economic justice
government
homelessness & housing
hunger
law & public policy
library & info science
poverty research
social exclusion
featured links
Community Voice Mail
Community Voice Mail numbers are distributed at no cost based on demonstrated financial need, lack of reliable phone service, or pursuit of a goal for work, housing, healthcare, or safety from domestic violence.
freegovernmentcellphones.net
First Book
First Book is a national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.
www.firstbook.org
Poverty-Related Links by Category
Institute for Research on Poverty, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
www.irp.wisc.edu/links/category.htm
RESULTS U.S. Poverty Campaigns
www.results.org/issues/us_poverty_campaigns
economic justice
ACORN Living Wage Resource Center
www.livingwagecampaign.org
Canada Without Poverty
www.cwp-csp.ca/Blog
Coalition on Human Needs
www.chn.org/
Combat Poverty Agency (Ireland)
www.cpa.ie/
Inequality.org
www.inequality.org
Jobs with Justice
www.jwj.org
Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign
Mercy Corps
www.mercycorps.org
National Center for Law and Economic Justice – Key Issues
www.nclej.org/key-issues.php#text
Oxfam America
www.oxfamamerica.org
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
www.economichumanrights.org
RESULTS
www.results.org
United for a Fair Economy
www.faireconomy.org
government
FedWorld.gov
www.fedworld.gov
Government Sites of Interest
National Low Income Housing Coalition
www.nlihc.org/template/page.cfm?id=54
National Conference of State Legislatures: Issues and Research
www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/tabid/756/Default.aspx
National Governors Association
www.nga.org
U.S. Conference of Mayors
http://usmayors.org
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
www.ich.gov
USA.Gov for Nonprofits
www.usa.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
homelessness & housing
Directories of Homeless and Housing Organizations
National Coalition for the Homeless
www.nationalhomeless.org/directories/index.html
Homes for the Homeless / Institute for Children and Poverty
www.homesforthehomeless.com
Illinois Homeless Education Program
www.isbe.state.il.us/homeless/default.htm
National Alliance to End Homelessness
www.endhomelessness.org
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
www.naehcy.org
National Center for Homeless Education / SERVE
www.serve.org/nche
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
www.nchv.org
National Coalition for the Homeless
www.nationalhomeless.org
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
www.nhchc.org
National Low Income Housing Coalition
www.nlihc.org
hunger
Emergency Foodshelf Network
www.emergencyfoodshelf.org
Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest)
http://feedingamerica.org
Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy
www.foodfirst.org
Food Research and Action Center
www.frac.org
Food Secure Canada (FSC) / Sécurité Alimentaire Canada
www.foodsecurecanada.org
National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
www.studentsagainsthunger.org
law & public policy
Center for Law and Social Policy
www.clasp.org
Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
www.mccormack.umb.edu/centers/csp/index.php
Center for the Study of Social Policy
www.cssp.org
Economic Policy Institute
www.epi.org
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK)
www.jrf.org.uk
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
www.nclej.org
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
www.nlchp.org
New Policy Institute (UK)
www.npi.org.uk
Public Advocates Inc.
www.publicadvocates.org
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
www.povertylaw.org
library & info science
ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)
www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/olos/index.cfm
ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
http://libr.org/srrt
American Indian Library Association
www.ailanet.org
The Association for Rural and Small Libraries
www.arsl.info
Black Caucus of the American Library Association
www.bcala.org
Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
http://jupiter.clarion.edu/~csrl/csrlhom.htm
Information for Social Change
http://libr.org/isc/
LibrarianActivist.org
www.librarianactivist.org
Professional Associations in the Info Sciences
School of Library & Info Science, San Jose State Univ.
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/resources/orgs.htm
Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG)
http://libr.org/plg
Radical Reference
www.radicalreference.info
REFORMA
www.reforma.org
Urban Libraries Council
www.urbanlibraries.org
poverty research
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
www.povertyactionlab.com
Center for the Study of Inequality
Cornell University
Institute for Research on Poverty
University of Wisconsin – Madison
www.irp.wisc.edu
Institute on Race and Poverty
University of Minnesota
www.irpumn.org
Joint Center for Poverty Research
Northwestern University / University of Chicago
www.jcpr.org
MDRC: Building Knowledge to Improve Education and Social Policy
www.mdrc.org
National Center for Children in Poverty
Columbia University
www.nccp.org
National Poverty Center
University of Michigan
www.npc.umich.edu
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
www.prrac.org
Poverty in America Project
Penn State
www.povertyinamerica.psu.edu
Poverty-Related Links by Institution
Institute for Research on Poverty, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
www.irp.wisc.edu/links/institution.htm
PovertyNet / The World Bank
http://worldbank.org/poverty
Public Agenda: Poverty and Welfare
www.publicagenda.org/citizen/issueguides/poverty-and-welfare
Rural Policy Research Institute
www.rupri.org
The Urban Institute
www.urban.org
social exclusion
Center for Social Inclusion
www.centerforsocialinclusion.org
Social Exclusion Task Force, Cabinet Office, UK
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force.aspx
Social Inclusion Directory
Oxfam – UK Poverty Programme
www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/ukpoverty
The Network
“Tackling Social Exclusion in Libraries, Museums, Archives & Galleries”
www.seapn.org.uk
Welcome to Your Library (UK)
London Libraries Development Agency
www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk
Working Together Project (Canada)
Funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada
www.librariesincommunities.ca