Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic

CROC provides legal services to women in the process of obtaining restraining orders against their batterers and primarily serves San Francisco residents. The scope of CROC's services covers the entire process of obtaining a restraining order.
Contact: Tara Marie Berta (415) 864-1790

Girls on the Run
www.gotrbayarea.org

The mission of Girls on the Run of the Bay Area is to educate and build confidence in young girls through non-competitive, curriculum-based running programs in San Francisco, Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo Counties. Girls on the Run of the Bay Area is a life-changing, experiential learning program for girls ages 8 to 13. The programs combine training for a 5K or 1-mile community running event with healthy living education. Our curriculum-based programs instill self-esteem and strong values through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training. We offer 10-week programs during the fall and spring seasons. Volunteer coaches engage the girls in games and running-based workouts that encourage emotional, social, psychological and physical development. The girls meet twice each week after school for a total of 20 one-hour sessions. Contact us at (415) 863-8942

GirlVentures
www.girlventures.org

The mission of GirlVenturesis to empower adolescent girls to develop and express their strengths. Since its founding in 1997, GirlVentures has played a pivotal role in the lives of over 1,200 Bay Area girls through our core programs. Girls on our courses participate in backpacking, rock climbing, art in nature, sea kayaking, mask making, and more! Two-thirds of all programs participants receive scholarships.
Contact us: (415) 864-0780

LOCO BLOCO
www.locobloco.org

Loco Bloco's mission is to promote San Francisco youth's healthy transition into adulthood by engaging them in the creation and performance of music, dance and theater traditions reflecting the cultural diversity of the Americas. Loco Bloco encourages its youths to use multicultural art forms as a tool for their own empowerment and as a catalyst to help them overcome discrimination and bring about change in their communities.
Contact: Aleks Zavaleta, Director (415) 864-5626

Mission Neighborhood Centers: Head Start Child Development Center
www.mncsf.org

MNC operates an early childhood development center in The Women's Building, for 30 low-income children ages 2.5 to 5.9 years old. MNC is a community based, multiple purpose social service agency that has been serving the needs of families in the Mission District through a variety of programs for children, youth and seniors since 1959.
Contact: Sam Ruiz, Executive Director (415) 206-7752 or
Heide McLaughlin, Associate Director (415) 206-7754.

Mujeres Unidas y Activas
(Women United and Active)
www.mujeresunidas.net

A community organizing and empowerment project organized by and for immigrant and newly arriving Latinas, Mujeres Unidas y Activas is a sponsored project of the Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services. Its programs achieve several goals: to educate immigrant Latinas about their rights and the community services that are available to them; to develop self-esteem and self-sufficiency; to train grassroots leaders and activists; and to work within the legal, education and health systems to improve the quality and accessibility of services.
Contact: Juana Flores and Andrea Lee, Co-Directors (415) 621-8140

Parents for Public Schools
www.ppssf.org

San Francisco (PPS-SF) is a network of parents working together to build quality schools for all San Francisco children. We do this by providing parents with information, news and parent-to-parent networking and by developing parent leaders at the school and district level.

We do this by encouraging enrollment in public schools and growing a diverse constituency of parent leaders that reflects the parent population of San Francisco. Also, we build a community of support for public education bringing the voice of parents to school reform.

Contact: Ellie Rossiter, Interim Executive Director, (415) 861-7077

Riley Center Community Office
www.rileycenter.org

A program of the St. Vincent De Paul Society, the Riley Center offers comprehensive services for battered women and their children. Non-residential services are offered through its Community Office in The Women's Building and include individual peer counseling, case management and advocacy, support groups and information and referrals. Services are offered in English and Spanish.
Contact: (415) 552-2943

San Francisco Women against Rape (SFWAR)
www.sfwar.org

SFWAR was established in 1973 to support survivors of rape and sexual assault, their friends and family members, and to use education and community organizing as tools of prevention. SFWAR believes in self- empowerment and supports each survivor in choices that s/he makes. SFWAR is committed to working against all oppressions as part of the process of ending sexual assault. Their free services in English, Spanish and Cantonese include advocacy, counseling and support groups.
Contact: Janelle White, Executive Director (415) 861-2024

SPARK
www.sparkprogram.org

SPARK's mission is to inspire middle-school youth to pursue their interests, create bonds with their coomunities , and develop a lifelong interest in learning. Through summer and after school programs, Spark engages and empowers youth with apprenticeships, exploratory workshops, field trips, and personal development. Apprenticeships are the core component, giving youth the opportunity to pursue an intyerest with a mentor in a real workplace, from the cockpit of a plane to the operating room of a hospital.
Contact: Chris Balme, CEO (415) 626-5470 x104 and Gail Fisher, Program Director (415) 626-5470 x107

WILD for Human Rights
www.wildforhumanrights.org

The Women's Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) for Human Rights was founded in 1996. We promote human rights in The United States through the conscious leadership and action of women and girls. To this end, WILD for Human Rights provides human rights education and training, engages in public advocacy and the implementation of human rights standarts that will specifically address gender and race based discrimination in the US. WILD for Human Rights has two programs: the Young Women's Leadership Program is a peer-directed program that support mostly low-income, of color and immigrant young women from the San Francisco Bay Area, providing opportunities for education and advocacy on their own behalf. The Human Rights Advocacy Program is dedicated to eliminating race and gender based discrimination by impacting government policies through advocacy in the areas such as economic justice, health, and violence prevention.
Contact us at (415) 355-4744