Our Community Partners in Social Justice
Local Resources
Community to Community Development is a place based, women-led grassroots organization working for a just society and healthy communities. We are committed to systemic change and to creating strategic alliances that strengthen local and global movements towards social, economic and environmental justice.
Veterans for Peace Corporal Jonathan Santos Memorial Chapter 111 (VFP-111) hosts educational and social justice speakers and forums, with an emphasis on the growing true costs of war, as well as provides co-ordination and support for anti-war mobilizations and demonstrations.
Whatcom Watch is a grassroots newspaper that covers government and environmental issues. The opportunity to be published is open to anyone concerned about an issue and who want to write an article. Money to continue printing the paper each month comes from donations, subscriptions, and advertising.
RE Sources is a non-profit environmental education organization founded in 1982 as Bellingham Community Recycling. We build healthy communities by promoting and supporting waste reduction; advocating for clean water, air and energy; empowering schools to reduce their carbon footprint; and putting sustainability tools into your hands.
Whatcom Volunteer Center connects volunteers with opportunities to serve with hundreds of partner agencies in Bellingham and Whatcom County. They partner with other agencies to develop programs that benefit families, people with disabilities, and neighbors who are experiencing or on the brink of experiencing homelessness.
The Opportunity Council is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency serving homeless and low-income families and individuals. Our goal is to help people learn to become self-sufficient. They offer a broad scope of services that range from addressing immediate and crisis-oriented needs (food, emergency shelter, eviction-prevention) to longer-term programs that promote self-sufficiency in our community (early childhood education, home weatherization).
LAW Advocates is an organization that provides free legal council for low-income Whatcom County residents in civil legal issues. They have many programs, including clinics for Domestic Violence victims, Tenant assistance, Homeless Disability Benefits advocacy, court representation and more.
NW Justice Project is Washington’s publicly funded legal aid program. Each year NJP provides critical civil legal assistance and representation to thousands of low-income people in cases affecting basic human needs such as family safety and security, housing preservation, protection of income, access to health care, education and other basic needs.
NW Youth Services (NWYS) provides housing and wrap-around support services to youth age 13-24 in Whatcom and Skagit Counties. Their mission is to collaborate with at-risk, runaway, and homeless youth to foster self-reliance, and their vision is that all young people have a place to belong: to be safe, heard, and valued.
YWCA Bellingham offers low-cost and free housing to women in crisis. Their goal for each woman is the same: to give her an affordable, safe, supportive place to stay and to connect her with whatever resources she needs to get her life back on track.
Veterans for Peace Corporal Jonathan Santos Memorial Chapter 111 (VFP-111) hosts educational and social justice speakers and forums, with an emphasis on the growing true costs of war, as well as provides co-ordination and support for anti-war mobilizations and demonstrations.
Whatcom Watch is a grassroots newspaper that covers government and environmental issues. The opportunity to be published is open to anyone concerned about an issue and who want to write an article. Money to continue printing the paper each month comes from donations, subscriptions, and advertising.
RE Sources is a non-profit environmental education organization founded in 1982 as Bellingham Community Recycling. We build healthy communities by promoting and supporting waste reduction; advocating for clean water, air and energy; empowering schools to reduce their carbon footprint; and putting sustainability tools into your hands.
Whatcom Volunteer Center connects volunteers with opportunities to serve with hundreds of partner agencies in Bellingham and Whatcom County. They partner with other agencies to develop programs that benefit families, people with disabilities, and neighbors who are experiencing or on the brink of experiencing homelessness.
The Opportunity Council is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency serving homeless and low-income families and individuals. Our goal is to help people learn to become self-sufficient. They offer a broad scope of services that range from addressing immediate and crisis-oriented needs (food, emergency shelter, eviction-prevention) to longer-term programs that promote self-sufficiency in our community (early childhood education, home weatherization).
LAW Advocates is an organization that provides free legal council for low-income Whatcom County residents in civil legal issues. They have many programs, including clinics for Domestic Violence victims, Tenant assistance, Homeless Disability Benefits advocacy, court representation and more.
NW Justice Project is Washington’s publicly funded legal aid program. Each year NJP provides critical civil legal assistance and representation to thousands of low-income people in cases affecting basic human needs such as family safety and security, housing preservation, protection of income, access to health care, education and other basic needs.
NW Youth Services (NWYS) provides housing and wrap-around support services to youth age 13-24 in Whatcom and Skagit Counties. Their mission is to collaborate with at-risk, runaway, and homeless youth to foster self-reliance, and their vision is that all young people have a place to belong: to be safe, heard, and valued.
YWCA Bellingham offers low-cost and free housing to women in crisis. Their goal for each woman is the same: to give her an affordable, safe, supportive place to stay and to connect her with whatever resources she needs to get her life back on track.
Veterans Services
Whatcom County Veterans Program serves as a point of entry to local, state and federal benefits and services. We offer temporary financial assistance when appropriate, as well as connection to other services.
Veterans for Peace is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies whose collective efforts are to build a culture of peace by using our experiences and lifting our voices. Local chapter: Bellingham 111, Email: [email protected]
Veteran Navigator Program (360) 393-5514 or [email protected]
Bellingham Vet Center: (360) 733- 9226, 3800 Byron St. Suite 124, Hours: M, Th, F 8-4:30pm, T 8-7pm, W 8-9pm
Veterans for Peace is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies whose collective efforts are to build a culture of peace by using our experiences and lifting our voices. Local chapter: Bellingham 111, Email: [email protected]
Veteran Navigator Program (360) 393-5514 or [email protected]
Bellingham Vet Center: (360) 733- 9226, 3800 Byron St. Suite 124, Hours: M, Th, F 8-4:30pm, T 8-7pm, W 8-9pm
Faith Organizations That Support the Work of Peace
Garden Street United Methodist Church
Bellingham Friends Meeting (Quakers)
First Christian Church
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Saint James Presbyterian Church
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church
National Organizations
Canada Haiti Action Network is an information and action network with member committees in cities across Canada for the benefit of Haiti, formed in 2004. The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 now raises far deeper concerns about the direction of the country. In whose interests will Haiti be rebuilt--those of its poor majority, or those of international financiers?
United for Peace and Justice is a network of hundreds of peace and justice organizations around the US and world. Together we are working to end war and oppression, shift resources toward human needs, protect the environment and promote sustainable alternatives.
Jobs with Justice is a national network of local coalitions that bring together labor unions, faith groups, community organizations, and student activists to fight for working people. Our members are in the streets in 46 cities in 24 states across the country.
Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights. They work with, for and on behalf of people at risk of human rights abuses, survivors, and other partners in the defense of rights. Amnesty International takes up hundreds of cases on behalf of those whose rights have been abused and to compel unflinching governments to address long-standing violations. In Bellingham, Amnesty International Group 240 continues their work on the Cameroon case and pursuing a Welcome Refugee resolution with the city and county councils. Additionally, they support AIUSA campaigns; lobby our legislators on human rights issues; coordinate the annual Write for Rights; support and co-sponsor events such as the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival, International Human Rights Day and International Day of Peace; table at marches and the MLK conference in order to help inform the community about human rights issues; and write and advocate on behalf of prisoners of conscience and Urgent Actions. AI Group 240 monthly meetings are now via phone conference, anyone is welcome to contact them through their email at [email protected] to participate.
United for Peace and Justice is a network of hundreds of peace and justice organizations around the US and world. Together we are working to end war and oppression, shift resources toward human needs, protect the environment and promote sustainable alternatives.
Jobs with Justice is a national network of local coalitions that bring together labor unions, faith groups, community organizations, and student activists to fight for working people. Our members are in the streets in 46 cities in 24 states across the country.
Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights. They work with, for and on behalf of people at risk of human rights abuses, survivors, and other partners in the defense of rights. Amnesty International takes up hundreds of cases on behalf of those whose rights have been abused and to compel unflinching governments to address long-standing violations. In Bellingham, Amnesty International Group 240 continues their work on the Cameroon case and pursuing a Welcome Refugee resolution with the city and county councils. Additionally, they support AIUSA campaigns; lobby our legislators on human rights issues; coordinate the annual Write for Rights; support and co-sponsor events such as the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival, International Human Rights Day and International Day of Peace; table at marches and the MLK conference in order to help inform the community about human rights issues; and write and advocate on behalf of prisoners of conscience and Urgent Actions. AI Group 240 monthly meetings are now via phone conference, anyone is welcome to contact them through their email at [email protected] to participate.