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

4189 Email: info-laclinica@laclinica.org Web: http://www.laclinica.org/ [17 Aug 2008]
La Cocina A non-profit incubator kitchen providing commercial kitchen space and
technical assistance to low-income and immigrant entrepeneurs who are in the process of
launching, growing and formalizing food businesses. Address: 2948 Folsom Street, San
Francisco CA 94110 Voice: (415) 824-2729 Fax: (415) 824-2756
Web: http://www.lacocinasf.org [01 Nov 2007]
La Pena Cultural Center (La Pena) A non-profit community cultural center where
people can experience art and culture from Latin America and from around the world and
where community groups involved in both domestic and international issues can organize
cultural and educational programs to foster respect and understanding among the diverse
peoples of the world. In addition to our public events, La Peña offers classes in music and
houses Café Valparaiso which offers a Latin American menu and beverages, and provides a
"second stage" for more intimate cultural gatherings. Address: 3105 Shattuck (near
Woolsey, 2 blocks from Ashby BART), Berkeley CA 94705 Voice: (510) 849-2568
Email: info(at)lapena.org Web: http://www.lapena.org [08 Mar 2008]
La Via Campesina The international movement of peasants, small- and medium-sized
producers, landless, rural women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers.
We defend the values and the basic interests of our members. We are an autonomous,
pluralist and multicultural movement, independent of any political, economic, or other type of
affiliation. Our members are from 56 countries from Asia, Africa, urope, and the Americas.
The principal objective of La Via Campesina is to develop solidarity and unity among small
farmer organizations in order to promote gender parity and social justice in fair economic
relations; the preservation of land, water, seeds and other natural resources; food sovereignty;
sustainable agricultural production based on small and medium-sized producers.
Web: http://www.viacampesina.org [10 May 2008]
Labor Archives and Research Center A non-circulating reference library that collects,
organizes, preserves, and makes accessible the documents, files, photographs, and ephemera
of the Northern California labor movement. Free and open to the public Monday through
Friday 1 to 5 and by appointment. Brief phone inquiries are welcome also. Address: San
Francisco State University, 480 Winston Drive, San Francisco CA 94132 Voice: (415) 564-
4010 Fax: (415) 564-3606 Email: larc@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.library.sfsu.edu/about/depts/larc.php [15 Nov 2009]
Labor Notes A media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who
want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. Through our magazine,
website, books, conferences and workshops, we promote organizing, aggressive strategies to
fight concessions, alliances with workers’ centers, and unions that are run by their
members. Web: http://www.labornotes.org [15 May 2010]
Labor Video Project (LVP) A labor video and communications organization. Produces a
bi-weekly labor show on cable in San Francisco, and a weekly show in Philadephia and St.
Louis. Many of its videos are streamed on Google Video. It also produces labor video
documentaries on working people, and is a member of the Union Producers and Programmers
Network. It helps sponsor a bi-annual international labor media and communications
conference called Labortech. The Labor Video Project supports the use of labor computer
networks and helps distribute labor videos from around the world. It also curates the annual
international Working Class Film and Video Festival run in San Francisco during
LaborFest. Address: POBox 720027, San Francisco CA 94172 Voice: (415) 282-1908
Fax: (415) 695-1369 Email: lvpsf@labornet.org Web: http://www.laborvideo.org
http://www.labornet.org http://www.laborbeat.org/3/uppnetnl.htm
http://www.laborfest.net [08 Mar 2008]
Labor's Militant Voice Building the socialist alternative to the dictatorship of big
business. Voice: (510) 595-4676 Email: red_writer1@yahoo.com