eliminating oppression resources:
local/clark county

There are a number of great resources available in Clark County related to eliminating racism and other forms of oppression. Below, you will find local equality and justice programs and services in the Clark County area.

Groups and programs whose name is underlined and in orange link to their websites.

Programs, organizations, and services

The Alliance - West (resources for homeless and low-income people)
Phone: 360-295-3090
Fax: 360-295-3091
E-mail: Click here

Community Connections Roundtable
Community Connections Roundtable is a local group whose mission is to advocate for and advance social and racial justice in our community. Click here for more information and a meeting schedule, or contact:
Leilani Russell
Multicultural Coordinator, Evergreen High School
360-604-1001
E-mail: Click here

Clark College Office of Multicultural Student Affairs

Clark County Workplace Diversity
Rekah Strong, Workplace Diversity Coordinator
Phone: (360) 397-2456 ext. 2452
E-mail: Click here

Consumer Voices Are Born (CVAB)
Phone: 360-397-8050
Fax: 360-397-8059
Warm Line: 360-750-2012 or 360-750-2014, 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm

disAbility Resources of Southwest Washington
Phone: 360-694-6790
Fax/TTY: 360-882-1324
E-mail: Click here
Longview Office: Phone: 360-425-0340
Fax: 360-425-2510

Gay Vancouver

Multicultural Community Services (a program of Lutheran Community Services)

Parents, Friends and Family of Gays & Lesbians (PFLAG) of SW Washington
C/O 1st Congregtional Church UCC, 1220 NE 68th St., Vancouver, WA 98665
360-695-2200

Triple Point (social/support group for LGBTQ youth, run by Children's Home Society)
309 W 12th St, Vancouver, WA 98686
360-695-1325 x110

Vancouver for Peace

Vancouver NAACP
The Vancouver branch of the NAACP works to advance the political, educational, and social status of Black people and other people of color; to eliminate racial prejudice; to establish a harmonious relationship between all people. Meetings are held the third Saturday of the month from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Community AME Zion Church, 3605 E 13th Street in Vancouver. Earl Ford, president of NAACP Vancouver, serves on the YWCA Clark County board of directors.

Washington State Human Rights Commission, Vancouver Office
Mai Kim Ly is the Civil Rights Investigator in the Vancouver Office of the Washington State Human Rights Commission. She can be reached at:
Washington School for the Deaf
611 Grand Blvd. Room 108A
Vancouver, WA 98661-4918
1-800-233-3247
E-mail: Click here
If you think that you may have been illegally discriminated against because of "race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal," please contact Mai Kim Ly or visit the Human Rights Commission website.

Women Entrepreneurs Organization of Vancouver, WA

WSU Vancouver Diversity

WSU Vancouver Queer Cougars
14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave, Vancouver, WA 98686

Events

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