Building Coalitions

	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Southern California BAMN HOME

National BAMN Website

Strategizing/Organizing - An overview of strategizing ideas and plans for Southern California.

Building Coalitions - help make links to the hundreds of Southern California organizations who are on our side.

Media Projects - getting positive and frequent media attention is key to building the movement. Help build connections to media groups, radio shows, print media, and other sources.

Electoral/Legal Issues - get involved with specific CA initiatives, such as CRENO!

Fundraising - ideas, tools, materials, and projects for raising funds. And how to donate money!

Speakers - become a speaker, start a speakers group, host a speaker-training session, or invite a speaker to your meeting.

Useful Materials/Links - resources, flyers, posters, and other helpful materials and links for organizers.

Calendar of Events - action events, opportunities to learn more, events where BAMN should have a presence, etc.

Local Contact List - become a BAMN contact for your city/school/ organization, contact a BAMN organizer in your area.

Communication - join the Yahoo! SoCal BAMN message board to share ideas and updates with other organizers.

BUILDING COALITIONS

In order to build a strong movement in Southern California, it will be vital to make connections with any organization that may share our goals. This will help to broaden BAMN membership, visibility, and strength! Below is a list of organizations (many more will be added to the list soon) that should be contacted over the course of our organizing.

Claremont McKenna College Student Kofi Acquaah-Arhin at the April 1, 2003 March to the Supreme Court [Photo by Janelle Orsi].

VOLUNTEER NOW to begin making contact with these organizations! If you are working with an organization, e-mail Janelle Orsi (JanOrsi@aol.com) so that this table can be updated with the information.

THINGS TO DO WHEN CONTACTING AN ORGANIZATION:

Make a contact with someone in the organization who can help spread the word about BAMN. Learn about the organization and the appropriate channels for communicating with members.

Try to attend a meeting of the organization. At the meeting, ask for some time to make an announcement or give a full presentation. Provide materials about BAMN and related events/campaigns.

Depending on current BAMN organizing, request that the organization support BAMN in any or all of its endeavors. Support could come in the form of monetary donations, use of facilities/materials, other kinds of donations, volunteer help, or co-sponsorship of events. (More information about making tax-deductible donations to BAMN is available at www.bamn.com).

Try to maintain active contact with the organization in order to involve them in BAMN organizing and vice versa!

Organization Name	Location	About the Organization	Status	BAMN organizer in contact with this organiation.
R.A.I.S.I.N. (Raise Awareness of Inequality and Social Injustice Now!)	Pomona, Claremont	RAISIN is a social justice organization with two branches (one at the Claremont Colleges and one at International Polytechnic Highschool, Pomona).	Actively involved with Southern California BAMN organizing.	Janelle Orsi, JanOrsi@aol.com
National Society for Black Engineers	USC Chapter		Actively involved with Southern California BAMN organizing.	Kevin Rabsatt, rabsatt@usc.edu
NAACP	USC Chapter		Actively involved with Southern California BAMN organizing.	Tiffany Hobbs, tiffanmh@usc.edu; Nicole Wells, nwells@usc.edu
ACLU	LA	Civil Liberties	Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Aid Now Organization	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Arts4Peace	LA	Stage plays and concerts	Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Aspen Youth Services	Cerritos	Programs for at-risk youth and their families	Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Health Administration Responsibility Project	Santa Monica	HMO and nursing home legal information	Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Heart of Los Angeles Youth	LA	Inner-city youth center.	Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
International Buddhist Progress Society	Hacienda Heights		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Korean American Museum of Art and Cultural Center	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Labor/Community Strategy Center	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Los Angeles Shanti Foundation	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Professional Women's Roundtable, Riverside.	Riverside		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
National Immigration Law Center	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Center for Health Care Rights	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Ecolutions	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
youTHink	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Asian Pacific Islanders for Human Rights	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Coalition for Economic Survival of Los Angeles, California	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Share With the Other LA	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center of Los Angeles	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Operation Hope, Inc	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
The National Conference for Community and Justice/LA	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Service Employees International Union	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture of Los Angeles, California	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Shelter Partnership, Inc.	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Break the Cycle	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Little Tokyo Service Center CDC	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Los Angeles Inner-City Partnership	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Getting In Getting Through, Inc.	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
MALDEF - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
J.U.i.C.E.	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
El Rescate	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
The Institute of Popular Education of Southern California	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Center for Human Rights & Const. Law	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
The Los Angeles Free Clinic	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Cesar E. Chavez Foundation	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Coalition of University Employees Local 4	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
La Conexion Afrolatina	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?
Christopher Street West Association, Inc.	LA		Not yet contacted	Any volunteers?

This page is updated and maintained by BAMN Organizer Janelle Orsi, JanOrsi@aol.com. Last updated 05/25/03.