Other Resources

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This list of additional links gathers together a number of web sites that we find are useful and informative. It is not meant to be a complete listing of all resources for any topic.

City of Seattle

Seattle Human Rights Commission

Seattle Women’s Commission

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities

Seattle Police Department – Questions about Police Misconduct

City of Seattle Domestic Partnership

Comprehensive listings of local resources

PeoplePoint Bridge to Benefits: One-stop access to benefit programs for low to moderate income people (formerly "Help for Working Families")

Seattle City Attorney’s Office - Community and Legal Resources

Seattle Parks and Recreation - Demographic Overview of Seattle’s Communities: population density, race/ethnicity, age etc.

Special Events Permit - Information about City permits for marches, demonstrations and other special events

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Civil Rights Agencies

King County Office of Civil Rights

Washington State Human Rights Commission

City of Tacoma Human Rights and Human Services Department

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

Referrals to local agencies

Crisis Clinic Community Resources

Immigrant Issues

Employing Immigrants – Seattle Office for Civil Rights

Welcome to the United States – A Guide for New Immigrants – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Available online in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Tagalog, Portuguese, French, and Haitian Creole

National Immigration Project – links to different organizations (sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild)

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Housing

Complaints about housing and land use violations - Seattle Department of Planning and Development

Landlord-Tenant Information - Seattle Department of Planning and Development

Landlord-Tenant Law - Washington State Attorney General's Office

Tenants Union of Washington State

Solid Ground Housing Services for Tenants

Predatory Lending – Seattle - King County Coalition for Responsible Lending

Predatory Lending – HUD Predatory Lending site for Washington State

National Fair Housing Advocate

Home Loan Options: Predatory Lending – sponsored by AARP

Fair Housing Update - a quarterly e-newsletter published by the Fair Housing Partners of Washington

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Education

Washington State Office of the Education Ombudsman
The Office of the Education Ombudsman (OEO) is a conflict resolution service located in the Governor’s Office for Washington families and public schools. Education ombudsmen are trained problem solvers who bring families and educators together to resolve conflict and disputes that affect students. As impartial third parties, they provide consultation, coaching, facilitation and mediation services.
155 NE 100th St. #210, Seattle WA 98125
Toll-free: 866-297-2597
Fax: 206-729-3251
Website:  www.governor.wa.gov/oeo/

Safe Schools Coalition
The Safe Schools Coalition supports gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth in schools by reducing bias-based bullying and violence in schools and to help schools better meet the needs of sexual minority youth and children with sexual minority parents/guardians.
Toll-free: 877-SAFE-SAFE (877-723-3723)
Website:  www.safeschoolscoalition.org/safe.html

Seattle Public Schools

Public Health Resources for Schools

Hate/Bias Crimes

Bias Crimes and Incidents in Seattle - 2000 to 2005 -
Released April 24, 2006

For a summary and other links

For full report (37 pages)

Hate Crime Awareness Project

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Human Rights

Human Rights Education Research Network (University of Washington)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights In English and other languages such as French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and many others – adopted December 10, 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations

Legal

Washington Law Help – Northwest Justice Project

Veterans

Job Rights For Veterans' and Reserve Component Members: U.S. Department of Labor

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