Data Center

The DataCenter "is blessed to have served the social justice Movement for over three decades. Some highlights from our past include:

• 1977 - DataCenter—an activist library and publication center—is founded in affiliation with the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) by Jon Frappier, Fred Goff, Loretta Strharsky & Harry Strharsky and 40 dedicated volunteers.
• 1979 - Establish Corporate Profile Project for clients such as United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations & customized research service for immigration attorneys representing Central Americans seeking political asylum.
• 1980 - Publish press profiles, The Reagan File, on Ronald Reagan and his policies on labor, El Salvador, foreign policy, and military policy in Asia.
• 1981 - New Right Project tracks the rise of neo-conservatism; Launch Right-to-know Project in response to censorship & growing restrictions on access to information; Monitor plant closures and layoffs; Publish press profile Toxic Nightmare for free distribution to leading environmental organizations
• 1983 - Expand Search Service to include corporate accountability research to support community, labor, and corporate campaigns and political asylees from all over the world.
• 1984 - Establish Third World Resources quarterly newsletter and specialized resource directories series.
• 1987 - Launch Pro Bono Fund to subsidize services to low-budget social justice organizations.
• 1988 - Search Service goes online.
• 1991 - Launch the Cuba Project/Conexiones to respond to information needs of institutions in Cuba & facilitates information exchange between U.S. and Cuban colleagues for the next ten years; Publish three volumes of press on the First Gulf War.
• 1993 - Launch Freedom of Expression Project & CultureWatch newsletter monitoring the culture wars waged by the Religious Right until 2000.

Board

Accessed April 2010:

• Co-Chair - Andrea Cristina Mercado Valle - Lead Organizer & Political Education Coordinator, Mujeres Unidas y Activas
• Co-Chair - Neil Tangri - Co-founder & Waste and Climate Change Campaigner, GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)
• Secretary - Jessica Guadalupe Tovar - Contra Costa County Organizer, Communities for a Better Environment
• Treasurer - Swati Prakash - Program Director, Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice, Pacific Institute
• Max Weintraub - Toxics Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• miho kim - Executive Director, DataCenter
• Yvette Robles - Director, Bayview Hunters Point Mobilization for Adolescent Growth in our Communities

Staff

Accessed April 2010:

• Allen Sin, Communications and Administrative Associate
• Amie Fishman
• Celia Linnea Davis, Deputy Director
• Fred Goff, Major Gifts Director & President Emeritus
• Lailan Sandra Huen, Research Fellow
• Mary Anna C. Colwell, Major Gifts Advisor
• Michael Preston, Community Fellow, Indigenous Knowledge Project
• miho althea kim, Executive Director
• Nat Smith, Bookkeeper
• Saba Waheed, Research Director

Funders

Accessed April 2010:

"The work of the DataCenter is supported by contributions from individual donors, community-based organizations, and the following foundations:

• California Wellness Foundation
• Christensen Fund
• C.S. Fund
• Dobbins Foundation
• Ford Foundation
• French American Charitable Trust
• Fund for Nonviolence
• Funding Exchange
• Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
• Kurz Family Foundation
• Leadership Learning Community
• Mary Wohlford Foundation
• Orchard House Foundation
• San Francisco Foundation
• Surdna Foundation

Contact

URL: http://www.datacenter.org

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

• Max J. Blanchet