A San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory Saturday 9 Jul ...

Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) A nonprofit research and educational organization
that conducts and sponsors leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of
consciousness—including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition. The Institute
maintains a commitment to scientific rigor while exploring phenomena that have been largely
overlooked by mainstream science. Address: 101 San Antonio Road, Petaluma CA 94952
Voice: (707) 775-3500 Fax: (707) 781-7420 Email: membership@noetic.org
Web: http://www.noetic.org [08 Nov 2009]
Institute of Urban Homesteading A gathering place to research, ferment and learn
together. We feature small class sizes and experiential learning. Our mission is to * Offer
affordable classes in the art of living in an urban environment * Preserve a slower, more
intentional, more sustainable and more pleasurable way of life * Rescue the lost arts of the
garden, the kitchen and things done by hand * Imbue everyday tasks with wonder and beauty
* Promote self-determination and the ability of each person to educate themselves
Voice: (510) 927-3252 Web: http://www.iuhoakland.com [06 Nov 2010]
Instituto Laboral de La Raza Serves low income families of California as a nonprofit
advocacy and workers' resource center. Headquartered in the Mission District of San
Francisco, with a field office in San Jose, the Instituto provides legal services, peer counseling,
financial education and access to a network of services to the unorganized working poor. Most
of our clients are unorganized working poor immigrants from Mexico, Central America and
South America. Address: 2947 16th Street (near Capp, between Mission and South Van
Ness), San Francisco CA 94103 Voice: (415) 431-7522 Fax: (415) 431-4846
Email: info@ilaboral.org Web: http://www.ilaboral.org [18 Jul 2010]
Intentional Communities Web Page Intentional Community is an inclusive term for
ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing
cooperatives, alternative communities, and other projects where people strive together with a
common vision. This web site serves the growing communities' movement, providing resources
for finding a community home and creating more community in your life.
Web: http://www.ic.org/ [08 Nov 2009]
Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (ICIR) Mission is to call together peoples of
faith to affirm and defend the rights and dignity of all immigrants and refugees. ICIR
envisions a healthy, inclusive California in which all people are welcomed and have access to
full participation in the life of the community and where everyone works together towards the
common good. Address: 965 Mission Street, Suite 514 (between 5th and 6th Streets), San
Francisco CA 94107 Voice: (415) 227-0388 Fax: (415) 543-0442
Web: http://www.icironline.org/ [20 Jul 2008]
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP) Founded after the
9/11 tragedy by faith leaders from Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and other traditions
who say 'Religious Communities Must Stop Blessing War...'. ICUJP promotes critical
examination of the costs of violence and war at home and in the world from the Faith
perspective. We insist on respect for human rights, international law and the use of peaceful
means in the resolution of conflicts. Web: http://www.icujp.org/ [08 Nov 2009]
International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (San Francisco chapter) (Act Now to Stop War
& End Racism) A coalition of hundreds of organizations and prominent individuals and
scores of organizing centers in cities and towns across the country. Its national steering
committee represents major national organizations that have campaigned against U.S.
intervention in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia, and organizations
that have campaigned for civil rights and for social and economic justice for working and poor
people inside the United States. Address: 2489 Mission Street, Room 24, San Francisco CA
94110 Voice: (415) 821-6545 Fax: (415) 821-5782 Email: answer@answersf.org
Web: http://www.answersf.org http://www.votenowar.org [08 May 2010]
International Accountability Project Challenges destructive development projects that