RESOURCES

Civic Engagement

Alternatives for Community & Environment
http://www.ace-ej.org

Advocates of environmental justice for low income communities in New England.

American Friends Service Committee
http://www.afsc.org

Quaker organization dedicated to peace and justice.

American Orthopsychiatric Association
http://www.amerortho.org

Organization, once chaired by Karl Linn, supporting civic engagement and non-violent communication.

Beloved Communities Initiative
http://www.belovedcommunitiesnet.org

Network of communities informed by the thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and committed to the pursuit of justice, radical inclusivity, health and spiritual wholeness.

Center for Communication & Civic Engagement
http://depts.washington.edu/ccce

Promotes citizen engagement through research, education and web-based network resources.

Center for Democracy and Citizenship
http://www.publicwork.org

Develops citizenship initiatives around the concept of public work, including an international youth civic education initiative and community learning centers.

Center for Nonviolent Communication
http://www.cnvc.org

International training & peacemaking organization, created by Marshall B. Rosenberg, provides support for the living of nonviolent communication in community.

Digital Library of the Commons
http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu

Online gateway to international literature on the commons. Searchable full-text articles, papers, and dissertations; and the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons.

Grassroots Global Justice
http://www.ggjalliance.org

An alliance of U.S.-based grassroots groups organizing to empower the working poor in a local and global context.

Institute of Policy Studies
http://www.ips-dc.org

Think tank researching sustainability, participatory democracy, human rights, diversity and international law.

Journal for Civic Commitment
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/Journal

Online journal about civic engagement.

Media Access Project
http://www.mediaaccess.org

Promotes right to hear & be heard on electronic media.

On the Commons
http://onthecommons.org

Project of Tomales Bay Institute on public commons and how to justly and sustainably manage resources.

Poverty & Race Research Action Council
http://www.prrac.org

Civil rights policy organization that advocates strategic solutions to inequality in housing, education, and health.

Public Conversations Project
http://www.publicconversations.org

Helps communities with fundamental disagreements over divisive issues to develop mutual understanding.

Raise Your Voice
http://www.actionforchange.org

Campaign to increase college student involvement in public life and make civic engagement central to learning.

Urban Habitat
http://urbanhabitat.org

Organization co-founded by Carl Anthony and Karl Linn to advance economic, environmental and social justice in low-income communities in the San Francisco area.