A San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory Saturday 3 May 2008 On the Web at http://bapd.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: 21 Grand Art Gallery & Performance Space Address: 416 25th Street (at Broadway) Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-7263 (44GRAND) Text: 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. Email: 21grand@21grand.org Web: http://www.21grand.org/ Keys: art; populism; spaces for events; theatre [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: 321energy Web: http://www.321energy.com/ Keys: Peak Oil [Contact data last verified 07 Jun 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: 50 Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice Text: A coalition of over 200 U.S. grassroots, women's, solidarity, faith-based, policy, social- and economic-justice, youth, labor and development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Network works in solidarity with over 185 international partner organizations in more than 65 countries. Through education and action, the Network is committed to transforming the international financial institutions' policies and practices, to ending the outside imposition of neo-liberal economic programs, and to making the development process democratic and accountable. We were founded in 1994, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the World Bank and IMF. We focus on action-oriented economic literacy training, public mobilization, and policy advocacy. Web: http://www.50years.org/ Keys: coalitions; development; economic justice; finance; policy; World Bank / IMF [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: 511 (Bay Area Transportation Information) Text: 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/ Keys: directories; transportation [Contact data last verified 03 Sep 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: A Better Way Address: 3200 Adeline Street Berkeley CA 94703 Voice: (510) 601-0203 x100 Fax: (510) 601-4002 Text: A non-profit agency providing foster care and adoption services throughout the Bay Area counties. Mission is to make a real difference in the lives of the children it serves, to help them grow into independent and productive members of society. Email: mail@abetterwayinc.net Web: http://www.abetterwayinc.net Keys: adoption & foster care; children; family; services [Contact data last verified 09 Apr 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: A First Amendment Center Text: 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/ Keys: animal liberation; bumperstickers; buttons; First Amendment; hemp; nuclear weapons / testing; political prisoners; posters and flyers; products [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: A1 Sun, Inc. Address: 2015 Yolo Avenue Berkeley CA 94707 Voice: (510) 526-5715 Fax: (510) 526-5715 (same as voice) Text: 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. Email: info@a1suninc.com Web: http://www.a1suninc.com Keys: appropriate technology; building materials; products; solar energy; technology [Contact data last verified 07 Oct 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Arts Center Address: 3221 22nd Street San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 206-0650 Fax: (415) 206-0651 Text: 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. Email: info@abada.org Web: http://www.abada.org/ Keys: Brazil; classes / courses; dance; music; youth [Contact data last verified 04 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: abagOnline Text: 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 Keys: government; Internet; services; state government [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Abalone Alliance Safe Energy Clearinghouse Address: 2940 16th Street #310 (at Capp) San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-0592 Fax: please call first Text: 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. Email: abalone@energy-net.org Web: http://www.energy-net.org Keys: community-building; conservation; development; Earth Day; energy; environmental justice; history; libraries; nuclear energy; racism; renewable energy; sustainability; toxics [Contact data last verified 01 Aug 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Abilities United Address: 525 East Charleston Road Palo Alto CA 94306 Voice: (650) 494-0550 Fax: (650) 855-9710 Text: 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. Email: info@abilitiesunited.org Web: http://www.AbilitiesUnited.org Keys: disabilities; San Mateo County; Santa Clara County; self-reliance; services; therapy [Contact data last verified 22 Mar 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Abolition 2000 Text: 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 Keys: coalitions; global issues; international law; networking; nuclear weapons / testing [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Abortion Clinics OnLine (ACOL) Text: 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 Keys: abortion rights; directories; health; healthcare access; hospitals; reproductive rights; services [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: About-Face Text: 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 Keys: eating disorders; humor; imagism; media criticism; psychology; research; women [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: abrupt: Apocalyptic Optimism for the End of History Text: Culture jamming and more. Web: http://www.abrupt.org/ Keys: culture jamming; history [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ACCESS Address: POBox 3609 Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 923-0739 (800) 376-4636 (English hotline) (888) 442-2237 (Spanish hotline) Fax: (510) 923-0014 Text: 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. Web: http://www.whrc-access.org/ Keys: healthcare access; reproductive rights; women [Contact data last verified 01 Mar 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Access Institute for Psychological Services Address: 110 Gough Street, Suite 301 (near Page) San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 861-5449 Fax: (415) 861-3252 Text: 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. Email: info@accessinst.org Web: http://www.accessinst.org Keys: mental health; psychology; psychotherapy; services [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ACCION International Text: 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 Keys: microenterprise; poverty [Contact data last verified 06 Mar 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Accion Latina Address: 2958 24th Street (between Harrison and Alabama) San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 648-1045 Fax: (415) 648-1046 Text: Acción Latina addresses social issues through journalism and cultural arts. We publish El Tecolote, a 35-year-old bilingual newspaper, which has served as a training ground for community youth to learn journalism skills. We also have an annual concert called the Encuentro del Canto Popular, which promotes nueva cancion and features Latino musicians from Latin America, the Caribbean and the Bay Area. Email: accionlatina@accionlatina.org Web: http://accionlatina.org Keys: art; Caribbean; journalism; Latin America; Latinas / Latinos; music; newspapers; youth [Contact data last verified 04 May 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Acme Electric Solar Systems Address: 2822 Mathews Street Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 644-2367 Fax: (510) 845-3401 Text: Acme Electric is a licensed electrical contractor specializing in solar electric systems for homes and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Email: bruce@acmesolar.com Web: http://www.acmesolar.com Keys: products; solar energy [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ACORN (Contra Costa County) (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Address: 2401 Stanwell, Suite 320 Concord CA 94520 Voice: (925) 689-1001 Fax: (925) 969-9862 Text: 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. Email: caacornbpro@acorn.org Web: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=7873 http://www.acorn.org Keys: banks; community-building; Contra Costa County; development; direct action; family; housing; legislation; living wage; low-income; neighborhoods; public education; tenant rights [Contact data last verified 10 Feb 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: 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/ Keys: banks; community-building; development; direct action; family; housing; legislation; living wage; low-income; neighborhoods; public education; tenant rights [Contact data last verified 10 Feb 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: 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/ Keys: banks; community-building; development; direct action; family; housing; legislation; living wage; low-income; neighborhoods; public education; tenant rights [Contact data last verified 10 Feb 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: 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/ Keys: banks; community-building; development; direct action; family; housing; legislation; living wage; low-income; neighborhoods; public education; Santa Clara County; tenant rights [Contact data last verified 10 Feb 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Act Against Torture Text: 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/ Keys: Afghanistan; analysis; coalitions; intervention; Iraq; militarism; torture [Contact data last verified 18 Sep 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Act for Love Text: An on-line activist-oriented dating service. Web: http://www.actforlove.org/ Keys: relationships [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth Address: 3921 East Bayshore Road Palo Alto CA 94303-4303 Voice: (650) 962-9876 Fax: (650) 962-8234 (please do not send unsolicited faxes) Text: 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.] Web: http://www.Acterra.org Keys: calendars; directories; ecology; Santa Clara County [Contact data last verified 10 Sep 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Action Alliance for Children Address: The Hunt House 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Oakland CA 94612-1217 Voice: (510) 444-7136 Text: 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. Email: aac@4children.org Web: http://www.4children.org Keys: children; family; newspapers; policy [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Action Coalition for Media Education - Northern California Chapter (ACME-NorCal) Text: Mission generally involves media education to help others, including children, achieve media literacy and projects aimed at broadcast media reform in Northern California. Web: http://www.acme-norcal.org/ Keys: coalitions; literacy; media; media criticism [Contact data last verified 05 Nov 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Action for Animals Address: POBox 20184 Oakland CA 94620 Voice: (510) 652-5603 Fax: (510) 654-7432 Text: 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. Email: afa@mcn.org Keys: animal liberation; calendars; ecology; parks [Contact data last verified 21 Apr 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ActionLA.org Text: 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 Keys: direct action; directories; economic justice; immigrants; labor; militarism; nonviolence; peace; youth [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Active Voice Address: 2601 Mariposa Street, 3rd floor San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 553-2841 Fax: (415) 553-2848 Text: 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. Email: info@activevoice.net Web: http://www.activevoice.net/ Keys: classes / courses; communications; media [Contact data last verified 26 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Activism Links of the Open Directory Project Text: The Open Directory Project's (dmoz) directory of activism-related web links. Web: http://dmoz.org/Society/Activism/ Keys: directories [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Activist Media Project (AMP) Text: A dynamic group that focuses on breaking news world-wide. From the Zapitistas in Chiapas to the latest on U.S. sanctions in Iraq, you'll find this group of individuals working the public opinion to change the tide of current events. Creators of the films "This Is What Free Trade Looks Like", "Beyond Conquest", and "Election Day". Web: http://www.activistmediaproject.net Keys: corporate-controlled globalization; elections; film / video [Contact data last verified 13 Mar 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Activist San Diego Text: A coalition of San Diego-area activist organizations dedicated to networking for progressive social change by encouraging civic involvement, providing resources to activists and linking to activist organizations. The web site includes calendars of events and an organizational directory. Web: http://www.activistsandiego.org/ Keys: calendars; coalitions; directories; networking [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Adams ESQ Address: 449 Fifteenth Street, Atrium Level Oakland CA 94612 Text: 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. Email: info@adamsesq.com Web: http://www.adamsesq.com Keys: assistive technology; children; counseling; disabilities; lawyers; low-income; mentoring; public education [Contact data last verified 19 Aug 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Adbusters Text: 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/ Keys: advertising; consumer lifestyle; culture jamming; humor; magazines; media; media criticism [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Adopt A Special Kid (AASK) Address: 7700 Edgewater Drive, Suite 320 Oakland CA 94621 Voice: (510) 553-1748 x12 (888) 680-7349 (toll-free) Fax: (510) 553-1747 Text: 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. Email: info@aask.org Web: http://aask.org/ Keys: adoption & foster care; services [Contact data last verified 14 May 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Adoption Connection Address: 2150 Post Street San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 359-2494 (800) 972-9225 (birthparents only) Fax: (415) 359-2490 Text: 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. Email: families@adoptionconnection.org Web: http://www.adoptionconnection.org Keys: adoption & foster care; children; counseling; family; services [Contact data last verified 26 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Program (ASCA) Voice: (415) 830-2191 Text: An innovative support group program designed specifically for adult survivors of physical, sexual, and/or emotional child abuse or neglect. ASCA combines some of the best elements from the self-help movement with a psychological model that emphasizes recognizing and resolving past pain, identifying maladaptive coping behaviors, and developing self-esteem and healthy relationships. Email: ascaoutreach@yahoo.com Web: http://www.ascasupport.org Keys: child abuse; psychology; self-help; support groups [Contact data last verified 01 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Aegean Friends Address: 2950 Van Ness Avenue #4 San Francisco CA 94109-1036 Voice: (415) 775-6143 Text: A social-cultural group of Greeks, Turks, Cypriots, and other peoples of good will, coming together to celebrate their rich heritage, explore common roots, and promote peace in the Aegean region. Share music, food, and conversation! Dance! Create art! Discover the generosity of the heart. Potlucks in private homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Future events include a discussion group, concerts, public seminars, and film programs. Email: aegfriends@aol.com Web: http://members.aol.com/aegfriends/index.html Keys: art; community-building; dance; discussion groups; film / video; food; Greece; music; peace; Turkey [Contact data last verified 17 Nov 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Affero Address: 510 Third Street, Suite 225, Box 12 (at Bryant) San Francisco CA 94107 Text: 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. Email: info@affero.org Web: http://www.affero.com Keys: fundraising; Internet; networking; publicity; web site hosting [Contact data last verified 23 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Afghan Women's Mission Text: Works closely with RAWA to support health, educational, and other programs for Afghan women. Web: http://afghanwomensmission.org Keys: Afghanistan; healthcare access; hospitals; Pakistan; refugees; women [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: afghans for Afghans Address: POBox 475843 San Francisco CA 94147-5843 Text: 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. Email: afghans4Afghans@aol.com Web: http://www.afghansforafghans.org/ Keys: Afghanistan; crafts; humanitarian aid; material aid; refugees; textiles [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AfricaJack Foundation Address: 400 Derby Avenue #7 Oakland CA 94601 Voice: (510) 533-5912 Text: 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. Email: info@africajack.com Web: http://www.africajack.com Keys: Africa; AIDS / HIV; children; education; orphans [Contact data last verified 27 May 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: African American Art and Culture Complex Address: 762 Fulton Street (between Webster and Laguna) San Francisco CA 94102 Voice: (415) 922-2049 Text: 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. Keys: African Americans; art; classes / courses; diversity; theatre [Contact data last verified 20 Sep 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: African Immigrant and Refugee Resource Center (AIRRC) Address: 1290 Fillmore Street, Suite 104 (at Eddy) San Francisco CA 94115 Voice: (415) 433-7300 (415) 433-7301 Text: 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. Web: http://www.airrc.org/ Keys: Africa; counseling; employment; immigrants; refugees; services [Contact data last verified 19 Jan 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: After Downing Street Text: 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/ Keys: coalitions; impeachment; Iraq; militarism; propaganda [Contact data last verified 10 Aug 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Against the Grain Text: 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 Keys: analysis; economics; radio; socioeconomic models [Contact data last verified 20 Apr 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Agape Foundation Address: 1095 Market Street, Suite 304 San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 701-8707 Fax: (415) 701-8706 Text: 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. Email: info@agapefdn.org Web: http://www.agapefdn.org Keys: art; ecology; economic justice; grants / financial aid; human rights; nonviolence; peace [Contact data last verified 20 Apr 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Agua Para la Vida Address: 2311 Webster Street (near Telegraph and Ashby) Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 528-8318 (510) 643-8003 Fax: (510) 643-5571 Text: A volunteer group providing safe drinking water in small rural communities in Nicaragua, and a school to teach campesinos the principles of small-scale drinking water project design. The Albany-Berkeley group supports the Nicaraguan team which includes a village organizer, two hygiene and health workers, a watershed conservation specialist, a field director, a classroom teacher (the only non-Nicaraguan), and a few students / technicians. There will be a guided trip to Nicaraguan sites of Agua Para La Vida projects in Spring 2002. Web: http://www.aplv.org Keys: development; health; Nicaragua; rural life; self-help; volunteer matching; water [Contact data last verified 03 Apr 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AIDS Coalition Silicon Valley (SCCAC) Address: 1922 The Alameda, Suite 218 San Jose CA 95126 Voice: (408) 451-WALK (451-9255) (408) 248-7420 Fax: (408) 248-7423 Text: 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. Email: info@aidscoalition.org Web: http://www.walkforaids.org Keys: AIDS / HIV; coalitions; Santa Clara County [Contact data last verified 24 Sep 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AIDS Emergency Fund Address: 965 Mission Street, Suite 630 (between 5th and 6th Streets) San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 558-6999 Fax: (415) 558-6990 Text: A volunteer-run, community-funded agency that provides emergency financial aid to low-income persons with AIDS or disabling HIV. Web: http://www.AIDSEmergencyFund.org/ Keys: AIDS / HIV; community-building; finance; grants / financial aid; low-income; volunteer matching [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AIDS Housing Alliance / SF Address: 427 South Van Ness Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 552-3242 Fax: (415) 703-8639 Text: 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. Email: info@ahasf.org Web: http://www.ahasf.org/ Keys: AIDS / HIV; coalitions; homelessness; housing; policy [Contact data last verified 05 Apr 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) 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 Text: 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. Email: info@alrp.org Web: http://www.alrp.org/ Keys: AIDS / HIV; classes / courses; housing; law; lawyers; legal services; services; volunteer matching [Contact data last verified 08 Jul 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AIDS.org Text: An AIDS gateway to the Internet. Web: http://www.aids.org Keys: AIDS / HIV; directories; research materials [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Air America Radio Text: 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/ Keys: editorial comment; humor; news; radio [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Address: 939 Ellis Street (near Van Ness) San Francisco CA 94109-7714 Voice: (415) 771-6000 Text: The regional, government agency that regulates sources of air pollution within the nine San Francisco Bay Area Counties. Web: http://www.baaqmd.gov Keys: air; municipal government; pollution [Contact data last verified 13 Nov 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AK Press Address: 674-A 23rd Street Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-1700 Fax: (510) 208-1701 Text: 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. Email: info@akpress.org Web: http://www.akpress.org Keys: anarchism; book publishers; book sellers; magazines; mail-order; products [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Akha Heritage Foundation Text: The goal of this web site is to expose the fact that the Akha tribe in Northern Thailand lack human rights --- their land is being taken by business and forestry interests, and their children are being taken from the villages by American backed missions, further speeding their eviction from the mountains which is the chief goal of both Government and business. Web: http://www.akha.org/ Keys: deforestation; human rights; indigenous people; Thailand [Contact data last verified 07 Aug 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Al Jazeera Web: http://aljazeera.com/ Keys: Iraq; Middle East; news on-line [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition Text: A broad-based non-partisan global democratic association of thousands of grassroots activists and organizational representatives concerned for the Palestinian Refugees Right of Return. The purposes for which PRRC is formed are educational and charitable and relate to human rights of Palestinian Refugees. Web: http://al-awda.org/ Keys: coalitions; human rights; international law; Palestinians; United Nations [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda County Community Food Bank Address: POBox 2599 Oakland CA 94614 Voice: (510) 834-3663 Fax: (510) 834-3773 Text: A central clearinghouse for donated food. Nonprofit organizations that distribute free food to low-income people in Alameda County are eligible for membership. Email: info@accfb.org Web: http://www.accfb.org Keys: community-building; county government; food; hunger; low-income; material aid; networking [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda County Computer Resource Center Address: 1501 Eastshore Highway Berkeley CA 94710 Voice: (510) 528-4052 Fax: (510) 528-4053 Text: 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. Email: info@accrc.org Web: http://www.accrc.org/ Keys: computers; recycling [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda Credit Union Address: 2413 Webb Avenue Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 523-1514 Fax: (510) 523-9537 Text: A nonprofit full-service financial cooperative since 1937. People who live or work in Alameda, and their families are eligible for membership. Credit unions were signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1934 to stop the tyranny of loan sharks. Credit union loan and savings rates are the benchmark for banks. We are not owned by stockholders. We are governed by an all-volunteer board of directors who are elected by the membership. Our profits are given back to the members in the form of lower loan rates and higher interest on savings. When you invest in credit unions, you invest in your neighbors and your community. Web: http://alamedacu.org/ Keys: credit unions; finance [Contact data last verified 13 Nov 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda Creek Alliance Address: POBox 192 Canyon CA 94516 Voice: (510) 499-9185 Fax: (415) 436-9683 Text: 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. Email: alamedacreek-AT-hotmail.com Web: http://www.alamedacreek.org Keys: Alameda County (below Oakland); creek restoration; endangered species / habitat; water [Contact data last verified 10 Feb 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda Family Services Address: 2325 Clement Avenue Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 522-8363 Text: 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. Web: http://www.alamedafs.org/ Keys: alcohol; children; classes / courses; counseling; drugs; family; health; homelessness; psychology; services; youth [Contact data last verified 09 Jan 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda Food Bank Address: POBox 2167 Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 523-5850 Text: 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. Email: alamedafoodbank@alamedanet.net Web: http://www.alamedafoodbank.org Keys: food; hunger; low-income; material aid; services [Contact data last verified 10 Feb 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda Green Parties Text: The web site of the Green Party of Alameda County, the City of Alameda Green local, and the City of Oakland Green local. Web: http://cagreens.org/alameda/ Keys: greens; political parties [Contact data last verified 13 Nov 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda Peace Network Text: 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/ Keys: nonviolence; peace [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) Address: 677 West Ranger Avenue Alameda CA 94501 Voice: (510) 898-7800 Fax: (510) 898-7858 Text: Through the closure and conversion of the Alameda Naval Air Station, APC received 34 acres of land, including 239 housing units and space for a community garden, a commercial plant nursery, a health center and a community center. This unique public conveyance has given APC the ability to combine programs, including affordable housing, mental and physical health services and employment in an integrated, comprehensive effort. Rather than addressing individual factors associated with homelessness in isolation, APC is building a community that fosters support and interaction. APC provides the necessary environment for residents to regain control of their lives and build stable futures. Email: info@apcollaborative.org Web: http://www.apcollaborative.org/ Keys: community-building; gardening; homelessness; housing; mental health; services [Contact data last verified 27 Mar 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Albany Let It Be Text: 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 Keys: art; conservation; parks; squatting [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Albion Monitor Text: 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 Keys: calendars; news on-line; Sonoma County [Contact data last verified 11 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alcatraz Cruises: A Union Busting Experience Text: 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/ Keys: boycotts; labor; transportation; water [Contact data last verified 28 Jan 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alcohol Policy Network (APN) Address: 3101 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 548-9822 Fax: (510) 548-0485 Text: Provides information, consultation, technical assistance, to individuals, organizations, community groups and governmental entities seeking to prevent and/or reduce the environmental risk of alcohol and other drug problems, particularly through policy change. See also Environmental Prevention in Communities (EPIC), the youth component. Email: jlkiley@pacbell.net Web: http://geocities.com/ypproject Keys: alcohol; consultants; drugs; harm reduction; media; networking; policy; prevention; public health [Contact data last verified 24 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ALL Species Foundation Address: POBox 29462 San Francisco CA 94129 Voice: (415) 750-7243 Text: 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. Email: info@all-species.org Web: http://www.all-species.org/ Keys: biodiversity; endangered species / habitat; science [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alliance For A Better District 6 Address: POBox 420782 San Francisco CA 94142-0782 Voice: (415) 820-1560 Text: A non-partisan, not for profit, civic education organization devoted to increasing low and very low income participation in elections and government. Email: sf_district6@yahoo.com Web: http://www.geocities.com/sf_district6/ Keys: coalitions; education; elections; government; low-income [Contact data last verified 01 Aug 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care Text: 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/ Keys: coalitions; health [Contact data last verified 06 May 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War (APTSJW) Address: POBox 2066 Cupertino CA 95015-2066 Voice: (415) 398-7758 Text: 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. Web: http://www.sjwar.org/ Keys: China; history; Japan; militarism; Santa Clara County [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alter Eco Fair Trade Address: 2339 Third Street, Suite 15 San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 701-1212 Fax: (415) 701-1213 Text: 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. Email: contact@altereco-usa.com Web: http://www.altereco.com Keys: development; fair trade; food; organic agriculture; products; sustainability [Contact data last verified 10 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alter Systems Address: 2919 Avalon Avenue Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 868-0564 Fax: (510) 868-0846 Text: 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. Email: info@altersystems.com Web: http://www.altersystems.com Keys: energy; products; solar energy; sustainability [Contact data last verified 24 Apr 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alternative Family Services, Inc. (AFS) Address: 250 Executive Park Blvd, Suite 4900 San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 656-0116 Fax: (415) 656-0117 Text: 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. Email: hmatias@afs4kids.org Web: http://www.afs4kids.org/ Keys: adoption & foster care; disabilities; mental health; services [Contact data last verified 27 May 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alternative Press Review Text: An independent not-for-profit quarterly publication of A.A.L. Press. Your guide beyond the mainstream. Web: http://www.altpr.org/ Keys: magazines [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alternative Radio Text: 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/ Keys: analysis; free speech; mail-order; radio; speakers [Contact data last verified 02 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AlterNet (Alternative News Network) Text: Features stories from alternative newsweeklies, magazines and web publications from across the country, invaluble resources and national employment listings. A project of the Independent Media Institute. Web: http://www.alternet.org Keys: employment; magazines; news on-line [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AlterNetRides.com Text: 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 Keys: carpools; networking; transportation [Contact data last verified 09 Apr 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA) Text: 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 Keys: Africa; Arabs; Berbers; cultural survival; immigrants; indigenous people [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Amazigh Voice Text: A web site of news and links pertaining to Amizigh (Berber) human rights in North Africa. Web: http://www.amazigh-voice.com/ Keys: Africa; Berbers; human rights; news [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Amazon Watch Text: 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/ Keys: corporations; development; indigenous people; petroleum; South America; transportation [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights (AAPER) Text: 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 Keys: foreign policy; lobbying; Palestinians; peace [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) Address: 39 Drumm Street (near 13th Street) San Francisco CA 94111 Voice: (415) 621-2493 Fax: (415) 255-1478 Text: 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. Web: http://www.aclunc.org Keys: civil liberties; counseling; email list servers; lawyers; legal services; libraries; litigation; lobbying; privacy [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) Text: 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 Keys: community-building; gardening; professionals [Contact data last verified 02 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) Text: 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/ Keys: autonomy; community-building; disabilities; nursing homes [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Farmland Trust (AFT) Text: 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/ Keys: agriculture; conservation; development; policy; sustainability [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Address: 65 Ninth Street San Francisco CA 94103-1401 Voice: (415) 565-0201 Fax: (415) 565-0204 Text: 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. Email: dseeger@afsc.org Web: http://www.afsc.org/ Keys: agriculture; Asian Americans; criminal justice; economic justice; homelessness; immigrants; material aid; Middle East; militarism; Native Americans; Pacific Islands; police accountability; volunteer matching; youth [Contact data last verified 02 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Gulf War Veterans Association (AGWVA) Text: Goal is to obtain treatment for those service members and their families who experience symptoms collectively known as the 'Gulf War Illness'. As this investigation into causation has now progressed into the arena of possible exposure to chemical and/or biological agents, radiation poisoning due to the use of depleted uranium and most disturbingly, the use of our fighting men and women as 'Guinea Pigs' in medical experimentation, the AGWVA has now added a second goal: To obtain justice and compensation for all those affected by these illnesses. Web: http://www.gulfwarvets.com/ Keys: chemical weapons; government; health; Iraq; nuclear energy; nuclear radiation; nuclear weapons / testing; veterans [Contact data last verified 02 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Hiking Society (AHS) Text: 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/ Keys: conservation; hiking; land use; lobbying; outdoor activity; trails [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Homeowners Resource Center (AHRC) Text: 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 Keys: development; directories; government; history; housing; human rights; legislation; litigation; lobbying; news on-line [Contact data last verified 28 Jul 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Humanist Association Text: 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/ Keys: art; humanism; religion; science [Contact data last verified 02 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Institute of Architects East Bay (AIA) Address: 1405 Clay Street Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 464-3600 Fax: (510) 464-3616 Text: 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. Email: info@aiaeb.org Web: http://www.aiaeb.org http://aiaeastbay.blogspot.com Keys: architecture; professionals; sustainability [Contact data last verified 24 Mar 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Lands Alliance Text: 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/ Keys: coalitions; conservation; deforestation; mining; wilderness; wildlife [Contact data last verified 08 Jul 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Library Association Text: 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 Keys: censorship; free speech; freedom of information; legislation; libraries [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Mental Health Alliance (AMHA) Text: A nationwide, voluntary organization of psychotherapists working at offering folks an alternative to managed care for counseling and psychotherapy. Fights for the traditional values of the profession in the face of destructive managed-care practices. Believes that people have the right to privacy in their treatment, so that their diagnosis, symptoms, and behavior are private matters, not to be divulged to insurance companies or healthcare corporations. Believes that the length and type of treatment should be decided between the client and therapist, and not by corporate software. Also believes that people have a right to choose the professional with whom they feel comfortable--not to be assigned by an HMO. Web: http://www.AmericanMentalHealth.com Keys: coalitions; counseling; insurance; mental health; privacy; professionals; psychotherapy; therapy [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Movement for World Government (AMWG) Text: 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/ Keys: global issues; United Nations; world government [Contact data last verified 08 Jul 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American Muslim Voice (AMV) Address: 39675 Cedar Blvd, Suite 295-D Newark CA 94560 Voice: (650) 387-1994 Text: 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. Email: amvoice@amuslimvoice.org Web: http://www.amuslimvoice.org Keys: civil liberties; human rights; Muslims [Contact data last verified 12 Aug 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Address: 522 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 861-7444 Text: 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. Email: adcsf@adcsf.org Web: http://www.adcsf.org http://www.adc.org/ Keys: Arab Americans; civil rights; discrimination [Contact data last verified 09 Apr 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Americans for a Palestinian State Address: POBox 99635 Emeryville CA 94662 Voice: (888) 878-3708 Text: 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. Email: jerry@apstate.us Web: http://americansforapalestinianstate.org Keys: Israelis; Palestinians; peace; Political Action Committees (PACs) [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) Address: 2530 San Pablo, Suite J Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 841-3032 Fax: (510) 841-3071 Text: 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. Web: http://www.no-smoke.org Keys: addiction; air; health; legislation; lobbying; policy; tobacco; youth [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Americans for Peace Now (APN) Text: 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 Keys: democracy; Israel; Jews; Palestinians; peace [Contact data last verified 06 May 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Address: 1322 Webster Street, Suite 402 Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 251-1856 Fax: (510) 251-2036 Text: 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. Email: info@safeaccessnow.org Web: http://www.safeaccessnow.org Keys: drugs; healthcare access; law; marijuana; policy; research; science; therapy [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Americans United for Separation of Church and State - Silicon Valley (AUSV) Address: 2310 Homestead Road, Suite 523 Los Altos CA 94024 Text: 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. Email: chris@ausv.org Web: http://www.ausv.org http://www.au.org Keys: civil liberties; free speech; policy; Santa Clara County; separation of church and state [Contact data last verified 10 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Amnesty International (AI) Text: 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/ Keys: death penalty; human rights; political prisoners; torture [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Amorfia Productions Address: 71 Hartford Street San Francisco CA 94114 Voice: (415)-431-0768 Text: Promotes the socially aware pan-Arabic music of Georges Lammam and friends. Web: http://www.amorfiaproductions.com/ Keys: Arab Americans; music [Contact data last verified 01 Dec 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ananse Village Address: 17800 North Highway One Fort Bragg CA 95437 Voice: (707) 965-3534 Fax: (707) 964-3544 Text: 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. Web: http://www.anansevillage.com Keys: Africa; crafts; development; fair trade; mail-order; Mendocino County; products; women [Contact data last verified 06 May 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Anarchist Action Text: An open forum that facilitates collective direct action resistance to capitalism, government, racism, patriarchy, and all forms of oppression. Anarchist Action does not plan or execute direct actions. Instead, it serves as a resource and an outreach tool for projects that are brought to it. Web: http://anarchistaction.org/ Keys: anarchism; direct action [Contact data last verified 04 Oct 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Anarchists Against the Wall (AATW) Text: An Israeli grup which has been supporting the popular Palestinian resistance to the Israeli “separation wall”. Web: http://www.awalls.org/ Keys: anarchism; Israelis; Palestinians [Contact data last verified 30 Jun 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AnewAmerica Address: 1918 University Avenue, Suite 3A Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 540-7785 x306 Fax: (510) 540-7786 Text: 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. Email: cparlier@anewamerica.org Web: http://www.anewamerica.org Keys: business; immigrants; refugees; services [Contact data last verified 16 Oct 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) Address: 170 East Cotati Avenue Cotati CA 94931 Voice: (707) 795-2533 Fax: (707) 795-7270 Text: 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. Email: info@aldf.org Web: http://www.aldf.org Keys: animal liberation; legal defense [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Animal Place Address: 3448 Laguna Creek Trail Vacaville CA 95688 Voice: (707) 449-4814 Fax: (707) 449-8775 Text: 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. Located at 3448 Laguna Creek Trail, Vacaville, California 95688-9724. Farm tours, vegetarian cooking classes and volunteer workshops offered throughout the year. Call for a listing of programs or visit our website. Email: info@animalplace.org Web: http://AnimalPlace.org/ Keys: agriculture; animal liberation; Solano County; wildlife [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Animal Rescue and Care Network, Inc. Address: POBox 4542 Santa Clara CA 95056 Voice: (408) 846-8466 Text: 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. Email: info@animalrescueandcarenetwork.org Web: http://www.animalrescueandcarenetwork.org Keys: animal shelters and adoption; Santa Clara County [Contact data last verified 19 Aug 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) Address: POBox 30215 Walnut Creek CA 94598 Voice: (925) 256-1273 (1ARF) Fax: (925) 977-9079 Text: 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. Email: info@arf.net Web: http://www.arf.net/ Keys: animal shelters and adoption; youth [Contact data last verified 22 Jul 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Animal Switchboard Address: Building C, Room 262 Fort Mason Center San Francisco CA 94123 Voice: (415) 474-4021 Text: An animal rights organization that focuses on California state legislation affecting animals and the environment. Offers referrals and consultation on animal issues. Email: vhandley@animalswitchboard.org Web: http://www.animalswitchboard.org Keys: animal liberation; lobbying [Contact data last verified 27 May 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Animals Asia Foundation (US Office) Address: PMB 506, 584 Castro Street San Francisco CA 94114-2594 Voice: (888) 420-BEAR Fax: (888) 420-1610 Text: 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. Email: info@animalsasia.org Web: http://www.animalsasia.org Keys: animal liberation; Asia; China; wildlife [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Animals Voice Text: 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/ Keys: animal liberation; boycotts; editorial comment; networking; news on-line; photography [Contact data last verified 14 Sep 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (IWT) Address: 1501 Page Mill Road, MS 1105 Palo Alto CA 94304 Voice: (650) 236-4756 Fax: (650) 852-8172 Text: 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. Email: information@anitaborg.org Web: http://www.anitaborg.org Keys: leadership development; research; technology; women [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Annual Reports Library Address: POBox 2006 San Francisco CA 94126 Voice: (415) 956-8665 Fax: (415) 393-8006 Text: A resource for finding and evaluating Annual Reports of corporations and others. Web: http://www.zpub.com/sf/arl Keys: banks; corporations; grants / financial aid; investment; libraries; research materials [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Anti-Slavery International Text: 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/ Keys: human rights; slavery [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: antiwar.com Text: Anti-war news, viewpoints, and activities. Sponsored by the Committee Against U.S. Intervention. Web: http://www.antiwar.com/ Keys: Balkans; Iraq; militarism; news on-line [Contact data last verified 02 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Appalshop Text: A 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. Appalshop's 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 Keys: Appalachia; art; film / video; media; music; photography; radio; television; theatre [Contact data last verified 13 Nov 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Appetite for Profit (CIFC) Voice: (510) 465-0322 Text: 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. Email: michele@informedeating.org Web: http://www.informedeating.org Keys: books; consumer protection; food; local economy; organic agriculture; public health [Contact data last verified 15 Dec 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Applied Research Center (ARC) Address: 900 Alice Street, Suite 400 Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 653-3415 Fax: (510) 986-1062 Text: 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. Email: arc@arc.org Web: http://www.arc.org Keys: analysis; education; magazines; policy; racism; research [Contact data last verified 08 Jul 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Arab Cultural and Community Center (ACCC) Address: 2 Plaza Street San Francisco CA 94116 Voice: (415) 664-2200 Fax: (415) 664-2280 Text: 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. Email: info@arabculturalcenter.org Web: http://www.arabculturalcenter.org Keys: Arab Americans; cultural survival; history; services [Contact data last verified 10 Feb 2008] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Arab Net Text: 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 Keys: Africa; Arabs; Middle East; news on-line; research materials [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Arc Ecology (Arc) Address: 4634 Third Street San Francisco CA 94124 Voice: (415) 643-1190 Fax: (415) 643-1142 Text: 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. Email: info@arcecology.org Web: http://www.arcecology.org/ http://communitywindowontheshipyard.org Keys: development; government; Great Britain; Japan; militarism; peace; Philippines / Filipinos; policy; science; sustainability; technical assistance; toxics [Contact data last verified 08 Mar 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Arc San Francisco, The Address: 1500 Howard Street San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 255-7200 Fax: (415) 255-9488 Text: 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! Email: mkirk@thearcsanfrancisco.org Web: http://www.thearcsanfrancisco.org Keys: disabilities; diversity; employment; human rights; mental health; psychology; services [Contact data last verified 02 May 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (Northern California Chapter) (ADPSR) Address: POBox 9126 Berkeley CA 94709-0126 Voice: (510) 845-1000 Text: 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. Email: admin@adpsr-norcal.org Web: http://www.adpsr-norcal.org/ Keys: architecture; development; ecology; militarism; professionals [Contact data last verified 20 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Armenian National Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (ANC) Address: 51 Commonwealth Avenue San Francisco CA 94118 Voice: (415) 387-3433 Fax: (415) 751-0617 Text: 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. Email: mail@ancsf.org Web: http://www.ancsf.org Keys: Armenian Americans; genocide; history [Contact data last verified 13 Nov 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Art and Education Media Text: 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/ Keys: art; books; film / video; homelessness; products; services [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Art in Action (California Art in Action Foundation) Address: 3925 Bohannon Drive Menlo Park CA 94025 Voice: (650) 566-8339 Fax: (650) 566-8319 Text: A non-profit foundation started in 1982 to reestablish quality art education through a series of discipline-based lessons teaching art appreciation, art history, and art skills. Art in Action provides a sequential visual art curriculum for grades K-8, trains teachers and docents, and builds a climate of support for art education. Art in Action also provides summer ARTcamps and after school curriculums in addition to its regular school program. Today there are 56 schools in the greater Bay Area teaching the Art in Action curriculum, including public and private schools in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Francisco counties. Web: http://www.artinaction.org Keys: art; children; educational curriculum; history [Contact data last verified 20 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Artist Resource Text: 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 Keys: art; calendars; directories; writers [Contact data last verified 08 Apr 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Artists for Literacy (AFL) Address: 2325 3rd Street, Suite 324 San Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 307-3181 Text: 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. Web: http://www.artistsforliteracy.org Keys: art; coalitions; literacy; media; volunteer matching [Contact data last verified 30 Oct 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Artists' Television Access (ATA) Address: 992 Valencia Street (near 21st) San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 824-3890 Text: A nonprofit, artist-managed media arts center. Recognizes the increasingly influential role of media in contemporary society, and the need to broaden involvement with, understanding of, and dialogue about film, video, and multi-media as tools of communication and artistic expression. Email: ata@atasite.org Web: http://www.atasite.org Keys: art; classes / courses; computers; film / video; Internet; spaces for events; television [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Arts First Oakland Address: 2501 Harrison Street (at 27th Street) Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 444-8511 x15 Text: Fosters and exhibits the creativity and beauty of Oakland's diverse cultural heritage, promoting spiritual growth and community transformation through artistic empowerment. We are a Collaborative effort of over 20 artists and arts organizations working at First Congregational Church of Oakland, historically a home of faith and social commitment. Begun in 2001 as a project of the Church, Arts First Oakland is now an independent non-profit organization serving artists who represent every age group from kids to seniors, and present programs in multiple disciplines including dance, theatre, music, visual art, literary arts, and the spoken word. Email: info@artsfirstoakland.org Web: http://www.artsfirstoakland.org http://artsfirstoakland.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_artsfirstoakland.org Keys: art; dance; diversity; music; spirituality; spoken word; theatre [Contact data last verified 24 Apr 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ArtSF Address: 110 Capp Street, 5th Floor San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 552-7873 Text: 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. Email: info@artsf.org Web: http://www.artsf.org/ Keys: art; community-building; creativity; self-sufficiency; solidarity; spaces for events [Contact data last verified 08 Jul 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ArtSpan Address: 934 Brannan Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 861-9838 Fax: (415) 431-4575 Text: 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. Email: info@artspan.org Web: http://www.artspan.org http://www.sfopenstudios.com Keys: art; neighborhoods; urban life; youth [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ARTworkSF Address: 49 Geary Street, Suite 215 San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 673-3080 Fax: (415) 399-1372 Text: 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. Email: johnnyd@artworksf.com Web: http://www.artworksf.com Keys: art; business; directories; employment [Contact data last verified 10 Sep 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: As You Sow Address: 311 California Street, Suite 510 San Francisco CA 94104 Voice: (415) 391-3212 Fax: (415) 391-3245 Text: 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.] Email: asyousow*asyousow.org Web: http://www.asyousow.org Keys: consumer protection; corporations; law; shareholder advocacy; toxics; water [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center (Ashkenaz) Address: 1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman) Berkeley CA 94702 Voice: (510) 525-5054 (showline) Fax: (510) 525-3630 Text: 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. Email: dekker@ashkenaz.com Web: http://www.ashkenaz.com/ Keys: benefits; multiculturalism; music; spaces for events [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition Against War (APICAW) Text: 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/ Keys: Asian Americans; coalitions; human rights; militarism; Pacific Islands; peace; self-determination; solidarity [Contact data last verified 15 Oct 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center Address: 730 Polk Street, 4th Floor (between Ellis and Eddy streets) San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 292-3400 Fax: (415) 292-3404 Text: Mission is to educate, support, empower and advocate for Asian and Pacific Islander communities - particularly A&PIs living with, or at-risk for, HIV/AIDS. Founded in 1987 as a grassroots response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in communities of color, A&PI Wellness Center is the oldest nonprofit organization in North America focusing on A&PI communities around sexual health and HIV/AIDS services. To meet the needs of our clients who are mostly immigrants or refugees, A&PI Wellness Center staff also speak many Asian languages. Web: http://www.apiwellness.org Keys: AIDS / HIV; Asian Americans; health; immigrants; Pacific Islands; refugees; services [Contact data last verified 27 Apr 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian / Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center (API Youth Violence Prevention Center) Address: 1970 Broadway, Suite 500 Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 208-0500 Text: Ultimate goal is to prevent and reduce youth violence among the API population and to position communities to become proactive in creating a safe and healthy environment for themselves. The API Center is a gathering place for researchers and API communities to dialogue about issues relevant to violence prevention in API communities. Email: info@api-center.org Web: http://www.api-center.org Keys: Asian Americans; juvenile justice; Pacific Islands; prevention; research; violence; youth [Contact data last verified 13 Nov 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian AIDS Action Address: 4546 El Camino Real, Suite B10-129 Los Altos CA 94022 Voice: (650) 518-0069 Text: 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. Email: asianaids@juno.com Keys: AIDS / HIV; Asia; Asian Americans; drugs; lobbying; policy; services; sexual minorities [Contact data last verified 29 Dec 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian American Dance Performances (AADP) Address: 1310 Mission Street San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 425-769 Text: Provides Asian Pacific Islander dance and performance artists support to express, interpret, and articulate their diverse cultural heritages and experiences through performance. Through membership, fiscal sponsorship, annual concert festivals, and performance opportunities through education/outreach, AADP serves artists and audiences. Email: AADP@unboundspirit.org Web: http://www.unboundspirit.org Keys: Asian Americans; cultural survival; dance; Pacific Islands; performance art [Contact data last verified 05 Apr 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) Address: 2400 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 300 San Jose CA 95128 Voice: (408) 975-2730 Fax: (408) 975-2745 Text: 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. Web: http://www.aaci.org Keys: Asian Americans; domestic violence; drugs; health; immigrants; mental health; refugees; seniors; services; shelters; torture; youth [Contact data last verified 22 Jul 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Americans for Community Outreach (AACO) Text: 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 Keys: Asian Americans; calendars; community-building; low-income; professionals; students [Contact data last verified 30 Jul 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Community Mental Health Services Address: 310 Eighth Street, Suite 201 Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 451-6729 Fax: (510) 268-0202 Text: 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. Email: info@acmhs.org Web: http://www.acmhs.org Keys: disabilities; drugs; family; mental health; multiculturalism; self-sufficiency; services [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Health Services Address: 818 Webster Street Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 986-6830 Text: 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. Web: http://www.ahschc.org Keys: Asian Americans; health; services; support groups [Contact data last verified 22 Jul 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) Address: 310 Eighth Street #301 (near Harrison) Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 268-0192 Fax: (510) 268-0194 Text: 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. Email: info@aiwa.org Web: http://www.aiwa.org Keys: Asian Americans; hotels; immigrants; labor; nursing homes; textiles; women [Contact data last verified 18 Feb 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Law Caucus Address: 939 Market Street, Suite 201 (between 3rd and 4th Streets) San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 896-1701 Fax: (415) 896-1702 Text: 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. Email: alc@asianlawcaucus.org Web: http://www.asianlawcaucus.org Keys: Asian Americans; civil rights; immigrants; legal services; low-income; Pacific Islands; refugees; seniors [Contact data last verified 04 Aug 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Neighborhood Design Address: 1021 Mission Street San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 593-0423 Fax: (415) 575-0424 Text: Provides multicultural, low-income communities with housing and employment services through housing development, architecture, family support, job training, and furniture manufacturing. Email: info@andnet.org Web: http://www.andnet.org Keys: architecture; Asian Americans; employment; housing; low-income; multiculturalism [Contact data last verified 10 Nov 2007] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Pacific American Community Center (APACC) Address: 2442 Bayshore Blvd. San Francisco CA 94134 Voice: (415) 587-2689 Fax: (415) 587-0789 Text: 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. Email: apacc_1999@yahoo.com Keys: Asian Americans; diversity; immigrants; seniors; services [Contact data last verified 11 Apr 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP) Address: 1511 Center Street Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 663-5351 Text: 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. Email: APAFP@apaforprogress.org Web: http://www.apaforprogress.org Keys: Asian Americans; elections; networking; Pacific Islands [Contact data last verified 28 May 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) Address: 310 Eighth Street #309 Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 834-8920 Fax: (510) 834-8926 Text: 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. Email: apen@apen4ej.org Web: http://www.apen4ej.org Keys: Asian Americans; democracy; economic justice; environmental justice; low-income; Pacific Islands [Contact data last verified 09 Apr 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach Address: 1188 Franklin Street, Suite 202 San Francisco CA 94109 Voice: (415) 567-6255 Fax: (415) 567-6248 Text: 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. Email: info@apilegaloutreach.org Web: http://www.apilegaloutreach.org Keys: Asian Americans; legal services; Pacific Islands; services [Contact data last verified 01 Feb 2006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Pacific Psychological Services (APPS) Address: 431 30th Street, Suite 6A Oakland CA 94609 Voice: (510) 835-2777 Text: 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. Web: http://www.appsweb.org Keys: Asian Americans; immigrants; mental health; Pacific Islands; psychology; refugees; services [Contact data last verified 23 Feb 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Asian Women's Shelter Address: 3543 18th Street, Box 19 San Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 751-7110 (Office) (415) 751-0880 (Crisis) Fax: (415) 751-0806 Text: 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. Web: http://www.sfaws.org Keys: Asian Americans; child abuse; domestic violence; services; shelters; women [Contact data last verified 28 Jul 2005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Aspira Address: 400 Oyster