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AFL-CIO LABOR COUNCIL
1014 Vine Street #2575 / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 421-1846
Email: cintiafl@fuse.net, Website: www.cincinnatiaflcio.org
Communication and coordination with over 25 labor unions representing workers and their families

AIDS VOLUNTEERS of CINCINNATI (AVOC)
220 Findley Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 421-2437
Email: avoc@avoc.org, Website: www.Avoc.org
To provide support services to the HIV/AIDS affected, their families, friends and loved ones.

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION of OHIO
4506 Chester Avenue / Cleveland, OH 44103, (216) 472-2200
Email: contact@acluohio.org, Website: www.acluohio.org
Cincinnati Working Group, Website: www.acluohio.org/get_involved/chapters/cincinnati.htm
The largest public interest law firm in the US. ACLU represents clients with matters involving government entities and constitutional issues.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA - CINCINNATI OFFICE
103 William Howard Taft / Cincinnati, OH, (513) 221-7659
Email: mwintern@aiusa.org, Website: www.amnestyusa.org
Amnesty is a worldwide, independent human rights organization, which works for the protection of people from government abuses.

AMOS
42 Calhoun / Cincinnati, OH, (513) 751-2222
Email: info@theamosproject.org, Website: www.theamosproject.org
AMOS leaders are trained to identify heartfelt community problems from throughout our greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region. We pinpoint the agencies or officials that are directly able to make positive change around issues and build relationships with community stakeholders to create solutions that speak to the concerns of our most impoverished and voiceless citizens. Value in the organization is placed on hearing from people and communities that are outside of our own. This is the reason we are powerful in our approach to understanding issues and why community leaders are attentive when we present our concerns.

ANNA LOUISE INN
300 Lytle Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 421-5211
Email: info@cinunionbethel.org, Website: www.cincinnatiunionbethel.org/housing
For women locating work, furthering their education, recovering from mental, physical and/or verbal abuse, struggling with a financial burden, retirees. Providing safe affordable housing for women continues to be our goal.

ARC – HAMILTON COUNTY
1821 Summit Road #30 / Cincinnati, OH 45237, (513) 821-2113
Email: archamilton@archamilton.org, Website: www.archamilton.org
The ARC provides advocacy and educational opportunities for people with disabilities and their families.

ARTISTS ADVOCATES FOR ANIMALS, PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (APE)
8540 Lynnehaven Drive / Cincinnati, OH 45236, (513) 984-8062 or (513) 591-3003
Email:ape-connections@cinci.rr.com, Website: www.ape-connections.org
APE uses the power of art to inspire and move the human psyche toward a concerned, caring and compassionate lifestyle in harmony with the planet and all living things. We consider everybody an artist.

BETHANY HOUSE SERVICES
1841 Fairmount Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45214, (513) 921-1131
Email: dmcgarry@bhsinc.org, Website: www.bethanyhouseservices.org
Bethany House Services is a community of persons who are committed to quality emergency shelter, outreach advocacy, employment training, transitional and permanent housing programs for women and children.

CAIR - OHIO (Cincinnati Regional Office)
10999 Reed Hartman Hwy., Suite 223, Cincinnati, OH 45242, (513) 281-8200
Email: cincinnati@cair-ohio.com, Website: http://www.cair-ohio.com
The Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is America’s largest Islamic civil liberties group.

CARACOLE, INC

1821 Summit Road # 001/ Cincinnati, OH 45237, (513) 761-1480
Email: info@carcole.org, Website: www.caracole.org
Caracole provides housing and supportive services for persons and families living with HIV/AIDS and affordable technology for non-profit agencies.

CENTER FOR PEACE EDUCATION (CPE)
103 William H. Taft Road / Cincinnati, OH 45219, (513) 221-4863
Email: cpe@cincinnati-peace.org, Website: www.cincinnati-peace.org
CPE provides training for youth and adults who work with youth, set primarily in schools. Programs include; Students Creative Response to Conflict (SCRC), Peer Mediation, and Cooperative Discipline.

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND
Address: 52 East Lynn Street, Suite 400 / Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 221-2244
Email: cdfohio@cdfohio.org, Website: www.cdfohio.org
The Children’s Defense Fund is to insure every child has a healthy start, a headstart, a fair start, a faith start and a moral start in life and a successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

CINCINNATI EARTH INSTITUTE
P.O Box 30092 / Cincinnati OH 45230, (513) 207-0058
Email: info@cinciearth.org, Website: www.cinciearth.org
Outreach is motivating individuals to examine and transform personal values and habits to accept responsibility for the earth and to act on that commitment. To have an ecocentric view of the earth, reflected in the principles of deep ecology. To practice simplicity in order to enrich life and reduce personal impact on the earth.

CINCINNATI HOUSING PARTNERS (CHP)
7001 Vine Street / Cincinnati, OH 45216, (513) 662-9729
Email: mcconnchp@fuse.net
Since 1985 Cincinnati Housring Partners, Inc (CHP) had built or rehabbed over 150 homes and sold them to families with modest incomes. CHP also assists homebuyers for low cost loans. CHP works with communities that are preparing or implementing comprehensive revitalization strategies.

CINCINNATI HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION (CHRC)
City Hall Room 158, 801 Plum Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 352-3237
Email: sherry.taylor@cincinnati-oh.gov, Website: www.chrc.us
CHRC investigates problems in the relationships between the various racial, religious and ethnic groups in Cincinnati in order to foster mutual respect and understanding, to eradicate prejudice and discrimination and to encourage equality and fairness in the treatment of all citizens.

CINCINNATI INTERFAITH WORKER CENTER
1415 Walnut St / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 621-1250
email: cworkers@cinci.rr.com
Cincinnati Interfaith Worker Center works to improve wages, benefits and working conditions for workers.
Concerns: justice in the workplace, safe and healthy work environments, living wage for all workers.

CINCINNATI NOW - National Organization for Woman
P.O. Box 9422 / Cincinnati, OH 45209, (513) 852-9948 hotline
Email: info@now-cincinnati.org , Website: www.now-cincinnati.org
Cincinnati NOW takes action to bring women into full partnership in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.

CINCINNATIANS FOR THE ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
215 E. 14th Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 579-8547 (IJPC)
Email: info@ijpc-cincinnati.org, Website: www.ijpc-cincinnati.org/downloads.shtml
The groups mission is to help create a nuclear free world. Members provide educational information and conduct support work in order to end the use of nuclear weapons and power plants.

CINCINNATI VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP
P.O. Box 31455 / Cincinnati, OH 45231, (513) 542-6810
Email: swimchessveg@juno.com
This educational activist organization is dedicated to ending institutionalized suffering and exploitation of animals

COMMUNITY LAND COOPERATIVE OF CINCINNATI (CLCC)
727 Ezzard Charles Drive / Cincinnati, OH 45203, (513) 721-2522
Email: landco-op@fuse.net, Website: www.communitylandcooperativeofcincinnati.org
The CLCC exists to provide a vehicle of home ownership and empowerment for low to moderate income people in the West End community. CLCC is an alternative, grassroots approach to housing. A non-profit tax exempt corporation.

COMMUNITY POLICE PARTNERING CENTER
3458 Reading Road / Cincinnati, OH 45229 (513) 559-5450
Email: sahmad@gcul.org, Website: http://gcul.org/cppc/index.htm
In Partnership with community stakeholders and the Cincinnati Police Department, the Community Police Partnering Center will develop and implement effective strategies to reduce crime and disorder while facilitating positive engagement and increased trust between the police and neighborhoods.

CONTACT CENTER, INC
1227 Vine Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 381-4242
Email: contactcenter@overtherhine.org, Website: www.overtherhine.org/contactcenter/index.html
A community organizing agency, run by low income residents of Cincinnati. Its purpose is to empower low income people to realize their power, both personally and as a group. Its focus is on welfare and housing issues. Provides advocacy for people on their personal issues. BRAG (Benefit Rights Advocacy Group) meets here.

CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND
1115 Pendelton St. / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 369-0114
Email:info@cornerstoneloanfund.org, Website: www.cornerstoneloanfund.org
Cornerstone creates new economic opportunities by making loans for low income groups and assisting these groups to plan and develop and operate their own housing. Cornerstone originated the concept of Renter Equity® model in order to create financial assets for low income renters.

COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNIONS
7030 Reading Road / Cincinnati, OH 45237, (513) 351-6789
Contact Form: http://www.cccgc.org/contact.asp, Website: www.cccgc.org
The Council of Christian Communions is composed of churches and other religious bodies working together to serve the community through organized ecumenical and interfaith programs in education, justice and chaplaincies.

CRISPAZ

2 Lexington St. / Boston, MA 02128, (617) 567-2900, Don Barker (local) 1-800-334-6468
Email: pazsal@crispaz.org, Website: www.crispaz.org
Through mutual accompaniment, CRISPAZ seeks to be present with poor, rural communities during a time of unprecedented change. We work to connect these communities to resources and networks that will contribute to just relationships, liberation, and the care of all creation. CRISPAZ places volunteers in service to rural communities in their struggle towards sustainable ways of living.

 
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DAY LABOR ORGANIZING PROJECT (DLOP)
working out of the: Cincinnati Interfaith Worker Center,
1415 Walnut St / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 621-1250
DLOP is working with City Council on legislation to regulate the hiring halls, preparing to discuss the issues with employers who use day labor and discovering potential employment opportunities for workers outside of the unjust hiring hall system.

DROP INN CENTER
217 West 12th Street / Cincinnati, OH 45210, (513) 721-0643
Email: dropinn@overtherhine.org, Website: www.overtherhine.org/dropinn
Provides emergency shelter, meals, and showers for 200+ homeless individuals each night. Drug and alcohol treatment program. Transitional housing and transitional employment program for previously homeless individuals.

EARTHSAVE CINCINNATI
P.O. Box 3125 / Cincinnati, OH 45201, (513) 929-2500
Email: cincinnati@earthsave.org, Website: www.cincinnati.earthsave.org
Educates people about the powerful impact our food choices have on the environment, our health, and all life on Earth. It supports people as they move toward a plant-based diet

EQUALITY CINCINANTI (formerly Stonewall Cincinnati)
318 East 4th St. Cincinnati 45202, 513-591-3247
Website: www.equalitycincinnati.org
Equality Cincinnati is an independent local organization working for full equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Greater Cincinnati and to prevent acts of violence against them.

FARM LABOR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (FLOC)
1221 Broadway St. / Toledo, OH 43609, Dick Wiesenhahn (local) (513) 984-1963
Email: communications@floc.com, Website: www.floc.com
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO (FLOC) is a union representing migrant farmworkers dedicated to guaranteeing human rights and economic justice to its members.

FREE INQUIRY GROUP, INC.
PO Box 19034 / Cincinnati 45219, (513) 557-3836
Website: www.gofigger.org
FIG fosters a community of secular humanists dedicated to improving the human condition through a rational inquiry and creative thinking unfettered by superstition, religion or any form of dogma.

FIRST STEP HOME INC.
2203 Fulton / Cincinnati, OH 45206, (513) 961-4663
Email: contact@firststephome.org, Website: www.firststephome.org
FSH provides a comprehensive program to meet the multiple needs of low-income and medically indigent women with alcohol and other drug problems, their children and families.

FRANCISCAN HOME DEVELOPMENT
1300 Main Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 651-6457
Website: www.healthfoundation.org/grants/organizations/franciscanhome.html
Serving all whose income is 60% or less of the area median income. Franciscan Home Development provides; supportive services for people who are homeless; rental housing development; resident advisory council.

FREESTORE FOODBANK
1250 Tennessee Ave and 112 East Liberty / Cincinnati, OH 45210, (513) 241-1064
Website: www.freestorefoodbank.org
The FreeStore/FoodBank primary mission is to provide, directly and through other agencies, food and other products and services which alleviate emergencies. Committed to supporting individuals in their pursuit of self-sufficiency.

FRIENDS OF WOMEN’S STUDIES
University of Cincinnati, Room 155 McMicken Hall, P.O. Box 20164 / Cincinnati, OH 45211-0164, (513) 556-6776
Email: runyanas@email.uc.edu,
Website: http://www.libraries.uc.edu/research/subject_resources/policies/polwome.html
The mission is to support the U.C. Center for Women’s Studies in its programs, research and teaching, concerning scholarship on women and gender related issues.

GRAILVILLE
932 O’Bannonville Road / Loveland, OH 45140, (513) 683-2340
Email: web.grailville@fuse.net, Website: www.grailville.org
Founded in 1944, Grailville is an education and conference center offering programming relating to ecology, spirituality, feminism, the arts and justice. It maintains conference facilities for groups of 10 to 70 people. Just 20 miles north of Cincinnati.

GREATER ANDERSON PROMOTES PEACE
P.O. Box 54476 / Cincinnati, OH 45254, (513) 588-8391
Email: gapp5@hotmail.com, Website: www.gappeace.org
Greater Anderson Promotes Peace (GAPP) affirms the dignity and value of all people.We believe it is critical not to react to acts of intolerance with silent disagreement, but rather, to transform silence and lethargy into visible acceptance of others by actively confronting intolerance and replacing it with acts which promote peace.

GREATER CINCINNATI COMMUNITY SHARES

103 William Howard Taft / Cincinnati, OH 45219, (513) 475-0475
Email: info@cintishares.org, Website: www.cintishares.org
A fundraising federation of non-profit organizations that work for social, economic and environmental justice. Provides structure for member organizations to collaborate efforts such as, training sessions to develop leadership and organizational strength.

GREATER CINCINNATI COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
117 E. 12th Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 421-7803
Email:info@cincihomeless.org, Website: www.cincihomeless.org
Committed to ending homelessness. Members include agencies and individuals who work to coordinate services, educate the public and advocate through grassroots organizing. Programs include peer reviews of shelters and transitional houses.

GREATER CINCINNATI COALITION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (GCCPD)
1704 Dexter Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45206, (513) 861-4254
Email: rlhinsti@earthlink.net, Website:
The unified goal is to secure both quality and equality of life for people with disabilities. The coalition works to increase awareness of issues affecting people with disabilities by use of the media and by the education of public officials and the general public.

GREATER Cincinnati HEALTH ACCESS PROJECT (GCHAP), organized through Legal Aid
9th Street Cinti 45202, (513) 362-2814
To maintain and improve access to affordable, appropriate and quality health care for low income uninsured and underinsured people and families in the Greater Cincinnati area

GREATER CINCINNATI WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER

4039 Hamilton Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45223, (513) 541-4198
Contact Form: http://www.gcwrc.org/pages/content/contact.html, Website: www.gcwrc.org
Provides a non-sexist environment that fosters women’s productivity, creativity, spirituality and health. It promotes feminist consciousness in all of its diversity and opposes sexism, racism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination. As a safe place for the lesbian community and all feminist.

HEALING CONNECTIONS

1601 Madison Road / Cincinnati. Ohio 45206-1414, (513) 751-0600
Email:  skathman@hcainc.us, Website: www.healing-connection.org
Provides quality employment and support for women seeking self-sufficiency and competent paraprofessional home care services to persons who are underserved by existing programs, especially the elderly poor.

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL (HOME)
2400 Reading Road / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 721-4663
Email: deb.jetter@uwgc.org, Website: www.cincyfairhousing.com
HOME works to ensure equal housing opportunities for all people regardless of race, color, nationality, gender, religion, family status. Work focuses on ending racial discrimination and promoting balanced living.

IMAGO, INC.
700 Enright Ave / Cincinnati, OH 45205, (513) 921-5124
Email: imago@imagoearth.org, Website: www.imagoearth.org
IMAGO is a grassroots organization committed to living in harmony with the planet Earth and all its people. Drawing on Earth-centered traditions and an emerging bioregional consciousness, IMAGO builds community through seasonal celebrations, educational programs, and the development of an interdependent urban neighborhood.

INNOCENCE PROJECT
College of Law and Justice, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210040 / Cincinnati, OH 45211, (513) 556-0752
Email: charlotte.cullina@uc.edu, Website: www.law.uc.edu/clj/index.html
Founded in 1992 by civil rights and constitutional attorneys Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, the New York program uses post-conviction DNA testing to exonerate the innocent. In the last decade, 136 prison inmates, including four from Ohio, were freed through their work.

INTERCOMMUNITY PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER (IJPC)
215 E. 14th Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 579-8547
Email: info@ijpc-cincinnati.org, Website: www.ijpc-cincinnati.org
IJPC founded in 1985 is a coalition of 17 religious groups. Members are dedicated to deepening awareness of justice and peace issues and are involved in issues such as economic justice, racism, peace, ecology women and children in poverty and human rights.

INTERFAITH ALLIANCE
536 Linton St / Cincinnati, OH 45219, (513) 281-1564
Email: tommie@nuvox.net, Website: www.interfaithalliance.org
Founded in 1994, the Interfaith Alliance is a national grassroots organization dedicated to promoting mutual respect, cooperation and civility. Strives to promote religion as a positive healing source in people's lives.

INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK
2110 St. Michael St / Cincinnati, OH 45204, (513) 471-1100
Email: IHN@one.net, Website: http://havok.cs.xu.edu/~ihngc
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati provides emergency shelter, meals, transportation and caseworkerassistance to homeless families, and helps them find and retain stable housing. This is accomplished through a network of interfaith congregations, our Day Center and our Transportation program.

INTERNATIONAL FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
200 McFarland St / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 721-7660
Email: pr@fsmail.org, Website: www.servingfamilies.org
Promote self sufficiency, success, recognition and celebration of persons who desire aculturation or the skills necessary to particpate fully in our society.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION
P.O. Box 16085 / Chicago IL. 60616, local: (859) 801-2870
Email: iso_nati@yahoo.com, Website: www.internationalsocialists.org

The International Socialist Organization (ISO) stands in the revolutionary tradition of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. We have branches across the country that organize activists in workplaces and communities and on campuses in order to mobilize opposition to all forms of oppression and exploitation. The ISO believes that capitalism produces poverty, racism, famine, environmental catastrophe and war. By getting involved in struggles big and small, the ISO aims to build with others a society where we all have control over our lives.

 
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JUSTICE WATCH – GARDEN STREET TRANSITIONAL HOUSE
1120 Garden Street / Cincinnati, OH 45214, (513) 241-0490
Email: jswatch@fuse.net, Website: www.justicewatchinc.org
Through education and advocacy, Justice Watch works to end race and class discrimination in the criminal justice system. It advocates for prisoner’s rights and provides support and encouragement for prisoners and their families. Operates a supportive transitional house which provides shelter and recovery programs for chemically dependent men recently released from prison.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
103 William H. Taft Road / Cincinnati, OH 45219, (513) 281-8683
Email: lwvcincy@eos.net , Website: www.lwvcincinnati.org
The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government. While it does not support candidates or political parties, the League takes stands on issues it studies and it influences public policy through education and advocacy. Free voter education.

LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI

215 East 9th Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 241-9400
Email: info@lascinti.org, Website: http://www.lascinti.org
Provides legal assistance to groups and individuals to resolve problems affecting large numbers of low-income families.

MEDIA BRIDGES
1100 Race Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 651-4171
Email: info@mediabridges.org, Website: www.mediabridges.org/
Provides education equipment and environment to assist people in communicating effectively through media: television cable stations, radio, internet, photography.

MERCY-FRANCISCAN AND ST. JOHN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER
1800 Logan St / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 981-5800
Email: scbrown@health-partners.org, Website: www.ehealthconnection.com/regions/cincinnati/
St. John provides emergency assistance of food, clothing, personal care items, rent assistance and programs to help people become self-sufficient. They include: Bridges – Job Training and Job Development, Family Development, Temporary Housing, Young Fathers, Shared Housing for the Elderly, and a Senior Center.

METROPOLITAN AREA RELIGIOUS COALITION OF CINCINNATI (MARCC)
617 Vine Street # 1035 / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 721-4843
Email: marcc@fuse.net
MARCC is a network of Jewish, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant judicatories working together on agreed upon local social policy decisions.

MUSE – CINCINNATI’S WOMEN’S CHOIR
P.O. Box 23290 / Cincinnati, OH 45223, (513) 221-1118
Email: muse@musechoir.org,Website: www.musechoir.org
MUSE is a women’s choir dedicated to musical excellence and social change. MUSE commissions and seeks out music composed by women, pieces written to enhance the sound of women’s voices and song that honor the common struggles and enduring spirit of all people.

NAACP - CINCINNATI CHAPTER

4439 Reading Road / Cincinnati, OH 45229, (513) 281-1900
Email: naacp@fuse.net, Website: www.naacpcincinnati.org
Works to improve the political, educational, social and economic status of minority groups; to eliminate racial prejudice; to keep the public aware of the adverse effects of racial discrimination; and to take lawful action to secure its elimination.

NEW JERUSALEM COMMUNITY PEACE AND JUSTICE MINISTRIES & L’AMISTAD

745 Derby Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45232, (513) 541-4748
Email: njcommunity@juno.com
The lay Catholic charismatic community is involved in a variety of justice and peace activities, whatever members are called to do. Educate new Jerusalem members, organize efforts to write and call Congress members, conduct community meetings and work with other local activists organizations.

OVER-THE-RHINE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
19 W. Elder / Cincinnati, OH 45202
Email: reinhaus@yahoo.com,
Website: www.overtherhine.org/communitycouncil
The official neighborhood political organization where residents, business people and others in the community can go to solve problems and improve Over-the-Rhine.

OVER-THE-RHINE COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK
220 East Clifton Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 369-0004
Email: otrhn@fuse.net, Website: www.overtherhine.org/housingnetwork
To promote equitable development in Over the Rhine community. Provides racially integrated, decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for all of the current and future low income residents.

 
 
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P-FLAG - Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays
P.O. Box 19634 / Cincinnati, OH 45219-0634, (513) 559-0271
Email: pflagcinci@yahoo.com, Website: www.pflagcinci.org
A support group for parents who have a gay son or lesbian daughter. P-FLAG helps parents understand and accept their children’s orientation. Members believe that society’s misinformed attitudes about homosexuality must be challenged.

PEASLEE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS

215 East 14th Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 621-5514
Email: peaslee@hotmail.com, Website: www.overtherhine.org/peaslee
Staff and volunteers provide tutoring assistance, a Girls Group for ages 11-15, educational enrichment, musical and artistic activities, and infant through school age child care. Peaslee offers meeting space for neighborhood organizations, as well as frequently hosting high school and university service learning activities. Low income neighborhood residents and other persons typically marginalized in our society not only purchased the former Peaslee school, but also continue to provide essential leadership of the center as Board members, staff, volunteers and informal advisors.

PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY (PWC)
4612 Paddock Road, Cincinnati, OH 45229, (513) 351-7921
Wesite: http://pwchomerepairs.org/
(PWC) is a 30-year-old nonprofit organization that provides critical home repairs for very low-income homeowners in Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky. We provide more than 9,000 critical services a year for very-low-income elderly, disabled and other homeowners in your community.


POWER INSPIRES PROGRESS
77 Ezzard Charles Drive / Cincinnati, OH 45203, (513) 381-5882
Contact form at http://powerinspiresprogress.com/contact.htm, Website: www.powerinspiresprogress.com/
PIP provides an on-the-job training program for those who have difficulty obtaining and maintaining employment. Our goal is to increase the power and independence of people through skill development, relationship building, collaboration and interaction with other organizations.

PRO SENIORS, INC.
7162 Reading Road / Cincinnati, OH 45237, (513) 345-4160 or (513) 621-8721, 1-800-488-6070
Website: www.proseniors.org
Dedicated to enhancing the independence of older adults by empowering them, by protecting their interests and by making the right resources available. Programs and projects include: Legal Hotline for Older Adults, legal help, long term care help, Medicare Advocacy Program, Pensions Rights Program, speakers bureau and legal information pamphlets.

PROSPECT HOUSE, INC.

682 Hawthorne Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45205, (513) 921-1613
Provides high quality drug and alcohol treatment in long-term residential setting to men without money, insurance or other resources. Prospect House also provides free of charge to the greater community special evening groups for alcoholics and/or drug addicted African Americans (and family members), ex-offenders, chronic relapsers, in-county Vets and compulsive gamblers.

RAPE CRISIS & ABUSE CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY, formerly Women Helping Women
215 East Ninth Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 977-5541 Crisis Line: (513) 872-9259
Email:women@fuse.net, Website: www.its-not-your-fault.org
The agency provides non-shelter, crisis intervention and support services for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. Services include a 24 hour PROTECT Hotline (a joint project with the YWCA), hospital accompanyiment for rape victim, court and law enforcement advocacy, individual crisis intervention, and support groups. Also, date rape/dating violence awareness programs and other community education programs.

REGION VI COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT
114 West 14th Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 347-13620
Email: region6.cri@srcharitycinti.org, Website: www.region6cri.org
The members of the Region VI Coalition for Responsible Investment (CRI) use concerted action as shareholders in business corporations to speak to the problems of social justice and to contribute to their resolution by concrete action.

RESTOC
5900 Delhi Road / Mt St. Joseph, OH 45051, (513) 381-1171
Email: restoc@overthrrhine.org, Website: www.overtherhine.org/restoc/
ReSTOC provides decent, affordable, racially integrated housing for formerly homeless/very low-income individuals. ReSTOC also speaks out, advocating for the rights of low-income people in Over-the-Rhine.

RIVERS UNLIMITED
Phone: (513) 761-4003
Addresss: 515 Wyoming Ave / Wyoming, OH 45215
Email: infor@riversunlimited.org ,Website: www.riversunlimited.org
Founded in 1972 we work to restore, maintain, improve and protect the 61,000 miles of rivers and streams in Ohio.

ST. FRANCIS/ST. JOSEPH WORKER HOUSE
1437 Walnut Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 381-4941
The house serves about 16 temporary residents all men, who have fallen on hard times. Within a short period of time the men are expected to find a permanent job, start a savings account and maintain a clean and sober lifestyle. Their ultimate goal is to find a place of their own and to continue to take life one day at a time.

SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC
2918 Price Avenue Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45204, (513) 557-2700
Email: info@santamaria-cincy.org , Website: www.santamaria-cincy.org
Empower individuals, families and groups from the neighborhoods through a variety of community-based services, so that they recognize their opportunities and change the conditions that limit their options for the future. Services include support to parents, youth, children and older adults.

SIERRA CLUB – MIAMI GROUP CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Sierra Club / 3012 Section Rd / Cincinnati, OH 45237, (513) 841-0111
Email: standish7@yahoo.com, Website: http://ohio.sierraclub.org/miami
The Sierra Club is committed to protecting the Cincinnati environment and our health and saftey of all of its residents. We organize to promote clean and safe environmental policies and we sponsor activities to encourage folks to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of our actions.

SMART MONEY COMMUNITY SERVICES
19 West Elder, 2nd Floor / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 241-7266
Email: sking@smart-money.org., Website: http://www.smart-money.org
The vision is that people would have access to affordable financial services and know how to use them wisely. Programs include: credit union services; financial; credit and tax counseling; goal setting; secured loans; first time home buyer seminars; group money management workshops; youth economic education; small business advising.

SU CASA
7036 Fairpark Ave / Cincinnati, OH 45216, (513) 761-1588
Email: sucasa@fuse.net, Website: www.su-casa.org
Su Casa helps the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area Hispanics with translation, housing, employment opportunities via monthly job fairs. English and Spanish language classes. Hispanic Festival is the second weekend in September. All are welcome.

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THEM BONES VETERAN COMMUNITY
2420 Drex Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45212, (513) 366-4426
Email: aboveashes@aol.com
Them Bones Veteran Community is for female and male military veterans across cultures who are on the journey to wisdom and who want to learn from each other's experience of war, duty and conflict. Individual and group psychotherapy is offered by appointment. The spouse or significant other may also join a group to address issues of the veteran that impact the relationship. Sister has weekly group at the Justice Center for veterans.

TOM GEIGER GUEST HOUSE
2631 Gilbert Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45206, (513) 961-4555
Email: jconvery@tomgeigerguesthouse.com. Website: www.tomgeigerguesthouse.com
The Tom Geiger Guest House provides transitional housing for women and children. They have 24 furnished apartments to shelter homeless and abused women and children. Geiger Houses work in partnership with YWCA of Cincinnati and the Talbert House.

URBAN APPALACHIAN COUNCIL
2115 West Eighth Street / Cincinnati, OH 45204, (513) 251-0202
Email: msmith@uacvoice.org, Website: www.uacvoice.org
UAC acts as an advocate and catalyst to support individual and community development in order that urban Appalachians can gain effective control of their life circumstances. Focus areas: education/community schools, community development, public information and presentation, youth programming, cultural programming, employment and training, and community based human services.

URBAN LEAGUE
3458 Reading Road / Cincinnati, OH, (513) 281-9955
Email: djstanley@gcul.org, Website: www.gcul.org
Eliminating the barriers of racism and level the playing field for all African Americans and others at risk by promoting their economic self-sufficiency and entrepreneurship through effective leadership in the areas of comprehensive employment, youth and family development, and advocacy.

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA
1063 Central Ave West End / Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 381-1954
Website: http://www.voa-orv.org
Through our ministry of service,  we help people who are least served by others meet basic unmet needs and become empowered, self-sustaining contributors.

WALNUT HILLS KITCHEN OVER-THE-RHINE
2631 Gilbert Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45206, (513) 961-1983
Works to alleviate hunger and promote, socialization among those living in poverty and homelessness and low income situations. The Over-the-Rhine Kitchen at 37 Back Street.

WEST END EMERGENCY CENTER
Address: 727 Ezzard Charles Drive / Cincinnati, OH 45203, (513) 381-5882
Email: powerinspiresprogress@fuse.net, Website: www.powerinspiresprogress.com
Since 1984, the Center has provided food and clothing for the needy in the West End, assisted by volunteers from Alliance churches. Prison trips are provided to take neighborhood people to visit their loved ones who are incarcerated.

WOMAN’S CITY CLUB OF GREATER CINCINNATI
103 William H. Taft Road / Cincinnati, OH 45219, (513) 751-0100
Email: wcc@womanscityclub.org, Website: www.womanscityclub.org
Committed to creating a more humane community, WCC encourages citizen participation by providing forums for the exchange of ideas, activities that deveop skills for civic action, and structures for analyzing and acting on issues of concern.

WOMEN’S CRISIS CENTER

835 Madison Avenue / Covington, KY 41011, (859) 491-3335
Email: kadams@wccky.org, Website: www.wccky.org
Women’s Crisis Center is a non-profit social service agency committed to the empowerment of survivors of domestic violence, rape and child sexual abuse. Services are provided to children and adult survivors, as well as, non-offending parents. All of our services are free and confidential.

WOMEN'S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
WRDC is an organization of women, diverse in age, race, income and background. WRDC promotes the economic independence and self-esteem of women through the development of affordable housing and related technical skil