International House is a program center and campus residence for students around the world, including the U.S. Our mission is to promote intercultural experiences and leadership skills for a world of greater understanding. more
Urban Adamah seeks to integrate the practices of Jewish tradition, sustainable agriculture, mindfulness, and social action to build more loving, just, and sustainable communities. Founded in 2010 as the first urban Jewish community farm in the U.S.,... more
The Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB) was 1 of 4 building projects undertaken to revitalize the biological sciences on the UC Berkeley Campus. The VLSB was the most ambitious. It was constructed in 1930--considered to be state-of-the-art--and was... more
The creation of Waterside Workshops served a two-fold purpose, addressing the need for alternative approaches to education as a part of a healthy community and revitalizing highly under-used buildings in an urban park. Our staff and board members are... more
In general, we consider anything west of San Pablo to be West Berkeley. The district is a study in how much Berkeley has changed. From being a sleepy, more industrial, warehouse area of town, West Berkeley now borders on super trendy to very cool,... more
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Youth Spirit Artworks (YSA) is an interfaith "green" art jobs and job training program located in Berkeley, California which is committed to empowering homeless and low-income San Francisco Bay Area young people, ages 16-25. more
The YWCA is an independent, non-profit organization which provides programs, classes and resources for the Berkeley and Oakland communities and University of California at Berkeley students. All of our programs welcome women and men, and have no spec... more
Zaytuna College, the first Muslim liberal arts college in the United States, began in 1996 as Zaytuna Institute in Hayward, California, co-founded by Hamza Yusuf and Hesham Alalusi. During its early years in the San Francisco Bay Area, the institute,... more