Stanford University's
Center for
the Study of Poverty and Inequality, fulfilling
their school's
mandate to go beyond education but to
be a force to help solve today's most pressing issues.
Saint Mary's College, a
Lasallian liberal arts college with a strong
commitment to
service and social justice. Of special note,
the Elfenworks Center for the Study of
Fiduciary Capitalism
Mills College of California,
known for excellence in liberal arts,
educating the next generation of socially responsible,
innovative, and creative leaders, announces a
new Center for Socially Responsible Business at the Graduate School of Business.
Golden Gate
University, making high-quality professional-practice
education accessible and transforming students'
lives, careers and communities, and offering a
course examining Hurricaine Katrina, Poverty and the Law.
Educators of Disadvantaged Youth / Youth Nonviolence Groups
Boys Hope Girls Hope, helping academically capable and motivated children-in-need to meet their full potential through opportunities and education.
De Marillac Academy in the dangerous
SF Tenderloin. Providing enhanced safety and additional support to impoverished students and those who educate them.
Heart of America with a new READesign program to revitalize elementary school libraries into warm, friendly places that engage children in learning and foster a love of reading.
Bay Area All Stars, an innovative after-school,
performance-based nonviolence & enrichment program for inner-city youth.
Music Sanctuary Project - a
Guitars Not Guns project which provides
guitar and piano lessons to youth detained and
awaiting deportation or asylum.
Deep Color Arts Program, a transformative program that specifically addresses the challenge of re-directing first time offenders into a mural art project.
Partners - Health & Mental Health
The Carter Center,
advancing human rights & alleviating unnecessary human suffering, they invite us to
join them in creating a world in which everyone has the opportunity to enjoy good health and live in peace. Former First Lady and 2007 In Harmony With Hope Award
recipient Rosalynn Carter's work in destigmatizing mental illness is
highly relevant to our domestic poverty efforts.
Center for Science in the Public Interest working to ensure that all children, no matter what their socioeconomic status is, have access to healthy and nutritious
food daily.
Universal Health Care Action Network, working towards health care
coverage for all of us. (logo redesign, awareness campaign, Joomla based website) more...