Center for Third World Organizing

The Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO, pronounced "C-2") "is a racial-justice organization dedicated to building a social-justice movement led by people of color. CTWO is a 25-year-old training and resource center that promotes and sustains direct-action organizing in communities of color in the United States. CTWO's programs include training of new and experienced organizers, including the well-known Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP); establishing model multi-racial community organizations; and building an active network of organizations and activists of color to achieve racial justice in its fullest dimensions."


 * Wendall Chin, Co-Director
 * Faron Mclurkin, Co-Director

Funders

 * Akonadi Foundation
 * Marguerite Casey Foundation
 * Community Technology Foundation of California
 * Ford Foundation
 * French American Charitable Trust
 * Evelyn and Walter Hass Jr. Fund
 * Hull Family Foundation
 * San Francisco Foundation
 * Schott Tzedakah Fund of the Jewish Fund for Justice
 * Sisters of Loretto
 * Underdog Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock
 * VanLobenSels/RembeRock Foundation

Staff
Accessed August 2007:


 * Danielle Mahones, Executive Director
 * Reem Assil, Program Coordinator and Retreat Center Manager
 * Jackie Byers, Program Director and Trainer
 * Idris Hassan, Administrative and Facilities Coordinator
 * Dan Ringer-Barwick, Operations Director

Board
Accessed December 2013:


 * Francis Calpotura - Founder and Director, Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action (TIGRA)
 * Steven Pitts - Labor Policy Specialist. University California, Berkeley
 * Larry Salomon - Ethnic Studies.  San Francisco State University.
 * Lian Cheun - Executive Director, Khmer Girls in Action.
 * Ng'ethe Maina - Founder (SJL)and Executive Director (outgoing), Social Justice Leadership/Center for Progressive Leadership.

Directors (2007)
Accessed August 2007:


 * Francis Calpotura: Oakland, California; Founder and Director, Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action (TIGRA)
 * Sandra Davis, Chair: Oakland, California; Program Associate, The California Endowment
 * Rowena Pineda, Secretary-Treasurer: Spokane, Washington
 * Vijay Prashad, Vice-Chair: Hartford, Connecticut; Assistant Professor & Director of International Studies, Trinity College
 * Mark Randazzo: San Francisco, California; Funders Network on Trade and Globalization
 * Sandra Robertson, At-Large: Atlanta, Georgia; Executive Director, Georgia Citizens Coalition to End Hunger
 * Phil Ting: San Francisco, California; San Francisco Assessor-Recorder

Contact

 * Web: http://www.ctwo.org

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