Advocacy Groups

These groups can be great resources - many provide regular email alerts to keep you informed. See our Resources and Links page for more great resources.

Legislative advocacy info sheet
2007 Congressional Contact Information
Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

• Legislative Action/Policy Groups
  • California Catholic Conference
  • USCCB/Dept. of Social Development and World Peace: policy on many issues of justice and peace
  • Network: a Catholic group lobbying in Washington, with email alerts
  • American Friends Committee on National Legislation: various issues including war and disarmament
  • California Church Impact: ecumenical group/ regular alerts on legislation
  • Faith in Public Life 
• Formation/Catholic Social Teaching
  • USSCB/Social Development and World Peace
  • JustFaith Ministries
  • Education for Justice (the small fee for access to this site is worth it!)
  • Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul
• Environment
  • www.savebiogems.org: legislative action on bio gems from the NRDC
  • Environment Defense Fund
  • California Interfaith Power and Light: resources and advocacy for climate change for congregations; contact Jessica Brown
  • National Catholic Rural Life: good source on food, farm, water, climate issues with regular email newsletter
• Budget
  • California Budget Project: good resource on economic issues facing California
• Housing
  • National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness
• Death Penalty
  • Death Penalty Focus: Contact Stephanie Faucher
  • California People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
• Peace/Non-violence/Nuclear
  • Pax Christi
  • Catholic Peacebuilding Network at Notre Dame: Contact Jerry Powers
  • Pace e Bene
  • Nevada Desert Experience: seeking peace and disarmament at the test site
  • TriValley Cares: Livermore Labs
  • American Friends Service Committee: various issues
  • School of the Americas Watch
• Labor
  • East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
  • United Farmworkers: join their listserve for regular information and alerts
• Community Organizing
  • PICO California www.picocalifornia.org
• Poverty
  • Catholic Campaign for Human Development local contact: Maurine Behrend
  • Poverty USA
• Immigration
  • Justice for Immigrants
  • CLINIC: Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
  • ICIR: Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights
  • Justice for Newcomers (Catholic Charities USA)
  • Detention Network
  • Catholic Charities of the East Bay Services for Immigrants and Refugees
• Global
  • Jubilee USA: Resources and advocacy on international debt relief. Parishes and individuals can join, too.
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • CRS Action Center on legislation
  • Save Darfur: information and advocacy on Darfur supported by Catholic and interfaith leadership
  • The One Campaign working to end global poverty; advocacy
  • Transfair (fair trade certified); see also their monthly e-newsletter
  • Catholic Campaign against Global Poverty from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Africa Action
  • Catholic Task Force on Africa
• Communications
  • Catholic Media Report: a short daily summary of articles of interest on a wide range of social topics. It's excellent - try it. You can always unsubscribe.
  • Sojourners Online
  • www.zenit.org: Vatican news
  • Magazines: US Catholic, SALT