Economic Justice on the Central Oregon Web Log

ACORN's Living Wage Resource Center: ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate-income families, with over 150,000 member families organized into 750 neighborhood chapters in more than 60 cities across the country.

Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities has a goal to "Increase funding to meet the needs of our children and children around the world (at no additional taxpayer expense) by reducing money spent on cold war era weapon systems and other Pentagon programs that are not needed in the post-Cold War world." This organization supports two projects: True Majority - the grassroots, bottom-up aspect of BLSP. It provides an easy way for a great mass of people concerned about a particular issue to make their voices heard, without having to research addresses for their representatives and then compose messages from scratch; and The Priorities! Campaign which runs a unique communications program, which includes news media relations, advertising, and state-of-the-art marketing.

The mission of the Center for Economic Justice (CEJ) is to strengthen international movements that counter corporate-driven globalization and promote more just policy alternatives. Following the direction of the justice movements themselves, CEJ aims to support them in concrete ways, the people most directly and negatively affected, helping them gain political power as well as technical and funding support in their struggles for environmentally healthy, human-centered, and sustainable economies.

Children First for Oregon has served as the state's leading voice for children since 1991. A non-profit, non-partisan group, Children First uses public education, research, and community capacity building initiatives to speak to the legislature, media and local communities on behalf of Oregon's children and families.

Citizens for Tax Justice "is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to fair taxation at the federal, state, and local levels."

Corporate Voices for Working Families "is a non-partisan, non-profit corporate membership organization created to bring the private sector voice into the public dialogue on issues affecting working families."

The Fair Labor Association "is a non-profit organization combining the efforts of industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), colleges and universities to promote adherence to international labor standards and improve working conditions worldwide."

The Institute for Women's Policy Research "is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating debate on issues of critical importance to women and their families."

Good Jobs First "helps grassroots groups and policy-makers ensure that economic development subsidies are accountable and effective."

Jews for Economic and Racial Justice (JFREJ) is a New York City-based membership organization of Jews and our allies. Through education, community organizing, media activism, and coalition building, we bring our values into the debates over our city’s future. Points made on this site are relevant to areas outside New York.

Jobs With Justice is a coalition of more than 50 labor organizations and community groups dedicated to protecting the rights of working people and supporting community campaigns to build a just society for everyone.

The Mobilization for Global Justice is a Washington DC based group that works on issues of global economic and social justice and sustainability. We believe another world is possible and necessary. We envision a world free of corporate domination and crushing debt, particularly in communities of color. We act to expose and change the institutionalized violence wrought by international financial and trade institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization.

Money in Politics Research Action Project (MiPRAP) keeps tabs on campaign funding - who gives and who gets and where the money is spent.

The North American Alliance for Fair Employment (NAFFE) "is a network of organizations concerned about the growth of contingent work—including part-time jobs, temping, sub-contracting—and its impact on the well being of all workers."

The Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO) is a regional network of four grassroots organizations:
    Idaho Community Action Network (ICAN)
    Montana People´s Action (MPA)
    Oregon Action (OA)
    Washington Citizen Action (WCA).

NWFCO’s mission is to achieve systemic change by building strong state affiliate organizations and by executing national and regional campaigns that advance economic, racial, and social justice. In the ten years since its founding, NWFCO has trained hundreds of community leaders who are taking action and making change for their communities.

The National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support

The National Lawyers Guild is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. We seek to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization that shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests.

Oregon Action "is a statewide community organization dedicated to economic and social justice for all. We empower the voices of under-represented people — particularly poor and low-income people, people of color and women — to influence public policy. Through leadership development and community organizing, we work to shift the balance of power on issues that matter to our members – winning real changes that make real differences in people’s lives."

Oregon Center for Public Policy is a progressive education and research group that assists Oregonians by expanding the debate on tax and budget policies. The OCPP analyzes a broad range of budget and policy issues with an emphasis on those issues affecting low- and moderate-income Oregonians.

The Progress Report is part of the Economic Justice Network, both of which are excellent resources on this topic.

United for a Fair Economy "is a national, independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. UFE raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. We support and help build social movements for greater equality."

The Institute for Policy Studies"is the nation’s oldest multi-issue progressive think tank. Since 1963, the Institute has worked with social movements to forge viable and sustainable policies to promote democracy, justice, human rights, and diversity. IPS played key roles in the Civil Rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s, the women’s and environmental movements in the 1970s, the anti-apartheid and anti-intervention movements in the 1980s, and the fair trade and environmental justice movements today."

Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) offers a theory and philosophy well-worth considering to help bring economic justice to the world.

The Rural Organizing Project works to advance democracy in rural Oregon.

The World Bank Boycott is an international grassroots campaign that is building moral, political, and financial pressure on the World Bank. Launched in April 2000 by organizations from 35 global South countries and the U.S., the campaign links organizations and social movements in the global South which are challenging harmful World Bank policies with activists and institutional investors in North America, Europe, and East Asia, where the World Bank issues bonds that finance most of its operations

Articles:

George Monbiot has an excellent archive of articles on economic justice on his web site.

See also Minimum and Living Wage, Opponents of a Minimum Wage, Poverty, Health, Research and Analysis, and the Oregon Collaboration for additional links to related web sites.

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