Data Center

The DataCenter "is blessed to have served the social justice Movement for over three decades. Some highlights from our past include:


 * 1977 - DataCenter—an activist library and publication center—is founded in affiliation with the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) by Jon Frappier, Fred Goff, Loretta Strharsky & Harry Strharsky and 40 dedicated volunteers.
 * 1979 - Establish Corporate Profile Project for clients such as United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations & customized research service for immigration attorneys representing Central Americans seeking political asylum.
 * 1980 - Publish press profiles, The Reagan File, on Ronald Reagan and his policies on labor, El Salvador, foreign policy, and military policy in Asia.
 * 1981 - New Right Project tracks the rise of neo-conservatism; Launch Right-to-know Project in response to censorship & growing restrictions on access to information; Monitor plant closures and layoffs; Publish press profile Toxic Nightmare for free distribution to leading environmental organizations
 * 1983 - Expand Search Service to include corporate accountability research to support community, labor, and corporate campaigns and political asylees from all over the world.
 * 1984 - Establish Third World Resources quarterly newsletter and specialized resource directories series.
 * 1987 - Launch Pro Bono Fund to subsidize services to low-budget social justice organizations.
 * 1988 - Search Service goes online.
 * 1991 - Launch the Cuba Project/Conexiones to respond to information needs of institutions in Cuba & facilitates information exchange between U.S. and Cuban colleagues for the next ten years; Publish three volumes of press on the First Gulf War.
 * 1993 - Launch Freedom of Expression Project & CultureWatch newsletter monitoring the culture wars waged by the Religious Right until 2000.

Board
Accessed April 2010:


 * Co-Chair - Andrea Cristina Mercado Valle - Lead Organizer & Political Education Coordinator, Mujeres Unidas y Activas
 * Co-Chair - Neil Tangri - Co-founder & Waste and Climate Change Campaigner, GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)
 * Secretary - Jessica Guadalupe Tovar - Contra Costa County Organizer, Communities for a Better Environment
 * Treasurer - Swati Prakash - Program Director, Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice, Pacific Institute
 * Max Weintraub - Toxics Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 * miho kim - Executive Director, DataCenter
 * Yvette Robles - Director, Bayview Hunters Point Mobilization for Adolescent Growth in our Communities

Staff
Accessed April 2010:


 * Allen Sin, Communications and Administrative Associate
 * Amie Fishman
 * Celia Linnea Davis, Deputy Director
 * Fred Goff, Major Gifts Director & President Emeritus
 * Lailan Sandra Huen, Research Fellow
 * Mary Anna C. Colwell, Major Gifts Advisor
 * Michael Preston, Community Fellow, Indigenous Knowledge Project
 * miho althea kim, Executive Director
 * Nat Smith, Bookkeeper
 * Saba Waheed, Research Director

Funders
Accessed April 2010:

"The work of the DataCenter is supported by contributions from individual donors, community-based organizations, and the following foundations:


 * California Wellness Foundation
 * Christensen Fund
 * C.S. Fund
 * Dobbins Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * French American Charitable Trust
 * Fund for Nonviolence
 * Funding Exchange
 * Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
 * Kurz Family Foundation
 * Leadership Learning Community
 * Mary Wohlford Foundation
 * Orchard House Foundation
 * San Francisco Foundation
 * Surdna Foundation

Contact
URL: http://www.datacenter.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Max J. Blanchet