New Community Networks
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Wired for Change
..Appendix B - Community - Network Electronic Resources.....
This list contains a wide variety of electronic resources. The classification scheme used in Appendix A is also used here. This list is far from comprehensive, as there are new electronic resources appearing every day. If you can't find what you're looking for here, you may want to check with organizations listed in Appendix A.
Categories
Advocacy and Support
AIDS Info BBS
Modem: 415-626-1246
WWW: http:itsa.ucsf.edu/~beng/
aidsbbs.html
Archimedes Project
("Leverage for individuals with disabilities through information technology")
WWW: http://csli-www.stanford.edu/arch/arch.html
Berkeley Vietnam Veterans Memorial
WWW: http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/vvm/
Black/African
Resources (Art McGee's List)
WWW: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/mcgee.html
Center for Information Technology Accommodation
http://www.gsa.gov/coca
Child/Family Interactive Network
Eileen Traylor
info@cfin.org
WWW: http://www.cfin.org
Computer Network Services,
Internet, and Information Resources for Women
WWW: http://www.igc.apc.org/womensnet/
CyberQueers FAQ
WWW: http://cyberzine.org/html/
GLAIDS/Faqs/queersfaq.html
CyberQueer Lounge
WWW: http://www.cyberzine.org/
html/GLAIDS/glaidshomepage.html
Hands Off Washington/Washington
Citizens for Fairness
Kelly Evans
206-323-5191
HandsOff_Washington@eor.com
WWW: http://www.eor.com/howhtml/how.htm
Hawaiian Language Center
WWW: http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu/
Hawaiian Language
Immersion
WWW: http://maui.com/~mauilink/PLOM/PLOMHome.html
Homeless List
Gopher://csf.colorado.edu/00/psn/homeless/
Homelessness in America
WWW: http://www.teleport.com/~cool/homeless.html
National Coalition for the Homeless
WWW: http://nch.ari.net
Oneida Nation
WWW: http://nyser.org/oneida
OTA's Native American Resource
Page
WWW: http://www.ota.gov/nativea.html
Rainbow Pages (Voice-based, telephone-access community-information services)
For more information contact Paul Resnick, presnick@research.att.com
Sistah
Space
WWW: http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/Sisterhood/Welcome.htm
Streetlife Gallery
WWW: http://internetcafe.allyn.com/slg/slg.html
UK
Homeless
WWW: http://sl.cxwms.ac.uk/Academic/AGPU/staffpag/robinson/interest/homeless/homepage.html
Arts and Cultural Organizations
Cultural Environment Movement Discussion List
Go to this site to sign up.
A Day in the Life
For more information contact NTPN or Academy One (see Appendix A).
Northwest CyberArtists Distribution List
Send "subscribe cyberartists firstname lastname" to listproc@u.washington.edu.
Civic and Democratic
Revitalization
Civic Practices
Network
WWW: http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/cpn
Communications as Engagement
WWW: http://www.cdinet.com/Millennium/
Community Network Movement
WWW: http://www.scn.org/ip/commnet/home.html
Community Stories
WWW: http://www.csn.net/anr/comindex.html
Contact Center Network - Directory of
Nonprofit Resources
WWW: http://www.contact.org
Institute for the
Study of Values
WWW: http://libertynet.org/~edcivic/iscvhome.html
Gopher://gopher.civic.net:2400/11/cdiscv
Neighborhood Early Warning System
(NEWS)
WWW: http://www.cnt.org/news.html
Neighborhoods
Online
The Neighborhood Works
WWW: http://www.cnt.org/tnw/tnwhome.htm
Resources for Non-Profits
WWW: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbarber
What's New In Activism Online
WWW: http://www.wnia.org/WNIA/
Community and Civic
Networking
American Communities
WWW: http://www.aspensys.com:85
gopher://amcom.aspensys.com:75
City.Net
WWW: http://www.city.net
Civic Nets (Reti
Civiche e Freenets)
WWW: http://vega.unive.it/contrib/audies/civicnet.html
Communet Distribution List
Send mail to listproc@list.uvm.edu with message "subscribe communet
firstname lastname."
Community Computer
Networks & Free-Net Web Sites
WWW: http://freenet.victoria.bc.ca/freenets.html
Community Network Movement
WWW: http://www.scn.org/ip/commnet/home.html
Community
Networking Resources
WWW: http://www.sils.umich.edu/Community/Community.html
Community Networking
Documents and Resources
WWW: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/services/commun.htm
Community
Networks Surveys
FTP: ftp://cs.washington.edu/research/community-networks/
WWW: http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/community-networks/
Creation, Organization and Management of Public-Access Nonprofit Networks
Distribution List
Send mail to listserv@cespivm2.unlp.edu.ar with "subscribe FREENET
firstname lastname" message.
De digitale Stad
WWW: http://www.dds.nl/
Freenet-admin Distribution List
Must be an NPTN affiliate to participate. Contact NPTN (Appendix A) for
more information.
Free-Nets & Community
Networks
WWW: http://hearld.usask.ca/~scottp/free.html
The Good Neighbor's Guide
to Community Networking by Frank Odasz
WWW: http://lone-eagles.com/cnguide.htm
Intentional Community Page
WWW: http://www.well.com/www/cmty/
Millennium Communications
WWW: http://cdinet.com/Millennium
NPTN Cybercasting
Catalog
WWW: http://www.nptn.org/about.nptn/whois/jmk/catalog.html
NCF Survey
WWW: http://debra.dgbt.doc.ca/~andrew/survey.html
PACS-L - Public-Access Computer Systems
Send e-mail to listserv@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU with "subscribe PACS-1 firstname
lastname" message
Public Access Networks
WWW: http://www.morino.org/
Success
Stories
WWW: http://bcn.boulder.co.us/community/resources/why/helped.html
USA CityLink
WWW: http://www.NeoSoft.com:80/citylink/
Virtual Communities Forum
WWW: http://www.emedia.net/feed
WWW Guide to Community
Networking
WWW: http://http2.sils.umich.edu/ILS/community.html
Community Centers
Cyber
Cafe Guid Version 12.1 (Cyber Cafes around the world!
WWW: http://www.easynet.co.uk/pages/cafe/ccafe.htm/usa_west
Playing to Win
Gopher: gopher.igc.apc.org and then select "Organizations on the IGC
Networks Gopher" and scroll down to "Playing to Win."
Speakeasy Cafe
206-728-9770
cafe@speakeasy.org
WWW: http://speakeasy.org
2304 2nd Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
Community Empowerment
and Revitalization
Civic Practices
Network
WWW: http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/cpn
Essential Information
WWW: http://www.essential.org/EI.html
Geographic Information Systems Distribution List (gis-l)
Send mail to listserv@urisa.org with "subscribe gis-l" message.
Neighborhood Early Warning System
(NEWS)
WWW: http://www.cnt.org/news.html
The Neighborhood Works
WWW: http://www.cnt.org/tnw/tnwhome.htm
PAR-Talk (Participatory Action Research) Distribution List
Send mail to listproc@cornell.edu with message "subscribe par-talk
firstname lastname."
PARNet: Participatory Action Research
Network
WWW: http://www.PARnet.org/
Red de Informacion Rural
WWW: http://tonatiuh.uam.mx:70/RIE
Information for Non-Profits
WWW: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbarber
Trust for Public Land
WWW: http://www.tpl.org/tpl
What's New In Activism Online
WWW: http://www.wnia.org/WNIA/
Community Health
AIDS Info
BBS
Ben Gardiner
415-626-1245
ben@QueerNet.ORG
Modem: 415-626-1246
WWW: http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~beng/aidsbbs.html
CHESS
For more information contact Robert Hawkins, rphawk@macc.wisc.edu.
Computer Link
For more information contact Patricia Brennan, pfb@po.cwru.edu.
The NPTN Health and Wellness
Center
WWW: http://www.nptn.org:80/cyber.serv/hwp/
MADNESS Distribution List
Send mail to LISTSERV@sjuvm.stjohns.
edu with "subscribe madness firstname lastname" message.
RTK Net
info@rtk.net
202-234-8494
WWW: http://rtk.net/SCARCnet
WWW: http://www.gii-awards.com/nicampgn/3912.htm
Tobacco Control Archives
WWW: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco
Community, Public, and Alternative
Media
Boulder
Vocal Point
WWW: http://bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/cent/Newspaper/Newspaper.html
Cultural Environment Movement Distribution List
Go to this site to sign up.
Detroit Journal
- Striking Journalists
WWW: http://www.rust.net/~workers/union/union.html
MISANET Welcome Directory
WWW: ftp://ftp.misanet.org/
San Francisco Free Press
WWW: http://www.ccnet.com/SF_Free_Press/
Shred of Dignity, ca.
1989
WWW: http://www.wps.com/Shipley/shipley.html
Washington Free
Press
WWW: http://www.cyberspace.com/~mrobesch/wfp2.html
Cyber-Rights, Access, and
Democracy
California
Electronic Government Information
WWW: http://www.cpsr.org/cpr/states/california/govaccess
Cyber-Rights Working Group
See Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility in "Other"
section (see Appendix B).
Electronic Democracy Information
Network (EDIN)
WWW: http://garnet.berkeley.edu:3333/
GovAccess
Send mail to Majordomo@well.com with "subscribe GovAccess YourEmailAddress"
message.
Privacy International
WWW: http://www.privacy.org/
Seattle Rally Against
Internet Censorship (RealAudio)
WWW: http://www.wnia.org/WNIA/hap/rally.html
U.S. Public Policy Committee of ACM
(USACM)
WWW: http://www.acm.org/usacm/
Economic Alternatives
Foundation for Enterprise
Development
WWW: http://www.fed.org/fed/
FUTUREWORK Distribution list
Send to listproc@csf.colorado.edu message "subscribe futurework firstname
lastname."
Global Solidarity
Access is through WWW: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~jdrew
HungerWeb:
Fifty Facts About Poverty
WWW: http://garnet.berkeley.edu:3333/faststats/povertystats.html
Technology,
Employment & Community Conference
WWW: http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/discussions/cpsr/jobtech/job-tech.html
Education
Academy One
Program
WWW: http://www.nptn.org/cyber.serv/AOneP
AskERIC - Department of Education
(Collection of educational information)
WWW: http://ericir.syr.edu/
Gopher: ericir.syr.edu
Email: askeric@ericir.syr.edu
Collaboratory
Contact NPTN or Academy One (see Appendix A).
EdWeb - Educational
Computing and Networking
WWW: http://k12.cnidr.org:90/resource.cntnts.html
The Electronic
School
WWW: http://www.access.digex.net/~nsbamags/e-school.html
Exploratorium
WWW: http:/www.exploratorium.edu/default.html
Homework Assistance Hotline
Ellen Bialo
212-769-0909
Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc.
310 W. 106th St.
New York, NYÊ10025
KidLink
WWW: http://www1.snunit.k12.il/snunit_e/kidlink.htm
OERI - Department of Education's Office
of Education Research and Improvement
Gopher: gopher.ed.gov
WWW: http://www.ed.gov
Star Trek RPG
Contact NPTN or Academy One (see Appendix A).
Virtual High
WWW: http://www.wimsey.com/~larryds/VH/
Environmental Justice
EnviroLink Network
WWW: http://envirolink.org
RTK Net
info@rtk.net
202-234-8494
WWW: http://rtk.net/
SCARCnet
WWW: http:www.gii-awards.com/nicampgn/3912.htm
Tobacco Control Archives
WWW: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco
What's New In Activism Online
WWW: http://www.wnia.org/WNIA/
Foundations and Corporate
Programs
Select
Nonprofit Organizations on the Internet
WWW: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/non.html
Government Accountability
and Advocacy
Congressional Reform Briefings
Send e-mail to listproc@essential.org. with "subscribe CONG-REFORM
firstname lastname" message.
Government Agencies
Fedworld
Telnet: fedworld.gov
Modem: 703-321-8020
WWW: http://www.fedworld.gov
HUDUSER
WWW: http://huduser.aspensys.com:84/huduser.html
Gopher://huduser.aspensys.com:73
NTIA HOME PAGE
WWW: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
Seattle Public Access Network
(PAN)
Modem: 206-233-7100
Telnet: pan.ci.seattle.wa.us
Login: "new" or "guest"
WWW: http://www.pan.ci.seattle.wa.us/
Thomas (Access to national legislation
and other information)
WWW: http://thomas.loc.gov/
International
Institute for Global Communications
(IGC)
Gopher: gopher.igc.apc.org
WWW: http://www.igc.apc.org
Labor
AFL-CIO
WWW: http://www.aflcio.org/
Cornell Industrial Labor Relations
School
WWW: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/
Industrial Workers of the World Resource Directory
www@sf.iww.org
WWW: http://iww.org/
LABNEWS
Send mail to listserv@cmsa.Berkeley.
EDU with "subscribe labnews" message.
LaborNet (IGC)
WWW: http://www.igc.org/labornet
The Sheet Metal Workers International Association
WWW: http://www.smwia.org/
Strike Page
WWW: http://www.igc.apc.org/strike/
UnionWeb Home Page
WWW: http://www.unionweb.org/
Union-D Discussion List
Send e-mail to listproc@wolfnet.com with the message: "subscribe UNION-D
firstname lastname"
Usenet Newsgroups
clari.news.labor
misc.jobs.contract
Library Organizations
ALAWON-ALA Washington Office Newsline
Send e-mail to listserv@uicvm.uic.edu with Òsubscribe ALA-WO firstname
lastnameÓ message.
.
IFREEDOM-Censorship and Intellectual Freedom
Send e-mail to listserv@SNOOPY.UCIS.DAL.CA with "subscribe IFREEDOM
firstname lastname" message.
PACS-L-Public-Access Computer Systems
Send e-mail to listserv@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU with "suscribe pacs-1 firstname
lastname" message.
PUBLIB-Public Libraries
Send e-mail to listserv@nysernet.org with Òsubscribe publib firstname
lastnameÓ message.
PUBLIB-NET-Internet Use in Public Libraries
Send e-mail to listserv@nysernet.org with "subscribe publib-net firstname
lastname" message.
Sustainability
EnviroLink Network
WWW: http://envirolink.org
Sustainable
Seattle - Critical Indicators
WWW: http://www.scn.org/ip/sustainable/Indicators/indicators95/indicators95.html
Telecommunications Forums (International,
National, and Regional)
TPR-NE Distribution List
tpr-ne@mitvma.mit.edu
Other
Activ-l (Peace, social justice, environment, and community
activism)
Send e-mail to listserv@umcvmb.missouri.edu with message "sub activ-l."
Centre for Computing and Social
Responsibility
WWW: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/CCSR
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Distribution Lists
Send mail to listserv@cpsr.org with "LIST" message.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility On-Line Archives/Resources
WWW: http://www.cpsr.org/
FTP, WAIS, and Gopher: cpsr.org:/cpsr
FASTnet Subscription (moderated)
Send e-mail to majordomo@igc.apc.org with "subscribe FASTnet"
message.
Impact Online
WWW: http://www.webcom.com/~iol
Loka Alert Subscription
Send e-mail to loka@amherst.edu (subscription isn't automated).
Loka Institute
WWW: http://www.amherst.edu/~loka/
The Network Observer
Send mail to rre-request@weber.ucsd.
edu with "subscribe firstname lastname"subject.
Nonprofit Support
Site
WWW: http://www.uwm.edu/People/mbarndt/mindex.htm
Internet Tour
on Enhancing Planning and Participation
WWW: http://www.uwm.edu/People/mbarndt/planpart.htm
Pol-sci-tech (the international sibling list to FASTnet) Subscription (nonmoderated)
Follow same instructions as for FASTnet subscribing (above), except the
message text changes to "subscribe pol-sci-tech."
Science Shop Distribution List (Loka Institute)
Send e-mail to listserv@ncsu.edu with "subscribe scishops firstname
lastname" message.
Sci-Tech Studies Distribution List
Send mail to listserv@kasey.umkc.edu with "subscribe sci-tech-studies
firstname lastname" message.
Tech-Society Distribution List
Send mail to majordomo@mail.ieee.org with "subscribe tech-society"
message
I hope that this information is useful to you. Please feel free to send me (Doug Schuler) your questions, comments, and corrections. I will try to keep the information in these pages current.