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ERIC Number: ED380251
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: 115
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Women of Color Organizations & Projects: A National Directory.
Burnham, Linda, Comp.
This directory includes nearly 200 organizations whose staff, membership, or constituency is predominantly women of color; organizations that concern women of color by virtue of their location or issues they address; and projects or organizations whose membership is primarily White but that focus on issues of importance to women of color. Disk versions of the directory include names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and contact persons for all listings. The book version also includes descriptions of organizational goals and programs taken directly from questionnaires completed by the organizations. Organizations and programs are listed alphabetically and indexed by race/ethnicity/nationality and issue. While many listed organizations have educational components, those focusing specifically on educational issues Asian Women United in San Francisco, California; the Center for Women Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.; the Association of Black Women in Higher Education in Jackson Heights, New York; the Chicana/Latina Research Project in Davis, California; Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle East in Berkeley, California; and Sage Women's Educational Press, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia. Other categories include arts and cultural heritage, business and professional associations, domestic violence, employment and job training, health, immigrant and refugee women, income and welfare rights, indigenous rights, international support, leadership development, lesbians of color, mentoring and scholarships, parenting, political participation, publishing and media, religion and spirituality, reproductive rights, sexual assault, substance abuse and recovery, support groups and self-help, and workers' rights. (RAH)
Women of Color Resource Center, 2288 Fulton Street, Suite 103, Berkeley, CA 94704 (book $8.95; disk $19.95, plus $2 shipping and handling).
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Women of Color Resource Center, Berkeley, CA.
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