North America

Global co-ordination

International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (ISPO)

P.O. Box 26547, London SE3 7YT, UK
info@simpol.org
Tel: +44 (0)20-8464 4141

www.simpol.org

ISPO is a growing worldwide association of citizens (members in over 50 countries) who use their votes in a new, co-ordinated and effective way to drive all nations to co-operate in solving our planetary crisis. ISPO aims to bring all nations to adopt in principle - and then to simultaneously implement - the Simultaneous Policy (SP), a range of democratically selected regulations to bring about economic justice, environmental security and peace around the world. With SP, global citizens are replacing destructive competition with fruitful co-operation.

Voluntary help needed: internet campaigning; local campaigning; website; leafleting; public speaking; member development; fundraising. Also see the ‘volunteers’ page on the ISPO website

Student World Assembly

Nubia Lopez, Chief Registrar
Fax: (805) 543-3546
nlopez@calpoly.edu
Dr. Bud Evans, Professor of Political Science
Tel: (805) 756-6147
eevans@calpoly.edu

http://student.worldassembly.net/involved.html

The Student World Assembly is designed to build a global community using an internet-based process of raising issues of global concern, deliberating, and deciding on a position to take regarding the chosen issue. The Student World Assembly aims at involving every global citizen on earth as opposed to focusing on individual regions. It is not based on country lines or nationalities but rather people who share similar views on the issues that surround them.

Voluntary help needed: spreading the word, leading to potential participants and supporters including individuals, entire schools, related organizations, foundations, and others. In addition, the Student World Assembly will be holding the first annual Student World Assembly Convention at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo during the summer of 2004. Although specific jobs have yet to be determined, volunteer hours will be much appreciated at the event.

World Citizen Foundation

211 East 43rd Street, Suite 905 USA-New York, NY 10017, USA
info@worldcitizen.org

www.worldcitizen.org

The World Citizen Foundation is a think-tank devoted to applying human dignity to international relations. The Foundation carries out three things: research and development, education and outreach, non-profit consulting, all to apply the principle of the sovereignty of the people in international relations. Current work includes the World Constitution Project, World Democracy Forum and World Citizen Clubs.

Voluntary help needed: programmers and writers for websites, media research and outreach, desktop publishers, translators, legal research and writers, world democracy campaign managers

World Social Forum

Rua General Jardim, 660, 8º andar, sala 81, Cep 01223-010 - São Paulo- SP Brazil
Tel: (Brazil 55) (São Paulo 11) - 3258-8914
Fax: (55 / 11) 3258-8469
fsminfo@forumsocialmundial.org.br

www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/

The World Social Forum (WSF) is an open meeting place where groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism, but engaged in building a planetary society centred on the human person, come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, to formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action. The WSF debates alternative means to building a globalization in solidarity, which respects universal human rights and those of all men and women of all nations and the environment, and is grounded in democratic international systems and institutions at the service of social justice, equality and the sovereignty of peoples.

Voluntary help needed: see website

Specific countries

Canada

Centre for Social Justice

justice@socialjustice.org

www.socialjustice.org

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) brings together people from community organizations, faith groups, universities and unions to advocate for greater equality and democracy - to narrow the gap in income, wealth and power, and enhance peace and human security. The CSJ Foundation for Research and Education is a registered charity that investigates and publishes reports and educational materials on social and economic issues. Its current program involves research on the growing gap between rich and poor, the corporate influence on public policy, and the search for policy alternatives.

Voluntary help needed: we need people to join us in our campaign to send a message to America - via billboards and other media - aimed at regime change in the USA.

United States

Earth Rights Institute

Earth Rights Institute has offices in Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.
Tel: 717-264-0957
earthrts@pa.net

Earth Rights Institute is dedicated to securing a culture of peace and justice by establishing dynamic worldwide networks of persons of goodwill and special skill, promoting policies and programs which further democratic rights to common heritage resources, and building ecological communities. We work for local-to-global public finance policy reform whereby taxes are removed from labor and productive activities and resource rents - the surplus value of surface land and natural resources, including oil and the electromagnetic spectrum - are collected by transparent government agencies and distributed to the people as a whole for needed goods and services or via direct citizen dividend payments.

Voluntary help needed: outreach, networking and coordinating help with our projects in Nigeria, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and the USA.

Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF)

FPIF - IPS, 733 15th St NW, Suite 1020, Washington DC, 20005, USA
Tel: (202) 234-9382

FPIF - IRC, PO Box 2178, Silver City, NM 88062, USA
Tel: (505) 388-0208
theo@ips-dc.org
www.fpif.org

Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) seeks to make the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner. It is a "think tank without walls" that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates. Unlike traditional think tanks, FPIF is committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda - one that is fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements. FPIF is a joint project of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC).

FPIF provides astute analysis and recommends innovative solutions in global affairs. Its current work surrounds issues of multilateralism, oil politics, U.S.-Africa policy, and the war on terrorism. FPIF responds to current global affairs and crises with information and analysis through news commentaries, policy briefs, forums, and news conferences. It aims to foster broader participation and project new voices in U.S. policy debates through expansive grassroots and student outreach.

Voluntary help needed: domestic and foreign activists, scholars, and writers who are committed to principles of economic justice, human rights, and multilateralism are invited to join.

Global Exchange

2003 - 2017 Mission Street, #303 - San Francisco, CA
Tel: 415.255.7296
Fax: 415.255.7498

www.globalexchange.org

Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting political, social and environmental justice globally. Since our founding in 1988, we have been working to increase global awareness among the U.S. public while building partnerships around the world.

Voluntary help needed: Global Exchange operates a structured internship program during the summer and a less structured program during the fall, winter and spring. Interns work closely with program staff on campaigns and programs and are expected to bring some knowledge and experience to the organization. Some agreement can be made for interns to work remotely on specific projects. Interns should be able to offer at least 15 hours per week for a minimum of 2 months.
Volunteers work in our San Francisco office, with program staff on a less formal basis and are generally able to offer a shorter amount of time than interns. Volunteers are those wishing to get involved with the organization, in any capacity. Tasks may range from staffing information tables at day time, evening or weekend events, phone banking Global Exchange members about important issues, assisting with the development and distribution of campaign/program materials to researching and writing reports. Some volunteers make short term agreements with the organization to assist staff, while others volunteer 1-2 hours per week over a longer period of time.

People from all places are encouraged to apply. Non US citizens must apply for an INS visa to volunteer in the USA.

Global Exchange also facilitates for human rights observers to participate in Peace Camps in Chiapas, Mexico. For more information, visit:
<http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mexico/volunteers.html>