Links to Organizations we recommend
Animal Rights and Welfare
Animal Protection and Rescue League https://www.facebook.com/aprl.org/
Direct Action Everywhere https://www.facebook.com/DxEsandiego/ https://www.directactioneverywhere.com/ z
San Diego Humane Society and Project Wildlife https://www.sdhumane.org/ https://www.facebook.com/SanDiegoHumaneSociety/
Climate
Citizens Climate Lobby https://www.facebook.com/CitizensClimateLobby/ https://community.citizensclimate.org
Climate Action Campaign https://www.climateactioncampaign.org https://www.facebook.com/ClimateActionCampaign/
Climate Hub https://www.facebook.com/SDClimateHub https://www.hammondclimatesolutions.com/climate-hub
Climate Science Alliance http://www.climatesciencealliance.org https://www.facebook.com/climatesciencealliance/
Green New Deal at UCSDS https://www.facebook.com/UCSDgreennewdeal/ ucsdgreennewdeal.net
North County Climate Change Alliance https://ncccalliance.org/ https://www.facebook.com/northcountyclimate/
Public Power https://www.facebook.com/publicpowersd https://www.publicpowersd.org/
San Diego 350 https://www.facebook.com/SanDiego350 sandiego350.org
San Diego climate Action Network https://www.sdclimatenetwork.org https://www.facebook.com/SDClimateNetwork/
San Diego Climate Mobilization Coalition https://www.facebook.com/SDClimateMobilization/
San Diego Green New Deal Alliance https://www.facebook.com/SDGreenNewDealAlliance
Sunrise Movement San Diego https://www.facebook.com/SunriseMovementSanDiego/
Stay cool 4 Grandkids www.staycool4grandkids.org https://www.facebook.com/StayCool/
Environmental Justice
Environmental Health Coalition https://www.environmentalhealth.org https://www.facebook.com/EHCSanDiego/
Food Issues
Good Neighbor Gardens https://www.facebook.com/GoodNeighborGardens/
Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Market https://www.obpeoplesfood.coop/
Plant Diego https://www.facebook.com/PlantDiego/
San Diego Food System Alliance http://www.sdfsa.org/
Wild Willow Farm https://www.wildwillowfarm.org/
Habitat Protection
Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation https://www.aguahedionda.org/ https://www.facebook.com/aguahediondalagoonfoundation/
California Chaparral Institute www.californiachaparral.org https://www.facebook.com/californiachaparral/
California Native Plant Society, San Diego Chapter https://www.cnpssd.org/ https://www.facebook.com/cnpssd/
Environmental Center of San Diego http://www.sandiegoeco.org/
Friends of Famosa Slough http://www.famosaslough.org/ https://www.facebook.com/FamosaSlough/
Preserve Calavera Coastal North San Diego County preservecalavera.org https://www.facebook.com/Preserve-Calavera-111150518953541/
San Diego Audubon https://www.sandiegoaudubon.org/welcome.html https://www.facebook.com/sdaudubon/
San Diego Canyonlands http://www.sdcanyonlands.org/
Sierra Club http://sandiegosierraclub.org/ https://www.facebook.com/sierraclubsd/
Solo Bee, restoring native bee habitat https://www.solobee.com/
The Chaparral Lands Conservancyhttp://www.chaparralconservancy.org/ https://www.facebook.com/chaparralconservancy/
Homeless
Amikas: Housing for Homeless Women & Children https://www.facebook.com/AmikasBridgeHousing/ http://amikas.org/
Doors of Change http://doorsofchange.org/ https://www.facebook.com/DoorsofChange/
Homelessness News San Diego https://www.facebook.com/HomelessNewsandEvents/
San Diego Housing Emergency Alliance https://www.facebook.com/SDHEMA2017/
Think Dignity https://www.thinkdignity.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ThinkDignity/
Voices of Our City Choir https://www.voicesofourcity.com/ https://www.facebook.com/VoicesofOurCityChoir/
Oceans, Rivers and Marine Wildlife
CERF - Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation https://cerf.org/ https://www.facebook.com/CERF.ORG/
Oceana San Diego https://www.facebook.com/OceanaSouthernCalifornia/
San Diego River Park Foundation https://www.sandiegoriver.org/ https://www.facebook.com/sdriverpark/
San Diego Coastkeeper https://www.facebook.com/SanDiegoCoastkeeper https://www.sdcoastkeeper.org/
Sea Sheperd https://seashepherd.org/san-diego/ https://www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdSanDiego/
Surfrider www.surfriderSD.org https://www.facebook.com/surfriderSD/
Wildcoast http://wildcoast.org/ https://www.facebook.com/WILDCOASTCOSTASALVAJE/
Peace
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD) http://www.comdsd.org/
Jewish Voice for Peace https://www.facebook.com/jvpsd/
Karama https://www.facebook.com/karamanow.org/
Peace Resource Center http://www.prcsd.org/ https://www.facebook.com/prcsd/
Vets for Peace https://www.facebook.com/sdvfp/ https://www.sdvfp.org/
Peace San Diego https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeaceSanDiego
Recycling and Composting
I Love a Clean San Diego https://www.ilacsd.org/about/ https://www.facebook.com/iloveacleansd
Solana Center for Environmental Innovation http://solanacenter.org https://www.facebook.com/SolanaCenter/
Zero Waste San Diego http://zerowastesandiego.org/ https://www.facebook.com/zerowastesandiego/
San Diego Really Really Free Market https://www.facebook.com/sdrrfm/
Social Justice
Activist San Diego http://www.activistsandiego.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ActivistSD/
Alliance San Diego https://www.alliancesd.org/ https://www.facebook.com/AllianceSD/
American Civil Liberties Union San Diego Imperial Counties
https://www.aclusandiego.org/ https://www.facebook.com/sdaclu
Border Angels https://www.facebook.com/BorderAngels/ https://www.borderangels.org/
California Innocence Project https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaInnocenceProject/ https://californiainnocenceproject.org/
Caravan for Justice. https://www.facebook.com/CaravanForJusticeSD CaravanForJusticeSD.com
Center for Policy Initiatives http://www.cpisandiego.org/ https://www.facebook.com/CPISanDiego/
Coalition to Close the Concentration Camps - San Diego https://www.facebook.com/CloseConcentrationCampsSD/
Interfaith Worker Justice of San Diego County https://www.facebook.com/IWJSD/ https://iwjsd.org/
People's Alliance for Justice
https://www.peoplesallianceforjustice.net/ https://www.facebook.com/peoplesallianceforjustice/
People Over Profits https://www.facebook.com/peopleoverprofitssd/
Pillars of the Community https://www.facebook.com/sdpotc/ https://www.potcsd.org/
Racial Justice Coalition of San Diego https://www.facebook.com/RacialJusticeCoalitionofSanDiego.org/
San Diegans Against the Death Penalty https://www.facebook.com/SDAgainstDP/
San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention https://sd4gvp.org/ https://www.facebook.com/sd4gvp/
San Diego Organizing Project https://www.sdop.net/ https://www.facebook.com/WeAreSDOP/
Schools for Chiapas http://schoolsforchiapas.org/
SURJ Showing up for Racial Justice
https://www.facebook.com/surjsandiego/ https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/
Tariq Khamisa Foundation https://tkf.org/ https://www.facebook.com/tariqkhamisafoundation/
Sustainability
Geni Global Energy Network Institute http://www.geni.org/
Local Earth http://local-earth.org/ https://www.facebook.com/LocalEarth/
San Diego Center for Sustainable Energy https://www.facebook.com/energycenter/ http://energycenter.org/
San Diego Green Building Council https://www.facebook.com/SDGreenBuildingCouncil/ https://www.sd-gbc.org/
Transportation
Bike San Diego https://www.facebook.com/BikeSD/
Circulate San Diego http://www.circulatesd.org/ https://www.facebook.com/CirculateSD/
Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego https://www.sandiegoev.org/ https://www.facebook.com/EVAofSanDiego/
San Diego County Bicycle Coalition https://sdbikecoalition.org/ https://www.facebook.com/sdbikecoalition
All Issues
Greenpeace San Diego https://www.facebook.com/GreenpeaceSanDiego/
This list is a work in progress and will be updated. Many groups need to be added. If you know of a local group that you think should be added to the list please let us know. We ask that the groups be credible (beware of new groups on Facebook) and that they adhere to a non-violence ethic.
Our goal at the OBGC for the last 31 years has always been to provide information on the many environmental, peace and social justice groups and what they do and to encourage the public to get involved either by volunteering and/or contributing resources.
Contact Information for your Elected Officials:
This list is for people living in District 2 area of San Diego. To find other districts go to https://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil A good source for your county, state and federal representatives is Common Cause https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/addr/#
1.City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell 619-236-6622 [email protected]
Community Rep Seamus Kennedy [email protected]
2. Mayor Todd Gloria (619) 236-6330 619-236-6330 ToddGloria@sandiego.gov
3. County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher (619) 531-5544 [email protected]
4. Assemblymember Chris Ward (619) 645-3090 [email protected]
5. State Senator Toni Atkins: (619) 645-3133 [email protected]
6. Congressman Scott Peters (858) 455-5550 https://scottpeters.house.gov/contact
7. City Attorney Mara Elliott: (619) 236-6220 [email protected]
8. SD County District Attorney (619) 531-4040 [email protected]
9. California Governor Gavin Newsom (916) 445-2841 https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/