Category Archives: Advocacy and Human Rights
Social Justice Collaborative
http://socialjusticecollaborative.org/
SJC is dedicated to the promotion of social welfare through the defense of human and civil rights. We provide free and low-cost legal services to low-income individuals who cannot afford private counsel. SJC ensures that everyone can obtain fair representation … 
Upwardly Global
Today there are more than 1.8 million immigrants in the U.S. who are college-educated, have the legal right to work, but are unemployed or significantly underemployed. In their home countries they were engineers, doctors, scientists, accountants, and nonprofit professionals. In …
Rainbow World Fund
is an international humanitarian charity based in the LGBT and friends community. RWF’s mission is to promote LGBT philanthropy in the area of world humanitarian relief. RWF works to help people who suffer from hunger, poverty, disease, oppression, and war …
Project Homeless Connect – San Francisco
http://www.projecthomelessconnect.com/
Project Homeless Connect strengthens and utilizes collaborations with city agencies, businesses, and organizations to provide comprehensive services at regular events for those who are at risk of becoming homeless, currently homeless, or transitioning from shelter to permanent housing.
International Rescue Committee
http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-northern-california-ca
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced …
Jails to Jobs
Jails to Jobs is an organization that gives ex-offenders the tools they need to find employment. On this website you’ll find a step-by-step plan to follow as you carry out your job search. From researching potential employers and writing resumes …
Centro Legal de la Raza: Youth Law Academy
Centro Legal de la Raza, founded in 1969, provides free or low-cost, bilingual, culturally-sensitive legal aid, community education and advocacy for low-income residents of the Bay Area, including monolingual Spanish speaking immigrants
Asian Law Alliance
http://www.asianlawalliance.org
Since a group of law students from Santa Clara University founded the Asian Law Alliance to provide legal assistance to the Asian Pacific Islander communities over three decades ago, the Asian Law Alliance, a non-profit organization, has become the cornerstone …
San Francisco Women Against Rape
http://www.sfwar.org/volunteers.html
Description of Organization and/or Volunteer Opportunities Available: SFWAR is a women of color led, volunteer-based organization that has provided rape crisis services to survivors of sexual assault for over 30 years. As the primary provider of rape crisis services in …
International Institute of the Bay Area
For ninety years in Northern California, people have trusted the International Institutes to give fair, accurate, and low cost legal advice on more than fifty USCIS federal government procedures that can move you and your families toward becoming US citizens, …
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