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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities. Since 1970, ACORN has grown to more than 220,000 member families, organized in 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S. and in cities in Canada, the Dominican Republic and Peru. ACORN's accomplishments include successful campaigns for better housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and more.
Business for Social Responsibility
As the expectations of companies regarding human rights have increased, so too has awareness of the business value of developing and implementing policies and practices to ensure compliance with human rights.
Companies That Care
The Center for Companies That Care (Companies That Care) is a U.S. not-for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and celebrating businesses that prize their employees and are committed to community service. By encouraging and assisting business in creating, maintaining and re-shaping work environments that enable individuals and communities to thrive, we strengthen our communities and our society, resulting in a sustainable future for the generations to come.
GrowingGap.ca
The growinggap.ca is an initiative of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Inequality Project, a national project to increase public awareness about the alarming spread of income and wealth inequality in Canada.
Let Justice Roll
The U.S. Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign is a fast-growing nonpartisan coalition of more than ninety faith, community, labor and business organizations committed to raising the minimum wage.
Living Wage Resource Centre
ACORN's Living Wage Resource Center offers a brief history of the U.S. living wage movement, background materials such as ordinance summaries and comparisons, drafting tips, research summaries, talking points, and links to other living wage-related sites.
Poverty Reduction Coalition
The newly coined Poverty Reduction Coalition is a volunteer-driven community collaborative, dedicated to reducing the incidence of poverty in Calgary, one of the city’s most complex and far-reaching issues.
Responsible Wealth
Responsible Wealth is a U.S. network of businesspeople, investors and affluent Americans who are concerned about deepening economic inequality and are working for widespread prosperity. Our three primary areas of work are tax fairness, corporate responsibility and living wages.
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