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AAS 119: Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues

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Resources for Class Projects

• KIWA Restaurant Workers Campaign
  http://www.kiwa.org/e/homefr.htm
• “Grassroots Rising: Asian Immigrant Workers in Los Angeles”
  http://www.vconline.org/grassroots/
• Asian Pacific American Labor Studies: “Grassroots Rising” Project
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter02/aas197a/index.html
  
• Asian Pacific American Labor Organizing: An Annotated Bibliography, Part I: Historical Struggles, 1840s – 1960s
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter02/aas197a/apapart1.html
  
• Asian Pacific American Labor Organizing: An Annotated Bibliography, Part II: Contemporary
  Struggles from the 1960s
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter02/aas197a/apapart2.html
  
• UCLA LOSH (Labor Occupation Safety & Health Program)
  http://www.losh.ucla.edu/
  
• Health Rights: Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights
  http://www.healthwrights.org/
  
• Asian Pacific American Labor Studies: Koreatown Market Workers Campaign for Justice
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter04/aas116/
  
• Student Activist Resource Handbook
  http://www.csun.edu/eop/htdocs/studentactivismbook.pdf
  
• Student Leadership Training Manual
  http://www.csun.edu/eop/htdocs/leadership_booklet.pdf
  
• Resources for Expanding How We Think about Learning and Teaching
  Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
  Website promoting the ideas of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs; includes essays on Freedom Schooling for this period.
  http://www.boggscenter.org/
  
• Bridge Teaching Demonstration Website; This website explores the special challenges of teaching low-income, under-prepared college freshmen who are the first in their families to attend college.
  http://www.csun.edu/eop/htdocs/bridgedemo/
  
• Educational Leadership
  Each issue of this magazine focuses on an issue related to education and teaching.
  http://www.ascd.org/frameedlead.html
  
• Educators for Social Responsibility
  ESR’s mission is to “make teaching social responsibility a core practice in education so
  that young people develop the convictions and skills needed to shape a safe, sustainable,
  democratic, and just world.”
  http://www.esrnational.org
  
• Faculty Mentor Program
  Resources from California State University, Northridge, focusing on ways to incorporate
  the concept of mentoring into teaching and other interactions with students.
  http://www.csun.edu/eop/htdocs/fmp.html
  
• Healthwrights
  Website for David Werner, co-author of Helping Health Workers Learn, an excellent
  book applying the ideas of Freire to grassroots education for social change.
  http://www.healthwrights.org
  
• Kathy Shrock’s Guide for Educators
  An annotated list of teaching resources, lesson plans, and other tools.
  http://www.4j.lane.edu/tilt/tools_teacher/workshop/nehs/nehs.html
  
• Learning and Teaching
  Excellent list of links on learning theory and an overview of main approaches; created by
  James Atherton.
  http://www.dmu.ac.uk/%7Ejamesa/learning/
  
• Learning Community Commons
  Resource web center for creating learning communities in colleges and universities to
  promote student learning.
  http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu/
  
• Mind/Brain Learning Principles
  Summary of ideas of Renate Nummela Caine and Geoffrey Caine on implications of
  latest research on the human brain for teaching in the classroom.
  http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/caine.htm
  
• A Primer on How Learning Happens
  From the National Education Association’s “Thriving in Academe” series.
  http://www.nea.org/he/advo02/advo0602/feature.html
  
• The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
  Includes sample lesson plans for K-12 classrooms on values of compassion and caring.
  http://www.actsofkindness.org
  
• Read, Write, Think
  Includes lesson plans for K-12 classrooms relating to Asian Americans.
  http://www.readwritethink.org/
  
• Rethinking Schools
  Lesson plans and other resources for K-12 teachers interested in social justice.
  http://www.rethinkingschools.org
  
• Teaching and Learning Strategies
  Strategies described include character education, cooperative learning, democratic
  classroom, learning styles, multicultural education, and service-learning.
  http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/front_strategies.html
  
• Teaching for Change
  Books and other resources for teachers interested in linking classroom education to social
  change; publisher of the important book, Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-
  12 Multicultural, Anti-Racist Education and Staff Development, which contains numerous lesson plans relating to social justice.
  http://www.teachingforchange.org
  
• Teaching Techniques and Lesson Plans
  Extensive list of lesson plans for K-12 classrooms, with special sections on teaching
  literature and history; created by Dr. Janice Patten and updated regularly.
  http://theliterarylink.com/teaching.html
  
• Teaching Tolerance
  Educational resources for teachers and students, including classroom exercises.
  http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html
  
• Asian American Studies Class Websites and Student Projects
  Asian American Community Education and Youth Empowerment
  Explores ways that college students can work with K-12 teachers to respond to
  educational needs of in an elementary school classroom.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall01/aas197j/
  
• Asian American Contemporary Issues
  Professor Steven Ropp’s online class on Asian American contemporary issues.
  http://www.csun.edu/~smr78195/aas345/
  
• Asian American Culture and History Webquest
  Simon Chiu’s web quest project providing the cultural and historical context for
  understanding the book M. Butterfly.
  http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/edad728/AsianDay/Asian%20Day.html
  
• Asian American Movement
  Students apply lessons from the Asian American Movement of the early 1970s to issues
  facing communities today.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/mvmt/
  
• Asian American Social Movements: Mobilizing for Peace and Justice
  On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, students mobilize fellow students around
  issues relating to peace and justice.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter03/aas116/index.html
  
• Asian American Social Movements: The Role of Students in Redefining Asian American Studies
  UCLA students redefine the mission of Asian American Studies to serve the needs of
  communities.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/99F/asian197j-1/webmag99.htm
  
• Asian American Social Movements: Strategies for Community Education
  Bringing Asian American Studies to communities through carnivals and other creative
  activities
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter05/aas116/
  
• Asian American Student Community Activism
  Examines the “pivotal role that Asian Pacific Islander students have played in community
  organizing, both historically and today.”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/index.html
  
• Asian American Studies & Community Webpage
  Professor Eric Mar’s homepage contains links to community organizations, current
  events, and other resources.
  http://online.sfsu.edu/~ericmar/
  
• Asian American Studies and Students, “How the West Was Won-Ton”
  Professor Ellen Wu’s class focuses on issues affecting Asian American youth.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/faculty/ellenwu/asian100/
  
• Asian Americans Share Their History
  High school students present a workshop to fellow students on Asian Pacific American
  history.
  http://www.inform.umd.edu/News/Eclipse/eclipse/4-7-98/4-7-98-history.html
  
• Asian Pacific American Labor Studies: “Grassroots Rising” Project
  Through participatory research on Asian immigrant labor struggles in Los Angeles,
  UCLA students help a community organization create a documentary on grassroots labor
  struggles.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter02/aas197a/index.html
  
• Asian Pacific American Labor Studies (community internships)
  Students participate in internships in organizing campaigns involving immigrant garment,
  market, and newspaper workers.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring02/aas197b/index.html
  
• Asian Pacific American Labor Studies: Koreatown Market Workers Campaign for Justice
  Students create a coloring book for children and organize a picket line and forum on the
  struggle of Latino and Korean immigrant workers for justice at Assi Market in Koreatown.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter04/aas116/
  
• Brown from the Sun
  Students compile resources relating to Filipino and Filipino American literature.
  http://eths.sfsu.edu/aas363s2003/resource.html
  
• Electronic Pedagogy Project
  Project bringing together Asian American Studies faculty and students from campuses in
  the Northeast and Midwest around discussions based on common texts.
  http://chnm.gmu.edu/eoc/EP/epindex.html
  
• Feast of Resistance
  Educator Tony Osumi’s lesson plan using food to teach Asian American history. See also
  his use of the lesson plan for a class of graduate students preparing for future work as K-12
  teachers (see second web link below).
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/tony_fea.html
  
• Field Notes & Photographs from San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle
  Professor James Sobredo uses his expertise in photography and research to show students
  how to do an assignment about visits to historic Asian American communities.
  http://www.csus.edu/aas/aas-faculty/sobredo-fieldnotes-7-99.htm
  
• Filipino American Veterans Campaign for Justice and Equity
  Students mobilize to support the campaign for justice and equity of WW II Filipino
  American veterans.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/00F/asian197j-1/webmag00.htm
  
• Frisbie Middle School Dragonwings Project
  An interdisciplinary set of lesson plans designed around the book Dragonwings by
  Laurence Yep.
  http://www.rialto.k12.ca.us/frisbie/coyote/dragon.html
  
• Immigration: Angel Island vs. Ellis Island
  Julius Yap and Liz Swarthout’s web project comparing the historical experiences of
  immigrants entering Angel Island and Ellis Island.
  http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/edad728/immigration/immigration.html
  
• Information Technology in Teaching
  Professor Jerry Kang’s website shows how information technology can “help us become
  better law professors, in our scholarship, teaching, and service.”
  http://www1.law.ucla.edu/~kang/Scholarship/Cyberspace/IT_in_Teaching/it_in_teaching.html
  
• Interactive Chinese American History
  Professor Sandra Liu’s class includes an historical timeline and other resources.
  http://online.sfsu.edu/~ericmar/catimeline.html
  
• Investigative Journalism and People of Color: Race Relations in L.A.
  Web magazine of student writings examines race relations in Los Angeles.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall98/M163/webmag.html
  
• Investigative Journalism and People of Color: Words of Color
  Web magazine of student writings examines interethnic conflict and cooperation.
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall97/M163/index.html
  
• Japanese American Internment Project
  C. John Yu’s research website on the WW II internment of Japanese Americans.
  http://www.oz.net/~cyu/internment/main.html
  
• Lesson Plans: Asian American Studies
  Lesson plans relating to Asian American history for K-12 classrooms compiled by public
  television station KQED.
  http://www.kqed.org/topics/education/educators/lessons/asian-american.jsp
  
• Making Murals, Making History
  Educator Tony Osumi’s guide for mural-making for K-12 teachers.
  http://www.kuidaosumi.com/murals/muralguide.html
  
• Moving Words: Asian Immigration
  Four lesson plans on Asian American history by Barbara Kramarz.
  http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/%7Etassi/moving.htm
  
• Oral Histories
  Professor James Sobredo uses hypernews to have students share oral histories collected
  about their families for an introductory class in Asian American Studies.
  http://www.vcsun.org/%7Ejsobredo/Oral-Spring2000.htm
  
• Religious Studies
  Professor Amir Hussain’s homepage provides links to understanding Islam and other
  world religions as well as links to his favorite band and poet William Blake.
  http://www.csun.edu/~ah34999/
  
• Teaching to Change L.A.
  Online magazine explores the theme “What Does Democracy Look Like?” through
  lesson plans created for kindergarten, elementary school, and high school classes.
  http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/democracy/home.html
  
• Teaching with Historic Places
  K-12 lesson plans about early Asian immigrant enclaves of Locke and Walnut Grove in
  California and factors behind the WW II incarceration of Japanese Americans.
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/may00.htm
  
• Tufts Chinatown Project
  Students respond to the needs of Boston Chinatown through class projects under the
  supervision of Professor Jean Wu and other faculty.
  http://uccps.tufts.edu/04_Community/BridgesChinatown.html
  
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities: General Resources
  Asian American Cybernauts Page
  Website reated by Wataru Ebihara in 1995 contains links to community groups and
  cultural expression; last updated in November 2000.
  http://janet.org/~ebihara/wataru_aacyber.html
  
• Asian American History Timeline
  History timeline created for the PBS documentary Ancestors in the Americas.
  http://www.cetel.org/timeline.html
  
• Asian American Resources
  Loren Javier’s website provides links to history, community groups, and media.
  http://www.lorenjavier.com/asian/index.html
  
• Asian American Movement Ezine
  A website for radical and progressive Asian American perspectives with a focus on
  community organizing.
  http://www.aamovement.net
  
• Asian American Village
  Online magazine explores issues relating to Asian American employment, education,
  politics, and culture.
  http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/village_asian_american.asp
  
• Asian Indian resources
  Web resources on history and demographics of Indian Americans.
  http://www.thingsindian.com/history.htm
  
• Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America
  Essays and links to history and contemporary issues; created by C. N. Le.
  http://www.asian-nation.org/
  
• Asian Week
  Online version of Asian American newspaper; published in San Francisco.
  http://news.asianweek.com/news/
  
• East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
  Extensive list of weblinks relating to history, community organizations and issues
  affecting Asian Americans, including the Wen Ho Lee controversy.
  http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/asianam.html
  
• Daniel Tsang’s Asian American Studies Resources
  Extensive list of created by UC Irvine librarian Daniel Tsang; updated regularly.
  http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~dtsang/aas2.htm
  
• The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders: A Demographic Profile of Los Angeles
  County
  Created by Kimiko Kelly for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center.
  http://apalc.org
  
• Hawaiian nation
  History and information on the movement for Hawaiian self-determination.
  http://hawaii-nation.org/
  
• Model Minority: A Guide to Asian American Empowerment
  Essays and weblinks on community issues.
  http://modelminority.com/
  
• National Asian American Telecommunications Association
  Video catalog and resources for community-based filmmakers.
  http://www.naatanet.org/
  
• New American Media
  Provides perspectives from Asian immigrant newspapers and other publications from
  communities of color; includes some translated articles from Chinese language newspapers.
  http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/
  
• Pacific Islands Internet Resources
  Valuable collection of web links to nations of the Pacific.
  http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogden/piir/index.html
  
• Queer Asian Pacific Resources
  Resources relating to AIDS and “coming out”; last updated in 1998.
  http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/5010/resources.html
  
• SAMAR, South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection
  Online version of magazine focusing on social processes and social analyses “drawing
  energy from activist involvement” in North America and South Asia.
  http://www.samarmagazine.org/
  
• Southeast Asian Archive
  Includes a virtual exhibit on the Southeast Asian refugee experience in the U.S.
  http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/sasian.html
  
• UCLA Asian American Studies Center
  Resources relating to Asian American Studies and communities.
  http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/
  
• U.S. Census Bureau Reports on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  Downloadable files (PDF) based on the 2000 U.S. Census.
  http://www.census.gov
  
• Vietspace
  Virtual community for Vietnamese Americans.
  http://www.kicon.com/
  
• Yellowworld.org
  Promotes the “cultivation of a social and political Asian consciousness.”
  http://www.yellowworld.org
  
• Reflection Essays
  Grace Lee Boggs, “Education to Govern”
  http://www.boggscenter.org/ideas/books/edu-to-govern.shtml
  
• Tony Osumi, “Teamwork and People Power: Liberatory Teaching in the Elementary Classroom”
  http://www.kuidaosumi.com/TOwriting/amerasia-teaching.html
  
• Tony Osumi, “Feast of Resistance: The Creation of an Asian American Celebration”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/tony_fea.html
  
• Tony Osumi, “Making Murals: A Mural Making Guide for K-12 Teachers”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/tony_mur.html
  
• Elizabeth Delgado, “My Family and My Culture”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall01/aas197j/elizabethd1.html
  
• William Gow, “Autobiography as History”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter03/aas116/wgow1.html
  
• Melissa Hilario, “Redefining My Life Goals and Aspirations”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall01/aas197j/melissah1.html
  
• Jessica Kim, TJ Lee, and Hyun-Ja Pak, “Market Workers Justice Campaign”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter02/aas197a/mworkers.html
  
• Linda Lam, “Why Did You Come to America?”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter04/aas116/essay1llam.pdf
  
• Katie Li, “Learning from the Residents of Boston Chinatown”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter04/aas116/essay1kli.pdf
  
• Allan Lo, “My Life and History”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter03/aas116/alo1.html
  
• Alejandro Lopez, “Making a Difference in the World”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter04/aas116/essay1alopez.pdf
  
• Suzanne Luu, “Consequences of a War”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter03/aas116/sluu1.html
  
• Sarah Mamaril, “Stepping Stones toward a Successful Future”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter04/aas116/essay1smamaril.pdf
  
• Raymond Ramirez, “Shaping Our Destinies”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall01/aas197j/rayr1.html
  
• Cheryl Sampson, “A First Generation Pinay’s Experience: Transformation and Reponsibility”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall01/aas197j/cheryls1.html
  
• Roderick Sasis, “Freedom and Justice For All? Filipino American Veterans ‘Served but Don’t
  Deserve’”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall97/M163/sasis4.html
  
• Mina Son, “My Role in Governing Change”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall01/aas197j/minas1.html
  
• Christine Tran, “Autobiography and History”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/99F/asian197j-1/es1ttran.html
  
• Ali Wong, “Discoveries Terrible and Magnificent”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter04/aas116/essay1awong.pdf
  
• Rena Wong, “A Total Pitufina China”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/99F/asian197j-1/es1rwong.html
  
• Pa Xiong, “Hmong Means Free . . . Or Does It?”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall97/M163/xiong3.html
  
• Diane Yi, “The Head, the Hand, and the Heart”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/dianayi1.html
  
• Diana Yi, “Student Community Activism”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/dianayi-sca.html
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Freedom Schooling: Reconceptualizing Asian American Studies for Our
  Communities”
  http://www.boggscenter.org/ideas/edu/omatsu.shtml
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Feeding the Mind and Polishing the Soul: A Film Series for Asian American
  Studies Boot Camp”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/boot_cam.html
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Teaching for Social Change: Learning How to Afflict the Comfortable and
  Comfort the Afflicted”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/loyola.html
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Fists of Fury and Legend: What Asian American College Students Can Learn
  from Bruce Lee and Jet Li”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/fist.html
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Praxis: Question, Think, Act"
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/pomona.html
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Defying a Thousand Pointing Fingers and Serving the Children: Re-envisioning
  the Mission of Asian American Studies in Our Communities”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/99F/asian197j-1/Omatsu.htm
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “One Struggle, Many Fronts: Political Challenges Facing Asian American and
  Pacific Islander Students Today”
  http://www.aamovement.net/student/lttspeech.html
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Filling the Hole in the Soul: New Otani Hotel Workers and Ethnic Studies”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/spring00/webmag_197j/racefile.html
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Unfinished Tasks in Asian American Studies”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/glennomatsuspeech2004.pdf
  
• Glenn Omatsu, “Expanding the Ways We Can Learn and Teach Asian American Studies: A Self-Exploration”
  http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter05/aas116/hw2sample.htm
  
• Additional Resources for Student Activism in Communities
  Common Dreams News Center: Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
  http://www.commondreams.org
  
• Hate Free Zone, Campaign of Washington
  http://www.hatefreezone.org/
  
• Civil Rights and Human Rights on the Net
  http://www.ibt.ku.dk/www/law/krim/index/rights.htm
  
• ColorLines magazine
  http://www.arc.org/
  
• Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Culture Links
  http://www.oxy.edu/%7Emaeda/multicult.htm
  
• Yes! The Magazine of Positive Alternatives
  http://www.futurenet.org/
  
• Starhawk’s Activism Page
  http://www.starhawk.org/activism/activism.html
  
• Z Magazine
  http://www.zmag.org/
  
• Carnival of Feminists
  http://feministcarnival.blogspot.com/
  
• Free the Children International
  http://www.freethechildren.org/
  
• IGC’s Internet Progressive Gateway
  http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html
  
• Web Links to Progressive Organizations
  http://www.neravt.com/left/
  
• International Human Rights Law Group
  http://www.hrlawgroup.org/
  
• Poverty & Race Research Action Council
  http://www.prrac.org/abtprrac.htm
  
• Global Exchange
  http://www.globalexchange.org/
  
• Sweatshop Watch
  http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/
  
• Corporate Watch
  http://www.corpwatch.org/
  
• United for a Fair Economy
  http://www.ufenet.org/
  
• Librarian Dan Tsang’s Alternative Research
  http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~dtsang/arc.htm
  
• Garment Workers Center
  http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/swatch/gwc/
  
• Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
  http://www.chirla.org
  
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
  http://www.apalc.org
  
• Korean Resource Center
  http://www.krcla.org/english/
  
• Thai Community Development Center
  http://www.thaicdc.org
  
• Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Los Angeles
  http://www.ncrr-la.org
  
• Pilipino Workers Center, Los Angeles
  http://www.pwcsc.org/
  
• Resources for Non-union Workers and Community-based Worker Organizations
  http://www.yale.edu/wrp/nonunionorgs.htm
  
• Bus Riders Union
  http://www.busridersunion.org/
  
• Mexican American Legal Defense Fund
  http://www.maldef.org/
  
• Central American Resource Center
  http://www.caracen-la.org
  
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
  http://www.apala.org
  
• UCLA Labor Center
  http://www.labor.ucla.edu
  
• Institute for Labor and Employment
  http://www.ucop.edu/ile/
  
• AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
  http://www.aflcio.org/orginst/
  
• AFL-CIO
  http://www.aflcio.org/home.htm
  
• Labor Notes magazine
  http://www.labornotes.org/index.html
  
• Change to Win
  http://www.changetowin.org/
  
• Reference Sources in U.S. Labor Studies
  http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/resources/