Community Action

For subscription info on this list, and on many other mailing lists of interest to Community Activists, see my Guide to Electronic Mailing Lists.

Thanks, Dave! Before today, this page was last revised 03/18/97, but I believe it still has many valuable links. I've been planning to reorganize this and all the pages at my aging Voicenet web site. I began this site as a repository for the MIDI files I was pumping out a couple years ago, using my electric piano and an accompaniment-generating program named Band-in-a-Box.

Meanwhile, I've started a new web site at GeoCities. I'm slowly moving to GeoCities all my pages relating to community activism, education, and libraries. The Volunteer Partners Page will be moving there soon.

on this page	volunteer opportunities	volunteer resources
	nonprofit management	computer recycling
	internet service	educators' resources
	urban development	poverty
	minority issues	general social issues

Neighborhood activists everywhere

• Check out this book:NetActivism: How Citizens Use the Internet,by Ed Schwartz, creator of Neighborhoods Online,and head ofInstitute for the Study of Civic Valuesin Philadelphia.Ed is a beaconof hope to his community(Thanks to Jolly Rogerfor the lighthouse illustration).

• It Takes a Village to Raise a Child-- `the debate over the role of the role of government andcommunities in supporting families and children' is one of many pages of original content fromEd Schwartz ofNeighborhoods Online:Philadelphia andNational: `... part of a joint project of the Institute for the Study of Civic Values and LibertyNetin Philadelphia, aimed at helping neighborhood activists and organizations gain information and resources of use in solvingcommunity problems.'

• Civic Values is a national discussion list sponsored by Institute for the Study of Civic Values-- ' ... a mailing list devoted to an ongoing dialogue on howAmericans can work as citizens to achieve the ideals embodied in theDeclaration of Independence, and the Preamble to the Constitution throughactive participation in communities and neighborhoods throughout theUnited States.' As this list receives dozens of messages per week,I suggest starting with the digest --send mail with body SUBSCRIBE CIVIC-VALUES-DIGEST to Majordomo@world.std.com.

• Mailing lists and news groups are greatfor getting the word out about events, recruiting volunteers, and asking advice.For more info on mailing lists see Dave Butler's Sampling of Mailing Lists.I've also prepared an intro to news groups,which includes general info for the uninitiated as well as a sampling of worldwide discussion groups for educators and job developers, as well as regional groups --Dave Butler's Usenet News Groupspage.

  Pennsylvania

  

• An invitation from Ed Schwartz:'If you want to keep in touch with neighborhood activists from all parts of Philadelphia, you can subscribe to neighbors-online--an email list that brings us all together. Send a one-line message--subscribe neighbors-online-- to majordomo@libertynet.org.'

• For statewide discussion there is the penn-neighbor mailing list, "... a list aimed at creating a dialogue among people working toimprove urban and suburban neighborhoods throughout the Commonwealth ofPennnsylvania....managed by Ed Schwartz, founder and President of the Institute for the Study of Civic Valuesin Philadelphia. To subscribe send mail with body SUBSCRIBE PENN-NEIGHBOR to Majordomo@world.std.com.

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  volunteer opportunities

• Nonprofit Technology Resources (Phila)

• LibertyNet (Phila)|Volunteer Opportunities|Community Outreach Program

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  volunteer resources

• CASA Nuts and Bolts: Volunteer Management`... CASAnet is a resource for CourtAppointed Special Advocate - CASA -and Guardian ad Litem - GAL- programs,volunteers and professionals in their workwith abused and neglected children.CASAnet is a service of the NationalCASA Association.'

• Volunteer Today`The Electronic Gazette for Volunteerism ... for anyone interested in volunteers, volunteermanagement, research on volunteerism, or philanthropy.'

• AmeriCorps' National Service Resource Center

• Subscribe to mailing list CYBERVPM,online networking for volunteer program managers,by emailing message to
  LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COMwith body
  SUBSCRIBE CYBERVPM your name
  -- no subject

• Check out usenet news group:
  soc.org.nonprofit

  

• Macrocosm USA' ... Possibilities for a New Progressive Era... ... a nonprofit clearinghouse for progressives emphasizing peace, justice, environmental, and health solutions'

• OneEarth Gallery`... a browsable public service directory recognizing progressiveorganizations and companies working to improve our culture and environment through their resources and actions.'

• Nonprofit Resources Catalogue|subject listing

• Internet NonProfit Center| NonProfit Locator'... information about charity and charities'

• Technology Resource Consortium|Directory

• Information Technology Resource Centerof Chicago

• Information for Non-Profit Managersfrom VNET Volunteer Networkof New Jersey: `... A partial list of our project areas will include education, environment, social welfare, economics, medical research/services, women's issues, animal issues, community service, homelessness, disabled, substance abuse, peace, human rights, worker rights, poverty, world hunger, domestic violence, safety, and family issues. '

• Sound Volunteer Management (Seattle) | Resources for Volunteers | Volunteer Program Management|Resources for Volunteer Programs

• Volunteer Center of Collin County, Texas|Volunteer Opportunities Data Base

• soc.org.service-clubs.misc Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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  Nonprofit Organization Management

  
  

• Nan Hawthorne posted 9-6-96 '... the results of the poll we did on the best Volunteer and Volunteer Management Resources on the Internet'

• Neil Berkowitz's Non Profit Management & Development Resources

• Putnam Barber's Info for Nonprofits|FAQ for soc.org.nonprofit newsgroup

• The Foundation Center`... is an independent nonprofit information clearinghouse established in 1956. The Center's mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. '

• Jayne Cravens at Coyote Communications| orImpact Online|Internet Starter Kit for Nonprofit Organizations|tip sheets `to help nonprofit and community-oriented organizations get the most out of computer technology'Jayne is a frequent contributor to the soc.org.nonprofitnewsgroup.

• INTERNET RESOURCES FOR NOT-FOR-PROFITS IN HOUSING,HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Resources for Research|Education|ListServ Groups on Nonprofit Issues|Philanthropy Links

• Peter Tavernise's Philanthropic Links, includingMeta-Index of Non-profit Organizations on the Web

• Fundraising Software

• Corporate Alternatives, inc.`... (CAi) has been helping not-for-profits (NFPs), non-profits, andnon-governmental organizations (NGOs) get more mission from limited resources throughmanagement consulting and training since 1982.' |President Peter C. Brinckerhoffa Univ of Penna graduate living in Springfield IL

• Points of Light Foundation

• `... The Human Services Institutehas a model for not-for-profit by-lawslocated in our on-line not-for-profit resource center ...'

• Association for Volunteer Administration
  P. O. Box 4589
  Boulder CO 80306
  (303) 497-0238
  E-Mail: AVA|AVA Journal

• IRS infostraight from the horse's mouth

• Computek ` A Publication of the Kenya Association for the Advancement ofComputing Technology(KaACT)'| alternate address| ftp site

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  Computer Recycling

• Philadelphia Reuse Collaborative

• Share the Technology Computer Recycling Projectof New Jersey

• Computer Recycling 4 Native Americans and Others in Need`... a not-for-profit community service group that recycles old computers from across America, and teaches children without computers to use them.' | more info

• National Computer Recycling and Mentoring Association

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  Internet Providers for Nonprofits

• Impact Onlinea nonprofit org in San Francisco & Washington DC:`... Our mission is to facilitate and increase community involvement. '

• Budget Web Index: List of low cost web services`... a Web site devoted to information on low-cost Web site providers all over the country, as well as information on low cost image scanning services and other information.'

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  Resources for Educators

• Journals of BUBL Information Service` ... originated in the BUlletin Board for Libraries. BUBL now maintains a gopher and web server, and ... has retained a strong library element, but now provides a subject-based service to the academic and research community more generally.'
• Resources Handbookfrom Online Worldis a very thorough guide on how to use the Internet. Topics includeYour personal healthnet | Free expert assistanceand much more. Advanced topics include Automatic communication

• Pennsylvania State Education Association` ... a dynamic, democratic organization committed to advancing public education for all students, and fostering the dignity and worth of its members through collective action. We represent more than 135,000 teachers, educational support personnel, counselors, administrators, curriculum specialists, librarians, support personnel, healthcare workers, school dental hygienists, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, vocational-technical instructors, community college and junior college facilities, students and retirees.'

  

• Philadelphia's John Welsh Elementary School TeachersandMurrell Dobbins Vocational-Technical School TeachersSurf the Net!

• Philadelphia Teachers Educating with Computers`If you're an educator using computer technology in your classroom,or a teacher of computer science in an elementary or middle school interestedin meeting with other teachers, we welcome your input. Please send E-mail to Mel Levin at the Office of Educational Technology for information about joining the group.Next Meeting date:
  April 24, 1997
  3:30 to ?
  Technology Training Center, 6th floor

• Bridge Project serving Philadelphia's Empowerment Zones

• Teachers at Work in New Zealand

• Public-Access Computer Systems Review (PACS Review)'... anelectronic journal about end-user computer systems in libraries.'

• The Scout Report WWW version (also available by email subscription)` ... a weekly publication offering a selection of new andnewly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers andeducators, the InterNIC's primary audience. However, everyone is welcome.'To subscribe to the plain text weekly email send email to:listserv@lists.internic.net-- in the body of the message, type:
  subscribe scout-report yourfirstname yourlastname

• Liszt: Searchable Directory of e-Mail Discussion Groupslists several dozen mail groups under Educationand many more underHumanities |Arts |Music |Science

  

• Philadelphia Writing Project
  ` ... a site of the National Writing Project, the largest staff development project for teachers in the country. PhilWP was established in 1986 as an urban teacher collaborative and school-university partnership ...'

• Univ of Penn Library Areas - U.S. - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Education

• Univ of Penn Graduate School of Education, Language in Education Division

  

• School District of Philadelphia | Education for Employment | Middle School-Workplace-Community Partnerships

• Mapping out the National Assessment of Title I

• Cynthia D. HollingsworthofThe Center for Teaching & Learningprovides anHTML Basics Handout

• Online Class: Internet Education Projects`... a unique, interactive learning tool designed for you, the creative teacher, to integratetechnology into the K-12 classroom'

• Infoshare Educational Courseware`... Full Circle's web of free, online,educational courseware'

• maranGraphics Computer Dictionary`This dictionary is still under construction.... Only the Letters A to C are currently available.'

• You have until Sept 30 1996 if you'd like yourclass to join a class from Japan in AT&T Jens Virtual Classroom on the Net Program

  

• Teachers Helping Teachersis one of the hot spots forEducational Resources

• Canada's SchoolNet

• Mary Garretthas posted her articles and online computer courses:What Constitutes Computer Literacy?| Hands-on Intro to Computer Applications| Asymetrix ToolBook Applications

• Urban Education Web

• Educational Associations and Organizationslisting from US Dept of Education

  

• Software for Educators, Administrators & Training Professionalsfrom Cogent Computing Corp

• Key Resources for Journalists and Researchers

• Training Technology Resource Center`... mission is to serve as an electronic point of access to a wide range of workforce developmentinformation and to enable information sharing throughout the Employment and Training Community.'

• Laura Kritch's Web Sites for LESSON PLANS

• Stand for Children

• Check out usenet news groups:

  bit.listserv.edtech
  bit.listserv.libref-l
  bit.listserv.nettrain
  misc.kids.computer
  k12.chat.teacher
  k12.ed.comp.literacy
  k12.ed.math
  k12.ed.science
  k12.ed.soc-studies
  k12.ed.special
  k12.ed.tech
  k12.lang.art
  k12.library
  k12.news
  
  

• Subscribe to mailing listPUB-ADV, by emailing message to
  majordomo@virginia.eduwith body
  subscribe pub-adv [first name] [last name]
  -- no subject
  `PUB-ADV is a listserv on the Internet established and moderated by Libraries for the Future. Thediscussion list is for public library users, advocates, friends of the library and anyone else concernedwith public library issues.' | Index

• Special Ed Web Site |Subscribe to mailing list SPEDTALK,about special education, by emailing message to
  majordomo@virginia.eduwith body
  subscribe spedtalk
  end
  -- no subject
  note that `end' must be on a new line

  

• Subscribe to mailing list ALA-WO,an occasional bulletin from American Library Association Washington Office Newsline,by emailing message to
  listproc@ala1.ala.orgwith body
  SUBSCRIBE ALA-WO your name
  -- no subject

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  Urban community economic development

• Subscribe to mailing list CD4URBAN,`Community Development Society Urban Info-Sharing Forum'by emailing message to
  listproc@u.washington.edu
  with body
  SUBSCRIBE CD4URBAN your name
  -- no subject

• Philadelphia City Planning Commission Guide to Data Sources

• Community Reinvestment Fund`... a nonprofit organization that provides a secondary market foreconomic development loans'

• Canada's Computers for Schools| English language version`The Computers for Schools (CFS) Program brings educational institutions, communities, business,federal, provincial and territorial governments together in channelling surplus computer equipment andsoftware to Canadian elementary and secondary schools; equipment with DOS is also provided topublic libraries.'

  also see general social issues

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  The needs of poor families raising children

• Our Kids`A web page devoted to raising kids with special needs'| Our-Kids mailing list

• Urban and Minority Families

• Subscribe to APPALDEV list (Appaldev Appalachian Development List) by emailing message to
  LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU(or LISTSERV@SJUVM.BITNET)with body
  SUBSCRIBE APPALDEV your name
  -- no subject
  `Contributions sent to this list are automatically archived. You can get alist of the available archive files by sending an "INDEX APPALDEV"command to LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU(or LISTSERV@SJUVM.BITNET).'

• MN-NET, an Information Resource on MicronutrientMalnutrition` The focus is on vitamin A, iron and iodine because they are known to be deficient widely in developing countries, we know how to treat them and we can measure progress unambiguously. In the view of the World Bank "No other technology offers as large an opportunity to improve lives... atsuch low cost and in such a short time..." '

  also see general social issues

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  Social issues relating to the rights of racial, ethnic, and gender minorities

• Subscribe to MULT-CUL (Multicultural List) by emailing message to

  LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDUwith body

  subscribe MULT-CUL your name

  -- no subject

  also see general social issues

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  General Social Issues

• Partners of the Americas Washington DC / Brasilia Committee

• PRAXIS: Resources For Social and Economic Development`... the international development homepage of Prof. Richard J. Estes ofthe University of Pennsylvania.'

• Official Philadelphia Website

• Economic Democracy Information Network (EDIN)`... a project dedicated to expanding the voice of community organizations on the Information Superhighway.'EDIN offerings include lists of automatic email services such asRace and Diversity

• Prairienet, `... a community service of the Graduate School ofLibrary and InformationScience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,providing public-access community computingto the residents of Illinois. Prairienet is a volunteerorganization funded by member donations.'

• TechNet`... a series of World Bank Group initiatives in the area of science and technology ... primarily an information resource and a discussion forum for professionals involved with S&T as tools for economic development.'

• Telecommunications and Civic Networkingpage from The Center for Civic Networking, a `... non-profit organization dedicated to applyinginformation infrastructure to the broad public good - particularly by putting information infrastructure to work within local communities to improve delivery of local government services, improve access to information that people need in order to function as informed citizens, broaden citizen participation in governance, and stimulate economic and community development.'

• Woodstock Institute`...The problems and opportunities of low- and moderate-income and minority communities fade in and out of the national spotlight. But Woodstock Institute continues to focus on enhancing the ability of these communities to access capital, credit, and financial services and to attract sound economic development projects. '

• Community Networking links from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

• HandsNet, `a national, nonprofit network that promotes information sharing, cross-sectorcollaboration and advocacy among individuals and organizations workingon a broad range of public interest issues.'

• The Electronic Activist for Pennsylvania

• Recycling and Waste Exchange at Northeast Business Environmental Network

• Communet: Community and Civic Network Discussion List -- To subscribe send mail with body SUBSCRIBE COMMUNET to LISTSERV@UVMVM.UVM.EDU. If this doesn't work try LISTSERV@UVMVM.BITNET. For summary only follow up with message SET COMMUNET DIGEST.

• Subscribe to TAP-RESOURCES (Tax Payer Assets Project)by emailing message to
  LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDUwith body
  SUBSCRIBE TAP-RESOURCES your name
  -- no subject

• Subscribe to DEVEL-L (Technology Transfer in International Development) by emailing message to
  LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDUwith body
  subscribe Devel-L your name
  -- no subject

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