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The DataCenter "is blessed to have served the social justice Movement for over three decades. Some highlights from our past include: [1]
- 1977 - DataCenter—an activist library and publication center—is founded in affiliation with the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) by Jon Frappier, Fred Goff, Loretta Strharsky & Harry Strharsky and 40 dedicated volunteers.
- 1979 - Establish Corporate Profile Project for clients such as United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations & customized research service for immigration attorneys representing Central Americans seeking political asylum.
- 1980 - Publish press profiles, The Reagan File, on Ronald Reagan and his policies on labor, El Salvador, foreign policy, and military policy in Asia.
- 1981 - New Right Project tracks the rise of neo-conservatism; Launch Right-to-know Project in response to censorship & growing restrictions on access to information; Monitor plant closures and layoffs; Publish press profile Toxic Nightmare for free distribution to leading environmental organizations
- 1983 - Expand Search Service to include corporate accountability research to support community, labor, and corporate campaigns and political asylees from all over the world.
- 1984 - Establish Third World Resources quarterly newsletter and specialized resource directories series.
- 1987 - Launch Pro Bono Fund to subsidize services to low-budget social justice organizations.
- 1988 - Search Service goes online.
- 1991 - Launch the Cuba Project/Conexiones to respond to information needs of institutions in Cuba & facilitates information exchange between U.S. and Cuban colleagues for the next ten years; Publish three volumes of press on the First Gulf War.
- 1993 - Launch Freedom of Expression Project & CultureWatch newsletter monitoring the culture wars waged by the Religious Right until 2000.
Contents
Board
Accessed April 2010: [2]
- Co-Chair - Andrea Cristina Mercado Valle - Lead Organizer & Political Education Coordinator, Mujeres Unidas y Activas
- Co-Chair - Neil Tangri - Co-founder & Waste and Climate Change Campaigner, GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)
- Secretary - Jessica Guadalupe Tovar - Contra Costa County Organizer, Communities for a Better Environment
- Treasurer - Swati Prakash - Program Director, Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice, Pacific Institute
- Max Weintraub - Toxics Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- miho kim - Executive Director, DataCenter
- Yvette Robles - Director, Bayview Hunters Point Mobilization for Adolescent Growth in our Communities
Staff
Accessed April 2010: [3]
- Allen Sin, Communications and Administrative Associate
- Amie Fishman
- Celia Linnea Davis, Deputy Director
- Fred Goff, Major Gifts Director & President Emeritus
- Lailan Sandra Huen, Research Fellow
- Mary Anna C. Colwell, Major Gifts Advisor
- Michael Preston, Community Fellow, Indigenous Knowledge Project
- miho althea kim, Executive Director
- Nat Smith, Bookkeeper
- Saba Waheed, Research Director
Funders
Accessed April 2010: [4]
"The work of the DataCenter is supported by contributions from individual donors, community-based organizations, and the following foundations:
- California Wellness Foundation
- Christensen Fund
- C.S. Fund
- Dobbins Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- French American Charitable Trust
- Fund for Nonviolence
- Funding Exchange
- Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
- Kurz Family Foundation
- Leadership Learning Community
- Mary Wohlford Foundation
- Orchard House Foundation
- San Francisco Foundation
- Surdna Foundation
Contact
URL: http://www.datacenter.org
