COMMUNITY
RESOURCES
This listing is identical to the one in the AFSC Calendar,
"366 Days for Racial Justice".
Although the websites and email addresses are shown below in blue, the links are not "live" and you must copy-and-paste them into your web browser or email program to use them.
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Active
Ingredients www.activeingredients.org Local website
with activist resources. |
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ALAANA (Asian,
Latina, African American, Native American and Allies) Franklin
Community Action Corporation Aida Martinez 413.774.7028 /
amartinez@fcac.net Focused on
creating a safe place for young people of color. |
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All Soul’s
Unitarian Universalist Church Social Action
Committee Molly Chambers Hope and Main
Streets Greenfield,
MA 01301 413.773.5018 /
mchambers@fchcc.org |
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Alternatives
to Violence Project Box 2341,
Amherst, MA 01004 claudetellier@hotmail.com Provides
workshops in prisons by training teams of community members and prisoners. |
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Amalgamated
Transit Union Local 448 640 Page Blvd. Springfield, MA
01104 413.732.8041 / atu448@berkshire.net / www.atu.org/ Part of the
largest labor organization representing transit workers in the US and Canada. |
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Amandla
Community Chorus P.O. Box 223 Greenfield, MA
01302 Eveline
MacDougall 413.773.8655 A community
chorus that celebrates life and to reflect and articulate social concerns. |
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American Civil
Liberties Union of Western Massachusetts Bill Newman 39 Main St. Florence,
MA 01062 413.586.9115 /
www.aclu.org |
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American
Friends Service Committee 140 Pine
Street, Rm. 10 Florence,
MA 01062 413.584.8975 /
afsc@crocker.com / www.WesternMassAFSC.org A grassroots
social justice and peace organization. |
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Anti-Displacement
Project 130 Union St. Springfield,
MA 01105 413.739.7233 /
info@a-dp.org / www.a-dp.org/ A membership
organization of low-income families building new institutions they control. |
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Arise for
Social Justice 94 Rifle St. Springfield,
MA 01105 413.734.4948 /
arise@riseup.net / www.angelfire.com/ma4/arise/ A low-income rights,
anti-oppression membership organization in western Massachusetts. |
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Bill of Rights
Defense Committee 241 King St.,
Suite 216 Northampton,
MA 01060 413.582.0110 / www.bordc.org / info@bordc.org Encourages local
communities to take an active role in working for civil liberties. |
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Boys and Girls
Club of Greater Holyoke Laurie Millman 70 Cosmos
Way, P.O. Box 6256 Holyoke,
MA 01041 413. 534.7366
/ lmillman@hbgc.org Supports
youth. Celebrates Latino History Month, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s
birthday, and Black History Month. |
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Brit Tzedek
v'Shalom Jewish
Alliance for Justice and Peace, Western Mass. chapter Co-chairs:
Nancy Felton and Carolyn Toll Oppenheim A national
organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel's well-being through
the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |
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Buddhist Peace
Fellowship New England
Regional Office Maia Duerr 413.563.5197 /
ne-bpf@bpf.org Pioneer Valley
Chapter Emilie
Woodward 413.586.0474 /
emiliewoodward@hotmail.com 140 Pine St., Rm.
10 Florence,
MA 01062 Committed to
examining our own privilege and internalized oppression and to fostering
public dialogue and deep listening.
Open to all Buddhist traditions. |
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Casa Latina Florence
Community Center 140 Pine St.,
Room 6 Florence, MA
01062 413.586.1569 /
casal@map.com Promotes
Latino empowerment and cultural pride in Hampshire County through service,
education, facilitation, dialogue and action. |
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Center for
Popular Economics P.O. Box 785 Amherst, MA
01004 413.545.0743 /
Programs@PopularEconomics.org / www.populareconomics.org A non-profit
organization that teaches economic literacy to activists for progressive
social change. |
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Christ’s
Community Church of Chicopee, UCC Rev. Kelly
Gallagher 103
Springfield Street Chicopee,
MA 01013 413.592.6007 /
kgaljcom@crocker.com A United
Church congregation seeking to be a relevant voice for justice and peace in
the community of Chicopee. |
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Coalition for
a Safe Community 413.774.7469 ext.
13 Established 12
years ago in response to increased violence in Franklin County, the Coalition
sponsors a Week of Awareness each spring, including a Take Back Our Lives
March and Rally and other events focused on prevention of violence, primarily
violence against women. |
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Community
Crisis Support Service Barbara
Russell: 413.772.0582 The CCSS is a
team of trained volunteers who provide support and assistance to communities
and groups affected by violence, crime, and other tragedies. |
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Conscious
Communication Institute Sandra Boston 413.774.5952 Offers an
eight week training in Basic Skills for Conscious Communication, active study
groups and a teacher training program. |
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Department of
Mental Health Western
Massachusetts Area P.O. Box 389 Northampton,
MA 01061-0389 413. 587.6200 Supports the
work of the Cultural Diversity Committee. |
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Dunbar
Community Center, Inc. Natasha George 33 Oak St. Springfield,
MA 01109 413.788.6143 Provides
opportunities to understand youth and families through social and cultural
development, education, recreation, advocacy and support, mentoring and
access to technology. |
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European
Dissent – Uprooting Racism in our Community Greenfield, MA Sharin Alpert
413.625.2951 / shen@crocker.com Self-education,
discussion, and action group for anti-racist whites in Greenfield/Franklin
County area. |
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Everywoman’s
Center Sandy Mandel Wilder Hall University of
Massachusetts Amherst, MA
01003 413.545.5827 /
www.umass.edu/ewc Counseling and advocacy programs
for women. |
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Franklin/Hampshire
Health Coalition George and
Arky Markham, 413.586.0345 Meets the
third Tuesday, 7:30pm, Community Room of the Cahill Apartments, Northampton;
working for Working for Single-Payer Health Care legislation. |
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GLASS (Gay,
Lesbian, and Straight Society) Brandin Dear:
413.774.7028 A group for
young people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or
questioning, and their allies. |
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GRACE (Get
Real and Create Equality) Franklin
Community Action Corporation Jen Jakowski 413.774.7028
ext. 106 jjakowski@fcac.net Weekly drop-in
group led by peer leaders on social justice and conflict resolution. Mon. and
Wed. afternoons, ages 12-18. |
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Greenfield
Center School 71 Montague
City Road Greenfield,
MA 01301 413.773.1700 /
www.centerschool.net |
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Greensboro
Justice Fund P.O. Box 1594 Northampton,
MA 01061 413.584.1079 /
Toll-free: 877.585.6606 / martygjf@attbi.com
/ http://www.gjf.org Educates the
general public with regard to the origins, symptoms, manifestations, dangers
and injustices of discrimination and supports organizations in the south that
work against discrimination by providing direct charitable aid. |
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Hampshire
Community Action Commission 557
Easthampton Rd Northampton,
MA 01060 413.582.4237 800.339.7779 http://www.hcac.org/ A non-profit,
human service agency whose mission is to address both the causes and the
effects of poverty. The organization
provides services and advocates for social change to improve the quality of
life for residents of Hampshire County and the surrounding area. |
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Holyoke
Community College 303 Homestead
Avenue Holyoke,
MA 01040 413.538.7000 /
www.hcc.edu |
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Holyoke Youth
Task Force and Youth Commission 20 Korean
Veteran’s Plaza, Rm. 409, Holyoke, MA
01040 413.322.5578/ jkumble@ci.holyoke.ma.us
Reducing
racism as a barrier to academic success among Holyoke youth. |
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Holyoke Youth
Task Force and Youth Commission 20 Korean
Veterans Plaza, Rm. 409 Holyoke,
MA 01040 413.322.5578 Working to
reduce racism as a barrier to academic success among Holyoke youth. |
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Indymedia www.wmass.indymedia.org/ An independent
media site. |
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Jones Library English As A
Second Language (ESL) Center Lynn Weintraub 43 Amity
Street Amherst,
MA 01002 413.256.4090 /
joneslibraryesl@hotmail.com
/ www.joneslibrary.org Volunteer
tutor training and tutoring. |
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Karuna Center
for Peace Building 447 West St. A U.S.-based
nonprofit organization that offers international training programs in
conflict transformation, intercommunal dialogue, and reconciliation. |
La ClaveP.O. Box 546 Holyoke, MA
01040 413.218-7936 /
laclave@comcast.net A free
publication serving Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Amherst and Northampton. |
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Martin Luther
King Junior Community Center Dora Robinson 3 Rutland
Street Springfield,
MA 01109 413.746.3655 Comprehensive
youth and community development programs. |
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Mass Justice
Project 57 Suffolk
Street, Suite 401 Holyoke,
MA 01040 413.533.2660 Offers legal
help with civil issues such as housing, domestic relations and government
benefits. Also has a farm worker
unit. |
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Massachusetts
Citizens Against the Death Penalty Hampden County
Chapter (MCADP-Hampden) Saul Finestone 471 Frank
Smith Rd Longmeadow,
MA 01106 413.567.3451 /
mcadp1@aol.com |
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Massachusetts
Commission on Indian Affairs Western
Massachusetts Region Troy Phillips,
Commissioner 154 Carson Ave.
Apt #B Dalton,
MA 01226 413.684.3227 /
T3runwolf@aol.com |
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Media
Education Foundation (MEF) MEF produces and distributes video
documentaries to encourage critical thinking and debate about the
relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the
democratic demand for free flows of information, diverse representations of
ideas and people, and informed citizen participation. |
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Men’s Resource
Center 236 N.
Pleasant Street Amherst,
MA 01002 413.253.9887 /
www.mensresourcecenter.org Dedicated to
supporting men, challenging men’s violence and developing men’s leadership in
ending oppression. Has Young Men of
Color Leadership Project. |
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MLK Jr.
Committee of Amherst, Inc. |
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Mount Toby
Meeting of Friends (Quakers) 194 Long Plain
Road (Route 63) Leverett, MA
01054 Meeting phone:
413.548.9188 Clerk: David
Ahlfeld, 413.253.5687 All
welcome. Has a strong peace and
social justice mission. |
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National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Amherst Bill Norris P.O. Box 175 Amherst, MA
01004 413.253.9842 /
william.norris4@verizon.net National
non-political advocacy group for African-Americans and other persons of
color. |
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National
Priorities Project 17 New South St.
#302 Northampton,
MA 01060 413.584.9556 /
info@natprior.org
/ www.natprior.org Offers citizen
and community groups across the country tools and resources to shape federal
budget and policy priorities that promote social and economic justice. |
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Nipponzan
Myohoji Peace Pagoda 100 Cave Hill
Rd Leverett, MA
01054 413.367.2202 /
www.peacepagoda.org The Nippozan
Myohoji is most well known for their construction of Peace Pagodas throughout
the world. They build these pagodas
as offerings for world peace, and think of them as “a prayer of the spirit
made manifest form.” Locally
Nipponzan Myohoji initiates state-wide walks to help bring about justice and
peace. |
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Northampton
Center for the Arts 17 New South St.,
Suite 303 Northampton,
MA 01060 413.584.7327 /
www.nohoarts.org/ Dedicated to
providing a place where people can dance, display art, make music, perform
theatre and be immersed in the creative process. |
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Northampton
High School 380 Elm St. Northampton,
MA 413.587.1344 413.587.1344 /
www.hamphigh.org/ |
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Northampton
Human Rights Commission Northampton
City Hall 210 Main St., Rm.
12 Northampton,
MA 01060 413.587.1249 Educates and
advocates around issues of human and civil rights. This year, among other
projects, the Commission is co-organizing a series of study groups on racism. |
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Northampton
Interparish Social Concerns Committee Sarita Hudson 413.732.3175 /
s.Hudson@diospringfield.org |
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Northampton Meeting of Friends (Quakers) 43 Center
Street, 2nd Floor Northampton,
MA 01060 Meeting phone:
413.587.4622 Clerk: Jenny Foster, 413.585.0863 All welcome. Has a strong peace and social justice mission. |
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Nuestras
Raices 329 Main
Street Holyoke,
MA 01040 413.535.1789 /
www.nuestras-raices.org A grassroots
organization that promotes economic, human and community development in
Holyoke. |
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Nueva
Esperanza 401 Main
Street Holyoke, MA
01040 413.533.9442 Community
development corporation dedicated to neighborhood revitalization and
community education. |
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Out Now! Holly
Richardson 125 Main
Street Springfield,
MA 01105 413.736.4610 An LGBTTSQQA
youth organization of greater Springfield.
Holds regular group meetings on Fridays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm |
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Pioneer Valley
Project/Proyecto del Valle Pionero 235 Eastern Ave. Springfield,
MA 01109 413.827.0781 pvp.general@verizon.net A membership
organization of congregations, unions, and community groups working to
relieve conditions of poverty, racism, discrimination, dependence,
unemployment, and to prevent further deterioration of our communities. |
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Prison Book
Project 413.584.8975 x
208 Providing free
books to prisoners. Meets every
Sunday at 1:00pm at First Churches Northampton. |
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Project 2050
of the New WORLD Theatre Uday
Joshi 100
Hicks Way, Room 16 Curry Hicks, 413.577.2990
/ http://www.newworldtheater.org/ A multi-year
exploration of the year when it is projected that people of color will become
the majority in the United States. Addressing the issues compelled by these
changing demographics, the project engages professional artists, youth
communities, scholars, and community activists in civic dialogue and artistic
creation. |
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Root 9
Collective 413.586.4792 A local
activist/artist collective engaged in social justice struggles. |
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Sirius
Community 72 Baker Rd Shutesbury,
MA 01072 413.259.1251 /
Sirius@siriuscommunity.org
/ www.siriuscommunity.org |
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Social Workers
for Peace and Justice Pioneer Valley
Chapter c/o 33
Ridgewood Terrace Northampton,
MA 01060 413.586.0345 /
almasiano@hotmail.com Works on
issues that promote peace and justice in our society and world. |
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Solidaridad
Colombia 413.584.8975 /
http://www.westernmassafsc.org/colombia/index.html Supports
Colombian and U.S. efforts for justice and peace. |
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Springfield
Harm Reduction Coalition Holly
Richardson 413.348.8234 A statewide
network of groups and individuals working to reduce drug-related harms, to
individuals, communities and society and to oppose all prison expansion. |
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Springfield
Vietnamese Civic Association 433 Belmont
Avenue Springfield,
MA 01108 413.733.9373 /
www.svacaconversent.net A
community-based civic association offering services and cultural outlets. |
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The Islamic
Society of Western Massachusetts 377 Amostown
Road West
Springfield, MA 01089 413. 788.7546 |
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The Palestine
Action Coalition westmasspac@westmasspac.org Works to educate
and inform students and community in the Pioneer Valley about issues facing Palestinians,
and to advocate for a peaceful resolution to the Israel/Palestine conflict. |
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Traprock Peace
Center Sunny Miller 103A Keets
Road Deerfield,
MA 01342 413.773.7427 /
www.traprockpeace.org Exploring Nonviolence, Fostering
Community, Working to end war. |
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Undoing
Racism Organizing Collective
(UROC) Ann,
413.736.5136, Lisa, 413.367.2190, Marco 413.746.1960, or Mary, 413.586.9988 A
network of anti-racist organizers in Western Massachusetts whose mission is
to organize, educate, communicate, and provide resources to undo racism in
our families, communities, and institutions.
Every October, UROC hosts an Undoing Racism Organizing Training by the
People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond. |
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Unitarian
Society of Northampton and Florence Diverse and
Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM) 220 Main
Street Northampton,
MA 01060 413.584.1390 /
office@uunorthampton.org |
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Unitarian
Universalist Society of Greater Springfield Journey Toward
Wholeness Transformation Team 245 Porter
Lake Dr. Springfield,
MA 01106 413.736.2324 /
uusgs@uuspringfield.org |
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United Auto
Workers Local 2322 Open Square 383 Dwight St. Holyoke,
MA 01040 413.584.4905 /
800.682.0269 / uaw2322@uaw2322.org / www.uaw2322.org Over 3500
workers from 14 employers united in an amalgamated local of the United
Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW),
with members in virtually every sector of the economy. |
Valley War BulletinA monthly free
publication dedicated to covering the war at home and abroad. 413.584.8975 /
http://www.westernmassafsc.org/vwb/ |
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Western Mass Committee
on Corporations and Democracy Ward Morehouse
and Carolyn Toll Oppenheim 413.540.0149 /
ctollopp@publicpurposecommunications.com Kate Harris, 413
586 5516 / kate@earthlovers.org |
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Western Mass.
A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) Organizing Center 413.538.8537 /
wmassiac@hotmail.com Information,
activism, and resistance to U.S. militarism, sinking with struggles against
racism and oppression |
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Western
Massachusetts Center for Healthy Communities Gail Weirick 489 Whitney Ave.,
2nd floor Holyoke,
MA 01040 413.540.0600 /
Gail_Weirick@cooley-dickinson.org
/ www.westernmasshealthycommunities.org Offers
training, consultation and a full lending library as resources for prevention
and assistance. |
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Western
Massachusetts Jobs with Justice 640 Page Blvd. Springfield,
MA 01104 413.262.7689 /
wmjwj@hge.net
WMass Jobs
with Justice is a grassroots, non-partisan coalition of over 40 union,
student, faith-based and community organizations and individuals working
together to build unity and support for the struggles of working class
people. |
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White People
Addressing Racism – A Twelve Step Approach Judith S. C/O Skillings P.O. Box 503 Leverett,
MA 01054 413.549.4837 /
skillingsj@netzero.net A twelve-step
approach to addressing addiction to the white comfort zone and/or the false
entitlements of white privilege. |
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Women’s
Congress for Peace Emily Lewis www.womenscongressforpeace.org A diverse
group of women activists, united in their commitment to building communities
based on equality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and
non-violent means of resolving conflict. |
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Youth
Leadership in the Arts c/o Casa
Latina 140 Pine St. Florence, MA
01062 1.800.850.3880
ext. 3313 youth2lead@hotmail.com Young artists
and activists working for change in their communities. |
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Zen Center Catherine
Hondorp 78 Main St.,
Suite 209 Northampton,
MA 01060 413.586.8222 /
www.zenonmain.org Intentional
and conscious exploration of race and privilege, and how it manifests in our
communities. |