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Additional Resources


Service Learning, Community Engagement


Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Asian Pacific Islander and Environmental Justice in the Bay Area

http://www.apen4ej.org/


BAY-Peace

Youth organizing and artistic resistance

http://www.baypeace.org/


Californians for Justice

Grassroots organizing and leadership training for youth regarding education

http://www.caljustice.org/


Leadership Excellence

Educating African-American youth for personal and social change

http://www.leadershipexcellence.org/


Oakland Fund for Children and Youth

Provides opportunities and resources for Oakland's children and youth

http://www.ofcy.org/


Oakland Leaf

Community transformation through creative education

http://oaklandleaf.org


United Nations – 50 Actions You Can Take

Defend human rights in your community and around the world

http://www.udhr.org/action/default.htm


Urban Releaf

Community forest outreach

http://urbanreleaf.org/


Volunteer Match, Oakland, CA

A list of organizations that are looking for volunteer support, Volunteer Match strengthens communities by connecting people to causes

http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/orgs.jsp?r=10.0&aff=&l=Oakland%2C+CA%2C+USA&o=distance&s=51


World Bridges

International leadership exchange programs

http://world-bridges.org/


Youth Movement Records

Empowering young people through multimedia projects

http://www.youthmovementrecords.org/


Youth Radio

Promotes young people's intellectual, creative, and professional growth through education and access to media

http://www.youthradio.org/


Youth Uprising

A neighborhood hub in East Oakland dedicated to community transformation powered by youth leadership

http://youthuprising.org/





Civil and Human Rights


African American Museum and Library

Dedicated to the discovery, preservation, and sharing of historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California

http://oaklandlibrary.org/locations/african-american-museum-library-oakland


American Civil Liberties Union

Defends and preserves individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country

http://www.aclu.org/


Amnesty International

A global movement campaigning to end grave abuses of human rights

http://www.amnesty.org/


California Against Slavery

Empowers Californians to stop human trafficking

http://californiaagainstslavery.org/


Celebrate Human Rights

An interactive, student-friendly website on the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

http://celebratehumanrights.org/


Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Unlocks the power of low-income people, people of color, and their allies through organizing, leadership development, and advocacy

http://www.ellabakercenter.org/


Freedom Archives

10,000 hours of audio and video recordings documenting social justice movements locally, nationally, and internationally from the 1960s to the present

http://www.freedomarchives.org/


Human Rights Watch

One of the world’s leading organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights

http://www.hrw.org/


International Institute of the Bay Area

Serves immigrant and refugee families

http://www.iibayarea.org/


National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Works to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees

http://www.nnirr.org


Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala

Links people in the U.S. and Guatemala in the grassroots global struggle for justice and human dignity

http://www.nisgua.org/


Slavery Footprint

Interactive website demonstrates connection between consumerism and modern-day slavery, organization based in Oakland, CA

http://slaveryfootprint.org/


The United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Link to the official document

http://www.un.org/rights/50/decla.htm


Witness

Videos about human rights violations

http://witness.org/





LBGTQ Rights


Ambiente Joven

A website in Spanish by and for Latino LGBTQ youth

http://www.ambientejoven.org/


Gay Straight Alliance Network

Empowers youth activists to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools

http://www.gsanetwork.org/


LYRIC

Programs for LGBTQQ (queer and questioning) youth ages 23 and under that build community and inspire positive social change

http://lyric.org/home.html





Conflict Resolution


Bay Area Women Against Rape

The nation’s first rape crisis center, in Oakland, CA

http://www.bawar.org/


Community Boards

Builds community through conflict resolution training and mediation

http://www.communityboards.org/


Family Violence Law Center

Works to end domestic violence in Alameda County; educates, engages, and empowers teens to build healthy relationships

http://fvlc.org/


Jewish Voice for Peace

Opposes anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and anti-Arab bigotry and oppression; seeks peace and justice for all peoples of the Middle East

http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/


Prison Activist Resource Center

Prison abolitionist group based on Oakland, CA committed to exposing and challenging the institutionalized racism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, and classism of the Prison Industrial Complex

http://www.prisonactivist.org/


Untraining Racism

Addresses racism within white communities

http://www.untraining.org/





The Arts


826 Valencia

Supports students ages 6-18 with their writing skills, and to helps teachers inspire their students to write

http://826valencia.org/


Destiny Arts Center

Works to end isolation, prejudice and violence in the lives of young people through dance, theater and martial arts

http://www.destinyarts.org/


East Bay Center for Performing Arts

Engages youth and young adults in creating new visions for themselves and their communities through the inspiration and discipline of rigorous training in world performance traditions

http://www.eastbaycenter.org/


EastSide Arts Alliance

An organization of artists, cultural workers, and community organizers of color who live and/or work in the San Antonio district of Oakland

http://www.eastsideartsalliance.com/


Youth Outlooks (YO!)

An award-winning literary journal by and for young people in the Bay Area

http://www.youthoutlook.org/


Youth Speaks

Empowers the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacies

http://www.youthspeaks.org/