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CHANGING SITUATIONS
Whether you're acting as a parent, a friend of the rainforest, an
emissary from God, or a scamp the nitty-gritty of political life takes
place face-to-face and hands-on.
1Volunteering
Volunteer at Public Schools even if your kids are in private. Join your PTA. Be a crossing guard.
Visit the
National Mentoring Partnership
National Big Brothers/ Big Sisters
National Institute for Literacy
April
Lassiter
argues that our safety is largely up to volunteers and entrepreneurs
Using your job or your stock portfolio
Many corporations support employee activism.
Persuade your company to go green
For information on corporate governance go to VAGUE's corporate crime
page.
2Using organizations
The Rockefeller Foundation their petroleum-rich online resource directory aids community building
Youth Crime Watch America gets kids involved in actively resisting drugs and crime
Battered women's shelters most scarce where they're needed most in low-resource areas
IGC
a good resource guide for "progressive activists"
Internet Nonprofit Center
find out about funding and volunteering
The Sentencing Project's bilateral
National Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy
Help communities get what they need to resist crime
The Children's Defense Fund encourages investment in children
before they get into trouble
Also check their child care facts
Is your state spending more on prisons than on schools?
National Criminal Justice Committee
an namazing Report Card on Safety
3Organizing or participating in
events
National Night Out
is a campaign to recapture some of the "neighborliness" of the '50s
Group Organizing 101
Group Organizing 102
Organize a Demonstration and Get Media Attention
by FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
Organizing Volunteers
Organizing a Volunteer Army
4Government programs
The Justice Department
wants you to assist law enforcement
As we mentioned in "On the Web"
The Justice Center
their all-purpose mega gateway is the best way into
Criminal Justice System issues
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