RESOURCES

Videos
• An Introduction to PICO - 10 min. (Real Player)
• Californians for Healthy Kids Town Hall Meeting - 2 min.
• PICO California - 15:24 min. (Quicktime) (Real Player)

Links

PICO National Network
• PICO National Network

California Affiliate Web pages
• Communities Organizing for Renewal
• Inland Congregations United for Change
• L.A. Voice
• North Valley Sponsoring Committee
• Oakland Community Organizations
• Peninsula Interfaith Action
• People Acting in Community Together
• Sacramento Area Congregations Together
• San Diego Organizing Project
• San Francisco Organizing Project

Voting
• The Easy Voter Guide Website
• League of Women Voters Smart Voter Website
  - Where is my polling place?
  - What's on my ballot?

California Legislature
• California State Assembly Website
• California State Senate Website
• Who is my Legislator?
• California Legislation (Research on bills both pending and approved)

Children’s Healthcare
• The California Endowment
• 100% Campaign
• Children Now
• Children’s Defense Fund
• The Children’s Defense Partnership

State Policy
• News from across the state (Rough & Tumble)
• Legislative Analyst Office, State of California (LAO)
• Public Policy Institute of California
• California Budget Project
• UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
• California Department of Education
• California Healthline

Books and Articles
• Evaluation Report: People Making Policy in California, Paul Speer (pdf)
• Making Families Healthy: A Training Manual on Health Care Organizing (pdf)
• Human Dignity and Grassroots Leadership Development, Jim Keddy (pdf)
• Beyond the Good Samaritan, Dr. Jose Carrasco (pdf)
• Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project (pdf)
• Changing the Face of Education in Oakland (pdf)
• Book: Faith in Action: Religion, Race, and Democratic Organizing in America, Richard L. Wood
• Book: Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School, by Jonathon Schorr

More PICO Resources
• More resources including reflections and case studies and are available on the PICO National Network - PICO National Network: Resources