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Economics and Class

The Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, http://www.cepr.net/) is committed to presenting economic and social issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options.

www.classmatters.org is run by Betsy Leondar-Wright, author of Class Matters and co-editor of The Color of Wealth. The website discusses issues surrounding class including: Are There Class Cultures?, Classism & Cross-Class Alliances, Class & Community Organizing, and Class & Other Identities.

The Dollars & Sense collective (http://www.dollarsandsense.org/) produces the bi-monthly magazine Dollars & Sense and the Real World college course readers and other texts. They publish economic news and analysis, reports on economic justice activism, primers on economic topics, and critiques of the mainstream media's coverage of the economy.

The Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epinet.org/) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.

Too Much Magazine (http://www.cipa-apex.org/toomuch) is America's only newsletter dedicated to exploring excess and inequality.

United for a Fair Economy’s website (http://www.faireconomy.org/) provides articles, books, curricula, advocacy, public campaigns and programs to raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart.

Progressive Jewish Organizations

Jewish Community Action (http://www.jewishcommunityaction.org/) brings together Jewish people from diverse traditions and perspectives to promote understanding and take action on social and economic justice issues in Minnesota.

The Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (http://www.jcua.org/) combats poverty, racism, and anti-Semitism in partnership with Chicago’s diverse communities.

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (http://www.jfrej.org/) addresses economic and social justice issues by confronting the growing racial and ethnic tension and economic disparity within New York City.

Jews on First (http://www.jewsonfirst.org/) distributes news, articles, and analysis on the First Amendment, separation of church and state, the Christian right, and other related issues.

thepast.info offers The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere: Making Resistance to Antisemitism Part of All of Our Movements, a pamphlet by April Rosenblum that serves as a resource for confronting antisemitism.

Progressive Jewish Alliance (http://www.pjalliance.org/) asserts an authentic progressive Jewish presence in campaigns for economic and social justice in California.

Tekiah (http://www.tekiah.org/) aims to embrace the full spectrum and diversity of the Jewish community with a commitment to fighting for justice by drawing inspiration from Judaism’s rich traditions of activism and organizing.

www.youngjewishandleft.org is the website for a film on young Jewish activists who highlight the plight of an oft-ignored faction of liberal Jews who are facing exclusion because of their progressive politics.

General Social Justice

Generation Five (http://www.generationfive.org/) is devoted to the mission of ending child sexual abuse in five generations. This site provides a wealth of resources for survivors and community members and activists working to end interpersonal and institutional forms of violence.

INCITE (http://www.incite-national.org/) is a national activist organization of radical feminist women of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue, and grassroots organizing.

Tools for Change (http://www.toolsforchange.org/) acknowledges that sustainable democracy and social justice activism has a spiritual component essential to increase our circle of support and energize us for the struggle.

Racism

www.antiracismnet.org provides both an online resource for the activist community and is a portal offering information about anti-racism activities to the general public.

The Applied Research Center (http://www.arc.org/) advances racial justice through research and advocacy. Working through journalism and the mass media, they push a society silenced by guilt and confusion toward a real discussion of racial justice in the 21st century. They publish ColorLines, a national newsmagazine about race and politics.

AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere; http://awarehome.blogspot.com/) brings together white people and people of color in a movement to end racism and systems of supremacy.

The Catalyst Project (http://www.collectiveliberation.org/) enables activists and organizers to work collectively against racism and toward liberation by building alliances and developing leadership.

The Center for Assessment and Policy Development (http://www.capd.org/) has published an excellent article on racism and organizational development called “Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building.”

Colours of Resistance (http://www.colours.mahost.org/) is an organizers and activists network which includes tools, articles, and resources for developing anti-racist, multiracial politics in the movement against global capitalism.

www.evaluationtoolsforracialequity.org helps individuals and groups evaluate their progress in fighting racism and reaching inclusion goals.

Facing Race (http://www.arc.org/content/view/487/113/) is a national conference sponsored by the Applied Research Center and the Center for Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center.

NAME—National Association for Multicultural Education (http://www.nameorg.org/)

NCORE—National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (http://www.ncore.ou.edu/)

The Highlander Research and Education Center (http://www.highlandercenter.org) helps activists in communities in Appalachia and the South to organize at the grassroots level, through education, research, and cultural events.

The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (http://www.pisab.org/) was created to develop more analytical, culturally-rooted, and effective community organizers.

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (http://www.prrac.org/) has an excellent summary of current research on issues of poverty and race.

Project South (http://www.projectsouth.org/) is a leadership development organization based in the southern United States which creates spaces for movement building. They work with communities, strengthen leadership and provide popular political & economic education for personal & social transformation.

RaceWire (http://www.racewire.org/) is the ColorLines blog, published by the Applied Research Center.

Raising Change: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference (http://www.noacentral.org/)

The Western States Center (http://www.westernstatescenter.org/) promotes progressive grassroots democracy and social justice issues by providing a solid network for activists in the eight Western states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Alaska.

White Privilege Conference (http://www.uccs.edu/~wpc/)

Reaching Boys and Men

A Call to Men (http://www.acalltomen.org/), based out of New York city, is a grassroots effort working to engage men to end men’s violence.

Center for the Study of Sport in Society’s (http://www.sportinsociety.org/) program The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Model, a gender violence, bullying, and school violence prevention approach that encourages young men and women from all socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds to take on leadership roles in their schools and communities.

www.jacksonkatz.com has links to videos, books, and training from Jackson Katz in the field of gender violence prevention education with men and boys, particularly in the sports culture and the military.

Man-Making (http://www.man-making.com/), Earl Hipp’s call for men to help boys on their journey towards manhood.

Men Against Violence Against Women (http://www.mavaw.org/) is a creative organization in the Jacksonville, FL area for educating and activating men against male violence including game show presentations and an annual softball tournament.

Men Can Stop Rape (http://www.mencanstoprape.org/) mobilizes male youth to prevent men’s violence against women by building young men’s capacity to challenge harmful aspects of traditional masculinity through their “Men of Strength” clubs and public media campaign.

Men Stopping Violence (http://www.menstoppingviolence.org/), in Atlanta, GA, works locally and nationally to dismantle belief systems, social structures, and institutional practices that oppress women and children and dehumanize men.

The Men's Resource Center for Change, based in Western Massachusetts, offers programs, resources, groups, advocacy, and mobilizations confronting male violence and working for justice. Publishes VoiceMale magazine.

Pip Cornall’s website (http://www.pipcornall.com/) offers articles, links, and information for building sustainable masculinity.

www.rusfunk.com offers articles and trainings by Rus Funk, long-time activist and author of Reaching Men: Strategies for Preventing Sexist Attitudes, Behaviors and Violence.

The White Ribbon Campaign (http://www.whiteribbon.ca) is the largest effort in the world of men working to end men‘s violence against women.

www.xyonline.net contains articles, links, and bibliography about men, gender, violence, and sexism.