Anthropology Courses
 Making a Difference

Organization

Contact

Issues

SCCC Seminar Group

Dannielle Mckenzie 
E-Mail: mckend@u.washington.edu

 

SCCC students and faculty hold weekly meetings to discuss current issues, books, etc…. Meetings are held on Sundays @3:00 pm in Bill's of Broadway (check for changes days/times)

Adbusters Magazine

General Inquiry: info@adbusters.org

Phone:604-736-9401

Adbusters is a publication dedicated to liberating people from capitalism and supporting human rights.

Earth Policy Institute

epi@earthpolicy.org

202.496.9290

Earth Policy Institute distributes books about change in the environment through major distributors to achieve a wider audience and help affect change.

NAACP

NAACP.org

Promotes and works for racial equality.

National Organization for Women

info@NOWseattle.org

206-632-8547

NOW’s goal is to take action and bring about equality for all women.

Landmark Education

400 North 34th St
Ste 205

Seattle, WA 98103

206.545.3730

Empowering people and organizations to empower themselves and teaching them tools to live life powerfully and live lives they love.

ElderFriends: Volunteer Companionship Network

800 Jefferson St.

Seattle, WA. 98104

206-224-2790

Our mission is to relieve isolation and loneliness among isolated “shut-in” elders through friendly visits.

Massive change

www.massivechange.com

Informs the public about the effects of consumption and production with a view of a sustainable future

Ananda Seattle

www.anandaseattle.org

206-523-4343

A non-secular worship center focused on building the individual and the community.

Women’s Program  Seattle Central

Fine Arts Building

Room 202

(206) 587 – 3854

Financial assistance for women attending Seattle Central Community College. 

Seattle Union Gospel Mission

3800 South Othello Street

Seattle, WA 98118

(206) 723 – 0767

ugmissn@ugm.org

Helps the community reach out with compassion to those who have lost hope.

International District Housing Alliance

www.idhousingalliance.org
206-623-5132

Helps immigrants with limited English speaking and low-income families find housing.

Seattle Young People’s Project (SYPP)

info@sypp.org

206-860-9606

A youth-led adult supported organization that empowers youth to express themselves and take action on issues that affect their lives.

Global Education Design Team

206-587-5411

yilsun@sccd.ctc.edu

Committed to fostering campus-wide awareness and understanding of international issues and global connectedness.

Neighborhood House

www.nhwa.org

206-461-8430

Helps immigrants, refugees, and low-income people overcome economic, educational and employment challenges.

National Association for Multi-Cultural Education

www.nameorg.org

301-951-0022

An organization that brings together individuals and groups with an interest in multicultural education from all levels.

Community Alliance for Global Justice

206-405-4600

Believes that the global economy should embody the core values of social justice, environmental sustainability, democracy and self-determination.

Planned Parenthood

www.plannedparenthood.org

1-800-230-PLAN

The nation’s leading sexual and reproductive healthcare advocate and provider, working to ensure that all women and men have the right and the means to meet their sexual and reproductive needs.

Peace Corps

Peacecorps.com

This is an organization with hosts in 183 countries; a person will volunteer one year. They agree to do various acts of humanity.

Global Partnerships

Globalpartnerships.org

This organization does microlending with mostly lower-class Latin American women.

Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood

Judge Baker Children Center

53 Parker Hill Ave.

Boston MA 02120

617-278-4172

ccfc@jbcc.harvard.edu

A group that focuses on getting rid of the commercialization of children so they can grow freely.

NOMAS National Organization for Men Against Sexism

NOMAS

PO Box 455

Louisville, CO 80027-0455

info@nomas.org

NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men’s lives, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities.

Surrealist Movement & Race Traitor Literature

The Chicago Surrealist Group

1740 West Greenleaf Ave.

Chicago, IL 60626

(773)465-7774

http://www.surrealistmovement-usa.org

Race Traitor

PO Box 499

Dorchester, MA 02122

http://racetraitor.org

The Chicago Surrealist Group formed in the summer of 1966 as a collection of individuals staunchly opposed to Euro-American white power structures. Their website is free and includes many writings on abolishing whiteness and other topics regarding the rejection of white patriarchal system. The Race Traitor is literature that is published quarterly and can be issued upon subscription.

EAT THE STATE!

Eat The State!
P.O.Box 85541
Seattle,WA, 98145 USA

eatthestate.org
206-719-6947

EAT THE STATE! is a shamelessly biased political journal. We want an end to poverty, exploitation, imperialism, militarism, racism, sexism, heterosexism, environmental destruction, television, and large ugly buildings, and we want  it fucking now. We are not affiliated with any political group or party. We publish EAT THE STATE as a not-for-profit way of sharing information, resources, opinions, and hopefully inspiring ACTION in our community. Please help! (from their masthead)

Class Matters

Classmatters.com

Movements for social change are stronger when people from more classes are involved!

Hunger Site

Thehungersite.com

An organization with stats about world hunger, information, and ways to donate to those less fortunate. 

Washington State Jobs with Justice

www.wsjwj.org

Campaign for workers right. “We believe that all people should have the right to a job and job security.”

Seattle Central Community College Students Against WAR!

Neoscccsasaw@yahoo/groups.com or armless2@snowboard.com

Spread humanity and to end social injustice.

Youth Undoing Institutional Racism (YUIR)

www.resistc.org/newsletters/issues/2002/09/jackon.html

The youth in YUIR educate other youth about their culture, as well as institutional racism and how they can take action to undo racism in their schools and communities.

45th Street Clinic

1629 North 45th St. Seattle WA, 98013-6701

206 633-3350

Providing cheap health care, prescriptions and medication for those in need, based on that need. 

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

NWIRP.org

Advances the legal rights and dignity of low-income immigrants in Washington State by pursuing their legal representation, education and public policy.

NOW:  The Seattle Chapter of the National Organization for Women

www.nowseattle.org

“Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women.  NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all sectors of society.”

Critical Mass

5:00 at Red Square, then 5:30 at Westlake

Ride bikes in mass in defiance of cars

CARW – Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites

info@carw.org

Phone#: Delila 206 – 200-7971

www.carw.org

Monthly Educational meetings, forum for sharing information about anti-racism events in the broader community, as well as  news and articles, strategy meetings, support for people of color led groups, anti-racisism workshops for white folks

November

http://www.november.org/

 

Working to end drug war injustice, the November Coalition, a non-profit grassroots organization, was founded in 1997.

 

The Hunger Site

Tim Kunin and Greg Hasterberg

www.thehungersite.com

Originally launched in June 1999, The Hunger Site focuses the power of the internet on a specific humanitarian need, the eradication of world hunger.  On average over 220,000 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the “give free food” button and help feed the hungry.

Apa Online

Collaborative Project

 

http://www.apa.org

http://www.collaborativeproject.org

http://race.eserver.org

These are a few organizations that are trying to fight racism. It’s more directed in the area of whites against racism.

Lambert House

15th Ave E. & Denny Way

P.O. box 23111

Seattle, WA  98102

206.322.2515

Lambert House creates safe, nurturing, and empowering spaces for queer youth and their allies.

Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality (RCME)

1122 E. Pike St. #1243

Seattle, WA  98122

RCME is an ecumenical organization, advocating the inclusion of same sex couples into the legal institution of marriage in Washington State and the United States.  They also advocate for related human rights issues.

Noel House Programs

120 Bell Street #103

Seattle, WA  98121

206.441.3210

info@noelhouse.org

Noel House and its parent organizations assist low-income and homeless women and children with finding shelter, food, and community.

Partners In Health (PIH)

641 Huntington Ave., First Floor

Boston, MA 02115

617.432.5256

info@pih.org

PIH works in resource-poor areas of the world, advocating for better health through social justice and medical programs.

Project Access

304 Summit St.

Asheville, NC  28803

828.274.6989

Project Access is a community based effort to provide free and sliding scale primary care to the residents of a poor, partly rural county.  It is an effective model and information resource.

The Seattle Peace Heathens

http://seattlecrisis.org

 

 

http://seattlehempfest.org

The Seattle Peace Heathens Community Action Group has been involved with building community for the last 17 years. Our main claim to fame is the Crisis Resource Directory, an online and hard-copy guide to all of the emergency services provided in the city of Seattle, that are either free, or sliding scale fees.  The Seattle Peace Heathens are also the steering committee for Seattle Hempfest, which has been fighting for social justice, and against the ‘class war’ for the last 16 years.

The NW Network

http://www.nwnetwork.com/

PO Box 20398

Seattle, WA 98102

The NW Network increases our communities’ ability to support the self-determination and safety of bisexual, transgendered, lesbian, and gay survivors of abuse through education, organizing and advocacy.

Kiva

http://www.kiva.org/

Interest-free loans to individuals who need it. The website allows users to go online, make a loan (minimum 25 dollars) to the person of their choosing, and watch it get used then payed back within the next year or so.

Northwest Immigration Rights Project (NWIRP)

http://www.nwirp.org

NWIRP is committed to defending and advancing the legal rights and well-being of low-income immigrants and refugees in Washington state.

Team Victory

www.teamvictorywillwin.org

We are a dedicated group of individuals with concern for the future. We are sick to death of the inequalities created by capitalism and neoliberal trade policies as well as the destruction of our world. We believe that it is time for the workers of the world to form one big union and democratically control the means of production

Passages  northwest

www.passagesnw.org

At passages northwest we are dedicated to edjucating and motivating girls to develop leadership and courage through the integrated exploration of the arts and the natural environment.

The LDS (Morman) Humanitarian Services

www.Providentliving.org

Humanitarian Services: 801-240-1201

Email:  LDS-Charities@ldschurch.org

For millions of people in need around the world, the humanitarian out reach program of the LDS Church offers hope and potential far a life that transcends disease, poverty, and despair.

Artist trust

www.artisttrust.org

Provides funds, aids, & placement help for artists based out of capital hill.

Government Accountability Project (GAP)

http://www.whistleblower.org

 

We are a 30-year-old nonprofit public interest group that promotes government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers, and empowering citizen activists. We pursue this mission through our Nuclear Safety, International Reform, Corporate Accountability, Food & Drug Safety, and Federal Employee/National Security programs. GAP is the nation's leading whistleblower protection organization.

World vision

P o box 9716 dept. w

Federal Way,  Wa 98063

Email: info@worldvision.org

Phone: 1-888-511-6548

World vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty

Treehouse

www.treehouse4kids.org

Phone: (206) 767-7000

Support foster children in our community with much needed services, such as: paying fees for extra-curricular programs, summer camp, clothing, haircuts, birthday/x-mas gifts, and educational support services

International Monetary Fund

IMF Center

Tel: (202)623-8695

Email: imfcenter@imf.org

Promotes international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange management

UNESCO

www.unesco.org

Aid peace by advancing international relations in education, science and culture

Seattle Tilth

www.seattletilth.org

Local Organic Food Cooperatives, Community P-Patches, Urban Agriculture, Gardening Classes, Urban Conservation including Composting and Rainwater Catchment

Out and Equal

info@outandequal.org

A National Organization devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality in the workplace

National Center for science education

ncseoffice@nsceweb.org

To keep creationism out of the science class room

Global Warming

Globalwarming.org

To raise awareness and provide information on global warming.

Architecture  2030

Architecture2030.com

Rapidly accelerating climate change caused by greenhouse gas emission is severely effecting the climate of our earth. Immediate action in the US building Sector is essential if we are to avoid hazardous climate change.

Old Dog Haven

http://olddoghaven.org

360.653.0311

Finds homes and foster care for old and infirm dogs in WA.

Grand Illusion Cinema

www.grandillusioncinema.org

206.523.3935

All volunteer run non-profit cinema in the UDistrict.

Home Alive

www.homealive.org

206.323.HOME

Anti-violence non-profit organization located on Capital Hill teaching self-defense, public education and awareness.

A.W.A.R.E. – Association for White Anti-Racist Education

Email Tim Wise at timjwise@msn.com for information

Tim Wise’s writing and speeches are intended to educate and enlighten people on the “savage inequalities” among races in our society.

ADDA Asociacion Defensa Derecho Animal

www.addaong.org

adda@addaong.org

Cruel Festivals with Animals (Bullfights)

EFF – Electronic Frontier Foundation

information@eff.org

www.eff.org

 

Defending digital rights and fighting for digital freedoms in court.