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Asian Cultural Links
Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) has acquired the historic Julia Morgan designed Chinese YWCA building. This move will mark the start of a National Chinese American Museum, scheduled to open in late 2000. Good site for academic links on Chinese American history.
The Chinese Historical and Cultural Project (CHCP) is based in Santa Clara County, California. It was founded in 1987 as a non-profit organization to promote and preserve Chinese American and Chinese history and culture through community outreach activities. They have a virtual museum and library.
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is the host of one of the largest art collections outside mainland China.
http://chinapage.com/china-rm.html
A portal site for finding out about China and its culture.
A good source for Asian art on the web.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLAsian/VLAbout.html
Asian Studies virtual library.
Business Links
Asian Business League of San Francisco
Women's Business Center. Sponsored by the Small Business Administration.
The Small Business Journal. A resource for small business questions.
www.score.org or www.sfscore.com
Service Core of Retired Executives offers seminars and email support to small business related questions.
Small Business 2000 is a not-for-profit association of people and companies who support and encourage the growth of small business in the USA and throughout the world. They also sponsor a television series on PBS.
www.harvardmanagementor.com/demo/hmm/finance/index.htm
An online demonstration of how to prepare a budget for a small business.
www.hbsp.harvard.edu/ideasatwork/entrep
Harvard business school entrepreneurs resource center.
A small business resource for the Internet.
Small Business Administration
www.dol.gov/elaws/welcome.html
Department of Labor online guide to employment laws.
Government Links
www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Services
This is the Whitehouse's official site and has many links to the services available by the government. It has a section for kids.
San Francisco Department of Public Health
San Francisco Unified School District site.
Health Links
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum. Information on health related issues.
www.ncccsf.org/i_and _r/index.html
This is Helplink, a multilingual phone-in service for finding resources.
http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/
National Library of Medicine's database of medical issues.
Information on health related issues from the US Dept of Health and Human Services.
www.healthfinder.gov/htmlgen/HFKeyword.cfm?Keyword=MEDICAID
Information on Medicaid from the US Dept of Health and Human Services.
www.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/asian_health.html
A site for information on refugee and immigrant health. It is based in Texas but has national links.
The Office of Minority Health Resource Center is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human services. It's main focus is AIDS/HIV prevention.
Asian Health Services, based in Oakland. The process of becoming a patient at their clinics described on their website.
American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, based in San Francisco on Potrero Hill.
http://qi-journal.com/TCM.html
A resource for finding out about traditional Chinese medicine.
The Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences is a college for studying traditional chinese medicine. It offers a graduate level program. Based in San Francisco.
www.aapcho.org/display.pl?template=wn_aapcho
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations. Based in Oakland, this is an organization that is trying to help the Asian community get better medical attention.
www.hhs.gov/progorg/ocr/newfaq.html
Health and Human service's Office of Civil Rights frequently asked questions page.
Immigration Law and Social Justice
This organization has many articles on political subjects and a special section on immigration.
This group helps people send email letters to policy makers on many different issues.
National Immigration Law Center. This organization has informational materials for sale. Based in Los Angeles.
www.aclu.org/issues/immigrant/hmir.html
Immigrant issues from the American Civil Liberties Union.
The American Immigration Center strives to provide Immigration information and solutions through a range of self-help Immigration & Citizenship products and services. They focus on visas, permanent residence, green card, DV Lottery and US Citizenship issues. This is a paid service.
Chinese for Affirmative Action. To defend and promote the civil and political rights of Chinese and Asian Americans within the context of, and in the interest of, advancing multiracial democracy in the United States. Based out of SF.
Immigration and Refugee Services of America.
A paid site by an immigration lawyer, specializing in helping employable people immigrate. It has some information on visa dates, and how to apply for a green card.
Based in San Francisco, ERA works to achieve women's economic security through litigation, public education, legislative advocacy and public policy analysis. It is a source for advice counseling.
http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/cosw/index.htm
The Commission on the Status of Women (COSW) is a department of the City and County of San Francisco whose purpose is to ensure women and girls equal economic, social, political and educational opportunities throughout the city.
Professional Organizations
The Committee of 100 is a national nonpartisan organization composed of American citizens of Chinese descent. Each member has achieved positions of leadership in the United States in a broad range of professions. With these diverse backgrounds, members collectively pool their strengths and experience to address important issues concerning the Chinese-American community, as well as issues affecting US-China relations.
Chinese American Medical Society. Open to medical professionals. Sponsors activities for it's members. An East Bay chapter is available at http://www.caps-ca.org/
www.naaap.org or www.clubasean.org
Bay Area chapter of National Association of Asian Professionals. The National Association of Asian American Professionals is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization whose mission is to promote the personal and professional development of the Asian American community. Club Asian is a San Francisco branch of NAAAP.
www.concentric.net/~Aaco/core.htm
Asian Americans for Community Outreach. A professional organization based in the SF Bay Area.
Asian American Journalists Association. They are a national organization with an office in the Bay Area. They offer a job bank for journalists and information on scholarships and internships.
M Society West. A source for young Asian professionals. A vehicle for them to give back to the community. Based in San Francisco and affiliated with NAAAP.
San Francisco Government
Official San Francisco website. Offers links to community organizations. You can submit a URL for a non-profit organization.
Seniors
California Department of Aging
www.calregistry.com/resources/eldabpag.htm
A state licensed free referral agency for seniors and their families. This link goes to information on Elder Abuse.
Bay Area Transportation
Information on Amtrak.
Resource for commuters in the Bay Area. Includes a free call-in consultation on how to make your commute easier.
Resource for travel in the Bay Area on all mass transit systems. It has in-depth information on Muni and Bart.
Voting Rights/Political
www.equalrights.org/IMMIG/INDEX.htm
This link goes to issues for women and immigration
A site
for information on voting.
www.vote-smart.org
Another site for information on voting
www.asiasociety.org/about/mission.html
The Asia Society looks at American and Asian relations, as well as Asian American issues.
AFL-CIO page dedicated to women in the workforce.
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing information on voting.
Non-Profit Organizations
Social Ecology,based in Seattle, is a company that emerged from the non-profit sector. This organization helps non-profits keep up with changing information technologies.
www.communitywealth.org/default2.htm
A directory
of organizations. An informative site on getting funding for social
enterprise.
www.connectforkids.org
A site focused on parents and the community. Links to sites for volunteering in your area. impactonline.org or volunteermatch.org
A learning institute for people working in the non-profit field.
www.innonet.org/reg_login.html
Based on the East coast, this organization helps non-profits set up technical services.
Parent Helping Parents. Organization based in Santa Clara.
Miscellaneous
Mainly a tool for those who want to chat. The site offers a variety of features.
San
Francisco based list of resources in a bulletin board style.
International Institute of San Francisco They have offices in San Francisco and San Mateo providing services for immigrants. The institute teaches English.
Asia For Kids.com, a catalog for teaching children asian languages.
Asian American Association, a telecom company that specializes in long distance calling to China.
www.sinologic.com/ChinaLinks.html
A Berkeley based software company that specializes in Chinese language and culture.
A source for online news about China in Chinese and English, with links to other sources for news.
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