: 1117 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz CA 95061 Voice: (831) 425-5422 Web: http://www.diversitycenter.org [16 Aug 2008]
DiversityWorks Cultivates youth empowerment, challenges attitudes, promotes social change, and affirms diversity. We accomplish our mission through community building, consciousness-raising, skill building, and taking action. In doing so, DiversityWorks creates opportunities for youth to think critically, express themselves, and become leaders in dismantling oppression. Address: 800 Heinz Avenue #14, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 540-7008 Fax: (510) 540-6976 Email: mail@diversityworks.org Web: http://www.diversityworks.org [29 Oct 2009]
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières An independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries. Web: http://www.dwb.org [22 Sep 2007]
Dollars and Sense Publishes economic news and analysis, reports on economic justice activism, primers on economic topics, and critiques of the mainstream media's coverage of the economy. Our readers include professors, students, and activists who value our smart and accessible economic coverage. Web: http://www.dollarsandsense.org/ [19 May 2007]
Don't Buy SFI The timber industry’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative does not protect forests or deliver credible assurances. The SFI condones environmentally harmful practices including large-scale clearcutting and chemical use, logging of old growth and endangered forests, and replacement of forests by ecologically degraded tree plantations. And there’s no guarantee that many products marketed as SFI have any connection to SFI certified forests. Most other forest certification systems also permit destructive logging practices. Web: http://www.DontBuySFI.com [19 May 2007]
Donnelly / Colt Progressive Resources Catalog A family-owned business that has been selling progressive materials by mail for over 25 years. Products include buttons, bumperstickers, t-shirts, posters, postcards, books, videotapes, and calendars. Web: http://www.donnellycolt.com [10 Sep 2006]
Dorothy Day House (Catholic Worker of Berkeley) A Catholic Worker community in Berkeley, California, USA. Seven mornings a week, they serve breakfast in the men's shelter at the Berkeley Veterans Building, and six mornings a week at Trinity Methodist Church, near the University of California at Berkeley, to the poor and homeless members of our community. Address: Catholic Worker of Berkeley, POBox 12701, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (510) 466-5553 [06 Aug 2007]
Dove101 A web portal to peace news, sites, and rallies around the USA and the world. Web: http://www.dove101.com/ [18 Feb 2007]
Downing Street Memo A web site all about the 2002 British Government documents that detail how the US government did not believe Iraq was a greater threat than other nations; how intelligence was packaged to sell the case for war to both Congress and the American public; and how the Bush Administration’s public assurances of "war as a last resort" were at odds with their privately stated intentions. Web: http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/ [15 Nov 2008]
Downwinders A research and educational foundation established in 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Downwinders takes its name from the residents living in the prevailing wind pattern surrounding the Nevada Test Site, and who have been constantly exposed to radioactive fallout from America's nuclear testing activities conducted there. Downwinders was founded with two primary goals: (1) To expose the plight of downwind residents whose fallout exposures have caused cancers, leukemia, and other illnesses, and to obtain justice for their injuries. (2) To fight for an immediate end to all nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site and elsewhere. Web: http://www.downwinders.org/ [19 May 2007]
Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation A community-based, non-profit research, education, and advocacy center dedicated to fostering progressive social change. By preserving the history of multicultural activism and community self-determination, by educationg the public about this history's continued relevance, and by creating a crucible for practicing ongoing progressive change, guided by the writings and teachings of Huey P. Newton, the Foundation seeks to empower all people, but especially urban youth, to be builders of a true global community. Web: http://www.blackpanther.org [19 May 2007]
DrawBridge: An Arts Program for Homeless Children The mission of DrawBridge is to provide art programs for homeless children in an environment that fosters their sense of childhood joy, creativity, and exuberance. Beyond that we strive to promote the well-being and stability of the family by creating a supportive community. DrawBridge holds art programs in 28 sites throughout the Bay Area - volunteers are always needed! Address: POBox 2698, San Rafael CA 94912 Voice: (415) 444-0930 Fax: (415) 444-0931 Email: Art4Home@sonic.net Web: http://www.drawbridge.org [22 Sep 2007]
DreamCatcher Youth Shelter & Support Center The only emergency shelter ffor youth ages 13 through 18 in Alameda County. It is located in a house in downtown Oakland and provides overnight shelter, laundry, shower, food, clothing, transportation and counseling services to youth who have runaway from home, been thrown out of their homes, or who are living on the streets. All services are free of charge and voluntary. DreamCatcher Youth Shelter is a program of Alameda Family Services. All services are confidential and the Center is legally mandated to contact guardians after the first 24 hours of shelter and no longer than 72 hours. (The address shown here is the mailing address and not the address of the shelter.) Address: 2325 Clement Avenue, Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 522-8363 (information); (800) 379-1114 (to get into a shelter) Email: nstclaire@xanthos.org Web: http://www.xanthos.org [30 Nov 2006]
Drinking Liberally An informal, inclusive progressive social group. Raise your spirits while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher. Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk politics. Web: http://livingliberally.org/drinking/ [20 Jul 2008]
Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco Office (DPA Network) The nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs. We envision new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights and a just society in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more. Address: 2233 Lombard Street (at Steiner), San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 921-4987 Fax: (415) 921-1912 Email: sf@drugpolicy.org Web: http://www.drugpolicy.org [05 Apr 2009]
Drug Reform Coalition Network (DRCNet) Calls for an end to drug prohibition (e.g. some form of legalization), and its replacement with some sensible framework in which drugs can be regulated and controlled instead. Founded in 1993 by executive director David Borden, DRCNet has from the beginning called unambiguously for an end to prohibition; we are the largest "full-purpose" national membership organization with a wide range of programs to hold that position. Web: http://www.drcnet.org/ [05 Apr 2009]
Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet) A national and global network working for drug policy reform from a variety of perspectives, including harm reduction, reform of sentencing and forfeiture laws, medicalization of currently schedule I drugs, and promotion of an open debate on drug prohibition. DRCNet opposes the prison-building frenzy and supports rational policies consistent with the principles of peace, justice, freedom, compassion and truth. Each of these has been compromised in the name of the Drug War. Web: http://www.stopthedrugwar.org [22 Sep 2007]
Dumbarton Dialogue Project Working to build collaborative leadership in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and surrounding communities to interface with the Dumbarton-101 Corridor Traffic Impact Mitigation efforts. The project seeks to reduce barriers to effective local participation in public input processes and to strengthen community bonds by bringing together professionally, ethnically, geographically diverse stakeholders with a common interest in enabling our communities to solve regional challenges. Web: http://www.dumbartondialogue.org/ [14 Apr 2007]
E-cycle Environmental Provides companies an easy and safe way to dispose of retired electronics while keeping them in compliance with federal and state laws. E-Cycle Environmental embraces the vision of enabling businesses to deal with their obsolete electronics in an environmentally responsible fashion. The E-Cycle Environmental mission is to eradicate the improper disposal of obsolete electronic equipment from the corporate and institutional sectors in the most ethical, cost effective, and accountable manner. Address: 2040 Williams Street, San Leandro CA 94577 Voice: (510) 839-5000 Fax: (310) 637-5598 Email: info@ecycleenvironmental.com Web: http://www.ecycleenvironmental.com [29 Oct 2009]
E. F. Schumacher Society Mission is to promote the building of strong local economies that link people, land, and community. To accomplish this we develop model programs, including local currencies, community land trusts, and micro-lending; host lectures and other educational events; publish papers; and maintain a library to engage scholars and inspire citizen-activists. Web: http://www.schumachersociety.org/ [05 Apr 2009]
Earth Action Network (EAN) A non-profit, environmental / social justice organization dedicated to the prevention of Earth-damaging developments. With EAN, you can subscribe to receive several action letters each month in your mailbox. Your letters are pre-addressed from you to your elected officials, world leaders and other people of influence. All you need to do is sign and send them. This is your chance to spend ONLY a few minutes a month to help preserve this planet for future generations. Web: http://www.earthactionnetwork.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Earth Films (HAVC) An independent non-profit media project founded in 1998. We use documentary filmmaking, media activism and art to bring diverse, critical perspectives to pressing ecological and social justice issues. Address: POBox 2198, Redway CA 95560 Voice: (707) 923-1121; (415) 820-1635 Email: earthfilms(at)asis.com Web: http://www.havc.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
Earth Island Institute An environmental organization that develops a wide variety of innovative projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the earth. Publishes Earth Island Journal quarterly. Address: 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley CA 94704-1375 Email: johnknox@earthisland.org Web: http://www.earthisland.org [20 May 2009]
Earth Policy Institute Dedicated to providing a vision of what an environmentally sustainable economy — an eco-economy — looks like, as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there. Web: http://www.earth-policy.org [19 May 2007]
Earth Share of California Gives corporations, government agencies and small businesses an easy and efficient way to care for the environment. Through workplace giving, employers and employees can contribute to Earth Share of California's network of respected environmental organizations to promote healthy, clean and safe communities, both here in California and nationwide. Address: 49 Powell Street, Suite 510, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 981-1999; (800) 368-1819 Fax: (415) 981-3773 Email: esca@earthshareca.org Web: http://www.earthshareca.org [19 May 2007]
Earthjustice The nation's leading nonprofit environmental law firm. We use the courts to preserve our natural heritage, safeguard human health, and promote a clean energy future. Address: 426 17th Street, Sixth Floor, Oakland CA 94612-2820 Voice: (510) 550-6700 Fax: (510) 550-6740 Email: info@earthjustice.org Web: http://www.earthjustice.org [31 Jan 2010]
EarthLight: Journal for Ecological and Spiritual Living A journal of sacred ecology addressing the spiritual, psychological, and cultural dimensions of the environmental crisis. This quarterly magazine explores the relationship of nature and religion, science and the sacred, cosmology and community, inspiring and empowering its readers to spirit-led activism for Earth. Address: 111 Fairmount Avenue, Oakland CA 94611 Voice: (510) 451-4926 Email: klauren@earthlight.org Web: http://www.earthlight.org [22 Sep 2007]
EarthRights International (ERI) Combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, our Earth rights. Earth rights are those rights that demonstrate the connection between human well-being and a sound environment, and include the right to a healthy environment, the right to speak out and act to protect the environment, and the right to participate in development decisions. ERI's mission is to protect humans and their natural environment from abuses occurring in the name of development. Web: http://www.earthrights.org/ [19 May 2007]
EarthSave Bay Area A local chapter of EarthSave International. Provides monthly guest lectures with vegan buffets and other events in order to promote food choices that are healthy for people and the planet. The events are most often held in the South Bay --- Sunnyvale, Cupertino, San Jose, Santa Clara, Palo Alto and Mountain View. Address: POBox 865, Cupertino CA 95014 Email: bayarea@earthsave.org [21 May 2006]
EarthSave Foundation Educates on the powerful effects our food choices have on the environment, our health, and all life on Earth, and supports people in moving toward a plant-based diet. Founded by John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America. Web: http://www.earthsave.org [19 May 2007]
East Bay Agency for Children (PediatriCare) Improves health, offers hope, and provides opportunities to children and families. Our programs, located throughout Alameda County, prepare children to succeed in school; assist families through times of crisis; and provide therapeutic support to children who have suffered from abuse and/or neglect. Address: 303 Van Buren Avenue, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 268-3770 Fax: (510) 268-1073 Web: http://www.ebac.org/ [23 Nov 2006]
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) An organization that uses public policy and community organizing to build power and raise standards for working families in the East Bay. People who work hard should be able to provide for themselves and their families, but for too many people today, this isn't a reality. Our economy is creating more and more low-wage, no-benefit, dead-end jobs. To change this situation, EBASE builds alliances of labor, community, and faith that give working people a voice on the job, in the community and in government. We pass laws, like living wages. We make sure big economic development projects create good jobs and affordable housing. We stand up against workplace discrimination and exploitation of immigrants and people of color. Address: 1714 Franklin Street, Suite 325, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 893-7106 Fax: (510) 893-7010 Email: info@workingeastbay.org Web: http://www.workingeastbay.org [29 Oct 2006]
East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA) A community-based organization in the San Francisco Bay Area. Powered by volunteers, EBAA defends animals harmed in agriculture, entertainment, fashion, science and beyond. Address: POBox 1406, Martinez CA 94553 Voice: (925) 487-4419 Email: info@eastbayanimaladvocates.org Web: http://www.eastbayanimaladvocates.org [06 Jan 2008]
East Bay Atheists Meets each month in the Berkeley main library to discuss atheism and other topical events of interests to atheists. Our collective mission includes local activism when "freethinkers" rights to be free from religion are threatened, or when government promotes religion. Voice: (510) 222-7580 Email: info@eastbayatheists.org Web: http://www.eastbayatheists.org [28 Sep 2007]
East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC) A non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization dedicated to promoting bicycling as an everyday means of transportation and recreation. The EBBC safeguards the interest of bicyclists in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The EBBC works with cities, counties, Caltrans, and other government agencies to improve conditions for cyclists. Membership benefits include the newsletter rideOn, monthly meeting programs, shop discounts, and the opportunity to participate in "hands-on" efforts to improve cycling conditions. Address: POBox 1736, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 533-7433 Fax: (510) 533-7432 Web: http://www.ebbc.org/ [29 Nov 2008]
East Bay Cohousing (EBCOHO) An umbrella group for a variety of activities and resources related to cohousing, senior cohousing, cooperative housing, ecovillages, and other types of intentional communities. Resources include: 1. Calendar of events such as tours, talks, trainings, conferences. 2. Openings (purchase and rentals) in new and existing communities. 3. Technical assistance to "burning souls," groups, and professionals on group process and facilitation; recruiting members, project development, financing, affordability, green building, consensus-based decision making. Web: http://ebcoho.org [04 Feb 2007]
East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) A core value of our society is equal access to justice. The complex nature of the legal system limits equal access, especially for people in poverty and those faced with language and cultural barriers. Well-trained legal advocates should be available to all people, regardless of economic status. To that end, EBCLC provides: * desperately-needed legal services to the low-income community in the areas of housing, welfare, HIV & health, homelessness and economic development; and * hands-on clinical education to law students to make these future lawyers aware of and skilled in addressing the needs of indigent communities. Address: 2921 Adeline Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 548-4040 Fax: (510) 548-2566 Email: webinquiry@ebclc.org Web: http://www.ebclc.org/ [20 Jul 2008]
East Bay Pesticide Alert Does not compromise around health. Advocates NO use of pesticides. Address: 2399 East 14th Street #24, San Leandro CA 94577 Voice: (510) 895-2312 Email: beneficialbug@netzero.net Web: http://www.eastbaypesticidealert.org [06 Jan 2008]
East Bay Pictures International A production company based in Berkeley, California. Comprised of long-time colleagues whose areas of expertise range from film production and theory, to video game journalism, to linguistics, design, and political science, EBPI is dedicated to making media that matters. Currently producing the documentary Edible City, which follows the stories of folks who are digging their hands into the dirt, fighting for sustainability and social justice by doing something truly revolutionary: growing a local food system. Address: 1611 Rose Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 528-1427 Email: contact@eastbaypictures.com Web: http://eastbaypictures.com/ http://www.ediblecitymovie.com/ [03 Feb 2010]
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (EBSC) Mission is to provide sanctuary-support, protection, and advocacy-to low income and indigent refugees and immigrants. Through its Refugee Rights Program, EBSC provides quality free or low cost legal immigration assistance. EBSC also works to empower and encourage the civic participation of the refugee and immigrant population and to educate local religious communities and the wider public about circumstances that cause refugees to flee their homelands. In EBSC's education programs we involve refugees and immigrants in telling their own story. Address: 2362 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 540-5296 Fax: (510) 540-5907 Web: http://www.eastbaysanctuary.org [05 Apr 2009]
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) A US-based grassroots organization working in solidarity with the peoples of East Timor and Indonesia. ETAN provides information about, and ways to help, East Timor, which was invaded and subjugated by U.S. ally Indonesia in 1975. East Timor chose independence in August 1999 and was soon destroyed by the Indonesian military. East Timor 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 and Indonesia. ETAN supports democratic reconstruction of East Timor. ETAN supports restrictions on military assistance to Indonesia in order to support democracy and justice in both countries. Web: http://www.etan.org/ [20 Jul 2008]
EastBay Voice A place where the East Bay LGBT communities may mingle and share with new and old friends alike. Our site serves the diverse and dynamic Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community with personals, reviews, discussion forums, an LGBT eDirectory, chat rooms, and more. All are welcome to share anything, from your personal views to creating awareness about your business. EastBay Voice is an online community center. As we continue to evolve, you'll find your favorites, such as listing of LGBT events and discussion forums, and new features that showcase our ever-changing world. Web: http://www.eastbayvoice.org/ [06 Jan 2008]
Eating Fresh A publishing and information services company and consulting firm that connects home cooks, professional chefs, restaurateurs, food enthusiasts, and consumers to taste, health, and community benefits of locally grown and raised foods. Through regional cookbooks featuring today's most exciting chefs, online information, newsletters, events, and customized information products, Eating Fresh takes the rising interest in organic agriculture to its next important step: An emphasis on local agriculture and small, independent farmers. By connecting consumers with local growers, pasture-based farmers, retailers, and chefs, Eating Fresh builds local food systems and provides a framework for transforming the way we eat, shop, cook, and relate to food. Web: http://www.eatingfresh.com [10 Sep 2006]
Ecocity Builders A non-profit organization devoted to bringing back bio-diversity to the hearts of cities. Major objectives are: 1. to build ecologically healthy, socially equitable cities, towns, and villages; 2. to cultivate creative solutions to today's environmental and societal problems; and 3. to rebuild our civilization in balance with nature. Speakers are available on ecological city planning, design, and activism. Our latest publication is Ecocities, Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature, by Richard Register, New Society Publishers, illustrated second edition, 2006. Ecocity Builders also is the keeper of the International Ecocity Conference Series last held in August, 2002 in Shenzhen, China and soon to be convened in Bangalore, India. Address: POBox 697, Oakland CA 94604 Voice: (510) 444-4508 Fax: (510) 444-4508 (same as voice) Email: ecocity@igc.org kleighmi@flash.net Web: http://www.ecocitybuilders.org [03 Jul 2006]
EcoHaul A socially and environmentally responsible waste removal and disposal company that specializes in recycling and reuse for both residential and commercial customers. EcoHaul serves communities and customers by providing enthusiastic, high quality customer service that is cost effective and efficient. We value and embody creativity, cooperation, environmental awareness, and drastically decreasing waste through total dedication to reuse and recycling. Through creative partnerships with non-profit organizations, charities, schools, and other businesses, as well as with its own resources, EcoHaul lives up to this mission daily. EcoHaul is based in Petaluma, California. Voice: (800) ECOHAUL (800-326-4285) Web: http://www.ecohaul.com [31 Jan 2010]
Ecological Building Network A growing and international association of builders, engineers, architects, academics and developers committed to promoting intelligent building methods and materials for a sustainable future. Projects include the publication of inexpensive guides clarifying key topics such as fly ash concrete, and earthen and straw-bale construction; sponsoring conferences and seminars for the exchange of ideas; influencing building codes and standards; and providing technical assistance to non-profits and NGO's working in the developing world. Address: 11 Mark Drive, San Rafael CA 94903 Email: bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org Web: http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/ [26 May 2007]
Ecological Farming Association Dedicated to the development of ecologically-based food systems, both domestically and throughout the world by educating farmers, the agriculture industry, and other stewards of the land about practical and economically viable techniques of ecological agriculture, informing consumers and policy makers about ecological food production and its connection to the health of people and communities, and promoting alliances between individuals and organizations who share our vision of a transformed global food system. Web: http://www.eco-farm.org/ [20 Jul 2008]
Ecology Action Aware of intensifying world challenges and the basic need of people to feed themselves, we have developed a small-scale agricultural system — GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Sustainable Mini-Farming — that nutures soil, produces high yields, conserves resources and can be used successfully by almost everyone. Our goal is to help this system be known and used locally — on a worldwide scale. Address: 5798 Ridgewood Road, Willits CA 95490 Voice: (707) 459-0150 Fax: (707) 459-5409 Web: http://www.growbiointensive.org/ [26 May 2007]
Ecology Center An Environmental Resource Center with library, store, information hotline and infoshop open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 to 6. Publishes the monthly magazine Terrain and the bi-weekly Eco-Calendar. Runs the curbside recycling program and farmers' markets in Berkeley. Projects include the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters, Food Policy Council, Seed Library, Sustainable Transportation Project, Plastics Task Force, and the Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative. Website has extensive resources for sustainable living. Offers sustainable living classes almost every Saturday. Address: 2530 San Pablo Avenue (at Blake), Berkeley CA 94702-2000 Voice: (510) 548-2220; (510) 548-3402 (store); (510) 527-5555 (recycling hotline); (510) 548-3333 (farmers markets) Fax: (510) 548-2240 Email: calendar@ecologycenter.org Web: http://www.ecologycenter.org [12 Dec 2007]
Ecology Center Of San Francisco (ECOSF) A locally grown non-profit that cultivates ecological awareness in the San Francisco community. Our mission is to empower citizens to create cooperative communities that are ecologically, socially, and culturally in balance. We do that by designing, preparing, and planting edible gardens for schools and residents here in San Francisco, while providing education about the unsustainable practices of our current food systems, overconsumption habits. We also educate individuals on the need for greater energy efficiency and renewable energy to keep our community moving forward. Voice: (415) 846-8164 Email: info@eco-sf.org Web: http://www.eco-sf.org/ [22 Mar 2008]
EcoMall Lots of links for renewable energy, activism, products, news, and more. Web: http://www.ecomall.com/ [26 May 2007]
Economic Policy Institute A nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy. Web: http://www.epinet.org/ [26 May 2007]
EcoNow An interactive forum that connects you with leading green business professionals through education and networking. Each event begins with a presentation on an ecologically and socially responsible venture, delivered by an expert in the field, followed by Q&A. EcoNow produces educational materials and programs to engage and empower individuals on issues of sustainability and social justice. We provide materials free of charge to K-12 educational institutions in the U.S. Address: 336 Bon Air Center #261, Greenbrae CA 94904 Fax: (415) 925-0335 Email: info[at]econowusa[dot]com Web: http://www.econowusa.com/ [08 Sep 2007]
EcoVegEvents.com An on-line calendar of environmental, animal protection, and vegetarian events. You can submit your own events on-line. Web: http://EcoVegEvents.com [05 Apr 2009]
Ecumenical Peace Institute / CALC An interfaith justice and peace education action group. Focuses on militarism, racism and empire and works with Native Americans, political prisoners, and youth. Organizer of the Tuesday noon vigil at the Oakland Federal Building opposing the occupation of Iraq. This vigil was begun in spring of 1998 to oppose the sanctions. Organizer (with LCP) of the annual Good Friday Gathering for Worship and Witness at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab. This is the Northern California chapter of Clergy and Laity Concerned. Address: POBox 9334, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 655-1162 Email: epicalc@earthlink.net Web: http://www.epicalc.org [15 Nov 2008]
The Edge LGBT Community Center The Edge, home to the Men Together Program, has been an important and valuable resource to the gay, bi, and questioning men's community of Fremont and surrounding cities within Alameda County for over 13 years. Through community education and awareness programs, The Edge has been a safe place where men of all backgrounds could freely express themselves. The Men Together Program, Hombres Unidos, and The Youth Program are made available to the community through various funding opportunities. The programs offered through the Edge are administered through Tri-City Health Center in Fremont. Tri-City has been providing health education and care to individuals and families in Alameda County. Address: 39188 State Street, Fremont CA 94538 Voice: (510) 790-2887; (510) 713-6690 x6218 Web: http://www.mentogether.org [28 Apr 2007]
EDGE San Francisco A new online community devoted to local news, entertainment, information and politics for LGBT SF. Brought to you by a group of writers, artists and promoters dedicated to the goal of presenting news and information to the GLBT community in a fair, entertaining, non-conglomerate format. They encourage contributions, news and information exchange and community building. Web: http://www.edgesanfrancisco.com/ [08 Dec 2007]
Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) Promotes freedom, security, and genuine democracy for the people of Iraq. Founded in 1998 by American veterans and human rights advocates, EPIC is the only Iraq-focused organization of its kind in Washington, DC. We work closely with concerned Americans, policy analysts, Iraqis, and national veteran, religious, labor, and human rights organizations. Web: http://www.epic-usa.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Education Not Incarceration (ENI) ENI consists of youth, educators, parents, and concerned community members. We are challenging the prison system and reprioritizing our resources to create comprehensive and equitable education for all people. We accomplish this through creating an information clearinghouse, networking community organizations and schools and mobilizing grassroots campaigns through such actions as rallies, forums, petitions, media campaigns and lobbying. Address: 3280 Morcom Avenue, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 533-3204 Email: ednotinc@riseup.net Web: http://ednotinc.org/ [01 Feb 2007]
Electric Embers A worker-owned cooperative that provides inexpensive, ad-free Internet hosting services for nonprofits, co-ops, artists, and other related entities. Our unique philosophy makes us an attractive choice for organizations that have a responsibility to more than their bottom line. Web: http://electricembers.net/ [16 Aug 2008]
Electricmotorsport Mission is to promote nonpolluting forms of transportation through the sales and service of Personal Electric Vehicles and electric propulsion systems. Founded in October 2001for the purpose of making light weight Zero Emission Electric Vehicles available to the general public. Our products include Electric Motorcycles, Electric Scooters, Electric Bicycles, Electric All Terrain vehicles, and Electric Boat drives. A big part of our business is conversion parts for people converting their petrol burning vehicle into a cleaner, quieter and many times quicker Electric Vehicle. Address: 2400 Mandela Parkway, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 839-9376 Email: sales@electricmotorsport.com Web: http://www.electricmotorsport.com [10 May 2008]
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) A nonprofit group of passionate people working to protect your digital rights. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists, EFF achieves significant victories on behalf of consumers and the general public. EFF fights for freedom primarily in the courts, bringing and defending lawsuits even when that means taking on the US government or large corporations. Web: http://www.eff.org/ [26 May 2007]
Electronic Intifada (EI) Publishes news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective. EI is the leading Palestinian portal for information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its depiction in the media. Web: http://www.electronicintifada.net/ [05 Mar 2009]
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) A public interest research center in Washington, DC. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. Web: http://www.epic.org [26 May 2007]
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Dcuments, exposes and challenges human rights abuses in the US criminal justice system. It houses three projects, Bay Area Police Watch (BAPW), Books Not Bars (BNB), and Let's Get Free (LGF). Address: 344 40th Street, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 428-3939 Web: http://www.ellabakercenter.org [10 Nov 2007]
ELV Motors Offers Electric Light Vehicles, Electric Bikes, Electric Scooters and Electric Cars (also known as LEV) that are pollution-free, sustainable, affordable and fun to ride. From electric bicycles, mopeds, and scooters to gas-electric hybrid motorcycles, we can equip you, your business, campus or hospital with fleet alternative energy vehicles. Address: 2070 Homestead Road, Santa Clara CA 95050 Voice: (408) 850-8191; (408) 554-8674 Email: contact@elvmotors.com Web: https://www.elvmotors.com [21 Jul 2009]
Emerald Earth An intentional community in Mendocino County, California. We are located on 189 beautiful acres of mixed forest and meadows, which is owned by our non-profit corporation Emerald Earth Sanctuary. We make decisions by consensus, and value direct, open communication and conflict resolution. We are currently looking for new members. On our somewhat remote rural site, we practice sustainable living skills such as organic gardening, permaculture, herbal medicine, natural building, and home power generation. We teach workshops on these topics and our members have written books on natural building and green spirituality. We also have occasional work parties and are sometimes open to short-term visitors and longer-term work traders. Address: POBox 764, Boonville CA 95415 Voice: (707) 972-3096 Email: community@emeraldearth.org Web: http://www.emeraldearth.org/ [23 Apr 2009]
Eminent Domain Reform Now YES to Protect our Homes From Eminent Domain. NO on the Hidden Agendas Scheme that Would Abolish Rent Control, Stop Water Infrastructure Projects, and Destroy Land-Use Planning. Web: http://www.eminentdomainreform.com/ [18 Nov 2007]
The Emma Goldman Papers Emma Goldman (1869-1940) stands as a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. An influential and well-known anarchist of her day, Goldman was an early advocate of free speech, birth control, women's equality and independence, union organization, and the eight-hour work day. Web: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/ [05 Apr 2009]
The Emperor's New Clothes (TENC) A web site that was begun to present accurate information about Yugoslavia. Since then it has dealt with many issues, but the main focus is analyzing media coverage of Yugoslavia and the Balkans. More recently has begun covering the Afghanistan and Central Asian situation following the terrorist attacks of September 2001. Journalism that goes behind the scenes, reports from a variety of news sources, and provides analysis that is not the mouthpiece of the government. Web: http://www.tenc.net/ [20 Jul 2008]
Empowerment Today A nonprofit organization founded to inspire and empower people in low income and under serviced communities across the country through free community-based health and wealth teaching. Volunteers, donations and suggestions always welcome. Address: POBox 3356, Santa Cruz CA 95063-3356 Fax: (866) 776-2021 Email: info@empowermenttoday.org Web: http://www.empowermenttoday.org [23 Jan 2009]
EMR Network Mission is to enhance local, regional, national, and international efforts to reduce, mitigate, and where possible eliminate hazardous exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Web: http://www.emrnetwork.org/ [20 Jul 2008]
End of Suburbia A film on oil depletion and the collapse of the American dream. Web: http://www.endofsuburbia.com/ [20 Jul 2008]
Energy Justice Network The only national organization advocating a complete phase-out of nuclear power, fossil fuels, large hydroelectric dams and "biomass" / incineration within the next 20 years. We believe that this is possible, affordable and absolutely necessary. Web: http://www.energyjustice.net/ [20 Jul 2008]
EnergyBulletin.net Designed to be a clearinghouse for current information regarding the peak in global energy supply. We will publish news and research concerning: * The current situation and trajectory, such as oil & gas production data, economic or societal clues to decline profiles, and relevant institutional pronouncements; * Innovations or partial solutions to this crisis, such as renewable energy generation capacity and research (including EROEI assessments), alternative financial systems, or post-carbon urban agriculture; * Any other issues which assist our understanding of the broader implications of the peak. Web: http://www.energybulletin.net/ [30 Jul 2006]
Eng2Span Provides free, high-quality, text translations from English to Spanish for non-commercial social justice, environmental, peace, anti-militarist, and humanitarian organizations. Eng2Span's translations are done by human beings, not by computer programs. Computer programs often produce gibberish or incorrect translations. Eng2Span's director has years of experience as an activist and years of experience as a translator and is committed to helping organizations that work for progressive causes and is committed to excellence in translation. Web: http://eng2span.org [25 Sep 2008]
Engineers for a Sustainable World, Berkeley An organization at UC Berkeley interested in engineering issues surrounding appropriate technologies in development. A college chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World. Address: Institute for Environmental Science and Engineering, 760 Davis Hall, MC 1710, Berkeley CA 94720-1710 Email: esw_leaders[at]lists[dot]berkeley[dot]edu Web: http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~esw http://www.esustainableworld.org/ [16 Aug 2008]
EnviroLink Network A comprehensive resource for individuals, organizations and businesses working for social and environmental change. Includes news and feature articles. Web: http://www.envirolink.org/ [26 May 2007]
Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI) Dedicated to protecting human health from environmental harms through research, education and the promotion of sound public policy. Environment and Human Health, Inc. is made up of doctors, public health professionals and policy experts committed to the reduction of environmental health risks to individuals. Founded in 1997 by Nancy Alderman, EHHI has affected state policy, and in some instances national policy, by our research, education, and written reports. Web: http://ehhi.org/ [29 Oct 2009]
Environment California A statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. Our professional staff combines independent research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of powerful special interests and win real results for California's environment. Web: http://www.environmentcalifornia.org [20 Apr 2008]
Environment News Service The original daily international wire service of the environment. Exists to present late-breaking environmental news in a fair and balanced manner. Web: http://www.ens-news.com [22 Sep 2007]
Environmental Center of Sonoma County A 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit and a project of the Sonoma County Conservation Council, operated by volunteers. Supports the work of member organizations, serves as an information and referral service, and provides opportunity for ad hoc groupings to work on specific issues. Address: POBox 4346, Santa Rosa CA 95402 Voice: (707) 578-0595 Email: info[at]envirocentersoco.org Web: http://www.envirocentersoco.org [16 Aug 2008]
Environmental Forum of Marin An all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the quality of our environment through education. Established in 1972, EFM is a leader in environmental education and public service. Our intensive Sustainable Earth Forum is a fall semester program focusing on ecology, human impacts on the environment, resource management, and citizen and community action. It consists of one-day-a-week classes and field trips throughout Marin County. More than 100 people contribute their services to provide this professional and respected environmental education program. Address: POBox 150459, San Rafael CA 94915 Voice: (415) 479-7814 Email: MarinForum08@MarinEFM.org Web: http://www.marinefm.org/ [03 Feb 2010]
Environmental Health News (EHN) Published daily by Environmental Health Sciences, a not-for-profit organization founded in 2002 to help increase public understanding of emerging scientific links between environmental exposures and human health. Aggregates links to articles in the world press about environmental health. Web: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water (EJCW) Mission is to educate, empower, and nurture a community-based coalition that will serve as a public voice and be an effective advocate of environmental justice issues in California water policy. Address: 654 13th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 286-8400 Fax: (510) 251-2203 Web: http://www.ejcw.org/ [26 May 2007]
Environmental Justice Resource Center (EJRC) A research, policy, and information clearinghouse at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia that addresses issues related to environmental justice, race and the environment, civil rights, facility siting, land use planning, brownfields, transportation equity, suburban sprawl, and Smart Growth. The overall goal of the Center is to assist, support, train, and educate people of color students, professionals, and grassroots community leaders with the goal of facilitating their inclusion into the mainstream of environmental decision-making. Web: http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/ [10 Sep 2006]
Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) Purpose is to improve environmental quality for those most at risk by providing access to information, strategies, and enforcement of environmental, toxics, and community right-to-know laws. ELF complements the approach of other environmental law groups by enforcing existing environmental regulations, providing a bridge of direct service to people in need, and serving as the critical link between at-risk communities and the legal, scientific, financial, and other resources they need to effectively address environmental problems. Address: 1736 Franklin Street, 9th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-4555 Fax: (510) 208-4562 Email: envlaw@envirolaw.org Web: http://www.envirolaw.org [16 Jan 2008]
Environmental News Network A web site that features daily news updates and in-depth coverage of important environmental issues. Web: http://www.enn.com/ [26 May 2007]
Environmental Prevention In Communities (EPIC) A youth driven environmental prevention and advocacy project of the Alcohol Policy Network that trains youth aged 15-20 from Alameda County to identify problems around alcohol in their community. We then create strategies for prevention and education through campaigns, research-based projects, and policy development around alcohol related issues. Address: Alcohol Policy Network, 3101 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Web: http://youthepic.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) Works to protect and restore ancient forests, watersheds, coastal estuaries, and native species throughout Northwest California. EPIC uses an integrated, science-based approach, combining public education, citizen advocacy, and strategic litigation. Address: POBox 397, Garberville CA 95542 Voice: (707) 923-2931 Fax: (707) 923-4210 Email: epic@wildcalifornia.org Web: http://www.wildcalifornia.org [15 Nov 2008]
Environmental Research Foundation (ERF) News and resources for environmental justice. Providing understandable scientific information about human health and the environment. Publishes Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly. Web: http://www.rachel.org/ [16 Aug 2008]
Environmental Volunteers Promotes understanding of, and responsibility for, the environment through hands-on science education. Believes all children deserve to learn about the natural world through personal exploration, so they can become responsible stewards of the earth. It is the philosophy of the Environmental Volunteers that what children come to know and understand, they are more likely to appreciate and love. And what they love, they will protect. Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303-4326 Voice: (650) 961-0545 Fax: (650) 961-0548 Email: info@EVols.org Web: http://www.evols.org [22 Sep 2007]
Environmental Working Group (California Office) (EWG CA) Uses cutting-edge communications technology to inform the public and shape policy about toxic chemicals in air, water and food, as well as the political and corporate irresponsibility at the root of the problem. Through reports, articles, technical assistance and the development of computer databases and Internet resources, EWG's staff of researchers, computer experts and writers produce hundreds of headline-making reports each year, drawing on original EWG analyses of government and other data. EWG is based in Washington, D.C., with a West Coast office in Oakland. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 703 (at 19th Street, one block from 19th Street BART), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-0973 Web: http://www.ewg.org [22 Nov 2008]
Environmentalists Against War 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. Address: POBox 27, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: info@envirosagainstwar.org Web: http://www.envirosagainstwar.org [26 May 2007]
EnviroVideo Produces environmental and social justice programs for television, including interview and news shows, specials, and documentaries. The underlying premise of EnviroVideo is that environmental issues can best be communicated to large numbers of people through television - the medium most now favor for news and information. EnviroVideo distributes its programs through cable, commercial and public television, satellite and direct sales. Web: http://envirovideo.com/ [22 Sep 2007]
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. Address: 165 8th Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 487-3300 Fax: (415) 252-1743 Web: http://www.ecs-sf.org [17 May 2008]
Equal Justice Society (EJS) A national organization of scholars, advocates and concerned individuals advancing creative legal strategies and public policy for enduring social change. As heirs of the innovative legal and political strategists of Brown v. Board of Education, EJS will marshal our forces to defeat the right wing assault on social and racial justice. Our goal is to reshape jurisprudence to ensure that the rights of all are expanded, rather than diminished, by our courts and policy makers. Address: 220 Sansome Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 288-8700 Fax: (415) 288-8787 Email: info@equaljusticesociety.org Web: http://www.equaljusticesociety.org/ [09 Sep 2008]
Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) Works to achieve women's equality and economic security through litigation, education, legislative advocacy and practical advice and counseling. Focuses on assuring equal opportunity, advancing workplace rights, and preventing sexual harassment in the workplace and schools. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 250 (near Duboce), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 621-0672 Fax: (415) 621-6744 Email: info@equalrights.org Web: http://www.equalrights.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
eRideShare.com A free service for connecting carpoolers commuting locally as well as longer-distance travelers going the same way. A good way to travel inexpensively, and maybe even make a few friends. Web: http://www.erideshare.com/ [26 May 2007]
Erotic Service Providers Union (ESPU) Seeks to gain agency on by and for all erotic service providers regarding our occupational, social, and economic rights through affiliating with organized labor. An Erotic Service Provider is anyone who is compensated for his or her erotic services or compensated for their support of someone else’s erotic service. By associating with organized labor which is already aware of our common labor rights, we can access support for our rights to negotiate for our labor and work conditions. Address: 2215 Market Street # 548, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 424-9428 Email: Info@espu-ca.org Web: http://espu-ca.org/ [03 Feb 2010]
eSpindle Learning Nearly half of all Americans are considered "functionally illiterate," meaning their literacy level makes it hard for them to read or write or find decent employment. Quite often the underlying cause for reading and writing problems is an underdeveloped vocabulary. Our mission is to empower people by helping them broaden their vocabulary. Using the Internet to reach a diverse audience, eSpindle Learning offers 100% individualized vocabulary and spelling practice to help students of all ages become confident readers and writers. Address: 290 South Main Street #338, Sebastopol CA 95472 Voice: (866) 377-4635 Email: info@eSpindle.org Web: http://www.eSpindle.org [08 Dec 2007]
Ethical Traveler A grassroots effort to use the power of tourism to create a better world. We are an alliance of travelers from many countries, banding together to lobby governments and corporations on environmental and human rights issues. Because of the importance of tourism spending to many economies, our campaigns have had remarkable success. Ethical Traveler is a 501(c)3 organization, and a project of the Earth Island Institute. Address: POBox 5883, Berkeley CA 94705 Email: info@ethicaltraveler.org michael@ethicaltraveler.org volunteers@ethicaltraveler.org Web: http://ethicaltraveler.org [16 Aug 2008]
Eviction Defense Center, A Non-Profit Law Corporation Provides legal services to prevent evictions. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 726 (near 16th Street), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-4541 Fax: (510) 452-4875 [11 Mar 2007]
Eviction Defense Collaborative Address: 995 Market Street #1200, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 947 0797 x114 Fax: (415) 947-0331 [10 Feb 2007]
Excelsior Family Connections Offers a range of support services for families in the Excelsior district of San Francisco. Our programs include a Child/ Parent Drop-In program, employment resources, school readiness workshops, community celebrations, child development and parenting workshops, and information and referrals. Our programs are geographically convenient, culturally relevant, and free or low-cost for participating families. We provide services in three languages, and hire community members to work at the center. Excelsior Family Connections is a project of Portola Family Connections. Address: 49 Ocean Avenue (between Persia and Brazil), San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 333-3845 Fax: (415) 333-6483 Email: info@excelsiorfc.org Web: http://www.excelsiorfc.org [16 Aug 2008]
Exhale Serves women who have abortions, and their partners, friends and family. We respect the cultural, social and religious beliefs of all our callers. Our free and confidential after-abortion talkline is available in the S.F. Bay Area, toll-free by calling 1-866-4 EXHALE. Address: 484 Lake Park Avenue #63, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 446-7900 Fax: (309) 410-1127 Email: info@4exhale.org Web: http://www.4exhale.org [20 Apr 2008]
Face The World Foundation (FTW) A nonprofit educational and cultural exchange organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1980, FTW has promoted global learning and exchange by offering opportunities for international high school students to experience life in the U.S. The goal of cultural exchange program is to provide students, host families, schools, and communities with a quality experience that will not only enhance personal growth, but also will establish lasting friendships. Address: 7599 Redwood Blvd, Suite 200, Novato CA 94945 Voice: (415) 257-4787 Fax: (415) 257-4784 Email: info@facetheworld.org Web: http://www.facetheworld.org/ [22 Nov 2008]
Facing History and Ourselves (Bay Area office) Mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives. Address: 24301 Southland Drive, Suite 318, Hayward CA 94545 Voice: (510) 786-2500 Web: http://www.facinghistory.org/ [17 Feb 2008]
FactoryFarming.com Factory farming is an attitude which regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit. In animal agriculture, this attitude has lead to institutionalized animal cruelty, massive environmental destruction and resource depletion, and animal and human health risks. Web: http://www.factoryfarming.com [10 Sep 2006]
Fair Trade Federation (FTF) An association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers whose members are committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. FTF directly links low-income producers with consumer markets and educates consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly traded products which support living wages and safe and healthy conditions for workers in the Third World. Also acts as a clearinghouse for information on fair trade and provides resources and networking opportunities for its members. Web: http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ [10 Sep 2006]
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, FAIR believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information. Web: http://www.fair.org [05 Apr 2009]
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) A national organization of citizens working to repeal federal and state mandatory sentencing laws that remove judicial discretion. To ensure equity and fairness at all stages of the sentencing process, FAMM also works to improve sentencing guidelines. Web: http://www.famm.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Families to Amend California's Three Strikes (FACTS) A state-wide California organization with the purpose of amending the California 'Three Strikes' law to target violent felonies only. Web: http://www.facts1.com/ [16 Aug 2008]
Family & Children Services Dedicated to increasing the strength, safety, and self-sufficiency of children, adults, and families in our community. To achieve this goal, we offer a range of innovative, accessible, and integrated programs and services addressing critical health and human services needs. Address: 375 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 326-6576 Fax: (650) 326-1340 Web: http://www.fcservices.org/ [03 Feb 2010]
Family Council on Drug Awareness (FCDA) Concerned with the effects of drug use and prohibition on the family and individual members of society. Promotes legal reforms that respect human rights, encourage responsible behavior, separate cannabis from hard drugs, and protect children from the unregulated criminal market of illegal drugs. Supports age of consent at 18 years. Main focus is on producing accurate educational materials and sponsoring special projects. Address: POBox 1716, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 215-8326 Email: chris@fcda.org Web: http://www.fcda.org [12 Sep 2006]
Family Farm League A group of Napa Valley residents dedicated to getting more food grown in the region. Web: http://familyfarmleague.com/ [03 Sep 2007]
Family Service Agency of San Francisco (FSA) The oldest nonsectarian, nonprofit charitable social-services provider in the City and County of San Francisco. Our mission is to strengthen families by providing caring, effective, and innovative social services, with special emphasis on the needs of low-income families, children, the elderly, and disabled people, thus improving the quality of life for all San Franciscans. Address: 1010 Gough Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 474-7310 Fax: (415) 931-3773 Email: info@fsasf.org Web: http://www.fsasf.org/ [17 Oct 2007]
Family Service Agency of San Mateo County A private, nonprofit organization based in San Mateo that empowers children, families and older adults to achieve self-sufficiency, building a strong and caring community. We offer programs in: child development and education; support of healthy family interaction; parent education and coaching; wellness and life-long learning for older adults; and financial empowerment. We work in partnership with our clients in a helping hand approach that provides comprehensive services so that children, families and older adults can acquire the tools and skills for lasting change. Address: 24 Second Avenue, San Mateo CA 94401 Voice: (650) 403-4300 Fax: (650) 403-4303 Email: info@fssm.org Web: http://www.familyserviceagency.org [03 May 2008]
Family Service Agency's Senior Peer Counseling Program (SPC) Serving the older adult community since 1998. Offers services providing emotional support to older adults who are having difficulty handling the uncertainties and dilemmas inherent in the aging process. Through their close relationship with peer clients, the Senior Peer Counselors become an integral part of their clients' lives and an invaluable aid in coping with challenging transitions. They meet with their clients individually or in various group settings. With time, they become a significant adjunct to the professionals serving the older adult community in San Francisco. Voice: (415) 386-6600 x218 Email: jgustin@fsasf.org Web: http://www.fsasf-spc.org [17 Oct 2007]
Family Support Services of the Bay Area (FSSBA) Our mission is to support children, youth, families and communities by providing services that make them stronger. Families in vulnerable situations often face a variety of challenges such as a lack of time and energy, limited educational resources, family tragedies, disability, and the complex navigation of resources. FSSBA helps children and families to recognize and reach their potential through strength-based solutions that fit each family. FSSBA helps families rise above adversity by supporting them in cultivating their strengths, finding solutions for their specific challenges and gaining independence. The agency provides Respite/Childcare, Kinship Support, Family Preservation and Mentoring services to families in San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Address: 401 Grand Avenue, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 834-2443 Email: mnewman@fssba-oak.org rjohnson@fssba-oak.org Web: http://www.fssba-oak.org [29 Oct 2008]
Family Violence Law Center (FVLC) A nonprofit organization serving family violence victims and their children throughout Alameda County, California. Last year, FVLC provided legal, support, and crisis intervention services to over 7,000 women and their families in Alameda County. Address: POBox 22009, Oakland CA 94623 Voice: (510) 208-0255 (Crisis Line); (510) 208-0220 (Business Line) Fax: (510) 208-3557 Email: info@fvlc.org Web: http://www.fvlc.org [03 Feb 2010]
Familyhood Connection (Mo‘ Better Food) A 501 (C-3) corporation, with a mission of promoting activities that bring generations together, to promote healthy economic development by increasing community leadership, job training, entrepreneurship, community pride, and community ownership. Research and development is the bridge that promotes community food independence by bringing solutions to economic and social problems surrounding the food chain.The lack of access to healthy food in low-income communities and the lack of knowledge in these communities, has led to high employment, health disparities, and hopelessness for many residents. Address: POBox 10677, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 776-4178 Email: info@mobetterfood.com Web: http://mobetterfood.com [02 Sep 2007]
FamilyPaths, Inc. A non-profit organization of mental health professionals and dedicated volunteers that provide a number of mental health, counseling and therapy services to low income, multi-stressed individuals and families. We are a multicultural agency committed to serving families of Alameda County regardless of age, ethnicity/race, financial status, language, sexual orientation, immigration status, class, religion, gender, mental or physical ability. Address: 1727 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Suite 109, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 893-9230 Fax: (510) 893-2074 Email: info@familypaths.org Web: http://www.familypaths.org [03 Feb 2010]
The Farm Located on 3 square miles in south central Tennessee. Founded in 1971 with a spiritual commitment to simple living and self-reliance, The Farm has pioneered a wide range of social and physical technologies appropriate to low-cost, high satisfaction community living. The community offers examples of solar building design, micro-enterprise, mushroom cultivation, large scale composting and food production, and regenerative hardwood forest management. Web: http://www.thefarm.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Farm Fresh To You An organic produce delivery service delivering a variety of organic fruits and vegetables to your Bay Area home or office. Farm Fresh to You / Capay Fruits and Vegetables is a second generation family farm with over twenty years experience growing quality produce. Our farm is nestled in the Capay Valley, 50 miles west of Sacramento. Address: 23808 State Highway 16, Capay CA 95607 Voice: (800) 796-6009 Fax: (530) 796-3344 Web: http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com [10 Dec 2006]
Farm Sanctuary Since incorporating in 1986, Farm Sanctuary has established America's premier farm animal shelters and waged effective campaigns to stop farm animal cruelty. In addition to its No Downers, Boycott Veal and Farm Animal Defense campaigns, Farm Sanctuary promotes a vegan lifestyle. Web: http://www.farmsanctuary.org/ [18 Feb 2007]
FAT!SO? A web site for people who don't apologize for their size. FAT!SO? author Marilyn Wann is a weight diversity trainer who speaks nationwide. She is also an activist for civil rights for people of all sizes. Address: POBox 423464, San Francisco CA 94142 Email: marilyn@fatso.com Web: http://www.fatso.com/ [06 Jan 2008]
Fatal Harvest A book that will forever change the way we think about food. This book will inform and influence the growing public movement of activists, farmers, policymakers, and consumers who are fighting to make our food safer for ourselves and for the planet. It features essays from more than 30 authors including Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Michael Ableman, Jim Hightower, and Alice Waters. Web: http://www.fatalharvest.org [10 Sep 2006]
Feast Bay Farming Brings together knowledgable and passionate gardeners who support the production of local, organic food, with East Bay residents who would like to grow food on their own properties. You say “It’s just a little yard.” Actually, a back yard can produce a significant amount of food. Address: PMB 572, 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 400-8823 Email: info@feastbay.org Web: http://www.feastbay.org/ [04 May 2009]
Federation of American Scientists Military Analysis Network Provides useful background information and analysis on U.S. military operations. Web: http://fas.org/man/ [10 Sep 2006]
Fellowship of Humanity (Humanist Hall) We are a Humanist Church that has been functioning since 1935 as a flagship for progressive causes. Today we are still a humanist, anti-capitalist, left community surging ahead in the attempt to create a compassionate, nurturing, non-competitive, simple, and stable example of communitarian living for future generations. We are attempting to discover how to build sustainability and excitement into a conscious community for the left and left out living with the Earth. Our user-friendly Humanist Hall is an affordable venue for progressive political, cultural, and spiritual gatherings and for the celebrations of oppressed minority cultures. Street address is 390 27th Street (between Telegraph and Broadway in midtown Oakland). Address: 411 28th Street, Oakland CA 94609-3602 Voice: (510) 451-5818 Email: HumanistHall@yahoo.com Web: http://www.humanisthall.net [29 Oct 2009]
Femina Potens Art Gallery A grassroots non-profit art gallery and performance space dedicated to promoting and educating women and transfolk in the arts. Femina Potens is an all ages non-discriminatory utility for promoting and exploring art represented by women and transgendered artists in San Francisco. We curate monthly exhibits in the gallery, and events include a literary series, experimental performances, art openings, live music shows, film screenings, theater productions, open mics, classes and workshops. Our online store features art from monthly exhibits, and Accessible Art under $100. Address: 2199 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94114 Email: feminapotens@gmail.com Web: http://feminapotens.org [13 Sep 2008]
Feminist Majority Foundation Committed to empowering women and winning equality through research, the sharing of information of value to feminists everywhere, and effective action. Supported by the generosity of tens of thousands of caring feminists -- women and men -- all across the USA and around the world. The web site includes news, and events calendar, and research information. Web: http://www.feminist.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Feminist Therapy Associates Want help with . . . depression . . . stress . . . relationships . . . body image . . . transgender issues . . . trauma or abuse . . . coming out or questioning sexuality? A feminist therapist can . . . understand your progressive values . . . support the unique ways you express your gender . . . see your strengths as well as your problems. This makes it easier to build trust, so you can focus on your goals and personal growth. We believe oppression and injustice affect mental health, and we enjoy working with people who hope to change society as well as their own lives. Address: POBox 453, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 527-5662 Email: BJCourtney@earthlink.net Web: https://www.feministtherapyassociates.com/ [03 May 2008]
Fenton Communications The largest public interest communications firm in the country. Since 1982, Fenton has contributed to some of the most defining social change movements of the past quarter century, from the fall of apartheid to the rise of MoveOn.org as a grassroots political force. With our clients, we've waged winning campaigns on a broad range of issues. We've exposed human rights injustices and corporate corruption and moved the dial on environmental toxins and the death penalty. Address: 182 Second Street, Fourth Floor, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 901-0111 Fax: (415) 901-0110 Web: http://www.fenton.com [20 Apr 2008]
FiftyCrows Foundation A non-profit educational membership-based organization and gallery based in San Francisco, concerned with photography that raises awareness of social, political, and environmental issues. Address: 49 Geary Street, Suite 225 (at Market Street), San Francisco CA 94108 Email: info@fiftycrows.org Web: http://www.fiftycrows.org [03 Feb 2010]
Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES) An intergenerational organization that works for environmental justice within communities in the United States and in the Philippines, and builds partnerships through advocacy, education, service, and organizing. FACES envisions an interconnected world where people are healthy and free to realize their potential through cooperation and solidarity. Address: 1808 Fifth Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 549-1808 Fax: (510) 644-1808 Web: http://www.facessolidarity.org/ [17 Nov 2006]
Filipinos for Affirmative Action (Main Office) (FAA) Mission is to to build a strong and empowered Filipino community by organizing constituents, developing leaders, providing services, and advocating for policies that promote social and economic justice and equity. Address: 310 8th Street, Suite 306, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 465-9876 Email: FAA@filipinos4action.org Web: http://www.filipinos4action.org [24 Feb 2007]
Filipinos for Affirmative Action (Union City Office) (FAA) Address: 31080 Union City Blvd, Suite 104, Union City CA 94587 Voice: (510) 487-8552 Web: http://www.filipinos4action.org [24 Feb 2007]
Mark Fiore The web site of political cartoonist Mark Fiore, featuring many of his animations. Web: http://www.markfiore.com/ [24 Feb 2007]
Fire John Yoo This blog is a project of The World Can't Wait. Web: http://www.firejohnyoo.org/ [07 Jan 2009]
First Amendment Project (FAP) A nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting freedom of information, expression, and petition. FAP provides advice, educational materials, and legal representation to its core constituency of activists, journalists, and artists in service of these fundamental liberties. Address: 1736 Franklin, 9th Floor (near 19th Street), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-7744 Fax: (510) 208-4562 Email: fap@thefirstamendment.org Web: http://www.thefirstamendment.org [17 Feb 2008]
First Community Housing (FCH) Builds sustainable, high-quality, affordable housing developments and offers resident services that meet the needs of those who earn less than the area's median income. FCH strategically locates their developments near public transit and was one of the first developers to offer free EcoPasses to residents to reduce dependence on private cars. FCH has won awards for architectural design and is committed to the use of 'green' building materials. Address: 75 East Santa Clara Street, Suite 1300, San Jose CA 95113 Voice: (408) 291-8650 Fax: (408) 993-9098 Email: DebM@firsthousing.org Web: http://www.firsthousing.org/ [05 Apr 2009]
First Congregational Church of Redwood City A progressive Christian church; member church of the United Church of Christ. We provide a safe place to openly explore what it means to be a person of faith in the twenty first century; we seek peace through individual efforts to understand and appreciate others that we may differ with; we exist to continue the work of Jesus, our brother and teacher, offering hope and healing to a troubled world. Address: 2323 Euclid Avenue, Redwood City CA 94061 Voice: (650) 369-0344 Email: fccrc@fccrc.cnc.net Web: http://www.fccrc.cnc.net [07 Apr 2007]
First Congregational Church of San Francisco A member church of the United Church of Christ, the largest denomination to affirm lesbians and gays. Embraces a liberal theology and commitment to social justice. Address: 1300 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 441-8901 Email: Office@SanFranciscoUCC.org Web: http://www.SanFranciscoUCC.org [05 Dec 2009]
First Run Features Founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers to advance the distribution of independent film. Under the leadership of the late independent film pioneer, Fran Spielman, First Run Features quickly gained a reputation for its controversial catalog of daring independent fiction and non-fiction films. First Run Features remains one of the largest independent theatrical and home video distributors in the United States, releasing 12 to 15 films a year in theatres nationwide and 40 to 50 videos and DVDs annually. Web: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/ [10 Sep 2006]
Florence Crittenton Services Established in 1889, Florence Crittenton Services has supported San Francisco’s struggling, low-income, and at-risk populations for well over a century. Our mission is: Empowering families to become self-sufficient, Building children’s foundations for learning . FCS programs seek not only to provide subsidized developmental, social, educational, and health services to children & youth, but also to support their parents in breaking down the walls that prevent them from building a better future for their family. Address: 840 Broderick Street (at McAllister), San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 567-2357 Fax: (415) 567-2476 Web: http://www.fcs-sf.org [08 Apr 2007]
Flowers Heritage Foundation A non-profit organization dedicated to providing solutions for public health issues affecting the underserved and improving the lives of the most fragile among us. Our current priority is to make a significant difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS. We allocate 100% of donor dollars to help improve and/or save the lives of the medically indigent through our programs. Address: 200 Webster Street, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94607-4108 Voice: (510) 587-2662 Fax: (510) 587-2795 Email: mwinter@flowersheritagefoundation.org Web: http://www.flowersheritagefoundation.org [05 Oct 2008]
Fluoride Action Network An international coalition seeking to broaden public awareness about the toxicity of fluoride compounds and the health impacts of current fluoride exposures. Along with providing comprehensive and up-to-date information on fluoride issues to citizens, scientists, and policymakers alike, FAN remains vigilant in monitoring government agency actions that may impact the public's exposure to fluoride. In May of 2004, FAN became an official project of the American Environmental Health Studies Project (AEHSP) - a registered non-profit (501c3) organization. Web: http://www.fluoridealert.org/ [01 Aug 2006]
FOCUS on the Global South (FOCUS) A program of progressive development policy research and practice, dedicated to regional and global policy analysis, micro-macro linking and advocacy work. FOCUS works with NGOs and people's organizations in Asia Pacific and other regions. Based in Bangkok, Thailand. Web: http://www.focusweb.org [10 Sep 2006]
Food & Water Watch Protects our essential resources by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink and by helping people to take action to make a difference. Food & Water Watch is a non-profit organization working with grassroots organizations around the world to create an economically and environmentally viable future. Through research, public and policymaker education, media, and lobbying, we advocate policies that guarantee safe, wholesome food produced in a humane and sustainable manner and public, rather than private, control of water resources including oceans, rivers, and groundwater. Web: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ [31 Aug 2009]
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Address: POBox 6324, Concord CA 94524 Voice: (925) 676-7543 Email: info@foodbankccs.org Web: http://www.foodbankccs.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy Empowers citizens to address the root causes of hunger, poverty, and environmental decline. Food First's research and educational materials reveal how anti-democratic institutions and belief systems promote hunger and environmental decline. Food First promotes the economic human right to food for all people and works to reshape the global food system by challenging industrial agriculture and promoting alternative food systems. Address: 398 60th Street, Oakland CA 94618-1212 Voice: (510) 654-4400 Fax: (510) 654-4551 Web: http://www.foodfirst.org [15 Dec 2007]
East Bay Food Not Bombs (FNB) Prepares and serves free, hot, vegetarian food to hungry people mostly at People's Park in Berkeley. FNB is part of the community they serve. They survive on direct food donations from local bakeries, produce outlets, and restaurants, without government or charity money. Always seeking new volunteers to help cook, clean, serve, and be a part of the community. Meetings are the first Wednesday night of each month at the Long Haul at 7:30 pm. Address: c/o The Long Haul Infoshop, 3124 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 644-4187 Web: http://www.ebfnb.org/ http://www.fnbnews.org [22 Sep 2007]
San Francisco Food Not Bombs (FNB) A non-violent, direct action group that provides free, hot vegetarian community meals in SF's Civic Center (and other locations), as well as providing food for many of San Francisco's frequent social justice events. 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) 620-8229 Email: sffnbvolunteers@riseup.net Web: http://www.sffnb.org/ [03 Feb 2010]
San Jose Food Not Bombs (FNB) Currently serves one day a week. Community meals are open to all - it is a way to build community, reclaim public space and protest hunger, poverty, militarization and all forms of oppression. Meets every Sunday at 5 pm. We serve in different locations every week. Usually we are at Cesar Chavez Park. Food Not Bombs needs your help! We need assistance with transportation, cooking, serving and cleaning. We can always use your help as well as your perspectives and experiences. Voice: (724) 554-6609; (408) 283-0260; (408) 947-7834 Email: sanjosefoodnotbombs-admin@lists.riseup.net Web: https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/sanjosefoodnotbombs [19 Apr 2008]
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 shelters and neighborhood programs that feed the hungry. Address: 2579 Washington Street, San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 929-1866 Email: nancy@foodrunners.org Web: http://www.foodrunners.org/ [05 Apr 2009]
Food, Inc. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Web: http://www.foodincmovie.com/ [05 Dec 2009]
FoodRoutes A national non-profit dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food -- the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to our tables. Web: http://foodroutes.org/ [03 Feb 2010]
Forage Oakland A project that works to address how we eat every day, and how everyone can benefit from viewing their neighborhood as a veritable edible map, considering what is cultivated in any given neighborhood and why, and what histories influence those choices. The gleaning of unharvested fruits; the meeting of new neighbors; the gathering and redistribution of fruits that would otherwise be wasted - can be powerful and can work to create a new paradigm around how we presently think about food in our collective consciousness. Web: http://forageoakland.blogspot.com/ [02 Feb 2009]
Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) A think tank for research, analysis, and action that brings together scholars, advocates, and activists who strive to make the United States a more responsible global partner. The International Relations Center (IRC) in Silver City, New Mexico and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington, DC have jointly managed FPIF since 1996. Web: http://www.fpif.org [10 Sep 2006]
Forest Conservation Portal A web site with vast rainforest, forest and biodiversity conservation news & information. Works to end deforestation, preserve primary and old-growth forests, conserve and sustainably manage other forests, and to commence the age of ecological restoration. Web: http://www.forests.org/ [29 Oct 2009]
Forest Guardians Mission is to protect and restore the native biological diversity and watersheds of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico; educate and enlist citizens to support protection of the forests, rivers, deserts and grasslands of this arid region; advocate for the principles of conservation biology in plans to restore degraded ecosystems and watersheds; enforce and strengthen environmental laws; support communities in efforts to protect their land and to practice and promote sustainable use of natural resources. Web: http://www.fguardians.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
ForestEthics ForestEthics has helped pioneer a new approach to environmental activism by focusing its efforts on the marketplace. For every tree cut in an endangered forest there is a purchaser somewhere that funds this activity – often unwittingly. ForestEthics works to educate individual consumers, large corporate purchasers and distributors so they are aware of the environmental impacts and ethical dimensions of their purchasing decisions. Address: One Haight Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 863-4563 Email: info@forestethics.org Web: http://www.forestethics.org [08 Apr 2007]
Forests Forever (FoFo) Forests Forever exists to defend and restore California’s 17 million acres of diverse woodland ecosystems, from the foggy cathedral forests of the North Coast to the Juniper/Pinyon pine forests of the Southern California desert. A chief source of our drinking water, wildlife and our spiritual refreshment, California’s magnificent forests help define the special character of the place where we live. Address: 50 First Street, Suite 401, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 974-3636 (974-FOFO) Fax: (415) 974-3664 Email: mail@forestsforever.org Web: http://www.forestsforever.org [10 Sep 2006]
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation (FEAR) Works for changes in laws that currently give government agencies a direct financial interest in seizing the assets of drug suspects: (1) forfeiture assets should go to a general fund and not to agencies that seize them, (2) civil forfeiture cases should regard the suspect as innocent until proven guilty, and (3) penalties should be commensurate with the crime. Address: 265 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941 Voice: (415) 389-8551 Web: http://www.fear.org [22 Sep 2007]
Foundation Aiding The Elderly (FATE) Objective is to serve as a voice for patients and to bring about national reforms and enforcement of the laws governing the nursing home industry and its regulatory agencies in order to assure proper care, civil rights and meaningful, dignified life for the elderly in long-term care facilities. Based in Sacramento. Web: http://www.4fate.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
The Foundation Center Your gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web. Mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. Audiences include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. Web: http://fdncenter.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Foundation for a College Education (FCE) Strives to increase the number of students of color enrolling in and graduating from college. FCE is located in East Palo Alto and serves high school and college students in the area, as well as some students in the South Bay. Physically located at 2160 Euclid Avenue in East Palo Alto, California. Address: POBox 50518, Palo Alto CA 94303 Voice: (650) 322-5048 Email: info@collegefoundation.org Web: http://www.collegefoundation.org [23 Jul 2006]
Foundation for Deep Ecology In recent years, the Foundation for Deep Ecology has been active in publishing large-format books on diverse environmental topics. These include Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy, Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture, Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West, and Clearcut: The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry. Address: Bldg 1062, Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito CA 94965 Voice: (415) 229-9339 Fax: (415) 229-9340 Email: info@deepecology.org Web: http://www.deepecology.org [03 Feb 2010]
Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) Mission is to provide financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. Vision is to be a global network collectively serving more poor entrepreneurs than any other microfinance institution, while operating on commercial principles of performance and sustainability. Web: http://www.villagebanking.org/ [09 Jun 2007]
Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) Supports the efforts of grassroots organizations in the developing world that are working to better their communities, environments, and the economic opportunities around them. We believe development begins with the community and is only sustainable if it comes from and is supported by the members of these communities. Through our programs, we aim to raise international awareness of the challenges in developing countries and support cross-cultural communities in finding more effective solutions to development issues. Address: 517 Potrero Avnue, Suite B, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 283-4873 Fax: (415) 621-5476 Web: http://www.fsdinternational.org/ [03 Feb 2010]
Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR) A nationally recognized consumer group that has been fighting corrupt corporations and crooked politicians since 1985. Over the years, FTCR has saved Americans billions of dollars and improved countless peoples' lives by speaking out on behalf of patients, ratepayers and policyholders. Big Business has an endless amount of money and thousands of lobbyists working everyday to protect and increase their profits - no matter who it hurts. We get in their way and work to protect and improve the lives of American consumers and taxpayers. Web: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org [09 Jun 2007]
Foundation of Sustainable Living (FOSL) Dedicated to building the social structures, skillsets, and technologies needed to live within nature's means. FOSL promotes and teaches local responsibility for building: sustainable food, fiber, shelter, fuel, biodiversity, and community. FOSL believes that within the next decade because of climate change, overpopulation, diminishing resources, and deteriorating political systems life will change for most of the world’s population. Life in developed countries may be affected to a greater degree because the common citizen is disconnected from the production of their basic needs. Web: http://www.foundationofsustainableliving.org [24 Sep 2006]
Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET) Mission is to examine emerging trends in science and technology and their impacts on the environment, the economy, culture and society. President is author Jeremy Rifkin. Recent books cover the growth of the Internet, the need for fewer workers, and the problems with biotechnology. Web: http://www.foet.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Fred Finch Youth Center (FFYC) Serves hundreds of vulnerable youth and families each week through residential treatment programs, two accredited high schools for youth with disabilities, homeless youth services, family therapy, school-based counseling, in-home crisis management, vocational training, and many other programs throughout California. FFYC is a 501(c)3 organization. Address: 3800 Coolidge Avenue, Oakland CA 94602 Voice: (510) 482-2244 Fax: (510) 530-2047 Web: http://www.fredfinch.org [22 Sep 2007]
Free Burma A collection of software, hardware, documentation, and volunteers, all doing what they're best at to hasten the replacement of the current military government who tortures its citizens with one chosen by the people who live there. Web: http://www.ibiblio.org/freeburma/index.html [10 Sep 2006]
Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) Provides research and advocacy on free speech, copyright, and media democracy issues. Web: http://fepproject.org/ [27 Jan 2008]
Free Farm Stand We strive to attain the following goals: Help make locally grown, fresh and nutritious organic produce accessible to all, especially those families and individuals on low-incomes and tight budgets. Help empower people who have the space to grow their own food and become more self-reliant. Promote good nutrition and health We grow as much food as can in our Mission neighborhood and distribute it for free at our Sunday Free Farm Stand. Web: http://freefarmstand.org/ [13 Mar 2009]
Free Mumia A web site covering death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. Web: http://www.mumia2000.org/ [30 Oct 2006]
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition A group of individuals and organizations in New York organizing for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal based on the evidence showing he is innocent. Web: http://www.mumia.org [20 Jan 2008]
Free Press A national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media, and universal access to communications. Web: http://www.freepress.net/ [22 Nov 2008]
Free Radio Berkeley (FRB) Founded on April 11, 1993 as a Free Speech voice challenging the regulatory structure and power of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Free Radio Berkeley has been engaged in an ongoing legal battle with the FCC. Until it was silenced by a court injunction in June 1998, Free Radio Berkeley was broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 104.1 FM with 50 watts of power as the alternative voice for the greater Berkeley/Oakland area. The original Free Speech mission to provide community news, discussions and interviews, information, a wide range of music, and more has now been taken up by Berkeley Liberation Radio. Free Radio Berkeley continues to provide broadcast equipment and kits to establish community radio stations on an international basis. Training and workshop sessions along with a volunteer/apprentice program are offered to impart broadcast engineering skills and knowledge. Address: PMB406, 1442-A Walnut Street, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 625-0314 Email: xmtrman@pacbell.net Web: http://www.freeradio.org [22 Sep 2007]
Free Radio Santa Cruz (FRSC 101.1 FM) 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 FCC is charged with regulating the airwaves in the public interest. We believe that it has failed to do so and has proved itself to be controlled by monied interests. We go on the air to protest corporate control of the airwaves, to bring local control and local accountability to our community media, to produce and broadcast a diversity of programs that are simply unavailable on corporate controlled stations. We do not air advertisements, we do not do pledge drives, we do not have sponsors or underwriters. Address: POBox 7507, Santa Cruz CA 95061 Voice: (831) 427-3772 (studio line); (831) 427-4523 (voicemail) Email: frsc@freakradio.org Web: http://freakradio.org [24 Jul 2009]
Free Speech Internet Television A publicly-supported, independent, non-profit TV channel that is a project of Public Communicators, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit, tax-exempt organization. It is available nationally, 24/7, on DISH Satellite Network. Selected programs are available on 172 community access cable stations in 35 states. Web: http://www.freespeech.org/ [17 Feb 2008]
Free the Slaves A non-profit organization working to end slavery worldwide. Web: http://www.freetheslaves.net [16 Aug 2008]
Free Tibet Campaign Stands for the Tibetans' right to decide their own future. It campaigns for an end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet and for the Tibetans' fundamental human rights to be respected. It is independent of all governments and is funded solely by its members and supporters. Based in London. Web: http://www.freetibet.org/ [16 Aug 2008]
Freecycle Network The worldwide Freecycle Network is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It is a project of RISE, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission includes reducing waste, generating employment training, and fostering cooperation between other nonprofit organizations and the public. Web: http://www.freecycle.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
FreeDocumentaries.org A site where anyone with an internet connection can watch a movie to educate themselves or simply explore another perspective whenever they please. These movies aren't just for education but are also for entertainment. As a secondary objective freedocumentaires.org allows independent filmmakers to have their message heard by viewers that they may not normally reach. Web: http://www.freedocumentaries.org [21 Dec 2009]
The Freedom Archives Contains over 8000 hours of audio & video tapes. These recordings date from the late-60s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international solidarity movements. The collection includes weekly news/ poetry/ music programs broadcast on several educational radio stations; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; diverse activist voices; original and recorded music, poetry, original sound collages; and an extensive La Raza collection. Address: 522 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 863-9977 Email: info[at]freedomarchives[dot]org Web: http://www.freedomarchives.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Freedom Forum A nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation pursues its priorities through conferences, educational activities, publishing, broadcasting, online services, fellowships, partnerships, training, research and other programs. Web: http://www.freedomforum.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Freedom from Hunger A nonprofit, international development organization that brings innovative and sustainable self-help solutions to the fight against chronic hunger and poverty. Freedom from Hunger combines microfinance with health and lifeskills services to equip very poor families to improve their incomes, safeguard their health and achieve lasting food security. Address: 1644 DaVinci Court, Davis CA 95618 Email: info@freedomfromhunger.org Web: http://www.freedomfromhunger.org [06 Aug 2007]
Freedom From Oil Campaign Working to end America's oil addiction, stop oil wars, and curb global warming by convincing the auto industry to dramatically improve fuel efficiency and eliminate vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. Launched by the Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, and the Ruckus Society in 2003, the campaign is pushing automakers to break their addiction to oil, create more jobs, and meet consumer demand for green cars by producing more fuel efficient vehicles. Web: http://www.freedomfromoil.org/ [18 Aug 2009]
Freedom of Information Center A reference and research library in the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Serves the general public and the media on questions about access to government documents and information. Web: http://www.missouri.edu/~foiwww/ [22 Sep 2007]
The Freedom School (San Francisco) Through film, text, and eyewitness testimony, the Freedom School offers hope in a time of despair, and authenticity in an era of distortion and deception. We provide activists, educators, students and adults with an opportunity to analyze how social movements happen. This is done through studying the Civil Rights movement as a case study of how ordinary people, not just famous leaders, contributed to ending segregation in the South. This allows participants in the Freedom School to renew their commitment to, rekindle their passion for, and find greater clarity in how to promote social justice in the Bay Area today. Address: 4828 19th Street, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 703-0465 Email: mke4think@hotmail.com Web: http://educationanddemocracy.org/ED_SFFS.html [03 May 2008]
Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) A revolutionary, socialist feminist organization dedicated to the replacement of capitalist rule by a genuine workers' democracy that will guarantee full economic, social, political, and legal equality to women, people of color, sexual minorities, and all who are exploited, oppressed, and repelled by the profit system and its offshoot --- imperialism. Shares resources with Radical Women. Address: 625 Larkin Street, Suite 202, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 864-1278 Fax: (415) 864-0778 Email: bafsp@earthlink.net Web: http://www.socialism.com/ [15 Jan 2009]
Freedom Song Network (FSN) Affirms through songs and music the right of all peoples, at home and abroad, to establish more free, just, and equal societies and live in peace. A multiracial, multicultural, intergenerational group of all sexual orientations that will sing anywhere, from picket lines and demonstrations to songswaps and concert stages. Hosts irregular songswaps (about every other month) at 885 Clayton (between Carl and Parnassus) in San Francisco. Call or write to get on the mailing list. Address: POBox 401072, San Francisco CA 94140 Voice: (415) 648-3457 Email: bgilb@earthlink.net [09 Jan 2008]
Freedom to Marry A gay marriage documentary from Directors Laurie York and Carmen Goodyear. This uplifting and poignant documentary, being shown in film festivals around the world, highlights a momentous, historical milestone when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom engaged in ground-breaking civil disobedience as he allowed same-sex couples to marry at San Francisco City Hall. Web: http://www.freedomtomarry.tv/ [16 Aug 2008]
Freshtopia.net A fun and engaging place to come for news and information on food, sustainability and the environment. Freshtopia.net is interactive -- our viewers play a crucial role in the show by providing us with ideas, commentary, and counterpoints. We’re enthusiasts of sustainability, healthy living, alternative energy, and treating the world and ourselves right. Web: http://www.freshtopia.net [24 Sep 2006]
Friends & Foundations of California Libraries Mission is to enhance library services by providing effective leadership through networking, advocacy, education and the dissemination of information to encourage community support for California Libraries. Web: http://www.friendcalib.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Friends of Animals, Inc. (FoA) An international, non-profit, membership organization, incorporated in the state of New York in 1957. FoA works to protect animals from cruelty, abuse and institutionalized exploitation. FoA's efforts protect and preserve animals and their habitats around the world. Our goal is to achieve an ethic of respect in people's relations with animals, wild and domestic, at home and abroad. Web: http://www.friendsofanimals.org/ [09 Jun 2007]
Friends of Center for Children's Happiness (Friends of CCH) Supports an extraordinary orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. CCH orphanage creates a loving home for children who have worked at the Steung Meanchey Waste Disposal Dump, are AIDS orphans, were at risk for being trafficked, had parents die from landmine accidents, or otherwise have been victims of poverty. Cambodian staff offer the children love and hope through education, good nutrition, medical care, and instruction in Khmer, English, and traditional Cambodian culture. Voice: (650) 494-1753 Email: friendsofcch@gmail.com Web: http://www.friendsofcch.org [01 Oct 2006]
Friends of Deir Ibzi'a A group of activists who traveled to Palestine as volunteers with the International Solidarity Movement. All were involved in the creation of a children's summer camp which took place in the village of Deir Ibzi'a in July-August of 2002. The camp itself was the vision of Deeb Kamal, a member of the local community acutely aware of a need to both lift the children's spirits and create a lifeline of hope via an investment in learning and education. Address: 2132 Prince Street, Berkeley CA 94705 Email: friends@deiribzia.org Web: http://www.deiribzia.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Friends of El Cerrito Trees An all volunteer community-based group of citizens who are interested in the protection, preservation, proper maintenance, and planting of trees in El Cerrito's public parks, along its streets, and on private property. Our members are also concerned with related issues of conservation of vegetation and stewardship of natural resources for the health and well-being of our communities and environment. Currently, our group represents several hundred citizens of El Cerrito with many more like-minded folks from neighboring communities who share our goals to help El Cerrito become a beautiful, green place. Address: POBox 1229, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 965-1110 Web: http://www.ectrees.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Friends of Falun Gong USA A U.S.-based nonprofit human rights organization founded in the year 2000 by Americans concerned about the persecution of Falun Gong. Our mission is to support the freedom of belief of persons who practice Falun Gong. FoFG's efforts include large-scale rallies in Washington DC, lawsuits aginst the architects of the persecution, and smaller, targeted projects counteracting the Chinese government’s massive propaganda campaign. Web: http://www.fofg.org [06 Jan 2008]
Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control (FSFACC) The only nonprofit dedicated to raising funds for our open-door animal shelter and its partnering rescue groups to establish or enhance programs of humane welfare, comfort and placement, public services and humane education. Our support helps ACC and its rescue partners find loving families for every adoptable pet and makes the end of life of an ill or injured animal as pain-free and comfortable as possible. We sponsor free microchipping clinics and the PetHarbor.com lost pet reunion system. Address: POBox 2443, San Francisco CA 94126-2443 Voice: (415) 822-5566 Fax: (650) 757-7000 Email: HelpAnimals@FSFACC.org Web: http://FSFACC.org http://PetHarbor.com [05 Apr 2006]
Friends of Sausal Creek (FoSC) An Oakland non-profit that educates the community about watershed restoration and works to restore the creek ecosystem through community participation. Volunteers propagate native plants from the Sausal Creek watershed, remove invasive species and plant to restore native diversity and habitat. FoSC also provides community education on many topics relating to ecology. Sausal Creek begins in the hills of Oakland, CA and runs through Oakland to San Francisco Bay. Address: POBox 2737, Oakland CA 94602 Voice: (510) 501-FOSC (3672) Email: coordinator@sausalcreek.org Web: http://www.sausalcreek.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Friends of South Asia (FOSA) Mission is to achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia. The group works towards a demilitarized, nuclear-free South Asia; bringing together people with roots in various parts of South Asia, as well as other well-wishers of the region. Voice: (408) 480-5805 Email: mail@friendsofsouthasia.org Web: http://www.friendsofsouthasia.org [25 Jun 2006]
Friends of the Animals in the Redwood Empire (FAIRE) FAIRE's overall mission is to provide programs to help the pets and pet owners in our community. Our goal with these programs is to encourage responsible pet ownership along with increasing adoptions and reducing the need for euthanasia at our six local animal shelters. Address: POBox 2001, Rhonert Park CA 94927 Voice: (707) 538-9098 Web: http://www.faireonline.org/ [18 Apr 2009]
Friends of the Bodega Bay Watershed A citizens collective willing to fight relentlessly to preserve California’s heritage and the progressive resource management set forth by Sonoma County in recognition of the value of open space and agriculture. Opposes the development of Bodega Bay's historic Calvi Ranch into a large scale open-pit mining operation for the extraction of road building materials by the Dutra Group corporation. Address: POBox 542, Bodega Bay CA 94923 Voice: (707) 876-3523 Email: dantecalviranch@yahoo.com Web: http://www.savebayhill.org [22 Sep 2006]
Friends of the Eel River (FOER) Mission is to restore the Eel River and all her tributaries to a natural state of abundance, WILD & FREE. The immediate goal of FOER is to remove two antiquated dams that block hundreds of miles of prime spawning ground. Web: http://www.eelriver.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Friends of the Music Concourse A park advocacy group that is working to protect the Music Concourse in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and its 100-year-old trees. Web: http://www.musicconcourse.org [20 Apr 2008]
Friends of the River California's statewide river conservation organization. Preserves, protects and restores rivers, streams, and their watersheds through public education, citizen activist training and organizing, and expert advocacy to influence public policy. Web: http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ [22 Sep 2007]
Friends of the Russian River (FORR) A coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals who share concern for the ecological integrity of the river. FORR actively pursues conservation and protection of the river's main stem, tributaries and watershed through public education, citizen action, scientific research and expert advocacy. Our objective: long-term environmental and economic sustainability of the basin's wild fisheries, clean drinking water, agricultural, recreational and cultural values. Address: POBox 1335, Healdsburg CA 95448 Voice: (707) 433-1958 Fax: (707) 433-1989 Email: info@russianriverkeeper.org Web: http://www.russianriverkeeper.org/ [17 Feb 2008]
Friends of the Urban Forest Mission is to promote a larger, healthier urban forest as part of the urban ecosystem, through community planting, maintenance, education and advocacy. Friends of the Urban Forest is a non-profit committed to the belief that trees are a critical element of a livable urban environment. Since 1981, we have offered financial, technical, and practical assistance to individuals and neighborhood groups who want to plant and care for trees. Address: Presidio of San Francisco, Building 1007, POBox 29456, San Francisco CA 94129-0456 Voice: (415) 561-6890 Fax: (415) 561-6899 Web: http://www.fuf.net/ [10 Sep 2006]
Full Circle Farm An 11-acre, sustainable, educational farm being built at Peterson Middle School in the suburban community of Sunnyvale, CA, at the intersection of Dunford Way and Quail Avenue. We are a project of Sustainable Community Gardens, a local nonprofit dedicated to promoting local, sustainable food systems in Silicon Valley. Through an innovative partnership with Santa Clara Unified School District , we will provide fresh organic food, hands-on environmental and nutrition education, and a unique community resource to both residents and students. Our mission is to give our community, especially its children, a living vision of a locally grown, sustainable food system, and to create a model that can inspire and assist other communities in restoring local food access. Voice: (408) 735-8154 Email: info@fullcirclesunnyvale.org Web: http://www.fullcirclesunnyvale.org [02 Sep 2007]
Full Court Press Communications A full-service public relations, public affairs and crisis communications firm supplying companies, foundations and non-profit organizations with public relations and communications consulting to promote positive social change. Address: 1956 Webster Street, Suite 275, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 271-0640 Fax: (510) 465-8244 Email: dan@fcpcommunications.com [18 Apr 2009]
Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) A non-profit educational association whose mission is to inform all Americans about their rights, powers and responsibilities when serving as trial jurors. FIJA also seeks to restore the political function of the jury as the final check and balance on the American system of government. It is supported by tax-deductible contributions and foundation grants. Web: http://www.fija.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
FundRaisin.info A listing of fundraising resources and tools. Web: http://fundraisin.info/ [09 Dec 2007]
Funny Times A monthly forum for humor - funny jokes, political cartoons, news and columns - in a world totally insane. Web: http://funnytimes.com/ [03 May 2009]
Furry Friends Rescue An all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing, fostering and finding forever homes for companion animals in the San Francisco Bay Area. All dogs and cats are home fostered by volunteer homes. Address: POBox 7270, Fremont CA 94537-7270 Voice: (510) 794-4703 Email: info@furryfriendsrescue.org Web: http://www.furryfriendsrescue.org/ [18 Apr 2009]
Fusion Consultants A non-profit consulting group that provides comprehensive capacity building services to individual donors, foundations, and nonprofit organizations to build strong organizations that are well managed, accountable for performance, and achieve their mission. We work exclusively with progressive groups and individuals dedicated to creating an inclusive, democratic society, rooted in principles of social justice and sustainability. We are committed to strengthening organizations to enable them to participate in coalitions and collaborative processes essential to building the larger progressive movement. Address: The Presidio, POBox 29625, San Francisco CA 94129-0625 Voice: (415)561-6587 Fax: (415)358-8433 Email: info@fusionconsultants.org Web: http://www.fusionconsultants.org/ [18 Nov 2006]
Fusion Program for Mixed Heritage Youth Seeks to support multiracial, multiethnic, and/or transracially adoptive youth and their families. Our mission is to foster positive identity formation and empowerment in children of mixed heritage. To meet this aim, the Fusion Program facilitates the exploration of personal identity and community in a safe and nurturing environment and through community outreach. Address: POBox 11811, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (510) 644-1000 x2 Fax: (510) 525-4106 Email: info@fusionprogram.org Web: http://www.fusionprogram.org [18 Apr 2009]
Future Builders A group of high school teens dedicated to changing the world in a mosh pit. We organize frequent benefit concerts with local bands for various humanitarian and environmental causes. We raise funds and awareness for issues that matter to young people today. We also host movie nights and volunteer opportunities for our peers, mostly at local parks and food banks. We know that we will never change the world unless it makes a difference in our own lives, too. The future begins now--and we might as well have fun while bettering this beautiful earth we inhabit! Email: fb@future-builders.org Web: http://www.future-builders.org [29 Jun 2007]
Future Leaders Institute (FLI) Builds bold humanitarian leaders. FLI programs provide the inspiration, structure and guidance for Bay Area high school students to realize their passions through student-created projects that provide tangible social or environmental contributions to the community. FLI programs provide our educational system with the resources and support needed to effectively integrate social responsibility, civic engagement and student leadership within our schools. Address: 1201 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Suite 104, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 292-8181 Email: ecowen@thefutureleadersinstitute.org Web: http://www.thefutureleadersinstitute.org/ [18 Nov 2006]
The Future of Food A film that offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. Web: http://www.thefutureoffood.com/ [24 Jul 2009]
Future of Music Coalition A not-for-profit collaboration between members of the music, technology, public policy and intellectual property law communities. The FMC seeks to educate the media, policymakers, and the public about music / technology issues, while also bringing together diverse voices in an effort to come up with creative solutions to some of the challenges in this space. The FMC also aims to identify and promote innovative business models that will help musicians and citizens to benefit from new technologies. Web: http://www.futureofmusic.org [22 Sep 2007]
GABRIELA Network (GABNet) A Philippine-US women's solidarity mass organization. GABNet provides the means by which Filipinas in the US can empower themselves, functions as training ground for women's leadership, and articulates the women's point of view. GABNet effects change through organizing, educating, fundraising, networking, and advocacy. Web: http://www.gabnet.org [24 Feb 2007]
Gadar Heritage Foundation Aims and objectives are: A. Re-evaluation of the place of Gadar Party in India's Freedom Movement through research, seminars and publications. B. Promoting the ideals of the Gadar Party: Secularism and Religious Harmony, Social Justice, Economic Freedom and Equality, Democracy and Cultural Diversity, and Peaceful Co-existence among Nations. Address: POBox 14360, Fremont CA 94539 Email: iref94@yahoogroups.com Web: http://gadar.homestead.com [18 Aug 2006]
Gaia College Our mission is to provide accessible education in holistic land management and environmentally sustainable technologies. The demand for practitioners of environmentally sound methods is urgent, yet training opportunities are few and far between. To make our programs and courses available to the largest possible audience, and at the lowest environmental cost, we teach primarily over the Internet. Web: http://www.organic-land-care.com [13 Oct 2007]
The Garden (film) The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Web: http://www.blackvalleyfilms.com/ [05 Feb 2009]
Garden for the Environment (GFE) Maintains a nationally acclaimed one-acre urban demonstration garden and offers environmental education programs about organic gardening, urban compost systems and sustainable food systems. Since its founding in 1990, the garden has operated as a demonstration site for small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening and low water-use landscaping. The garden is located in San Francisco on 7th Avenue at Lawton Street. It is operated under the fiscal sponsorship of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council. Address: 780 Frederick Street, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 731-5627 Fax: (415) 731-5607 Email: info@gardenfortheenvironment.org Web: http://www.gardenfortheenvironment.org/ [19 Sep 2007]
Garlic & Grass A Grassroots Journal of America's Political Soul. Seeks to enliven American political discourse and to be a forum for both contemplating and effecting the positive political change that we need. Inspired by a desire to both understand and counteract the new repressive trends taking hold in our republic. Web: http://www.garlicandgrass.org [09 Jun 2007]
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Web: http://www.glaad.org [18 Apr 2009]
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) Works to ensure quality, non-judgmental healthcare and to end workplace discrimination against LGBT healthcare professionals through education, referrals, and advocacy. We offer free on-line referral services for LGBT patients, and provide a community in which individuals come together to promote LBGT health and wellness. The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF) provides grants for independent research on lesbian health issues. Address: 459 Fulton Street, Suite 107, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 255-4547 Fax: (415) 255-4784 Email: info@glma.org Web: http://www.glma.org [05 Feb 2009]
Gay and Lesbian Sierrans, Loma Prieta Chapter (GLS) An official activity section of the Sierra Club . We offer the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community a variety of outdoor activities, including day hikes, car camping weekends, and backpack trips, and encourage participation in the Sierra Club's mission to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth. Address: GLS / Loma Prieta Sierra Club, 3921 East Bayshore Road, Suite 204, Palo Alto CA 94303 Email: glslp@usa.net Web: http://www.lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/gls/index.html [22 Nov 2008]
Gay Buddhist Open Forum (GBOF) A free, international, minimally moderated online group discussing Buddhist teachings and practices for gay men. Features: Daily selection of a Buddhist teaching from one of many fine teachers worldwide; ongoing group discussion and opportunities for spiritual friendship with other gay Buddhists; information and referral to Buddhist resources in Bay Area and around the world. Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gbof/ [29 Oct 2009]
Gay News Blog GLBTQ news and views from across America and around the world updated throughout the day. Search almost 21,000+ LGBT stories in our achieve. Plus you can use the links below to go to the Gay Book Blog, the Gay Opinion Blog, the gay Religion Blog or the Gay Travel Blog. Web: http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/ [22 Nov 2008]
Gay Shame GAY SHAME is a virus in the system. We are committed to a queer extravaganza that brings direct action to astounding levels of theatricality. We will not be satisfied with a commercialized gay identity that denies the intrinsic links between queer struggle and challenging power. We seek nothing less than a new queer activism that foregrounds race, class, gender and sexuality, to counter the self-serving "values" of gay consumerism and the increasingly hypocritical left. We are dedicated to fighting the rabid assimilationist monster with a devastating mobilization of queer brilliance. GAY SHAME is a celebration of resistance: ALL ARE WELCOME. Email: gayshamesf@yahoo.com Web: http://www.gayshamesf.org/ [20 Apr 2008]
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California (GLBTHS) Collects, preserves, and interprets the history of GLBT people and the communities that support them. We sponsor exhibits and programs on an on-going basis. The archives of the GLBTHS is one of the world's largest collections of primary source materials about GLBT history. Filmmakers, academics, journalists, students, and others use the archives to craft truthful and inspiring representations of GLBT people. Address: 657 Mission Street #300, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 777-5455 Fax: (415) 777-5576 Email: info@glbthistory.org Web: http://www.glbthistory.org [22 Nov 2008]
Gaylesta, Inc. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Psychotherapist Association of the Bay Area. Address: 584 Castro Street #230, San Francisco CA 94114-2594 Voice: (510) 433-9939; (888) 869-4993 (toll-free referral service) Email: contact@gaylesta.org Web: http://www.gaylesta.org [24 Jul 2009]
GE Free Sonoma A grassroots organization working to keep Sonoma County's farms, ecosystems and public lands free from contamination by genetically engineered (GE) organisms. Address: POBox 1898, Santa Rosa CA 95402 Voice: (707) 823-4410 Email: volunteer@gefreesonoma.org Web: http://www.gefreesonoma.org/ [17 Feb 2008]
General Assistance Advocacy Project (GAAP) Serves homeless and marginally housed San Franciscans by helping them obtain the public benefits to which they are entitled. So long as there is a need for public benefits, GAAP provides education, empowerment and advocacy to our clients through the involvement of law students, undergraduates and community volunteers. GAAP strives to affirm the human dignity of all the people served and to hold public agencies to the same standard. Address: 276 Golden Gate Avenue (near Hyde), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 928-8191 Fax: (415) 928-1410 Web: http://www.gaap.org [17 Sep 2006]
Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives (GRID Alternatives) A non-profit organization whose mission is to empower communities in need by providing renewable energy and energy efficiency services, equipment and training. Since 2001, GRID Alternatives has been working to bring the power of solar electricity and energy efficiency to low-income homeowners, and to provide community members with training and hands-on experience with renewable energy technologies. We believe making energy choices that are good for the environment can go hand-in-hand with improving the lives of those living in low-income communities. Address: 995 Market Street #801, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 839-8437 Fax: (415) 520-2120 Email: info@gridalternatives.org Web: http://www.gridalternatives.org [11 Apr 2007]
Generation Five A non-profit organization that brings together diverse community leaders working to end child sexual abuse within five generations. Our programs provide leadership training to community members, activists and agency professionals and foster national strategy and information exchange on child sexual abuse. We are not a direct service organization; rather, we work in collaboration with service providers to ensure that affordable, culturally relevant support is available to survivors, offenders, and affected families. Address: 3288 21st Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 861-6658 Fax: (415) 861-6659 Email: info@generationFIVE.org Web: http://www.generationFIVE.org [20 Jan 2007]
Genetic Engineering Action Network (GEAN) A diverse network of grassroots activists, national and community non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer and farm advocacy groups, academics and scientists who have come together to work on the myriad of issues surrounding biotechnology. Web: http://www.geaction.org/ [13 Oct 2007]
GI Rights Hotline A network of nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations who provide information to servicemembers about military discharges, grievance and complaint procedures, and other civil rights. Voice: (877) 447-4487 (from the US); (415) 992-6374 (from other countries) Fax: (415) 565-0204 Email: girights@girightshotline.org Web: http://www.girightshotline.org [12 Dec 2008]
Girls on the Run of the Bay Area A life-changing, experiential learning program for girls ages 8 to 13. The programs combine training for a 5K or 1-mile community running event with healthy living education. Our curriculum-based programs instill self-esteem and strong values through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training. 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 [05 Jul 2008]
GirlSource Since 1998, GirlSource has been providing meaningful employment and leadership opportunities for low-income, high-school-age girls in San Francisco. Our paid job program offers technology training, supplemented by individual guidance to help girls finish high school, go on to college, and launch their careers. Address: 1550 Bryant Street, Suite 675, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 252-8880 Fax: (415) 252-8884 Email: leticia@girlsource.org Web: http://www.girlsource.org [25 Sep 2008]
GirlVentures Our mission is to empower adolescent girls to develop and express their strengths. We explore self, community and the natural world through outdoor adventure, creative arts and group experiences. Our single gender programs provide girls with opportunities to experience physical success, express creative success, practice group decision making and problem solving, develop community responsibility, and cultivate a sense of appreciation and stewardship for nature and the environment. Address: The Women's Building, 3543 18th Street #18, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 864-0780 Fax: (415) 861-3464 Email: info@girlventures.org Web: http://www.girlventures.org/ [06 May 2007]
GiveWell An independent nonprofit charity evaluator. We perform in-depth research on charities to help people accomplish as much good as possible with their donations. Unlike existing evaluators, which focus solely on financials, assessing administrative or fundraising costs, we focus on how well programs actually work – i.e., their effects on the people they serve. Web: http://givewell.net/ [26 Dec 2008]
GLBT Historical Society Mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and otherwise make available to the public historical, cultural, and artistic materials related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender communities, identities, and practices, as well as of other sexual minorities. Our goal is to build the world's first full-scale, professional quality museum devoted to GLBT history and culture. Address: 657 Mission Street #300, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 777-5455 Fax: (415) 777-5576 Email: info@glbthistory.org Web: http://www.glbthistory.org/ [24 Feb 2007]
Glide Memorial United Methodist Church Located at Ellis and Taylor in the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's harshest urban environments, Glide Church is an oasis that has served the poor and disenfrachised for over 30 years. Glide serves over one million free meals a year, as well as AIDS testing, health care, women's programs, crisis intervention, basic services, literacy and computer training, jobs training and placement, and children, youth, and family educational programs. Address: 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 674-6000 Email: glide@glide.org Web: http://www.glide.org/ [29 Oct 2009]
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) An expanding international alliance of individuals, non-governmental organization, community-based organizations, academics and others working to end the incineration of all forms of waste and to promote sustainable waste prevention and discard management practices. Web: http://www.no-burn.org/ [06 May 2007]
Global Community Monitor (GCM) An environmental justice and human rights nonprofit that empowers industrial communities to recreate a clean, healthy and truly sustainable environment. GCM was created to provide hands-on tools for impacted communities to monitor their own neighborhoods. Based on community knowledge and new data, industrial neighbors can increase their power to reduce health threats on their own terms. GCM builds on successful strategies used to hold major corporations accountable in the U.S and throughout the world. Through GCM, local community struggles are linked and their efforts multiplied. Address: POBox 1784, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 233-1870 Email: denny@gcmonitor.org Web: http://www.gcmonitor.org [24 Jul 2009]
Global Exchange (GX) A membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since our founding in 1988, we have successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change. Address: 2017 Mission Street, Suite 303, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 255-7296 Fax: (415) 255-7498 Web: http://www.globalexchange.org [09 Jun 2007]
Berkeley Global Exchange Fair Trade Craft Center Promotes economic justice by marketing handmade crafts from small producer cooperatives in developing countries, and by providing an alternative economic model to global trade. Address: 2840 College Avenue (at Russell), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 548-0370 Fax: (510) 548-0371 Email: berkeleystore@globalexchange.org Web: http://store.gxonlinestore.org/ [25 Feb 2007]
San Francisco Global Exchange Fair Trade Craft Center Our Fair Trade program offers alternatives to sweatshop production by working with small scale craft producers and farmer cooperatives worldwide. Purchases at Global Exchange stores support a new standard of trade-ensuring fair wages, respect for workers rights and environmental sustainability around the globe. Address: 4018 24th Street (near Noe), San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 648-8068 Web: http://store.gxonlinestore.org/ [09 Jun 2007]
Global Exchange Fair Trade Online Store Promotes economic justice by marketing handmade crafts from small producer cooperatives in developing countries, and by providing an alternative economic model to global trade. Web: http://store.gxonlinestore.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
Global Finance Campaign Working to get the Big Banks’ Bucks from getting thrown at the dirtiest of industries: oil extraction, mining, and logging, and at the expense of the lands and the rights of traditional and indigenous communities. Many banks have begun to take the first steps toward reconciling economy with ecology. A project of Rainforest Action Network. Web: http://dirtymoney.org/ [08 Apr 2006]
The Global Fund for Women An international grantmaking organization that provides funds to seed, strengthen, and link groups that are committed to women's well-being and that work for their full participation in society. The grants are made to support programs overseas. Address: 1375 Sutter Street, Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 202-7640 Fax: (415) 202-8604 Web: http://www.globalfundforwomen.org [06 Jan 2008]
Global Glimpse Prepares high school students for a successful future. We provide a summer leadership experience emphasizing leadership, community service, mutual understanding and respect and college preparation. Global Glimpse takes high school juniors abroad for 3 weeks during their summer to immerse them in a global educational program. Unlike traditional exchange and youth development programs, Global Glimpse, a nonprofit, provides a strong academic foundation and is designed for all by being accessible and very low cost (we hope to one day make it free). Web: http://www.globalglimpse.org/ [26 Dec 2008]
Global Information Internship Program (GIIP) An innovative "digital service learning" program at UC Santa Cruz. GIIP is engaged in creating a new generation of "info activists", committed to advancing social justice, democratizing globalization and building social entrepreneurship in civil society. GIIP trains students in the tools of information and communication technologies (ICT), and then places "infosavvy" interns as social advocates with partner organizations. Once placed, GIIPers complete ICT projects in collaboration with a partner organization. Voice: giip@ucsc.edu Web: http://giip.ucsc.edu/ [18 Apr 2009]
Global Policy Forum Monitors policy making at the United Nations, promotes accountability of global decisions, educates and mobilizes for global citizen participation, and advocates on vital issues of international peace and justice. Web: http://www.globalpolicy.org/ [23 Nov 2008]
Global Public Media Public service broadcasting for a post-carbon world. Formed to help existing public service information organizations, which include broadcasting, print and online media, give a broader, deeper and more interactive public information service. During Phase One we are developing and presenting in-depth internviews, & pilot radio and television sites and programmes in response to a wide range of topics and issues in the world. Web: http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/ [16 Aug 2008]
Global Security Institute (GSI) Dedicated to strengthening international cooperation and security based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament. GSI was founded by Senator Alan Cranston whose insight that nuclear weapons are impractical, unacceptably risky, and unworthy of civilization continues to inspire GSI's efforts to contribute to a safer world. GSI has developed an exceptional team that includes former heads of state and government, distinguished diplomats, effective politicians, committed celebrities, religious leaders, Nobel Peace Laureates, disarmament and legal experts, and concerned citizens. Web: http://www.gsinstitute.org [14 Oct 2007]
Global Trade Watch (GTW) Promotes democracy by challenging corporate globalization, arguing that the current globalization model is neither a random inevitability nor "free trade." Web: http://www.tradewatch.org/ [17 Feb 2008]
Global Vision International (GVI) A UK-based organisation that provides support and funding for long term pioneering conservation and community projects in 20 countries world wide. GVI carefully place adventurous individuals on challenging land based and marine research expeditions, volunteer projects, courses and invaluable internships with our partner organizations. Opportunities are available for everyone ages 18 - 65, no experience is necessary. Departures all year round from 2 weeks to 2 years. Web: http://www.gvi.co.uk [24 Feb 2007]
Global Warming International Center (GWIC) The international body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, serving both governamental, non-governamental organizations, and industries in more than 145 countries. It sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding of global warming and its mitigation. Web: http://www.globalwarming.net/ [16 Aug 2008]
Global Women Intact A non-profit, non-governmental and unbiased organization. When it comes to ending female circumcision, we are committed to working with women and girls in America and Africa, no matter what their situation is. We provide prevention materials and support services in a compassionate and non-judgmental manner. We are dedicated to making services accessible to all. Address: 1928 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 928-4060 Email: esolo69781@aol.com Web: http://www.celebrateclitoris.com [07 Oct 2007]
Globalize This! A grassroots, entirely volunteer-run collective that seeks to coordinate activities, events, actions, and public forums that will help raise awareness about the negative impacts of neo-liberal policies (i.e., pro-corporate globalization), develop innovative campaigns to build a diverse activist base and deliver concrete results in the struggle against the corporate globalization agenda, and work in solidarity with other anti-globalization groups world-wide. Web: http://www.globalizethissf.org/ [02 Sep 2007]
Go Vegan! Radio A Los Angeles-based radio program hosted by Bob Linden. Represents a vision of a better world with more compassion, less violence, and less cruelty. It’s a show about dietary and lifestyle choices --- healthy alternatives to using animal products without animal ingredients or testing. Web: http://www.goveganradio.com/ [16 Aug 2008]
Golden Gate Community, Inc (GGCI) A community-based nonprofit in San Francisco that endeavors to transform the lives of homeless and at-risk youth and young adults by providing them with employment, housing and support services. GGCI believes that change only occurs when an individual’s economic, personal development and basic support needs are met. To meet these needs, GGCI operates three social purpose enterprises, including Ashbury Images (providing apparel to organization), Einstein's café and catering service, and the Pedal Revolution bike store. Address: Caroline Pappajohn, 3075 21st Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 920-9200 Fax: (415) 920-9203 Web: http://www.ggci.org [11 Apr 2007]
Golden Gate Council of American Youth Hostels, Inc. Dedicated to providing budget accommodations and promoting experiential education through ecologically and culturally sensitive travel. Offers a web site on Northern California hostels. Hostels worldwide offer opportunities to travellers of all ages, races and means to discover everything this world has to offer. In addition to providing budget accommodations, hostels also provide educational programs in the environment, culture and history of the countries you visit. Address: 425 Divisadero Street, Suite 307, San Francisco CA 94117-2242 Voice: (415) 863-1444 Fax: (415) 863-3865 Email: hiayh@norcalhostels.org Web: http://www.norcalhostels.org [24 Feb 2007]
Golden Gate National Parks Association (GGNPA) Works hand-in-hand with the National Park Service to protect the national parks at the Golden Gate, including the Presidio, Muir Woods, Crissy Field, the Marin Headlands, Alcatraz, and the Point Bonita Lighthouse. Address: Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 561-3000 Fax: (415) 561-3003 Email: tellmemore@ggnpa.org Web: http://www.parksconservancy.org [17 Sep 2006]
Golden State Greyhound Adoption (GSGA) Founded in October 2002, Golden State Greyhound Adoption, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization is dedicated to rescuing retired racing greyhounds and placing them in adoptive homes throughtout Northern California. We are an all volunteer organization that receives no government or racing-sponsored funds. All dogs are hand selected to meet your specific requirements. When you receive your adoptive hound, it has been spayed/neutered, undergone a complete medical and dental exam, had its teeth cleaned and received all its shots. Dogs are continuously available. The adoption fee is a modest $250. Address: PMB 182, 2977 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 946-0426 Email: gsga@astound.net Web: http://www.goldengreyhounds.com [15 Feb 2008]
Good Shepherd Gracenter Motivated by the belief in the dignity and worth of each person as a child of God, Good Shepherd Gracenter is committed to helping women who seek recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Through a program based on 12-step spirituality and holistic treatment, we help each woman transform and grow toward independence by nurturing an appreciation of her true self and strengthening bonds with her God and community. Address: 1310 Bacon Street, San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 586-2822 Email: info@gsgracenter.org Web: http://www.gsgracenter.org [24 Feb 2007]
GoodHumans A leading online retailer of environmentally responsible products. Since its inception in February of 2000, GoodHumans has been steadily growing both its product line and customer base. We boast hundreds of earth and human friendly products in our online store, and we ship throughout the country and around the world. With our unmatched customer service policies and our user-friendly website, we provide a pleasant and hassle-free shopping experience for our customers. GoodHumans is a family owned and operated business where the business is treated as a member of the family. Address: 500 Soquel Avenue, Suite F, Santa Cruz CA 95062 Voice: (831) 420-0118 Fax: (831) 621-3890 Email: feedback@goodhumans.com Web: http://www.goodhumans.com/ [17 Sep 2006]
Google Watch A look at how Google's monopoly, algorithms, and privacy policies are undermining the Web. Web: http://www.google-watch.org/ [30 Oct 2006]
GotMercury.Org Gotmercury.org is part of Turtle Island Restoration Network's efforts to protect the environment and the public from mercury. Because of the ubiquitious nature of mercury in our environment and because federal and state public health agencies are not doing enough to raise public awareness and protect the public from mercury, we developed gotmercury.org. This online tool takes the mystery out of which seafood is safe to eat with regard to the presence of mercury in certain species of seafood and allows consumers to make informed choices about eating seafood. Web: http://GotMercury.Org [31 Oct 2009]
Graphic Artists Guild of Northern California Promotes and protects the economic interests of member artists. It is committed to improving conditions for all creators of graphic art and raising standards for the entire industry. The Guild is a national union that embraces creators at all levels of skill and expertise who produce graphic art intended for presentation as originals or reproductions. Accomplishes its mission by: leading the legislative effort to change sales tax law as currently applied to graphic artists in California, educating artists about 'all-rights' contracts and getting companies to change unfair contracts with the Contract Monitor, publishing the Pricing and Ethical Guidelines book, offering opportunities for member artists to share information in a non-competitive environment, and meeting with the Federal Copyright Office to protect the rights of individual creators. Web: http://norcal.gag.org [09 Jun 2007]
GrassRootHost.com A worker owned, profitable Web hosting company. We help small and mid-sized GrassRoots groups and individuals to establish a presence on the Internet with low-cost Web hosting solutions. We have revolutionized the Web hosting industry by offering hosting packages that remain unbeatable today! Address: 390 Loma Vista Ter., Pacifica CA 94044 Fax: (928) 438-2661 Email: team@grassrootshost.com Web: http://www.grassroothost.com [08 Apr 2007]
Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) A bimonthly newsletter that reports on worker cooperatives and community-based economies in the U.S. and World wide, and their development through local cooperative action. GEO also provides a global forum for the cooperative movement. Dedicated to making a better world through worker cooperatives, sustainable community enterprises, and grassroots economic organizing. Web: http://www.geonewsletter.org [17 Feb 2008]
Grassroots Fundraising Journal A bimonthly magazine that helps grassroots community-based organizations raise money from their community. Hands-on practical articles tell how to find individual donors, run effective special events, develop direct mail campaigns, and get your board involved in fundraising. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 705, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 452-4520 Fax: (510) 452-2122 Email: info@grassrootsfundraising.org Web: http://www.grassrootsfundraising.org [24 Feb 2007]
Grassroots House Collective A non-profit that collectively owns and operates an office building in Berkeley that houses important local organizations such as Copwatch, the Green Party, the Prisoner's Literature Project, The International Solidarity Movement and the International Workers of the World. Having a space to work is absolutely crucial to progressive organizers and workspace is an extremely rare commodity. Named after the radical community newspaper "Grassroots" that was once produced at the house, the Grassroots House is a place that fosters and supports truly "grassroots" politics and groups. Address: 2022 Blake Street,, Berkeley CA 94704 Email: info[at]grassrootshouse.org Web: http://www.grassrootshouse.org/ [06 Oct 2009]
grassroots.org Provides free Internet business services to charities, including full-featured web hosting and email services. Focuses on serving non-religious organizations involved in Education, Environmentalism, Humanitarian Relief, Fighting Disease, Homeless Issues, Crime Control, Political Freedom, Government Reform, Consumer Protection, Youth Issues, Addiction, and other like-minded, non-legislative causes. Also provides content and links on the above topics. Web: http://grassroots.org [17 Feb 2008]
Gratitude Nights Creating a space for folks to celebrate community, social change, creative and healing arts, and excellent food in a drug and alcohol free setting. Produces a monthly musical event that is a fundraiser for a wide spectrum of social change organizations. Web: http://www.gratitudenights.org/ [31 May 2007]
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 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. Meets the third Tuesday of the month, 1 PM, in the Fireside Room of the Unitarian Universalist Center at 1187 Franklin St., between O'Farrell and Geary. Address: 1182 Market Street, Room 203, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 552-8800 Fax: (415) 552-8801 Email: graypanther-sf@sbcglobal.net Web: http://graypantherssf.igc.org/ [16 Aug 2008]
Graze the Roof An edible, community-produced vegetable garden on the rooftop of Glide Memorial, a progressive church and nonprofit located in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Graze features soil-less gardening vegetable growers; self-watering containers; lightweight garden beds made from milk crates; a worm composting system and an educational mural which ties the whole project together. Glide youth and volunteers from throughout the Bay Area maintain the garden and host monthly tours and workshops. Address: c/o Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis Street (at Taylor), San Francisco CA 94102 Email: GrazeTheRoof@gmail.com Web: http://grazetheroof.blogspot.com/ [05 Feb 2009]
Great Plains Restoration Council A multicultural, multiracial non-profit organization building the Buffalo Commons step-by-step by bringing the wild buffalo back and restoring healthy, sustainable ommunities to the Great Plains. From the Indian Reservation to the prairie outback to the inner city and beyond, GPRC organizes specifically where the areas of environment, human rights and human health, and animal protection interact in social change. Web: http://www.gprc.org [17 Sep 2006]
Greater Good Magazine Greater Good is a new voice of compassion, hope, and inspiration. Four times a year, it highlights ground breaking scientific research into the roots of altruistic human relationships, and fuses this research with inspiring stories of compassion in action. In the process, it provides a bridge between social scientists and parents, educators, community leaders, and policy makers. Its underlying goal is to highlight the strides we’re making (and obstacles we’re encountering) toward becoming a more benevolent society. Address: University of California, Berkeley, 2425 Atherton Street #6070, Berkeley CA 94720-6070 Voice: (510) 643-8965 Email: greater@berkeley.edu Web: http://www.greatergoodmag.org [23 Nov 2007]
GreatNonprofits A place to find, review, and talk about great -- and perhaps not yet great -- nonprofits. You already know that reviews by other people who have gone to a restaurant or tried out a doctor are the best way to find out about the quality of those services. If you have direct experience with a nonprofit, GreatNonprofits makes it easier for you to share your knowledge so that other people can discover the great nonprofits that are out there. Web: http://www.greatnonprofits.org/ [26 Dec 2008]
Green 960AM - KKGN A Bay Area-based progressive News / Talk radio / web audio service, featuring nationally syndicated hosts like Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow. Green 960 also offers daily sustainability programming, and locally produced hourly news reports on progressive politcs and green isues that also live online. Address: 340 Townsend Street, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (866) 960-5753 Web: http://www.green960.com [06 Jan 2008]
Green Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. 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 Voice: (888) 271-7674 Email: contact@green-aid.com Web: http://www.green-aid.com/ [01 Mar 2008]
Green Building Pages A sustainable building materials database and design tool for the environmentally and socially responsible designer, builder and client. Web: http://greenbuildingpages.com/ [23 Nov 2008]
Green City Project (GCP) Dedicated to increasing the compatibility of cities with their local natural systems by providing resources to link individuals and group with each other and community-based ecological activities. Green City is a project of the Planet Drum Foundation, a non-profit ecological education organization that promotes the concepts of bioregions and emphasizes sustainability, community self-determination and regional self-reliance. Address: POBox 31251, San Francisco CA 94131 Voice: (415) 285-6556 Fax: (415) 285-6563 Email: planetdrum@igc.apc.org Web: http://www.sustainable-city.org/orgs/gcp.htm [16 Aug 2008]
Green Festivals A project of two national nonprofit organizations, Global Exchange and Co-op America. They bring together local and national socially responsible businesses, environmental, social justice, and community organizations, with tens of thousands of concerned individuals for two day events aimed at forging a just, sustainable, and inclusive economy – a green economy. Web: http://www.greenfestivals.org/ [22 Dec 2006]
The Green Gate The Natural Resources Defense Council's environmental guide to the San Francisco Bay Area. Web: http://www.nrdc.org/greengate/ [17 Sep 2006]
The Green Gate's Guide to Bay Area Farmers Markets A page of the Natural Resource Defense Council's Green Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area. Web: http://www.nrdc.org/greengate/guides/markets.asp [17 Sep 2006]
Green House Network Committed to creating the grassroots movement needed to stop global warming. Mission is to educate and unite business, government, students, civic organizations, community leaders, and citizens in the effort to stabilize the climate. Based in Portland, Oregon. Web: http://www.greenhousenet.org [08 Apr 2007]
The Green Office The first online office products retailer to provide a one-stop shop focused on green, sustainable choices. Our mission is to make workplace greening easy and cost effective, by offering a great selection of green products as well as useful tips and guidelines for green purchasing, waste reduction, and sustainability management. Address: 65 Capp Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (800) 909-9750 Fax: (866) 678-5056 Email: info@thegreenoffice.com Web: http://www.thegreenoffice.com/ [29 Jun 2008]
San Francisco Green Party The SF local of the Green Party of California, the state's newest political party. Working at the local level for social and environmental justice, peace, and grassroots democracy. Address: 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 701-7090 Email: sfgreenparty@yahoo.com Web: http://www.sfgreenparty.org [24 Feb 2007]
Green Party of Alameda County Web: http://www.acgreens.org/ [14 Oct 2006]
Green Party of Contra Costa County Address: POBox 3333, Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 695-3112 Email: cocogreens@aaahawk.com Web: http://coco.cagreens.org [17 Sep 2006]
Green Party of San Mateo County Address: 511 2nd Avenue #C, San Mateo CA 94401 Voice: (650) 288-4216 Email: gpsmc@cagreens.org Web: http://cagreens.org/sanmateo [04 Oct 2009]
Green Planet Films, Inc. A non-profit distributor of nature and environmental DVDs from around the globe. We promote environmental education through film. We seek to preserve and protect our planet by collecting and distributing documentaries that can be used to educate the public about the science, beauty, and fragility of the natural world. Our mission is to grow our web-based DVD library, and provide a channel that connects these films to schools, organizations, businesses, government agencies, and individuals worldwide. Address: POBox 247, Corte Madera CA 94976-0247 Voice: (415) 377-5471 Email: info@greenplanetfilms.org Web: http://greenplanetfilms.org [21 Jan 2009]
Green Press Initiative A non-profit program dedicated to saving trees and natural resources through increasing the use of recycled paper in the book publishing sector. The Initiative is accomplishing this goal through the development of formal partnerships with authors and publishers who are committing to use recycled paper. Web: http://www.greenpressinitiative.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
Green Sangha A spiritual community committed to environmental action. Our practice is to bring healing to ourselves, to each other, and to the earth through thoughts, words, and actions rooted in love. Address: POBox 20261, Oakland CA 94620 Voice: (510) 532-6574 Email: info@greensangha.org Web: http://www.greensangha.org [04 Nov 2006]
Green Tortoise Adventure Travel Cooperative, reasonably priced, non-pampered bus trips geared toward outdoor adventures, riding in buses that allow horizontal sleeping. Address: 494 Broadway, San Francisco CA 94133 Voice: (800) TORTOISE (800-867-8647) Web: http://www.greentortoise.com/ [09 Jun 2007]
green*light magazine (Light Green Media) Stands for better choices, no matter who they come from. Our philosophy is to support and encourage the efforts of all companies, organizations and individuals who are trying to make the earth a better place. If a company is making a truly earth-friendly product, we'll tell you about it and if that results in sales growth for earth-friendly products and services perhaps more companies will embrace envoironmentally and socially conscious practices -- guided by market trends you helped to create. Address: 944 Market Street, Suite 821 (near Mason), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 773-2053 Fax: (415) 773-1122 Web: http://www.greenlightmag.com [24 Jul 2009]
Greenaction Mobilizes community power to win victories that change government and corporate policies and practices to protect health and to promote environmental justice. Address: One Hallidie Plaza, Suite 760 (near Powell & Market Streets), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 248-5010 Fax: (415) 248-5011 Email: greenaction@greenaction.org Web: http://www.greenaction.org [31 Oct 2009]
Greenbelt Alliance Since 1958, Greenbelt Alliance has protected open space and made cities better places to live throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Improves policies that govern urban development and protects farmlands and natural areas. Works by mobilizing citizens, educating elected officials, researching policy solutions, and advocating for better growth locally and regionally. Address: 631 Howard Street, Suite 510, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 543-6771 Fax: (415) 543-6781 Email: info@greenbelt.org Web: http://www.greenbelt.org/ [09 Jun 2007]
Greenbelt Guardians An information network and coalition of groups and individuals dedicated to effectively preserving open space in the hills east of Berkeley and Oakland and west of Orinda and Moraga. We are organizing a response to the current threat to Gateway Valley, planned luxury housing development. Address: POBox 14, Canyon CA 94516 Web: http://www.savegateway.org/ [23 Nov 2008]
Greenlining Institute A national policy, organizing, and leadership institute working for racial and economic justice. We ensure that grassroots leaders are participating in major policy debates by building diverse coalitions of grassroots leaders that work together to advance solutions to our nation's most pressing problems. Our leadership Academy has become the "farm system" for tomorrow's social justice leaders, training the best and brightest from our community. Our policy experts conduct research and coordinate multi-pronged strategies on major policy issues, including but not limited to the environment, wealth creation (asset building), philanthropy, health, energy, communications, and higher-education. Address: 1918 University Avenue, 2nd Floor (near Martin Luther King Jr Way), Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 926-4001 Fax: (510) 926-4010 Web: http://www.Greenlining.org [14 Jun 2009]
The GreenMoney Journal Every week brings news that makes socially and environmentally responsible investing and green business more relevant then ever. We witness the arrival of positive changes in both politics and business, as SRI is considered in more wide-ranging discussions, and public demand increases for political and corporate transparency. More good news: executives are being held to greater accountability in compensation matters as well as in corporate governance. Web: http://www.greenmoneyjournal.com/ [08 Apr 2007]
GreenWorks Creates entertaining programming about ordinary people doing extraordinary things for the environment. Our stories inspire and empower viewers to get involved-and demonstrate that one person CAN make a difference. Web: http://www.greentreks.org [14 Oct 2007]
gregpalast.com Greg Palast is the author of the New York Times bestseller, "Armed Madhouse" (Penguin Paperback 2007). When Palast, investigator of corporate fraud and racketeering, turned his skills to journalism, he was quickly recognized as, "The most important investigative reporter of our time" [Tribune Magazine] in Britain, where his first reports appeared on BBC television and in the Guardian newspapers. Web: http://www.gregpalast.com/ [18 Apr 2009]
Greyhound Protection League A national organization dedicated to ending the suffering of racing greyhounds. In conjunction with local animal care providers, GPL is offering assistance in dealing with the perplexing problems created by the mass production and subsequent destruction of racing greyhounds. Address: POBox 669, Penn Valley CA 95946 Voice: (800) 446-8637 (800-G-HOUNDS) Web: http://www.greyhounds.org [24 Feb 2007]
Grist Magazine A daily online guide to crticial eco-stories with quick-click links to the original sources. Gloom and doom with a sense of humor. Web: http://www.gristmagazine.com [16 Aug 2008]
GroundSpark Creates visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world. GroundSpark’s Respect For All Project facilitates the development of inclusive, bias-free schools and communities by providing media resources, support and training to youth, educators and service providers. Address: 2180 Bryant Street, Suite 203, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 641-4616 Fax: (415) 641-4632 Web: http://groundspark.org/ [27 Sep 2009]
Growth House Provides information and referral services for agencies working with death and dying issues. Their web site is an international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care. Primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration. Web: http://www.growthhouse.org [17 Sep 2006]
Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens Come visit us at Guaria de Osa, amidst a Nature Sanctuary, on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica where towering stands of primary Rainforest kiss the pristine Pacific Ocean! Our spacious lodge is equally as unique and magical as our pristine tropical surroundings. Proceeds, in part, will benefit The Osa Foundation / Grupo Osanimi Rainforest Conservation and Cultural Heritage Projects among indigenous and rural communities in Central and South America. Address: c/o Dahlia Miller, POBox 1004, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 235-4313 Email: puravida@GuariadeOsa.com ladna@osanimi.org Web: http://www.guariadeosa.com http://www.orchidoftherainforest.com http://www.osanimi.org [01 Apr 2007]
Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In An outdoor movie theater under the stars that springs up unexpectedly in the fields and industrial wastelands. Beyond showing great free movies year-round and bringing a broad community together, part of our mission is reclaiming public space and transforming our urban environment into a joyful playground. Web: http://www.guerilladrivein.org/ [24 Jul 2009]
Guerrilla News Network An independent news organization with headquarters in New York City and production facilities in Berkeley, California. Our mission is to expose people to important global issues through cross-platform guerrilla programming. Web: http://www.guerrillanews.com/ [23 Nov 2008]
Guilford Publications A publisher of books, periodicals, software, and audiovisual programs in a wide range of mental health and social science disciplines. Web: http://www.guilford.com/ [17 Sep 2006]
Guitars Not Guns Provides guitars and lessons to foster children and youth at risk regardless of ability to pay. Goal is to stop violence by taking our music program to as many kids and at risk youth as possible. Web: http://www.guitarsnotguns.org [06 Jan 2008]
Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages A presence on the Internet since early 1994, aiding Gulf War veterans in their pursuit for the truth. Mission is to disseminate health related information to veterans of the Persian Gulf War in an unbiased format. The site is operated completely by volunteers and is not affiliated with any government entities or programs. Web: http://www.gulfweb.org/ [23 Nov 2008]
East Bay Habitat for Humanity An independent affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Our mission is to create successful homeownership opportunities for families with limited incomes by building sustainable housing and revitalizing neighborhoods. Address: 2619 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-6304 Fax: (510) 251-6309 Email: info@habitatEB.org Web: http://www.eastbayhabitat.org [31 Oct 2009]
Habitat for Humanity Cars for Homes A vehicle donation program that uses your car donation to help Habitat for Humanity build homes in partnership with families in need of decent, affordable shelter. Support Habitat for Humanity’s local and global mission of eliminating poverty housing and homelessness by donating your car, truck, boat, RV or other vehicle. It’s quick and easy and with your help, more low income families can have a decent place to call home, and the hope of a better life. Web: http://www.carsforhomes.org [23 Nov 2008]
Habitat for Humanity San Francisco A nonprofit organization that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat for Humanity is currently building homes in partnership with families of low-income in over 3,000 communities around the world. Address: 995 Market Street, Suite 800, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 869-1500 Fax: (415) 869-1501 Email: info@habitatsf.org Web: http://www.habitatsf.org [09 Jun 2007]
Habitat Restoration Crew An AmeriCorps crew of the Marin Conservation Corps that leads volunteers of all ages in habitat restoration, vegetation and wildlife monitoring activities, throughout the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the Marin Municipal Water District, and the Point Reyes National Seashore. Our list of volunteer opportunities is online at their web site. Address: Marin Conservation Corps, 27 Larkspur Street, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 454-4554 Email: RestorationVolunteers@yahoo.com Web: http://www.marincc.org [17 Sep 2006]
Hae Now Sells organic cotton Fair Trade tee-shirts, both wholesale and online retail. Address: 4071 San Pablo Dam Road #218, El Sobrante CA 94803 Voice: (888) HAE NOW8 (888-423-6698) Fax: (888) 423-8845 Email: info@haenow.com Web: http://www.organictee.com [17 Jun 2006]
Haight Ashbury Free Clinics (HAFCI) A community-based health care agency dealing with many of society's most difficult problems, including primary health care, chemical dependency, AIDS prevention and treatment, women's health issues, and the uninsured & underinsured. Address: POBox 29917, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 552-2114 Fax: (415) 552-2243 Web: http://www.hafci.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council A non-profit organization dedicated to the voicing and resolution of issues involving San Francisco's Haight - Ashbury neighborhood for over 40 years. Monthly meetings on the second Thursday are open to the public, as are various projects. HANC operates a recycling center at 780 Frederick Street and a Gardening and Composting Program on 7th Avenue that educates San Francisco residents on the importance of composting and sustainable green gardening in an urban environment. We do this through the distribution of educational brochures, composting and gardening workshops, maintenance of a compost education center, a composting hotline which receives calls 24 hours a day, maintenance in collaboration with SLUG of the nationally acclaimed demonstration Garden for the Environment, school field trips, and an adult Gardening and Composting Educator Training Program (GCETP). Address: POBox 170518, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 752-8520 (Neighborhood Issues); (415) 753-0932 (Recycling Center); (415) 731-5627 (Gardening and Composting Program) Fax: (415) 731-5607 Email: hancsf@yahoo.com Web: http://www.hanc-sf.org [24 Oct 2007]
Haight Ashbury Psychological Services (HAPS) We are a community based, nonprofit clinic. We opened our doors in the historic Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco in 1979 with the mandate of affordable counseling and psychotherapy for all. We also provide superior training for future therapists. We work with individuals, couples and groups on a sliding scale of $20 to $80. Address: 2166 Hayes Street, Suite 308 (near Cole and Shrader), San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 221-4211 Web: http://www.hapsclinic.org/ [18 Apr 2009]
Haiti Action Committee (HAC) A Bay Area-based network of activists who have supported the Haitian struggle for democracy since 1991. Members foster extensive contacts with the grassroots movements in Haiti. We also wish to link journalists who want to hear an alternative viewpoint with sources both in Haiti and in the United States. Address: POBox 2218, Berkeley CA 94702 Email: haitiaction@yahoo.com Web: http://www.haitiaction.net/ http://www.haitisolidarity.net/ [28 Jan 2007]
HalliburtonWatch.org A project of Essential Information, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, and the Center for Corporate Policy, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization working to stop corporate threats to democracy. Web: http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/ [16 Aug 2008]
Hamilton Family Center Hamilton Family Center, a nationally recognized non-profit, has been working to end homelessness for more than 20 years. We are the largest providers of housing options, eviction prevention assistance, shelter, and home-based support services for homeless families in San Francisco. Starting with just one family shelter in 1985, we now operate two residential facilities, an innovative housing program, a permanent supportive housing program, children's services, and www.myhousing.org, an interactive website for poor and recently housed families. Families may stay at Hamilton's Emergency Center, Family Residences and Transitional Housing Programs for up to thirty days, six months or twelve months respectively, while they work toward their goals of economic independence and regaining permanent housing. The Dudley Apartments provide 74 units of permanent housing with supportive services on-site to assist families and individuals maintain their housing. And at First Avenues: Housing Solutions for Families they move families more quickly into permanent housing, and to assist at-risk families avoid eviction. To stay in the family shelter, please call Connecting Point at (415) 217-7330. Address: 1631 Hayes Street, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 409-2100 x120 (Development Office); (415) 292-5228 (Emergency Shelter Intake) Fax: (415) 345-0470 Email: info@hamiltonfamilycenter.org Web: http://www.hamiltonfamilycenter.org http://www.firstavenues.org http://www.myhousing.org [27 Oct 2007]
Hands Off Venezuela (HOV) Opposes all forms of intervention by the U.S. government and its agencies in Venezuela and works to educate and raise awareness about events in Venezuela in order to counter the bias of the mainstream media, and to build solidarity between American and Venezuelan trade unionists and working people in general. Web: http://www.ushov.org/ http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/ [23 Nov 2008]
Hands On Bay Area Creates opportunities for people to volunteer, learn and lead in their communities. We manage 120 direct-service projects a month and offer educational programming to help volunteers to become well-informed community leaders. HandsOn Bay Area is an affiliate of HandsOn Network & the Points of Light Institute, an international alliance of innovative volunteer management organizations. Address: 444 Townsend Street, Suite #3, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 541-9616 Fax: (415) 541-7716 Web: http://www.handsonbayarea.org [23 Nov 2008]
HappyCow's Vegetarian Guide (California Section) A directory of vegetarian restaurants & health food stores in California. (The general site is worldwide.) Web: http://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/california/ [16 Aug 2008]
Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC) A national advocacy and capacity-building organization that promotes the health and dignity of individuals and communities impacted by drug use. HRC advances policies and programs that help people address the adverse effects of drug use including overdose, HIV, hepatitis C, addiction, and incarceration. We recognize that the structures of social inequality impact the lives and options of affected communities differently, and work to uphold every individual's right to health and well-being, as well as in their competence to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their communities. Address: 144 Broadway, Suite 510, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-6969 Fax: (510) 444-6977 Email: hrcwest@harmreduction.org Web: http://www.harmreduction.org [18 Apr 2009]
Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club The Club’s preamble states, in part, 'We shall participate in organizing San Francisco’s large Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender community to a powerful political voice, which will demand nothing less of candidates than full public support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender rights. We shall expect politicians to take progressive stands on economic issues, on the rights of women, workers and minorities, on protection of the environment, and on international affairs. Address: POBox 14368, San Francisco CA 94114-0368 Voice: (415) 385-9229 Email: president@milkclub.org Web: http://www.milkclub.org/ [27 Aug 2007]
Hawai'i Independent & Sovereign Web: http://www.hawaii-nation.org/ [31 Oct 2009]
Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group We are an ethnically and economically diverse group committed to fostering neighborhood participation, pride and environmental stewardship for the parks, gardens and recreation areas in the Hayes Valley-Western Addition of San Francisco. We accomplish our mission through programs and projects that empower all residents, youth and their families to be healthy, safe and to positively impact their community. Our programs engage, recreate and educate children, families and other residents. A project of the TIDES Center. Address: 300 Page Street, San Francisco CA 94102-5649 Voice: (415) 431-8112 (try first); (415) 235-1756 (cell) Email: hvnparks@hotmail.com Web: http://www.hvnparks.com http://www.koshlandgarden.blogspot.com [31 Aug 2008]
Haymarket Books A non-profit, progressive book distributor and publisher, a project of the Center for Economic Research and Social Change. Believes that activists need to take ideas, history and politics into the many struggles for social justice today. Learning the lessons of past victories as well as defeats can arm a new generation of fighters for a better world. Web: http://www.haymarketbooks.org/ [04 Jan 2010]
Hazel Henderson The web site of the author, futurist, syndicated columnist, advocate for and consultant on equitable ecologically sustainable human development and socially responsible business and investment. Web: http://www.hazelhenderson.com/ [31 Oct 2009]
Headwaters Forest Defense vs. County of Humboldt and City of Eureka This site is about a federal civil rights suit, the infamous pepper spray by Q-tip case that began in 1997. The activists won a unanimous federal jury verdict that officers used excessive force against them in violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. Web: http://www.nopepperspray.org [14 Oct 2007]
Healing Oppression Program Group trainings, consultations, and individual coaching sessions to empower white people to understand racism and privilege and to become effective anti-racist allies. Trainings emphasize: community-building, compassion, education, and embodied, experiential and somatic practices to support white people's behavioral change and to move beyond denial, shame and isolation. Address: c/o Vanissar Tarakali, Ph.D., 170 A Capp Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 777-5500 Email: vanissar@cuav.org [15 Sep 2007]
Healing Waters We are a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower, inspire and enrich the lives of people challenging HIV/AIDS through wilderness adventures. Address: 167 Fell Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 552-1190 Fax: (415) 552-1186 Email: info@hwaters.org Web: http://www.hwaters.org/ [06 Jan 2008]
Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival The festival taking place the second weekend of June each year at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. The fair is Northern California's largest outdoor multicultural music festival with a crafts fair and an environmental and health exposition featuring over 500 exhibits. Web: http://www.harmonyfestival.com [02 Mar 2008]
Health Access Foundation (Oakland office) The statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, advocating for the goal of quality, affordable health care for all Californians. Health Access Foundation undertakes community organizing and education, applied research, and policy analysis, and advocates for reform to benefit health care consumers, both insured and uninsured. Address: 414 13th Street, Suite 450, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 873-8787 Fax: (510) 873-8789 Email: jessicar@health-access.org Web: http://www.health-access.org [31 Oct 2009]
Health Care for All California We regard health care as a human right and is dedicated to ensuring that all Californians have comprehensive, reliable, and affordable health insurance. Universal health insurance is critical to the health, security, and economic well-being of our country. HCA was founded in 1995. Since then our work has put single payer in the center of the debate about fixing California’s broken health care system. Voice: (888) 442-4255 Fax: (415) 821-8202 Web: http://www.healthcareforall.org [08 Apr 2007]
Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA) Objective is to coordinate and optimize the availability of health resources for Mexican immigrants and their families through bilateral training, research, and health promotion activities. It facilitates the development of complementary and coordinated projects involving key stakeholders in Mexico and the United States. Created in January 2001 under the auspices of the California Policy Research Center of the University of California, Office of the President. Address: 1950 Addison Street, Suite 203, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 643-1291 Fax: (510) 642-7861 Email: hia.isa@berkeley.edu Web: http://hia.berkeley.edu [08 Dec 2009]
Health Initiatives for Youth (HIFY) Creates publications and resource materials and facilitates workshops and trainings for youth and the providers that work with them on a variety of youth and health topics, such as body image, sexuality, STDs and HIV, substance use, self-esteem and mental health, relationships, and violence. Address: 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 430, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 274-1970 Fax: (415) 274-1976 Email: info@hify.org Web: http://www.hify.org [23 Nov 2008]
Healthy and Natural Homes For Sale An Internet venue for buying and selling homes that have been built or remodeled with health and the environment in mind. Until now healthy and natural homes have been almost impossible to find. Now folks sensitive to their environments can find wonderful places to live. Web: http://www.greenhomesforsale.com/ [01 Mar 2008]
Healthy Building Network A national network of green building professionals, environmental and health activists, socially responsible investment advocates and others who are interested in promoting healthier building materials as a means of improving public health and preserving the global environment. Web: http://www.healthybuilding.net [04 Nov 2006]
Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California Mission is to enable people who are hard-of-hearing and deaf, and people with speech/language disorders of all ages and backgrounds to participate fully in their families, schools, workplaces, and communities. We offer a sliding fee scale, and we never refuse services to anyone based upon inability to pay. We also accept Medical, California Childrens Services, Healthy Families. We have offered services for over 50 years and take pride in the differences we have made in peoples lives. Address: 1234 Divisadero Street (near Eddy Street), San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 921-7658; (415) 921 8990 (TTY) Fax: (415) 921-2243 Email: info@hearingspeech.org Web: http://www.hearingspeech.org [24 Jul 2009]
The Heat is Online A web site based on the book 'The Heat Is On' by Ross Gelbspan (Perseus Books, 1997). Documents the evidence for global warming and the pervasive debunking campaign of the fossil fuel industry. Web: http://www.heatisonline.org [31 Oct 2009]
Richard Heinberg Richard Heinberg is the author of eight books including The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (New Society, 2003, 2005), Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (New Society, 2004), The Oil Depletion Protocol (New Society, 2006), and Peak Everything (New Society, 2007). He is a Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators. He publishes a monthly MuseLetter on the web. Address: 6971 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol CA 95472 Voice: (707) 823-8700 x 102 Web: http://www.richardheinberg.com/ [10 May 2008]
Help the Afghan Children Dedicated to improving the lives of children in Afghanistan through quality education and helping them become educated, healthy, productive citizens. Since 1993, we have been giving Afghanistan’s children a reason for hope and a better future. Web: http://www.helptheafghanchildren.org/ [23 Nov 2008]
Hemp Industries Association (HIA) Mission is to represent the interests of the hemp industry and to encourage the research and development of new hemp products.The HIA and HIA Members: * Educate the public about the exceptional attributes of hemp products. * Facilitate the exchange of information and technology between hemp agriculturists, processors, manufacturers, distributors and retailers. * Maintain and defend the integrity of hemp products. * Advocate and support socially responsible and environmentally sound business practices. Web: http://www.HempIndustries.org http://www.thehia.org/ [24 Jul 2009]
Henry George School of Social Science (HGS) The Henry George School has led courses in political economy since 1951. This most affordable of coursework ($25/class) equips students to confidently analyze socio-economic and environmental issues with a rigorous methodology. The core feature of HGS curriculum is its distinction between gifts of nature (Land) and productions of human beings (wealth and wealth called Capital). Located at 540 Arballo Drive in San Francisco. Address: POBox 420664, San Francisco CA 94142 Voice: (415) 970-9306 Email: info@henrygeorgesf.org Web: http://henrygeorgesf.org [17 Sep 2006]
Hesperian Foundation A non-profit that promotes health and self-determination in poor communities throughout the world by making health information accessible. We produce books and other educational resources for community-based health care. The following books are available in both English and Spanish: Where There Is No Doctor, Where Women Have No Doctor, Where There Is No Dentist, Helping Health Workers Learn, A Book for Midwives, Disabled Village Children, and Helping Children Who Are Blind. Address: 1919 Addison Street, Suite 304, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 845-1447 Fax: (510) 845-9141 Email: hesperian@hesperian.org Web: http://www.hesperian.org [06 Jan 2008]
Hidden Wars of Desert Storm A documentary film basing itself on documents never seen before on television and backed by interviews of such prominent personalities as Desert Storm Commander General Norman Schwarzkopf, former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, former UN Iraq Program Director Denis Halliday, former UNSCOM team-leader Scott Ritter and many others. Grand-Prize winner at the 2000 Cine Eco International Film Festival in Seia, Portugal. 'Hidden Wars' emerges as an uncommonly sober, well researched film of its type.' --- The New York Times. Web: http://hiddenwars.org [18 Apr 2009]
Jim Hightower The web site of the irreverent Texan populist writer and radio commentator. Web: http://www.jimhightower.com/ [06 Jan 2008]
Hire-Ability, Inc. Hire-Ability, a division of Richmond Area Multi Services, is a nonprofit program offering culturally competent vocational services to individuals with mental health disabilities. HA's goal is to enable participants to gain successful employment and improve self-sufficiency by providing a continum of services from job preparation and trainings, to long term employment in the community. HA provides services specifically designed for the Chinese and Philipino communities. HA is solely funded by Department of Rehabilitation and City and County of San Francisco. Address: 1234 Indiana Street, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 282-9675 Fax: (415) 920-6877 Email: ayu@hire-Ability.org Web: http://www.hire-ability.org [14 Oct 2007]
HOA Articles A collection of articles on homeowners associations from the Florida-based "A Consumer Alliance". Web: http://www.ccfj.net/HOAartmain.htm [24 Feb 2007]
Holding Ground under Water Part of an ongoing photo and video documentary on the human impact of the Three Gorges Dam project. Web: http://www.holdingground.com/ [18 Apr 2009]
Holos Institute A non-profit organization providing professional, caring, affordable counseling and psychotherapy in San Francisco and Oakland. We offer counseling to adults, couples, children, families, and groups. Our experienced pre-licensed and and licensed therapists treat each client’s body, mind, heart and spirit. We have a sliding scale based upon client resources and provide documentation for insurance reimbursement. The Oakland location is at 5463 College Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618, (510) 287-8816. Address: 316 Third Avenue, San Francisco CA 94118 Voice: (415) 750-0478 Email: info@holosinstitute.net Web: http://www.holosinstitute.net [30 Jun 2006]
Holy Land Olive Oil Founded in 2003 as a follow-up to an all volunteer project to help Palestinian farmers whose income has been devastated by Israeli policies of closure and war. 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 permament market for Palestinian farmers - in spite of political, logistical, and market economics/ pricing hurdles. Address: 2930 Domingo Avenue #122, Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 830-8804 Fax: (206) 203-0515 Email: info@PalestineOliveOil.org Web: http://www.palestineoliveoil.org [08 Apr 2007]
Home At Last Rescue (HAL) Millions of cats and dogs are killed at municipal shelters each year. We rescue as many as we can from these shelters and then provide the animals with housing, socialization, rehabilitation, medical care and medical care. Once the animals are adoptable, we hold adoption events to find our animals loving, permanent homes. Address: POBox 2261, Berkeley CA 94702-0261 Voice: (510) 237-1625 Email: info@homeatlastrescue.org Web: http://www.homeatlastrescue.org/ [10 Sep 2006]
Homeless Action Center (HAC) Provides free public benefits advocacy to people who are homeless and mentally ill in Alameda County. In addition to helping clients obtain sustainable income and health insurance, HAC also works with community stakeholders to reduce the harms associated with a lack of housing and healthcare. Combining professionalism and compassion, HAC provides barrier-free legal assistance to the hardest to reach populations. Address: 3126 Shattuck Avenue (at Dwight Way), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 540-0878 Fax: (510) 540-0403 Email: reception@HomelessActionCenter.org Web: http://homelessactioncenter.org [07 Dec 2008]
Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility (HVEHF) Designed to provide an access point to VA health care in order to engage homeless veterans in treatment for their problems. The Facility is specifically targeting its services to the veterans who have not had access to VA care - the hardest to reach of the homeless veterans. Case management, individualized goal setting and behavioral contracts are used to facilitate increased self-sufficiency and self-determination. The Veterans Housing Facility is unique in allowing residents to remain in the facility 24 hours a day with round the clock supervision. Address: 795 Willow Road, Building 323-B, Menlo Park CA 94025 Voice: (650) 324-2881 Web: http://www.homelessveteranshousing.com/ [02 Jul 2009]
Homes Not Jails Takes over vacant urban buildings to provide shelter for homeless persons and to protest the lack of affordable housing even as much potential housing sits vacant. Believes that human rights (specifically the right to housing) far outweigh property rights. Some takeovers are done openly to educate the public about vacant potential housing. Researches and drafts legislation. Is working with non-profit housing developers to implement a model sweat-equity project. See web site for meeting times and place. Voice: (415) 282-6622 Email: info@sftu.org Web: http://www.sftu.org/hnj.html [01 Aug 2008]
HOMEY ( Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth) Seeks to further the work of our social justice, youth-led organizing and continue the political-education and violence-prevention services we offer low income, Latino youth in San Franciscos Mission District and city-wide. The youth we serve are ages 13 to 24 and come from immigrant families, are immigrants themselves. Collectively, we defend our human rights and civil liberties by taking a stance on economic and environmental justice issues that affect us by using and leveraging tools such as the arts, media, community organizing and the reaffirmation of our cultural identity as Latinos and Indigenous people. Address: 1337 Mission Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-1600 Fax: (415) 861-3791 Email: Info[at]homeysf[dot]org Web: http://www.homeysf.org/ [08 Mar 2009]
Honor the Stop A not-for-profit community-driven campaign promoting safe, courteous and respectful use of roadways. Through a personal pledge to obey all roadway laws, the Honor the Stop initiative encourages honor and respect for those killed or suffering serious injury. A black and red silicone wrist band is worn to explicitly honor those who lost their lives on the roadways (the black) and proclaim adherence to all traffic laws (the red). Voice: (650) 283-6881 Email: marc_evans@honorthestop.org Web: http://www.honorthestop.org/ [06 Oct 2008]
Horizons Foundation A philanthropic social justice organization that serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community throughout the Bay Area and beyond. For over 25 years, we've been meeting the needs, advancing the rights, and celebrating the lives of LGBT people through a diverse range of programs, services, and initiatives. Our innovative work both responds to and anticipates the needs of the community we serve. Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 728 (near Powell), San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 398-2333 Fax: (415) 398-4733 Email: info[at]horizonsfoundation[dot]org Web: http://www.horizonsfoundation.org [16 Aug 2008]
Housing America A national grassroots field campaign to increase federal funding for affordable housing. Works with local groups around the country to put pressure on Congress to make housing a priority. Also recently released 'There's No Place Like Home: How America's Housing Crisis Threatens Our Children,' a report coauthored with the Doc4Kids Project that illustrates the link between access to affordable housing and child health, nutrition, and education. Address: 126 Hyde Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 771-9850 Email: thc@igc.org Web: http://www.housingamerica.net [03 Apr 2006]
Housing California (HCA) Believes the solution to California’s broken housing market is increasing the supply and variety of decent, safe, and affordable homes that meet the different needs of Californians at all income levels. Preventing homelessness and helping families find good places to live has been our mission since 1979. Web: http://www.housingca.org [06 Jan 2008]
Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) A 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1996 to create affordable, accessible housing for persons with developmental disabilities. HCEB's supporters include family members of persons with developmental disabilities, professionals funding, coordinating and/or providing direct services for people with developmental disabilities, advocates and other interested community volunteers. Activities include housing development, planning, resource development, training, technical assistance, and coalition building. Address: 1736 Franklin Street, 6th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 832-1315 Email: info@hceb.org Web: http://www.hceb.org/ [03 Jun 2007]
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco Mission is to empower tenants to secure fundamental rights to habitable and widely affordable housing in San Francisco. Pursues this goal by educating and organizing tenants to defend their rights, and by advocating for change that promotes these rights and improves housing availability and affordability for people of all income levels and backgrounds. Address: 427 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 703-8644 Email: info@hrcsf.org Web: http://www.hrcsf.org/ [20 Sep 2006]
Housing Rights, Inc. Housing Counseling Agency (HUD certified): investigates housing discrimination, works to resolve tenant/landlord conflicts, educate tenants and landlords as to housing rights and responsibilities, foreclosure prevention counseling, pre-purchase counseling and education, credit repair and financial fitness education in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Lawyer Referral Service (120) services Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara County. Two satellite offices: Mt Diablo Housing Opportunity Center (1-866-469-0133, info@mtdhoc.org, www.mtdoc.org) and RIvertown Resource Center in Antioch (1-800-261-2298). Some services have fees, most do not. Address: POBox 12895, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (510) 548-8776; (800) 261-2298 Fax: (510) 548-5805 Email: hri@housingrights.com Web: http://www.housingrights.org [18 Apr 2009]
How Berkeley Can You Be? A parade and festival held on the last Sunday of September each year. Celebrates the quirkiness and creativity of Berkeley. Web: http://www.HowBerkeleyCanYouBe.com [01 Mar 2008]
How to Find US Company Information A guide to doing basic research on United States companies, provided by the New York Public Library. Web: http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/company/c2index.htm [08 Nov 2009]
Human Rights and the Drug War a multi-media project that combines the stories and photos of Drug War POWs with facts and figures about the US Drug War, to confront the conscience of the American people and encourage individuals to take action for social justice. Dedicated to the prisoners of the Drug War and their families, and to those who are working to regain their freedom and restore respect for all human rights. Web: http://www.hr95.org/ [16 Aug 2008]
Human Rights Center Engages faculty, students and activists in interdisciplinary research and advocacy to protect and promote international human rights and humanitarian law. Activities include: support for graduate research on human rights and humanitarian law; formation of research groups to study the health, social, and cultural consequences of gross violations of human rights and the rules of war; summer fellowships for students; participation in investigations of violations of human rights; and courses on human rights, health, and humanitarian law. Address: University of California, 460 Stephens Hall #2300, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 642-0965 Fax: (510) 643-3830 Email: hrc@berkeley.edu [11 Jul 2007]
Human Rights Watch (San Francisco office) Stands with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. Investigates and exposes human rights violations and holds abusers accountable. Challenges governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. Enlists the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. Address: 100 Bush Street, Suite 1812, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 362-3250 Fax: (415) 362-3255 Web: http://www.hrw.org/ [07 Jan 2008]
Human Shield Mission to Iraq Groups of Europeans and Americans who traveled to Iraq as human shields against a US invasion. In support of the people of Iraq, not the government. Volunteers placed themselves at strategic sites critical to the well-being of Iraqi civilians in order to make the bombing of these sites politically untenable. Web: http://www.humanshields.org/ [04 Nov 2006]
The Humane Farming Association (HFA) Goals are to protect farm animals from cruelty, to protect the public from the dangerous misuse of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals used on factory farms, and to protect the environment from the impacts of industrialized animal factories. HFA's comprehensive programs include anti-cruelty investigations and exposes, national media and ad campaigns, direct hands-on emergency care and refuge for abused farm animals. Address: POBox 3577, San Rafael CA 94912 Voice: (415) 771-2253 (771-CALF) Fax: (415) 485-0106 Email: hfa@hfa.org Web: http://www.hfa.org [01 Mar 2008]
Humane Society Silicon Valley Operates an open door shelter accepting all incoming animals, regardless of their health, temperament and age, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The mission of Humane Society Silicon Valley is to promote value and respect for animal life by connecting people and pets through education and technology. The shelter has a comprehensive program of adoptions, spay/neuter and education. Address: 901 Ames Avenue, Milpitas CA 95035 Voice: (408) 262-2133 x158 Fax: (408) 262-2131 Email: comments@hssv.org Web: http://www.hssv.org [08 Dec 2009]
Humanimal Connection, Inc. (HAC) A non-profit, no-kill cat rescue dedicated to connecting humans, animals and the environment. HAC is run entirely by volunteers and aims to give every homeless or unwanted cat and kitten the chance at a loving forever home. Email: HC.Adoptions@gmail.com Web: http://www.humanimalconnection.com [22 Sep 2007]
Humann Rights Accompaniment In Haiti (HURAH) A 501(c)(3) non-violent, non-partisan public charity supporting Haitian human rights advocates through financial assistance and physical accompaniment to promote the needs of the majority poor. Address: 1515 Fairview Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 428-1419 Email: president@hurah-inc.org Web: http://www.hurah-inc.org [01 Feb 2010]
The Hutchinson Report Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a noted author of nine books about the African American experience in America. His numerous published articles appear in newspapers and magazines across the country as well as some of the most popular web sites on the Internet. He is a radio host and TV commentator. Mr. Hutchinson has received several awards for his writings. Web: http://www.thehutchinsonreport.com/ [17 Sep 2006]
Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services Foundation (HERS Foundation) Counsels women about the alternatives to and adverse effects of hysterectomy and castration. 98% of women HERS counseled discovered that they did not need hysterectomies. HERS is the only independent, international, non-profit organization dedicated to the issue of hysterectomy. HERS advocates for fully informed medical choices by women. From March 2004 to March 2005 HERS led a nationwide protest held in 51 cities in 51 weeks. In conjunction with the protest, HERS produced Rick Schweikert’s play about the issues surrounding hysterectomy, UN BECOMING, in twenty-two cities. The play premiered in Off Broadway in February 2004. Web: http://www.hersfoundation.org http://www.uterinearteryembolization.org http://unbecomingplay.com [08 Apr 2007]
iAbolish (AASG) A project of the American Anti-Slavery Group, a U.S.-based non-profit dedicated to the abolition of modern day slavery. While many believe that the slave trade ended some time ago, there are still over 27 million people held in bondage today. In working to abolish modern-day slavery and provide support and empowerment to survivors, the AASG’s programs are geared toward promoting awareness, engaging in advocacy and activism, and providing direct aid for victims. Web: http://www.iabolish.com/ [04 Nov 2006]
IBON Foundation, Inc. A widely-used and respected data source and think tank both in the Philippines and abroad, and a consistent advocate of people’s interests and welfare especially on socio-economic issues. The main concern of IBON is the collation of socio-economic data and analysis and the dissemination of this information to the different sectors of Philippine society. As an institution, it aims to contribute to the effort of people’s empowerment by providing education and advocacy support. Web: http://www.ibon.org [01 Mar 2008]
Ideal Bite An online source of clever ideas that are good for both people and the planet. We empower our readers through tips, opinionated editorial and lively interaction. Facts and suggestions on green food, travel, products, services, and more are spoon-fed daily via email, and our editors' personal stories about using those tips are found in daily blog postings. Web: http://www.idealbite.com/ [22 Nov 2006]
Idriss Stelley Foundation (ISF) A nonprofit organization created through a settlement from the City and County of San Francisco for the death of Idriss Stelley, and its allocation to his mother meshá Mongé-Irizarry. Her only child, a 23-year-old African American honor student, was killed by the San Francisco Police Department at the SF Sony Metreon on June 13, 2001. ISF provides free, confidential services to biological and extended families whose loved ones have been negatively impacted, disabled or killed by law enforcement. Address: 4921 Third Street, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 595-8251 (2-hour crisis line); (415) 822-4732 (office) Web: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeo9ewi/idrissstelleyfoundation/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/isf23/ http://www.myspace.com/isfoundation [14 Apr 2007]
If Americans Knew The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world's major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power -- and duty -- to bring a resolution. Web: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ [14 Oct 2007]
If You're Not Outraged... This website is an "oppression watch" project, in which viewers of the website can help publicly expose human rights abuse by telling their own stories of personal encounters with social and political injustices. We are also trying to put together a truly democratic Bill of Rights, created by all viewers of the site. Email: constantvigilance.injustice@gmail.com Web: http://sites.google.com/site/ifyourenotoutraged/ [16 Oct 2009]
Iko Poran A program in Brazil that caters to an increasing demand for better logistics in the reception, lodging, transportation and allocation of international volunteers who wish to perform in social development projects and use their energy, creativity, resources and work while gaining a deeper understanding of the complex realities of the Brazilian population. Web: http://www.ikoporan.org/ [08 Apr 2007]
Immigrant HIV Assistance Project (IHAP) Assists people who are HIV+ with their immigration problems including obtaining legal permanent residence (green card), HIV waivers, political asylum, adjustment of status, cancellation of removal and naturalization. Matches volunteer attorneys with clients on a pro bono basis. The client intake phone line is open Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Clients may leave a confidential message and a client advocate will return their call to conduct an intake interview. Address: 1663 Mission Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 701-1200 x313 [09 Jun 2007]
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) A national resource center that provides trainings, materials and advocacy to advance immigrant rights. As a legal services organization, we train lawyers and paralegals on ever-changing and complex immigration law. We develop leadership by encouraging immigrants to play leading roles in confronting and reshaping the laws and policies that perpetuate racial, economic and social injustice. And we educate and empower those in the immigrant community so that they may organize and advocate for the rights and privileges that best define our democratic traditions. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 602, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 255-9499 Web: http://www.ilrc.org/ [21 Mar 2007]
Immigration Equality A national organization fighting for equality under U.S. immigration law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals. Founded in 1994 as the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, we have grown to a membership of 10,000 people in cities all over the country. We are run by a Board of Directors and have full-time staff in our National Headquarters in New York. Immigration Equality is funded by donations from our members as well as generous support from private foundations. Web: http://immigrationequality.org/ [16 Jul 2006]
Immune Enhancement Project A non-profit Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinic. First founded in 1983 as a grassroots response to the AIDS epidemic, IEP is a widely respected resource both in the field of HIV treatment and TCM. During the past two decades, IEP has expanded the reach of complementary therapies and created a model for community-based healthcare for HIV disease. Address: 3450 16th Street (Between Church & Sanchez), San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 252-8711 Fax: (415) 252-8710 Web: http://www.iepclinic.com/ [03 Apr 2006]
Impact Bay Area A nonprofit organization preventing violence and promoting healing by teaching Impact, a unique form of full-force self-defense for mind, body and voice. We offer a variety of courses, each with the aim of making you more safe and secure in this world. Our Women's Basics course is over 20 hours of comprehensive training with lots of practice, covering the emotional, mental and physical aspects of self-defense. Since 1985, Impact Bay Area has given more than 8,400 women and girls the skills to defend themselves against verbal, physical and sexual assault. Address: 1724 Mandela Parkway, Suite #1, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 208-0474 Fax: (510) 208-0475 Email: info@impactbayarea.org Web: http://www.impactbayarea.org/ [09 Jun 2007]
The Impact Fund Provides strategic leadership and support for litigation to achieve economic and social justice. We provide funds for impact litigation in the areas of civil rights, environmental justice, and poverty law. We offer innovative technical support, training, and expertise on issues that arise in large scale impact litigation. We serve as lead counsel, co-counsel and amicus counsel in select class action and impact litigation. Address: 125 University Avenue, Suite 102, Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 845-3473 x301 Fax: (510) 845-3654 Email: impactfund@impactfund.org Web: http://www.impactfund.org [08 Nov 2009]
Impeach Bush-Cheney Address: POBox 1296, Berkeley CA 94701 Email: impeach@impeachbush-cheney.com Web: http://www.impeachbush-cheney.com/ [10 Sep 2006]
In Defense of Animals (IDA) A national animal rights and advocacy organization with 85,000 members. IDA is dedicated to ending the exploitation and abuse of animals by raising the status of animals beyond that of mere property, and by defending their rights, welfare and habitat. Programs cover a broad spectrum of issues, from defending marine mammals and other wildlife, to protecting domestic animals such as pets, to promoting alternatives to animal research and fighting wasteful and cruel animal experiments such as those conducted by the US military. Address: 3010 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 388-9641 Fax: (415) 388-0388 Email: idainfo@idausa.org Web: http://www.idausa.org [06 Jan 2008]
In Gandhi's Footsteps A start-up that will mentor and network promising leaders in their 20s & 30s as they develop positive projects in their communities in southeastern Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. We need your help to empower young leaders who walk in Gandhi's footsteps. We are seeking help with website construction (w/ video capacity; research in existing international registries for potential candidates and their projects in the Middle East & the Balkans; research in broadband issues within Africa; and event planning for a benefit concert. Address: 25 Parklane Drive, Orinda CA 94563 Voice: (925) 253-0462; (510) 387-4462 Email: bblakeslee@comcast.net [25 Jul 2009]
In Motion Magazine A multicultural, online U.S. publication about democracy. Web: http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/ [01 Mar 2008]
In Search of Good Food A documentary film tour of California's emerging sustainable food system. Web: http://insearchofgoodfood.blogspot.com/2009/01/looking-for.html [05 Feb 2009]
In These Times A magazine dedicated to informing and analyzing popular movements for social, environmental and economic justice; to providing a forum for discussing the politics that shape our lives; and to producing a magazine that is read by the broadest and most diverse audience possible. Web: http://www.inthesetimes.com/ [22 Oct 2006]
InBerkeley A World-Wide Web page for the city of Berkeley, including the email addresses of city officials and departments, plus pointers to other state and local government information. Web: http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us [06 Jan 2008]
Independent Adoption Center (IAC) A non-profit licensed counseling-based agency providing open adoption and homestudy services. Services include crisis pregnancy counseling, birthmother and birthfather support and advocacy, social service referrals, professional healthcare staff training, infertility support and open adoption education. The IAC works with all birthparents, regardless of race, age, drug/alcohol use or mental health history. Adoptive parents are welcomed regardless of age, religion, marital status or sexual orientation. Address: 391 Taylor Blvd. #100, Pleasant Hill CA 94523 Voice: (925) 827-2229 Fax: (925) 603-0820 Email: staff@adoptionhelp.org Web: http://www.adoptionhelp.org [17 Aug 2008]
Independent Arts & Media A producer's co-op and media/culture incubator with a mission to expand civic dialogue by increasing access to independent voices. Indy Arts was founded in 2000 to provide resources and support for media, arts and cultural programs and producers who are doing important work, but who lack support from existing commercial media outlets and traditional arts institutions. Our production, sponsorship, promotional, educational and support services are always free or affordable, and strengthen a culture of democracy in which individuals fully participate in their communities through vibrant arts, media and public affairs experiences. Web: http://artsandmedia.net http://www.newsdesk.org/ [08 Nov 2009]
The Independent Institute Mission is to transcend the all-too-common politicization and superficiality of public policy research and debate, redefine the debate over public issues, and foster new and effective directions for government reform. The resulting studies are widely distributed as books, in the Institute’s quarterly journal, The INDEPENDENT REVIEW, in periodic Independent Policy Reports, Working Papers, or in other studies. Conferences, forums, and media events sponsored by the Institute bring together scholars and policy experts to debate policy issues and discuss their implications. Address: 100 Swan Way, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94621-1428 Voice: (510) 632-1366 Fax: (510) 568-6040 Web: http://www.independent.org [04 Nov 2006]
Independent Media Center A network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, objective, and passionate tellings of the truth. Works out of a love and inspiration for people to who continue to work for a better world, despite corporate media's distortions and unwillingness to cover the efforts to free humanity. Web: http://www.indymedia.org/ [09 Jun 2007]
San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center Two collectives of independent media organizations and journalists offering non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues in the San Francisco Bay Area and worldwide. Web: http://sf.indymedia.org/ http://indybay.org [14 Oct 2007]
Independent Media Institute (IMI) A nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism, and to improving the public's access to independent information sources. Believes that democracy is enhanced, and public debate broadened, as more voices are heard and points of view made available. See also AlterNet. Address: 77 Federal Street, Second Floor, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 284-1420 Fax: (415) 284-1414 Web: http://www.alternet.org [15 Oct 2006]
Independent Progressive Politics Network Building a unified, independent, progressive alternative to the corporate-controlled, two-party economic / political system. Web: http://www.ippn.org [01 Mar 2008]
Independent Television Service (ITVS) Unique in American public television, ITVS was established by Congress to fund and present programming that "involves creative risks and addresses the needs of underserved audiences, especially children and minorities," while granting artistic control to independent producers. ITVS solicits, funds, packages, promotes and distributes work for broadcast primarily on American public television. Address: 651 Brannan Street, Suite 410, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 356-8383 Fax: (415) 356 8391 Email: itvs@itvs.org Web: http://www.itvs.org/ [08 Nov 2009]
Index on Censorship One of the world's leading repositories of original, challenging, controversial and intelligent writing on free expression issues. Index on Censorship continues to log free expression abuses in scores of countries world wide and has added to the debates on those issues. Web: http://www.indexonline.org/ [14 Oct 2007]
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. Web: http://www.indiaresource.org [14 Oct 2007]
Indigenous Environmental Network A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding environmental justice and maintaining the Sacred Fire of our traditions. Web: http://www.ienearth.org/ [07 Dec 2008]
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW / The Wobblies) A fighting union run by the members themselves. Features no bureaucrats, real rank and file democracy, and extremely low dues. Meets on the 1st & 3rd Thursdays (unless the first Thursday of January or May is the 1st of the month, in which case the first meeting is held on the second Thursday). Web: http://www.iww.org/ [15 Dec 2007]
inequality.org News, information, and expertise on the divide in income, wealth, and health. Web: http://www.inequality.org/ [01 Mar 2008]
Info Exchange Provides original content and links to important or interesting stories on the net. Includes news, events, reviews, analysis, and polemic. Also provided are links to other independent media on the net. Web: http://slash.autonomedia.org [07 Dec 2008]
infoshop.org An online resource of news, opinion and information from the Alternative Media Project. Includes a thorough FAQ about anarchism. Web: http://infoshop.org/ [04 Nov 2006]
Inkworks Press A collectively managed union printshop, printing for the progressive community since 1974. Stocks exclusively recycled papers and uses vegetable oil inks. Address: 2827 Seventh Street (2.5 blocks north of Ashby), Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 845-7111 Fax: (510) 845-6753 Email: info@inkworkspress.org Web: http://www.inkworkspress.org/ [17 Aug 2008]
InnVision - The Way Home Dedicated to empowering homeless and at-risk families and individuals in finding ... the way home! Accomplishes this by offering various levels of housing and day programs in a safe and supportive environment that promotes self-worth and independent living. Address: 974 Willow Street (near Lincoln Avenue), San Jose CA 95125 Voice: (408) 292-4286 Fax: (408) 271-0826 Web: http://www.innvision.org [03 Apr 2006]
Insight Center for Community Economic Development (NEDLC) A national research and consulting organization dedicated to building economic health and opportunity in vulnerable communities. We work in collaboration with foundations, nonprofits, educational institutions and businesses to develop, strengthen and promote programs and public policy that lead to good jobs, strengthen early care and education systems, and enable people and communities to build financial and educational assets. Address: 2201 Broadway, Suite 815, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-2600 Fax: (510) 251-0600 Email: info@insightcced.org Web: http://www.insightcced.org/ [06 Jan 2008]
Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders (I-YEL) Encourages, prepares, and challenges young people from diverse backgrounds to be advocates for environmental and social change. I-YEL is initiated, designed, and coordinated by youth, who receive support and training in planning and implementing projects that create positive change in their communities. Through leadership development, career exploration, and goal setting, I-YEL participants acquire the skills necessary to be the teachers and leaders of today and the future. Address: 603 Mason at Halleck, Presidio, San Francisco CA 94129-0410 Voice: (415) 561-7767 Email: EPepito@ParksConservancy.org Web: http://www.iyel.org [07 Dec 2008]
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy. Web: http://www.iatp.org [24 Feb 2007]
Institute for Applied Autonomy (IAA) A technological research and development organization dedicated to the cause of individual and collective self-determination. Our mission is to study the forces and structures which affect self-determination and to provide technologies which extend the autonomy of human activists. Web: http://www.appliedautonomy.com/ [09 Jun 2007]
Institute for Community Economics (ICE) A national community development organization promoting economic justice through community land trusts (CLTs) and community investment. As the originator of the CLT model, ICE has supported the growth of CLTs across the United States and Canada. ICE is also a certified Community Development Financial Institution with a $13 million loan fund which provides financing to CLTs and other non-profit groups. ICE has assisted hundreds of grassroots organizations to build or rehabilitate thousands of units of permanently affordable housing in both rural and urban neighborhoods throughout the country. Web: http://www.iceclt.org/ [01 Mar 2008]
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) Mission is to work with the people of Haiti in their non-violent struggle for the return and consolidation of constitutional democracy, justice and human rights, by distributing objective and accurate information on human rights conditions in Haiti, pursuing legal cases, and cooperating with human rights and solidarity groups in Haiti and abroad. Web: http://www.ijdh.org/ [20 Jul 2008]
Institute for Local Self-Reliance Mission is to provide innovative strategies, working models and timely information to support environmentally sound and equitable community development. To this end, ILSR works with citizens, activists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to design systems, policies and enterprises that meet local or regional needs; to maximize human, material, natural and financial resources; and to ensure that the benefits of these systems and resources accrue to all local citizens. Web: http://www.ilsr.org/ [08 Nov 2009]
Institute for OneWorld Health A non-profit pharmaceutical company whose sole purpose is to develop affordable, new drug treatments for neglected infectious diseases in the developing world. iOWH’s primary target is parasitic disease affecting the developing world, for which there are currently no therapies or inadequate therapies. Comprised of pharmaceutical scientists with international drug development and regulatory expertise, iOWH identifies promising drug candidates and executes preclinical and clinical development of drugs, with the goal of regulatory approval of new therapies in the most affected countries. The Institute was founded in July 2000, and is a tax-exempt 501c(3) not-for-profit corporation. Address: 50 California Street, Suite 500, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 421-4700 Fax: (415) 421-4747 Email: info@oneworldhealth.org Web: http://www.oneworldhealth.org/ [06 Jan 2008]
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) Turns Ideas into Action for Peace, Justice and the Environment. We strengthen social movements with independent research, visionary thinking, and links to the grassroots, scholars and elected officials. Web: http://www.ips-dc.org/ http://www.seen.org/ [01 Mar 2008]
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) Seeks to broaden public discourse. With systematic outreach to media professionals, the Institute provides news releases that offer well-documented analysis of current events and underlying issues. Address: 65 Ninth Street, Suite 3, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 552-5378 Fax: (415) 552-6787 Email: institute@igc.org Web: http://www.accuracy.org/ [06 Jan 2008]
Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) Promotes technology that is sustainable, life-supporting, and appropriate. We expose, and seek alternatives to, technologies that are inappropriate and potentially dangerous, and which may nonetheless be promoted by those with vested interest or misinformation. Priority Program: Genetically Modified (GM) Foods and Crops. The current generation of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops is fraught with unpredictable, hard-to-detect side effects. They bring unprecedented risks to health and may create irreversible damage to the environment. Therefore, we seek to ban the genetic engineering of our food supply and all outdoor releases of genetically modified organisms, at least until there is a consensus of scientific opinion that such products are safe and appropriate based on independent and reliable data. Web: http://www.responsibletechnology.org [08 Jun 2006]
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Promotes environmentally sustainable and socially equitable transportation worldwide. We work with city governments and local advocacy groups to implement projects that reduce poverty, pollution, and oil dependence. Web: http://www.itdp.org [06 Jan 2008]
Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) A nonprofit research and educational organization that conducts and sponsors leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of consciousness—including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition. The Institute maintains a commitment to scientific rigor while exploring phenomena that have been largely overlooked by mainstream science. Address: 101 San Antonio Road, Petaluma CA 94952 Voice: (707) 775-3500 Fax: (707) 781-7420 Email: membership@noetic.org Web: http://www.noetic.org [08 Nov 2009]
Instituto Laboral de La Raza A nonprofit workers' rights organization and a drop-in center that addresses the immediate needs of both the worker and the unemployed alike, of the poverty population in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area counties. Mission is to provide labor rights education and legal advocacy for all low income workers, to obtain unpaid wages and other denied benefits vital to the support of workers and their families, and to work in collaboration with other neighborhood organizations to effectively manage all other critical needs for the economic, health and social welfare of disadvantaged, disparaged families. Address: 2947 16th Street (near Capp, between Mission and South Van Ness), San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 431-7522 Fax: (415) 431-4846 Email: info@ilaboral.org Web: http://www.ilaboral.org [04 Nov 2006]
Intentional Communities Web Page Intentional Community is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, alternative communities, and other projects where people strive together with a common vision. This web site serves the growing communities' movement, providing resources for finding a community home and creating more community in your life. Web: http://www.ic.org/ [08 Nov 2009]
Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC) Mission is to ignite and sustain social transformation, catalyze collective action, and build collaborative skill to bring alive our vision of a just and sustainable world. We accomplish this by providing network-building, consulting, facilitation, and training services designed to transform communities and organizations and build the capacity of leaders of social change. IISC works in partnership with those in every sector of society who are committed to social justice. Address: 88 Kearny Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 343-2600 Fax: (415) 343-2608 Web: http://www.interactioninstitute.org [09 Jun 2007]
Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (ICIR) Mission is to call together peoples of faith to affirm and defend the rights and dignity of all immigrants and refugees. ICIR envisions a healthy, inclusive California in which all people are welcomed and have access to full participation in the life of the community and where everyone works together towards the common good. Address: 965 Mission Street, Suite 514 (between 5th and 6th Streets), San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 227-0388 Fax: (415) 543-0442 Web: http://www.icironline.org/ [20 Jul 2008]
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP) Founded after the 9/11 tragedy by faith leaders from Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and other traditions who say 'Religious Communities Must Stop Blessing War...'. ICUJP promotes critical examination of the costs of violence and war at home and in the world from the Faith perspective. We insist on respect for human rights, international law and the use of peaceful means in the resolution of conflicts. Web: http://www.icujp.org/ [08 Nov 2009]
Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) A policy studies institute based in Silver City, NM, working to make the U.S. a more responsible member of the global community by promoting progressive strategic dialogues that lead to new citizen-based agendas. Web: http://www.irc-online.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter) (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) A coalition of hundreds of organizations and prominent individuals and scores of organizing centers in cities and towns across the country. Its national steering committee represents major national organizations that have campaigned against U.S. intervention in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia, and organizations that have campaigned for civil rights and for social and economic justice for working and poor people inside the United States. Address: 2489 Mission Street, Room 24, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 821-6545 Fax: (415) 821-5782 Email: iac@actionsf.org Web: http://www.answersf.org http://www.votenowar.org [17 Sep 2006]
International Accountability Project Challenges destructive development projects that uproot and impoverish millions of people across the Global South. Working with grassroots and international partners, IAP advocates for international policies that respect the rights and livelihoods of people threatened by unjust development and supports communities to hold their ground and defend their homes, environment and human rights. Address: 221 Pine Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 659-0555, Email: iap@accountabilityproject.org Web: http://www.accountabilityproject.org/ [24 Apr 2009]
International Action Center (IAC) Committed to the building broad-based grassroots coalitions to oppose to U.S. wars abroad while fighting against racism and economic exploitation of workers here at home. With every mobilization or campaign, the IAC strives to draw from the leadership, connect the struggles, and bring together communities of color, women, lesbian, gay, bi and trans people, youth and students, immigrant and workers' organizations in order build a progressive movement for social justice and change. Web: http://www.iacenter.org [20 Jul 2008]
International Bicycle Fund A non-governmental, nonprofit, advocacy organization, promoting sustainable transport and international understanding. 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/ [01 Mar 2008]
International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) Dedicated to mitigating the human impact on aquatic birds and other wildlife, worldwide. This is achieved through emergency response, education, research and planning. Address: 4369 Cordelia Road, Fairfield CA 94534 Voice: (707) 207-0380 Fax: (707) 207-0395 Email: info@ibrrc.org Web: http://www.ibrrc.org/ [18 Apr 2009]
International Black Women's Film Festival Presents films directed, produced by, or prominently featuring Black women in non-stereotypical roles. Information for filmmakers, submission details, media, and forum. Established to provide a wider audience for Black women filmmakers from around the world. Anyone can submit a film based on requirements. Also features podcasts, job listings, syndication and social networking. Address: 155 Tenth Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Email: director@ibwff.com Web: http://www.ibwff.com [10 Jun 2008]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Organizes the unorganized, makes workers' voices heard in the corridors of power, negotiates contracts that make the American dream a reality for millions, protects workers' health and safety, and fights to keep jobs in North America. Web: http://www.teamster.org/ [09 Jun 2007]
International Campaign for Justice In Bhopal (bhopal.net) An umbrella organization of all the groups who have joined forces to campaign for justice for the gas survivors of Bhopal, India, where thousands died in 1984 from a Union Carbide (now Dow Chemical) leak of the poisonous gas methyl isocyanate. The ICJB is spearheaded by survivors (the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh) and long-time supporters like the Bhopal Group for Information & Action, both Bhopal-based, and both plaintiffs in the ongoing Class Action suit in New York. Web: http://www.bhopal.net [09 Jun 2007]
International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Works to promote human rights and self-determination for Tibetans and to protect their culture and environment. Web: http://www.savetibet.org/ [01 Mar 2008]
International Campaign to Ban Landmines A global network in over 70 countries that works for a world free of antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions, where landmine and cluster munition survivors can lead fulfilling lives. The Campaign was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its efforts to bring about the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Since then, we have been advocating for the words of the treaty to become a reality, demonstrating on a daily basis that civil society has the power to change the world. Web: http://www.icbl.org/ [08 Nov 2009]
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Promotes social and economic development with women's full participation. Generates quality, empirical information and technical assistance on women's productive and reproductive roles, their status in the family, their leadership in society, and their management of environmental resources. Advocates with governments and multilateral agencies, convenes experts in formal and informal forums, and engages in an active publications and information program to advance women's rights and opportunities. Web: http://www.icrw.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) Created in 1949, the ICFTU has 215 affiliated organisations in 145 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 125 million of whom 43 million are women. It has three major regional organisations, APRO for Asia and the Pacific, AFRO for Africa, and ORIT for the Americas. It also maintains close links with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and International Trade Secretariats, which link together national unions from a particular trade or industry at international level. Web: http://www.icftu.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
International Development Exchange (IDEX) A social change organization challenging social and economic forces that marginalize people worldwide. Builds mutually empowering alliances with partner organizations that share a common vision to confront global systems of inequality, through channeling funds, mutual learning, networking, capacity building, and outreach. Address: 827 Valencia Street, Suite 101 (between 19th and 20th Streets), San Francisco CA 94110-1736 Voice: (415) 824-8384 Fax: (415) 824-8387 Email: info@idex.org Web: http://www.idex.org [09 Jun 2007]
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Mission is to identify and analyze policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world. Research at IFPRI concentrates on economic growth and poverty alleviation in low-income countries, improvement of the well-being of poor people, and sound management of the natural resource base that supports agriculture. IFPRI seeks to make its research results available to all those in a position to use them and to strengthen institutions in developing countries that conduct research relevant to its mandate. Web: http://www.ifpri.org/ [09 Jun 2007]
International Forum on Globalization (IFG) A North-South research and educational institution composed of leading activists, economists, scholars, and researchers providing analyses and critiques on the cultural, social, political, and environmental impacts of economic globalization. Formed in 1994, the IFG came together out of shared concern that the world's corporate and political leadership was rapidly restructuring global politics and economics on a level that was as historically significant as any period since the Industrial Revolution. Address: 1009 General Kennedy Avenue #2, San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 561-7650 Fax: (415) 561-7651 Email: ifg@ifg.org Web: http://www.ifg.org [01 Mar 2008]
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Mission is to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status. A US-based non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), IGLHRC effects this mission through advocacy, documentation, coalition building, public education, and technical assistance. Address: 1375 Sutter Street., Suite 222, San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 561-0633 Fax: (415) 561-0619 Email: iglhrc@iglhrc.org Web: http://www.iglhrc.org [17 Sep 2006]
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) An organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands. Seeks, promotes and builds official participation of Indigenous Peoples in the United Nations and its specialized agencies, as well as other international forums. Address: 2390 Mission Street. Suite 301, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 641-4482 Fax: (415) 641-1298 Email: alberto@treatycouncil.org Web: http://www.treatycouncil.org [06 Jan 2008]
International Institute of Bengal Basin (IBBB) Registered in the US and India with chapters in England, Bangladesh and India, IBBB works on environmental and ecological issues in Bengal Basin. IIBB also supports educational, health, housing and human rights in Bengal Basin as well as in other areas where its services are needed. IIBB hopes to use its Bengal Basin experience as a working model for emerging economies. Founded by Dr. Rash B. Ghosh, a Bengali-American scientist, the Institute has attracted a wide range of experts who are ready to assist IIBB in finding solutions to the various problems that exist throughout the Bengal Basin. Address: 2509 McGee Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 841-3253 Email: usak2@yahoo.com IIBengalBasin@gmail.com Web: http://www.nvo.com/ghosh_research [28 Feb 2009]
International Institute of San Francisco (San Francisco Offices) (IISF) Provides opportunities and services to immigrants, refugees, and their families that build effective, responsible participation in community life. Services and programs include: Citizenship services to assist people in preparing for BCIS interviews and applying for naturalization; Immigration Law Services assist in navigating the rules, regulations, and procedure governing U.S. Immigration; YouthCares brings together a diverse group of youth to gain leadership and job skills in our intergenerational and peer-tutoring programs; Newcomers Health Program promotes the health and well-being of refugees and immigrants in San Francisco. Address: 657 Mission Street, Suite 500, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 538-8100 Web: http://www.iisf.org [08 Jul 2007]
International Institute of the East Bay (IIEB) A resource for immigrants and refugees. Various programs offered including free and low-cost immigration legal services, case management, employment & training services, domestic violence legal services, and community education. Address: 449 15th Street, Suite 303, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 451-2846 Fax: (510) 465-3392 Email: rcardona@iieb.org Web: http://www.iieb.org [04 Nov 2006]
International Labor Organization (ILO) A United Nations specialized agency that seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. The ILO formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of opportunity and treatment, and other standards regulating conditions across the entire spectrum of work related issues. Web: http://www.ilo.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) A nonprofit action and advocacy organization that uses new and creative means to encourage enforcement of international labor rights. Pursues legal and administrative actions on behalf of working people, creates innovative programs and enforcement mechanisms to protect workers' rights, and advocates for better protections for workers through publications, testimony before national and international hearings, and speeches to academic, religious, and human rights groups. Web: http://www.laborrights.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.) A groundbreaking social change museum that inspires global action, connects people across borders and transforms hearts and minds by amplifying the voices of women worldwide through global online exhibitions, history, the arts and cultural programs that educate, create dialogue and build community. With its unique focus on cultural change, I.M.O.W. advances the human right to gender equity worldwide. We invite you to join this innovative twenty-first century museum and invest in making the world a better place for our daughters, granddaughters and nieces as well as our sons, grandsons and nephews by participating in I.M.O.W.'s new global online exhibition, Women, Power and Politics. Address: POBox 190038, San Francisco CA 94119-0038 Voice: (415) 543-4669 Fax: (415) 543-4668 Email: info@imow.org events@imow.org Web: http://www.imow.org http://www.imow.org/wpp/ [31 May 2008]
International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies (ECA Watch) Citizens worldwide are increasingly aware of global institutions (like the WTO and the World Bank) and their impacts on the environment and human rights. But other secretive government bodies such as export credit agencies have as big, if not bigger, impacts on the process of globalization. Export Credit Agencies and Investment Insurance Agencies, commonly known as ECAs, are public agencies that provide government-backed loans, guarantees and insurance to corporations from their home country that seek to do business overseas in developing countries and emerging markets. Most industrialized nations have at least one ECA, which is usually an official or quasi-official branch of their government. Web: http://www.eca-watch.org/ [06 Jan 2008]
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) A non-partisan, global federation of national medical organizations in more than 60 countries dedicated to research, education, and advocacy relevant to the prevention of nuclear war. To this end, IPPNW seeks to prevent all wars, to promote non-violent conflict resolution, and to minimize the effects of war and preparations for war on health, development, and the environment. Web: http://www.ippnw.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
International Rivers Mission is to protect rivers and defend the rights of communities that depend on them. We oppose destructive dams and the development model they advance, and encourage better ways of meeting people’s needs for water, energy and protection from damaging floods. We seek a world in which rivers and the life they support are valued, and where all people have a voice in decisions affecting their lives and livelihoods. We work toward a world where everyone has access to clean water and energy, and where development projects neither degrade nature nor destroy communities. Based in five continents, our staff has expertise in dams, energy and water policy, climate change, and international financial institutions. The focus of our work is in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Address: 1847 Berkeley Way (at Martin Luther King Jr. Way), Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 848-1155 Fax: (510) 848-1008 Email: info@internationalrivers.org Web: http://www.internationalrivers.org [06 Jan 2008]
International Socialist Organization (San Francisco Mission branch) (ISO) The ISO has branches across the country. Our members are involved in helping to build a number of struggles: the movement to stop the war on Iraq, fights against racism and anti-immigrant scapegoating, the struggle for women's rights like the right to choose abortion, opposing anti-gay bigotry, and standing up for workers' rights. We are committed to building a left alternative to a world of war, racism and poverty. Address: 110 Capp Street, Suite A, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 336-5034 Email: missioniso@yahoo.com Web: http://norcalsocialism.org http://www.internationalsocialist.org [05 Feb 2009]
International Society for Ecology & Culture (ISEC) A non-profit organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity. Our emphasis is on education for action: moving beyond single issues to look at the more fundamental influences that shape our lives. Our activities include: * Books, reports, conferences and films * Local, national and international networking. * Community initiatives. * Campaigning. Address: POBox 9475, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 548-4915 Email: infousa@isec.org.uk Web: http://www.isec.org.uk [08 Nov 2009]
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) A Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles. Founded by a small group of activists in August, 2001, ISM aims to support and strengthen the Palestinian popular resistance by providing the Palestinian people with two resources, international protection and a voice with which to nonviolently resist an overwhelming military occupation force. Web: http://www.palsolidarity.org [15 Nov 2009]
Northern California International Solidarity Movement Support Group (NorCal ISM Support Group) A Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles. Founded by a small group of activists in August, 2001, ISM aims to support and strengthen the Palestinian popular resistance by providing the Palestinian people with two resources, international protection and a voice with which to nonviolently resist an overwhelming military occupation force. Address: 405 Vista Heights Road, El Cerrito CA 94530 Voice: (510) 236-4250 Email: Info@norcalism.org Web: http://www.norcalism.com/ [17 Sep 2006]
International Vegetarian Union (IVU) A non-profit organization with membership open to any non-profit organization that advocates vegetarianism and is governed exclusively by vegetarians The aim of the IVU is to promote vegetarianism throughout the world. The web site includes a webzine, book reviews, an events calendar, a global directory, and information on vegetarianism. Web: http://www.ivu.org [06 Jan 2008]
International Women's Democracy Center Established to strengthen women's global leadership through training, education, networking and research in all facets of democracy with a particular focus on increasing the participation of women in policy, politics and decision-making. Web: http://www.iwdc.org/ [01 Mar 2008]
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (Pastors for Peace) Pastors for Peace is a special ministry of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, and was created in 1988 to pioneer the delivery of humanitarian aid to Latin America and the Carribean. IFCO's purpose is to advance the struggles of oppressed people for justice and self-determination. Web: http://www.ifconews.org/ [07 Dec 2008]
Intersection for the Arts San Francisco's oldest alternative art space. Presents challenging new works in literature, theater, visual and interdisciplinary arts. Provides the community with a place where provocative ideas, diverse art forms, artists and audiences can intersect with one another. Offers a space to perform and exhibit, programs of technical and financial assistance, and a point of view that encourages vision, risk-taking and discovery. An art space where experimentation and risk are still possible, where debate and critical inquiry are embraced, and where community is essential. Address: 446 Valencia Street (between 15th and 16th), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 626-2787; (415) 626-3311 (box office) Fax: (415) 626-1636 Web: http://www.theintersection.org [18 Apr 2009]
Invest in Kids A long-term program that connects at-risk youth with mentors and provides the youth with a $3,000 educational scholarship upon graduation from high school. The mentors support the youth in their commitment to educational and personal development and success. Address: POBox 5667, Walnut Creek CA 94596-1667 Voice: (510) 601-5037 Fax: (925) 889-2043 Email: jo@investinkids.net Web: http://www.investinkids.net [04 Nov 2006]
Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) The leading source of high quality, impartial information on corporate governance and social responsibility. Founded in 1972, IRRC provides proxy research and analysis, benchmarking products, as well as proxy voting services to more than 500 institutional investors, corporations, law firms, foundations, academics and other organizations. IRRC is unique in the industry as it does not advocate on any side of the issues it covers. Clients can be assured that IRRC data and analyses are objective and unbiased. Web: http://www.irrc.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
IP Justice An international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property law. The organization’s focus is on international treaties, directives, and other trade agreements that address intellectual property rights or impact freedom of expression guarantees. Address: 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco CA 94117 Voice: (415) 553-6261 Fax: (415) 462-6451 Email: robin@ipjustice.org Web: http://ipjustice.org/ [07 May 2008]
Iranian-American Community of Northern California (IACNC) Email: Info@iacnc.com Web: http://www.iacnc.com/ [04 Apr 2006]
Iraq Action Coalition (IAC) An online media and activists' resource center for groups and activists who are working to end the war against the people of Iraq. Web: http://iraqaction.org/ [07 Dec 2008]
Iraq Action Group at UCSF An organization of students, faculty members and staff united in the goal of educating the UCSF community and the public about the health effects of the Iraq War on Iraqis and American citizens. Web: http://www.iraqactiongroup.org/ [25 Sep 2009]
Iraq Body Count Project An ongoing human security project which maintains and updates the world’s only independent and comprehensive public database of media-reported civilian deaths in Iraq that have resulted from the 2003 military intervention by the USA and its allies. The count includes civilian deaths caused by coalition military action and by military or paramilitary responses to the coalition presence (e.g. insurgent and terrorist attacks). Web: http://iraqbodycount.net/ [24 Feb 2007]
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers A film that tells the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Brave New Films are both funded and distributed completely outside corporate America. Over 3000 people donated to make Iraq for Sale, and it is up to you to distribute it. Web: http://iraqforsale.org/ [30 Sep 2006]
Iraq Pledge of Resistance A nationwide network of activists and organizations committed to ending the war in Iraq through nonviolent, Gandhian and Kingian resistance. Web: http://www.peacepledge.org [04 Nov 2006]
iReuse The Green way to get home or office furniture, equipment, supplies, and many other items in California. Because our items are used, purchasing them is about 93% more efficient than buying recycled products. iReuse will even do the searching for you - just create a free wish list on our site, and we’ll email you when we find what you need. iReuse also offers sustainable removal services for your extra furniture and other usable home or office items. Address: POBox 2358, Sausalito CA 94966-2358 Voice: (888) IREUSE-1 Fax: (888) 480 -1341 Email: support@ireuse.com Web: http://www.ireuse.com [23 Nov 2007]
Irish Political Prisoner Information Web: http://larkspirit.com/ipow/ [06 Jan 2008]
Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America (IRSC) Representatives of the Irish Republican Socialist Party in Canada and the United States. The purpose of the IRSCNA is to build awareness of, and support for, the Irish Republican Socialist Party as the primary force struggling for national liberation and socialism in Ireland today. The IRSCNA is also the sole organisation in North America engaged in fund raising in support of the Republican Socialist Prisoners of War (affiliated to the Irish National Liberation Army) and Teach na Failte, an organization assisting ex-INLA POWs re-integrate into their communities, find employment, and resume political activism. As part of its educational mission, the IRSCNA distributes literature on the struggle in Ireland, including periodicals and pamphlets published by the IRSP and the IRSCNA itself. Web: http://irsm.org/firsca/irscna/ http://irsm.org/irsp/ [09 Jun 2007]
ISART A collaborative instersection of activists and artists of all genres using their voices to build better communities. Web: http://www.isart.com/ [16 Jun 2007]
Island Press Established in 1984 to meet the need for reliable, peer reviewed information to help solve environmental problems. We identify innovative thinkers and emerging trends in the environmental field. We work with world-renowned experts and aspiring authors to develop cross-disciplinary solutions to environmental challenges. Then we make sure this information is communicated effectively to the widest possible audience – via our books, electronic media, and outreach to scientists, policymakers, the news media, and the general public. Web: http://www.islandpress.org/ [10 Aug 2006]
It's About Food The mission of the "it's about food" e-Co-op is to provide members with the tools and support they need to create and access healthy food that is locally produced. Currently, the e-Co is focused on serving residents of Pacifica and those who work/go to school in Pacifica. Web: http://www.itsaboutfood.org/ [21 Oct 2007]
Jane Goodall Institute Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, JGI is a global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. We are creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens around the world. Web: http://www.janegoodall.org/ [18 Aug 2009]
Janet Pomeroy Center (JPC) A non-profit organization serving over 2000 children, adults, and seniors with developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries each week. We were founded by Janet Pomeroy in 1952. Currently, over 200 full- and part-time employees provide therapeutic recreation, vocational rehabilitation, transportation, and respite care services at our 5-1/2 acre site off Skyline Boulevard, between the San Francisco Zoo and Lake Merced. Our facilities include program rooms, a therapeutic swimming pool, gymnasium, computer lab, kitchen, stage and multipurpose room, playground, day camp, and community garden center. Address: 207 Skyline Blvd., San Francisco CA 94132 Voice: (415) 665-4100 Fax: (415) 665-7543 Email: info@janetpomeroy.org Web: http://www.janetpomeroy.org/ [17 Aug 2008]
JASecon (Just. Alternative. Sustainable. economics) An organization that is making visible, strengthening, and creating synergies between the different aspects of the grassroots economy - collective housing, worker cooperatives, urban farms, credit unions, community currencies and more. Web: http://www.jasecon.org [30 Aug 2009]
JesusInLove.org A network of people and websites that affirm gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) spirituality. JesusInLove.org was founded in 2005 by lesbian Christian author and minister Kittredge Cherry. Now Jesus In Love’s websites receive thousands of visitors per year. We cosponsored the first National Festival of Progressive Spiritual Art. Web: http://www.JesusInLove.org [15 Nov 2009]
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (JCCEB) Founded to serve the large Jewish community residing in Berkeley and the surrounding areas. Our educational, cultural, social and recreational and fitness programs are designed to reflect the diverse needs of our community. Programs, are created to include children, traditional and non-traditional families, intercultural families, singles, adults and seniors. All programs emphasize and celebrate Jewish values and culture, and all are open to the whole community. Located at 1414 Walnut Street in Berkeley. Voice: (510) 848-0237 Fax: (510) 848-0170 Email: info@jcceastbay.org Web: http://jcceastbay.org/ [08 Aug 2007]
Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) The central public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community. Represents more than 80 synagogues and Jewish organizations in the Bay Area on issues that impact the rights and protection of Jews as individuals and as a community here and abroad. JCRC seeks to establish the consensus of the local organized Jewish community on public issues and to present this consensual position to the general community, the media and public officials. Volunteers and JCRC members, in coordination with staff, establish policies on pressing social issues, which then translate into community action. Address: 121 Steuart Street, #301, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 957-1551 Fax: (415) 979-0981 Email: info@jcrc.org Web: http://www.jcrc.org/ [17 Aug 2008]
Jewish Friends of Palestine An online initiative of Jewish activists for a free Palestine. Web: http://www.jewishfriendspalestine.org [16 Jun 2007]
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) A non-sectarian, not-for-profit organization that assists individuals and companies in achieving their employment goals by providing the skills necessary for success in today’s workplace. JVS’ services for job seekers can help you to get a job, build a career, learn new technology, and improve your professional vocational skills. In addition, JVS provides services specifically designed for refugees, youth and the Jewish community. These include: Vocational English as a second language (VESL), The Mayor’s Education & Employment Program (MYEEP), and the Jewish Education Network (JEN). Address: 225 Bush Street (West entrance), Suite 400, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 391-3600 Fax: (415) 391-3617 Email: hire@jvs.org Web: http://www.jvs.org/ [14 Aug 2006]
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) A diverse and democratic community of activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, and human rights. We support the aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians for security and self-determination. We seek: A U.S. foreign policy based on peace, democracy, human rights, and international law; An end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem; A resolution of the Palestinian refugee problem consistent with international law and equity; An end to all violence against civilians. Address: 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 806 (at 16th Street), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 465-1777 Email: info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org Web: http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org [08 Apr 2007]
Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA) A Jewish leadership training program for young people who want to work for social change. Participants in the program develop leadership skills, explore contemporary social issues and perform community organizing and service. The three main structural components of the program are Leadership Training Series, Weekend Retreats and Community Action. Voice: (510) 547-2424 x110 Email: info@jyca-justice.org Web: http://www.jyca-justice.org [17 Oct 2007]
Jobs with Justice (JwJ) Engages workers and allies in campaigns to win justice in workplaces and in communities where working families live. Believes in long-term multi-issue coalition building , grassroots base-building and organizing and strategic militant action as the foundation for building a grassroots movement, and believes that by engaging a broad community of allies, we can win bigger victories. Web: http://www.jwj.org/ [17 Aug 2008]
John Conyers' Single-Payer Healthcare Web Site A home for H.R. 676 and the movement for universal, single-payer health care. Web: http://www.johnconyers.com/healthcare [28 Nov 2008]
John F. Kennedy University An adult education university combining rigorous academic programs with an atmosphere of caring, encouragement, and growth in preparation for lifelong community participation. Offers degree programs in holistic studies, psychology, law, liberal arts, museum studies, education, and management. Classes meet late afternoon, evenings and weekends. Address: 100 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill CA 94523-4817 Voice: (925) 969-3300 Web: http://www.jfku.edu [12 Nov 2006]
JoinCalifornia Elections Archive A political research and education resource for voters interested in California’s election history. Detailed candidate and party histories for candidates from Democratic, Green, and Peace & Freedom parties. All partisan candidates from 1946 to Present. Web: http://www.joincalifornia.com [29 Oct 2006]
Jon Sims Center for the Arts Supports artistic expressions of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. The Center ensures access to the creative process, providing resources that support and promote new and existing arts programs. We believe that the process and product of creative activity have equal value, that all talent is worthy of development, and that artistic expression is essential to our community's health. Address: 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 554-0402 Web: http://www.jonsimsctr.org/ [12 Feb 2007]
John Jonik An editorial cartoonist. Web: http://www.mindfully.org/Jonik [08 Dec 2008]
Jubilee USA Network An alliance of 75 religious denominations and faith communities, human rights, environmental, labor, and community groups working for the definitive cancellation of crushing debts to fight poverty and injustice in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Web: http://www.jubileeusa.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
Judi Bari Home Page A web site dedicated to Judi Bari, environmental and social justice organizer who fought against the liquidation logging of California redwood forests by big timber corporations. She died March 2, 1997 of breast cancer. Judi barely survived a still-unsolved murder attempt when a motion-triggered pipe bomb hidden under the driver's seat of her car exploded in Oakland, California, on May 24, 1990. Web: http://judibari.org [15 Nov 2009]
Judicial Watch, Inc. A conservative, non-partisan educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. Through its educational endeavors, Judicial Watch advocates high standards of ethics and morality in our nation’s public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. Judicial Watch fulfills its educational mission through litigation, investigations and public outreach. Web: http://www.judicialwatch.org [16 Apr 2006]
Juma Ventures Provides employment opportunities for Bay Area youth in social enterprises we own and operate, affording them a solid economic foundation from which to advance educationally, gain financial skills, and begin to build personal assets. The Juma model consists of two interwoven elements - meaningful employment and complementary youth development services. The model uses the workplace as the venue in which youth are exposed to a diverse array of experiences that are carefully designed to help them maximize their personal and professional potential while simultaneously earning a salary. Address: 131 Steuart Street, Suite 201, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 371-0727 Fax: (415) 371-1634 Web: http://www.jumaventures.org/ [23 Nov 2006]
Just Cause Law Collective We represent criminal defendants, as well as victims of police misconduct. In addition, we provide educational workshops and materials. Most of our work is in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we occasionally handle cases in other parts of California. Address: 324 Myrtle Street, Santa Cruz CA 95060 Voice: (510) 396-8427 Email: justcause@lawcollective.org Web: http://www.lawcollective.org/ [08 Dec 2008]
Just Cause Oakland A membership-based organization building a powerful voice for Oakland's low-income tenants and workers. Our mission is to create a just and diverse city and region by organizing Oakland residents to advocate for housing and jobs as human rights, and to mobilize for policies that produce social and economic justice in low-income communities of color. Address: POBox 3596, Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 763-5877 Fax: (510) 763-5824 Email: victory@justcauseoakland.org Web: http://www.justcauseoakland.org/ [18 Aug 2009]
Just Foreign Policy An independent and non-partisan membership organization dedicated to reforming U.S. foreign policy to serve the interests and reflect the values of the broad majority of Americans. There are already many millions of Americans who fully understand what is wrong with the "empire" approach to foreign policy and would like the United States to be a law-abiding country that seeks international co-operation and peaceful relations among nations. The main problem is that these millions have little voice in decision making or even the political debate that reaches 90 percent of the country through the mass media. Web: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/ [14 Jan 2007]
JustHealth (CCHCC) JustHealth exists because our current system denies people the healthcare goods and services for which we already pay. It is a system in which we do not know what we are entitled to, what we pay for, or how to get it. It is a system in which insurance is too often a broken promise. As a result, millions of Americans are sicker, suffer more, die sooner - and often go bankrupt in the process. As a result, the U.S. is poorer, weaker, and less secure. JustHealth is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation whose mission is to create a just healthcare system in the U.S. and that helps people obtain healthcare from our broken system. Address: 1275 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa CA 95404 Voice: (888) 225-2686 Fax: (707) 539-3142 Email: info@justhealthnow.org Web: http://justhealthnow.org [04 Oct 2009]
Justice In Nigeria Now! (JINN) A San Francisco-based organization working in solidarity with communities in Nigeria and allies in the U.S. to hold multinational corporations accountable for their operations in Nigeria to act in a manner that respects human rights, protects the environment, and enhances community livelihood. Address: 303 Sacramento Street, 4th floor, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 575-5521 Email: info@justiceinnigerianow.org Web: http://justiceinnigerianow.org [26 Mar 2009]
Justice Matters Institute Justice Matters’ mission is to bring about racially just schools by developing and promoting education policy rooted in community vision. Education policy will promote racial justice in schools only if it is shaped by a powerful vision for what such schools look like. Such a vision must be rooted in an understanding that low-income communities of color have wisdom, values and perspectives that contribute a great deal to racially just, high-quality schools. Address: 605 Market Street, Suite 1350, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 442-0992 Fax: (415) 442.0994 Email: info@justicematters.org Web: http://www.justicematters.org/ [21 Nov 2006]
Kahl Consultants We are an internet consulting firm offering a full spectrum of small business web services, including design, maintenance, content management (CMS), marketing (SEO/SEM), ecommerce and hosting. Our customers include a large number of social and environmental organizations. We also do pro bono work for local nonprofits (such as Earth Island Institute and several of its various projects). Our business is approved as a Bay Area Green Business by the Marin Green Business Program. Address: POBox 4284, San Rafael CA 94913-4284 Voice: (415) 499-0838 Fax: (415) 499-0833 Web: http://www.kahl.net [11 May 2009]
KALW A pioneer educational radio station licensed to the SF Unified School District and broadcasting at 91.7 FM. Programming includes National Public Radio, Canadian and British broadcasting, as well as local productions. Address: 500 Mansell Street, San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 841-4121; (415) 841-4134 (studio line) Fax: (415) 841-4125 Email: kalw@kalw.org Web: http://www.kalw.org [17 Aug 2008]
KALX The UC Berkeley radio station, broadcasting at 90.7 FM and offering a free-form mixture of rock, rap, pop, reggae, international music, etc. Address: 26 Barrows Hall #5650, Berkeley CA 94720-5650 Voice: (510) 642-1111 (office); (510) 642-KALX (on-air DJ) Web: http://kalx.berkeley.edu [16 Jun 2007]
Kathleen Russell Consulting (KRC) A strategic communications and event-planning firm assisting Native communities and nonprofits across California and the U.S. in achieving their social, economic and political goals through effective communications and events. Our team brings a wealth of expertise and knowledge on a broad range of issues. In particular, we’ve focused nearly all of our work assisting Native communities and nonprofits that are committed to positive social change. Address: 1346 4th Street, Suite 206, San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 459-9211 Fax: (415) 459-9210 Email: info@kathleenrussell.com Web: http://www.kathleenrussell.com [18 Aug 2009]
Kehilla Community Synagogue We are a welcoming, inclusive, socially progressive Jewish Renewal Congregation. We are the winner of the J. Readers’ Poll, Best of the Bay Area 2008, #1 Best Social Action Program. We renew our souls through spirituality, Jewish tradition, social action, and the warmth of our caring community. We offer regular Shabbat services, engaging musical liturgy, stimulating adult education, kid-friendly religious school, an exemplary Bar/Bat Mitzvah program, wonderful intergenerational holiday celebrations, and meaningful social action programs. You are welcome, whatever your background or practice. Address: 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont CA 94610 Voice: (510) 547-2424 Email: info@KehillaSynagogue.org Web: http://www.KehillaSynagogue.org [13 Sep 2008]
Kidango Provides early education, school age programs and early intervention services to a diversity of populations, including children with disabilities, children with AIDS, children of abuse, neglect and domestic violence, children whose parents are low and moderate income who need services to work or attend training, children who are homeless, and infants of teen parents. Provides services through both center based and home based models. Centers are located in Alameda, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties. Address: 4533 Mattos Drive, Fremont CA 94536 Voice: (510) 744-9280 x24 (Paul Miller) Fax: (510) 744-9374 Web: http://www.kidango.org [21 Jun 2008]
KIDS for the BAY Teaches hands-on, environmental science to elementary school children in schools throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. At KIDS for the BAY we create effective, on-going environmental education programs for elementary school communities and promote active, hands-on restoration of local habitats. Our programs teach the latest California State science and social science standards and have been written into the School Wide Development Plans of our target schools. Address: 1771 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 985-1602 Email: info@kidsforthebay.org Web: http://www.kidsforthebay.org/ [08 Mar 2008]
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: POBox 13220, Oakland CA 94661-3220 Voice: (510) 595-1188 Fax: (510) 595-1860 Web: http://www.kitazawaseed.com [08 Apr 2007]
Kitty Petty ADD/LD Institute (KPI) Our mission is to provide education, resources and support to children, youth and adults with ADD/LD to become self-advocates and reach their true potential. Our goals are to provide the highest quality support services, referrals, and current research data to the ADD/LD community and those who care for them; to develop or co-sponsor community outreach projects and innovative education programs to help those experiencing the life altering effects of AD/HD and LD to maximize their strengths and minimize their limitations. Address: 800 San Antonio Road, Suite 8, Palo Alto CA 94303-4633 Voice: (650) 855-9925 Fax: (650) 855-9924 Email: info@kpinst.org Web: http://www.kpinst.org [21 May 2006]
KKUP An all-volunteer, completely listener-sponsored, non-commercial, alternative community radio station broadcasting at 91.5 FM. The studio is at 1241 Franklin Square in Santa Clara. Address: 933 Monroe Street, PMB 9150, Santa Clara CA 95050 Voice: (408) 260-2999 (request line) Email: webmeister@kkup.org Web: http://www.kkup.com/ [20 Jan 2008]
Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) A national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools with a track record of preparing students in underserved communities for success in college and in life. KIPP builds a partnership among parents, students, and teachers that puts learning first. By providing outstanding educators, more time in school learning, and a strong culture of achievement, KIPP is helping all students climb the mountain to college. Address: 345 Spear Street, Suite 510, San Francisco CA 94105 Voice: (415) 399-1556 Fax: (415) 348-0588 Email: info@kipp.org Web: http://www.kipp.org/ [26 Dec 2008]
Koret Family House A non-profit guesthouse where families stay while their critically ill children receive treatment at UCSF Children's Hospital. Most of the families staying with us are low-income families who couldn't otherwise afford to stay in SF for the treatment of their children. Our organization provides a place of comfort to these families while they are facing very challenging and difficult times. Address: 50 Irving Street, San Francisco CA 94122 Voice: (415) 476-8321 Fax: (415) 502-0885 Web: http://www.familyhouseinc.org [04 Jan 2010]
KPFA (94.1 FM) A community supported radio station. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. Our signal reaches one third of the state, utilizing 59,000 watts. Much of our programming is local, original and eclectic, with a well produced mix of news and in depth public affairs, an ongoing drama, literature and performance series, interviews, and reviews. Our music ranges from folk to hip hop, Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We travel the region to broadcast live music, demonstrations, and cultural events. The majority of our staff are unpaid community volunteers donating their time and energy to bring you our programming. Address: 1929 MLKing Way, Berkeley CA 94704-1067 Voice: (510) 848-6767; (510) 848-4425 (studio) Fax: (510) 848-3812 Web: http://www.kpfa.org/ [08 Mar 2008]
KQED, Inc. A public television station on Channel 9 and a public radio station (featuring National Public Radio) at 88.5 FM. Address: 2601 Mariposa Street (at Bryant), San Francisco CA 94110-1426 Voice: (415) 864-2000 Email: tv@kqed.org fm@kqed.org Web: http://www.kqed.org/ [20 Jan 2008]
KUSF The University of San Francisco radio station, broadcasting at 90.3 FM and featuring alternative, cultural, and multicultural music. Address: 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco CA 94117-1080 Voice: (415) 386-5873 (386-KUSF) Email: kusf@usfca.edu Web: http://www.kusf.org [17 Sep 2006]
KyotoUSA A Berkeley based volunteer organization devoted to encouraging cities and the people who live in them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Our main focus is on getting individuals to: 1) Reduce the greenhouse gases for which they are personally responsible; 2) Organize to encourage our city governments to reduce the greenhouse gases for which they are responsible. Address: 800 Hearst Avenue (near 5th Street), Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 704-8628 Email: kyotousa@sbcglobal.net Web: http://www.kyotousa.org [10 Jul 2006]
KZSU Stanford's all-volunteer, student-run radio station, broadcasting at 90.1 FM. Features an eclectic variety of music -- mostly unavailable elsewhere on the dial -- as well as news, sports, and public affairs programming. Located on Memorial Way at Galvez. Address: POBox 20190, Stanford CA 94309 Web: http://www-kzsu.stanford.edu [16 Jun 2007]
La Casa de las Madres Offers emergency residential shelter to battered women and their children while providing counseling, family-based services and referrals. Their Emergency Crisis Shelter has the capacity to shelter and support 35 women and children per night. La Casa's downtown San Francisco office houses our two 24-hour Crisis Phone Lines, a Drop-In Counseling Center, the Teen Intervention & Prevention Program, and the Community Education & Outreach Program. All services are offered free-of-charge and in many languages. Address: 1663 Mission Street, Suite 225 (between 14th and 15th streets), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 503-0500 x304; (877) 503-1850 (24-hour crisis line) Fax: (415) 503-0301 Email: info@lacasa.org Web: http://www.lacasadelasmadres.org [21 Jul 2009]
La Clinica de La Raza Delivers affordable, culturally and linguistically appropriate health care services to thousands of Alameda County residents. For many clients, La Clínica de La Raza has meant the difference between receiving care and going without. Dedicated to serving the entire needs of the family, La Clínica provides a comprehensive array of services, such as medical, mental health, health education and dentistry. Financial support from a variety of public and private sources makes it possible for La Clínica to serve any person or family, regardless of their ability to pay. Services are available in English and Spanish. Address: 1450 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 535-4000 Fax: (510) 535-4189 Email: info-laclinica@laclinica.org Web: http://www.laclinica.org/ [17 Aug 2008]
La Cocina A non-profit incubator kitchen providing commercial kitchen space and technical assistance to low-income and immigrant entrepeneurs who are in the process of launching, growing and formalizing food businesses. Address: 2948 Folsom Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 824-2729 Fax: (415) 824-2756 Web: http://www.lacocinasf.org [01 Nov 2007]
La Pena Cultural Center (La Pena) A non-profit community cultural center where people can experience art and culture from Latin America and from around the world and where community groups involved in both domestic and international issues can organize cultural and educational programs to foster respect and understanding among the diverse peoples of the world. In addition to our public events, La Peña offers classes in music and houses Café Valparaiso which offers a Latin American menu and beverages, and provides a "second stage" for more intimate cultural gatherings. Address: 3105 Shattuck (near Woolsey, 2 blocks from Ashby BART), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 849-2568 Email: info(at)lapena.org Web: http://www.lapena.org [08 Mar 2008]
La Via Campesina The international movement of peasants, small- and medium-sized producers, landless, rural women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers. We defend the values and the basic interests of our members. We are an autonomous, pluralist and multicultural movement, independent of any political, economic, or other type of affiliation. Our members are from 56 countries from Asia, Africa, urope, and the Americas. The principal objective of La Via Campesina is to develop solidarity and unity among small farmer organizations in order to promote gender parity and social justice in fair economic relations; the preservation of land, water, seeds and other natural resources; food sovereignty; sustainable agricultural production based on small and medium-sized producers. Web: http://www.viacampesina.org [10 May 2008]
Labor Archives and Research Center A non-circulating reference library that collects, organizes, preserves, and makes accessible the documents, files, photographs, and ephemera of the Northern California labor movement. Free and open to the public Monday through Friday 1 to 5 and by appointment. Brief phone inquiries are welcome also. Address: San Francisco State University, 480 Winston Drive, San Francisco CA 94132 Voice: (415) 564-4010 Fax: (415) 564-3606 Email: larc@sfsu.edu Web: http://www.library.sfsu.edu/about/depts/larc.php [15 Nov 2009]
Labor Notes The voice of union activists who want to "put the movement back in the labor movement" through rank and file democracy. Works to bring activists together by publishing a monthly magazine, books, and pamphlets as well as holding schools and conferences. Web: http://www.labornotes.org [17 Sep 2006]
Labor Video Project (LVP) A labor video and communications organization. Produces a bi-weekly labor show on cable in San Francisco, and a weekly show in Philadephia and St. Louis. Many of its videos are streamed on Google Video. It also produces labor video documentaries on working people, and is a member of the Union Producers and Programmers Network. It helps sponsor a bi-annual international labor media and communications conference called Labortech. The Labor Video Project supports the use of labor computer networks and helps distribute labor videos from around the world. It also curates the annual international Working Class Film and Video Festival run in San Francisco during LaborFest. Address: POBox 720027, San Francisco CA 94172 Voice: (415) 282-1908 Fax: (415) 695-1369 Email: lvpsf@labornet.org Web: http://www.laborvideo.org http://www.labornet.org http://www.laborbeat.org/3/uppnetnl.htm http://www.laborfest.net [08 Mar 2008]
Labor's Militant Voice Building the socialist alternative to the dictatorship of big business. Voice: (510) 595-4676 Email: red_writer1@yahoo.com Web: http://www.laborsmilitantvoice.com/ [08 Dec 2008]
LaborNet (LaborNet) A computer network that supports human rights and economic justice for workers by providing labor news and information, comprehensive Internet services, training and website design for union and labor organizations. Web: http://www.labornet.org [15 Nov 2009]
LaFrance Associates, LLC (LFA) A San Francisco-based consulting group serving the nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sectors with research, evaluation, and technical assistance services. LFA contributes to the health and well-being of communities by providing applied research, evaluation, and technical assistance services that advance the work of organizations in the nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sectors. Our approach builds the capabilities of individuals and organizations to understand and utilize information and is guided by our values: Accountability, compassion, innovation, and respect. Address: 251 Kearny Street, Suite 301, San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 392-2850 Fax: (415) 392-2856 Email: info@LFAgroup.com Web: http://www.lfagroup.com [26 Apr 2008]
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace (LMNOP) LMNOP invites you to join them on weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Every Sunday at 3:00. Meet at the columns at the east end of the Lake, between Grand &Lakeshore Avenues. Near Grand Ave. exit off 580 freeway. Most well-known nearby landmark: Grand Lake Theater. Their web site also includes a calendar of peace-related events, and a diversity of other useful resources. Address: c/o Beth & Steve Wagner, POBox 10491, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 763-8712 Email: beth@lmno4p.org steve@lmno4p.org Web: http://lmno4p.org [16 Apr 2006]
Lao Family Community Development, Inc. Builds healthy communities by helping families and individuals achieve self-sufficiency. Each year we deliver asset development, financial education, employment services, and family support to over 10,000 immigrants, refugees, asylees, and low-income U.S. nationals in over 15 languages. Address: 2325 East 12th Street, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 533-8850 Fax: (510) 533-1516 Web: http://www.lfcd.org [30 Sep 2009]
Larkin Street Youth Services Larkin Street has two unique programs to serve HIV+ youth ages 18-25 years old. The Assisted Care program is a residential program for youth who require special assistance in their everyday lives. The Aftercare Program provides support to our clients living in the community. We assist clients in finding housing and provide housing subsidies supplemented with a spectrum of health care and case management services. The treatment philosophy promotes strong peer support, structured activities, on-site supervision, counseling and medical services in a relaxed setting. Voice: (415) 749-6960 Email: everettpeters@larkinstreetyouth.org [14 May 2006]
Latin America Working Group (LAWG) One of the nation's longest standing coalitions dedicated to foreign policy. Mission is to encourage US policies towards Latin America that promote human rights, justice, peace and sustainable development. As a coalition, LAWG represents the interests of over 60 major religious, humanitarian, grassroots and policy organizations to decision makers in Washington. We are a trusted voice in Congress, and provide reliable guidance to policymakers who want their decisions to be grounded in human rights. Web: http://www.lawg.org [20 Jan 2008]
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LTHC) The only statewide organization with a specific emphasis on Latino health. Founded in 1992 by health care providers, consumers and advocates to impact Latino health through enhanced information, policy development and community involvement. Since then, the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California has positioned itself to meet the primary goal of its mission: "To develop and support policies, services and conditions that will improve the health of Latinos." Address: 1225 Eighth Street, Suite 500, Sacramento CA 95814 Voice: (916) 448-3234 Fax: (916) 448-3248 Web: http://www.lchc.org [14 Oct 2007]
Latino Issues Forum A results-oriented public policy and advocacy institute dedicated to advancing leading-edge public policy solutions for a better, more equitable and prosperous society. Our core issue areas include consumer protection; education; sustainable communities and the environment; health; and techology and telecommunications. Address: 785 Market Street, Third Floor, San Francisco CA 94103-2003 Voice: (415) 284-7220 Fax: (415) 284-7222 Email: lifcentral@lif.org Web: http://www.lif.org [17 Sep 2006]
Laughing Squid An online resource for underground art and culture of San Francisco and beyond. We run a blog on our front page and maintain a link database of local and regional art and culture. Laughing Squid also is home to the Squid List, a daily event announcements list and The Tentacle List, a place to post calls for artists and performers. Laughing Squid Web Hosting, the business side of Laughing Squid, is a web hosting service that specializes in web hosting for artists, individuals, non-profits and small organizations. Web: http://laughingsquid.com/ [11 May 2009]
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 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth, their families, and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities. YRIC 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 that honors, respects and appreciates LGBTQQ youth and their contributions. Address: 127 Collingwood Street (near 18th Street), San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 703-6150 Fax: (415) 703-6153 Web: http://www.lyric.org [04 Oct 2009]
Laytonville EcoVillage Here you will find out about the ten acres of beautiful forested land in Laytonville, California, which is located on Highway 101, about a three-hour drive from San Francisco. Plans are in the works, dreams are being dreamt and eco-forestry workshops have already taken place in preparation for an idyllic dwelling place to participate in cooperative living, food self-reliance, energy self-sufficiency and honor for the land. We will be stewards, friends, teachers and students and we’ll come from all walks of life to share a lifestyle that we all agree is in alignment with principles of ecology, economics, democracy and all that good stuff that draws people together to improve their lives and those of their neighbors and friends. Web: http://www.611ecovillage.com/laytonville [23 Apr 2009]
League of Creative Minds League of Creative Minds is a non-partisan, not for profit social-educational organization. The League of Creative Minds is established to encourage and engage Northern California middle and high school students in the art of diplomacy, academia and social long-standing life skills. We actively endorse high-ability or high-potential students from all schools in the Bay Area. We proactively seek to expose the leadership abilities of all students in the 7th to 12th grades. Address: 42 Darrell Place, San Francisco CA 94133 Web: http://www.creativedelegates.org [23 May 2009]
League of Revolutionaries for a New America (LRNA) An organization of revolutionaries that takes as its mission the political awakening of the American people. Web: http://www.lrna.org/league.html [15 Nov 2009]
League of Women Voters of San Francisco (LWVSF) A nonpartisan organization, dedicated to the informed and active participation of all citizens. We do not take positions on candidates; instead, we offer community forums, televised programs, web content and other materials encouraging the public to get to know the candidates better. We provide clear and concise summaries of the pro and con of ballot measures in English, Chinese and Spanish as well as host forums and televised pro/con discussions. We train speakers to present the pros and cons of the ballot measures (requested by the Housing Authority, senior centers, churches, neighborhood associations, labor unions, businesses, and many others). We co-sponsor community events throughout the year which encourage civic engagement. We provide work study and internships to students from the US and abroad. Address: Near the Montgomery BART Station, 582 Market Street, Suite 615, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 989-VOTE (8683) Fax: (415) 989-8685 Email: lwvsf@lwvsf.org Web: http://lwvsf.org/ http://smartvoter.org/ [26 Apr 2008]
League of Young Voters Empowers young people nationwide to participate in the democratic process and create progressive political change on the local, state and national level – with a focus on non-college youth and youth from low-income communities and communities of color. The League makes political engagement relevant by meeting young people where they are, working on issues that affect their lives, and providing them with tools, training, and support to become serious catalysts for change in their communities. Founded in 2003, the League has become one of the strongest youth organizations in the country fighting for progressive change. Web: http://theleague.com [15 Nov 2009]
Left Business Observer (LBO) An 8-page more-or-less monthly newsletter on economics and politics in the US and the world at large. A list of recent back issues is on the web site. Editor Doug Henwood is also a contributing editor of The Nation and does a weekly program on WBAI radio (New York). Web: http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com [20 Jan 2008]
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, 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. Web: http://www.leftturn.org/ [17 Aug 2008]
LeftBooks.com Wants you to get involved, get political and help spread progressive and alternative materials to your friends and family. Many of the products available here are excellent organizing tools and can be the center of meetings and forums on a variety of different subjects. Web: http://www.leftbooks.com/ [16 Jun 2007]
Legal Aid of Marin Provides high quality legal representation and advocacy, information, referral, advice, community education, and other assistance to low income and senior residents of Marin County. In particular, we seek to assist Marin County's most vulnerable residents, particularly with problems related to housing, child dependency, domestic violence prevention, and debtor rights. Address: 30 North San Pedro Road, Suite 220, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415) 492-0230 Fax: (415) 492-0947 Web: http://www.legalaidmarin.org [10 Dec 2006]
Legal Aid of Napa Valley A not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide free, competent legal assistance to seniors, immigrants and low-income residents of Napa County. Legal Aid represents clients before courts and agencies, helps them obtain benefits, and protects their rights through advocacy, consultation, education and referrals. Address: 811 Coombs Street, Suite D, Napa CA 94559 Voice: (707) 259-0579 Email: info@legalaidnapa.org Web: http://www.legalaidnapa.org [17 Sep 2006]
Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) Promotes the stability of low income and disadvantaged workers and their families by addressing issues that affect their ability to achieve self-sufficiency. Using the law as a tool, the LAS-ELC helps workers attain financial security by preserving employment opportunities. We believe that stable working conditions and adequate income strengthen families and build communities. By protecting the legitimate employment status of wage earners, we provide families the means to pull through adverse times, avoid the downward spiral caused by job loss, and be fully contributing members of society. Address: 600 Harrison Street, Suite 120, San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 864-8848 Fax: (415) 864-8199 Email: info@las-elc.org Web: http://www.las-elc.org [26 Apr 2008]
Legal Community Against Violence (LCAV) Formed in the wake of a 1993 assault weapon massacre in San Francisco, LCAV mobilizes the resources of the legal community to reduce gun violence through legislation and education. The Firearms Law Center, a national project of LCAV, assists cities and counties across the country in developing effective local and state firearms regulations that can save lives. Address: 268 Bush Street, Suite 555, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 433-2062 Fax: (415) 433-3357 Web: http://www.lcav.org [11 May 2009]
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) Advocates for the civil rights and empowerment of incarcerated parents, children, family members and people at risk for incarceration through responding to requests for information, trainings, technical assistance, litigation, community activism and the development of more advocates. Focus is on women prisoners and their families. Emphasizes that issues of race are central to any discussion of incarceration. Address: 1540 Market Street, Suite 490, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 255-7036 Email: info@prisonerswithchildren.org Web: http://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/ [17 Aug 2008]
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (LPDC) Peltier is a Native American serving two consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary, even though there is no credible evidence that he is guilty of anything. Web: http://www.freepeltier.org/ [12 Nov 2006]
Lesbian.org A collection of lesbian-specific information on the internet Web: http://www.lesbian.org/ [15 Nov 2009]
Liberation Ink A worker-owned apparel printing and design collective created to fund social justice organizing. The collective was born out of our belief that a truly sustainable movement must be funded from within. Profits from Liberation Ink's stylish sweatshop-free social justice tees support local grassroots organizing. Address: POBox 31828, San Francisco CA 94131 Voice: (415) 333-2114 Email: info@liberationink.com Web: http://www.liberationink.com [07 Sep 2006]
Liberty Bound A film that takes an entertaining look at America’s ongoing struggle to keep a comfortable balance between democracy, capitalism, and fascism. This is a film about historic events that shape history. It is a film about courage and fear; ignorance and knowledge; propaganda and rhetoric. Through original footage, archived footage, and interviews with people such as Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, and Michael Ruppert, Liberty Bound explores the state of the union and its ostensible move toward fascism. Available on DVD. Web: http://www.libertybound.com/ [08 Mar 2008]
Life After the Oil Crash The peak oil-related web site of Matt Savinar. Mr. Savinar has appeared on numerous national and international radio shows to discuss global Peak Oil, the ramifications of a declining oil supply, and what we can do to address our energy issues. Web: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ [08 Dec 2008]
Life and Debt (the film) A feature-length documentary that addresses the impact of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and current globalization policies on a developing country such as Jamaica. Web: http://www.lifeanddebt.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
Life Purpose Center Change Agent Coaching: Find your contribution to social Transformation as part of your life purpose. Coaching by phone from anywhere or in person in Marin, El Cerrito. Address: 140 Marina Vista Avenue, Larkspur CA 94939 Voice: (415) 339-8060 Email: jay@earley.org [12 Dec 2008]
Light Energy Systems Since 1980, Light Energy Systems has supplied SF Bay Area customers with state of the art technologies. Our pool heating, solar electric and space heating applications can be custom tailored to fit your budget and lifestyle. Address: 965 D Detroit Avenue, Concord CA 94518 Voice: (925) 680-4343 Fax: (925) 680-6588 Web: http://www.lightenergysystems.com [20 Jan 2008]
LightHawk A volunteer-based aviation organization with more than 100 current volunteer pilots who donate time, expertise, and the use of their aircraft. Through partnerships with more than 130 partner organizations each year, LightHawk organizes missions that include media flights for reporters, photographers, and filmmakers working on environmental stories; technical flights to support scientists working on habitat and species surveys; and surveillance flights that help document environmental crimes and land use conditions. Web: http://www.lighthawk.org [16 Apr 2006]
Lindsay Wildlife Museum At Lindsay Wildlife Museum, visitors can get up close and personal with live, native California animals! The museum also features a hands-on discovery room for children, daily animal presentations, classes and trips focused on nature, changing art and natural history exhibits and a hospital for injured wild animals. Closed most Mondays and Tuesdays. Call or visit our web site for hours, directions and admission prices. Also see our calendar page. It has everything from home composting to nature and science classes for kids to connect with wildlife. Through educational programming, special and permanent exhibits, we continue to connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share. Address: 1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek CA 94597 Voice: (925) 935-1978 Web: http://www.wildlife-museum.org https://www.wildlife-museum.org/calendars/museumCal.htm [24 Mar 2007]
Linefeed Linefeed develops technological platforms for community networks engaged in 21st century socialist projects as well as field technology for volatile situations where the rules of society are rapidly being re-written. Linefeed is also focused on research in distributed network and media architectures, security and free software. Our experience is based in on-the-ground work in places like the West Bank during the re-occupation of Bethlehem, Buenos Aires during the repeated collapse of the Argentine government, Caracas during the anti-Chavez coup and San Francisco during the six months of protest leading up to the Iraq War. Address: 944 Market Street, San Francisco CA 94105 Email: info@linefeed.org Web: http://www.linefeed.org/ [23 Jul 2006]
LinkTV Broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world. These programs provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the U.S. media. Address: P0Box 2008, San Francisco CA 94126-2008 Web: http://www.linktv.org [18 Aug 2009]
Dave Lippman America's foremost non-corporate comedian, Dave Lippman, is widely known on many coasts and in some interiors for his sharp send-ups of topical subjects ranging from weapons of mass distraction to SUVs and the wars to defend them. He has toured widely in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Central America. Web: http://www.davelippman.com [08 Mar 2008]
LITE Initiatives (Living In Touch with the Earth) A sustainable practices group. LITE's mission is to motivate individuals, groups, businesses and even whole communities to live lightly and more efficiently. Our programs include Car-Lite - the controversial Sebastopol Car-Free Day and the Car-Lite Pledge, Community Bikes, the Green Mentor and Zero Waste Sonoma County. Our activities include a well received sustainable film and lecture series, a community bike shop, technical assistance, green plan development and green team management, motivational articles and transportation and zero waste activism. Address: 640 Wagnon Road, Sebastopol CA 95472 Voice: (707) 829-2324 Email: car-lite(at)sonic.net Web: http://www.car-lite.org/ [15 Apr 2006]
Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) An urban environmental education and youth empowerment organization created specifically to address the unique ecological and social concerns of Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco, and the surrounding communities of Mission, Potrero Hill, Visitacion Valley, and Excelsior. Address: 800 Innes Avenue Unit 11, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 282-6840 Fax: (415) 282-6839 Web: http://www.lejyouth.org/ [05 Apr 2007]
Little People of America, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (LPA) A nonprofit organization that provides support and information to people of short stature and to their families. The organization was created in 1957 by Billy Barty and friends. The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (SFBAC) was established in 1962. We are a group of families, friends, acquaintances, and professionals who are connected by our experience with short stature. Web: http://www.lpabayarea.org/SFBAC_home.html [19 Feb 2009]
Livability Project An educational and outreach organization that also acts as an incubator for local green businesses. It is our goal to help build strong local green economies by educating citizens and businesses to promote the triple bottom line of economic vibrancy, environmental stewardship and social equity. By facilitating the symbiotic relationship between a diverse local economy and an educated community, Livability Project is a catalyst for creating a future that balances resources with the needs of the city, its citizens and the place we call home. Address: POBox 1400, Pacifica CA 94044 Voice: (650) 787-0585 Fax: (866) 251-4555 Email: sandy@livabilityproject.org Web: http://www.livabilityproject.org [15 Nov 2009]
Live Power Community Farm A 40-acre, biodynamic/organic Community Sustained Agriculture (CSA) farm that provides fresh, high-quality food for 160 households in the San Francisco Bay Area and Mendocino County. We also host on-farm school visits, apprentice training, and farm-related workshops. Our innovative approach to farmland ownership, economics, and food distribution revitalizes the culture of land stewardship by creating a conscious, mutually supportive relationship between farmers, consumers, and nature. Address: 25451 East Lane, Covelo CA 95428 Voice: (707) 983-8196 Web: http://livepower.org/ [05 Feb 2009]
Livermore Airport Citizens Group (LACG) A group of citizens dedicated to the preservation / improvement of our health, safety, property values and quality of life as affected by the Livermore Municipal Airport and the aviation activity associated with the airport. Web: http://lacg.org/ [20 Jan 2008]
Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County (LWCSC) Believes that the dignity of all work demands just wages to meet today's living costs. A 'living wage' includes income and benefits sufficient for basic housing, healthcare, child care, nutrition, transportation, education and retirement. To this end, the LWCSC is focused on educating our entire community about the necessity of legislating living wages to foster a better society. Address: POBox 427, Santa Rosa CA 95402 Voice: (707) 545-7349 x220 Email: ben.boyce@sbcglobal.net Web: http://www.livingwagesonoma.org/ [21 Jun 2006]
Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay Working to build support for clean energy development in our region. Under California law, cities and counties can now act as buyer coops by purchasing their own energy in the open market, or by issuing tax-free bonds to invest in their own new energy facilities. With your support, we can assume greater control over our energy future and help area cities reach their goal of supplying 50% renewable power to their residents by 2017 — a much higher goal than PG&E's. Web: http://www.localcleanenergy.org/ [05 Apr 2008]
Local Harvest LocalHarvest maintains a definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. Our search engine helps people find products from family farms, local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with small farms in their local area. Our online store helps small farms develop markets for some of their products beyond their local area. Web: http://www.localharvest.org [17 Apr 2006]
Local Impact A nonprofit organization that promotes action on social justice issues in the San Francisco Bay Area. By taking local action campaigns online, Local Impact provides easily accessible ways for individuals to have a direct impact in their community. Local Impact works with grassroots organizations to identify causes and campaigns that would most benefit from targeted online action. Local Impact features select causes on its website, with opportunities for visitors to the site to take immediate action, including sending faxes to key decision makers. The website makes it easy to learn about important local issues and how to get involved. Address: 530 Divisadero Street, #339, San Francisco CA 94117 Email: info@local-impact.org Web: http://www.local-impact.org/ [23 Aug 2008]
Local Power Authors of California's Community Choice of Energy Law AB117 (Chapter 838 of 2002), and similar laws in Massachusetts, Ohio and New Jersey, which authorizes municipalities to find an alternative energy provider for their aggregated communities. Authors of San Francisco's CCA Ordinance (86-04, 2004) and Implementation Plan (2007). Also authors of San Francisco's 2001 voter-approved H Bond authority (Charter Section 9.197.8), which amended the City Charter to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds for renewable energy and conservation facilities. Lead nonprofit participating in California Public Utilities Commission CCA regulations (2005-6). Consult to implement local green power conversions: recently working for the Environmental Health Coalition (San Diego, 2006), Sacramento Public Utility District (SMUD, 2005), Sonoma Climate Action Plan (2007). Address: 4281 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland CA 94611 Voice: (510) 451-1727 Email: paulfenn@local.org Web: http://local.org/ [08 Mar 2007]
Locavores We are a group of concerned culinary adventurers who are making an effort to eat only foods grown or harvested within a 100 mile radius of San Francisco for an entire month. We recognize that the choices we make about what foods we choose to eat are important politically, environmentally, economically, and healthfully. Web: http://locavores.com/ [12 Jun 2006]
Locus Arts An all-volunteer organization of Asian American artists and arts supporters dedicated to promoting community and consciousness through the arts. We are currently incorporated and under the fiscal sponsorship of Asian Improv aRts. Locus Arts is a space that showcases the music, theatre, performing, literary and visual arts of the Asian Pacific American community. We believe in: pan APA artists and inclusive audiences, a community supporting artists and the artists supporting a community, a physical space for creative collaboration and face-to-face connection. Address: 180 Capp Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Web: http://www.locusarts.org/ [08 Dec 2008]
Long Haul Infoshop An activist center and reading room in South Berkeley. Provides zines, books, leaflets, stickers, T-shirts, and other resources for sale or free, public access internet stations, and a library and archive with reading room. Networks with activist groups and movement centers around the Bay Area and the world. Open Monday through Thursday from 6 to 9 pm, and Sunday from 3 to 11. Every Tuesday at 8 pm is an anarchist study group, open to the public. Cafe Night (an inexpensive vegetarian meal and get-together) is Sundays at 7:30 pm. Address: 3124 Shattuck Avenue (near Woolsey; two blocks from Ashby BART), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 540-0751 Web: http://www.thelonghaul.org/ [08 Mar 2008]
Los Altos Voices for Peace (LAVP) A non-profit, grassroots organization of concerned Los Altos and Los Altos Hills residents. Our focus is peace. LAVP was formed in early 2003 as the war on Iraq appeared imminent and has remained active to work for an end to the war. Voice: (650) 949-2950 Email: info@losaltospeace.org Web: http://www.losaltospeace.org/ [12 Mar 2008]
Love Underground Visionary Revolution (LUVeR) LUVeR.com is and will remain a non-corporate, DIY, totally uncensored, noncommercial, nonprofit internet revolution with 24-hour 'live' programming (by amazing people) with 'no-limits' content. In short, LUVeR is what THEY told us years ago how the internet would be. LUVeR.org is a separate LUVeR Alternative News site that covers the social, cultural, political, and personal [r]evolution that the corporate media actively supresses --- a muckracking indiemedia channel for radical change! See also Frank Moore. Email: fmoore@eroplay.com Web: http://www.luver.com http://www.luver.org [08 Mar 2008]
Low Income Self Help Center Address: 525 West Alma Avenue, San Jose CA 95125 Voice: (408) 977-1275 Email: lowincomeselfhelpcenter@sbcglobal.net [06 May 2009]
Lydia's Organics Produces high-quality dehydrated foods made from raw, organic, vegan ingredients. Lydia's combinations of sprouted grains, seeds and nuts, along with fruits, vegetable, herbs and seaweeds are manufactured with the utmost care for the preservation of the living vitality and nutrition of these ingredients. The products are available by mail-order from the web site. Address: 31 Bolinas Road, Fairfax CA 94930 Voice: (415) 258-9678 Fax: (415) 258-9623 Email: info@lydiasorganics.com Web: http://lydiasorganics.com/ [16 Jun 2007]
Lyon-Martin Health Services A clinic for lesbians who lack access to nonjudgmental, affordable health care. Named after Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, feminists and well-known LGBTQ civil rights activists. Since 1993, Lyon-Martin also has provided case management and primary healthcare in programs specifically designed for very low-income and uninsured women with HIV. In 2007, the organization added sliding-scale mental health services for our patients. Address: 1748 Market Street, Suite 201, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 565-7667 Fax: (415) 252-7512 Email: info@lyon-martin.org Web: http://www.lyon-martin.org/ [06 Sep 2008]
Macrocosm USA A non-profit educational clearinghouse emphasizing environmental, justice, peace, health issues and solutions for progressives. Provides an online searchable/addable directory of progressive resources. Address: POBox 185, Cambria CA 93428-0185 Voice: (805) 927-2515 Web: http://www.macronet.org/ [03 Apr 2006]
maganda magazine A student-run publication that serves as a vital forum for the presentation of diverse experiences and opinions through artwork, prose, poetry, and scholarly writing by, for, and about Filipinos and Filipino Americans. Our intent is to uncover the truths about ourselves as people with a rich tradition of leadership, resistance, strength, and vision, thus revealing a more full, more dynamic picture of Filipinos throughout history. We can only accomplish this task through our own medium of expression. maganda magazine is our contribution to a common goal of self-determination. Address: 10 Eshleman Hall, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720 Voice: (510) 642-2981 Fax: (510) 642-8247 Email: info@magandamagazine.org Web: http://www.magandamagazine.org [04 May 2006]
Magic, Inc. Magic is people learning and communicating how humans can further common good by practicing valuescience—scientific methods and principles applied to questions of value. We work in a radical, integrated, scientific way to increase human satisfaction and reduce human suffering. By "radical" we mean that we go to the roots of dissatisfaction and suffering. We perceive those roots to lie in misinformation about value—about what people want, how to get it, and most importantly, how we can know these things. Address: POBox 15894, Stanford CA 94309 Voice: (650) 323-7333 Email: magic@ecomagic.org Web: http://www.ecomagic.org [12 Mar 2008]
Major Taylor Cycling Club (MTCC) An East Palo Alto non-profit organization promoting bicycle education and advocacy from Redwood City to Mountain View. MTCC works through youth groups, schools, and bicycling activities to encourage active community participation to better our environment and quality of life. This benefits low-income, at-risk youth and their families in these communities in offering young people real options to make constructive choices. It also develops more opportunities for breaking down racial and socio-economic barriers amongst people in this region as a whole. Located at East Palo Alto Charter School, on Runnymede Avenue, at the edge of the Bay Trail. Repair sessions are in the playground in back of the school. Address: Attn: Ken Kratz, Secretary, POBox 51041, Palo Alto CA 94303-0680 Voice: (408) 246-8149 Email: info@mtcc.us Web: http://www.mtcc.us [12 Nov 2006]
Making The World Safe For Hypocrisy An "alternative" history of the U.S. from 1620 to the present. It's essentially suppressed history, the history we're not supposed to know, the bitter truth behind the Disneyfied nonsense and propaganda about America that everyone is spoon fed. Web: http://www.mtwsfh.blogspot.com/ [05 Jan 2008]
Mandatory Madness A project of a grassroots coalition of victims of unjust sentences, their families, and activists who — like U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy — believe that in too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unwise and unjust. Web: http://www.mandatorymadness.org [08 Dec 2008]
Maneno An organization that is building a communication and blogging application to serve the specific needs of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is open and free to join for anyone. Web: http://www.maneno.org [24 Jan 2009]
Manic D Press An alternative outlet for young writers seeking to bring their work into print. We are an award-winning literary press based in San Francisco, publishing fiction (novels and short stories), poetry, art, narrative-oriented comix, and alternative travel trade paperbacks. We represent a diversified, balanced group of unique writers and artists, with emphasis on those who have been shunned by the traditional publishing establishment for lacking commercial viability, regardless of their talent or future promise. Publishes "The Civil Disobedience Handbook" and "The Military Draft Handbook". Address: POBox 410804, San Francisco CA 94141 Voice: (415) 648-8288 Email: info-at-manicdpress-dot-com Web: http://www.manicdpress.com/ [15 Nov 2009]
MansMark Africa A recording label that was established in 1995. MansMark Africa’s founder, Ayo Ajisebutu thinks of conscious music as a natural remedy for world peace. It heals without side effects and has a power much like that of water. It leads without forceful intervention. It effortlessly purifies a troubled world and unites people without the negative consequences of personal gain. Music is the true solution to global peace. Address: 7677 Oakport Street, Suite 105, Oakland CA 94608 Voice: (510) 568-3069 Fax: (510) 217-6035 Email: worldmusic@mansmark.com Web: http://www.mansmark.com [29 Oct 2006]
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) Envisions a nation where marijuana is legally regulated similarly to alcohol, marijuana education is honest and realistic, and treatment for problem marijuana users is non-coercive and geared toward reducing harm. Web: http://www.mpp.org/ [11 May 2009]
Marin Community Exchange Imagine walking into a second-hand store, and discovering that everything is free! That's the Marin Community Exchange. This store not only gives stuff away, but outfits families that have been burned or flooded out of their homes, helps people with little or no income, and may even be able to ship truckloads of goods to disaster victims. Address: 185 Marinwood Avenue, San Rafael CA 94903 Voice: (415)499-5123 Email: javawizard@aol.com Web: http://www.marincx.com/ [04 Apr 2006]
Marin Community Food Bank Mission is to provide quality food, the most basic of all human necessities, to people in Marin County who need nutritional assistance. Address: 75 Digital Drive, Novato CA 94949 Voice: (415) 883-1302 Fax: (415) 883-5178 Email: info@marinfoodbank.org Web: http://www.marinfoodbank.org/ [15 Nov 2008]
Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC) Mission is to promote safe bicycling for everyday transportation and recreation. Better conditions for bicycling will shift auto trips to bicycle trips, improving the environment, reducing traffic, and benefiting personal and public health. Our goal is for 20% of all trips in Marin to be made by walking or bicycling. Office is located at 733 Center Boulevard, Fairfax, CA 94930. Address: POBox 1115, Fairfax CA 94978 Voice: (415) 456-3469 Fax: (415) 456-9344 Web: http://www.marinbike.org [20 Jan 2008]
Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas A grassroots organization that has achieved local, national, and international recognition for its positive contribution to ending human rights abuses in Central America. Founded in 1985 in response to the U.S. role in El Salvador, MITF has since expanded its focus to include all of the Americas. Proceeding from our hope for and commitment to world peace, our mission is to educate North American citizens about realities in the Americas and the role the U.S. plays there, and provide humanitarian aid and support for projects in those regions. Address: POBox 2481, Mill Valley CA 94942 Voice: (415) 924-3227 Fax: (415) 924-3227 (same as voice) Email: mitf@igc.org Web: http://www.mitfamericas.org [16 Jun 2007]
Marin Organic An association of organic producers in Marin County whose livelihood is based on a respect for nature and a sense of place. As the primary link between farmers and eaters, Marin Organic is committed to promoting and supporting a sustainable, organic county - a county in which growers and the people who rely on them recognize their mutual interdependence. Address: POBox 962, Pt. Reyes Station CA 94956 Voice: (415) 663-9667 Fax: (415) 663-9687 Email: helge@marinorganic.org Web: http://marinorganic.org/ [28 Jun 2009]
Marin Peace & Justice Coalition (MPJC) Part of a growing movement. We came together one week after the tragic events of 9/11. While our government and the mainstream media called for revenge and war, we came together to call for peace and justice, and to question the deeper causes of 9/11. We believe in democracy, freedom, justice and equality for all. We believe in civil liberties, due process and international law. We believe in a foreign policy that promotes rather than denies these values. We are a diverse group of people with a passionate commitment to work for peace and justice. Holds Peace Vigils, Educational Forums, Marches & Rallies, Street Theater, Peace Concerts, Video Presentations and much more. Web: http://www.mpjc.org [21 Jun 2008]
Marin Treatment Center (MTC) A non-profit, community based provider. MTC has been providing substance abuse services in the community since 1976 and HIV/AIDS services since 1984. MTC has developed several projects including HIV/AIDS Case Management and the Substance Abuse Scholarship Program for people living with HIV. Address: 1466 Lincoln Avenue (near Linden Lane), San Rafael CA 94901 Voice: (415) 457-3755 Fax: (415) 457-0849 Email: laura@mtcinc.org Web: http://www.marintreatmentcenter.org [12 Nov 2006]
Marin Vegetarian Education Group Offering Information, Resources, Motivation and Support for Plant-Based Eating Address: 12 Rally Court, Fairfax CA 94930 Voice: (415) 459-1666 Email: VegetariansInMarin@Earthlink.net Web: http://www.marinveg.org/ [30 Sep 2009]
Marina Counseling Center A non-profit, charitable community counseling center and training institute in the heart of the Marina district of San Francisco. The Center has provided effective, supportive, professional counseling at low fees (sliding scale, based on income) since 1982. All counseling is provided by pre-licensed, advanced interns working under the supervision of excellent clinicians. The Center remains committed to serving as a supportive resource for all Bay Area residents. Daytime, evening and weekend appointments are available. Address: 2137 Lombard Street, San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 563-2137 Email: jennifer@marinacounseling.com Web: http://www.MarinaCounseling.com [08 Dec 2008]
Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) Dedicated to safeguarding life in the sea by advancing the multidisciplinary science of marine conservation biology. Helps scientists generate information that arms people with knowledge crucial for informed decision making, gets this information to other scientists, decision makers and the public, and works to build new alliances to protect, restore and sustainably use marine biological diversity. Web: http://www.mcbi.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
The Marine Mammal Center Rescues, rehabilitates, and releases marine mammals whose existence and habitat are threatened. Researches new treatments for diseases that afflict marine mammals. Fights to reduce human interference in marine mammal habitat. Address: 1065 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito CA 94965 Voice: (415) 289-7325 (289-SEAL) Fax: (415) 289-7333 Email: com@tmmc.org Web: http://www.tmmc.org [08 Dec 2008]
Marine Science Institute A nonprofit organization that offers hands-on science and environmental education programs to students of all ages throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. Our 90-foot research vessel brings students onto the San Francisco Bay to be marine scientists for the day. We also have shore-side programs and our trailer mounted aquarium brings sharks, fish, sea stars, and other marine life to schools. Our membership program has several family oriented activities each year. Address: 500 Discovery Parkway, Redwood City CA 94063 Voice: (650)364-2760 Email: gail@sfbaymsi.org Web: http://www.sfbaymsi.org [01 Apr 2007]
Mario Savio Memorial Lecture Fund Created to honor the memory of Mario Savio and the spirit of moral courage and vision which he and countless other activists of his generation exemplified; to promote the values that Mario Savio struggled to actualize in his life: human rights, social justice, and freedom of expression; to provide a forum where young people can connect with older activists to understand their common ideals and find inspiration and nourishment for activism today; to recognize and encourage young activists engaged in the struggle to build a more humane and just society. Web: http://www.savio.org/ [08 Dec 2008]
Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center As a center for nonviolence, equality, youth and ecology, the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center serves communities and organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area promoting these principles, and offers a safe environment where people can seek out peaceful, nonviolent solutions to the challenges we all face. Address: POBox 6518, Oakland CA 94603 Voice: (510) 383-1067 Fax: (510) 383-1068 Email: info@mlkfreedomcenter.org Web: http://www.mlkfreedomcenter.org [20 Jan 2008]
Mary & Patty Bowden Foundation A non-profit 501(c)3 foundation whose mission is to assist disadvantaged children & youth. We are educational and provide scholarships & child care services. Address: 2041 Miramonte Avenue, Apt. 12, San Leandro CA 94578 Voice: (888) 897-6023 Email: info@bowdenfound.org Web: http://bowdenfound.org/ [30 Jan 2010]
Media Access Office North A disability resource for the performing arts, run by the State EDD Workforce Services Dept. Media Access helps find jobs in entertainment and other media related fields for people with disabilities (both performers and others), and also helps assure accurate portrayals in the media of persons with disabilities. Address: 4071 Port Chicago Highway, Suite 250, Concord CA 94520-1157 Voice: (925) 602-7721 Fax: (925) 602-3981 Email: Dgordy@edd.ca.gov Web: http://www.edd.ca.gov/Jobs_and_Training/Media_Access_Office.htm [21 Jan 2009]
Media Access Project (MAP) A public interest telecommunications law firm that promotes the public's First Amendment right to hear and be heard via the electronic media of today and tomorrow. Web: http://www.mediaaccess.org [17 Sep 2006]
Media Alliance A media resource and advocacy center for media workers, non-profit organizations, and social justice activists. Our mission is excellence, ethics, diversity, and accountability in all aspects of the media in the interests of peace, justice, and social responsibility. Address: 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Oakland CA 94162 Voice: (510) 832-9000 Email: information@media-alliance.org Web: http://www.media-alliance.org [17 Jan 2009]
Media Insurgente A film collective founded in the fall of 2005 whose mission is capturing important contemporary struggles for social justice. Its projects have included documenting labor struggles both locally as well as in Latin America, the resistance of New Orleans residents to corporate restructuring, and illustrating the effects of plant closures on communities and laid-off employees. Media Insurgente strives to fuse the dynamism of journalism with the power of activism. Web: http://mediainsurgente.com/ [21 Feb 2007]
Media Matters for America A Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Web: http://mediamatters.org/ [17 Jan 2009]
Media Watch Goal is to challenge abusive stereotypes and other biased images commonly found in the media. Media Watch, which began in 1984, distributes educational videos, media literacy information and newsletters to help create more informed consumers of the mass media. We do not believe in any form of censorship, especially the silencing of marginalized groups. We believe education will help create a more active citizenry who will take action against commercial media saturation. Web: http://www.mediawatch.com [28 Mar 2009]
MediaChannel A nonprofit, public interest Web site dedicated to global media issues. MediaChannel offers news, reports and commentary from our international network of media-issues organizations and publications, as well as original features from contributors and staff. Resources include thematic special reports, action toolkits, forums for discussion, an indexed directory of hundreds of affiliated groups and a search engine constituting the single largest online media-issues database. Web: http://www.mediachannel.org [08 Mar 2008]
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (MCLI) Uses Human Rights and Constitutional Law to promote within the United States fundamental human rights including the right to jobs, food, and housing. Address: POBox 673, Berkeley CA 94701-0673 Voice: (510) 848-0599 Fax: (510) 848-6008 Email: mcli@mcli.org Web: http://www.mcli.org [11 May 2009]
Men's Associated Exchange (MAX) One of the largest gay men's social and philanthropic organizations in the U.S., with several social and fund-raising events each month supporting the SF Bay Area gay community. Address: 2261 Market Street #438, San Francisco CA 94114-1600 Voice: (415) 248-1925 Email: info@maxonline.org Web: http://www.maxonline.org [13 Nov 2006]
Mendocino Ecological Learning Center (MELC) An educational organization and demonstration site where people can come and see examples of living in ways that conserve resources, create diversity, increase self sufficiency, and promote profound understandings of the relationships between ourselves and our planet. Address: 4651 Bear Canyon Road, Willits CA 95490 Voice: (707) 456-0779 Email: inquiry@melc.us Web: http://www.melc.us/ [18 Aug 2009]
Mendocino Land Trust Mission is to conserve important natural resources of Mendocino County, including wildlife habitat, open space, scenic vistas, working farmlands and forests, watersheds, and to facilitate public access. Our conservation approach includes working with private landowners, governmental agencies, and community groups to establish ecoregional priorities and strategies as the basis for conservation action. Strategies and services include conservation planning, land conservation (fee acquisition as well as purchased and donated conservation easements) and volunteer stewardship. Address: POBox 1094, Mendocino CA 95460 Voice: (707) 962-0470 Fax: (707) 962-0444 Web: http://www.mendocinolandtrust.org/ [14 Aug 2007]
Merritt College Environmental Program The Merritt College Environmental Center (Self-Reliant House) is located in the Oakland Hills between two wildland watershed open spaces. Courses offered cover an array of subjects including: Energy, Ecology, Ecological Restoration, Forests, Wetlands, Food and Water Resources, Air Quality, Recycling, Pollution, Wildlife, Population, Transportation and Green Building. Address: 12500 Campus Drive, Oakland CA 94619 Voice: (510) 434-3840 Email: EcoMerritt@sbcglobal.net Web: http://merritt.edu/~envst/ [23 Mar 2008]
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 with online resources, coaching, workshops, and talks. Address: POBox 892, Orinda CA 94563 Voice: (925) 254-7198 Fax: (925) 254-3304 Email: metaphorproject@earthlink.net Web: http://www.metaphorproject.org [20 Jan 2008]
Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco (MCCSF) Our vision is a transformed world, where all life matters and every person belongs. We are a beloved community joining together from diverse spiritual backgrounds. We are a witness of God's radically inclusive love. We celebrate the holiness of our bodies and our sexualities, the divinity manifested in all genders, and the full array of genders expressed by the Divine. 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. We minister primarily within the lesbian / gay / bisexual / transgendered communities. We recognize our connection to the historical Christian church. We are a house of prayer for all people and a home for queer spirituality. Address: 110 Gough Street, Suite 201, San Francisco CA 94102-5968 Voice: (415) 863-4434 Fax: (415) 431-9813 Web: http://www.mccsf.org/ [06 Apr 2008]
Metta Center for Nonviolence Education Mission is to inspire, educate and support the practice of nonviolence. We work with educators, activists, the media, and anyone who wishes to learn and practice what Gandhi called “the greatest force at the disposal of humanity”. "Metta" (loving-kindness) is a traditional term for that force. Address: 1730 Martin Luther King, Jr Way, Berkeley CA 94709 Voice: (510) 548-5550 Fax: (510) 548-5558 Email: info@mettacenter.org Web: http://www.mettacenter.org/ [10 Oct 2009]
Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) MAPA, founded in Fresno, California in 1960, has been, and is, dedicated to the constitutional and democratic principle of political freedom and representation for the Mexican and Hispanic people of the United States of America. Only by penetrating the system can we move our issues to the top of the agenda. That is why Latinos and Latinas across the country must claim a place in the political arena. Web: http://www.mapa.org/ [14 Apr 2006]
Michael Parenti Political Archive Michael Parenti is an internationally known award-winning author and lecturer. He is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts. His highly informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad. Web: http://www.michaelparenti.org/ [14 Oct 2007]
Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue We are a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization located in Northern California. We rescue birds, directly and indirectly. Directly, we take in birds that are in need of a safe place to live, rehabilitate them if necessary, and find them good homes. Indirectly, we try to educate people about the level of care necessary to provide a safe, healthy, permanent home for a companion bird. We also provide advice on how to live with a companion bird. Address: POBox 697, San Jose CA 95106-0697 Voice: (650) 450-9104 (voicemail) Fax: 1-866-201-4199 Email: mail@mickaboo.org Web: http://www.mickaboo.org/ [21 Dec 2009]
Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) Works for the rights and the well being of children in the Middle East. MECA sends shipments of aid to Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon, and supports projects that make life better for the children. We educate North Americans about children in the region and the brutal impact of US foreign policy on their lives. 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: http://www.mecaforpeace.org [11 May 2009]
Mideast Web Gateway Our goal is to weave a world-wide web of Arabs, Jews and others who want to build a new Middle East based on coexistence and neighborly relations. Our members and staff include distinguished educators, engineers, Web designers and other professionals experienced in dialog, peace education projects and in promoting dialog and coexistence using the Internet. Web: http://www.mideastweb.org/ [17 Jan 2009]
Midnight Special Law Collective An independent non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal trainings and accessible, relevant, democratic and accountable legal support to a wide range of activists participating in the struggle for social change. We also foster the formation of community-based legal teams and law collectives nationally to achieve these goals on a larger scale by helping activists network with lawyers and by sharing our knowledge and practical experience. Address: 1709-A 19th Avenue, Oakland CA 94606 Voice: (510) 261-4843 Email: info@midnightspecial.net Web: http://www.midnightspecial.net/ [11 May 2009]
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) An organization of people opposed to the war in Iraq who have relatives or loved ones who are currently in the military or who have served in the military since the buildup to the Iraq war in the fall of 2002. Formed by two families in November of 2002, we have contacts with military families throughout the United States, and in other countries around the world. Our membership currently includes over 3,400 military families, with new families joining daily. Web: http://www.mfso.org/ [17 Jan 2009]
Military Out of Our Schools Voice: (510) 326-1961 Email: NoJROTC@yahoo.com Web: http://www.nomilitaryrecruitmentinourschools.org/ [05 May 2009]
Milk Sucks.com The real story on dairy products from PETA. Web: http://www.milksucks.com [17 Sep 2006]
Miller & Ngo Associates The first U.S. law firm to open offices in Vietnam following the lifting of the embargo. Maintains a relationship with the only foreign law firm licensed in Cuba, the Canadian firm of Berger, Young & Associates. Principal Tom Miller is pro bono legal counsel to Global Exchange, Parwaz Afghan Women's Microlending Fund, and The Nautilus Institute, and sponsor of numerous public interest ads. Address: Dunn's Building, Old Oakland, 725 Washington Street, Suite 300, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 891-0616 Fax: (510) 839-9857 Email: milltom@gmail.com Web: http://www.millerngo.com/ [23 Aug 2008]
mindfully.org Goal is to provide useful information to people on limited budgets, who would not obtain this information otherwise. Archives and categorizes thousands of ecology-oriented media articles to serve as a nonprofit research tool. Does research and networking on genetic engineering, pesticides, plastics, and endocrine disruptors, and addresses the connections between them. Web: http://www.mindfully.org [17 Jan 2009]
Doug Minkler A San Francisco Bay Area poster maker specializing in fund raising, outreach and educational posters. Past collaborations include work with the 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. My share-the-commons web site was designed to facilitate free distribution of my graphics. Address: 1715 Ward Street, Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 548-7119 Email: dminkler@dminkler.com Web: http://dminkler.com [06 May 2007]
Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative Cooperatively owned and operated since the days before you knew any better, Missing Link is located just below the UC campus in Berkeley, California. They sell, repair, and recondition bicycles. Offers free repair classes, free loaner tools to fix it yourself, free repair estimates, and free advice. Address: 1988 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 843-7471 (store); (510) 843-4763 (annex --- repairs and used bikes) Fax: (510) 848-5322 Email: workers@missinglink.org Web: http://www.missinglink.org/ [17 Jan 2009]
Mission Bay Community Church (MBCC) A progressive church in San Francisco committed to social justice and community activism. Mission is to become a vital church family where lives are changed and the world is made a better place through the experience and expression of the love and life of Jesus Christ. MBCC is commited to building a vital church family that is compelling and relevant to today's young urban generation and that provides opportunities for people to grow in their Christian life. Address: 32 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112 Voice: (415) 787-4751 Email: info@missionbaycc.org Web: http://www.missionbaycc.org [18 Aug 2009]
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) Established in 1977 by artists and community activists with a shared vision to promote, preserve and develop the Latino cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of the Chicano, Mexican, Central and South American, and the Caribbean people. MCCLA is 1/2 block from the 24th Street BART Station / Muni lines # 14, 14L, 48, 49 and 67. It is wheelchair accessible. Address: 2868 Mission Street (near 24th Street), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 821-1155 Web: http://www.missionculturalcenter.org [08 Mar 2008]
Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA) Dedicated to economic justice with its efforts focused on the Latino community in the Mission District, and the businesses and institutions that serve them. Our Mission is to maintain and strengthen the neighborhood's cultural integrity by facilitating asset building within the community combined with a community-based planning approach that looks towards the long-term health of the neighborhood in a manner that is culturally inclusive and able to sustain economic diversity. Address: 3505 20th Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-3334 Fax: (415) 282-3320 Web: http://www.medasf.org/ [15 Nov 2009]
Mission SF Federal Credit Union A nonprofit partnership designed to achieve financial justice and economic opportunity in the Greater Mission District. Mission SF consists of Mission SF Federal Credit Union and Mission SF Community Financial Center. Mission SF FCU specializes in serving low-income individuals, immigrants, entrepreneurs, and youth. We provide members a chance to repair and rebuild their credit; counseling to better manage their finances; various microfinance loan products; and education and training through our non-profit affiliate Mission SF Community Financial Center. Address: 3269 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 431-2268 (Mission SF Federal Credit Union); (415) 206-0846 (Mission SF Community Financial Center) Email: missionsffcu@earthlink.net Web: http://www.mission.coop/ [29 Jun 2008]
Mitsubishi Monitor Tracks Mitsubishi group activities related to workplace racial, gender age discrimination and harassment; consumer complaints and fraud; environmental concerns like rainforest destruction, deforestation, biotechnology, nuclear plants; slave labor and other such issues. Email: mitsubishi.sucks@kamalsinha.com Web: http://www.mitsubishisucks.com [26 May 2007]
MO/PEACE Mission is to prevent, address and respond to all types of Violence and Abuse utilizing Accountability, Educational Presentations, Anger Management, Conflict Resolution, Advocacy, Networking, Consulting, and Trainings. Voice: (415) 566-1510 Web: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gingermartinmopeace http://www.iGive.com/MO-PEACE [30 Aug 2009]
Mobilization for Climate Justice (MCJ) A network of organizations and activists who have joined together to build a movement that emphasizes non-violent direct action and public education to promote effective and just solutions to the climate crisis. Web: http://www.actforclimatejustice.org/ http://west.actforclimatejustice.org/ [11 Aug 2009]
Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning Pennsylvania journalist who exposed police violence against minority communities. On death row since 1982, he was wrongfully sentenced for the shooting of a police officer. New evidence, including the recantation of a key eyewitness, new ballistic and forensic evidence and a confession from Arnold Beverly (one of the two killers of Officer Faulkner) points to his innocence! Mumia had no criminal record. Address: 298 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 255-1085 Email: alerts@freemumia.org Web: http://www.freemumia.org [16 Jun 2007]
Modern Times Bookstore An independent, progressive, literary bookstore specializing in multicultural literature, social issues, cultural theory, sexual politics, and books in Spanish. Address: 888 Valencia Street (near 20th), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 282-9246 Fax: (415) 282-4925 Email: office@moderntimesbookstore.com Web: http://www.mtbs.com [01 Nov 2007]
Monsanto vs Schmeiser Percy Schmeiser is a farmer from Bruno, Saskatchewan Canada whose Canola fields were contaminated with Monsanto's Round-Up Ready Canola. Monsanto's position is that it doesn't matter whether Schmeiser knew or not that his canola field was contaminated with the Roundup Ready gene and that he must pay their technology fee. Web: http://www.percyschmeiser.com/ [23 Mar 2008]
Monthly Review A magazine with a unique blend of scholarship and activism, critical understanding and accessibility. MR speaks to workers and labor organizers no less than to academics, and against class exploitation, no less than against racial and sexual oppression. A guide to current realities, their historical roots and the prospects for change. Also a publisher of books. Web: http://www.monthlyreview.org [16 Jun 2007]
Frank Moore A performer, director, writer, and teacher of shamanistic art. Conducts performance rituals throughout the year and performs with his band, "The Cherotic All-Stars." Independent candidate for President of the U.S. Books, cassettes, and DVDs are available. Published 'The Cherotic rEvolutionary', a zine about 'the edge'. His work has been the subject of attack by Jesse Helms. 'Frank Moore's Unlimited Possiblities' plays on BTV (channel 28 in Berkeley and on cable Channel 24 in Albany, El Cerrito and Kensington.) Mondays and Thursdays at 11 PM and Saturdays at midnight. His newer show, "Going Deep to the Core at Ramen with Frank Moore", airs Mondays at 10:00 PM, Wednesdays at 11 PM, and Sundays at 11:30 PM. See also Love Underground Visionary Revolution. Address: POBox 11445, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (510) 526-7858 Fax: (510) 524-2053 Email: fmoore@eroplay.com Web: http://www.eroplay.com http://www.luver.com http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/ [22 Mar 2008]
Moratorium Campaign A campaign to obtain an immediate moratorium on the death penalty. The project includes a coordinated global petition drive. Worldwide, over 3.2 million people have signed the petition for a moratorium and the number is growing. In the U.S., this effort is led by Sister Helen Prejean, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of Dead Man Walking. Web: http://www.moratoriumcampaign.org/ [10 Dec 2006]
Mormons for Equality and Social Justice (MESJ) An organization of Latter-day Saints who are “anxiously engaged” in working for the gospel values of peace, equality, justice, and stewardship of the earth in a spirit of Christ-like charity and concern. We do this by raising awareness in Latter-day Saint communities of the inequalities and injustices that exist in the world today, by actively participating in political processes to resolve these issues, and by promoting and engaging in humanitarian service. Email: mesjsf@hotmail.com Web: http://www.mesj.org [08 Apr 2007]
Mother Jones (MoJo) A national magazine for progressive-minded people. Investigative reporting, national and international news, politics, culture, current controversies, civil liberties, media censorship, peace and disarmament, and the environment. Web: http://www.mojones.com/ [20 Jan 2008]
Mother Speak Mother Speak started with one scared and isolated mom worrying about her son, an Army Ranger and Sergeant with the 82nd Airborne, after he was deployed to Afghanistan and then Iraq. That one scared and isolated mom traveled to Iraq, visited her son on a military base in the Sunni Triangle, wrote a daily travel journal, met Iraqis, and interviewed Iraqi mothers. Now she shares mothers voices from all over the United States and the world. Learn more. She is honoring her son's efforts and the efforts of all soldiers by creating a book featuring mothers with children engaged in or affected by War on Terror. Web: http://www.motherspeak.org [05 Apr 2006]
MotherSpeak Started with one scared and isolated mom worrying about her son, an Army Ranger and Sergeant with the 82nd Airborne, after he was deployed to Afghanistan and then Iraq. That one scared and isolated mom traveled to Iraq, visited her son on a military base in the Sunni Triangle, wrote a daily travel journal, met Iraqis, and interviewed Iraqi mothers. Now she shares mothers voices from all over the United States and the world. Web: http://www.motherspeak.org/ [23 Aug 2008]
Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center (MDPC) Crafting an opportunity to connect more deeply with the needs and values of the people in Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Pleasant Hill and Concord to build a culture of peace. The Center plans to focus on five major programs: Youth and the Military, Peace Through Art and Writing for middle and high school youth, implementing the Department of Peace, and public educational forums to be determined. Address: 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek CA 94596-6798 Voice: (925) 933-7850 Email: info@mtdpc.org Web: http://www.mtdpc.org/ [18 Aug 2009]
Mountain View Voices For Peace Works to build peace and justice in our community, our nation, and our world. We are opposed to wars of aggression, and to all activities which are destructive of basic human values. Through action, education, and service, we strive to build a society based more on mutual respect, understanding, and caring. We invite all who share these aspirations to join us in our endeavors. Email: mvvp@mvvp.org Web: http://www.mvvp.org/ [16 Jun 2007]
Move Your Money People all over the country are choosing to move their money out of bigger banks and into smaller, community-oriented financial institutions that generally avoided the reckless investments and schemes that helped cause the financial crisis. Fueled by the personal initiatives of thousands, it’s a grassroots effort that has the potential to shift power in the financial system away from Wall Street and to Main Street. Check out the video, read up on what inspired the idea, connect with others through Facebook and Twitter and then use the tools and links provided to find a community bank or credit union in your area. Web: http://moveyourmoney.info/ [14 Jan 2010]
MoveOn.org The MoveOn family of organizations brings real Americans back into the political process. With over 3.2 million members across America – from carpenters to stay-at-home moms to business leaders – we work together to realize the progressive promise of our country. MoveOn is a service – a way for busy but concerned citizens to find their political voice in a system dominated by big money and big media. Web: http://www.moveon.org [17 Jan 2009]
Moving Forward Education Girls Moving Forward is an education and empowerment service dedicated to ending the gender-confidence gap in school. Through hands-on, in-home and school based tutoring and empowerment, we help girls gain confidence and competence both in and out of the classroom. Lastly, we are able to provide these services at no-cost, on-site tutoring through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Address: 1250 45th Street, Suite 315, Emeryville CA 94608 Voice: (510) 658-4475 Email: jobs@girlsmovingforward.com Web: http://www.girlsmovingforward.com http://www.boysmovingforward.com [05 Jul 2008]
Moving Images Video Project Produces and distributes documentaries about war and peace, human rights, global justice, and protection for the environment. Founded by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin to increase understanding in the United States of political and social issues in Central America, Moving Images later expanded to address the AIDS epidemic, labor rights and childcare, international relations in the post cold-war era, and the implications of new genetic technologies. Many of these programs have aired across North America on PBS, and they are widely distributed to schools, libraries, and community organizations. Web: http://www.movingimages.org/ [11 May 2009]
Moving On Center - School of Participatory Arts & Research Our mission is to develop community leaders and artists who practice the integration of their bodies and minds and thereby promote social change. Encouraging cooperative learning and an interdisciplinary focus, the curriculum draws on dance, theater, voice and a wide variety of somatic research to activate creativity and health in both the individual and the community. Address: 1428 Alice Street, Suite 203M, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 834-0284 Fax: (510) 834-1469 Email: info@movingoncenter.org Web: http://www.movingoncenter.org [17 Sep 2006]
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland office) (MUA) A grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a dual mission of personal transformation and community power. Creating an environment of understanding and confidentiality, MUA empowers and educates our members through mutual support and training to be leaders in their own lives and in the community. Working with diverse allies, MUA promotes unity and civic-political participation to achieve social justice. Address: 2647 International Blvd, suite 108, Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 261-3398 Fax: (510) 533-9906 Email: info@mujeresunidas.net Web: http://www.mujeresunidas.net [22 May 2008]
Mujeres Unidas y Activas (San Francisco office) (MUA) A grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a dual mission of personal transformation and community power. Creating an environment of understanding and confidentiality, MUA empowers and educates our members through mutual support and training to be leaders in their own lives and in the community. Working with diverse allies, MUA promotes unity and civic-political participation to achieve social justice. Address: 3543 18th Street #23 (at Valencia), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 621-8140 Fax: (415) 861-8969 Email: info@mujeresunidas.net Web: http://www.mujeresunidas.net [22 May 2008]
Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice (MVPJ) We come together from more than 36 diverse faith communities and traditions to put our convictions into action by saying NO to war and YES to peace and justice. Web: http://www.multifaithpeace.org/ [20 Jan 2008]
Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) A non-profit organization and U.S. Department of State-designated J-1 Exchange Visitor Program. MESA sponsors ecological farmer-to-farmer exchanges between participating countries and the United States. We promote experiential training and cross-cultural opportunities for aspiring agriculturists who then share new insights and skills with their home communities. Address: 5245 College Avenue #508, Oakland CA 94618 Voice: (510) 654-8858 Fax: (603) 699-2459 Email: mesa@mesaprogram.org Web: http://www.mesaprogram.org [08 Apr 2007]
Multinational Monitor A monthly magazine that tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment. Web: http://multinationalmonitor.org/ [16 Jun 2007]
Multinationals Resource Center (MRC) Southern countries increasingly find themselves exploited by the worst abuses of multinational corporations --- rampant pollution, oppressive labor practices, exploitative trading arrangements, and more. Yet Southern residents often have limited access to even basic information on the factory owners and the laws that affect them. The MRC helps redress this situation by providing valuable information, free of charge, to Southern activists, environmental and consumer groups and journalists. Web: http://resourcesfirst.org/ [16 Jun 2007]
Muslim Community Association of the San Francisco Bay Area (MCA) A religious, non-profit, and non-political organization established in 1983 and affiliated with the Islamic Society of North America. The fundamental purpose of MCA is to encourage and to enable Muslims to acquire the basic knowledge and competence in Islam in order to contribute individually and collectively towards meeting human needs in conformity with Islamic doctrines and belief. MCA also attempts to create a feeling of brotherhood and to avoid any incorrect practices in Islam. Address: 3003 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara CA 95054 Voice: (408) 727-7277 Fax: (408) 970-9561 Email: dian.alyan@mcabayarea.org Web: http://www.mca-sfba.org/ [24 Jan 2009]
NamasteDirect Committed to alleviating poverty in rural communities in Guatemala and Mexico. We provide microcredit loans, a personal mentor, business education, and vocational training to women. Address: 1408 Hudson Avenue, San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 440-2228 Fax: (415) 440-2229 Email: info@namaste-direct.org Web: http://www.namaste-direct.org [24 Jan 2009]
Names Project Foundation (AIDS Memorial Quilt) Founded in 1987, The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for use in preventing new HIV infections, and the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. Each "block" (or section) of The AIDS Memorial Quilt measures approximately twelve feet square, and a typical block consists of eight individual three foot by six foot panels sewn together. Virtually every one of the more than 40,000 colorful panels that make up the Quilt memorializes the life of a person lost to AIDS. Web: http://www.aidsquilt.org/ [27 Jan 2008]
NARAL Pro-Choice California The political and educational arm of the pro-choice movement. We educate voters about reproductive rights in California. We provide resources and information for voters who want to support pro-choice legislation and elect pro-choice legislators. Voice: (415) 890-1020 Web: http://www.prochoicecalifornia.org [15 Oct 2006]
Narco News Reporting on the drug war and democracy from Latin America. Web: http://www.narconews.com/ [11 May 2009]
Narika A South Asian domestic violence agency, with a helpline for abused South Asian women in the Bay Area. Narika's mission is to promote the empowerment of women in our community to confront and overcome the cycles of domestic violence and exploitation. We work to build a movement to end violence against women and to support women's rights as human rights. Address: POBox 14014, Berkeley CA 94712 Voice: (510) 444-6068 (office); (800) 215-7308 (help line) Fax: (510) 444-6025 Email: narika@narika.org Web: http://www.narika.org [18 Jan 2009]
The Nation Newsweekly Online A weekly newsprint magazine of news and commentary. Web: http://www.thenation.com/ [27 Jan 2008]
National Abortion Federaion The professional association of abortion providers, working to preserve and enhance the quality and accessibility of abortion services in the US and Canada. Web: http://www.prochoice.org/ [23 Mar 2008]
National AIDS Memorial Grove (NAMG) A dedicated space in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park where millions of Americans touched directly or indirectly by AIDS can gather to heal, hope, and remember. For all the promising prospects on the horizon, AIDS continues to invade our lives, violate our past, and rob us of our comfortable assumptions about the future. The sacred ground of this living memorial honors all who have confronted this tragic pandemic - both those who have died and those who have shared their struggle, kept the vigils, and supported each other during the final hours. Address: POBox 2270, San Francisco CA 94126-2270 Voice: (415) 765-0497 Fax: (415) 707-6150 Email: info@aidsmemorial.org Web: http://www.aidsmemorial.org [23 Mar 2008]
National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO) A community-based health advocacy organization committed to improving the overall health status of Asian women and families through research, leadership, education, and public policy advocacy. Address: One Embarcadero Center, Suite 500, San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 773-2838 Fax: (415) 773-2872 Email: info@nawho.org Web: http://www.nawho.org [16 Apr 2006]
National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH) Most people who have vision loss retain residual vision throughout their lives. Our purpose is to work with the visually impaired so that those affected can live with as little disruption as possible. Most of the world neither sees the difference between being visually impaired and having no sight, nor understands the ramifications. Because of this, substantial expenditures are allocated towards research and assistance for the blind, leaving the partially seeing without needed attention and resources. NAVH is the only non-profit health agency in the world solely dedicated to providing assistance to those with partial vision loss or, as we say, the "hard of seeing." Address: 507 Polk Street, Suite #420, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 775-NAVH (6284) Fax: (415) 346-9593 Email: navh@navh.org Web: http://www.navh.org [22 Jul 2006]
National Bicycle Greenway (NBG) The National Bicycle Greenway is envisioned as a nationwide network of interconnected bike friendly roads and bicycle pathways that will connect cyclists to major cities throughout the US. In developing a standard for what can be called an interstate for bicycles that emphasizes safety and efficacy, the NBG will give its highest priority to the transportational cyclist. Toward the end of encouraging decision makers to improve cycling infrastructure for its two wheel constituents, the NBG hosts the yearly National Mayors' Ride. Address: POBox 60355, Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (415) 240-4712 Email: NBG@bikeroute.com Web: http://NationalBicycleGreenway.com [10 May 2008]
National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives (NCESA) An independent, politically progressive, nonprofit institute providing research, education and consultation on innovative solutions to problems facing America and the global political-economy. Your source for up-to-date information about community building, models and experiments in locally-based economic development, as well as theory and vision of the "good society." Web: http://www.ncesa.org/ [12 Nov 2006]
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) A private, nonprofit membership and research organization that serves as the leading source of accurate, unbiased information on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), equity compensation plans such as stock options, and ownership culture. We are the main publisher and research source in the field, hold dozens of Webinars and live meetings annually, and provide services to our thousands of members. Address: 1736 Franklin Street, 8th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-1300 Fax: (510) 272-9510 Email: nceo@nceo.org Web: http://www.nceo.org/ [12 Nov 2006]
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, public policy advocacy, and public education. Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 370, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 392-6257 (392-NCLR) Fax: (415) 392-8442 Email: info@nclrights.org Web: http://www.nclrights.org [18 Jan 2009]
National Center for Science Education Defends the teaching of evolution in public schools. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out. NCSE is the only national organization to specialize in this issue. Address: 420 40th Street, Suite 2, Oakland CA 94609-2509 Voice: (510) 601-7203 Fax: (510) 601-7204 Email: ncseoffice@ncseweb.org Web: http://ncseweb.org/ [23 Aug 2008]
National Center for Youth Law Uses the law to protect children from the harms caused by poverty, and to improve the lives of children living in poverty. Works to protect abused and neglected children, expand access to health care for children and youth, secure public benefits to meet the special needs of children and youth, improve child support collection, and address the growing tendency to deal with youth behavior in a punitive fashion. Address: 405 14th Street, 15th Floor, Oakland CA 94612-2701 Voice: (510) 835-8098 Fax: (510) 835-8099 Email: info(at)youthlaw.org Web: http://www.youthlaw.org [17 Sep 2006]
National Center on Disability and Journalism (NCDJ) An independent journalism organization. Our mission is to educate journalists and educators about disability reporting issues in order to produce more accurate, fair and diverse news reporting. The mission is realized through research, development and distribution of educational resources. Web: http://www.ncdj.org [23 Mar 2008]
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) An alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, we work to educate our own members and the public at large about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose them. Web: http://www.ncac.org [12 Nov 2006]
National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) A national advocacy network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed to ending homelessness through public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and technical assistance. Web: http://www.nationalhomeless.org/ [16 Jun 2007]
National Coalition of Free Men, Northern California Chapter A non-profit educational organization that examines the way sex discrimination affects men. It also tries to raise public consciousness about little known, but important, topics dealing with the male experience. Sponsors a variety of projects, provides speakers, and publishes 'Transitions: Journal of Men's Perspectives', six times a year. Address: 1875 South Bascom Avenue, Suite 116, PMB 196, Campbell CA 95008 Voice: (888) 223-1280 Web: http://www.ncncfm.8m.com/ http://www.ncfm.org [16 Jun 2007]
National Cooperative Business Association The lead national membership association for co-ops in all sectors of the economy. Our mission is to develop, advance and protect cooperative enterprise. Web: http://www.ncba.coop [08 Apr 2007]
National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) Unites and strengthens the voices and actions of its diverse grassroots members to demand viable livelihoods for family farmers, safe and healthy food for everyone, and economically and environmentally sound rural communities. Web: http://www.nffc.net/ [15 Nov 2009]
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions Mission is to strengthen the credit unions that serve low-income, urban and rural communities -- known as "community development credit unions," or CDCUs. We carry out our mission by advocating for and providing financial, technical, and human resources to CDCUs. Web: http://www.natfed.org/ [15 Nov 2009]
National Forest Protection Alliance (NFPA) A unified democratic alliance among groups within the forest protection community. NFPA believes that informed groups and individuals, acting in a coordinated, strategic manner, can organize a strong base of public and political support to achieve positive, lasting social change and environmental protection. Mission is to end the industrial exploitation of all federal public lands, starting with commercial logging. We believe public lands should be managed to provide clean air and water, wilderness, wildlife habitat, and compatible recreation for the public - not subsidized lumber for the timber industry. Web: http://www.forestadvocate.org/ [23 Mar 2008]
National Gulf War Resource Center An international coalition of advocates and organizations providing a resource for information, support, and referrals for all those concerned with the complexities of Persian Gulf War issues, especially Gulf War illnesses and those held prisoner or missing in action. Web: http://www.ngwrc.org/ [12 Nov 2006]
National Labor Committee Mission is to help defend the human rights of workers in the global economy. The NLC investigates and exposes human and labor rights abuses committed by U.S. companies producing goods in the developing world. We undertake public education, research and popular campaigns that empower U.S. citizens to support the efforts of workers to learn and defend their rights. As they fight for the right to work in dignity, in healthy and safe workplaces and to earn a living wage, we will work with them to provide international visibility and backing for their efforts--and to press for international legal frameworks with effective enforcement mechanisms that will help create a space where fundamental internationally recognized worker rights can be assured. Web: http://www.nlcnet.org/ [12 Nov 2006]
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Mission is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. To amplify the work of its small staff, the Law Center relies on interns, volunteers, and the pro bono assistance of the private bar. Web: http://www.nlchp.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) An association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. We seek to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization which shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests. Address: 558 Capp Street (between 20th and 21st), San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 285-5067 Fax: (415) 285-5066 Email: carlos@nlgsf.org Web: http://www.nlgsf.org/ [06 Apr 2008]
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC) Mission is to address the impact of HIV/AIDS on American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians through culturally appropriate advocacy, research, education, and policy development in support of healthy Indigenous people. Address: 436 14th Street, Suite 1020, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-2051 Fax: (510) 444-1593 Email: information@nnaapc.org Web: http://www.nnaapc.org [12 Nov 2006]
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. Serves as a public 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. Address: 310 Eighth Street, Suite 303, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 465-1984 Fax: (510) 465-1885 Email: nnirr@nnirr.org Web: http://www.nnirr.org [16 Jun 2007]
National Organic Program A program of the United States Department of Agriculture. Mission is to develop and implement national standards that govern the marketing of agricultural products as organically produced, to facilitate commerce in fresh and processed food that is organically produced, and ensure consumers that such products meet consistent standards. Web: http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop [16 Jun 2007]
National Organization for Restoring Men (NORM) A non-profit support group and information source for men who have concerns about being circumcised, are considering foreskin restoration, or are in the process of restoring their foreskins. Our aim is to help men regain a sense of self-directedness -- physically as well as emotionally. Address: 3205 Northwood Drive, Suite 209 (near Olivera), Concord CA 94520-4506 Voice: (925) 827-4077 Fax: (925) 827-4119 Email: waynerobb@aol.com Web: http://www.norm.org [12 Nov 2006]
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California Chapter (California NORML) A non-profit, membership organization dedicated to reforming California's marijuana laws. Our mission is to establish the right of adults to use cannabis legally. We are the only state organization devoted specifically to marijuana reform. We publish a newsletter, lobby lawmakers, sponsor events, offer legal, educational, and consumer health advice, and sponsor scientific research. We maintain a separate membership and financial base from national NORML. Address: 2215-R Market Street #278, San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415) 563-5858 Fax: (510) 849-3974 Email: canorml@igc.org Web: http://www.canorml.org [24 Mar 2008]
Oakland / East Bay National Organization for Women (NOW) The purpose of NOW is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men. Address: POBox 29202, Oakland CA 94604-9202 Voice: (510) 287-8948 (voicemail) Email: cdnorberg@comcast.net Web: http://www.oebnow.org [23 Aug 2008]
San Francisco National Organization for Women (SF NOW) Founded in 1966, NOW has grown into the largest women's rights organization in this country. Members are actively involved in every issue relating to full equality for women in our society --- reproductive rights, violence against women, economic rights, eliminating racism, lesbian and gay rights, education discrimination, homemaker's rights, the needs of women and their children, older women's rights, the rights of disabled women, the equal rights amendment, helping feminist women move into policy-making positions, and more! Address: POBox 470098, San Francisco CA 94147-0098 Voice: (415) 404-6365 Email: SanFranciscoNOW@gmail.com Web: http://www.sfnow.org http://now.org/ [11 Feb 2006]
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) A non-profit organization of diverse individuals committed through research, education and advocacy to securing the birthright of male, female, and intersex children to keep their genital organs intact. Address: POBox 2512, San Anselmo CA 94979-2512 Voice: (415) 488-9883 Fax: (415) 488-9660 Email: info@nocirc.org Web: http://www.nocirc.org [18 Jan 2009]
National Priorities Project (NPP) Offers citizen and community groups tools and resources to shape federal budget and policy priorities which promote social and economic justice. NPP is a nonpartisan and nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization. NPP provides data on the impact of federal spending policies for states, cities and counties; educates and trains citizens, activists, media and elected officials on the federal budget, the budget’s local impact and community needs; collaborates with national groups on federal budget initiatives; and facilitates dialogue and action between national social justice and security policy groups. Web: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/ [17 Sep 2006]
National Radio Project (NRP) Produces Making Contact, an award-winning, 29-minute weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on over 200 radio stations in the USA, Canada, South Africa and Ireland. National Radio Project heightens public consciousness, broadens debate on critical social issues and encourages civic participation, by giving voice to diverse perspectives and opinions underrepresented in the mass media. Address: 1714 Franklin Street #100-251, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-1332 Web: http://www.radioproject.org/ [18 Jan 2009]
National Religious Partnership for the Environment An association of independent faith groups across a broad spectrum: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches U.S.A., the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and the Evangelical Environmental Network. With Earth in grave environmental peril, many religious Americans are seeking to respond through our faith. Through the many gateways and galleries of this website, we offer resources and accounts of how people of faith are acting upon God's mandate to be stewards of our precious Earth. Web: http://www.nrpe.org/ [18 Jan 2009]
National Security Archive An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A tax-exempt public charity, the Archive receives no U.S. government funding; its budget is supported by publication royalties and donations from foundations and individuals. Web: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ [12 Nov 2006]
The National Station Car Association Promotes the shared use of small battery-powered electric cars primarily between home and a mass transit station or between a mass transit station and work. Over 100 cars are currently being used in field tests in several cities, including at four BART stations. Web: http://www.stncar.com/ [12 Nov 2006]
National Women's Political Caucus, Alameda North (NWPC) A multi-partisan organization that works to increase women's participation in the political process. We work towards increasing the number of women in elected and appointed positions by recruiting, training, and supporting women for elected and appointed office. The Alameda North chapter endorses and works for the election of women candidates who support our bottom line issues for Congress, State Assembly, State Senate, City Council, Board of Supervisors, School Board, and more. Address: 484 Lake Park Avenue PMB 305, Oakland CA 94610 Voice: (510) 531-5881 Email: nwpcan@nwpcan.org Web: http://www.nwpcan.org [16 Jun 2007]
National Women's Political Caucus, San Francisco (NWPC) A multicultural, intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the political process and creating a true women’s political power base to achieve equality for all women. NWPC San Francisco recruits, trains and supports pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all levels of government regardless of party affiliation. Voice: (415) 896-1000 Email: micha[at]libertylaw[dot]com Web: http://www.nwpc-sf.org/ [11 May 2009]
National Writers Union (Bay Area Local) The trade union for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book authors, business and technical writers, web content providers, and poets. With the combined strength of 3,500 members in 17 local chapters nationwide, and with the support of the United Automobile Workers (UAW), the Union works to defend the rights and improve the economic and working conditions of all writers. Address: 337 17th Street, Suite 101 (near Webster), Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 839-1248 Fax: (510) 839-6097 Email: nwu@unionwriters.org Web: http://www.unionwriters.org http://www.nwu.org [12 Nov 2006]
Native American Health Center Provides a full range of community health care and prevention services including primary medical care, comprehensive dental care, women's health, health education, youth services, nutrition counseling, health care for homeless, HIV/AIDS prevention and care, outreach, prenatal and perinatal care, and outpatient mental health and substance abuse counseling. Native American Health Center also maintains a satellite clinic at Alameda Point, a school-based clinic in Alameda and the Healthy Nations Wellness Center, the only family fitness center in the Fruitvale neighborhood in Oakland. Address: 3124 International Blvd., Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 535-4400 Web: http://www.nativehealth.org [01 Dec 2006]
Native Forest Council Dedicated to the preservation and protection of all publicly owned natural resources from destructive practices, sales, and all resource extraction. Commercial timber sales, grazing, mining, and oil and gas extraction all contribute to the destruction and degradation of air quality, wildlife habitat, and of our wilderness areas. We believe a sound economy and a sound environment need not be incompatible, and that current land management practices are devastating to both. Web: http://www.forestcouncil.org [18 Jan 2009]
Native Seeds / SEARCH (NS/S) A nonprofit organization based in Tucson, Arizona that works to conserve the traditional crops, seeds, and farming methods that have sustained native peoples throughout the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. Promotes the use of these ancient crops and their wild relatives by gathering, safeguarding, and distributing their seeds, while sharing benefits with traditional communities. Also works to preserve knowledge about their uses. Through research, training, and community education, NS/S works to protect biodiversity and to celebrate cultural diversity. Web: http://www.nativeseeds.org/ [27 Jan 2008]
nativehawaiians.com Native Hawaiians are an aboriginal people seeking to protect their unique status as the indigenous people of Hawaii. Web: http://www.nativehawaiians.com/ [17 Sep 2006]
Natural Capital Institute (NCI) Serves the people who are transforming the world. We are a team of researchers, teachers, students, activists, scholars, writers, social entrepreneurs, artists, and volunteers committed to the restoration of the earth and the healing of human culture. We do two things: we describe pathways of change in books and research reports, and we create tools for connecting the individuals, information, and organizations that create change. Address: 3 Gate Five Road, Suite D, Sausalito CA 94965 Voice: (415) 331-6241 Fax: (415) 331-6242 Email: info@naturalcapital.org Web: http://www.naturalcapital.org [30 Aug 2009]
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) A regional office of this national environmental organization. Staff includes attorneys, scientists, analysts, and educators who are working together to achieve positive environmental change through advocacy and education. Address: 111 Sutter Street, 20th floor, San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 875-6100 Web: http://www.nrdc.org [16 Jun 2007]
Nature in the City Dedicated to ecological conservation, restoration and stewardship of the Franciscan bioregion. Program areas include public education, habitat restoration & community stewardship, conservation advocacy, and natural resources management. Address: POBox 170088, San Francisco CA 94117-0088 Voice: (415) 564-4107 Email: steward@natureinthecity.org Web: http://www.natureinthecity.org/ [12 Dec 2007]
Naturist Society If you enjoy hiking, biking, swimming, sunning, boating or beachcombing clothes-free, then the Naturist Society is the right place. TNS has been a leader in promoting body acceptance and nude recreation for more than 20 years. Web: http://www.naturist.com/ [27 Jan 2008]
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability A policy-oriented research and consulting organization addressing global issues of security, particularly nuclear arms reduction, and sustainability, with an emphasis on the Asian-Pacific region. Address: Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street LM200, San Francisco CA 94117-1080 Voice: (415) 422-5523 Fax: (415) 422-5933 Email: bscott@nautilus.org Web: http://www.nautilus.org [27 Jan 2008]
San Francisco Neighbor To Neighbor (SF N2N) Address: The Women's Building, 3543 18th Street, Box 34, San Francisco CA 94110-9909 Voice: (415) 647-2471 Fax: (415) 647-2471 (same as voice) Email: francesrp@sbcglobal.net jpauline@planeteria.net [08 Mar 2007]
Neighborhood Parks Council A coalition of community-based park groups which are actively involved in improving and restoring neighborhood parks in San Francisco. The Council provides a forum for sharing information and experience among the groups, arranges educational presentations and workshops for building group effectiveness and seeks to increase public and private support and commitment to the restoration and improved maintenance of our neighborhood parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities. Address: 451 Hayes Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 621-3260 Fax: (415) 703-0889 Email: council@sfneighborhoodparks.org Web: http://www.sfneighborhoodparks.org [17 Sep 2006]
Neighborhood Vegetables Would you like to work with your neighbors to grow food? Now we can talk about it. So far we have 5 forum categories and 5 regional groups. Everyone can read, only members can add content. Web: http://neighborhoodveggies.ning.com/ [04 May 2009]