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.
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)
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
Education
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
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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