members = [ {"name":"African Resource Center", "url":"", "address1":"2017 Vermont Avenue, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20001", "phone":"202.332.1233", "fax":"", "email":"azizkamus@aol.com", "desc":"The mission of ARC is to empower and amplify the voices of the African community for the betterment of the whole community."}, {"name":"American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area (ACLU-NC)", "url":"http://www.aclu-nca.org/", "address1":"1400 20th Street, N.W.", "address2":"Suite 119", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20036", "phone":"202.457.0800", "fax":"", "email":"", "desc":"The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is the nationwide non-profit, non-partisan organization devoted to ensuring free speech, equal rights, and other civil liberties."}, {"name":"American University School of Law - International Human Rights Clinic", "url":"http://www.wcl.american.edu/clinical/inter.cfm", "address1":"4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20016", "phone":"", "fax":"", "email":"", "desc":"The International Human Rights Law Clinic offers student attorneys the opportunity to represent individuals, families or organizations alleging violations of recognized or developing human rights norms before international and domestic judicial bodies."}, {"name":"Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)", "url":"http://www.advancingequality.org", "address1":"1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.", "address2":"Suite 1200", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20036", "phone":"202.296.2300", "fax":"202.296.2318", "email":"", "desc":"The mission of the Asian American Justice Center is to advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans through advocacy, public policy, public education and litigation"}, {"name":"Asian American LEAD", "url":"http://www.aalead.org", "address1":"1323 Girard Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.884.0322", "fax":"202.884.0012", "email":"info@aalead.org", "desc":"Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) seeks to promote the well-being of Asian American youth and families through education, leadership development, and community-building."}, {"name":"Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC)", "url":"http://www.apalrc.org", "address1":"1012 14th Street, N.W.", "address2":"Suite 450", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20005", "phone":"202.393.3572", "fax":"202.393.0995", "email":"hotline@apalrc.org", "desc":"The APALRC is dedicated to advancing the legal and civil rights of Asian Americans in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan community through direct services, education, and advocacy."}, {"name":"Asian & Pacific Islander Senior Center", "url":"", "address1":"417 G Place, NW", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20005", "phone":"202.842.4376", "fax":"202.842.5437", "email":"elmcneil@emmausservices.org", "desc":"The Asian & Pacific Islander Senior Center is the focal point for service delivery for D.C.'s Chinatown Aged population. It provides congregate food services, counseling, case management, translation and interpretation services for Asian elderly."}, {"name":"Ayuda", "url":"http://www.ayuda.com", "address1":"1707 Kalorama Avenue, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.387.4848", "fax":"202.387.0324", "email":"", "desc":"Ayuda's mission is to protect the legal rights of low-income immigrants in the D.C. metropolitan area."}, {"name":"Bread for the City", "url":"http://www.breadforthecity.org", "address1":"1525 Seventh Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20001", "phone":"202.265.2400", "fax":"202.745.0143", "email":"info@breadforthecity.org", "desc":"The mission of Bread for the City is to provide vulnerable residents of Washington, DC, with comprehensive services, including food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services, in an atmosphere of dignity and respect."}, {"name":"Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)", "url":"http://www.carecendc.org", "address1":"1460 Columbia Road, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.328.9799", "fax":"202.328.7894", "email":"info@carecendc.org", "desc":"CARECEN offers legal, educational, housing, citizenship and civic participation programs to the Central American/Latino community."}, {"name":"CentroNía", "url":"http://www.centronia.org", "address1":"1420 Columbia Road, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.332.4200", "fax":"202.745.2562", "email":"info@centronia.org", "desc":"Centronia focuses on educating children and youth and strengthening families in a bilingual, multicultural community."}, {"name":"CitiWide Computer Training Center", "url":"http://www.mycitiwide.com/Home.asp", "address1":"3636 16th Street, N.W., #BG-49", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20010", "phone":"202.667.3719", "fax":"202.667.0554", "email":"citiwide@starpower.net", "desc":"Citiwide is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to helping underprivileged people acquire the skills they need to succeed in our high-tech world."}, {"name":"Columbia Heights Shaw Family Support Collaborative", "url":"http://www.chsfsc.org", "address1":"1816 12th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.518.6737", "fax":"202.518.6742", "email":"", "desc":"Our mission is to help protect children and families from child abuse and neglect and to promote healthy families in our communities."}, {"name":"D.C. Area Health Education Center", "url":"http://www.dcahec.org/", "address1":"1310 Southern Avenue, S.E.", "address2":"#G26 (in Greater Southeast Community Hospital)", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20032", "phone":"202.574.6994", "fax":"202.279.7316", "email":"dcahec@dcahec.org", "desc":"The mission of DC AHEC is to positively impact the quality of primary and preventive health care to underserved DC residents by improving the delivery of health education, fostering community outreach, and strengthening the future health care work force. To carry out this mission, DC AHEC is committed to (1) strengthening the current health care work, (2) serve as a pipeline to health careers for youth, particularly minority youth, through improved access to educational opportunities; and (3) educating and empowering residents so that they can advocate for themselves and their families in the health care system."}, {"name":"D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence", "url":"http://www.dccadv.org", "address1":"5 Thomas Circle, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20005", "phone":"202.299.1181", "fax":"202.299.1193", "email":"info@dccadv.org", "desc":"DCCADV's mission is to build a community where domestic violence is replaced with human dignity. We advance our mission through advocacy, community education, public policy, technical assistance and training, resource sharing and research."}, {"name":"D.C. Employment Justice Center (EJC)", "url":"http://www.dcejc.org", "address1":"727 15th Street, N.W., 2nd Floor", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20005", "phone":"202.828.9675", "fax":"202.828.9190", "email":"justice@dcejc.org", "desc":"The EJC is a private, non-profit organization with a mission to secure, protect, and promote workplace justice in the D.C. metropolitan area."}, {"name":"D.C. LEARNs", "url":"http://www.dclearns.org", "address1":"1612 K Street, N.W.", "address2":"Suite 300", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20006", "phone":"202.331.0141", "fax":"202.331.0141", "email":"info@dclearns.org", "desc":"Mission: To work with Washington D.C. literacy programs, learners, and supporters to strengthen adult, family, and children's literacy services, and present a strong, unified voice on the importance of literacy as an investment in the community."}, {"name":"D.C. Voice", "url":"http://www.dcvoice.org", "address1":"1203 U Street, N.W.", "address2":"#2", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.986.8535", "fax":"202.986.1243", "email":"dcvoice@dcvoice.org", "desc":"DC VOICE mission is to inform and mobilize the public to hold both the schools and the community accountable for providing high quality teaching and learning for all."}, {"name":"Ethio-American Health Center", "url":"", "address1":"4515 14th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20011", "phone":"202.722.2999", "fax":"", "email":"dawit_gizaw@yahoo.com", "desc":"The mission of Ethio-American Health Center is to provide culturally and linguistically competent and comprehensive health care and social services for the African immigrant community while staying financially self-sufficient."}, {"name":"Ethiopian Community Center", "url":"", "address1":"7603 Georgia Avenue, N.W.", "address2":"Suite 100", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20012", "phone":"202.726.0800", "fax":"202.726.7436", "email":"", "desc":"Ethiopian Community Center's mission is to meet the needs of immigrants and refugees from Ethiopia and other countries through a wide range of services designed to assist families and individuals to become self-sufficient and contributing members of society."}, {"name":"Ethiopian Community Services and Development Council", "url":"http://www.ecsdc.org/index.html", "address1":"1901 9th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20001", "phone":"202.319.0045", "fax":"202.319.0048", "email":"ecsdc@verizon.net", "desc":"The Ethiopian Community Services and Development Council (ECSDC) is a non-profit community-based organization established to work for the success, common welfare and well being of the African immigrant community residing in the District of Columbia and to instill in them the American ideals in order that they would undergo a smooth transitional process and attain a self-sustainable status in their new country focusing in particular on removing barriers to self-sufficiency."}, {"name":"La Clínica del Pueblo", "url":"http://www.lcdp.org", "address1":"2831 15th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.464.0157", "fax":"202.328.3560", "email":"", "desc":"The mission of La Clínica del Pueblo is to provide free, culturally appropriate health services in the Latino community."}, {"name":"Language ETC", "url":"http://www.languageetc.org ", "address1":"2200 California Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20008", "phone":"202.387.2222", "fax":"202.518.2659", "email":"", "desc":"Langauge ETC (Language, Education and Technology Center) offers adult immigrants in the Washington, DC area high-quality English language instruction (basic-advanced), as well as related education services-computer classes, one-on-one tutoring, and life-skills seminars."}, {"name":"Latin American Youth Center (LAYC)", "url":"http://www.layc-dc.org", "address1":"1419 Columbia Road, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.319.2225", "fax":"202.462.5696", "email":"info@layc-dc.org", "desc":"Founded in the late 1960s and incorporated as nonprofit organization in 1974, the Latin American Youth Center serves multicultural youth with a comprehensive set of social services and educational, work skills (WISE), advocacy programs and residential programs."}, {"name":"Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC)", "url":"http://www.ledcdc.org", "address1":"2316 18th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.588.5102", "fax":"202.588.5204", "email":"", "desc":"The Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) is a community-based economic development organization that helps Latinos and other groups that are underserved and under-represented in the decision-making processes that impact our communities to navigate the formal US financial systems and manage the conditions that impact their financial stability."} , {"name":"Latino Federation of Greater Washington ", "url":"http://www.latinofederation.org", "address1":"2437 15th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.328.9451", "fax":"", "email":"", "desc":"The Latino Federation of Greater Washington (LFGW) promotes understanding of and action on important issues facing Latinos in the Washington metropolitan region."}, {"name":"The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia", "url":"http://www.legalaiddc.org", "address1":"1331 H Street, NW", "address2":"Suite 350", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20005", "phone":"202.628.1161", "fax":"202.727.2132", "email":"", "desc":"The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia was formed in 1932 to provide civil legal aid to individuals, families and communities in the District who could not otherwise afford to hire a lawyer."}, {"name":"Legal Counsel for the Elderly/AARP", "url":"http://www.aarp.org/states/dc/LCE/", "address1":"601 E Street, N.W.", "address2":"Suite A1-200", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20049", "phone":"202.434.2120", "fax":"202.434.7710", "email":"dcaarp@aarp.org", "desc":"Legal Counsel for the Elderly/AARP has championed the dignity and rights of Washington, D.C.'s elderly by providing free legal and social work services to those in need — empowering, defending and protecting vulnerable seniors."}, {"name":"Life Skills Center", "url":"", "address1":"6200 2nd Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20011", "phone":"202.234.9351", "fax":"202.234.3057", "email":"mtlifeskills@aol.com", "desc":"The Center's mission is to help adults with mental retardation to become as independent as possible by becoming part of the community as taxpayers through employment."}, {"name":"Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area", "url":"http://www.lssnca.org/", "address1":"4406 Georgia Avenue, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20011", "phone":"202.723.3000", "fax":"202.723.3303", "email":"", "desc":"Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSS/NCA) walks with those in need and mobilizes community partners to provide services that offer hope and rebuild lives."}, {"name":"The Manuel Zapata Olivella Afro-Latino Development Center", "url":"http://www.mzocenter.org", "address1":"5312 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20015", "phone":"202.558.7230", "fax":"206.347.3332", "email":"info@mzocenter.org", "desc":"The Manuel Zapata Olivella (MZO) Center, a community-based nonprofit, is a cultural, educational and human rights advocacy institution that works collaboratively to promote Visibility, Voice, and Cultural Empowerment among Latin American and Caribbean people of African descent in the Washington, DC metropolitan area."}, {"name":"Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care", "url":"http://www.maryscenter.org", "address1":"2333 Ontario Road, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.483.8196", "fax":"202.483.0836", "email":"info@maryscenter.org", "desc":"Our mission is to build better futures through the delivery of health care, education, and social services. We embrace culturally diverse communities to provide them with the highest quality of care, regardless of their ability to pay."}, {"name":"Multicultural Community Service (MCS)", "url":"http://www.mcsdc.org", "address1":"2437 15th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.238.9355", "fax":"202.299.9207", "email":"nfo@mcsdc.org", "desc":"The mission of Multicultural Community Service is: To transform racial, cultural and ethnic intolerance into a sense of richness in our diversity; To build communication bridges where we now find chasms; To solve our differences peacefully and with respect for one another so that we may use our resources to work together for the common good of our community."}, {"name":"Neighbors' Consejo", "url":"http://www.neighborsconsejo.org", "address1":"3118 16th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20010", "phone":"202.234.6855", "fax":"202.234.4863", "email":"info@neighborsconsejo.org", "desc":"Mission: To provide multicultural services for the homeless, addicted and low-income men, women, and families of Washington D.C., in the neighborhoods of Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant. We work to connect men and women to social and economic opportunities and to empower them to self-sufficiency."}, {"name":"The Newcomer Community Service Center (NCSC) ", "url":"http://www.newcomerservice.org/actual_web", "address1":"1628 16th Street, NW", "address2":"Suite 350", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20005", "phone":"202-462-4330", "fax":"202-462-2774", "email":"newcomer@newcomerservice.org", "desc":"NCSC helps refugees and immigrants from all countries achieve self-sufficiency and participate in their new society by helping refugees and immigrants obtain financial stability through employment, helping newcomers maintain or adjust their legal immigration status, communicating newcomers’ needs for education, health, employment and other services to public and private agencies, and promoting respect and support for cultural preservation."}, {"name":"S.T.E.P. Up DC", "url":"http://www.stepupdc.net/", "address1":"1816 12th Street, N.W.", "address2":"Third Floor", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.754.3745 x20", "fax":"", "email":"info@dc-aya.org, info@criticalexposure.org", "desc":"S.T.E.P. Up DC is a network of youth and youth-serving organizations committed to improving graduation rates in the District of Columbia. Our goal is to identify and support sound policy solutions to ensure that every student graduates prepared for higher education or meaningful employment."}, {"name":"Telling Stories Project - Teaching for Change", "url":"http://www.teachingforchange.org/parentorg/overview", "address1":"P.O. Box 73038", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20056", "phone":"202.588.7204", "fax":"202.238.0109", "email":"", "desc":"Tellin' Stories believes that for schools to provide the quality education our children deserve, families, schools and communities must be involved as purposeful partners in the education process. At the heart of Tellin’ Stories’ efforts to engage families and staff is the power of story to connect people from diverse backgrounds, to pass on valuable information and experiences and to organize collective action. Tellin' Stories works with parents to create and implement action plans that affect the academic achievement and environment of neighborhood schools through relationship building (creating a story quilt), weekly meetings, workshops, trainings, and grassroots organizing."}, {"name":"Vietnamese American Community Service Center (VACSC)", "url":"http://www.vacsc.org", "address1":"2437 15th Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20009", "phone":"202.667.0437", "fax":"202.667.0438", "email":"vacsc_admin@vacsc.org", "desc":"Mission: To provide cultural, educational, recreational, and other programs to promote the cultural heritage and enhance the quality of life of Vietnamese-Americans in the District of Columbia; To promote intercultural exchange between the Vietnamese and the American community at large; To advocate for equal treatment and opportunities for all District immigrants and refugees; To collaborate and work with organizations with similar purposes."}, {"name":"Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs ", "url":"http://www.washlaw.org", "address1":"11 Dupont Circle, N.W.", "address2":"Suite 400", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20036", "phone":"202.319.1000", "fax":"202.319.1010", "email":"WLC@washlaw.org", "desc":"The Washington Lawyers' Committee's Immigrant and Refugee Rights (IRR) Project, established in 1978, seeks to enforce the rights of immigrants who are victims of discrimination based on race, gender, national origin, disability, age religion, sexual orientation, and other bases prohibited under federal and local laws."}, {"name":"Washington National Cathedral Literacy Program", "url":"http://www.nationalcathedral.org/worship/UrbanMinistries.shtml", "address1":"3101 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20016", "phone":"202.537.6200", "fax":"202.364.6600", "email":"literacy@cathedralcongregation.org", "desc":"Begun in 1986, the Washington National Cathedral Literacy Program includes more than 100 Cathedral volunteers tutoring children in elementary, middle, and high schools and adults in individual and group settings. The program trains volunteers to provide instruction in basic literacy skills and English as a Second Language (ESL)."}, {"name":"Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE)", "url":"http://www.weaveincorp.org", "address1":"1422 K Street, N.W.", "address2":"", "city":"Washington", "state":"DC", "zipcode":"20005", "phone":"202.452.9550", "fax":"", "email":"info@weaveincorp.org", "desc":"WEAVE works closely with adult and teen survivors of relationship violence and abuse, providing an innovative range of legal, counseling, economic and educational services that leads survivors to utilize their inner and community resources, achieve safety for themselves and their children and live empowered lives."} ]