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Service Organizations

• AFL-CIO -- "to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation. To accomplish this mission we will build and change the American labor movement."
• America’s Second Harvest -- a food bank network "creating a hunger-free America.... secures and distributes nearly two billion pounds of food and grocery products to more than 200 regional food banks and food-rescue organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico."
• Center for Community Change -- "helping low-income people, especially people of color, build powerful, effective organizations through which they can change their communities and public policies for the better."
• Consumer Reports -- "Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, is an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization serving only consumers. We are a comprehensive source for unbiased advice about products and services, personal finance, health and nutrition, and other consumer concerns. Since 1936, our mission has been to test products, inform the public, and protect consumers. Our income is derived solely from the sale of Consumer Reports and our other services, and from noncommercial contributions, grants, and fees. Consumers Union is governed by a board of 18 directors, who are elected by CU members and meet three times a year. Consumers Union's President, Jim Guest, oversees a staff of more than 450.
• Co-op America -- "to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society." Service programs include Living Green, Fair Trade, Responsible Shopper, and Social Investing. Publications include National Green Pages, Real Money, and Co-op America Quarterly.
• Corporate Crime Reporter -- "a legal print newsletter. The articles you see posted on this web site are only highlights from the print newsletter. Corporate Crime Reporter is published and mailed 48 times a year."
• Invested Interests -- "to get the best information on investing and social issues out to everyone that is interested. Anyone can use our information as a resource and we'd like nothing more than for you to find our site useful."
• LocalHarvest -- "maintains a definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources .... helps people find local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with family farms in their local area."
• Oxfam -- "a development, relief, and campaigning organization that works with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world."
• ShoreBank Socially Responsible Deposits -- a "community development and environmental banking corporation, committed to building vibrant communities and a healthy environment." Click on "Socially Responsible Deposits."
• Social Venture Network -- "a nonprofit network committed to building a just and sustainable world through business."
• Unite to Win -- website "set up by SEIU -- the Service Employees International Union -- as a tool for open debate about how best to build new strength and unity for working people and the labor movement."
• WorldChanging: Stuff -- "The Things We Make, Buy, Use, and Live With -- Buying Green / Food and Farming / Sustainable Design / Collaboration / Emerging Technologies." Also see WorldChanging: Shelter -- "Building Future Friendly Homes - Green Building / Energy / Water / Refugees and Relief." Also see WorldChanging: Business -- "Transforming Business / Socially Responsible Investment / Bright Green Economy / Branding & Marketing�"
• Worthwhile Magazine -- "to put purpose and passion on the same plane as profit..., a roadmap for business success that is more personally fulfilling and socially responsible. We live by the motto that it is impossible to have a meaningful life without meaningful work."

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