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People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER)

Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 01:44.

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1998 BRICK Award winner Steve Williams won for his work as the director of People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) in San Francisco, CA. POWER is a nonprofit organization in San Francisco committed to protecting the rights of workfare workers and helping families on welfare attain secure jobs and self-sufficiency. Steve helped 30 welfare recipients gain seats on the 180-member Mayer's Welfare Reform Task Force and won representation for six POWER members on the 18-member Labor-Management Workfare Committee.

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Tags: California San Francisco advocate workers empowerment

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Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC)

Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 01:29.

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1997 BRICK Award winner Rachel Timoner worked as a community campaign director of the San Francisco’s Women’s Building. She also co-founded the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC), an organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth.

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Related Cause: Gay Rights

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Tags: youth California San Francisco gay lesbian bisexual transgender

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Bay Area Police Watch

Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 01:11.

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Van Jones founded and directed the San Francisco-based Bay Area Police Watch, an organization that assists survivors of police misconduct and brutality. Van won a BRICK Award in 1996.

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Related Cause: Millennium Development Goals

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Tags: California San Francisco police survivor abuse

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