asian americans advancing justice southern california

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL) is the nation’s largest Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) legal and civil rights organization, serving more than 15,000 individuals and organizations every year. We are committed to defending AAPI voting rights and ensuring every eligible voter has access to the ballot box during this 2024 election season. Our mission is to advocate for civil rights, provide legal services and education, and build coalitions to positively influence and impact Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and to create a more equitable and harmonious society. Through direct legal services, impact litigation, policy analysis and advocacy, leadership development and capacity building, we seek to serve the most vulnerable members of the AAPI community while also building a strong AAPI voice for civil rights and social justice. With our Advancing Justice affiliates in Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., we have enacted a sweeping range of programs on critical national issues that enrich, enhance and serve our communities all across the country.

Girls Who Code

Girls Who Code is an international non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. With their 7-week Summer Immersion Program, after school Clubs, College Loops program and New York Times best-selling series, they are leading the movement to inspire, educate, and equip young women with the computing skills to pursue 21st-century opportunities. Girls Who Code has reached 300,000 girls around the world. To join the movement or learn more, visit girlswhocode.com.

Institute for Sustainable Communities

ISC is an international, non-profit organization that works to support communities by creating, implementing, and scaling equitable climate change solutions for communities at the frontline of the global climate crisis. Our unique, bottom-up approach ensures solutions emerge from within communities, rather than being imposed from the outside. By sharing international best practices and experiences, providing technical expertise and training, and building the capacity of local organizations, we support innovative solutions and sustainable change. We address the root causes of climate change impacts by building community knowledge and skills, strengthening governance, and diversifying the field of sustainability professionals. Our approach incorporates capacity building, technical assistance delivery, knowledge products, climate change action planning, and peer learning.

Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington

Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by more than 4,500 trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts in Oregon and SW Washington lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington offers every girl the opportunity to unleash her inner G.I.R.L.! With us, girls experience engaging, challenging, and fun activities like earning badges, going on awesome trips, selling cookies, exploring science, getting outdoors, and doing community service projects. Along the way, girls develop a strong sense of self, display positive values, seek challenges and learn from setbacks, maintain healthy relationships, and learn to identify and solve problems in their community. Through Girl Scouts, girls prepare for a lifetime of leadership, adventure and success! BECOME A TROOP LEADER As a Girl Scout troop leader, you’ll introduce girls to new experiences that show them they’re capable of more than they ever imagined. Embark on an extraordinary journey of leadership by volunteering today - you can be the mentor she needs! ALUM Were you a Daisy, Brownie, or higher in Girl Scouts? Then you’re a Girl Scout alum! Connect with millions of your Girl Scout sisters as part of the Girl Scout Network at girlscouts.org/girlscoutnetwork.

st. louis development corporation

St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) is the City’s economic development arm. SLDC’s mission is to stimulate the market for private investment in City real estate and business development and improve the quality of life for everyone who lives in, works in and visits St. Louis. *Real estate management, site assembly, preparation and development *Neighborhood and Commercial District development *Port development and management *Support and administration of City economic development incentives, boards and authorities *Minority- and Women-Owned Business inclusion and support *Business Assistance Center *Coordinate regional economic initiatives impacting the City