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- ACCION - International non-profit microlending organization that fights poverty by providing microcredit and supporting economic and sustainable development.
www.accion.org
- Amnesty International USA Group 133 - Chapter in Somerville (and Arlington), Massachusetts
mirrorimage.com/ai
- KITE, Inc. - Non-profit organization seeking to narrow the digital divide on a global scale by giving grants of hardware, software, and technical training to organizations in the Third World.
www.kiteinc.org
- Mystic View Task Force - Community group trying to develop the Assembly Square area of Somerville, MA, located on the Mystic River. Detailed Assembly Square site map and photo tour, news articles, meetings and events.
www.the-ville.com/mysticview
- Respond, Inc. - Community-based nonprofit organization that provides direct services to battered women and their children. Hotline, shelter, counseling, support groups. Music CD to benefit the group.
www2.shore.net/~respond
- Somerville Bicycle Committee - Ad-hoc advocacy group who want to improve bicycling in the Seven Hills City. Education projects, Somerville tour, path extension, meeting minutes.
www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Pressbox/9100
- Somerville Community Computing Center - Non-profit providing free computer facilities, assistance and training to Somerville residents and education and human service programs. Mac and PC labs, youth Web project, SCALE (Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences), SimCity2000 learning project.
www2.wgbh.org/mbcweis/ltc/sccc/sccc.html
- Somerville Old House Organization - Community organization interested in old houses; information on encouragement of repair, maintenance, and preservation of area older homes through education, advocacy, and support, emphasizing respect and sensitivity towards historic and character defining features.
www.somervilleoldhouse.org
- Somerville Road Runners - Jogging club with details on upcoming races
www.srr.org
- The Weavers' Guild of Boston - Founded in 1922, the oldest weavers guild in the United States. Somerville monthly meetings. Program plans, member benefits, individual teachers and weavers, classified ads.
www.weaversguildofboston.org
- The Welcome Project - Organizes immigrant groups at the Mystic Public Housing Development. Includes information about projects, staff profiles, and pictures of the community garden.
www.welcomeproject.org
- Whitey and the FBI - Boston Globe series on James Bulger, alleged Winter Hill Somerville mobster, and brother of former State Speaker of the House.
www.globe.com/globe/metro/packages/spotlight_mob
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