RESOURCES
http://www.youthsolidarity.org/oy/resources/
The San Francisco Bay Area has a number of youth organizations, some of which provide radical political education in order to create strong youth leaders and the next generation of community organizers, as well as others that organize around specific issues such as juvenile justice and incarceration, womenâs issues, and public education. OY! complements these programs by focusing specifically on South Asian youth, and stands fully aligned with the broader aims and objectives of these groups of empowering youth to effect social change. Some of these groups are listed below:
Center for Third World Organizing, Oakland, CA: CTWO conducts weekend-long programs that serve as introductions to community organizing, as well as intensive 6-7 week long programs that provide training and real-world experience in the theory and practice of building social justice movements. [website]
DiversityWorks, Oakland, CA: DiversityWorks provides workshops and training for bay-area youth to become peer educators who in-turn, work for social change. [website]
SOUL, Oakland CA: The School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL) offers training on organizing for social change. Specifically, SOUL offers a 3-day workshop called âTraining for Trainersâ, that helps community organizers develop their facilitation skills in a comprehensive way. OY! collective members intend to sign up for this training. [website]
STARC Alliance, San Francisco, CA: Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations (STARC) Alliance offers an intensive 8-week training program for youth and student activists, focusing both on anti-oppression analysis and organizing skills. [website]
Women of Color Resource Center, Oakland, CA: WCRC offers training and workshops on globalization and its impacts on women, and publishes the WeDGE (Womenâs education in the global economy) workbook. [website]
Other organizations with which we have been actively involved and with whom we stand in solidarity include, but are not limited to:
Association for Indiaâs Development (AID): Formed to support grassroots efforts for poverty alleviation and sustainable development in India. [website]
Campaign to Stop Funding Hate: Formed to put an end to the flow of money from the U.S. to Indian groups involved in religious fundamentalism. [website]
Chaya: Provides resources for South Asian women facing domestic violence. [website]
Coalition Against Communalism (CAC): Works to promote communal harmony amongst people from the Indian Diaspora as well as in India, and to respond to the growing influence of religious extremism in institutions and public spaces in India and the U.S. [website]
EKTA: Works to provide a platform for social change through art, dialogue, and activism. [website]
Friends of South Asia (FOSA): Aims to promote peace and demilitarization between countries in South Asia. [website]
Ghadar: A publication of the Forum of Indian Leftists that serves as a medium for organizing and discussion for left South Asians. [website]
India Relief and Education Fund: Organizes seminars and lectures by leading cultural figures and social activists; maintains an extensive library of publications, audio and video material; and supports disaster relief work in India. [website]
Trikone: A non-profit LGBT organization for people of South Asian descent based in the SF Bay Area. [website]
Youth Solidarity Summer (YSS): YSS organizes a week-long organizing program for South Asian youth in NYC. [website]
http://www.youthsolidarity.org/oy/resources/
The San Francisco Bay Area has a number of youth organizations, some of which provide radical political education in order to create strong youth leaders and the next generation of community organizers, as well as others that organize around specific issues such as juvenile justice and incarceration, womenâs issues, and public education. OY! complements these programs by focusing specifically on South Asian youth, and stands fully aligned with the broader aims and objectives of these groups of empowering youth to effect social change. Some of these groups are listed below:
Center for Third World Organizing, Oakland, CA: CTWO conducts weekend-long programs that serve as introductions to community organizing, as well as intensive 6-7 week long programs that provide training and real-world experience in the theory and practice of building social justice movements. [website]
DiversityWorks, Oakland, CA: DiversityWorks provides workshops and training for bay-area youth to become peer educators who in-turn, work for social change. [website]
SOUL, Oakland CA: The School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL) offers training on organizing for social change. Specifically, SOUL offers a 3-day workshop called âTraining for Trainersâ, that helps community organizers develop their facilitation skills in a comprehensive way. OY! collective members intend to sign up for this training. [website]
STARC Alliance, San Francisco, CA: Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations (STARC) Alliance offers an intensive 8-week training program for youth and student activists, focusing both on anti-oppression analysis and organizing skills. [website]
Women of Color Resource Center, Oakland, CA: WCRC offers training and workshops on globalization and its impacts on women, and publishes the WeDGE (Womenâs education in the global economy) workbook. [website]
Other organizations with which we have been actively involved and with whom we stand in solidarity include, but are not limited to:
Association for Indiaâs Development (AID): Formed to support grassroots efforts for poverty alleviation and sustainable development in India. [website]
Campaign to Stop Funding Hate: Formed to put an end to the flow of money from the U.S. to Indian groups involved in religious fundamentalism. [website]
Chaya: Provides resources for South Asian women facing domestic violence. [website]
Coalition Against Communalism (CAC): Works to promote communal harmony amongst people from the Indian Diaspora as well as in India, and to respond to the growing influence of religious extremism in institutions and public spaces in India and the U.S. [website]
EKTA: Works to provide a platform for social change through art, dialogue, and activism. [website]
Friends of South Asia (FOSA): Aims to promote peace and demilitarization between countries in South Asia. [website]
Ghadar: A publication of the Forum of Indian Leftists that serves as a medium for organizing and discussion for left South Asians. [website]
India Relief and Education Fund: Organizes seminars and lectures by leading cultural figures and social activists; maintains an extensive library of publications, audio and video material; and supports disaster relief work in India. [website]
Trikone: A non-profit LGBT organization for people of South Asian descent based in the SF Bay Area. [website]
Youth Solidarity Summer (YSS): YSS organizes a week-long organizing program for South Asian youth in NYC. [website]