Welcome to Empowerment Zone (version 3.9), the home page of Jamal Mazrui! This site (http://www.empowermentzone.com) offers information, ideas, and software related to my interests and the theme of empowerment -- helping individuals and communities achieve self actualization and full citizenship. I hope you'll find it interesting and useful in your own endeavors. I welcome any feedback, as well as suggestions for empowerment resources to highlight in this site.

Many working in the nonprofit sector are strongly motivated by the desire to address injustices and to promote fairness, equality, and sustainability. The Building Movement Project supports nonprofit organizations to work towards social change by integrating movement building strategies into their work.

Web design and Internet consulting for the trade union movement.

"Much of the social change in America had its origin in the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit lobbying is the right thing to do. It is about empowering individuals to make their collective voices heard on a wide range of human concerns.” - Bob Smucker, Founder Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest

Organization means hope for people. It means making their institutions relevant. But most of all, organization means power. It means being able to do something about things they've been frustrated about all their lives. -Ernesto Cortes, Industrial Areas Foundation

Alliance for Justice is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, childrens, and consumer advocacy organizations. Since its inception in 1979, AFJ has worked to advance the cause of justice for all Americans, strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy, and foster the next generation of advocates.

Use this guide to help your nonprofit organization run an online advocacy campaign. Remember the most successful online advocacy campaigns have a viral marketing component.

Our Mission - Promoting community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources.