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About-Face - Promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through media-literacy workshops, and activist events and campaigns in protest of negative images of females in the media and in support of positive images. www.about-face.org

Afghans for Afghans - Encourages cross-cultural understanding and social action by actively involving Americans and Canadians in making hand-knit and crocheted blankets, hats, mittens, socks, sweaters, and vests for displaced families in Afghanistan. www.afghansforafghans.org

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Alliance for a Better District 6 - Works to incorporate the interests of District 6's low income households into San Francisco public, social and land use policy. More info.

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A.S.K. Academy - Empowers teachers, youth development workers, and business owners in helping schools and surrounding communities create safe and welcoming environments that support equitable learning and social justice. Also working to transform the educational, juvenile justice and foster care systems via trainings on the use of collaborative processes for planning and problem solving. www.askacademy.org

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BAY-Peace - Educates, mobilizes and organizes Bay Area youth to resist aggressive military recruiting and war. www.baypeace.org

The Bell Project - Promotes world peace by using melted-down firearms to cast bells which incorporate images of nonviolence and environmental concerns. www.brucehasson.com

Break the Silence Arts - Builds awareness in the Bay Area and nationally about the current conditions in Occupied Palestine and promotes peace and justice in the region. More info.

Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group - Provides an open forum for community-based input from the communities of Brisbane, Daly City and San Francisco, to advise the agencies charged with the remediation actions on sites commonly referred to as the Brisbane Baylands. www.bbcag.com

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California Communities Against Toxics (CCAT)- A coalition of 80 community-based organizations throughout California advocating for environmental justice, pollution prevention and world peace. www.stoptoxics.org

California NAACP Youth & College Division - Developes an intelligent, militant effective youth leadership to advance the economic, educational, social and political status of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities and their harmonious cooperation with other peoples. More info.

Caring for Our Own - Fosters systemic change within retirement centers of Catholic Sisters in California and beyond.

Casa Cuba Resource Center - Provides access to written, audio and video material for people interested in the history and evolution of Cuba. More info.

Cesar E Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival - Organizes commemorative activities, including an annual parade in San Francisco, to educate future generations about Cesar Chavez and his contributions to our nation. www.cesarchavezday.org

Citizens League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) - Strives to protect public health and natural resources, retain open space and increase public participation in land use decisions in the Brisbane, CA area.

Committee for the Defense of Human Rights - Educates the public about the human rights abuses taking place in California and across the US, focusing on the intersection of the criminal justice system, political repression and torture. More info.

Community ORV Watch - Protects public and private lands of the Morongo Basin from off-road-vehicle (ORV) abuse. www.orvwatch.com

Concerned Residents Initiative - Works to improve the environmental quality of the Calvine-Florin neighborhood south of Sacramento, CA in order to provide a healthier environment for children and families.

CQ Productions – Producing the documentary film, Pressed for Time: The Story of a Vanishing Breed. – America’s Newspaper Printers. www.printerhistory.com

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Dangerous Artists Prosthetic Memory Workshop - Creates art projects that stimulate positive social change by provoking thought, and influencing how Americans see themselves as agents of a democratic government.

Development Executives Roundtable - Provides high quality, accessible fundraising programs and networking opportunities to grassroots social justice organizations. www.dersf.org

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The Edge of Each Other's Battles Project - Brings together social justice academics with grassroots community-based projects to work collaboratively toward social change.

Education to End Oppression - Offers a multicultural leadership development program for young adults.

El Pueblo para el Aire y Agua Limpio - Educates and mobilizes Kettleman City, CA residents on environmental health and justice issues.

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Friends of AK Press - Supports the work and resistance of AK Press in the face of government repression and the threatened imprisonment of members of their collective.www.akpress.org

Friends of Golden Gateway (FOGG) - Seeks permanent protection of the open recreational space located at 8 Washington Street. www.fogg.us

Friends of IDEI - Presents culturally relevant, integrated, and sustainable health and educational programs in Guatemala.

From Here to There - Supports health and community improvement projects in India

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Grandmothers Against the War - Provides grandmothers with a venue for nonviolent, direct action against the war in Iraq. www.gawba.org

Greenwood Earth Alliance - Promotes local and global environmental and economic sustainability, and racial and social justice. More info.

Greenwood Watershed Association - Educates the public on forestry and related environmental and social justice issues, emphasizing local/global connections. More info.

Groundswell for Peace - Creates in-depth television coverage of progressive topics to inspire viewers to participate in the "groundswell" of positive social change.

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Heart and Hand Fund - Supports lesbian activists and their non-governmental agencies in the Balkan states.

Helphinkley.org - Protects the environment and the people residing in the high desert area of Hinkley, California.

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Idriss Stelley Action & Resource Center (ISARC) - Creates accountable, racially and socially just law enforcement systems through grassroots campaigns, and empowering victims, and families of victims, of law enforcement misconduct.

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Information Services Latin America - Promotes social change by facilitating dialog between North and South American activists and encouraging them to work together in challenging US governmental policies in Latin America. www.isla.igc.org

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The Insight Garden Program at San Quentin - Provides rehabilitation to inmates through the experience of gardening, and demonstrates the value to the community of having rehabilitation as the core operating principle within the penal system. www.insightgardenprogram.org

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The International Human Rights Initiative - Building an international campaign to hold the United States government and its surrogates accountable for their human rights abuses, violations, and crimes including torture, secret detention, and assassination. More info.

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las hueseras atbp - Supports feminist activists as they work towards the transformation of gender relationships of power, and fosters leadership via training, internships, and community outreach.

Left Turn - Creates spaces for various movements to reflect and strategize through Left Turn magazine, the organization's website and fact-to-face forums. Also serves as a resource to grassroots movements by publishing reports and analysis from people actively engaged in local and global struggles for justice. www.leftturn.org

Livermore Conversion Project - Educates and organizes the Bay Area community to bring about the abolition of nuclear weapons.

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Military Out of Our Schools (MOOS) - Bay Area - Unites and supports individuals and organizations involved in counter-recruitment work in the Bay Area.

miracleGirl Productions - Produces cinema that affects glocal change by promoting values that encourage the conquering of fear and overcoming of ignorance. www.miraclegirlproductions.org

Money to Movements - Facilitates the directing of WTO class action settlement funds back into global justice movements.

MotherSpeak - Brings together mothers from the Middle East and across the US to educate others on the real effects of war on ordinary people, and challenge basic assumptions about war. www.motherspeak.org

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New Leaders Council - Advances progressive causes by recruiting, training, engaging in a mentorship program, and placing a diverse group of talented young progressive leaders in positions of influence. www.newleaderscouncil.org

National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement (NLSCA) - Protects the rights and dignity of Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian peoples, via the legal defense of rights, responsible media coverage and depiction, proactive collaboration with legislative and political bodies, and education and community outreach. www.legalsanctuary.org

Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance - Calls for a full and transparent accounting of the events of 9/11 and those events leading up to it. www.sf911.org

Northern California War Tax Resistance - Educates and supports war tax resisters, and support organizations that provide essential services that are not being met due to military dominance. www.nowartax.org

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Ota Benga Alliance for Peace, Healing, and Dignity - Raises awareness of Congolese history and supports individuals and organizations in the D.R. Congo, the U.S., and elsewhere, which offer nonviolent and healing ways of organizing society and resolving conflict. www.otabenga.org

Out4Immigration - Addresss the widespread discriminatory impact of US Immigration laws on the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and HIV+ people and their families through education, outreach, advocacy and the maintenance of a resource and support network. www.out4immigration.org

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Parents 4 a Healthy Community - Educates communities, particularly low-income communities of color, about local environmental issues and resulting health effects.

People for Children's Health & Environmental Justice - Informs communities about adverse health effects of toxic contamination in the environment.

Proj-ect PRO:JECT - Unites the tools of technology and the power of art with the passion of community organizing to not only illuminate, but to facilitate and support, real change. www.reelchange.org

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Raise Hell for Molly Ivins Campaign - Memorializes Molly Ivins and energizes her readers and the general public to make a contribution towards ending the war in Iraq and stopping the build up for an attack on Iran. www.raisehellformollyivins.org

Religious Witness with Homeless People - Strives to create a permanent solution to the crises of housing and homelessness in San Francisco. www.religiouswitnesshome.org

Rini Templeton Memorial Fund - Facilitates free access to the art of Rini Templeton for use in publicity, educational publications and other materials by organizations and communities doing nonviolent work for social justice. www.riniart.org

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Salinas Action League - Gives Salinas Valley activists from many walks of lifei a vehicle for linking local and global issues in defense of participatory democracy, environmental sustainability, and social justice.

San Francisco Community Colocation Project - Provides quality, affordable technology infrastructure and hosting services to progressive, social justice organizations in the Bay Area. More info.

San Francisco Independent Media Center - Upholds First Amendment, freedom of the press rights via a free, interactive international news website. www.sf.indymedia.org

San Francisco Living Wage Coalition - Is building a grassroots movement of low-wage workers and their allies to achieve economic justice. Email: sflivingwage@hotmail.com

Save the Oaks Campaign - Works to encourage and pressure the University of California at Berkeley to adopt plans for the Memorial Oak Grove that are sensitive to the environment and the community. www.saveoaks.com

Silkworm Peace Institute - Promotes international peace, healing and cultural understanding between the United States and Japan. www.silkworm.org

Speaking Up - Makes and distributes videotapes of live events promoting peace and social, economic and environmental justice issues.

Survivors Take Action Against Abuse by Military Personnel (STAAMP) - Provide information and support to victims of abuse by the U.S. military.

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Third World Majority - Develops new media practices for radical social change that challenge the notion that a media organization cannot also do grassroots political organizing. www.cultureisaweapon.org

Toxic Links Coalition - Strives to stop the proliferation of chemical and radioactive industrial carcinogens that threaten human health and the health of the planet. www.toxiclinks.org

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United for Justice - Educates and assists women in protecting themselves and their children against domestic violence, legal abuse, and developmentally inappropriate custody arrangements. Also educates the public and decision-makers about the need for judicial and social welfare reform. www.unitedforjustice.com

Unity Foundation - Promotes world peace, cooperation and unity through the presentation of special cultural and education events, creative arts, media campaigns, and the use of interactive communications technologies. www.unityfoundation.org

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War and Law League (WALL) - Uses international law and treaties to prevent war by monitoring military actions by the United States. www.warandlaw.homestead.com

WeAreChangeLA - Works to reveal the truth behind the events of September 11th, and behind the private banking cartel of the military industrial complex that is directing the majority of US policy. www.wacla.org

Whispered Media - Trains activists to generate their own media coverage and facilitates projects with the Bay Area Video Activist Network. www.whisperedmedia.org

Women for Genuine Security -Brings together activists and teachers from East Asia, the US and Puerto Rico to engage in dialogue, analysis, and activism to oppose militarism and promote genuine security. www.genuinesecurity.org

Yuri Kochiyama Fund for Political Prisoners - Supports political prisoners through education, advocacy and direct support. More info.

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Artwork: Rini Templeton

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