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| Greater Cincinnati Community Shares | |||
|
Jim Bliss |
Supports local organizations which provide and protect equal rights, mental
and physical health, affordable housing, job training, non-violence,
environmental health, and democratic decision-making. | ||
| Organizations belonging to Greater Cincinnati Community Shares: | |||
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Center for Peace Education | |||
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Jennifer Smith |
Builds a stronger Greater Cincinnati community by providing youth and adults
with the tools, strategies, and experiences needed to value differences and
resolve conflict constructively. | ||
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Citizens Policy Center | |||
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Rachael Belz |
Ohio Citizen Action's research and education center, works to protect public
health and the environment. | ||
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Connections: A Safe Place | |||
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Rebecca Born |
A supportive resource center for female survivors of childhood sexual abuse
which empowers survivors with knowledge and helps break the cycle of abuse. | ||
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Drop Inn Center | |||
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Lisa Leyendecker |
This community of residents, staff and volunteers work to end homelessness by
promoting human dignity, providing supportive services, and fostering positive
social change. | ||
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ECO: Environmental Community Organization | |||
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Marilyn W. Wall |
A network of people from neighborhoods and local environmental organizations
that creates solutions to protect the environment and to improve human health,
welfare and safety. | ||
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First Step Home | |||
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Pat Kelly |
Provides long-term residential drug and alcohol treatment for women; allows
children to live with their mothers during treatment; offers transitional
housing; provides mental health services. | ||
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Grailville | |||
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Bobby Trombly |
Offers educational programs in self-improvement, environmental awareness,
relationship building, community enhancement; includes conference center
facilities and an organic produce farm. | ||
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Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless | |||
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Brendan Goodwin |
Works to mobilize the community around issues directly affecting our homeless
population. Through education and advocacy we aim to end homelessness. | ||
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Imago | |||
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Kim Marcum |
Helps people love and care for this incredible planet through our Earth
Center, workshops, land preservation and by developing a model sustainable urban
neighborhood. | ||
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Joseph House for Homeless Veterans | |||
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Bill Malone |
Provides long-term rehabilitation and housing for homeless veterans in the
Tristate area. | ||
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Justice Watch | |||
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Andrew Stallworth |
Works for the rights of prisoners and the abolition of the death penalty.
Also operates a transitional home for men coming from the prison system. | ||
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League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund | |||
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Betty Roosa |
Promotes nonpartisan political responsibility through citizens’ informed
and active participation in government by publishing election guides and
sponsoring discussion forums of candidates and issues. | ||
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Mill Creek Restoration Project | |||
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Susan Schultz |
Works to clean up and restore the Mill Creek and its watershed to improve the
quality of life in the geographic heart of Greater Cincinnati. | ||
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MUSE Cincinnati's Women's Choir | |||
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Gloria Stewart |
Dedicated to musical excellence and social change, MUSE is committed to
diversity in audience, membership, and programming. | ||
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Northern Kentucky Housing and Homeless Coalition | |||
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Dawn Thorton |
A network of individuals and organizations who work to overcome homelessness
and the scarcity of affordable, low-income housing in Northern Kentucky. | ||
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Over the Rhine Housing Network | |||
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Niki Dixon-Moats |
Provides and promotes the development of racially-integrated, decent, safe,
sanitary, and affordable housing for residents of Over the Rhine. | ||
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Planned Parenthood Cincinnati Region | |||
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Bill Joiner |
Provides affordable, quality reproductive health care to women and men of all
ages, incomes, races; offers sexuality education; trains professionals;
advocates reproductive choice and responsibility. | ||
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Power Inspires Progress (PIP) | |||
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Anne Mercier |
Provides on-the-job training and employment education, increasing the power
of people through skill development and relationship building. | ||
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Prison Reform Advocacy Center | |||
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David Singleton |
Works for progressive, systemic prison reform. Fights prison violations of
civil rights and empowers prisoners to improve their lives, both while
imprisoned and after release. | ||
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ReSTOC | |||
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Robert Freking |
Provides decent, safe, racially integrated, low-income housing in Over the
Rhine, especially for homeless or chemically dependent persons. Our co-op
structure enhances community self-determination. | ||
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Sickle Cell Parent and Family Network | |||
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Tony Davis |
Provides direct support and advocacy services to those impacted by sickle
cell disease and the trait in the form of education, referral services, and
emergency assistance. | ||
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Stonewall Human Rights Organization of Greater Cincinnati | |||
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Jamie McCauley |
Works for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people to end
discrimination and violence against them and promote cultural inclusion through
education, advocacy and outreach. | ||
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Transitions, Inc. | |||
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Tracey Drifmeyer |
Provides a variety of services for people in Northern Kentucky to help them
overcome chemical dependency and stay clean and sober. | ||
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Woman's City Club of Greater Cincinnati | |||
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Annie Bennett |
Provides open forums for the exchange of ideas, develops individual’s
skills for civic action, promotes children, women, diversity and democracy, to
create a healthy community. | ||
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Women's Research and Development Center | |||
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Laurie Hughes |
Works for the economic independence of women through affordable housing
development and training in related technical skills. | ||
| Greater Cleveland Community Shares | |||
|
Lana Cowell |
We're 31 groups working together to meet community needs and support social
justice through advocacy, education and empowerment. | ||
| Organizations belonging to Greater Cleveland Community Shares: | |||
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ACLU of Ohio Foundation | |||
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Christine Link |
Ensuring civil liberties for all persons through education and litigation,
the ACLU defends everyone's constitutional rights and individual freedoms. | ||
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Adoption Network Cleveland | |||
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Betsie Norris |
Educates, supports and advocates for adoptees, birthparents, adoptive parents
and others. Pursues openness and truth in adoption practices. | ||
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Amistad Development Corporation | |||
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SeMia Hale |
Enhances quality of life in the Lee-Harvard-Seville-Miles community by
implementation of housing preservation and strategies to prevent the
proliferation of blighted conditions. | ||
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Citizens Policy Center | |||
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Amy Ryder |
Ohio Citizen Action's education and resesarch affiliate, the Citizens Policy
Center, organizes grassroots campaigns to protect public health, the environment
and consumer rights. | ||
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Cleveland Public Theatre | |||
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James Levin |
Develops, produces and presents progressive, original works for the stage.
CPT Arts Education programs work with low income teens and adults in
transitional housing. | ||
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Cleveland Works, Inc. | |||
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David Roth |
Offers free job training, job placement, and comprehensive family services to
people seeking permanent employment and an improved quality of life. | ||
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Domestic Violence Center | |||
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Paula Koos |
Committed to ending domestic violence, services include emergency shelter for
women and children, legal advocacy, batterer's intervention, a visitation center
and a 24-hour hotline. | ||
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East Side Organizing Project | |||
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Mark Seifert |
Uses community organizing methods to address banking, education, predatory
lending and safety issues in Cleveland and East Cleveland. | ||
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Environmental Health Watch | |||
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Stuart Greenberg |
Provides information, assistance and advocacy on household and community
environmental health concerns. Conducts special projects on childhood asthma,
lead poisoning and chemical accident prevention. | ||
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Euclid Community Concerns | |||
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Vickieq Warren |
Works in partnership with the community to maintain Euclid as a city with
stable, attractive neighborhoods and an openness to racial, ethnic and cultural
diversity. | ||
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Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity | |||
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Jeffrey Bowen |
Creates partnerships among low-income families, corporations, congregations,
foundations, civic groups and individuals to eliminate substandard housing,
improve lives, and strengthen neighborhoods by building homes. | ||
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Hard Hatted Women | |||
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Kathy Augustine |
Promotes women's economic empowerment by ensuring equal access and
opportunity to all jobs, especially nontraditional ones. | ||
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Heights Community Congress | |||
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Martha Goble |
Promotes social justice and equality through a coalition of community
organizations and institutions monitoring and advocating for an open, diverse
Cleveland Heights-University Heights community. | ||
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Housing Advocates, Inc. | |||
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Edward Kramer |
Provides legal assistance to victims of housing discriminiation, tenants
whose landlords fail to make repairs and home-buyers who have complaints against
housing suppliers. | ||
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Jobs with Justice | |||
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Steve Cagan |
Defends the rights of working people by organizing unions, and by promoting
helath care and welfare justice, decent jobs and a healthy environment. | ||
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League of Women Voters of Cleveland Educational Fund | |||
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Pat Sweet |
Strengthens democracy by increasing citizen knowledge of and participation in
government and civic affairs through non-partisan voter information, public
forums, programs and publications. | ||
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Learning Disabilities Association of Cuyahoga County | |||
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Susan Gustafson |
Provides information, individual case advocacy and programming for children
and adults with learning disabilities. The Association works persistantly to
advocate for the State/National level service. | ||
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Lesbian/Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland | |||
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Jan Cline |
The Center works toward respect and equality for all gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender people by providing education, advocacy, visibility, service and
community building. | ||
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Living in Cleveland Center | |||
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Jeffrey Kipp |
Provides counseling and technical assistance for prospective home-buyers,
neighborhood based non-profit groups and real estate professionals | ||
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Metropolitan Strategy Group | |||
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Charles Bromley |
Works as a federation of community organizations, fair housing agencies and
municipalities to promote equal housing opportunity and positive race relations
in Ohio. | ||
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MOTTEP of Cleveland | |||
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Lelia Hall-Smith |
Promotes education and awareness in the Greater Cleveland African American
population about organ and tissue donation and issues related to prevention and
wellness. | ||
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Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless | |||
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Brian Davis |
Empowers and organizes homeless people to break the cycle of poverty through
advocacy campaigns, public education and the creation of nurturing environments. | ||
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Ohio City Near West Development Corporation | |||
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John Wilbur |
Provides safe, decent, and affordable housing to low and moderate income
families and promotes social and economic integration through a variety of
housing programs. | ||
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Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland | |||
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Betsey Kaufman |
Leading advocate and provider of reproductive health care and sexuality
education services. Outreach programs for teens, parents and professionals. | ||
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PRETERM | |||
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Chrisse France |
Provides high quality abortion and reproductive health services, prevention
education and advocacy to empower women to reach their full potential. | ||
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Reading Enrichment for Adult Development (R.E.A.D.) | |||
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Dee Sudberry |
Increases the level of literacy among African-American adults and youth in
Greater Cleveland to stimulate hope and motivate young adults to aspire to
higher education and emplowment. | ||
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St. Clair Superior Neighborhood Development Association | |||
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Rebecca Horter |
Builds community by organizing block clubs, rehabbing houses, developing
community policing, improving recreational facilities, promoting citizen
participation and finding employment for neighborhood residents. | ||
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Slavic Village Development Corporation | |||
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Anthony Brancatelli |
Redevelops the Broadway neighborhood through community organizing, housing
rehabilitation and new construction, code enforcement, housing services,
property management and development of parks and open space. | ||
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Union Miles Development Corporation | |||
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Debra Prater |
Maintains a strong community by rehabilitating vacant homes for low and
moderate income families, weatherizing homes, promoting commercial development
and organizing for a safer community. | ||
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Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio | |||
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Kenneth Frisof |
Promotes health care justice - universal coverage, quality of service and
public accountabilty - through education, policy work and grass roots
activities. | ||
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Women's Center of Greater Cleveland | |||
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Mary Jane Chichester |
Providing opportunities for women to take greater control over their lives -
physically, emotionally and economically. | ||
| Community Shares of Mid Ohio (was Greater Columbus Community Shares) | |||
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Melissa Magers www.communityshares.net |
We provide vital financial support to our 21 agencies. Together we work to
revitalize urban and rural neighborhoods, provide services and resources, and
promote human and civil rights. | ||
| Organizations belonging to Community Shares of Mid Ohio (was Greater Columbus Community Shares): | |||
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ACLU of Ohio Foundation - Central Ohio Chapter | |||
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Phone: 216-781-6277 |
Dedicated to ensuring civil liberties for all persons. Through education and
litigation, defends everyone’s constitutional rights and individual freedoms. | ||
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BRAVO Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Network | |||
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Phone: 614-268-9622 |
Works to eliminate violence perpetrated on the basis of sexual orientation
and or gender identification through prevention, advocacy, violence
documentation, and survivor services. | ||
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Camp Sunrise | |||
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Phone: 614-297-8404 |
Serves children and families of Ohio who are impacted by HIV/AIDS by
providing a therapeutic residential camp experience. | ||
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Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio | |||
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Phone: 614-280-1984 |
Helps to ensure tomorrow is better for thousands of homeless/low-income
adults and children through education, advocacy, and assistance to local
homeless/housing groups. | ||
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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Franklin County | |||
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Phone: 614-462-7450 |
Trained 106 CASA volunteers and assisted 502 critically abused and neglected
children in court to assure them safe, nurturing, and permanent homes. | ||
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Enhanced Life Styles Training Facility | |||
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Chuck Studebaker |
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Equal Justice Foundation | |||
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Kimberly Skaggs |
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The Free Press-Columbia Institute for Contemporary Journalism | |||
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Phone: 614-253-2571 |
Publishes "The Free Press" newspaper and website bringing
progressive news about activism and social justice issues to the public. | ||
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Interfaith Center for Peace | |||
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Phone: 614-294-9019 |
Provides conflict management and dispute resolution education, services and
training for students and adults in schools, churches, community organizations,
nonprofit and government agencies throughout Ohio. | ||
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Kaleidoscope Youth Coalition | |||
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Phone: 614-294-7886 |
Provides safe space for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning
youth; a weapon, drug, and alcohol free environment offering support groups,
educational and social programs. | ||
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League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Columbus Educational Fu | |||
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Phone: 614-221-1743 |
Promotes informed voting; provides 400,000 citizens with nonpartisan
information on candidates and issues, holds Candidates Nights, registers voters,
provides information on registration and voting districts. | ||
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MOBILE Mid Ohio Board for an Independent Living Environment | |||
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Phone: 614-864-1199 |
Offers peer support, skill development, information, advocacy, housing
modifications while promoting independent living in Central Ohio, encouraging
self-determination and leadership in the disability community. TTY 614-864-2038 | ||
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NARAL/Ohio Education Foundation | |||
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Phone: 614-221-2594 |
Provides training, events, and speakers supporting the full range of women’s
reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancies, bearing
healthy children and choosing legal abortion. | ||
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Neighborhood Services | |||
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Phone: 614-297-0592 |
Provides food, emergency assistance, friendly counsel, reliable referrals,
and faithful advocacy to needy neighbors. | ||
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Ohio Domestic Violence Network | |||
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Phone: 614-784-0023 |
Strengthens Ohio’s response to domestic violence through education,
training, and supporting victims with crisis intervention/referral via a
toll-free information line. | ||
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Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association Educational Fund | |||
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Phone: 614-267-3663 |
Promotes research and education about organic, ecological, and sustainable
food production for consumers, gardeners, and farmers; organizes annual
environmental farm tours with OSU extension services. | ||
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Ohio Environmental Council | |||
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Phone: 614-487-7506 |
Informs, unites, and empowers all Ohioans to protect the environment and
conserve natural resources by rectifying past abuses and preventing future harm. | ||
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Ohio Literacy Network | |||
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Phone: 614-486-7757 |
Promotes adult literacy in Ohio through collaborative literacy efforts,
serves as a clearinghouse for exchanging literacy information, and advocates for
adult learners and literacy organizations. | ||
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Ohio NOW Education and Legal Fund | |||
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Focuses on the elimination of gender discrimination in employment, family
law, reproductive rights, and educational equity through emphasis on legal
advocacy and education. | ||
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Project Open Hand | |||
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Phone: 614-298-8334 |
Provides free nutritional services to people with HIV/AIDS in Franklin County
and Ohio. Services include Home Delivered Meals, Nutrition Counseling, and a
Food Pantry. | ||
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Simply Living | |||
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Phone: 614-447-0296 |
Educates people to live sustainably and adopt earth-friendly practices which
improve quality of life for all; offers classes, events, publications, and
community resource center. | ||
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Stonewall Community | |||
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Phone: 614-299-7764 |
Supports gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and our allies with
services such as community center, educational presentations, events,
publications, and a referral hotline. | ||
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UHCAN Ohio Universal Health Care Action Network Ohio | |||
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Works toward universal health care and public accountability through
education, local and state advocacy, and grassroots organizing with uninsured,
Medicaid, and immigrant communities. | ||
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Vietnam Veterans of Ohio | |||
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Phone: 614-294-1693 |
Provides information, referral, and advocacy services for veterans and their
families, including incarcerated and homeless veterans. | ||
| Lorain County Community Shares | |||
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Paul Bellamy www.LCCShares.org |
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| Northwest Ohio Community Shares | |||
|
Sheila Watkins |
We are a partnership of 23 local, social, economic and environmental justice organizations that collaborate to build a better community by increasing public awareness of our member agencies' work by providing funds through workplace fundraising. | ||
| Organizations belonging to Northwest Ohio Community Shares: | |||
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Assistance Dogs of America | |||
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Chris Diefenthaler |
Locates and places highly skilled dogs with adults and children who have
mobility impairments to help them to become more independent. | ||
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ACES, Association for Children for Enforcement of Support | |||
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Lisa Redieck |
Provides assistance to people seeking child support and its enforcement.
Works for improved state and federal child support legislation and
implementation. | ||
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ACLU of Ohio Foundation, Northwest Ohio Chapter | |||
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Sandy Craig |
Is dedicated to ensuring the rights of all persons. Through litigation, it
defends everyone's rights and individual freedoms. | ||
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Beach House Family Shelter | |||
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Dawn Yeager |
Provides temporary emergency shelter to homeless single women.ingle parent
households with children, intact families and married couples | ||
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Collingwood Arts Center | |||
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Nancy Myers |
Preserves the historical building of the Collingwood Arts campus and provides
subsidized residences to over 90 artists in Toledo | ||
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Fund for Migrant Farm Worker Justice | |||
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Steve Steel |
Represents migrant farmworkers who put the food on our tables, but toil in
deplorable conditions. The Fund helps farmworkers gain greater dignity and
improve their families’ lives | ||
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Greater Toledo Housing Coalition | |||
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Chester Chambers |
A group of organizations that collaborate and advocate for safe, affordable
housing for persons with limited choices because of diability, familial status,
national origin, religion or sexual orientation. | ||
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Harbor House/300 Beds, Inc. | |||
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Doritha Cosper |
Provides services and housing to homeless, chemically dependent women through
comprehensive program life skills training and education to help regain self
respect and a place in society | ||
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Interfaith Justice and Peace Center | |||
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Diane Brown |
Fosters awareness and coordinates action on peace and justices issues by
non-violent means. Advocates. from diverse faith backgrounds, for the sacredness
and dignity of all human beings. | ||
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Interfaith Hospitality Network | |||
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Carmen Fritz |
A caring response to homelessness, provides compassionate assistance through
temporary shelter and meals to families without housing | ||
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Lagrange Development Corporation | |||
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Terry Glazer |
Assists in revitalization of the Lagrange-Central neighborhood in Toledo
through the creation of home ownership, revitalization of business and
empowerment of neighborhoods. | ||
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Mountain Mentors | |||
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David Zerby |
At-risk youth are paired with mentors who assist them on personal goal
setting and development. Monthly meetins and week-long mountaineering experience
are combined with weekly student contacts. | ||
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Nature's Nursery Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation Education | |||
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Deborah Cooper |
Provides environmental education on native wildlife ahd how we can preserve
this precious resource: accepts injured or orphaned wild animals for
rehabilitation and return to the wild. | ||
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Old West End Association | |||
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Dennis Lange |
Provides eduational and preservationof an historic district, central city
neighborhood. Maintaining an arboritum and educating the community by holding an
annual festival, donations to scholarships security and childrens programs. | ||
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ONYX, Inc. Organized Neighbors Yielding Excellence | |||
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Richard Bray |
A proactive resident-driven community development corporation designed to
provide housing to revitalize commercial and industriaal entities and forming
partnerships to provide social, educational and economic development. | ||
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Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio, Inc. | |||
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Rusty Bailey |
Advocates for the right and provides the means for people to make informed,
voluntary decisions regarding reproduction, reproductive health and sexuality.
Provides education and affordable health care. | ||
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Samaritan Counseling Center | |||
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Executive Director |
Provides faith-based counseling, as well as medical and psychiatric
consultation and educational programs without regard to financial resources.
Assists people to maintain and regain emotional helath to make life decisions
that leasd to self reliance. | ||
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Toledo Metropolitan Mission | |||
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Charles Campbell |
A department of the Toledo Ecumenical Area Ministries, a social justice
organization working to improve the quality of life for all citizens in the
Metro-Toledo area, especially people with disadvantages. | ||
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Vail Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center | |||
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Robyn Shinver |
Provides education and instruction to special needs individuals, in an
holistic approach to life skill development through therapeutic horseback
riding. | ||
