Social Justice
2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR)
A US HUD report to Congress that provides nationwide estimates of homelessness, including information about the demographic characteristics of homeless persons, service use patterns, and the capacity to house homeless persons. The report is based on Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data about home-bound people who experience homelessness during a 12-month period, point-in-time counts of people experiencing homelessness on one day in January, and data about the inventory of shelter and housing available in a community.
5 Calls
5 Calls is an easy and effective way to make your views heard by the public employees elected to represent you in the U.S. Congress.
Agenda for Action
The Agenda for Action (AFA) is a call to action for people throughout Sonoma County to come together to invest sustainably in protecting and supporting the wellbeing of the community, and specifically the community members who have been most impacted by an interlocking ecosystem of systemic inequities. The AFA aims to mobilize multi-stakeholder collaboration among governments, funders, public and private sectors, and other community partners to transform access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunities, and to ensure people across Sonoma County have the resources to thrive and reach their full potential.
Americans Who Tell The Truth
Using the power of art to illuminate the ongoing struggle to realize [U.S.] America's democratic ideals and model the commitment to act for the common good.
Anarchist Black Cross Federation
Supporting Political Prisoners since 1994. The Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF), has been on the frontline in supporting those imprisoned for struggling for freedom and liberty.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese: Homeless Services Center and Family Support Center
Resources, counseling, intake for shelters, showers, laundry, telephone, and mail services. Emergency homeless shelter for families.
Center for Humane Technology
The Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that today’s most consequential technologies, such as AI and social media, actually serve humanity. We bring clarity to how the tech ecosystem works in order to shift the incentives that drive it.
CODEPINK
CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. warfare and imperialism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming* programs. Join us! Life-affirming programs are investments in social programs that uplift human dignity instead of tear it down. We believe universal health care must include the right to an abortion, access to education must not be determined by income bracket, and housing is a human right.
Community Action Partnership
Housing assistance, financial assistance and crisis support, community resource, health and wellbeing, community engagement and education.
Doctors Without Borders/Medicins Sans Frontieres
Every day, Doctors Without Borders teams deliver emergency medical aid to people in crisis, with humanitarian projects in more than 75 countries.
Eisenhower Media Network
The Eisenhower Media Network (EMN) is an organization of expert former military, intelligence, and civilian national security officials. Their experts offer credible, independent, and critical analysis grounded in real-world practitioner experience and years of sustained study and scholarship. EMN seeks to reach broad, cross-partisan audiences in diverse media outlets and among the US population – who increasingly sense that US foreign policy today is not making them, or the world, safer.
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California
Provides free comprehensive fair housing counseling, complaint investigation, and assistance in filing housing discrimination complaints with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). FHANC is a HUD certified to offer pre-purchase counseling and education programs, as well as foreclosure prevention counseling and workshops.
Films for Action
Films For Action is a community-powered, digital library for people who want to change the world. Their mission is to provide citizens with the knowledge and perspectives essential to creating a more beautiful, just, sustainable, and democratic society.
Food Not Bombs -- Petaluma
Food Not Bombs is a decentralized, grassroots movement that provides free vegan meals, free groceries to take home, and related educational materials.
Food Not Bombs -- Santa Rosa
Food Not Bombs is a decentralized, grassroots movement that provides free vegan meals, free groceries to take home, and related educational materials.
Since 1917, the people of Gaza have been resisting forced dispossession, ethnic cleansing, starvation, arbitrary detention without trial, torture and genocide – all conducted with the active support of individuals acting as representatives of the People of the United States.
Higher Ed Immigration Portal
A digital platform that integrates data, policies, and resources about DACA and undocumented, refugee, other immigrant, and international students to support federal immigration reform, fuel change at the state and campus level, and build a diverse movement of partners and stakeholders advocating alongside these students.
HOME- Eviction Defense and Tenant Stabilization Program
Helps low-income tenants with eviction defense, Section 8 issues, mobile home park issues, habitability problems and price gouging.
Homeless Action!
Homeless Action! Sonoma County is an all-volunteer run and the only local independent homeless advocacy organization in Sonoma County which is not beholden to funders. They are responsible only to the homeless people in our community. Their members, both housed and unsheltered, have life experiences that bring passion and dedication to tbeir work.
Homelessness in the U.S. has reached record highs in recent years, with on average over 770,000 people experiencing homelessness each night. This is driven largely by rising housing costs, a crumbling social infrastructure, and extreme economic disparities.
ICE Raid Tracker
Monitoring immigration enforcement, deportations, and ICE activities across the United States to keep communities informed and protected.
The Trump regime has deployed a masked and militarized force into US communities, often without request or permission from local governments. These actions have too often resulted in illegal detention and deportation, destruction of personal property, physical injury and even murder. Those who nonviolently expose the illegal tactics are often targeted as well.
Immigrant Legal Resources Center (ILRC)
Working with and educating immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to help build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.
Indivisible Healdsburg
INDIVISIBLE HEALDSBURG is a community of more than 400 members who are engaged for the long term to promote progressive values and preserve democracy for generations to come. They embrace Abraham Lincoln’s model: “Government of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
Indivisible Sonoma County
Indivisible Sonoma County was established in 2017, along with thousands of other Indivisible chapters, in response to the 2016 electoral selection of Donald Trump. This national, grassroots movement is based on the vision of a real democracy – of, by, and for the people. Indivisible Sonoma County is led by a team of volunteers, some with decades of political experience and others who have skills from various fields that help to support the organization’s efforts.
Recollections of the last free Californian as setter-colonialist violence extended the ‘benefits of civilization unto the savages of California’. (Obvious implications implied.)
Jewish Council of Australia
The Jewish Council of Australia is an organization of Jewish people in Australia who are committed to the Jewish values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), calling out injustice, challenging assumptions and promoting debate. They work towards ending antisemitism and all forms of racism and support Palestinian freedom and justice.
KPFA Radio
Founded in 1949 by pacifist-poet-journalist Lewis Hill, KPFA was the first community-supported radio station in the United States. Much of their programming is local, original, and eclectic, with a well-produced mix of news and in-depth public affairs; an ongoing drama, literature, and performance series; as well as interviews and reviews. Music ranges from folk to hip hop and from Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Lifeboat
Volunteers from a German nonprofit risk the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts, which had set out from Libya, in the middle of the night.
Mary Moore is a longtime activist in Sonoma County, California, where she has lead struggles against corporate malfeasance, social injustice, racism and conventional apathy.
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. In the Middle East, MECA provides humanitarian aid, partners with community organizations to run projects for children, and supports income-generation projects. In the US and internationally, MECA raises awareness about the lives of children in the region and encourages meaningful action.
NAACP of Sonoma County
The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. We envision an inclusive community rooted in liberation where all persons can exercise their civil and human rights without discrimination. We are committed to a world without racism where Black people enjoy equitable opportunities in thriving communities.
Nation's Finest: Santa Rosa
With 30 locations in 15 mostly rural communities in California, Arizona, and Nevada, providing critical services and support to more than 6,800 Veterans annually.
National Women’s History Project
coordinates observances of Women’s History month around the country.
Native Land Digital
Mapping indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see history and the present day. They hope to strengthen the spiritual bonds that people have with the land, its people, and its meaning.
NorCal Public Media
Northern California Public Media is dedicated to utilizing media for inspiration, education, and connection in the region.
North Bay Rapid Response Network
The Rapid Response Network provides a way for people to respond to fear and anxiety in our community as a result of the increase in immigration enforcement, ICE raids and other attacks against our communities.
North Coast Coalition for Palestine
Brings greater awareness to the plight of the Palestinian people and works to end US military support for Israel.
Peace Alliance
Educate, advocate, and mobilize people into action to transform systems and public policy toward a culture of peace.
Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County
A community-based, non-profit meeting space hosting a wide variety of services for restorative education, engaged citizenship and nonviolent action.
Peace Roots Alliance
We seek to create a peaceful, just and sustainable world for future generations.
Petaluma People Services Center
Petaluma Homelessness Prevention One-time grants for residents of Petaluma, providing rental assistance.
Petaluma Progressives
Grassroots, political education and action group. Producers of the Progressive Festival.
Physicians for a National Health Program, Sonoma County (PNHP).
In support of single payer health insurance.
Praxis Peace Institute
Uniting theory and practice, Praxis Peace Institute is a non-profit organization located in the city of Sonoma, California. It is dedicated to systemic peace, social and economic justice, environmental sustainability, and informed civic participation.
Princeton University Press
Founded in 1905, Princeton University Press is a nonprofit publisher with close connections to Princeton University. The Press brings influential voices and ideas to the world stage through their academic scholarship, advancing the frontiers of scholarly knowledge and promoting the human conversation.
Progressive Sonoma
Progressive Sonoma, an affiliate of the Peaceful Resistance Network, is a group of local, concerned citizens, organizing for progressive political action. Members are from varying backgrounds and affiliations, but first and foremost we are individuals that love [US] America and hold themselves and their people to the highest expectations. They do not condone the scapegoating of minorities, misogyny, racism, homophobia, islamophobia, or any other attack on civil liberties, nor violence or the destruction of property. They are a peaceful resistance.
Racial Disparities Dashboard
An online dashboard displaying disparities between people in the U.S. who are identified as being either Black or white (using the specific racist categories peculiar to the U.S. settler-colonial form of division.)
Radio Resistance
Radio Resistance, hosted by the intrepid Rebel Fagin, features interviews with activists, artists, and union organizers on the plight of the unhoused, climate change, trans rights, and the struggles of immigrants.
Reach for Home
Provide opportunities and support for participants to work toward self-sufficiency, independence, and permanent housing.
Redwood Gospel Mission
Emergency shelter 365 days a year. Intakes for men – Mon-Fri at 11am, for women Mon-Fri at 11am and Sat-Sun at 1pm, ID required.
Restorative Justice Process
Restorative justice is based on ancient and indigenous practices found in cultures worldwide. These documents provide an overview of the process and suggestions for getting started.
Schooling the World: The White Man's Last Burden
If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to a ‘better’ life for indigenous children.
Skä•noñh Center
The Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center is a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Cultural Center focused on telling the story of the native peoples of central New York. The history is told through the lens of the Onondaga Nation and covers topics such as Creation, European Contact, The Great Law of Peace, and more. The Onondagas, or People of the Hills, are the keepers of the Central Fire and are the spiritual and political center of the Haudenosaunee.
Songs of Hope and Resistance
A few songs of hope and resistance for those who still care despite the odds (which were never good).
Sonoma County Black Forum
The mission is to lead, serve, and thrive, by promoting positive community and youth engagement events. Monthly meetings.
Sonoma County for Palestine
Local Sonoma County group working to defend the human rights of Palestinians. Join them weekly in Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA to protest (Weekly since October of 2023!).
Sonoma County Housing Authority
Local public agency that provides safe, decent and quality affordable housing and supportive services to eligible persons with limited incomes.
Sonoma County Immigrant Community Support
Sonoma County is committed to all who are in need and are eligible for services, regardless of immigration status. All County immigrant residents, whether they are U.S. citizens, permanent residents, undocumented residents, refugees, or residents with any other immigration status, are valued and are integral members of our social, cultural, and economic fabric.
Sonoma County Nonviolence Training
Collective offers free trainings in methods and principles for progressive social change and peace.
Sonoma County Peace and Justice Events Calendar
A vital source of information on current peace and justice-related events in and around Sonoma County.
Sonoma Overnight Support
Information and assistance, counseling, emergency shelter. Drop In center offers use of computers, laundry, showers, and hot meals. Their services are also available to non-resident homeless.
The Commons Social Change Library
The Commons has 1500+ radical, progressive and alternative educational resources in many different formats including podcasts, videos, book excerpts, articles, templates and guides.
The Consilience Project
What can we trust? Why is the ‘information ecology’ so damaged, and what would it take to make it healthy?
Metacrisis is a term that describes a complex, multi-systemic breakdown in society. It arises from the foundational views and values of modern culture, which contribute to various global crises. The concept emphasizes the interconnectedness of these crises, suggesting that they are not isolated issues but rather symptoms of deeper systemic problems.
Time to Think Outside the Box
Public Input Needed for a More Equitable Vision for the South Santa Rosa Specific Plan
U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel: Overview and Developments since October 7, 2023
This report provides an overview of U.S. foreign assistance to Israel. It includes a review of past aid programs, data on annual assistance, and analysis of current issues, including a description of key events since the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel and the ensuing conflicts in Gaza and beyond. The information and foreign aid data in this report are compiled by the Congressional Research Service from a number of resources, including CRS communications with various U.S. government agencies,
Ukes4Peace
The Healdsburg Ukulele Club has kick-started a grassroots movement called ‘Ukes4Peace’. Twenty six ukulele clubs are hosting six Ukes4Peace jams to play music from a common songbook to promote peace, harmony and love in this fraught political environment.
Undocufund
The UndocuFund is a collective local effort to ensure that undocumented individuals and families displaced by the fires and impacted by disasters (like the coronavirus pandemic) have the support and resources necessary to recover and rebuild their lives in Sonoma County, where many have put down deep roots. Affected immigrants include our friends, neighbors, coworkers, and fellow students. Many care for our children and elderly parents; clean our homes and hotel rooms; cook and serve our restaurant meals; maintain our lawns and landscaping; and tend to and harvest the grapes that are the backbone of our County’s economy.
US Power in Freefall: The Most Dangerous Country in the World
The global economy is no longer wobbling – it’s splintering. In a sweeping, unsparing conversation, economist Jeffrey Sachs describes a world pushed to the edge by Washington’s wars with Iran and Russia, its economic confrontation with China, and its attempt to reassert dominance across the Western Hemisphere. The pillars that held the global system together.
US-Israel attacks on Iran: Death toll and injuries live tracker
Live updates of death and injury counts resulting from the illegal attack by actors in the U.S., Israeli and aligned authoritarian regimes upon the people of Iran.
The illegal unprovoked attack by the US and Israel against Iran is deeply unpopular in the United States and globally. This is the latest in a long series of imperialist meddling.
VIDAS - Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Services
An affiliated organization with the Immigration Law & Justice Network (ILJN). The ILJ network provides support services, at no cost, to 19 affiliated organizations across the country that deliver immigration legal services for low-income immigrants.
Waging Nonviolence
Waging Nonviolence is a nonprofit media organization dedicated to providing original reporting and expert analysis of social movements around the world. With a commitment to accuracy, transparency and editorial independence, they examine today’s most crucial issues by shining a light on those who are organizing for just and peaceful solutions.
Agenda for Action
The Agenda for Action (AFA) is a call to action for people throughout Sonoma County to come together to invest sustainably in protecting and supporting the wellbeing of the community, and specifically the community members who have been most impacted by an interlocking ecosystem of systemic inequities. The AFA aims to mobilize multi-stakeholder collaboration among governments, funders, public and private sectors, and other community partners to transform access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunities, and to ensure people across Sonoma County have the resources to thrive and reach their full potential.
Food Not Bombs -- Petaluma
Food Not Bombs is a decentralized, grassroots movement that provides free vegan meals, free groceries to take home, and related educational materials.
Food Not Bombs -- Santa Rosa
Food Not Bombs is a decentralized, grassroots movement that provides free vegan meals, free groceries to take home, and related educational materials.
Homeless Action!
Homeless Action! Sonoma County is an all-volunteer run and the only local independent homeless advocacy organization in Sonoma County which is not beholden to funders. They are responsible only to the homeless people in our community. Their members, both housed and unsheltered, have life experiences that bring passion and dedication to tbeir work.
Indivisible Healdsburg
INDIVISIBLE HEALDSBURG is a community of more than 400 members who are engaged for the long term to promote progressive values and preserve democracy for generations to come. They embrace Abraham Lincoln’s model: “Government of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
Indivisible Sonoma County
Indivisible Sonoma County was established in 2017, along with thousands of other Indivisible chapters, in response to the 2016 electoral selection of Donald Trump. This national, grassroots movement is based on the vision of a real democracy – of, by, and for the people. Indivisible Sonoma County is led by a team of volunteers, some with decades of political experience and others who have skills from various fields that help to support the organization’s efforts.
Mary Moore is a longtime activist in Sonoma County, California, where she has lead struggles against corporate malfeasance, social injustice, racism and conventional apathy.
NAACP of Sonoma County
The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. We envision an inclusive community rooted in liberation where all persons can exercise their civil and human rights without discrimination. We are committed to a world without racism where Black people enjoy equitable opportunities in thriving communities.
North Coast Coalition for Palestine
Brings greater awareness to the plight of the Palestinian people and works to end US military support for Israel.
Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County
A community-based, non-profit meeting space hosting a wide variety of services for restorative education, engaged citizenship and nonviolent action.
Peace Roots Alliance
We seek to create a peaceful, just and sustainable world for future generations.
Petaluma Progressives
Grassroots, political education and action group. Producers of the Progressive Festival.
Physicians for a National Health Program, Sonoma County (PNHP).
In support of single payer health insurance.
Praxis Peace Institute
Uniting theory and practice, Praxis Peace Institute is a non-profit organization located in the city of Sonoma, California. It is dedicated to systemic peace, social and economic justice, environmental sustainability, and informed civic participation.
Progressive Sonoma
Progressive Sonoma, an affiliate of the Peaceful Resistance Network, is a group of local, concerned citizens, organizing for progressive political action. Members are from varying backgrounds and affiliations, but first and foremost we are individuals that love [US] America and hold themselves and their people to the highest expectations. They do not condone the scapegoating of minorities, misogyny, racism, homophobia, islamophobia, or any other attack on civil liberties, nor violence or the destruction of property. They are a peaceful resistance.
Radio Resistance
Radio Resistance, hosted by the intrepid Rebel Fagin, features interviews with activists, artists, and union organizers on the plight of the unhoused, climate change, trans rights, and the struggles of immigrants.
Reach for Home
Provide opportunities and support for participants to work toward self-sufficiency, independence, and permanent housing.
Restorative Justice Process
Restorative justice is based on ancient and indigenous practices found in cultures worldwide. These documents provide an overview of the process and suggestions for getting started.
Songs of Hope and Resistance
A few songs of hope and resistance for those who still care despite the odds (which were never good).
Sonoma County Black Forum
The mission is to lead, serve, and thrive, by promoting positive community and youth engagement events. Monthly meetings.
Sonoma County for Palestine
Local Sonoma County group working to defend the human rights of Palestinians. Join them weekly in Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA to protest (Weekly since October of 2023!).
Sonoma County Immigrant Community Support
Sonoma County is committed to all who are in need and are eligible for services, regardless of immigration status. All County immigrant residents, whether they are U.S. citizens, permanent residents, undocumented residents, refugees, or residents with any other immigration status, are valued and are integral members of our social, cultural, and economic fabric.
Sonoma County Nonviolence Training
Collective offers free trainings in methods and principles for progressive social change and peace.
Sonoma County Peace and Justice Events Calendar
A vital source of information on current peace and justice-related events in and around Sonoma County.
Time to Think Outside the Box
Public Input Needed for a More Equitable Vision for the South Santa Rosa Specific Plan
Ukes4Peace
The Healdsburg Ukulele Club has kick-started a grassroots movement called ‘Ukes4Peace’. Twenty six ukulele clubs are hosting six Ukes4Peace jams to play music from a common songbook to promote peace, harmony and love in this fraught political environment.
Undocufund
The UndocuFund is a collective local effort to ensure that undocumented individuals and families displaced by the fires and impacted by disasters (like the coronavirus pandemic) have the support and resources necessary to recover and rebuild their lives in Sonoma County, where many have put down deep roots. Affected immigrants include our friends, neighbors, coworkers, and fellow students. Many care for our children and elderly parents; clean our homes and hotel rooms; cook and serve our restaurant meals; maintain our lawns and landscaping; and tend to and harvest the grapes that are the backbone of our County’s economy.
VIDAS - Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Services
An affiliated organization with the Immigration Law & Justice Network (ILJN). The ILJ network provides support services, at no cost, to 19 affiliated organizations across the country that deliver immigration legal services for low-income immigrants.
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California
Provides free comprehensive fair housing counseling, complaint investigation, and assistance in filing housing discrimination complaints with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). FHANC is a HUD certified to offer pre-purchase counseling and education programs, as well as foreclosure prevention counseling and workshops.
KPFA Radio
Founded in 1949 by pacifist-poet-journalist Lewis Hill, KPFA was the first community-supported radio station in the United States. Much of their programming is local, original, and eclectic, with a well-produced mix of news and in-depth public affairs; an ongoing drama, literature, and performance series; as well as interviews and reviews. Music ranges from folk to hip hop and from Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Nation's Finest: Santa Rosa
With 30 locations in 15 mostly rural communities in California, Arizona, and Nevada, providing critical services and support to more than 6,800 Veterans annually.
NorCal Public Media
Northern California Public Media is dedicated to utilizing media for inspiration, education, and connection in the region.
North Bay Rapid Response Network
The Rapid Response Network provides a way for people to respond to fear and anxiety in our community as a result of the increase in immigration enforcement, ICE raids and other attacks against our communities.
5 Calls
5 Calls is an easy and effective way to make your views heard by the public employees elected to represent you in the U.S. Congress.
Americans Who Tell The Truth
Using the power of art to illuminate the ongoing struggle to realize [U.S.] America's democratic ideals and model the commitment to act for the common good.
Anarchist Black Cross Federation
Supporting Political Prisoners since 1994. The Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF), has been on the frontline in supporting those imprisoned for struggling for freedom and liberty.
Center for Humane Technology
The Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that today’s most consequential technologies, such as AI and social media, actually serve humanity. We bring clarity to how the tech ecosystem works in order to shift the incentives that drive it.
CODEPINK
CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. warfare and imperialism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming* programs. Join us! Life-affirming programs are investments in social programs that uplift human dignity instead of tear it down. We believe universal health care must include the right to an abortion, access to education must not be determined by income bracket, and housing is a human right.
Eisenhower Media Network
The Eisenhower Media Network (EMN) is an organization of expert former military, intelligence, and civilian national security officials. Their experts offer credible, independent, and critical analysis grounded in real-world practitioner experience and years of sustained study and scholarship. EMN seeks to reach broad, cross-partisan audiences in diverse media outlets and among the US population – who increasingly sense that US foreign policy today is not making them, or the world, safer.
Films for Action
Films For Action is a community-powered, digital library for people who want to change the world. Their mission is to provide citizens with the knowledge and perspectives essential to creating a more beautiful, just, sustainable, and democratic society.
Higher Ed Immigration Portal
A digital platform that integrates data, policies, and resources about DACA and undocumented, refugee, other immigrant, and international students to support federal immigration reform, fuel change at the state and campus level, and build a diverse movement of partners and stakeholders advocating alongside these students.
ICE Raid Tracker
Monitoring immigration enforcement, deportations, and ICE activities across the United States to keep communities informed and protected.
Immigrant Legal Resources Center (ILRC)
Working with and educating immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to help build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.
Recollections of the last free Californian as setter-colonialist violence extended the ‘benefits of civilization unto the savages of California’. (Obvious implications implied.)
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. In the Middle East, MECA provides humanitarian aid, partners with community organizations to run projects for children, and supports income-generation projects. In the US and internationally, MECA raises awareness about the lives of children in the region and encourages meaningful action.
National Women’s History Project
coordinates observances of Women’s History month around the country.
Native Land Digital
Mapping indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see history and the present day. They hope to strengthen the spiritual bonds that people have with the land, its people, and its meaning.
Peace Alliance
Educate, advocate, and mobilize people into action to transform systems and public policy toward a culture of peace.
Princeton University Press
Founded in 1905, Princeton University Press is a nonprofit publisher with close connections to Princeton University. The Press brings influential voices and ideas to the world stage through their academic scholarship, advancing the frontiers of scholarly knowledge and promoting the human conversation.
Racial Disparities Dashboard
An online dashboard displaying disparities between people in the U.S. who are identified as being either Black or white (using the specific racist categories peculiar to the U.S. settler-colonial form of division.)
Schooling the World: The White Man's Last Burden
If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to a ‘better’ life for indigenous children.
Skä•noñh Center
The Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center is a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Cultural Center focused on telling the story of the native peoples of central New York. The history is told through the lens of the Onondaga Nation and covers topics such as Creation, European Contact, The Great Law of Peace, and more. The Onondagas, or People of the Hills, are the keepers of the Central Fire and are the spiritual and political center of the Haudenosaunee.
The Commons Social Change Library
The Commons has 1500+ radical, progressive and alternative educational resources in many different formats including podcasts, videos, book excerpts, articles, templates and guides.
U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel: Overview and Developments since October 7, 2023
This report provides an overview of U.S. foreign assistance to Israel. It includes a review of past aid programs, data on annual assistance, and analysis of current issues, including a description of key events since the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel and the ensuing conflicts in Gaza and beyond. The information and foreign aid data in this report are compiled by the Congressional Research Service from a number of resources, including CRS communications with various U.S. government agencies,
US Power in Freefall: The Most Dangerous Country in the World
The global economy is no longer wobbling – it’s splintering. In a sweeping, unsparing conversation, economist Jeffrey Sachs describes a world pushed to the edge by Washington’s wars with Iran and Russia, its economic confrontation with China, and its attempt to reassert dominance across the Western Hemisphere. The pillars that held the global system together.
US-Israel attacks on Iran: Death toll and injuries live tracker
Live updates of death and injury counts resulting from the illegal attack by actors in the U.S., Israeli and aligned authoritarian regimes upon the people of Iran.
Doctors Without Borders/Medicins Sans Frontieres
Every day, Doctors Without Borders teams deliver emergency medical aid to people in crisis, with humanitarian projects in more than 75 countries.
Jewish Council of Australia
The Jewish Council of Australia is an organization of Jewish people in Australia who are committed to the Jewish values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), calling out injustice, challenging assumptions and promoting debate. They work towards ending antisemitism and all forms of racism and support Palestinian freedom and justice.
Lifeboat
Volunteers from a German nonprofit risk the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts, which had set out from Libya, in the middle of the night.
The Consilience Project
What can we trust? Why is the ‘information ecology’ so damaged, and what would it take to make it healthy?
Metacrisis is a term that describes a complex, multi-systemic breakdown in society. It arises from the foundational views and values of modern culture, which contribute to various global crises. The concept emphasizes the interconnectedness of these crises, suggesting that they are not isolated issues but rather symptoms of deeper systemic problems.