Scriptorium

Linked with Shabnam Hashmi – India.

The urgency to intervene in defence of democracy, secularism and justice has never been more pressing than in the conditions prevailing in the country today. There is a recognizable change in the general tenor of public discourse; unlike in the past, it is informed more by the communal than by secular ethos. In the face of concerted social mobilisation mounted by communal organisations by invoking religious symbols and sentiments, liberal civil society has come under a siege. Nevertheless, it is evident from the large number of secular democratic initiatives by political parties, voluntary organisations and individuals that society is seized of the need for sustained and constructive action for strengthening secularism and democracy and for realising justice and peace … (full text original vision).

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About, The Origin , Structure, Constitution of Governing Board of ANHAD: The Origin , Structure, Constitution of Governing Board of Anhad: Some of us who have been involved in the anti-communal movement in India for over 15 years, were totally shaken by the Gujarat carnage 2002.

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for a world beyond capitalism

… Realize that only through mutual respect and solidarity among the groups that make up our political sector can we realize our common goals. Together we hope to achieve … a good network of individuals and groups united by our opposition to capitalism and the state and by our search for practical alternatives. (Homepage).

theory;
our blog: spaces of hope;
discussion forum;
archive;
links;
contact.

Partner Links:
Common Voice (non-market, anti-state);
industrial workers of the world iww;
libcom.org;
anarchist federation;
A-Infos;
Inter Activist.

About WiC: The World in Common group was formed in November 2002. It is firmly rooted in what we call the ‘anti-market anti-statist sector’, a small but highly diverse sector within the spectrum of political opinion. Indeed, the membership of this group reflects this diversity which is likely to grow as we grow.
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an initiative of the Foundation for Universal Responsability FUR of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Wiscomp was established as part of the efforts of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility to build a culture of coexistence and nonviolence that is gender-sensitive and inclusive. A not-for-profit, non-sectarian, non-denominational organization, the Foundation promotes universal responsibility in a manner that celebrates a diversity of beleifs and practices, and that contributes to a global ethic of nonviolence, coexistence and gender equity. The work of the Foundation is global in its reach and transcends nationalist political agendas. (Homepage).

programs;
staff, advisory board and consultative committee;
some of our partners;
publications;
many good links;
address: WISCOMP / FUR, Core 4A, Upper Ground Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003, INDIA;
contact.

About: WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace) is a South Asian research and training initiative, which facilitates the leadership of women in the areas of peace, security and international affairs. Initiated in 1999 by Meenakshi Gopinath who currently serves as the Honorary Director, WISCOMP positions its work at the confluence of peacebuilding, conflict transformation and security studies. The intersection of these with gender concerns provides the focus of its engagement and is the leitmotif that informs its programs.
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also in french and in spanish.

In partnership with local groups, Nonviolent Peaceforce NP members apply proven nonviolent strategies to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work. (Homepage).

Sitemap;
our work;
get involved;
give now;
learn more;
press room;
address: India Gandhi Ashram, Kingsway Camp New Delhi 110 009, India, Tel: 27 743-4514, Fax: 27 4652566;
Contact.

About: Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is a nonpartisan unarmed peacekeeping force composed of trained civilians from around the world.

Nonviolent Peaceforce brings together over 60 Member Organisations from five continents and over 100 supporting organisations … (full text).

The Associate strives to fulfill the following objectives:
• To foster friendship and understanding amongst the people of Asia for a peaceful and nonviolent world.
• To identify cultural, education and voluntary organizations in different countries of Asia with similar objectives and to develop contact with them
• To organize conferences, seminars, workshops, peace marches, lectures, and other ways of interaction amongst the people.
• To promote and facilitate meaningful exchanges and interactions amongst social activists, intellectuals, professionals, artists, writers, women, youth, farmers, and artisans of different countries of Asia.
• To organize humanitarian help at the time of natural calamities and render needed services to the affected people.

Region: Asia Pacific.

(The Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation CDR)

Linked with Sushobha Barve – India.

This site has been created by Himmat Publications Trust, publishers from 1964 to 1981 of Himmat Weekly, and will be edited by Rajmohan Gandhi, who was Himmat’s Chief Editor from 1964 to 1981. Historian, commentator and former member of the Rajya Sabha, Rajmohan Gandhi is the author of, among other books, Revenge & Reconciliation … (Homepage and divers items).

2 addresses:

• a) CDR, 10, Worli Sea Face, Mumbai 400 018, Tel: (022) 492 9858, Fax 91-22-4931642, e-mail;
• b) CDR, J-1346 Palam Vihar, Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana 122 017, e-mail.

Contact.

They have created the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation CDR:

The mission: The CDR hopes to serve as an initiative that links the issues of dialogue with justice and equity and through this integral link, begins to serve as a catalyst for both internal and external peace and reconciliation in South Asia. Several groups already exist to assist the goal of South Asian concord, but given both the enormity and complexity of the task a body with such a perspective, that of justice, peace and reconciliation, may also play a useful role.

Gruelling poverty, politicised manipulation of religions, gender disparities and caste-based oppressions coupled with excessive militarisation – that has today taken the form of potential nuclear anhilation – have combined to give an edge to the conflicts within the region, severely warping and wounding the daily life of South Asia’s nearly one and a half billion people. Economic advancement has been blocked; health, universal education and employment remain out of bounds for the vast majority of the people … (full long text/divers items).

The Sterling Institute of Management Studies

Linked with Veteran Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande – India (1929 – 2008).

The National Centre for Rural Development NCRD is a registered Public Charitable Trust, founded in 1991 with the stated mission of Rural Development. During the course of its various activities aimed at the rural youth, NCRD realized early on, that true rural development is not possible without basic education for the rural folk, and hence NCRD entered the field of education about a decade ago. It is now actively involved in post-graduate education, including Information Technology, Pharmacy Education & Management education through the “Sterling Institute of Technology & Management”, “Sterling Institute of Pharmacy”, “Sterling Institute of Management Studies & “Sterling College of Education”. (About 1/2).

Homepage;
Courses;
NCRD’s Sterling Institute of Management Studies SIMS;
Admissions;
Photo Gallery;
Address: National Centre for Rural Development’s, Sterling Institute of Management Studies, Opposite Sea-Woods Railway Station, Sector- 19, Nerul (East), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra State – 400 706, India, Phone : 91 – 22 – 32988900, Fax : 91 – 22 – 2770 2282, e-mail 01, e-mail 02;
Location map;
Contacts:

About 2/2: NCRD started its activity in education in 1993 with the establishment of a school in Ambegaon taluka, Pune district which was a very backward area. In the absence of industry, development was minimal and schools were few and far.
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Linked with Dominique Plihon – France, and with the Canterbury Community Dollar CCD.

The Community Exchange System CES is an initiative of the South African New Economics Network SANE (see address below).

Caught in the money trap? Break free by joining the Community Exchange System: Conventional money is created as debt by private financial institutions for their own profit-making purposes, not as a social service. This is the root cause of the economic, social and environmental problems that beset us. The amount of debt determines the quantity of money, which has nothing to do with the amount of money we need to live decent lives. CES ‘money’ is created by its users so it can never be in short supply. So long as you can offer something of value you can have from the community goods and services of like value. Join the growing community who have discovered a new way of ‘doing’ money, a healthy money that will create a healthy society, (CES Homepage).

The SANE Community Exchange System (CES) is a community-based, global trading network using a money other than our familiar national ones — an alternative, parallel, local, community or complementary currency system. In short, the CES is a new money system … (what is the CES /about 1/2).

How CES works;
an example of a trade;
WHY WE NEED A NEW MONEY;
The Problems with Conventional Money;
History;
Questions and Answers;
Articles on Money & Complementary Currencies;
NPO Registration; 012-739NPO
Trust Registration; No. IT2904/99
Address: SANE Network, PO Box 23760, 7735 Claremont, South Africa, Tel: +27 (0)21 762 5933, Email.

About 2/2 – How does the SANE Community Exchange System work: There are many similar trading systems around the world, commonly know as Community Exchange Systems, Local Exchange and Trading Systems (LETS), Mutual Credit trading systems or Time Banks.
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Linked with Glen Ford – USA, and with Obama’s « Race Neutral » Strategy Unravels of its Own Contradictions.

In the fall of 2006, Glen Ford, Bruce Dixon, Margaret Kimberley and Leutisha Stills of CBC Monitor left Black Commentator, which Ford had co-founded and edited since 2002, and launched Black Agenda Report, 11 January 2007 … (about).

Homepage and links (with today Issue for April 30 – May 6, 2008);
American Life;
Black Agenda Blog;
BA radio archive (audios);
Black Misleadership Class;
Congressional and CBC Watch (to change, click on the link in the left column);
Presidential Politics 2008;
Contact: no contact link found.

Black Agenda Report: There`s Nothing Like Us, Anywhere: Black Agenda Report is the only progressive Black journalistic publication that presents a consistent political vision on the burning issues of the day with the explicit purpose of building a movement for social change.
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Promoting venture philanthropy among the venture capital and private equity community in Central and Eastern Europe
(website exist also in espanol)

Linked with Rafael C. Lopa – Philippines.

The NESsT Venture Fund is a philanthropic investment fund providing financial and capacity-building support to a select portfolio of social enterprises owned and operated by civil society organizations in Central Europe and Latin America. All of the social enterprises in the NESsT Venture Fund portfolio are intended to generate revenues to help diversify the financing base and further the mission of the parent nonprofit organization. The NESsT Venture Fund is intended to further the mission of NESsT to address the limitations of the nonprofit capital market at multiple levels: … (full text, goals).

Investment Strategy;
Portfolio;
Business Advisory Network;
Partnerships;
Joining the portfolio;
Investor Circle;
Publications;
Contact.

Problem Statement: NESsT sees fundamental flaws with the current paradigm in which nonprofit, civil society organizations (CSOs) compete for a limited pie of existing philanthropic resources.
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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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