• Resources

    Books and Periodicals

    • A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
      Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People’s History of the United States is the only volume to tell America’s story from the point of view of — and in the words of — America’s women, factory workers, African-Americans
    • Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
      The Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice (GJCCP) is an e-journal for practitioners of community psychology and community improvement around the globe. We look forward to working with practitioners and applied researchers to share quality…
    • Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops by Robert Ross
      A provocative and accessible history and study of the sweatshop and a major contribution to the debate over its rebirth
    • Social Policy Magazine
      For over 30 years, Social Policy has served as key site for intellectual exchange among progressive academics and activists from across the United States and beyond, including: Frances Fox Piven, Jonathan Kozol, Noam Chomsky, and Marian Wright Edelman,

    Campaigns and Direct Action

    • Center for Community Change
      National organization that provides training, campaign coordination and organizational development assistance to community groups all across the countty
    • Center for Health, Environment, and Justices
      The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) mentors a movement, empowering people to build healthy communities, and preventing harm to human health caused by exposure to environmental threats. Through training, coalition-building and one-on-o
    • Grassroots Leadership
      Grassroots Leadership is a multi-racial team of organizers who help Southern and Southwest community, labor, faith, and campus organizations think critically, work strategically and take direct action to end social and economic oppression, gain power, and
    • InterValley Project
      Faith, labor and community based organizations that work for justice on a wide range of issues across New England
    • PICO National Network`
      National faith-based network of community organizations
    • Union of Minority Neighborhoods
      Boston-based organization that provides training and develops power in communitiies of color. UMN developed an innovative project to examine the history of the desegregation of the Boston Public Schools.

    Education, Consulting and Training

    • Center for Community Change
      National organization that provides training, campaign coordination and organizational development assistance to community groups all across the countty
    • Center for Health, Environment, and Justices
      The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) mentors a movement, empowering people to build healthy communities, and preventing harm to human health caused by exposure to environmental threats. Through training, coalition-building and one-on-o
    • Center for Third World Organizing
      Provides training and internships in community organizing for people of color
    • Grassroots Leadership
      Grassroots Leadership is a multi-racial team of organizers who help Southern and Southwest community, labor, faith, and campus organizations think critically, work strategically and take direct action to end social and economic oppression, gain power, and
    • Midwest Academy
      The Midwest Academy is a national training institute committed to advancing the struggle for social, economic, and racial justice. Midwest Academy teaches an organizing philosophy, methods and skills that enable ordinary people to actively participate…
    • National Organizers Alliance
      National organization of community and labor organizers whose mission is to support the people who do the work of social justice organizing. Has mentoring program for young organizers to help them stay in the work for the long haul.
    • Neighborworks America
      Neighbor Works America provides, among many other services, training in community organizing and community development.
    • Union of Minority Neighborhoods
      Boston-based organization that provides training and develops power in communitiies of color. UMN developed an innovative project to examine the history of the desegregation of the Boston Public Schools.
    • Visions-Inc
      Visions Inc is the best group I know that does training and consulting in building multi-cultural and multi-racial organizatioins. It focuses not only on the inter-personal and personal level, but also on the cultural and institutional levels as well. S

    Grants

    • American Jewish World Service
      American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of …

    Service Organizations

    • American Jewish World Service
      American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of …