Web site Links

• General Links
• Categorical Links
• Latin America Links

General

Alternet.org: alternative political/human interest articles
servenet.org: site on service and volunteering
Energizeinc.com: for leaders of volunteers
Wiretapmag.org: socially conscious information geared toward college students
Coc.org: Center of Concern
Networklobby.org: National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Maryknoll.org: Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns
Bread.org: Bread for the World
Universallivingwage.org: Universal living wage
Fns.usda.gov: US Dept. of Agriculture. Food, nutrition and consumer services information
Closeup.org: Current issues information and civic education
Nationalhomeless.org: National Coalition for the Homeless
Soaw.org: School of the Americas
Nationalpriorities.org(/database): National Priorities Project/Database for how federal spending policies affect your state

Categorical

Affordable Housing and Homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Refinance Mortgage Rates (Low Income Mortgage, Affordable Housing & Homelessness)

Catholic Social Teaching
Access to Catholic Social Justice Teaching

Community Economics
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Co-Op America
Grameen Foundation, USA

Community Organizing
ACORN
National Neighborhood Coalition

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Better Times Access to Sustainable, Simple, and Frugal Living
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

Developmental Disabilities
American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Best Buddies
Special Olympics

Education and Literacy
National Association for Campus Activities
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education

Environment
Assess your ecological footprint
Greenpeace USA
Sierra Club

HIV/AIDS
Africa Faith and Justice Network
Africa Jesuit AIDS Network
AVERT

General Activism
Global Exchange

Human Rights/Workers' Rights
Amnesty International
Fair Labor Association
Human Rights Watch
No Sweat Apparel
Worker Rights Consortium

Hunger
Bread for the World
Food Research and Action Center
Oxfam International
Hunger in America

Jesuit/Salvadoran Martyrs and the School of the Americas
Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J.'s 1982 Commencement Address at Santa Clara University
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. (Jesuit University and College Students Concerned with Empowerment)
School of the Americas Watch

Living Wage
Economic Policy Institute
The Living Wage Campaign at Harvard University
Living Wage Resource Center

Peace
Institute for Peace and Justice
Pax Christi USA
Peace Brigades International

Poverty
Catholic Relief Services
How Rich Are You?
PovertyUSA

Racism
Tim Wise Articles

Research and Advocacy
Center of Concern
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns
Network: National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Service-Learning and Community-Based Learning
Educators for Community Engagement
National-Service Learning Clearinghouse
Corporation for National & Community Service
Service-Learning and Engaged Scholarship

Women's Issues
MADRE
Women's Human Rights Resources (University of Toronto)

Youth
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Connect for Kids

Educational Resources on Latin America

International Solidarity Organizations
CRISPAZ
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)
Ecumencial Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA)
Enlaces America
Latin America Solidarity Coalition
Sin Fronteras

Information on Latin American Issues
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Pew Hispanic Center
Z Communications

Latin American Studies
Hispanic Research Center
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Institute for Latino Studies
Inter-University Program for Latino Research
Latin American Studies Association
The National Latino Research Center

Policy
Institute for Policy Studies
Latin American Working Group (LAWG)
Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns
National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch)
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

Fair Trade/Economics
U.S. Interfaith Trade Justice Campaign
Transfair USA
United for a Fair Economy
Equal Exchange
Global Exchange
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)

Immigration
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
The Center for Migration Studies
Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
The Immigration Superhighway
The Institute for the Study of International Migration
Jesuit Migration Academic Network
Migration International/Migración Internacional
Justice for Immigrants
Migration Policy Information

Poverty 2004 Highlights from U.S. Census Bureau

• The official poverty rate in 2004 was 12.7 %, up from 12.5 % in 2003.
• In 2004, 37.0 million people were in poverty, up 1.1 million from 2003.
• Poverty rates remained unchanged for Blacks (24.7 %) and Hispanics (21.9 %), rose for non-Hispanic Whites (8.6 % in 2004, up from 8.2 % in 2003) and decreased for Asians (9.8 % in 2004, down from 11.8 % in 2003).
• The poverty rate in 2004 (12.7 %) was 9.7 percentage points lower than in 1959, the first year for which poverty estimates are available (Figure 3). From the most recent trough in 2000 both the number and rate have risen for four consecutive years, from 31.6 million and 11.3 % in 2000, to 37.0 million and 12.7 % in 2004 respectively.
• For children under 18 years old, both the 2004 poverty rate (17.8 %) and the number in poverty (13.0 million) remained unchanged from 2003. The poverty rate for children under 18 remained higher than that of 18-to-64-year olds (11.3 %) and that of people aged 65 and over (9.8 %).
• Both the poverty rate and number in poverty increased for people 18 to 64 years old (11.3 % and 20.5 million in 2004, up from 10.8 % and 19.4 million in 2003).
• The poverty rate decreased for seniors aged 65 and over was 9.8 % in 2004, down from 10.2 % in 2003, while the number in poverty in 2004 (3.5 million) was unchanged.