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Supporting Projects That Make a Difference
   

 2009 DIRECTORY OF GRANTEES 

Land Use

Coalition LA
Mario Cuellar
2500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 908
Los Angeles, CA  90057

E-Mail Address    :  coalitionla@earthlink.net 
Website             :  www.coalitionla.org
Phone                :  213-637-0313
FAX                   :  213-637-0477
Cell                   :  323-301-0286
Amount of Grant :  $2,000
Board Liaison      :  Davin Corona

 

Housing Long Beach
America Aceves
507 Pacific Avenue
Long Beach, CA  90802

E-Mail Address    :  aceves.housinglb@gmail.com
Website             : 
Phone                :  562-331-1788
FAX                   :
Cell                   :  562-331-1788
Amount of Grant :  $3,000
Board Liaison      :  Paty Castellanos

Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance
Joyce Yang
3465 West 8th Street
Los Angeles, CA  90005

E-Mail Address    :  joyce@kiwa.org 
Website             :  www.kiwa.org
Phone                :  213-738-9050 x100
FAX                   :  213-738-1833
Cell                   :  213-276-2680 (Danny Park, Executive Director)
Amount of Grant :  $1,500
Board Liaison      :  Paty Castellanos

 

CANGRESS, dba LA Community Action Network
(LA CAN)

Becky Dennison
530 South Main Street
Los Angeles, CA  90013

E-Mail Address    :  beckyd@cangress.org
Website             :  www.cangress.org
Phone                :  213-228-0024
FAX                   :  213-228-0048
Cell                   :  213-840-4664
Amount of Grant :  $5,000
Board Liaison      :  Diane Middleton

POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights)/Community Development
Aspen Branch-Moore
335 South Van Ness Avenue, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA  94103

E-Mail Address    :  aspen@peopleorganized.org
Website             :  www.peopleorganized.org
Phone                :  415-864-8372 x304
FAX                   :  415-864-8373
Cell                   :  415-830-7041
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Pete White

POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights)/Right to Thrive
Aspen Branch-Moore
335 South Van Ness Avenue, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA  94103

E-Mail Address    :  aspen@peopleorganized.org
Website             :  www.peopleorganized.org
Phone                :  415-864-8372 x304
FAX                   :  415-864-8373
Cell                   :  415-830-7041
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Pete White

 

 

Western Regional Advocacy Project
Michael Callahan, Managing Director
2940 16th Street, Suite 200-2
San Francisco, CA  94103

E-Mail Address    :  development@wraphome.org
Website             :  www.wraphome.org
Phone                :  415-621-2533
FAX                   : 
Cell                   :
Amount of Grant :  $2,000
Board Liaison      :  Diane Middleton

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Union de Vecinos/Maywood
Elizabeth Blaney
PO Box 33164
Los Angeles, CA  90033

E-Mail Address    :  eblaney@uniondevecinos.net
Website             :  uniondevecinos.net
Phone                :  323-816-4961
FAX                   :  323-908-3454
Cell                   :  323-816-4961
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Davin Corona

Union de Vecinos/Street Vendors
Elizabeth Blaney
PO Box 33164
Los Angeles, CA  90033

E-Mail Address    :  eblaney@uniondevecinos.net
Website             :  uniondevecinos.net
Phone                :  323-816-4961
FAX                   :  323-908-3454
Cell                   :  323-816-4961
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Davin Corona

 

LABOR (CALIFORNIA)

Chinese Progressive Association - SGV
Shiu-Ming Cheer
711 West Valley Blvd. #202
Alhambra, CA  91803

E-Mail Address    :  smcheer@yahoo.com
Website             :  www.cpasgv.org
Phone                :  626-872-3748
FAX                   :
Cell                   :  213-235-8269
Amount of Grant :  $2,000
Board Liaison      :  Davin Corona

Baric Media Entertainment and
Harry Bridges Institute

Jack Baric
2005 South Leland Street
San Pedro, CA  90731

E-Mail Address    :  jackbaric@hotmail.com
Website             :  bloodythursdayfilm.com
Phone                :  310-766-4884
FAX                   :  310-732-2210
Cell                   :  310-766-4884
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Diane Middleton

The Harry Bridges Project
Ian Ruskin
3704 Kelton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90034

E-Mail Address    :  ianruskin@theharrybridgesproject.org
Website             :  theharrybridgesproject.org
Phone                :  310-876-2494
FAX                   :  310-876-2494
Cell                   :  310-403-7716
Amount of Grant :  $500
Board Liaison      :  Diane Middleton

 

Labor Studies Students CSUDH
Scoot A. Hill and Vivian Price
CSU Dominguez Hills
IDS/PACE and Labor Studies
1000 East Victoria Street, SCC-130
Carson, CA  90747

E-Mail Address    : idspace@csudh.edu
Website             :  www.DHlaborstudies.org
Phone                :  310-243-3640
FAX                   :  310-516-3339
Cell                   :  310-405-4223
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Goetz Wolff

Southern California Library
Online Access to Labor
Materials
Yusef Omowale
6120 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90044

E-Mail Address    :  omowale@socallib.org
Website             :  www.socallib.org
Phone                :  323-759-6063 x12
FAX                   :  323-759-2252
Cell                   :
Amount of Grant :  $1,500
Board Liaison      :  Lewis Wright

Southern California Library
Labor Issues for Black Men & Boys in LA

Yusef Omowale
6120 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90044

E-Mail Address    :  omowale@socallib.org
Website             :  www.socallib.org
Phone                :  323-759-6063 x12
FAX                   :  323-759-2252
Cell                   :
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Lewis Wright

 

Young Workers United
Dianne Enriquez
P.O. Box 420963
San Francisco, CA  94142

E-Mail Address    :  youngworkersunited@gmail.com 
Website             :  www.youngworkersunited.org
Phone                :  415-621-4155
FAX                   :  415-692-6879
Cell                   :  510-725-5647
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Paty Castellanos

LABOR (OTHER AREAS)

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Sharlin Aldao
2001 Forest Avenue
Des Moines, IA  50314

E-Mail Address    :  sharlin@iowacci.org
Website             :  www.iowacci.org
Phone                :  515-282-0484
FAX                   :  515-282-0031
Cell                   :  305-905-2693
Amount of Grant :  $1,500
Board Liaison      :  Goetz Wolff

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
Maureen D. Taylor, MSW
23 East Adams
Detroit, MI  48226

E-Mail Address    :  chuteh7@hotmail.com
Website             :  www.mwro.org
Phone                :  313-964-0618
FAX                   :  313-964-2600
Cell                   :  313-729-5558
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Pete White

 

Rights for All People (RAP)
Lisa Duran
3131 West 14th Avenue
Denver, CO  80204

E-Mail Address    :  lisa@rap-dpt.org
Website             :  www.rap-dpt.org
Phone                :  303-893-3500 x102
FAX                   :  303-893-3505
Cell                   :  303-881-5021
Amount of Grant :  $3,000
Board Liaison      :  Goetz Wolff

PEACE (CALIFORNIA)

Arlington West Film & Speakers Program
Peter Dudar or Sally Marr
1302 N. Sweetzer Avenue, Flat 203
West Hollywood, CA  90069

E-Mail Address    :  mail@arlingtonwestfilm.com  
Website             :  www.ArlingtonWestFilm.com
Phone                :  323-650-8166
FAX                   :  323-650-8166
Cell                   :  310-497-1345
Amount of Grant :  $2,000
Board Liaison      :  Diane Middleton

 

Coalition for Alternatives to
Militarism in our Schools
Arlene Inouye
PO Box 3012
South Pasadena, CA  91031

E-Mail Address    :  aginouye@aol.com, arlene@militaryfreeschools.org
Website             :  www.militaryfreeschools.org
Phone                :  626-799-9118
FAX                   :  626-799-9118
Cell                   :  626-483-6160
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Rachel Bruhnke

 

PEACE (OTHER AREAS)

Peace and Social Justice Center of
South Central Kansas

Cathy Benton, Director
1407 North Topeka
Wichita, KS   67214

E-Mail Address    :  director@peacecenter.kscoxmail.com
Website             :  wichitapeace.org
Phone                :  316-263-5886
FAX                   :  316-263-5886
Cell                   :  316-209-9697 (Cathy Benton, Director)
Amount of Grant :  $1,000
Board Liaison      :  Rachel Bruhnke

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT

Community to Community
Rosalinda Guillen
203 West Holly, Suite 317
Bellingham, WA  98225

E-Mail Address    :  rosalindag@qwestoffice.net
Website             :  www.foodjustice.org
Phone                :  360-738-0893
FAX                   :  360-738-0964
Cell                   :  360-381-0293
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Rachel Bruhnke

Louisiana Bucket Brigade/Environmental Justice Corps
Anna Hrybyk, Program Manager
4226 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA  70119

E-Mail Address    :  anna@labucketbrigade.org
Website             :  www.labucketbrigade.org
Phone                :  504-484-3433
FAX                   :  504-324-0332
Cell                   :  504-312-1737
Amount of Grant :  $4,000
Board Liaison      :  Pete White

EDUCATION (CALIFORNIA)

Collective Bargaining Educational Project/Reinventing the UTLA Collective Bargaining Agreement
Linda Tubach
360 South Electric Avenue
Monterey Park, CA  91754

E-Mail Address    :  ltubach.cbedproject@yahoo.net
Website             : 
Phone                :  626-284-6212
FAX                   :  626-284-6212(Call first to make sure fax machine is on)
Cell                   :  626-233-2284
Amount of Grant :  $1,500
Board Liaison      :  Dave Arian

Collective Bargaining Educational Project/10 Collective Bargaining Institutes at LAUSD High Schools
Linda Tubach
360 South Electric Avenue
Monterey Park, CA  91754

E-Mail Address    :  ltubach.cbedproject@yahoo.net
Website             : 
Phone                :  626-284-6212
FAX                   :  626-284-6212(Call first to make sure fax machine is on)
Cell                   :  626-233-2284
Amount of Grant :  $2,500
Board Liaison      :  Dave Arian

School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL)
Angelique Gonzales
287 17th Street, Suite 225
Oakland, CA  94612

E-Mail Address    :  angelique@schoolofunityandliberation.org
Website             :  www.schoolofunityandliberation.org
Phone                :  510-451-5466 ext. 305
FAX                   :  510-451-5866
Cell                   :  510-229-2273
Amount of Grant :  2,000
Board Liaison      :  Diane Middleton

 

Trinational Coalition to Defend Public Education–LA
Rosemary Lee
5032 La Roda Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90041

E-Mail Address    :  rosemarylee@earthlink.net
Website             :  www.trinationa-usa.org
Phone                :  323-258-2527
FAX                   :
Cell Number       :  818-679-3016
Amount of Grant :  $1,000
Board Liaison      :  Goetz Wolff

EDUCATION
(OTHER AREAS)

Youth Education Alliance

E-Mail Address    :  jonathan.YEA@gmail.com         
Website             :  Youtheducationalliance.org
Phone                :  202-758-2674
FAX                   :  202-758-2675
Cell Number       :  202-460-3875
Amount of Grant :  $2,000
Board Liaison      :  Tim Sandoval

CULTURE

Arts for Action
Dina Rodriguez, Organizer, Michael Shuman, Resource Development Coordinator, A. Tomas Herandez Program Manager
4225 Saviers Road
Oxnard, CA  93033

E-Mail Address    :  soyrazquache@yahoo.com (Dina Rodriguez), shuman_3@yahoo.com (Michael Shuman), laluchasique13@yahoo.com (A. Tomas Hernandez)
Website             :  http://arts4action.wordpress.com
Phone                :  805-487-8984 - Office
FAX                   :  805-487-2124
Cell Number       :  805-233-4998 (Dina cell), 805-390-0958 (Michael cell)
Amount of Grant :  $1,500
Board Liaison      :  Tim Sandoval

Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural
Luis Rodriguez
13197-A Gladstone Avenue
Sylmar, C  91342

E-Mail Address    :  LRodrig555@aol.com 
Website             :  www.tiachucha.com
Phone                :  818-528-4511
FAX                   :  818-898-0960
Cell Number       :  818-489-5572
Amount of Grant :  $2,000
Board Liaison      :  Tim Sandoval

TheatreWorkers Project
Susan Franklin Tanner
1795 La Loma Road
Pasadena, CA  91105

E-Mail Address    :  twproject@me.com
Website             :
Phone                :  323-257-0121
FAX                   :
Cell Number       :  323-868-2799
Amount of Grant :  $2,000
Board Liaison      :  Dave Arian

 

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