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| Basic Rights Oregon - Basic Rights Oregon is Oregon's largest grassroots civil rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Founded in 1995, BRO focuses on multi-year campaigns to shift public consciousness, build political power and win policy victories for GLBT equality in Oregon. |
| Brother to Brother - Brother to Brother is creating a strong LGBTQ presence and voice in the African-American community to confront systemic injustices in our society. Their long-term goal is to decrease the disparities in healthcare and improve quality of life and the collective health of the community. |
| CAUSA - CAUSA is a statewide grassroots coalition based in the Latino community that defends and advances the rights of immigrants in Oregon. They use a combination of mobilization, strategic research, popular education, actions, media campaigns and policy formulation to advance immigrants' rights and to build power in communities of color to advocate and participate in the political process. For more information, call (503) 763-1694. |
| Center for Intercultural Organizing - The Center for Intercultural Organizing is a diverse, grassroots organization working to build a multi-racial, multi-cultural movement for immigrant and refugee rights through education, policy advocacy, community organizing and mobilization, and intergenerational leadership development. |
| Clatsop Community Action - The mission of Clatsop Community Action is to help the working poor, the homeless and near homeless. |
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Community Alliance of Lane County - CALC's Mission
is to work for a society free of bigotry, upholding human rights
and human dignity. CALC seeks to educate, promote and mobilize
individuals, groups and movements who are committed to peace and
justice. CALC works to promote public policies based on social
and economic justice.
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Community Alliance of Tenants - Formed in
1996, the Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT) is Oregon's only
grassroots, tenant-controlled, tenant-rights organization. CAT
educates, organizes and develops the leadership of low-income
tenants to directly challenge unjust housing policies and
practices.
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| Farmworker Housing Development Corporation - Recognizing the vital contribution of farmworkers to our economy, the mission of FHDC is to develop farmworker leadership for stronger and more secure families and communities through affordable housing, social services, education and economic development. |
| Jefferson Center for Education and Research - The Jefferson Center for Education and Research creates opportunities with rural working people in the Pacific West, across languages and cultures, to achieve environmental, economic, and social justice. |
| Jobs with Justice- Jobs with Justice is a national campaign for workers’ rights. Working through coalitions of labor, community, religious and constituency organizations, Jobs with Justice is fighting for workers’ rights and economic justice. 6025 East Burnside • Portland, OR 97215 503.236.5573 • info@jwjpdx.org |
| Latinos Unidos Siempre - Latinos Unidos Siempre is a youth-led organization that works for educational, cultural, and political development of Latino youth. LUS empowers youth to resist negative societal and peer pressures while advocating for social and political change, combating racial discrimination through grassroots organizing, and building coalitions with other youth of color. For more information, call (503) 363-1895. |
| Love Makes a Family - Love Makes A Family was founded in 1992 and incorporated in 1993 when a racially diverse group of sexual minorities in Oregon and Southwest Washington came together to oppose anti-gay Ballot Measure Nine. The mission of Love Makes A Family is to work for social change: to create a supportive environment within our communities and to provide a public voice for all families, especially those subjected to social, economic and legal discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. |
| Money in Politics Research Action Project - The Money in Politics Research Action Project is a non-partisan, not-for-profit group whose goals are to increase accountability and opportunities for participation in politics. |
| Oregon Action - Oregon Action is a broad-based, multi-racial community organization dedicated to economic justice. OA assists people to organize on their own behalf to have greater voice in statewide policy making. |
| Oregon Center for Public Policy - The Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) conducts in-depth research and analysis on budget, tax, and economic issues with the goal of improving public policy decision making and generating more opportunities for all Oregonians. |
| Oregon Student Association - OSA is a coalition of student governments dedicated to the representation, service and protection of the collective interest of students in post-secondary education since 1975. |
| Partnership for Safety and Justice - Partnership for Safety and Justice unites those most affected by crime, violence, and the criminal justice system (survivors of crime, people convicted of crime, and the families of both) to advance approaches that redirect policies and resources from an over-reliance on incarceration, to effective strategies that reduce violence and recidivism, and increase personal and community safety. |
| PCUN - Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United), is Oregon's union of farmworkers, nursery, and reforestation workers, and Oregon's largest Latino organization. PCUN's fundamental goal is to empower farmworkers to understand and take action against systematic exploitation and all of its effects. |
| Portland Central American Solidarity Committee - Founded in 1979, the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee educates and mobilizes students, union members and community activists around struggles for human rights and economic justice in Latin America and Mexico. |
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Rural
Organizing Project - Rural Organizing Project (ROP)
exists to strengthen the skills, resources, and vision or
primary leadership in local autonomous human dignity groups with
a goal of keeping such groups vibrant source for a just
democracy. |
| Salem/Keizer
Coalition for Equality - The Salem/Keizer Coalition for
Equality is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic community organization
fighting for equality and justice for poor and minority
children, youth, families, and adults.The Salem/Keizer Coalition
for Equality's mission is to promote equality in education;
advocate for respect of civil and human rights; seek
accountability from administrators and policy makers; and seek
to unite the Salem/Keizer community to speak with one voice to
end discrimination. For more information, call (503)
363-3903. |
| Sisters in Action for Power - Sisters in Action for Power is a multi-racial, girl-driven, community-based organization. We are dedicated to developing the leadership and organizing skills of low income women and girls of color. Our mission is to develop young women as leaders in the community to promote justice and equity. For more information, call (503) 331-1244. |
| The Wordsmith Collection-A Portland-based magazine for writing, activism, and creative arts. This resource for literacy and civic engagement includes exhaustive educational resources and thousands of pages of critical information. Founded in 1995 in Missoula, Montana, this progressive resource provides a critical calendar for local action at www.activismresource.org For more information, call Tim at (503) 697-1670 |
| VOZ - The mission of VOZ is to empower immigrant workers, particularly day laborers, to gain control over their working conditions and to exercise their collective power to address the issues they face. VOZ is a worker-led organization whose membership organizes to secure and promote their rights through organizing, leadership development, and community education. |
| Voz Hispana Causa Chavista - Voz Hispana is a community-based organization in Woodburn, Oregon comprised of Latino parents, workers, students, small business owners and community organizers working to register new voters and encourage them to participate in the electoral process. For more information, contact Bart Marquez at 503-982-0243, ext. 204. |
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