Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz County; Neighborhood Courts.The Conflict Resolution Center cultivates peace in the community by providing mediation services to people in conflict. The Neighborhood Courts program is a restorative justice program designed to divert low level misdemeanor offenses from entering the criminal justice system.

SOMA Pilipinas, South of Market, San Francisco. SOMA Pilipinas is the Filipino Cultural Heritage District in San Francisco. Founded as a grassroots organization in 2016, SOMA Pilipinas has fought for cultural recognition, community development, and economic & racial justice of Filipinos in the SoMa district. Together we develop strategies that address 120 years of forced migration, national oppression & racial discrimination towards Filipinos.

Food and Water Watch; People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition. Food and Water is the blanket organization that's intention is to shift from an extractive economy toward oneness of a regenerative economy; a just transition. The coalition, composed of 1,200 groups, is pressuring Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop the federal approval of all new fossil fuel projects. 

One Love Foundation (Bay Area/Pacific Northwest Region). One Love is a nonprofit organization committed to ending relationship violence by empowering young people with the tools necessary to identify unhealthy and healthy relationships in the lives of themselves and others. This organization values young people and puts their voices at the forefront of this work, and is looking to grow through this mode. 

NAACP of Santa Cruz County. The Santa Cruz County Branch of the NAACP focuses on ending race-based discrimination and ensuring the wellbeing of all people through an intersectional view of equality. Founded over 100 years ago in 1909, the NAACP has been at the forefront of civil rights organizing nationwide. To follow through with this mission, they work through political, economic, social, and educational spheres. 

Healthy Contra Costa (formally Healthy Richmond), Contra Costa Country, CA. The Healthy Richmond Initiative has a 10 year history working on racial and health equity campaigns to impact the environmental conditions that affect health. The Healthy Contra Costa (HR) initiative is committed to racial and health equity goals and actively supports collective campaign strategies that aim to shift systems policy and practice to benefit low-income communities and communities of color.

Homeless Garden Project-Santa Cruz, CA. The Homeless Garden Project is a non-profit organization that provides job training, transitional employment and support services to individuals in Santa Cruz who are experiencing homelessness. Their employment training program is focused on stewardship, conservation and regenerative agricultural principles, teaching skills that truly transform lives for those who wish to maintain a stable, productive place in society.

San Diego Futures Foundation, San Diego, CA. The San Diego Futures Foundation is an organization that aims to bridge the digital divide in San Diego County and does this by providing equipment, training, support, IT outsourcing, and digital media services. These services are catered to low income households, people with disabilities, seniors, small businesses, and nonprofits. 

Monarch Services, Santa Cruz, CA. Supporting individuals throughout Santa Cruz and Watsonville, Monarch Services strives to empower survivors, ensure lives free from violence and abuse, and serve as leaders for social change in our communities.

Pie Ranch, Pescadero CA. Pie Ranch strives to cultivate a healthy and just food system for their bay area community by providing education on sustainable agriculture, volunteer opportunities, and access to healthy food. 

Our Family Coalition, San Francisco, CA. Our Family Coalition supports LGBTQIA+ families across the Bay Area by facilitating support groups, hosting community events, offering childcare, helping parents access fertility services, and providing LGBTQIA+ education in schools. The aim is to break down LGBTQIA+ stigma and educate the greater community so as to make the Bay a more equitable place for all of us to coexist in.

Project Sentinel, Santa Clara CA. Project Sentinel works to address housing justice in issues of housing discrimination, housing counseling, and housing mediation through its work with the community, multi-level government contact, and other non-profit organizations. 

Young Eisner Scholars, Los Angeles, CA. Young Eisner Scholars is a nationwide nonprofit for gifted students from underrepresented communities all over the nation. YES provides holistic support to ensure the academic and personal success of students from K-12 and beyond. Some of the resources they provide are financial, mental health access, food security, college counseling and more. 

Sustainable Economies Law Center, Oakland, CA. Sustainable Economies Law Center works to bridge the gap in legal and economic expertise needed to transition from a destructive economic system to innovative and cooperative alternatives. They provide legal tools including education, research, advice, and advocacy to help communities develop their own sustainable sources of food, housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a thriving community.

International Rescue Committee (IRC); Refugee Resettlement & Placement  With A Focus On Housing. The IRC is a nonprofit organization that brings aid to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, currently in 40+ countries. The housing team within the refugee resettlement and placement sector of the IRC helps refugees gain rental assistance through the ASIP application. 

Coleman Advocates for children and Youth, San Francisco, California. Coleman Advocates aims to create safe, inclusive and equitable public schools for low-income black and brown students in San Francisco through grassroots community leadership. I am going to be working in their Children Making a Change (CMAC) program, providing age-appropriate political education, leadership development and skill-building to elementary and middle-school aged students.

Parenting for Liberation.  P4L works to assist Black families that are raising children in the American context - with Anti-Blackness, White Supremacy Cultural, Racism, Misogyny etc. 

Children, Country and Lives, Gilroy, CA. Children, Country and Lives is a nonprofit organization. Food, housing and financial needs are a few of the many things that this organization provides for communities within Monterey County.

 Humane Prison Hospice Project, San Quentin, CA. Humane Prison Hospice seeks to provide end of life care for those in prison through supporting and training incarcerated individuals to be the caregivers for their peers. They work to advocate for the right to die well for all, and for the necessary implementation of hospice care into all prisons. 

Women’s Resource Center (WRC), San Diego, CA. WRC provides quality supportive services, counseling, shelter and education to North San Diego County women, children and men involved in or threatened by domestic violence or sexual assault. The sexual assault response team (SART) advocates for any victims having an examination/forensic interview at the SART hospital. 

UCSC The Cove, Santa Cruz, CA. The Cove is the place for collegiate recovery located near the East Field House on the UCSC campus.  The Cove works under SHOP (Student Health Outreach Program).  The Cove is here to help people with addiction and/or mental health issues.  The Cove practices harm reduction methods and offers alternative ways of treating addiction with connection instead of punishment.

Barrios Unidos, Santa Cruz CA. The mission of Barrios Unidos is to promote multicultural social justice, non violence, and economic equity through cultural healing, civic leadership, and community development. The organization aims to achieve their goals through providing culturally driven and spiritually informed services to both youth and adults in the most marginalized communities within the county, state, and nation.

Alliance for Children’s Rights. The Alliance for Children’s Rights (ACR) is located in Los Angeles, California. The organization provides free legal services to families and children who are impacted by the foster care system. ACR’s goal is to protect the rights of young people by breaking the barriers in place that prevent the stability and success of foster youth and families. 

Walnut Ave. Family and Women’s Center, Santa Cruz, CA. The Walnut Ave. Family and Women’s Center offers numerous programs and services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The mission of Walnut Avenue Family & Women’s Center is to end cycles of trauma, support lifelong learning, and promote healthy relationships with oneself and others.

Santa Cruz Health Services Agency, Public Health Division, Santa Cruz, CA. The Santa Cruz County Public Health Division focuses on protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, disease and injury prevention, and the promotion of sound health policy. They value collaboration, community-focus, compassion, equity, quality and respect. 

Common Roots Farm, Santa Cruz, CA. Common Roots is a nonprofit organization that is largely centered around a low till accessible farm spanning around 4 acres located in Santa Cruz. Common Roots heavily involves volunteers with disabilities and also has a housing community that is meant for people with special needs. The aim of the project is to create a world where people with special needs can thrive when given a space to do so in.

First 5 Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA. First 5 Santa Cruz County primarily serve children 0-5 and their families in various efforts to improve their health and well-being. This is done through workshops/parenting classes, health efforts (vision screenings, health insurance enrollment etc.), providing resources and other avenues.