Resource Links

Poverty & Health Justice On-Line Media Tools

Bill Moyers Journal (Interviews on Single Payer)
David Himmelstein, Sidney Wolfe, & Donna Smith
Marcia Angell & Trudy Lieberman
Wendell Potter

Congressman Anthony Weiner
Videos on Single Payer/Medicare for All

Congressman John Conyers
Resources on Single Payer Legislation, HR 676

Copy this Tape (Short Film on Economic Human Rights)
Part 1 |   Part 2

HR 676: The Single Payer Solution (Short Film)
Part 1 |   Part 2 |   Part 3 |   Part 4

Unnatural Causes (Documentaries on Socioeconomic Health Inequities)
http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/

Water Front Movie (Documentary on the Right to Water)
http://www.waterfrontmovie.com/

WEAP’s 2008 Truth Commission (Short Films)
Part 1 |   Part 2

What is Single Payer? (Very Short Animation)
http://www.grahamazon.com/sp/whatissinglepayer.php


Social Justice/Human Rights Community Organizations

Disabled:

Deaf and Deaf-Blind Committee for Universal Human Rights
Oberlin, OH
http://www.deafhumanrights.org

World Institute of Disability
http://www.wid.org/


Health Care:

Avery Institute for Social Change
Harlem, NY
http://www.averyinstitute.org/

Families USA
http://www.familiesusa.org/

Healthcare NOW
http://www.healthcare-now.org/

Health Access California
http://www.health-access.org/

Leap for Patient Safety
http://www.leapforpatientsafety.org/

Medicare Rights Center
NY and Washington D.C.
http://www.medicarerights.org/Index.html

People’s Health Movement
http://phmovement.org/

Physicians for a National Health Program
http://www.pnhp.org/


Housing/Homelessness:

Coalition to Protect Public Housing
Chicago, IL
http://www.limits.com/cpph/

Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (CHAM)
80 South 5th Street
San Jose, CA 955112
408-295-4463
http://www.cham-ministry.org/index.html

Delaware Housing Coalition
Dover, DE
http://www.housingforall.org/

Sisters of the Road
Portland, Oregon
http://www.sistersoftheroadcafe.org/


Human Rights/Social Justice General:

Georgia Human Rights Union
Atlanta, GA
http://ghru.8m.net/

Grassroots Leadership
Charlotte, NC
http://www.grassrootsleadership.org/

Hip Hop Congress
http://hiphopcongress.com/

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
San Francisco, CA
http://prisonerswithchildren.org/

The Metta Center
Berkeley, CA
http://www.mettacenter.org/

Michael Moore
http://www.michaelmoore.com/

Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
http://www.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

Social Welfare Action Alliance
http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/

US – El Salvador Sister Cities
Chicago, IL
http://www.us-elsalvador-sisters.org/

Women’s Project
Little Rock, AR
http://www.womens-project.org/content/index.php


Poverty/Low-Income/Welfare:

Arise for Social Justice
Springfield, MA
http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/arise/

Direct Action Welfare Group
Charleston, WV
http://www.geocities.com/itsdadawg/

Kensington Welfare Rights Union
PO Box 50678
Philadelphia, PA 19132
http://www.kwru.org/

Low-Income Families Together
Toronto, ON
http://www.lift.to/lift_v1/history.php
Massachusetts Welfare Rights Union
Mattapan, MA
http://www.masswru.org/

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
Detroit, MI
http://www.mwro.org/

Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
http://www.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

Poor Voices United
Atlantic City, NJ
http://www.universityofthepoor.org/campaign/orgs/poorVoices.html

POWER- Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights
Portland, ME
http://www.povertyontrial.org/

Rochester Poor People’s Coalition
Rochester, NY
http://www.rochesternow.org/rppc.html

Social Welfare Action Alliance
http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/

Voices of Illinois Poor People
Dekalb, IL
http://www.geocities.com/vip_people/

Women in Transition
Louisville, KY
http://www.witky.com/


Workers' Rights

Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Chicago, IL
http://www.ciw-online.org/

East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
http://www.workingeastbay.org/

La Mujer Obrera
El Paso, TX
http://www.mujerobrera.org/

People Organized to Win Employment Rights
San Francisco, CA
http://www.fairwork.org/

Organize! Ohio
http://www.organizeohio.org/


Youth:

Center for Media Justice
Oakland, CA
http://www.centerformediajustice.org

Standing to Represent Our Next Generation
http://www.wearestrong.org/index.html

Youth Action Research Group
Washington D.C.
http://socialjustice.georgetown.edu/research/yarg/

 


Unions

California Nurses Association
http://www.calnurse.org/

National Nurses Organizing Committee
http://www.calnurses.org/nnoc/

SEIU Local 1021
http://www.seiu1021.org/

UFCW-Local 5
http://ufcw5.org/

UNITE HERE
http://www.unitehere.org/

 


Local Service Resources

Drug Recovery:

New Jerusalem Now
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.newjerusalemnow.org/

Education:

East Bay Civicorps Schools
http://www.ebcc-school.org/

Loring Nicollet Alternative School
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.lnas.org/

Mills College
Oakland, CA
http://www.mills.edu/

St. Mary’s College
Moraga, CA
http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/

The University of the Poor
http://www.universityofthepoor.org/


Food:

Alameda County Community Food Bank
http://www.accfb.org/


Health Care:

Alameda County Public Health Department
http://www.acphd.org/default.asp

Asian Health Services
Oakland, CA
http://www.ahschc.org/

Healthy Oakland
http://www.healthycommunities.us/Healthy%20Oakland.htm

James A. Watson Wellness Center
2940 Summit St.
Oakland, CA 94609
510-444-9460

La Clinica de La Raza
Oakland, CA
http://www.laclinica.org/

LifeLong Medical Care
Berkeley and Oakland, CA
http://www.alamedahealthconsortium.org/MemberHealthCenters/LifeLongMedicalCare/
tabid/132/Default.aspx

Medicare Rights Center
NY and Washington D.C.
http://www.medicarerights.org/Index.html

Native American Health Center
Oakland and San Francisco, CA
http://www.nativehealth.org/

 

Housing:

Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (CHAM)
http://www.cham-ministry.org/index.html

Covenant House California
http://www.covenanthouseca.org/

St. Mary’s Center
Oakland, CA
http://www.stmaryscenter.org/

 

Multi-Purpose/Miscellaneous:

Big Creek in Action
Caretta, WV
http://www.bigcreekpeopleinaction.org/

Building Opportunities for Self Sufficiency (BOSS)
Berkeley, CA
http://www.self-sufficiency.org/

The East Bay Nation of Men
http://www.ebnom.org/

Hip Hop Congress
http://hiphopcongress.com/

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
San Francisco, CA
http://prisonerswithchildren.org/

Prescott Joseph Center
Oakland, CA
http://prescottjoseph.org/index.html


Religious:

Allen Temple Baptist Church
8501 International Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94621
510-544-8910
http://www.allen-temple.org/index.htm

Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (CHAM)
http://www.cham-ministry.org/index.html

The Refuge
St. Petersburg, FL
http://www.refugestpete.org/


Technology/Disability:

Alliance for Technology Access
http://www.ataccess.org/
Center for Accessible Technology
Berkeley, CA
http://www.cforat.org/

Center for Independent Living
Berkeley and Oakland, CA
http://www.cilberkeley.org/

CompuMentor
San Francisco, CA
http://www.compumentor.org/