Direct Action Welfare Group:
A grassroots group of current and former public assistance
recipients in West Virginia who work on welfare and poverty issues.
http://www.geocities.com/itsdadawg/
LIFETIME:
LIFETIME is a nonprofit organization created by student mothers at
the University of California Berkeley who completed college degrees
while raising their families on welfare, and who are committed to
helping other do the same.
http://www.geds-to-phds.org
Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition:
WROC of Olympia, Washington, organizes groups of women and men who
are current or former TANF recipients to watch how welfare and
family policy is implemented on the local and federal level.
http://www.wroc.org
LINC Project:
A source of information for and about grassroots groups nationwide
who are organizing to confront welfare and poverty issues.
http://www.lincproject.org
Affirmative Options Coalition:
Statewide coalition advocating and organizing for a comprehensive
approach to welfare reform and economic security in Minnesota.
http://www.mncn.org/ao/
Community Voices Heard:
Community Voices Heard (CVH) is an organization of low-income
people, predominately women on welfare, working together to make
improvements in our community, and advance the political, economic
and social rights of low-income people on welfare and other low-wage
workers.
http://www.cvhaction.org
Working for Equality and Economic Liberation:
WEEL works to hold those in power accountable to families instead of
profits. Weel works on the state(Montana), local, and national
level.
http://www.weelempowers.org/
National Welfare Engine:
Works to bring grassroots organizations, working on welfare issues,
together to share information and resources. Houses a national
speakers bureau and links to various sites throughout the US.
http://www.welfareengine.org/
J.E.D.I. for Women:
Our goal is to improve the lives of women in Utah by improving their
economic security through access to affordable quality childcare,
healthcare, housing, and jobs that offer a living wage.
http://www.jedi4women.org/index.htm
Grass Roots Organizing for Welfare Leadership (GROWL):
A national movement of welfare rights and economic justice
organizations that challenges the dominant framework around welfare
reform from a grassroots perspective
http://ctwo.org/growl/
Re-visioning New Mexico:
We are a coalition of twenty-three community and labor organizations
working to change policies and economics in New Mexico.
http://www.nmpace.org/Index.htm
Montana People's Action:
A socially and racially diverse organization of low and moderate
income Montanans. We empower our members to achieve lasting change
for social and economic justice using Direct Action.
http://www.mtpaction.org/
Welfare Warriors:
Work to create a voice for mothers in poverty through our
organization and media.
http://www.execpc.com/~wmvoice/
Californians for Justice:
A statewide grassroots organization working to empower communities
that have been pushed to the margins of the political process in
California.
http://www.caljustice.org/
National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support:
The National Campaign is a national coalition of grassroots
organizations in 40 states that seeks to advance progressive
anti-poverty policies at the state and national levels.
http://www.nationalcampaign.org/
Solutions:
Solutions to Issues of Concern to Knoxvilliansis a grassroots social
justice organization that seeks to unite diverse people, regardless
of their age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, income,
or background, to work for changes on issues of common concern.
http://www.korrnet.org/solutions/
Ohio Empowerment Coalition:
The OEC is made up of welfare rights groups from across the State of
Ohio. We are the voice of those affected by welfare and welfare
reform. We are the parents and the individuals who truly know what
will get us out of poverty: jobs at livable wages along with quality
child care, quality health care and quality housing all of which
need to be affordable.
http://www.overtherhine.org/contactcenter/oec/
Wider Opportunities for Women:
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) works nationally and in its home
community of Washington, DC to achieve economic independence and
equality of opportunity for women and girls. WOW has been
instrumental in developing self-sufficiency studies for several
states.
http://www.wowonline.org/Default.htm
Wisconsin 9 to 5:
Anational grassroots membership organization that strengthens
women's ability to work for economic justice.
http://www.9to5.org/
Philadelphia Unemployment Project:
The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is a membership organization
of low-wage workers and the unemployed. PUP has fought for jobs and
for economic justice since 1975. We are also an unemployed workers
center that helps people win unemployment cases, save their houses,
and get access to health care.
http://www.philaup.org/
Families United for Racial and Economic Equality:
FUREE is a multiracial, woman led membership organization made up of
low-income and no-income workers. We are organizing to affect the
welfare system so that all people's work is valued and all people
have the right to not only choose their own destinies but to earn
the economic means to live out those destinies.
http://www.fifthave.org/Organizing/FUREE.htm
Grass Roots Organizing:
GRO- Grass Roots Organizing is agrassroots organization that gives
voice to individuals and communities in the pursuit of economic and
human rights.
http://www.gromo.org/
Idaho Community Action Network:
Through ICAN, low-income Idaho families have a voice in the
decisions that impact their lives.
http://www.nwfco.org/Idaho/icn.html
Just Harvest:
A membership organization which promotes economic justice and works
to influence public policy and to educate, empower, and mobilize the
citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
http://trfn.clpgh.org/harvest/
POWER:
POWER is an organization made up of and led by no- and low-wage
workers fighting for real change.
http://www.fairwork.org/
Make The Road By Walking:
Make the Road by Walking is a not-for-profit, membership-led
organization based in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Our members are primarily
low-income Latino and African-American residents of Bushwick and
surrounding neighborhoods. Make the Road by Walking fights for
justice and opportunity through community organizing on issues of
concern to our multi-generational membership.
http://www.maketheroad.org/
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition:
The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition is
committed to promoting the rights, opportunities, and well-being of
immigrant and refugee communities. Our work focuses on policy
advocacy, public education, capacity building and leadership
development in newcomer communities.
http://www.miracoalition.org/welcome.htm
