ACORN,
the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is
the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income
families, working together for social justice and stronger communities.
There national campaigns have included action in Sonoma County
Good
Jobs First is a national leader in providing timely, accurate
information to the public, the media, public officials and economic
development professionals on best practices in state and local
job subsidies. GJF works with a broad spectrum of organizations
as they seek to ensure that subsidized businesses are held accountable
for family-wage jobs and other effective results.
The
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy – A New Vision for
Economic Fairness
Founded in 1993, LAANE is recognized as a national authority on
issues affecting the working poor and an innovator in the fight
against working poverty. Combining a vision of social justice
with a practical approach to social change, LAANE has helped set
in motion a broad movement based on the principle that hard work
deserves fair pay, good benefits and decent working conditions.
New
Economy, Working Solutions (NEWS) was established in 2002
to raise the living standards of low and moderate-income families
in the North Bay and to promote greater equity and fairness in
the regional economy through policy research, public education,
leadership training, and community organizing.
Health
Environmnental
Justice Case Studies by University of Michigan students documentl
dozens of grassroots struggles for environmental justice in the
United States and all over the world.
Environmental
Activists and Health Professionals have joined together to create
The Environmental Justice and Health
Union
The
National Library of Medicine provides an extensive list of
links to government and non-profit agencies dealing with environmental
justice.
Sprawl
and Health is a major issue for the Congress
for the New Urbanism. A number of studies and articles from
important organizations are coming out saying the same thing,
that sprawl is bad for our health.
