Mois : avril 2008

The Voice of Social Enterprises

Linked with Rafael C. Lopa – Philippines.

Social enterprises are profit-making businesses established to tackle social or environmental issues. The Coalition is the UK’s national body for social enterprise – We work with our members to inform the national policy agenda, showcase the benefits of social enterprise, and share best practice. (Homepage).

What is social enterprise;
has the credit crunch affected social enterprise? a survey questionary;
policy and research;
publications; http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/page.aspx?SP=1652
events;
ask our newsletter;
newsletter-archive;
links;
address: Social Enterprise Coalition, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ, Tel: 020 7793 2323;
contacts.

About: The Social Enterprise Coalition is the UK’s national body for social enterprise. The Coalition represents a wide range of social enterprises, regional and national support networks and other related organisations. We work with our members to: Continuer la lecture de « The Social Enterprise Coalition »

Linked with Rafael C. Lopa – Philippines.

Owned by the social enterprise sector, run by the sector for the benefit of the sector and every community it supports, the Social Enterprise Foundation is THE national membership body for organisational and personal development in the social enterprise sector in the United Kingdom. The mission is simply to drive the establishment of new forms of business that create social and economic value to all communities and reduce the disparities between the most affluent and most disadvantaged communities … (full text/Homepage).

about membership;
the social enterprise directory TM;
self assessment;
FAQs;
join us;
address: Social Enterprise Foundation, 64-65 St Andrew’s Road, Southampton SO14 0BA, England;
contact.

How it came about: The Social Enterprise Foundation was not born of a policy initiative, a funding programme, or an academic research project.
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Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health

Linked with Rani Bang – India.

SEARCH (Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health) is a non-government organisation registered as a public trust and charitable society in India (Reg. No: MH 35-85-GAD, F-224-GAD). It was founded in 1985 by a doctor couple, Abhay Bang and Rani Bang. Inspired by the life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, trained respectively as a physician and a gynecologist, and after studying at the Johns Hopkins University USA, for their Master of Public Health, Drs. Bang returned to India. Their dream was to develop an institution of community health which provided health care to the local population, and generated knowledge for the global community by way of research. « Think globally, act locally! » (About /Background).

Homepage;
Philosophy;
What we do;
National Award.
Publications;
Address: SEARCH, Shodhgram P.O., District Gadchiroli, Maharashtra 442605, India;
Contact.

About: Vision: Realisation of ‘Aarogya-Swaraj’, i.e. people’s health in people’s hands, by empowering individuals and communities to take charge of their own health, and thereby, help them achieve freedom from disease as well as dependence.

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Linked with Michael Edwards – USA.

@lliance – for news and analysis of the latest developments in philantropy and social investment worldwide … with every issue some articles for free.

Homepage and links to articles for free;
conference calendar;
Links to Civil Society Publications;
Archive (for subscribers);
Contact.

About / what does Alliance cover: Alliance is the world’s leading magazine on philanthropy and social investment. Published by Alliance Publishing Trust, Alliance provides news and analysis of what’s happening in the philanthropy and social investment sectors across the world, and a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences among practitioners. Alliance is for all those who want to keep up to date with developments and new thinking in this field.

As well as news and conference reports, articles, book reviews and opinion columns, each issue has a special in-depth feature on some key aspect of philanthropy and social investment, with contributors from around the world and expert guest editors.

Alliance aims always to include diverse northern and southern perspectives, connecting people and ideas across the world … (full text).

Linked with Tony Mazzocchi – USA.

« UE » is the abbreviation for United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, a democratic national union representing some 35,000 workers in a wide variety of manufacturing, public sector and private non-profit sector jobs. UE is an independent union (not affiliated with the AFL-CIO) proud of its democratic structure and progressive policies … (About 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
organize, join UE;
UE news;
political action;
Information for workers;
International solidarity;
resources;
links;
address: United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America UE, One Gateway Center, Suite 1400, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1416, Phone: 412.471.8919, Fax: 412.471.8999;
contact by mail.

About 2/2: Most UE members still work in factories related to the union’s traditional jurisdictions – electrical manufacturing, metalworking and plastics.

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building on partnerships to change the world

Linked with Colin Greer – USA.

Since 1954, The New World Foundation’s grant making has supported organizations working to strengthen and expand civil rights and the active participation of citizens in American democracy. Our commitment to this work remains firm. Our strategy is to support the building of social movements by supporting organizing, which builds a sustainable mass base of activists in viable organizations. We do this on a range of issues and among constituencies all over the country. Because we give long term support to projects we do not accept uninvited proposals. (Homepage).

Affirmative Action Statement;
grantmaking philosophy;
grant programs;
donor and foundation services;
Address: The New World Foundation, 666 West End Ave, New York NY 10025, Tel (212) 497-3470, Fax (212) 472-0508, e-mail;
Contact on the website.

Who we are: New World Foundation completed its fifth decade of grant making in the year 2004. As we continue our work, we expect the new millennium to be a time of continuing significant transition for America, a search for new directions, a battle between the past and future, between the politics of fear and hope. We see the strengths of progressive ideals and committed activists, who every day are inventing democracy and extending its boundaries.

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The Society is a nonprofit scientific, educational, and non-partisan organization with the following purposes:

• To establish a community of scholars and concerned individuals in universities, government, the communications media, and elsewhere, who have scientific and practical interests in examining the relationship between political and psychological phenomena;
• To facilitate communication of scientific research, theory, and practice across disciplinary, national, and ideological boundaries, both among members of the Society and those outside the Society;
• To increase the theoretical and practical significance of political psychology both inside and outside academia;
• To provide mutual support among members of their freedom to generate and disseminate their findings and ideas.

(Homepage).

Announcements;
Constitution:
Our 2008 Annual Meeting, July 9 to July 12, 2008;
Select Bibliographies in Political Psychology;
Colleges and Universities with Comprehensive Political Psychology Programs;
Colleges and Universities offering Political Psychology Courses;
Newsletter;
Archives;
Contact.

About: ISPP is an interdisciplinary organization representing all fields of inquiry concerned with exploring the relationships between political and psychological processes. Members include psychologists, political scientists, psychiatrists, historians, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, as well as journalists, government officials and others. The Society is also international, with members from all regions of the world: the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa … (full text).

Society for the peoples of the rainforest (aussi en français, auch auf deutsch).

Linked with Bruno Manser – Switzerland.

Bruno-Manser-Fund (BMF), association for the peoples of the rainforest, is an environmental and human rights organization with its headquarters in Basel / Switzerland. Its aim is to support the Penan people in Sarawak (East Malaysia) as well as other indigenous peoples in their struggle to protect tropical rainforests from destruction. Special emphasis is put on informing consumers in the west about tropical timber and illegal logging practices. (Mission).

Press releases on the disappearance of Bruno Manser;
Tong Tana, January 2004;
Activities in Switzerland;
Sarawak News;
Archive;
If you would like to have the newest journal, please call us (+41 61 261 94 73) or send us an email;
Newsletters (1993-2005);
links;
Address: Bruno-Manser-Fonds, Heuberg 25, CH-4051 Basel, Tel. +41 61 261 94 74, Fax +41 61 261 94 73;
Contact.

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Linked with Bruno Manser – Switzerland.

Supporting indigenous communities protecting ancestral rainforests and human rights. The Borneo Project Board covers our administration expenses, so 100% of your donations go to help urgent initiatives in Borneo … (Homepage).

(watch also on every page the left column for relevant links).

News;
Borneo;
crafts;
Links;
Join/become a member;
Donate;
Contact.

Our Work (see also the links in the left column): Over the past 17 years we have coordinated trainings, equipment, volunteers and small grants for the following programs.

1) Indigenous Lands Protection:

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Ford Foundation’s Governance and Civil Society Unit – The 21st Century Trust is a Registered Charity, No. 295676

Linked with Michael Edwards – USA.

… In an age of “small” government and privatisation of increasing areas of state activity, NGOs need to understand and influence the private sector more than they have in the past. There are signs that some large firms are becoming increasingly aware of the need, in their own corporate interest, to take civic and environmental interests into account in their activities. There are some of course who take a more pessimistic view that the exploitative nature of free-market economics was by no means balanced by a general obligation to societies in the developing world. Both sides are agreed, however, that NGOs would do well to spend more time trying to understand and enlist the efforts of the private sector in support of their causes … (excerpt one of long text of « Global Civil Society »).

Homepage;
List of Senior Fellows’ and Speakers’ Articles Available to Download;
Future Conferences and Events;
Previous Conferences and Events;
Donate;
Newsletter;
Links;
Address: 21st Century Trust, 25 Museum Street, London WC1A 1JT, United Kingdom, Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 2099, Fax: +44 (0)870 056 7163;
Contact on the website.

More a out the 21st Century Trust;

« Global Civil Society »: In recent years, NGOs have had a major impact on world politics by, for example:

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EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit and depends on your support to continue successfully defending your digital rights. Litigation is particularly expensive; because two-thirds of our budget comes from individual donors, every contribution is critical to helping EFF fight-and win-more cases. (About).

Homepage;
our work;
take action;
Internship and Volunteer Opportunities;
Press Releases;
EFF Legal Victories;
History;
Deeplinks;
Join/Support EWFF;
Contact.

About: From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990 — well before the Internet was on most people’s radar — and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights … (full text).

The site Amnesty-volunteer.org is dedicated to providing a forum for sharing resources among active volunteers of Amnesty International. The organizers of this site come from several AI sections. As such, the site does not belong to any single Amnesty section. Our goals are as follows:

• to build an archive of resources useful for volunteer activists in their Amnesty work;
• to create an area for Amnesty activists to share ideas, information, and camaraderie;
• to provide room for volunteer structures that need a home on the Internet.

This site is not an « official » Amnesty site for the public. This is not the place to get or ask general questions about Amnesty International. To do this, see Amnesty International Online for information about Amnesty’s human rights concerns and work … (full text of homepage).

Sitemap;
Index to services;
Become a Member/Volunteer of Amnesty International;
contributor’s page;
Amnesty International Handbook;
Hosted Groups;
apply for access to the website-resources;
contact: to become a volunteer, concerning the volunteer-website, for other questions.

About/Introduction: In recent years, we see a blossoming of websites devoted to publicizing the work of Amnesty and to galvanize the public to take notice of human rights violations around the world.

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Linked with Stephen Lendman – USA, and with The sorrows of race and gender.

OpEdNews.com is a tough progressive website, supporting values that are really dead center American, like fairness, democracy, justice, protection of our national resources and commons, and preferring to support humans and America before corporations and religions … (About 1/2).

Homepage and links;
News;
Sitemap;
Directory;
Groups Directory;
Member’s Archives;
Article’s Archives;
Easy Read;
Rob Kall’s Blog;
Jokes;
Address: Rob Kall, OpEdNews.Com, 211 N. Sycamore St., Newtown, PA 18940, USA, e-mail;
Contact.

About 2/2: OEN is more than a media or blog site. OEN is an activism and advocacy empowerment site designed to be used, for free by individuals and non-profit groups and organizations.

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… We are proud to be the only Muslim Women Organization in the state of Illinois.  Since its foundation in 2001, our goal, at MWRC, has been to facilitate between the needs and expectations of the Immigrant & Refugee Muslim Women and the enormous resources provided for them by Governmental, non-governmental, Foundations and our volunteer donors.  Although our organization is originally designed to serve Muslim women and their families, we are bound by our conviction to serve all immigrants and refugees from all walks of life regardless of gender, faith, race, ethnicity or age.   We strive to help integrate Muslim Women Immigrant population into the mainstream American society by providing them with appropriate skill-sets to enter and lead a productive life in their new home, United States of America … (Homepage).

Our Programms;
Volunteers;
Funding Sources;
Address: 6349 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60659, USA;
Contact by mail.

About: Muslim Women Resource Center’s mission is to assist immigrant and refugee Muslim women overcome cultural and language barriers, and prepare them with appropriate occupational skills to become self sufficient and ready to enter the job market/mission.

Linked with Sandra Nyaira – Zimbabwe, and with New Media: How to Do More With Less.

The IWMF’s mission is to strengthen the role of women in the news media around the world, based on the belief that no press is truly free unless women share an equal voice. (About 1/2).

Homepage and features;
Sitemap;
Past Features;
Online training;
Tips and Guides;
training resources;
Maisha Yetu: Media Campaign for Our Lives;
IWMF Directory;
Careers: Manager, Networking and Membership;
The 2006-2007 annual report, published March 2008;
Newsletter: down of the left column on any page;
Address: International Women’s Media Foundation, 1625 K Street NW, Suite 1275, Washington, DC 20006, USA, Phone: 202/496-1992, Fax: 202/496-1977, e-mail.
Contact.

About 2/2: Raising Awareness: Since its launch in 1990, the IWMF has increased the level and depth of debate about women’s roles in the media. IWMF studies and reports explore the obstacles women journalists face when trying to advance in their careers.

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