Economic Justice

ACORN
Phone: 713.868.7015
Address: 704 E. 11 1/2 St.
Houston, TX 77008

Promotes economic empowerment at the neighborhood level.

Casa Juan Diego/Catholic Worker
Web Site: http://www.cjd.org
Phone: 713.869.7376
Email: info@cjd.org
Address: P. O. Box 70113
Houston, TX 77270

Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston: Office of Justice and Peace
Web Site: http://www.diocese-gal-hou.org

Central City Co-op
Web Site: http://www.centralcityco-op.org
Email: yaya@wt.net
Address: 2115 Taft Street in Taft Street Coffee House
Houston, TX 77008

We believe that everyone has a divine right to organic food and that organic food should be available at reasonable prices.

Our hours are Wednesdays 9am-6:45pm and Saturdays 9:30am-1:30pm.

Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County
Phone: 713.739.7514
Address: 1021 Main St.
Houston, TX

Democratic Socialists of America
No Information available

Globalization Forum
Phone: 713.467.2996

Learning and action on economic issues for a just, sustainable world.

Houston Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
Phone: 713.266.2456
Address: 2650 Fountainview Dr., Suite 444
Houston, TX 77057

This group brings the labor movement together with progressive religious leaders to work on local workers' struggles for justice. Contact: Rev. Diana C. Dale.

Texas Alliance for Human Needs
Phone: 512.474.5019
Email: hn0796@handsnet.org
Address: 1016 East 12th St.
Austin, TX 78702-1056

A statewide coalition of organizations concerned with issues affecting low and moderate-income people in Texas. The Texas Alliance provides data, legislative testimony, technical assistance, and materials on topics like hunger, health, income equity, and housing. Its newsletter, The TAHN Monitor, which comes out 5 times annually, is a gold mine of usable information, including readable explanations of state and federal rules and agency activities. Each issue usually contains a 4-page pullout section on a specific subject; spring 1999 pullout was on the Texas tax structure and the case for reform. Membership is $25.

Women Against Global Trafficking
Phone: 713.523.4657
Email: WAGTHouston@hotmail.com

Works to end forced transport and servitude, including sexual servitude, of women and children across national boundaries.