Category Archives: Justice and Legal
Social Justice Collaborative
http://socialjusticecollaborative.org/
SJC is dedicated to the promotion of social welfare through the defense of human and civil rights. We provide free and low-cost legal services to low-income individuals who cannot afford private counsel. SJC ensures that everyone can obtain fair representation … 
Jails to Jobs
Jails to Jobs is an organization that gives ex-offenders the tools they need to find employment. On this website you’ll find a step-by-step plan to follow as you carry out your job search. From researching potential employers and writing resumes …
Centro Legal de la Raza: Youth Law Academy
Centro Legal de la Raza, founded in 1969, provides free or low-cost, bilingual, culturally-sensitive legal aid, community education and advocacy for low-income residents of the Bay Area, including monolingual Spanish speaking immigrants
Asian Law Alliance
http://www.asianlawalliance.org
Since a group of law students from Santa Clara University founded the Asian Law Alliance to provide legal assistance to the Asian Pacific Islander communities over three decades ago, the Asian Law Alliance, a non-profit organization, has become the cornerstone …
Tenants Together
http://www.tenantstogether.org
Tenants Together is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of California tenants to safe, decent and affordable housing. As California’s only statewide renters’ rights organization, Tenants Together works to improve the lives of California’s tenants through …
The Beat Within
The Beat Within conducts weekly conversation and writing workshops within Bay Area juvenile halls. Our volunteers, or facilitators, are the ambassadors of The Beat program withing the halls, conducting the workshops and encouraging the youth to participate and write.
International Institute of the Bay Area
For ninety years in Northern California, people have trusted the International Institutes to give fair, accurate, and low cost legal advice on more than fifty USCIS federal government procedures that can move you and your families toward becoming US citizens, …
Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center
The Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center is crafting an opportunity to connect more deeply with the needs and values of the people in Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Pleasant Hill and Concord to build a culture of peace. The Center plans …
CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children Alameda County
http://www.casaofalamedacounty.org/
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program is a nationally-based organization that provides one-on-one court advocacy to abused, neglected and abandoned children who are dependents of juvenile court.
Get On The Bus
Get On The Bus brings children and their guardians/caregivers from throughout the state of California to visit their mothers and fathers in prison.
Continuing support has been provided by 