local organizing
Untitled Document Much of this directory was lifted straight out of BUILD's excellent directory of Philadelphia activism resources (for their more extensive list, check out selfeducation.org). Cheers for the good work. please drop us an email in case we've left something out or need to update listings.
A-Space
4722 Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143
215-727-0882
Anarchist gathering place; sponsors or is the location of many meetings or events. A Space is available for organizations to host small events and meetings. Located right on the #34 Subway Surface car line, about a half-mile west of the University of Pennsylvania campus. Facilities include 40 chairs, 3 large tables, a 22" television, VCR, and a coffee maker. Rates for use of the space start at $10 per night. The space is wheelchair accessible, but the bathroom is not. There is a large free parking lot right next door and plenty of bicycle parking. Events scheduled before the last Monday of the preceding month can be listed on the calendar. Call Nicole at 215-724-4211 for more information.
Action AIDS
215-981-0088
fundraising, support and advocacy organization for people with HIV/AIDS.
ACT UP The Aids Coalition to Unleash Power
meets every Monday at 6pm. 330 S. 13th
Post Office Box 22439
Land Title Station
Philadelphia, PA 19110-2439
phone 215.731.1844
fax 215.731.1845
AIDS FUND
1233 Locust Street Suite 102
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-731-9255
Raises funds to distribute to agencies that provide either direct-care services to people with AIDS and HIV, or education and prevention programs designed to stop the spread of the disease. Sponsors yearly Philadelphia AIDS WALK and other activities.
Allegheny National Forest Defense Project or Allegheny Defense Project
P.O. Box 245
Clarion, PA 16214
814-226-4918
info@alleghenydefense.org
The Allegheny National Forest is Pennsylvania's only national forest and covers 513,000 acres of beautiful woods in northwestern PA. Right now, the US Forest Service hopes to finalize plans to cut more than 15,000 acres (or 23.5 square miles) of the Allegheny National Forest. These plans call for clearcuts on 6,000 acres, pre-clearcut treatment cuts on 8,250 acres, spraying of toxic herbicides on 5,600 acres, construction on 182.1 miles of logging roads (including 36 miles of brand new roads), and the creation of 20 new stone pits for road construction. Help us to stop this destruction of our public lands!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Philadelphia
125 South 9th Street Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-592-1513
The ACLU is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to defending and protecting individual rights and personal freedoms.
The American Friends Service Committee
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-241-7000
AFSC is a Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.
Amnesty International
Local groups always welcome new members. Call to confirm meeting times and locations. For all other questions call 215-552-8131
-Center City Philadelphia (Group 112) Meets at The Ethical Society, 1908 Rittenhouse Sq. on the 4th Thursday of each month at 7:OO P.M. There is a separate letter-writing meeting on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:OO P.M. at Old Pine Community Center 4th &Lombard. Contact RichGiordano at 215-492-9657 or Talya Escogido at 215-735-7970.
-Chestnut Hill/Mt. Airy (Group 427) Meets at The Flying Fish Restaurant, 8142 Germantown Ave. (upstairs) on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 P.M. Contact Ruth Yaskin at 215-844-2328.
-NE Philadelphia (Group 526) Contact Brendan Cullen at 215-752-0424 for meeting time and location.
-Student Groups: There are many Amnesty International groups on many campuses and in high schools throughout the area. Call 215-552-8131 for information on location of groups or for information on how to start a groups at your school.
Anarchist Black Cross Network - Philadelphia
4722 Baltimore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19143
phillyabc@yahoo.com
The Anarchist Black Cross has sought to bring attention to the plight of all prisoners, with an emphasis on Anarchist and class war prisoners; and, through contact with and information about prisoners, inspire resistance and support movement on the outside. ABC groups are committed to the wider resistance in which many of these prisoners are engaged.
Animal Defense League
The Animal Defense League is a national grassroots animal liberation and defense organization.
Anti Racist Action (ARA)
Direct action to stop, challenge and confrontfascist/neo-nazi organizing
PhillyARA@aol.com
P.O. Box 38626
Philadelphia, PA. 19104-8626
Anti War Forum
An eclectic mix of folks with different takes on the world attempting to foster open dialogue by organizing regular forums on the war. defenestrator.org/antiwarforum or email us at anti-war@topica.net
Asian Arts Initiative
1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-557-0455
The Asian Arts Initiative sponsors arts programs, presentations, workshops, and discussions as a means to increase the political and cultural voice of the Asian American communities in Philadelphia. Over the past four years, we have grown from a belief that our rights to self-representation and creative expression are part of the social and human rights that all people deserve. Our goal is to build a "home" in Philadelphia for artists and everyday people to engage in the arts to explore and express our experiences as Asian Americans.
AWOL
Revolutionary Artists Workshop, 1515 Cherry Street, Philly, PA 19102
1-800-NO-JROTC
Brandywine Peace Community
PO Box 81, Swarthmore, PA 19081
telephone: (610)-544-1818 or mailing
brandywine@juno.com
Black Radical Congress (BRC)
P.O. 27423
Philadelphia, PA 19118
215-242-9066
The purpose of the Black Radical Congress is to promote dialogue among African American activists and scholars on the left; to discuss critical issues on the national and international scene that pertain to the Black community; to explore new strategies and directions for progressive political, social and cultural movements; and to renew the Black radical movement through increased unified action.
Education Not Incarceration Campaign.
Black United Fund Of Pennsylvania (BUF/PA)
2227 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
215-236-2100
Provides grants and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations in Pennsylvania committed to health and human services, arts and culture, economic development and education in the African American community.
BOOKMOBILE Project/Projet MOBILIVRE
c/o Space 1026 PO Box 42062
1026 Arch Street Montreal, Quebec
Philadelphia, PA 19107 H2W 2T3 Canada
traveling exhibition of artist books and zines
Books Through Bars
4722 Baltimore Ave. Phila. PA USA 19143
phone: 215-727-0882 #2
Everyone is invited to send free books to prisoners every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 7:30PM.
Bread and Roses Community Fund
1500 Walnut Street, Suite 1305
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-731-1107
Bread and Roses Community Fund raises funds from thousands of individual donors and makes grants to community-based organizations in the five county Philadelphia area and Camden, New Jersey.
Bucks County Peace Center
102 West Maple Avenue
Langhorne, PA
215-750-7220
Providing Education in Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention
Committee to End the Occupation of Iraq
Organizing opposition to the US war on Iraq through education and political action. CEOI have organized and collaborated with teach-ins, demonstrations, panel discussions, and community gatherings to get out to a broader audience the facts about the twelve-year war.
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
CCCO supports conscientious objectors and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war. For further information 215-563-8787
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living
2731 W. 3rd Street
Chester, PA 19013
610-485-6683
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living is the local grassroots community organization that has been fighting for environmental justice for the past four years. Chester, PA, a 65% African-American, low-income community southwest of Philadelphia is home to four hazardous and municipal waste facilities.
Critical Path Aids Project
Critical Path provides easy access to the full range of potentially life-extending or life-saving HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and referral information. Critical Path makes it easier for individuals and their health care providers to make informed treatment decisions, based on the very latest, most complete and accurate treatment information and clinical trials findings available.
Critical Mass
The unruly bicycle mobile street party occurs last Friday every month. Meet 5:30pm West Side of City Hall.
Columbia Support Network
phone: 215-627-4157 philly@colombiasupport.net
CSN works for a negotiated solution to the Colombian conflict and peace with justice in Colombia, through strengthening and supporting grassroots groups in Colombia, such as women's groups, teachers, cooperatives, unions, environmental groups, and indigenous movements
Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County
PO Box 174
Media, PA 19063
610-565-4590
DUTV
DUTV, 3141 Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104
phone 215-895-2927
Fax 215-895-1054
Viewer Response Line 215-895-1054
Drexel's excellent cable TV channel..
East Timor Action Network - Philadelphia Chapter
PO Box 1032
Philadelphia, PA 19105-1032
215-755-3826
crocodileclub@juno.com
Working to free East Timor from Indonesian exploitation and colonization.
Fight the Right Network
Post Office Box 2084
Philadelphia, PA 19103-0084
215-389-1400
The Fight The Right Network connects individuals and representatives of organizations working to promote social and economic justice, democracy, and sexual and reproductive freedom by stopping or counteracting the political and religious Right's attempts to suppress freedoms, to undermine the separation of church and state, and to impose religious control of government, education, and public life.
Fight for Lifers
Educating the Public about Life sentences without parole in Pennsylvania.Fight For Lifers meets the second Tuesday of every month at 1501 Cherry St. Philadelphia. Please contact us at 215-843-0620. www.lifewithoutparole.org
Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative (GALAEI)
1233 Locust Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-985-3382
GALAEI is a program designed to meet the HIV/AIDS education and prevention needs of Latino/a sexual minorities. GALAEI understands the impact of overall health on the well being of Philadelphia's Latino/a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities and seeks to address general health issues through education, prevention, advocacy, and representation.
GI Rights Hotline
Discharges, DEP,Discrimination, Gay, AWOL/UA, Harrassment, Conscienscious Objection
Call for info from a network of non-profit, non governmental organizations
1-800-394-9544
Grannie Peace Brigade
We are here because whenever we encounter war grandmothers must work to insure peace for all children and grandchildren.
Greater Camden Unity Coalition
monthly potlucks, anti-war teach ins
phone: 856-854-6183
maddpeace@aol.com
Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP)
1424 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-961-3762
Works to further policy and legal changes to end homelessness.
Independent Media Center
PO BOX 42803
Philadelphia, PA 19101
215-545-2423 (voicemail only)
The Independent Media Center of Philadelphia (IMC-Philly) is dedicated to building media democracy by providing progressive, in-depth, and accurate coverage of issues that affect all communities and by increasing community access to available technologies and information for the production and distribution of news and analysis. A not-for-profit, volunteer-based collaboration of independent media makers and press liaisons, IMC-Philly operates in solidarity with an international network of Independent Media Centers, which collectively serve to create alternatives to the profit- driven agenda of the corporate media.
Industrial Workers of the World
PO Box 13476
Philadelphia, PA 19101
215-222-1905
The IWW is a member-run union for all workers, a union dedicated to organizing on the job, in our industries and in our communities. IWW members are organizing to win better conditions today and build a world with economic democracy tomorrow. We want our workplaces run for the benefit of workers and communities rather than for a handful of bosses and executives.
International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
4601 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-476-7551
-co-ordinates the international movement to free journalist/political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal
International Friends of MOVE Network
uprising1978@aol.com
610-499-0979
215-760-4036
Network supporting the MOVE family.
Jobs and Living Wage Campaign
846 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia 19130
215-765-0042
The Jobs and Living Wage Campaign is a grass-roots coalition dedicated to seeking passage of a City ordinance that requires the City of Philadelphia to use its subsidies and contracts to foster liveable wage jobs for poor families.
Jobs with Justice
1319 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-735-3615
Philadelphia Area Jobs with Justice is a coalition of labor unions, community organizations, and people of faith who have united in the struggle for economic justice, particularly supporting the right or workers to join unions.
Kensington Welfare Rights Union
PO Box 50678
Philadelphia, PA 19134
(215) 203-1945 * FAX (215) 203-1950
kwru@kwru.org
Led by poor and homeless families, KWRU is a membership organization dedicated to the organizing of welfare recipients, the homeless, the working poor, and all people concerned about economic justice. Provides advocacy and direct action. Has a speakers bureau in both English and Spanish.
LAVA
4134 Lancaster Ave
a new radical community centre
A conspiracy from the fanatics at the defenestrator, the Philly Independent Media Centre, Radio Volta, the derailleur collective, the Unconvention and others comes this new project: a radical community centre in the pancreas of West Philly. We bought a building, now we need your involvement!
Lesbian Avengers
dyke.grrl@verizon.net
The Lesbian Avengers is a direct action group dedicated to the survival and visibility of lesbians, bi-women, and trans-dykes. We are committed to being anti-racist, anti-classist, pro-choice, and pissed off.
MANNA
PO Box 30181
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-496-2662
Manna's mission is to ensure that no one homebound with HIV/AIDS goes hungry. Makes and delivers meals.
Mothers Organized Against Police Terror (MOAPT)
is an organization made up of parents who have lost children, one way or another, to police brutality.
215-471-1194
Mountain Meadow Summer Camp
Mountain Meadow Country Experience
1315 Spruce Street, Suite 407
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-772-1107
Mountain Meadow Summer Camp is a two-week long sleep-away camp for young people from alternative and progressive families, including those with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered parents. Located on the border of Pennsyvlania and Maryland one and a half hours from Philadelphia on an established, rustic campsite, camp offers children entering grades 4-9 a fun, safe environment where they can be open about their families while participating in traditional (non-competitive) camp activities like swimming, hiking and arts and crafts. Camp is run by a volunteer collective located in Philadelphia. Tuition is based on what each family can afford and donations are happily accepted.
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
SE chapter meets 4th Monday of every month @ the AFSC 1501 Cherry St.
Neighbors Against McPenntrification
NAM is a grassroots community-based organization in West Philadelphia which organizes to expose and stop the University of Pennsylvania's role in gentrification. Contact information was not found.
The New Society Educational Foundation
P.O. Box 30947
Philadelphia, PA 19104-0947
NSEF promotes the creative force of nonviolence as a means of dealing with social conflicts, particularly the injustices caused by systematic discrimination based on ethnicity, race, sex, age, class, national origin, religion, sexual preference and hierarchy. NSEF advocates people-to- people contacts and continual efforts to gain more understanding of nonviolent processes to achieve a just, humane, and caring society. To promote its vision of a new society, NSEF supports educational projects through grantmaking and fiscal sponsorship.
Peace Action of the Delaware Valley
3001 Walnut St., 5th Floor
Philadelphia PA 19104
215-386-4322
Peace Action works to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons, the development of a peace-oriented economy, an end to the international weapons trade, and promotes non-military solutions to international conflicts.
Pennsylvania Environmental Network (PEN)
215-752-1202
Pennsylvania Environmental Network is a network of grassroots environmental groups throughout the state. PEN is a clearinghouse for information and technical expertise on organizing and on various issues of interest to the grassroots.
Pentridge Children's Garden
c/o WISE
735 South 50th Street
Philadelphia PA 19143
215-727-9473 ext. 4
Youth run garden in West Philadelphia
Philabundance
PO Box 18927
Philadelphia, PA 19119-0927
215-844-FOOD (3663)
Philabundance reclaims surplus food from restaurants, grocers, caterers, wholesalers and manufacturers and delivers it free of charge to over 100 community agencies who provide emergency assistance to low-income adults and children.
Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty
P.O. Box 58128, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-724-6120 Fax: 215-729-6189 PAUADP@aol.com
Penn Students Against Sweatshops
Penn Students Against Sweatshops, 4901 Cedar Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Philadelphia Community Access Coalition (PCAC)
Philadelphia Community Access Coalition (PCAC) is a grassroots coalition of individuals and organizations working together through outreach, organizing and advocacy for the establishment of public access community television in Philadelphia.
P.O. Box 42612
Philadelphia, PA 19101
215-563-1090
Philadelphia Progressive Directory
A searcheable directory of activist organizations in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Student Union
info@ phillystudentunion.org
Philadelphia Unemployment Project (PUP)
1201 Chestnut Street, Room 702
Philadelphia PA 19107
215-557-0822
A membership organization for the poor and unemployed; organizes members, unites them with the community to demand jobs and health care for poor and working people.
Project H.O.M.E.
1515 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130
215-232-7272
Project H.O.M.E. (Housing, Opportunities, Medical Care, and Education) is a nonprofit organization that provides housing and support services to chronically homeless men and women in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network (PRAWN)
Prevention Point Needle Exchange Program
Contact us anytime at ppped@critpath.org or (215) 787-0118.
Radio Volta
215-476-8068
Radio Volta is a community, listener-supported, volunteer-driven station bringing you breaking independent news, alternative culture and freeform music.
R2K Legal Collective
Handling the legal hangover from the RNC
R2K Legal c/o National Lawyers Guild, 924 Cherry Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
phone: (215) 925-6791
fax:(215) 925-6792
info@r2kphilly.org
Scribe Video Center
1342 Cypress Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-735-3785
Scribe Video Center is a place where people work together and gain skills in media making. Scribe Video Center seeks to explore, develop and advance the use of video as an artistic medium and as a tool for progressive social change. Central to our mission are efforts to reach communities that traditionally have not had access to video training or production facilities. We engage people of color, women, young people, senior citizens, and those with limited economic resources in a dialogue about the potential of the video medium. Scribe offers workshops in Camera and Lighting, Linear and Non-Linear Editing, Sound Recording, 16 mm Film Production, Scriptwriting for fiction and documentary films, and Oral History Production. Scribe also offers artist's services such as fiscal sponsorship, equipment rental, and editing facilities.
Sisterspace of the Delaware Valley
1315 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-546-4890
Sisterspace of the Delaware Valley is a non-profit volunteer organization devoted to the needs of the tri-state region's community of women-loving women.
SOA Watch N.E.
SOA Watch/NE is an organization which educates the public and Congress about the atrocities committed by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA). The SOA is located at Ft. Benning, Georgia and trains hundreds of soldiers from Latin America each year. Many of its graduates have been responsible for some of the worst human rights violation in our hemishphere. As part of a Pentagon PR campaign, the SOA was renamed in 2000: the Western Hemishere Institute for Security Cooperation.
Sex Workers Action Team (S.W.A.T.)
Fighting fees and fines! Battling bad management! Skewering stigma! Attacking alienation!
demand your rights as a sex worker!
swat@bust.com
Stop US Aid to Israel Now (SUSTAIN)
Philadelphians committed to stopping US aided apartheid and state terror in Palestine.
Tenant's Action Group of Philadelphia
21 S 12th Street 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-575-0700
Assists tenants in exercising their legal rights to ensure a decent and affordable home.
Training for Change
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-241-7035
Training for Change offers experiential workshops supporting leadership development for nonviolent social change: training of trainers, leadership skills, campaign-building, diversity, and more.
Up Against the Law - Philadelphia's Radical Legal Collective
215-925-6791
ualm@critpath.org
Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles.
Top quality low prices, everything you need for your apartment, a truckload of new stuff every day deco, retro, real wood, more. Tues-Sun 11:30-6:30 fundraiser for the African People's Education and Defense Fund. We pick up donations. We Deliver. Volunteers Wanted. Open meetings every Thursday night 7:30-8:30pm 1220 Spruce. 215-546-9616
Uhuru House.
Office of the International People's Democratic Uhuru (Freedom)
Movement organizing for social justice and economic development for the
African community. Open meetings every Wednesday Night 7:30-9:30pm. 1021 S.
49th st. @ Chester in West Phila. more info 215-724-3535
Unite For Peace
Promoting Peace and Justice in the Philadelphia Region
Wages For Housework Campaign
PO Box 11795, Philadelphia, PA 19101
phone: (215)848-1120
War Resisters League
2211 Bainbridge Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
215-732-8137
WRL works for peace within a framework of social justice.
WHY WAR?
Swarthmore Students against the war. Has tons of news and resources.
Women's Anti-Violence Education
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-241-5720
WAVE offers a drop-in, self-defense, class every Monday night. There is a sliding scale fee of $5-$20(pay what you can). Women of any age, size, or physical ability will benefit. Can't make it Monday? call about our full length self-defense courses offered regularly.
Women in Transition
21 South 12th Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-545-4512
Women In Transition provides counseling, referrals and advocacy to women in Philadelphia who are endangered by domestic violence and/or substance abuse.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
1213 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-1691
215-563-7110
WILPF works for racial justice, women's rights,disarmament, and ending U.S. intervention.
Wooden Shoe Books
508 S. Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-413-0999
Anarchist bookstore owned and run by volunteer collective.
Youth United for Change
2801 Frankford Avenue Room 111
Philadelphia, PA 19134
215-423-9588
Youth United for Change organizes and supports high-school students in Philadelphia working on education reform issues.
