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If you are looking for organizations that are directly supporting our community or fighting for democracy, here are some that can use your help:
Community-Based Organizations:
These local organizations do good work in our community and could use both volunteers and your financial support.Related Organizations:
These organizations are in the fight with us and have fundamentally similar goals to ours. This list includes our neighboring Indivisible groups, the national Indivisible Project, and two national organizations with local chapters that work on social justice and getting out the vote.
community-based organizations
Regeneración Pajaro Valley Climate Action is grounded on the principle that climate change is a social justice issue with local impacts and must be engaged with on a local level in order to build resilient communities.
Your Allied Rapid Response for Santa Cruz County uses our bodies, tactics and resources to document, resist, and prevent actions by ICE or other oppressive forces that would harm our fellow human beings.
The Childcare Safety Plan (CSP) is a free, bilingual, self-help template designed to help families prepare for unexpected emergencies. The CSP is a step-by-step template that guides parents and caregivers through documenting important information about their child’s health, school, and daily routines, as well as identifying trusted caregivers who can step in if needed.
As a community-supported kitchen and pantry, our mission is to assist the people of the Pajaro Valley with nutritious food, education, and referrals in cooperation with other agencies. Join us in our vision of a healthy, prosperous Pajaro Valley.
Our community members embrace the core principles of Positive Discipline, including mutual respect, dignity, and guiding children with firmness and kindness at the same time. Each member of this movement realizes the vital importance of giving families and classrooms the support they need to encourage and teach children and youth. Positive Discipline has the potential to create relationships based on mutual respect and dignity, all of which lead to healthier, safer, and more just societies for everyone to enjoy.
Second Harvest Food Bank is committed to building a thriving community where everyone has nutritious food and essential services to support their health and well-being. Only with adequate food and nutrition can children learn, adults work, and our community thrive.
COPA (Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action) is a Broad Based Organizing Group made up of (and owned by) 23 Member institutions across Monterey Bay. These Member institutions are congregations, schools, and unions who have come together so that we can effectively act on behalf of families.
At Community Bridges, we envision a thriving community where every person has the opportunity to unleash their full potential. Our family of ten programs delivers essential services, provides equitable access to resources, and advocates for health and dignity across every stage of life.
related organizations
Indivisible Nationwide: Our organization supports locally led organizing because real change won’t come from politicians, but from organized people power. Indivisible provides tools, training, research, and strategic coordination so people can take effective action.
Indivisible Santa Cruz County is a grassroots movement committed to electing progressive leaders, resisting authoritarian and regressive agendas, and advancing bold, inclusive policies that reflect our community's values.
Indivisible Monterey Bay: We believe that protecting our democracy depends on all of us across the country standing indivisible against the Trump agenda.
Indivisible Salinas: We are a collective of passionate activists united in the fight for equality. Our mission is to challenge systematic oppression, defend civil rights, and stand in solidarity with marginalized communities.
Aromas TriCounty Indivisible (ATI) is a volunteer grassroots group based in and around Aromas and the Tri-County area of Central California. We are neighbors working together to defend and strengthen American democracy.
Swing Left Santa Cruz: Our goal is to flip House control and work toward winning back the trifecta. Taking Action where it makes the Difference! We have political action with fun.
SURJ Santa Cruz County: Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national organization that brings hundreds of thousands of white people into fights for racial and economic justice.
