On this page we list all those organizations that are valuable for different reasons. Some provide necessary social services, others educate you about politics and in some you might even want to get involved by offering to volunteer. Please make a little trip and visit one of these websites each time you come across this page. You might find inspiration or entertainment, learn something new, or make a new connection. Please let us know if any of the websites do not work by sending us an email. We appreciate your help.
AWBW - A non-profit program dedicated to bringing the healing power of the creative arts to Battered Women from coast to coast.
AVIVA - An International Women's Listing Magazine, which enables women all over the world to make contact with each other.
Action Without Borders - a nonprofit organization that promotes the sharing of ideas, information and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives in a healthy environment. Idealist.org, a project of AWB, is one of the richest communities of nonprofit and volunteering resources on the Web, with information provided by 23,000 organizations in 153 countries.
Artella - Artella is a magazine that focuses on the collaborative nature of creative writing and art. Artella offers a network of support for writers, artists, and creative individuals
Birthing the Crone - Helen Redman's website is about embracing menopause as a metaphor for transformation and the telling of it is through art.
Chicago Public Art Group - Chicago Public Art Group unites communities and artists in creating high quality public art.
Chicago Women in Architecture - Promoting the interests and issues of women in architecture since 1973.
Chicago Women in Publishing - (CWIP) is a nonprofit volunteer organization formed in 1972 for professionals in the publishing industry and allied fields.
Chicago Women in Trades - An organization working to increase the number of women in the skilled trades and other blue collar occupations and to eliminate the barriers that prohibit women from entering and remaining in non-traditional careers.
Creating Hope International - To raise the educational, health, social and economic levels of people, especially women and children throughout the world.
Connection Arts Chicago - To promote social awareness in youth through creative processes, and to support ethnic and cultural diversity in our communities through the exhibition of artwork by artists of all ages and backgrounds.
Crone Chronicles - (now an evolving e-zine, formerly a printed quarterly) is by and for those who wish to move through the aging process in a conscious manner.
Croning - Resources for wise women of all ages.
The Chicago Women's Liberation Union - was organized in 1969 to challenge the suffocating male supremacy of the time.
The Equal Rights Amendment - This site is a project of the ERA Summit, a volunteer coalition of organizations and individuals working to complete the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and the National Council of Women's Organizations ERA Task Force.
Fair - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: The National Media Watch Group.
Feminist.com - A grassroots, interactive community by, for and about women.
Feminist Women's Health Care - Established in 1980, FWHC is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects a woman's right to choose and receive reproductive health care.
Feminist Majority Foundation Online - Organization committed to empowering women and winning equality through research, the sharing of information of value to feminists everywhere, and effective action.
Goddess 2000 Project - A beautiful site for inspiration and relaxation.
Hands On - The mission of Hands On is to encourage children of all ages to develop their full creative potential through the visual arts.
Heartland International - Established in 1989, the organization designs, implements, and manages political, economic and social development projects, as well as international education exchange.
Journal of Ordinary Thought (JOT) - The Neighborhood Writing Alliance believes in the power of the written word. They sponsor writing workshops across the city of Chicago, free and open to all adult residents and publish pieces by each writer.
The Junior League of Chicago, Inc. - A metropolitan organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through affective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
Lawyers for the Creative Arts - Lawyers for the Creative Arts is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, which provides pro bono legal services to qualifying individuals and organizations in the arts, including the visual, literary and performing arts, and provides educational programs as well.
Little Black Pearl - The mission of Little Black Pearl is to create opportunities for youth and adults to deepen their creative involvement through the arts, cultivate their entrepreneurial skills and use the arts as a means for economic empowerment and community transformation.
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly - Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly is a national, nonprofit organization committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly.
Lost Soul Companion - Comfort and constructive advice for struggling actors, musicians, artists, writers and other free spirits.
March for Women - The time is right for a public demonstration of historic size in support of reproductive freedom and justice for all women.
Marwen - Provides free art education to Chicago's under-served youth who, all too often, have little or no access to productive after school activities, art instruction, and substantive leadership programs that are instrumental in helping them chart positive and satisfying futures.
Mayapple Press - is a small press established in 1978 by poet and editor Judith Kerman. We take a special interest in Great Lakes Regional poetry and poetry by women. Most publications are in chapbook format.
National Coalition Against Censorship - Founded in 1974, the NCAC is an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, they work to educate their members and the public at large about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose them.
National Organization for Women - Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been "to take action" to bring about equality for all women.
Natural Resources Defense Council - (NRDC) uses law, science, and the support of its members to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - To advance initiatives to eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to all life, to foster the global rule of law, to build an enduring legaxy of peace through education and advocacy.
The Open Book Peace Project - (OBPP) is a grassroots effort to create an ongoing international dialogue about peace among diverse individuals and communities.
n.paradoxa - The only international feminist art journal exploring feminist theory and contemporary women's art practices. Includes a list of women's visual arts organizations worldwide.
Persimmon Tree - An online journal featuring literature and art by women over 60.
The Ragdale Foundation - An artists' retreat where writers and artists of all disciplines can find uninterrupted time to work in a peaceful setting.
RHINO Magazine - The little magazine with the big horn is a literary annual that invites traditional or experimental work reflecting passion, originality, artistic conviction, and a love affair with language.
Seeding the Snow - A journal of women's writing and artwork that celebrates the Midwestern landscape.
Sister i - A special place for women to embrace their creativity.
Southwest Women Working Together - Southwest Women Working Together (SWWT) is a community-based, non-profit organization that serves women and children primarily from the south side of Chicago.
Syracuse Cultural Workers (SCW) - Their mission is to help sustain a culture that honors diversity and celebrates community; that inspires and nurtures justice, equality and freedom; that respects our fragile Earth and all its beings; that encourages and supports all forms of creative expression.
TakingItGlobal - TIG brings together young people in more than 190 countries within international networks to collaborate on concrete projects addressing global problems and creating positive change.
The Wise Woman Web - The Wise Woman Web is devoted to empowering women worldwide. Topics include natural healing, breast health, childbearing, menopause, and more. Wise Woman e-zine and women's health forum all for you!
The Women's Center at DePaul University - Provides education, programming, advocacy, services, and referrals to women and other members of the DePaul University Community.
The Women's Council of Realtors - A community of real estate professionals creating business opportunities, developing skills for the future and achieving individual potential for success.
The Women's Library - A cultural centre, housing the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK.
The Shanti Foundation for Peace - Shanti is a not for profit organization established in Chicago in 1993 to foster greater respect and understanding between individuals through the arts, education, and grass roots community development.
Women Artists of India - History of Indian women artist. Women Folk artists of India. Sunayani Devi, Amrita Shergil, Anjolie Ela Menon.
Women Business Directory - Directory of women business information and resources.
Women's E News - What news look like when women matter.
Women & Performance: Journal of Feminist Theory - A bi-annual publication featuring essays, scripts, interviews and articles on performance from interdisciplinary feminist perspectives.
Women for Women International - provides women with tools and resources needed to move out of crisis and poverty and into stability and self-sufficiency.
Women in Business and Entrepreneurship - Part of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois.
Women In Business Yellow Pages - A directory of women-owned and operated companies that recognize that doing business with women is good business!
Women in Film - Non-profit organization for women in the entertainment industry.
Women in the Director's Chair - WIDC is a Chicago-based, international media arts/activist center which exhibits, promotes, and educates about media made by women, girls and transgendered people that expresses a diversity of cultures, experiences, and issues.
Women Make Movies - A multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women.
Women of Vision & Action - A worldwide network of emerging and established women leaders from all backgrounds who are dedicated to a vision of positive change for the future.
Women's Resource Center - A place that provides an umbrella to cover the life-long needs of women in the Chicagoland area.
Women's Treatment Center - The Women's Treatment Center is designed to provide a variety of treatment services to women, eliminating the common barriers they typically face. It is one of the few substance abuse programs in the nation that can accommodate children in residential treatment, making TWTC particularly responsive to the needs of chemically dependent mothers.
Women's Theatre Alliance - The Women's Theatre Alliance of Chicago is a membership organization devoted to supporting, promoting and showcasing Chicago's female theatre artists.
Women Waging Peace - Women Waging Peace advocates for the full participation of women in formal and informal peace processes around the world.
(center right) 'Heartwave', bronze sculpture by K Robins.
(below right) 'Collage', from the Palladium series by Robin Ann Walker.
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