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

in opportunities to experience and learn about native plants and their habitats, gardening and
landscaping with native plants, restoration of habitat areas, and conservation issues
throughout the state. Web: http://www.cnps.org [09 Jul 2011]
California Newsreel Produces and distributes cutting edge, social justice films that
inspire, educate and engage audiences. Founded in 1968, Newsreel is the oldest non-profit,
social issue documentary film center in the country, the first to marry media production and
contemporary social movements. Address: 500 Third Street, Suite 505, San Francisco CA
94107-1875 Voice: (415) 284-7800 Fax: (415) 284-7801 Email: contact@newsreel.org
Web: http://www.newsreel.org/ [05 Jul 2010]
California Nurses Association (CNA) A premiere organization of registered nurses and
one of the nation’s fastest growing labor and professional organizations in the U.S. with more
than 86,000 members in hospitals, clinics and home health agencies in all 50 states. In the
past 15 years, CNA/NNOC has attracted national renown as a leading advocate of guaranteed
healthcare by expanding and updating Medicare to cover all Americans, for negotiating many
of the best collective bargaining contracts for RNs in the nation, and for sponsorship of
innovative legislation and regulatory protections for patients and nurses.
Web: http://www.calnurse.org/ [30 Apr 2011]
California Prison Focus (CPF) We stand up strong against the cruel and torturous
conditions of the California prison system, especially advocating for the immediate shut down
of all SHU (Security Housing Units) cells and similar conditions of solitary confinement. We
publish a quarterly magazine, Prison Focus, distributed free to SHU prisoners, $6 a year to
other prisoners, and $20 a year to former prisoners, their family members, activists, and
friends of CPF. We travel regularly to Pelican Bay and Corcoran state prisons to uncover and
disseminate information on the current conditions prisoners must endure. Address: near
19th Street BART, 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 507, Oakland CA 94612 Voice: (510) 836-
7222 Email: contact@prisons.org Web: http://www.prisons.org [30 Apr 2011]
California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) CPAC brings the resources of the
University of California to address significant healthcare policy issues affecting California's
low-income populations. Through independent research and policy analysis conducted by the
academic community both inside and outside of the University of California, CPAC expands
and enhances dialogue among government officials, healthcare advocates, and academic
researchers. Address: 1950 Addison Street #203, Berkeley CA 94704 Voice: (510) 643-
3140 Fax: (510) 642-7861 Email: cpac@berkeley.edu Web: http://www.ucop.edu/cpac/
[08 Dec 2009]
California Public Health Association - North (CPHA) Provides leadership in the field
of public health by bringing together people whose goal is improving the health of
Californians. Welcomes health professionals, para-professionals, lay persons, and
organizations from a variety of disciplines including nursing, education, laboratory, medicine,
environmental health, social work, administration, nutririon, pharmacy, and community
health. Address: 555 Twelfth Street, 10th floor, Oakland CA 94607-4046 Voice: (925) 680-
1166 Email: office@cphan.org Web: http://www.cphan.org [28 Dec 2010]
California Straw Building Association (CASBA) We’re a non-profit organization whose
members are architects, engineers, builders, and people interested in straw building. Our
mission is to"...further the practice of straw building by exchanging current information and
practical experience, promoting and conducting research and testing, and making that body of
knowledge available to working professionals and the public at large."
Web: http://www.strawbuilding.org [15 Nov 2008]
California Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC) Unites students, campuses, and
campaigns from across California to transform our educational systems into models of
sustainability. Mission is to unite and empower the California community of higher education
to collaboratively and nonviolently transform our selves and our institutions based on our