ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities. Since 1970, ACORN has grown to more than 350,000 member families, organized in 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S. and in cities in Argentina, Peru, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Canada.
www.busridersunion.org
The Bus Riders, with 3,000 dues paying members and 50,000 self-identified supporters on the buses, is one of the largest mass transit, anti-racist grassroots organizations in the U.S. We are fighting for a first-class, clean-fuel, bus-centered public transportation system in Los Angeles. BRU membership and leadership consist of a large majority of people of color and are over 50 percent women.
www.chirla.org
Coalition for Humane Immigrants Rights of Los Angeles. CHIRLA's mission is: "The general purpose and objectives of this corporation shall be to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees and to foster an environment of positive human and community relations in our society."
www.clinicaromero.com
Clinica Monseñor Romero is a 501 (c )( 3 ) non-profit, community-based clinic that provides quality and affordable health care and health education to the under served communities of greater Los Angeles. Members of the Salvadoran community and supporters founded Clinica in 1983. Clinica serves uninsured multi-ethnic and multi-racial populations. Clinica Romero is a State-licensed, FQHC-Federally Qualified Healthcare Center that accepts MediCal and DentiCal.
www.cocosouthla.org
To transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing and changing public policy.
www.garmentworkercenter.org
The Center is a place for garment workers to organize. There are monthly educational workshops that explain issues such as wage and hour laws, health and safety regulations and discrimination. Garment workers also come to find help with their work problems
www.idepsca.org
The Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA) is a non-profit community-based educational organization incorporated in 1991. Our mission is to create a more humane and democratic society by responding...
www.ilwu.org
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has approximately 42,000 members in over 60 local unions in the states of California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii. An additional 3,500 members belong to the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, which constitutes the Union's Marine Division
www.kabasocal.org
Before 1980 there was no KABA simply because there were not many Korean American lawyers. True, a few KA attorneys practiced in Southern California, such as Daye Shinn who represented Susan Atkins, a follower of the notorious Manson gang;
www.krcla.org
The Korean Resource Center (KRC, 민족학교) is guided by the principles Live Rightly, Know our Roots, Empower Ourselves, and Live in Harmony and works on the issues of education, health access, service, immigrant and civil rights, and voter empowerment...
www.kyccla.org
The mission of the Koreatown Youth and Community Center, Inc. (KYCC) is to serve the evolving needs of the Korean American population in the greater Los Angeles Area as well as the multi-ethnic Koreatown community. KYCC's programs and services are directed toward recently immigrated, economically
www.laane.org
FOUNDED IN 1993, LAANE is recognized as a national authority on issues affecting the working poor and an innovator in the fight against working poverty. Combining a vision of social justice with a practical approach to social change...
www.lafla.org
The Asian and Pacific Islander unit can provide immediate legal assistance to low-income members of API communities on various legal issues including:
www.miwon.org
MIWON is a unique network of worker centers in Los Angeles. The four member organizations are the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA), Koreatown Immigrant Worker Alliance (KIWA), and Pilipino Workers’ Center (PWC)...
www.nclr.org
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
www.nilc.org
Our mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members. NILC staff specialize in immigration law and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants.
www.pwcsc.org
Pilipino Workers' Center was formed in 1997, on the idea that all individuals deserve a high quality of life. This means that we are entitled to safe working conditions, living wages, decent living conditions, access to quality healthcare and basic human dignity.
www.saje.net
SAJE is an economic justice, community development, and popular education center that has been building economic power for working class people in Los Angeles since 1996. Over the past eleven years, SAJE's winning combination of community organizing, coalition-building, and grassroots policy has gained significant benefits for the community.
www.southasiannetwork.org
South Asian Network (SAN) is a grassroots, community based organization dedicated to advancing the health, empowerment and solidarity of persons of South Asian origin in Southern California.
www.sweatshopwatch.org
Sweatshop Watch is a coalition of labor, community, civil rights, immigrant rights, women's, religious & student organizations, and individuals committed to eliminating sweatshop conditions in the global garment industry. We believe that workers should be earning a living wage in a safe and decent working environment, and that those who benefit the most from the exploitation of sweatshop workers must be held accountable.
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