Documenting and mapping all new deal public works across the usa, and providing information and discussion about the new deal. in the depths of the great depression, president franklin d. roosevelt promised the american people a new deal. over the decade 1933-43, a constellation of federally sponsored programs put millions of jobless americans back to work and helped to revive a moribund economy. the result was a rich landscape of public works across the nation, often of outstanding beauty, utility and craftsmanship. no city, town, or rural area was untouched by the new deal. hundreds of thousands of roads, schools, theaters, libraries, hospitals, post offices, courthouses, airports, parks, forests, gardens, and artworkscreated in only one decade by our parents and grandparentsare still in use today. the long-term payoff from this public investment helped propel american economic growth after the world war and is still working for the american people today. because these public works w

Young musicians choral orchestra uses musical training, academic support and personal guidance to improve the lives of talented, low-income young people throughout the bay area.

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Coastal quest is implementing our work through four cross-cutting issue areas, exploring the theme of land/sea connection, and finding ways to support more holistic approaches to managing the coastal zone to provide benefits for both people and nature. our four programs are: resilient communities and governments; resilient protected areas and parks; protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems; and clean coastal water.

Operates an independent middle school for boys (grades 6-8)

Our mission is to facilitate safer use of chemicals to protect human and ecological health. we educate and build partnerships among government, business, academia, and public interest groups to develop innovative solutions for reducing harmful chemicals in products.

Support and develop low-income affordable cooperative housing.

Our mission is to transform pediatric care in under-resourced communities by providing easy to use, state of the art medical software to public hospitals and by training physicians in software utilization.with software donated to us, kidscareeverywhere works with local health leaders to provide health solutions.

Provide platform and services to support civic engagement.

To serve sociologists--faculty, applied professionals, and students--in our region by providing opportunities for networking and professional development designed to advance scholarly research, promote high-quality teaching and mentorship, and encourage applied sociology for the public good.

The ocean genome atlas project ogap aims to collect, classify, sequence and map the genomic information of organisms representing at least 80 of the extant marine species worldwide. deploying a fleet of advanced but cost effective research vessels to transect our oceans over the coming decades, ogap will allow access to all of our blue planet to hundreds of scientists. the resulting ocean genome atlas will be a global 3d genomic atlas of the worlds oceans at single-cell resolution, providing critical information for planetary health, evolutionary and fundamental biology as well as biomedicines of the future. the atlas will be a public database available to researchers and institutions across the globe. time is of the essence given accelerating species extinction with estimates that 50 of existing biodiversity could vanish within a few generations.

To advance forecasting and epistemics for the aim of improving the long-term future of humanity.

Cityside journalism initiative is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization committed to building community through local journalism. cityside provides readers with fact-driven, nonpartisan, informative reporting that seeks to reflect the diversity and complexity of the communities we serve. cityside operates two newsrooms, berkeleyside and oaklandside, to provide local journalism in these cities.

To educate the public about environmentalism and animal welfare.

The mission of the klamath river renewal corporation (krrc) is to restore the klamath riverand reestablish its natural vitality so that it can support all communities in the region.

Street child provides education and safety for the world's poorest and most marginalized children living in the world's toughest places. our mission is to ensure that every child is safe, in school and learning.

Present public concerts of 18th and 19th century music on period instruments, and instruct young musicians in the 18th and 19th century music performance practice.

The field semester seeks to reintroduce students to a deeper sense of self and community through an intensive, interdisciplinary education on the land. academically rigorous and experientially rich, our innovative program inspires and equips our graduates to be leaders in community restoration: environmental, social, political, and cultural. after a semester of deep learning and action, field semester graduates will be able to establish themselves anywhere as integrated and restorative parts of their communities and of the systems that sustain all life.

The mission of the story of stuff project is to build a movement to change the way we make, use, and throw away stuff.