Bay Area

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We are abolitionists, feminists, and internationalists who believe that the liberation of SWANA (South West Asian and North African) people is inextricably tied to the liberation of all oppressed people.

The Alliance of South Asians Taking Action empowers South Asians to end violence, oppression, and exploitation within and against our communities.

Our mission was, and is, to build support in the Bay Area queer communities for Palestinian liberation, to make queers and queer liberation visible and integral to the local Palestine solidarity movement, to support queer organizing in Palestine and around the Arab world, and to oppose United States colonialism, military intervention, and funding and support for Israeli colonialism.

Bay Area chapter of the @palestinianyouthmovement

Providing protest support and bail funds for demonstrators through mutual aid networks.

Building power in Asian immigrant and refugee communities for environmental, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing, mutual aid, and policy advocacy in Oakland and Richmond.

Transforming justice through restorative practices, reentry support, and youth empowerment programs across the Bay Area, with a focus on healing and community-led solutions to incarceration.

Independent Black newspaper founded in 1976, serving thought-provoking stories and commentary on the full range of Black trials and triumphs, with a focus on prison abolition, mutual aid, and community empowerment through grassroots journalism.

The San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) is a non-commercial, democratic collective of bay area independent media makers and media outlets, and serves as the local organizing unit of the global Indymedia network.

Free Speech TV is one of the last standing national, independent news networks committed to advancing progressive social change.

Homecooked meals to lessen the load for people actively organizing for and committed to Palestinian liberation.

Mujeres Unidas y Activas is an organization of Latina and Indigenous immigrant women with the mission of increasing our personal and communal power for social and economic justice.

At Common Humanity Collective, we’ve engineered designs for inexpensive, highly effective DIY air purifiers, using only a box fan, a large filter, and a few other materials.

Urban Habitat democratizes power and advances equitable policies to create a just and connected Bay Area for low-income communities of color.

Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.

A collective of elder women and allies organizing mutual aid and direct action for climate justice across the Bay Area. They coordinate solidarity actions supporting indigenous rights, frontline communities, and youth climate movements while building power through nonviolent resistance, community building, and intergenerational organizing.

A grassroots climate movement building power through mutual aid and community organizing to achieve climate justice across the Bay Area. They coordinate direct action campaigns, policy advocacy, and solidarity networks while working towards environmental justice, clean energy futures, and the elimination of fossil fuel infrastructure through collective organizing.

A worker-run collective and anarchist publisher fostering mutual aid through radical literature and knowledge sharing since 1990. They coordinate book distribution, publishing projects, and community education while building networks of solidarity through anarchist theory, social justice literature, and creating accessible spaces for revolutionary ideas and collective learning.

A network fostering mutual aid and rapid response organizing across the Bay Area. They coordinate direct actions, solidarity networks, and community defense while building power through rapid response mobilizations, political education, and creating spaces for collective resistance against oppression and injustice.

An anti-war coalition fostering mutual aid and solidarity through direct action and movement building across the Bay Area. They coordinate peace actions, educational events, and solidarity networks while building power through anti-imperialist organizing, cross-movement alliances, and creating spaces for collective resistance against war and militarism.

An Indigenous-led organization fostering mutual aid and environmental justice through direct action and cultural revitalization. They coordinate Indigenous rights campaigns, land defense initiatives, and solidarity networks while building power through traditional ecological knowledge, decolonial practices, and creating spaces for Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice.

A collective fostering Indigenous mutual aid and autonomous organizing through direct action and decolonial resistance. They coordinate solidarity networks, resource sharing, and political education while building power through Indigenous anarchist perspectives and creating spaces for anti-colonial struggle.

A grassroots organization fostering mutual aid and community empowerment for Filipino communities across the Bay Area. They coordinate immigrant rights advocacy, youth programs, worker support initiatives, and solidarity networks while building power through civic engagement, labor organizing, and creating spaces for cultural preservation and collective action.

A queer/trans prisoner support collective fostering mutual aid and solidarity through letter writing and direct support. They coordinate pen pal programs, resource sharing, and solidarity networks while building power through LGBTQ+ prisoner advocacy, abolition organizing, and creating spaces for connection across prison walls.

A volunteer-run organization fostering mutual aid through free book distribution to people in prison. They coordinate book donations, letter writing, and solidarity networks while building connections through literature and education across prison walls.

A mutual aid coffee collective providing free coffee, food, and community resources while fostering solidarity and direct support in the Bay Area. Through their mobile coffee service and community gatherings, they create accessible spaces for organizing, political education, and building networks of mutual aid.

A network of tenant councils fostering mutual aid and housing justice through collective organizing across the Bay Area. They coordinate tenant organizing, leadership development, and solidarity networks while building power through direct action, policy advocacy, and creating spaces for tenant power and anti-displacement organizing.

Advocating for the health, safety and livelihoods of Bay Area sex workers through direct support & community organizing

A community health center fostering mutual aid and culturally connected care for Indigenous communities across the Bay Area since 1972. They coordinate comprehensive health services, wellness programs, and youth initiatives while building power through cultural preservation, community organizing, and creating spaces for traditional healing practices and collective wellbeing.

An urban Indigenous women-led land trust fostering mutual aid and Indigenous sovereignty through rematriation of Ohlone lands in the Bay Area. They coordinate land return initiatives, cultural revitalization programs, and solidarity networks while building power through Indigenous stewardship, community gardens, and creating spaces for traditional ecological practices and healing.

An Indigenous-led organization fostering mutual aid and environmental justice through direct action and cultural revitalization. They coordinate Indigenous rights campaigns, land defense initiatives, and solidarity networks while building power through traditional ecological knowledge, decolonial practices, and creating spaces for Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice.

A collective fostering Indigenous mutual aid and autonomous organizing through direct action and decolonial resistance. They coordinate solidarity networks, resource sharing, and political education while building power through Indigenous anarchist perspectives and creating spaces for anti-colonial struggle.

Building power in Asian immigrant and refugee communities for environmental, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing, mutual aid, and policy advocacy in Oakland and Richmond.

A regional organization fostering mutual aid and community power through research, leadership development, and policy advocacy in the Bay Area. They coordinate community organizing, transportation justice, and solidarity networks while building power through democratic participation, equitable development, and creating spaces for environmental and social justice.

A collective of elder women and allies organizing mutual aid and direct action for climate justice across the Bay Area. They coordinate solidarity actions supporting indigenous rights, frontline communities, and youth climate movements while building power through nonviolent resistance, community building, and intergenerational organizing.

A grassroots climate movement building power through mutual aid and community organizing to achieve climate justice across the Bay Area. They coordinate direct action campaigns, policy advocacy, and solidarity networks while working towards environmental justice, clean energy futures, and the elimination of fossil fuel infrastructure through collective organizing.

A mutual aid collective fostering community care through food justice and solidarity initiatives in the Bay Area. They coordinate meal distributions, food sovereignty projects, and solidarity networks while building power through collective nourishment, community kitchens, and creating spaces for food-based liberation work.

A mutual aid organization providing direct support, resources, and community care to unhoused and marginalized communities in the Bay Area through grassroots organizing and solidarity networks.

A mutual aid coffee collective providing free coffee, food, and community resources while fostering solidarity and direct support in the Bay Area. Through their mobile coffee service and community gatherings, they create accessible spaces for organizing, political education, and building networks of mutual aid.

A network of tenant councils fostering mutual aid and housing justice through collective organizing across the Bay Area. They coordinate tenant organizing, leadership development, and solidarity networks while building power through direct action, policy advocacy, and creating spaces for tenant power and anti-displacement organizing.

A network fostering mutual aid and rapid response organizing across the Bay Area. They coordinate direct actions, solidarity networks, and community defense while building power through rapid response mobilizations, political education, and creating spaces for collective resistance against oppression and injustice.

Independent Black newspaper founded in 1976, serving thought-provoking stories and commentary on the full range of Black trials and triumphs, with a focus on prison abolition, mutual aid, and community empowerment through grassroots journalism.

A grassroots independent media platform coordinating community journalism and mutual aid initiatives across the Bay Area. They organize direct coverage of social movements, resource sharing, and solidarity networks while building connections between activists, organizers, and communities through participatory media and collective documentation of struggles for justice.

An independent media network fostering mutual aid through progressive news coverage and community-driven programming. They coordinate grassroots journalism, documentary films, and solidarity networks while building power through independent media, social justice storytelling, and creating spaces for marginalized voices and movement building.

An international network fostering mutual aid and autonomous organizing through radical media, publishing, and direct action resources. They coordinate anarchist analysis, skill sharing, and solidarity networks while building power through participatory media, creative resistance, and creating spaces for revolutionary ideas and collective action.

A worker-run collective and anarchist publisher fostering mutual aid through radical literature and knowledge sharing since 1990. They coordinate book distribution, publishing projects, and community education while building networks of solidarity through anarchist theory, social justice literature, and creating accessible spaces for revolutionary ideas and collective learning.

A grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women building power through mutual aid, leadership development, and organizing for worker and immigrant rights. MUA provides direct support while advocating for domestic worker rights, immigrant justice, and economic dignity through community-led campaigns.

A grassroots organization fostering mutual aid and community empowerment for Filipino communities across the Bay Area. They coordinate immigrant rights advocacy, youth programs, worker support initiatives, and solidarity networks while building power through civic engagement, labor organizing, and creating spaces for cultural preservation and collective action.

Advocating for the health, safety and livelihoods of Bay Area sex workers through direct support & community organizing

The Alliance of South Asians Taking Action empowers South Asians to end violence, oppression, and exploitation within and against our communities.

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Bay Area is part of a national network organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. They coordinate study and action programs, political education, and solidarity networks while building power through anti-racist organizing and creating spaces for white people to engage in racial justice work.

Providing protest support and bail funds for demonstrators through mutual aid networks.

Transforming justice through restorative practices, reentry support, and youth empowerment programs across the Bay Area, with a focus on healing and community-led solutions to incarceration.

A letterwriting & penpal program that resists the violent isolation of the prison system by connecting our queer and trans community across prison walls.

By sending free reading materials to those behind bars, PLP aims to foster learning and critical thinking and help prepare people to lead successful lives after incarceration.

A communist lecture and party series in the Bay Area.

Lavender Phoenix builds queer and transgender Asian and Pacific Islander power to amplify our voices and increase the visibility of our communities.