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

international levels to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world.
Web: http://www.antislavery.org/ [30 Mar 2010]
antiwar.com Anti-war news, viewpoints, and activities. Sponsored by the Committee
Against U.S. Intervention. Web: http://www.antiwar.com/ [09 Nov 2008]
API Equality Committed to working in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community in
California and nationally for equal marriage rights, fair treatment, and overall acceptance of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Address: 17 Walter U. Lum Place,
San Francisco CA 94108 Voice: (415) 274-6760 x306 Fax: (415) 397-8770
Email: alim@caasf.org Web: http://www.apiequality.org [04 Jan 2009]
Appalshop A non-profit multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart of
Appalachia producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-word recordings, radio,
photography, multimedia, and books. Our education and training programs support
communities' efforts to solve their own problems in a just and equitable way. Each year,
Appalshop productions and services reach several million people nationally and
internationally. Web: http://www.appalshop.org [24 Jun 2009]
Appetite for Profit (CIFC) The website of Michele Simon, a public health lawyer who has
been researching and writing about the food industry and food politics since 1996. She
specializes in legal strategies to counter corporate tactics that harm the public’s health. Also
an expert in alcohol policy, she is currently research and policy director for the Marin
Institute, an alcohol industry watchdog group based in Northern California. Michele Simon is
the author of Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to
Fight Back. Voice: (510) 465-0322 Email: michele@informedeating.org
Web: http://www.informedeating.org [25 Jun 2011]
Applied Research Center (ARC) A racial justice think tank and home for media and
activism. ARC is built on rigorous research and creative use of new technology. Our goal is to
popularize the need for racial justice and prepare people to fight for it. By telling the stories of
everyday people, ARC is a voice for unity and fairness in the structures that affect our lives.
Address: 900 Alice Street, Suite 400, Oakland CA 94607 Voice: (510) 653-3415
Fax: (510) 986-1062 Web: http://www.arc.org [24 Apr 2011]
Arab Cultural and Community Center (ACCC) A non-profit agency committed to the
development of the Arab / Arab American communities in the San Francisco Bay Area by
delivering social services, educational programs and cultural events. ACCC’s mission includes:
providing services like health referrals, educational services, and ESL classes to all segments
of the Arab community; deepening Arab American youths’ connection to their heritage and
history; and strengthening the understanding of the Arab culture within the US. Address: 2
Plaza Street, San Francisco CA 94116 Voice: (415) 664-2200 Fax: (415) 664-2280
Email: info@arabculturalcenter.org Web: http://www.arabculturalcenter.org [10 Feb 2008]
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) A grassroots organization working to
empower and organize our community towards justice and self-determination for all. AROC
members build community power in the bay area by participating in leadership development,
political education, and campaigns. Voice: (415) 861-7444
Email: info(at)araborganizing.org Web: http://www.araborganizing.org/ [04 Jan 2009]
Arc Ecology (Arc) A non-profit, public interest organization concerned with the ecology of
humanity and its place in the global ecology. Arc Ecology combines the sciences, economics,
and community planning, with education and advocacy to help inform the public agenda. Arc
Ecology's goal is an environmentally and economically sustainable, socially just society. Our
objective is to empower grassroots community stakeholders in public policy-making, to
advance environmental and economic sustainability, justice, and to promote international
peace. Arc Ecology provides the scientific technical, economic/ planning, and political
organizing support to achieve true grassroots input and imbue governmental policies and
actions with community values. Address: 4634 Third Street, San Francisco CA 94124