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United States - LinksBeyondChronFebruary 13, 2008 - 11:08am
http://www.beyondchron.org/ - Beyond Chron, the Voice of the Rest, is an alternative online daily published by the San Francisco-based Tenderloin Housing Clinic. ( categories: Links | United States | Media )
The Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco (COH)February 13, 2008 - 11:06am
http://www.cohsf.org/ - The Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco (COH) initiates program and policy changes that result in the creation of exits from poverty. The COH unites homeless people and service providers with concerned community members in outreach, advocacy, and community organizing activities to ensure that low-income communities are in a leadership position in the work to promote social justice in San Francisco. ( categories: Links | United States | Homelessness | Organizing )
Center for Law and Social PolicyJanuary 21, 2008 - 10:57pm
http://www.clasp.org/ - The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is an American nonprofit that works to improve the lives of low-income people. CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security, educational and workforce prospects, and family stability of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal justice for all. ( categories: Links | United States | Legal Research )
Between the LinesJanuary 17, 2008 - 12:52pm
www.btlonline.org - Between the Lines is a syndicated, half-hour program broadcast from Connecticut, US that provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics. ( categories: Links | United States | Media )
COA NewsNovember 14, 2007 - 10:54am
http://www.coanews.org/ - COA News is a non-profit online news network featuring diverse, credible independent news and current affairs. COA News can best be described as the portal to independent news media. ( categories: Links | International | United States | Media )
Indigenous Action MediaNovember 14, 2007 - 10:47am
http://www.indigenousaction.org/ - Indigenous Action Media is a volunteer collective of experienced Indigenous media makers & activists out of Arizona that work together on a project by project basis for media justice. ( categories: Links | United States | Aboriginal/First Nations )
Poor News NetworkNovember 14, 2007 - 10:45am
http://www.poormagazine.org/ - Poor News Network is a multi-media access project of POOR Magazine out of California, that is dedicated to reframing the news, issues and solutions from low and no income communities, as well as providing society with a perspective usually not heard or seen within the mainstream media. ( categories: Links | United States | Media | Poverty Research )
Picture the Homeless BlogNovember 5, 2007 - 11:30am
http://www.picturethehomeless.org/blog/ - Picture the Homeless Blog - Housing, homelessness & policy blog. ( categories: Links | United States | Blogs | Homelessness | Organizing )
The New York City Hunger BlogOctober 25, 2007 - 9:29am
http://nyccah.blogspot.com - The New York City Hunger Blog is a blog for the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, an umbrella organization representing New York City's over 1,200 soup kitchens and food pantries and their over 1 million clients/customers. This blog provides news and commentary on issues facing the city's anti-hunger community. ( categories: Links | United States | Blogs | Foodbanks & Food )
Monarch Housing AssociatesJuly 26, 2007 - 1:44pm
monarchhousing.org/blog- This blog provides news and commentary on ending homelessness and expanding supportive housing in New Jersery, USA. ( categories: Links | United States | Blogs | Homelessness | Housing )
Picture the HomelessJuly 24, 2007 - 8:54am
www.picturethehomeless.org - Picture the Homeless is a homeless-led organization in New York that fights for the civil and human rights of homeless people. Picture the Homeless is founded on the principle that in order to address the root causes of homelessness, people who are homeless must develop a collective, effective voice for systemic change. ( categories: Links | United States | Homelessness | Organizing )
The Women of Color BlogJuly 12, 2007 - 10:08am
The Women of Color Blog is a large blog and info site written by and for women of color. There are blog postings called The Poverty Diaries and a section on Healthy Cooking While in Poverty. ( categories: Links | International | United States | Blogs | People of Colour | Women )
Indigenous Environmental NetworkAugust 17, 2006 - 2:18pm
http://www.ienearth.org/ - this is the online resource for a group of aborginal peoples concerned with environmental and economic justice issues. ( categories: Links | United States | Aboriginal/First Nations )
Left TurnAugust 17, 2006 - 1:57pm
http://www.leftturn.org/ - "Left Turn is a national network of activists engaged in exposing and fighting the consequences of global capitalism and imperialism." ( categories: Links | United States | Organizing )
Incite! Women of Color Against ViolenceAugust 17, 2006 - 1:42pm
http://www.incite-national.org/ - "INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing." ( categories: Links | United States | People of Colour | Violence | Women )
Critical ResistanceAugust 17, 2006 - 1:31pm
http://www.criticalresistance.org/ - "Critical Resistance NYC is opposed to the NYC Department of Correction’s proposed new jail in Hunts Point." ( categories: Links | United States | Prisoners' Rights )
Color Lines MagazineAugust 17, 2006 - 1:00pm
http://www.colorlines.com/ - this magazine works to unite people of color and writers on ethnicity to discuss the issues which effect our world today. ( categories: Links | United States | People of Colour )
Women of Color Resource CenterAugust 15, 2006 - 1:46pm
http://www.coloredgirls.org/ - an education, community action, and resource center working on social justice issues that affect women of color. ( categories: Links | United States | People of Colour )
U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR)July 10, 2006 - 11:53am
http://www.refugees.org/ - this website provides worldwide information on refugees, including refugee reports. ( categories: Links | United States | Immigrants & Refugees )
Center for Gender and Refugee StudiesJuly 10, 2006 - 11:37am
http://www.uchastings.edu/cgrs - this is the San-Francisco based organization which acts as a resource for gender based asylum seekers. ( categories: Links | United States | Immigrants & Refugees | Women )
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