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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