ACORN: Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - "is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, with over 120,000 member families organized into 600 neighborhood chapters in 45 cities across the country." American Public Human Services Association (APSHA) (Washington, D.C.) - "is a nonprofit, bipartisan organization of individuals and agencies concerned with human services." Being Homeless in America - a Website on what it's like by a homeless man, Clyde Hendrickson The Big Issue (Los Angeles) Bread for the World (Washington, D.C.) - "is a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers." Casa Alianza - Covenant House Latin America Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) - "organizes and advocates to prevent and end homelessness based on our belief that housing is a human right in a just society." La Città Invisibile: Cittadini della Rete (Italy) Coalition on Human Needs (Washington, D.C.) - "is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations." Community Food Warehouse of the Shenango Valley (Farrell, Pennsylvania) - "is a non-profit agency whose mission is to provide low cost and nutritional food products in continuing and sufficient volume to its member agencies who are attending to the needs of the unemployed, underemployed, poor and neglected in Mercer County." Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (CHAM) (San Jose, California) Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) (Bergen, Norway) - "is an international NGO initiated in 1992 by the International Social Science Council. It is now one of the major programmes of the Council." The Consensus Network Home Page/Food Not Bombs Publishing (Takoma Park, Maryland) Denver Voice Directory of Low-Income Organizations Working on Welfare Issues - organized by state; from the Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, Inc. Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (Alexandria, Virginia) - "was created in 1983 to supplement the work of local social service organizations within the United States, both private and governmental, to help people in need of emergency assistance." Florida Coalition for the Homeless Food First: Institute for Food and Development Policy (Oakland, California) - "A member-supported, nonprofit peoples think tank and education-for-action center." They have excellent publications. Food Not Bombs Contacts List A Food Not Bombs Menu -- recipes, links, etc. Food Not Bombs, Akron, Ohio Food Not Bombs, Albuquerque Food Not Bombs, Austin, Texas Food Not Bombs, Baltimore Food Not Bombs Bellingham, Washington Food Not Bombs Berlin Food Not Bombs, Birmingham, Alabama Food Not Bombs Buffalo Food Not Bombs Bratislava Food Not Bombs Calgary Food Not Bombs Chicago Food Not Bombs, Cleveland Food Not Bombs, Depaul University (Chicago) Food Not Bombs East Bay (Berkeley and Oakland) Food Not Bombs Edmonton Food Not Bombs, Elgin, Illinois Food Not Bombs, Germany Food Not Bombs Hoboken, New Jersey Food Not Bombs, Iowa City Food Not Bombs, Katuah (Knoxville) Food Not Bombs, Las Vegas Food Not Bombs, Los Angeles Food Not Bombs, Mankato, Minnesota Food Not Bombs, New York City Food Not Bombs, Olympia, Washington Food Not Bombs, Orlando, Florida Food Not Bombs, Pittsburgh Food Not Bombs, Memphis Food Not Bombs Network, Southern California Food Not Bombs, New Haven Food Not Bombs, Orlando Food Not Bombs, Rochester Food Not Bombs, Sacramento Food Not Bombs, St. Louis Food Not Bombs, St. Petersburg, Florida Food Not Bombs San Francisco Food Not Bombs, Santa Cruz, California Food Not Bombs, Sarasota Food Not Bombs, Seattle Food Not Bombs, Sonoma County, California Food Not Bombs, Spokane, Washington The Food Not Bombs Story Food Not Bombs, Suffolk County, Long Island Food Not Bombs Toronto Food Not Bombs Winnipeg Homeless Pages (UK) - "is a comprehensive guide to information about homelessness. More than a bibliography, it provides an introduction to homelessness, plus a database of resources, including research reports, directories, training courses and websites." Homeless People and the Internet Homeless Women's Network - "Dedicated to empowering women & youth to overcome the limitations of homelessness and poverty." Homes Not Jails - Boston, San Francisco, Washington D.C. - "Free the Land -- Squat the World!" HungerWeb - "The aim of this site is to help prevent and eradicate hunger by facilitating the free exchange of ideas and information regarding the causes of, and solutions to, hunger. It contains primary information, made available by the World Hunger Program -- the prime sponsor of this site -- and its partners, as well as links to other sites where information of relevance to hunger can be found." InterAction (Washington, D.C.) - "is the largest alliance of U.S based international & humanitarian NGOs. With more than 160 members operating in over 100 countries, we work to overcome poverty, exclusion & suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all." International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - "sustainable options for ending hunger and poverty." Journal of Poverty Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU) (Philadelphia) - "is a multi-racial organization of, by and for poor and homeless people. We believe that we have a right to thrive - not just barely survive. KWRU is dedicated to organizing of welfare recipients, the homeless, the working poor and all people concerned with economic justice." Links to Poverty-Related Resources - from the University of Michigan School of Social Work The Mad Housers (Atlanta) National Alliance to End Homelessness (Washington, D.C.) - "is a nationwide federation of public, private, and nonprofit organizations. We demonstrate every day that homelessness can be ended. Working together, Alliance members form a powerful network of concerned individuals and organizations advancing practical, community-based solutions to homelessness. We are building a better future for generations to come." The National Anti-Poverty Organization: A Voice of Canada's Poor National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (Minneapolis) National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (Washington, D.C.) National Coalition for the Homeless (Washington, D.C.) National Health Care for the Homeless Council (Nashville, Tennessee) National Housing Institute (Orange, New Jersey) - "Publisher of Shelterforce, The Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Building ." National Coalition for the Homeless (Washington, D.C.) - "Our mission is to end homelessness. We focus our work in the following 4 areas: housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil rights. Our approaches are: grassroots organizing, public education, policy advocacy, technical assistance, and partnerships." National Law Center on Poverty and Homelessness (NLCHP) (Washington, D.C.) - "The mission of the Law Center is to alleviate, ameliorate and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education." National Low Income Housing Coalition (Washington, D.C.) - "is dedicated solely to ending America’s affordable housing crisis. NLIHC educates, organizes and advocates to ensure decent, affordable housing within healthy neighborhoods for everyone. NLIHC provides up-to-date information, formulates policy, and educates the public on housing needs and the strategies for solutions." National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness Ontario Coalition against Poverty (OCAP) (Toronto) - organizing radical direct action by and for the homeless. OXFAM International The Partnership for the Homeless - "is a not-for-profit corporation in New York State that is recognized as one of the nation’s largest service-providing agencies dealing with homelessness. Through its array of services, homeless men, women and families with children are moved off the streets of New York City and into housing and employment." Pine Street Inn - "a nationally recognized homeless shelter based in the Boston area. [The Website] includes photos and stories of formerly homeless individuals successfully enrolled in Pine Street Inn’s programs, as well as resources about homelessness in the Boston area and around the nation." Real Change: Puget Sound's Homeless Newspaper (Seattle) Results (Washington, D.C.) - "generating the political will to end hunger and poverty." St. Francis House (Boston) - "is a non-profit, non-sectarian, comprehensive shelter with basic and emergency services, rehabilitative programs, job skills training and transitional housing for poor and homeless men and women." Scottish Poverty Information Unit (SPIU) - " believes that poverty is caused by the distribution of opportunites and resources rather than the lack of resources in society. Poverty can be reduced or eradicated. SPIU contributes to this aim by promoting careful policy analysis, good quality research and effective information strategies to support organisations working towards this aim in Scotland." The Sticky Wicket Poverty Page (U.K.) The Street News (New York City) Street Roots (Portland, Oregon) - "Advocating for the homeless, raising social awareness, building community, and creating career and income opportunities for homeless people" Tedrico's Homelessness, Hitchiking, Panhandling and Homeless Page UNICEF Utah Issues Center for Poverty Research and Action (Salt Lake City) - "is a statewide nonprofit organization, whose mission is to improve the quality of life in Utah by seeking long-term solutions to the problems of poverty through research, education, policy advocacy and community development." War on Want: Fighting Global Poverty (London) - "exists because in the developing world there is a need. The need is for solidarity not charity. For a hand-up not a hand-out. For an end to the root causes of poverty not just its symptoms” World Homeless Union -- links to civic, social, cultural, educational, religious and political groups, clubs, associations, alliances, coalitions, charities, agencies, institutions, publications, labor unions and other organizations around the world in solidarity with the homeless. World Hunger Year (WHY) (New York City) - "attacks the root causes of hunger and poverty by promoting effective and innovative community-based solutions that create self-reliance, economic justice and food security."