Nation 2 Nation
7439 Broadway Ave
Lemon Grove, CA. 91945
(866) 206-9073 x6134
Nation 2 Nation is a fundraising project of the Friends of Russell Latimer, Inc. whose sole aim is to provide MEDICAL ATTENTION, PREVENTION AND TRAINING to needing nations. N2N endeavors to acquire and donate medical supplies, equipment and medicines, preventative information, counseling and case management and training, research and development to combat AIDS/HIV, TB and other diseases and illnesses in developing nations. 

National Black MBA's, San Diego Chapter
P.O. Box 501311
San Diego, CA 92150-1311
(619) 599-3577
The San Diego Chapter of the National Black MBA Association is a business organization which leads in the creation of economic and intellectual wealth for the African American Community. Or objectives are:

• To provide professional development opportunities for members, students, and individuals in the community.

• To build a strong network with corporations, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, and other professional organizations in the San Diego and surrounding areas.

• To promote the importance of education through mentoring, scholarships and promotion of MBA programs.

• To participate in community service activities available in the San Diego area.

We encourage individuals to attend our meeting for more detailed information and to pick up application forms.

National Council of Negro Women (San Diego Section)
P.O. Box 7403332
San Diego, CA 92174-0332
The National Council of Negro Women (San Diego section) has been working and assisting in a variety of community efforts for the past 29 years. Among our contributions and donations we give to:

• The Job Corp

• The Martin L. King Recreation Center

• The Palavra Tree

• Jesus Is the Way Ministries

• Sisters by Choice

• The Elementary Institute of Science

We also have a partnership with Bethune Elementary School where we do volunteer work. Meetings are held the fourth Saturday of every month 2pm - 4pm. We are actively seeking women who want to work in the community and make a serious contribution.

National Society of Black Engineers Alumni Extension San Diego (NSBE-AE-SD)
PO Box 880613
San Diego, CA 92168-0613
Email: execboard@nsbe-ae-sd.org
NSBE's mission is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community. The San Diego Alumni Extension chapter meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month at Qualcomm in Sorrento Valley. We strive to support our black college engineering students, as well as support each other in the industry. We are busy with various community, social and professional development events. Email for more information.

Neighborhood Fundraising Network
5106 Federal Blvd, Ste. 207
San Diego, CA 92105 
Phone: 619-262-8831 and 858-277-6090; Fax: 619-560-7058
Neighborhood Fundraising Network, Inc. (NFN) is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization, solely created for charitable and educational purposes. NFN?s mission is to improve and strengthen the governance and administration of small grassroots nonprofit organizations in under-invested communities of San Diego, by providing professional capacity-building training, strategic planning, technical services and community workshops at below-market rates. Our motto is: ?Give a man a fish, and you feed him today: Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for life.? 

Neighborhood House Association
Administrative Office
5660 Copley Drive
San Diego, CA 92111
858-715-2642, 858-715-2670  Fax
Emal: nha@neighborhoodhouse.org
Neighborhood House Association, a multi-purpose human services agency, facilitates leadership in communities, and assists individuals and families throughout San Diego County in improving their quality of life.

North County African American Women's Association (NCAAWA)
211 Brooks St
P.O. Box 2075
Oceanside, CA 92051-2075
The NCAAWA provides a forum for celebrating ethnic pride, sharing information and building personal and professional self-development skills. The NCAAWA is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and recreational purposes. We:

• Participate in programs for the benefit of all women in the North County, especially women of African American heritage.

• Provide an open resource to the community in general through the presentation of seminars and workshops, as to services and skills that will help individuals increase their self-image and self-awareness.

• Serve the community in ways that have a positive impact on issues that affect women, youth and the family.

Membership is open to all women in San Diego County who wish to participate actively in the goals of the organization.

• Open Minds African American Poets & Jazz Artists
  (619) 338-9210

• Our Place Center of Self-Esteem
  2910 Baily Ave
  San Diego, CA 92105
  (619) 262-9951
  Email: OurPlaceSelf-Esteem@excite.com
  Our organization works with At Risk youth in: foster homes, group homes, single and two parent Homes. Our goal is to help all children to be proud of themselves and their culture. We have Anger Management and Self-Esteem classes that icludes a Rites of Passage ceremony for children. For adults we have: Women Self-esteem/Anger Management groups and men Anger Management/Domestic Violence groups. Dr. Ida Greene provides Business/ Success Coaching and Break Through Coaching to increase your wealth potential. Ida is the author of 9 books. Please call or email for additional information. 

• Palavra Tree, Inc
  1212 S 43rd St, Suite C
  San Diego, CA 92113
  (619) 263-7768
  Email: CleoMalone@worldnet.att.net
  The Palavra Tree is a local agency that has been serving the needs of the San Diego community for the past 10 years. Palavra Tree's continuous mission is to be a "Launching Pad" from which local citizens & community organizations plan, develop, implement, evaluate & duplicate successful activities that reduce local alcohol, and other drug related problems. The organization has grown to become one of the most active alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention agencies in San Diego County. In addition, The Palavra Tree operates one of the most active HIV/AIDS outreach programs in San Diego.

• Pan-African Associations of America (PAAA) - San Diego Local Unit
  2325 Laconia St
  San Diego, CA 92114
  (619) 582-7149, (619) 582-0430
  The PAAA is an internationally recognized non-profit, non-partisan, tax exempt educational membership organization designed to promote African-centered thought and African-centered community development as the basis for building bridges of empowerment for African people locally and globally.

• Paramount Golf Club
  College Grove Center
  PO Box 152123
  San Diego , CA 92195
  Paramount Golf Club is one of the oldest African American golf clubs in the country, and our members from the past to present represent people who have served their country as service men in the military, doctors, lawyers, educators, housewives, business persons, police officers, let us say, for every job, there has been a Paramount man or woman. We welcome new members, we encourage beginning golfers to join, and old members to come back. There is a new energy in our club that wants to make Paramount Golf Club #1 once again! Lets tee it up and hit it long down the middle of the first fairway. 

• Pazzaz Inc.
  1744 N Euclid Ave
  San Diego, CA 92105
  (619) 264-6870
  Email: pazzaz@io-online.com
  Pazzaz Inc. is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving the future prospect of our youth and other individuals through quality customized academic and self development programs designed to promote personal achievement and self determination.

• Positive Opportunities for Women, Youth and Families Engaged in Recovery (POWER)
  7969 Broadway
  Lemon Grove, CA 91945
  (619) 462-4225 voice, (619) 462-8712 FAX
  Email: mail@poweropps.org
  our mission is To make available a comprehensive community support program that empowers individuals with the tools necessary to make healthier choices, support their families, and improve their communities.

• Project Employment-Plus
  930 Gateway Center Way
  San Diego, CA 92102
  (619) 527-0457 (619) 527-0559 Fax
  Project Employment-Plus (P.E.P.) is an inner-city non-profect corporation whose mission is to assist hotels/motels and restaurants with their employment needs, while offering vocational/career assessments and job training opportunities t residents of Metro San Diego. Contingent upon assessment and suitability appraisals, applicants are provided at least 100 hours of intense classroom training to familiarize them with the basic operations of hotels and restaurants and advise them of the opportunities available in the Hospitality Industry.

• Project HOPE Day Treatment Program
  1760 Euclid Ave
  San Diego, CA 92105
  (619) 527-0141, (619) 527-0258 Fax
  The mission of the Comprehensive Health Center's "Project HOPE Day Treatment Center" is to promote the emotional, spiritual, and physical healing fo substance abusing women and their children, particularly African-American women and children. To empower women to make positive choices, thereby, increasing their ability to take responibility for their lives and the lives of their children.

• Project New Village
  Euclid Medial Arts Bldg
  286 Euclid Ave, Suite 304
  San Diego, CA 92114
  (619) 263-0101, (619) 263-0102 fax
  Email: pvillage@adnc.com
  Project New Village is a programmatic endeavor encompassing the intention of AB 1741 Youth Pilot Program Plan in neighborhoods in Southeastern San Diego. Project New Village is a governed by the Commission on African American Family and Community Health. Project activities are planned and implemented via a multiethnic and multi-disciplinary community coalition, including youth and other residents. Our mission is to establish and maintain a community safety net, i.e., a seamless supportive network of organizations and individuals working together to address safety and security, health and well being and community development.

• San Diego African American Chamber of Commerce
  1717 N. Euclid Ave
  San Diego, CA 
  (619) 262-2121

• San Diego African American Digital Connection
  P.O. Box
  92102 San Diego CA
  United States
  619-602-2577
  Email: mdwilson1@cox.net
  The SDAADC is an association of African American Technology Professionals committed to proactively bridging the "Digital Divide? through exposure, involvement, education and employment. By supporting the community in a collaborative manner, members also provide business-to-business support to one another stimulating their economic growth. We are a social organization who sponsors events, seminars and other activities that enhance and promote the growth of technology, and its utilization within the African American community.

• San Diego African American Genealogy Research Group
  P.O. Box 740240
  San Diego, CA 92174-0240
  (619) 566-7566
  Email: marvh@prodigy.net
  The purpose of the San Diego African American Genealogy Research Group is to promote interest in, and the study of, genealogy, heraldry, and history with particular emphasis on the challenges unique to the research of African American family histories; To encourage group members to research and record their own family histories through individual and group efforts; And to develop pride in the remarkable acheivements African Americans have brought to the American experience.

• San Diego Association of Black Journalists (SDABJ)
  P.O. Box 880815 
  San Diego, CA 
  92168-0815
  619-291-6078
  Email: sdabj@hotmail.com
  The SDABJ is a branch of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). The SDABJ's mission, like that of the NABJ, is to strengthen ties among African-American journalists, promote diversity in newsrooms, honor excellence and outstanding achievement in the media industry, expand job opportunities and recruiting activities for established African-American journalists and students interested in the journalism field, and expand and balance the media's coverage of the African-American community and experience.

• San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre (SDBET)
  4143 Cleveland Ave, Suite A
  San Diego, CA 92103
  (619) 578-3029, (619) 578-5183 Fax
  E-Mail: sandiegobet@mail.virtualave.net or Mescus@aol.com
  SDBET's purpose is to illustrate the richness and diversity of the African American culture through performance art. We engage primarily African American directors, actors, design artists, technical staff, as well as performance art professionals and amateurs from other ethnic groups to showcase new and classic works reflecting artistic integrity, cultural openness and social consciousness. We also strive to show how people of different cultural backgrounds can work together by collaborating with business establishments and other area artistic, musical and performance groups.

• San Diego Black Nurses' Association, Inc.
  P.O. Box 740088
  San Diego, CA 92114-0088
  (619) 470-0714, (619) 262-9133, Fax (619) 470-4157
  The San Diego Black Nurses' Association's mission is to provide a forum for collective action by African American Nurses to "investigate, define, and determine the health care needs of African Americans and to implement change to make health care available to African Americans and other minorities commensurate to that larger society."

• San Diego City Black Employees Association (SDCBEA)
  BEA P.O. Box 2392
  San Diego, CA 92112-2392
  (619) 533-4276
  The SDCBEA is dedicated to advancing excellence in public service and promoting professional development. Membership is open to all City of San Diego employees and other individuals interested in supporting the goals of SDCBEA, and affords you the opportunity to meet colleagues from all levels of City government and from a variety of professional disciplines.

• San Diego Civic Chorale
  San Diego, CA
  (619) 685-7701
  Mission Statement: "sings classical music of all historical periods and styles through a regular concert schedule. In particular, it performs works by African American Classical composers. The Chorale's outreach activities target the underserved and underprivileged to bring fine music to the inner city".

• San Diego Council of Black Engineers and Scientists (SDCBES)
  P.O. Box 82292
  San Diego, CA 92138
  (619) 222-8641
  E-mail: sdcbes@afrinet.net
  The SDCBES is a non-profit (501-c3) corporation representing a wide range of professionals in engineering and science related fields. Our primary purpose is to promote educational and membership programs designed to encourage African Americans to pursue careers related to these fields.
  Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm in the Wells Fargo Building on the 6th floor, in a conference room graciously donated by the Xerox Corporation.

• San Diego County Black Chamber of Commerce
  1727 N. Euclid Ave
  San Diego, CA 92105
  (619) 262-2121 Fax (619) 262-3841
  Email: sdcbcc@pacbell.net

• San Diego Million Man March Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
  P.O. Box 740705
  San Diego, CA 92174-0705
  MMM Message Center: (619) 281-TALK ext. 4000
  Fax (619) 264-8827
  "My dear brothers, when you go home, here's what I want you to do. We must belong to some organization that is working for, and in the interest of the uplift and the liberation of our people" Minister Louis Farrakhan, MMM October 16, 1995
  In response to that call for action, this Local Organizing Committee was formed and given the job of establishing objectives to continue the "movement" created by the October 16, 1995 event. We are asking that conscious, capable and committed people come and join us for the common good of all people.
  San Diego Million Man March Local Organizing Committee "Advancing the struggle for an empowered community"

• San Diego People Of Color Quilt Guild (SDPOCQG)
  730 Cotton St
  San Diego, CA 92102
  Email: LOOSETHREADS@netscape.net
  The guild goal is to promote interest in all forms of quilting and textile art. To provide a forum for the continuation of the tradition of quilting as an art, as a method of recording history and story telling within the community. It is our goal to bring quilting to the attention of our community, endeavoring, as always, to pursue the recognition of quilting as a true national art form. We meet on the 4th Saturday of the month at 9:30am at Malcolm X Library September thru June Membership: $20 a year 

• San Diego Regional African American Chamber of Commerce (SDRAACC)
  1727 N. Euclid Ave
  San Diego, CA 92105
  (619) 262-2121 (619) 262-3841 Fax
  Email: info@sdraacc.org
  The San Diego Regional African American Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1992 as a non-profit advocate for organizing Black-owned businesses to promote economic development and business opportunities for its members and offer informational resources in the areas of business promotions, networking, advertising and legislative representation to reach a common goal for San Diego County.

• San Diego Sickle Cell Foundation
  636 Broadway, Suite 315
  San Diego, Ca 92101
  (619) 234-1140, (619) 233-3557 Fax
  Email: Nogame@usa.net

• San Diego Urban League
  4261 Market St
  San Diego, CA 92102
  (619) 263-3115 (619) 263-3660 FAX
  Providing essential social services to the San Diego community since 1953 in the areas of education, employment and training, crisis intervention, and other youth and family services.

• San Diego Urban Economic Corporation (SDUEC)
  415 Euclid Ave
  P.O. Box 741017
  San Diego, CA 92114
  619-262-4922
  Email: eddie@sduec.org
  The San Diego Urban Economic Corporation is a nonprofit corporation formed to educate, advocate, and accelerate economic parity for African American Businesses and Communities in, and around, San Diego County. 

• San Diego Young Professionals
  (619) 263-3115
  The San Diego Young Professionals, an auxiliary organization of San Diego Urban League, is comprised of young, professionals between the ages of 18-40 whose focus is community service. In addition to supporting the San Diego Urban League, the young professionals focuses on three areas of community service, including economic and political awareness, community development and real world education. We support our membership through special activities and programs designed to help them grow personally and professionally.

• Sankofa Bird Project
  P.O. Box 22496
  San Diego, CA 92192
  (619) 546-0288
  The Sankofa Bird Project is a yearly non-profit program which provides Symposia focusing on the needs of people of African American descent.

• The SisterFriend Society
  2936 Lincoln Avenue #240
  San Diego, CA 92104
  (619) 493-8588
  E-mail: evente@pacbell.net
  An organization for minority ladies entering high school (ages 13 and 14) designed to instill positive qualities, enhance self-esteem and promote resourcefulness among the organization's members. The SisterFriend Society also seeks to encourage, faciliate, and support the ambitions of its members.

• Sisters...in Fitness
  San Diego, CA
  (858) 860-6400 x2615
  Email: jenwaldon@onebox.com
  Women's walking group that meets Saturdays at 8 a.m. for a 4-6 mile walk or hike. Different location each week.

• Sisters in Survival
  Email: RChar38146@aol.com
  Sisters in Survival (SIS) is dedicated to becoming comprehensive in scope, meaning and intensity, thereby promoting advocacy leading to the empowerment of women to increased survivorship by providing them with information, resources, and accessibility of services . 

•  Southeastern Community Theatre
  Email: sectheatre@sectheatre.org
  Southeastern Community Theatre (SECT) is San Diego's oldest African-American theatre. Without a permanent home in which to perform, or any of the other basic requirements necessary for the operation of a theatre, SECT has made the effort to provide theatre to the African-American communities -- continuing to produce The Black Nativity, which is presented during the Christmas holidays.

• Sudanese English Project
  P.O. Box 15153
  San Diego, CA 92175
  (619) 907-3960 (pager, leave message)
  The Sudanese English Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to meet the educational needs of Sudanese and other African refugee youth in San Diego. These children arrive in the United States and are placed in the appropriate grade level for their age even though they are illiterate and unschooled. We provide after-school English as a second language, tutoring, soccer, and field trips.

• The African American Parents & Students (TAAPS)
  c/o Mr. Howard Collins
  16886 St. Andrews Dr
  Poway, CA 92064
  (619) 679-4868, (619) 748-4864-FAX
  E-Mail: Edye567@home.com
  Our mission is to unite parents to support the needs of African American Students in the Poway Unified School District by working to create an unbiased learning environment in which all students are prepared to succeed in a diverse society.

• Tayari African-American Adoptions
  995 Gateway Center Way
  Suite 303
  San Diego, CA 92102-4543
  (619) 266-6060
  Tayari African-American Adoptions is San Diego's only adoption service dedicated to placing black children into permanent homes. Operated predominantly by and for African-Americans, Tayari preserves one of our culture's most precious assets - the African-American Family.

• Teen Life Choice Ministry
  A Division of Youth For Christ
  San Diego, CA
  (619) 292-8499
  Email: eaph1@aol.com
  A ministry to pregnant teens and teen moms, providing: Mentor Program, Support Groups, Hangouts, Education Guidance and Encouragement. TLC promotes education and/or job training to produce a self-reliant lifestyle as the teen mom grows as a woman and a mother. We strive to provide an environment that encourges social, mental, physical and spiritual strength for the teen mom and her child. Through mentoring, support groups, community outreach and education, our goal is to help pregnant and parenting teens work, through the difficult choices and stressful times they may face. Women who are interested in volunteering as a mentor, support group facilitator, advisory board member or fundraising auxiliary member, please call or e-mail for more information.

• Teye Sa Thiosanne African Drum and Dance Company
  PO Box 621011
  Suite 303
  San Diego, CA 92162
  (619) 262-5392
  Teye Sa Thiosanne "Keeper of the Tradition", African Drum and Dance Company is a San Diego based non-profit organization providing performances and programs in African music and dance. We have been in existance since 1989 and have been consistant in providing the community with cultural expression.

• Third Eye
  10950 Camino Ruiz F
  San Diego, CA 92126
  (858) 586-9669
  E:mail: thirdeyeoutrch@yahoo.com
  Third Eye is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization organized for three main purposes:

  1. Community Outreach - Violence prevention, commmunity cleanups, voter registration

  2. Cultural Awareness - Increasing knowledge about minority cultures, especially African Americans

  3. Community Health - Educating about and receiving free testing for STDs, drugs, and more

  Third Eye is run by youth for the benefit of youth. When it really comes down to it, ain't no one else watching our backs-- we've got to look out for each other, ensure our own future. Third Eye is an offshoot of the African American Student Union at the University of California, San Diego.

• Tubman/Chavez Multi-Cultural Youth & Family Center
  415 Euclid Ave
  San Diego, CA 92114
  (619) 263-4772, (619) 263-4873 Fax
  Email: kidscopy@ix.netcom.com
  Tubman/Chavez Multi-Cultural Youth & Family (TCYF) Center provides a safe and secure environment where youth and families can meet and feel free to express their individuality with dignity; and where multi-cultural and individual differences are valued and nurtured. The goal of the TCYF is to be a community resource center that will encourage family unity and reunification, education, arts and cultural awareness, economic development, and to increase capacity to find and utilize community resources. The TCYF has meeting rooms that seat up to 250 people and will provide forums for discussions, exhibits and theatrical performances.

• Umoja Literary Group, Inc.
  P.O. Box 2242
  San Marcos, CA 92079
  (619) 598-5388
  The mission of Umoja Literary Group is to:

  • Foster an appreciation of Black literary works

  • Promote awareness of Black art, culture and literature in North San Diego County

  • Showcase the talents of local creative and performing artists

  Throughout the year, the Umoja Literary Group sponsors Afrocentric-oriented activities and events in North County communities.

• United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
  c/o Bethel AME Church
  3085 "K" Street
  San Diego, CA 92102
  (619) 463-8623 Fax: (213) 389-9891

• Women, Inc
  San Diego, CA
  (619) 527-0491
  The purpose of Women, Inc. is to develop civic programs to meet the needs of our society, and to honor women who are making worthwhile contributions as volunteers for the betterment of the community. Also, students are saluted for their excellent academic accomplishments.

• Women for Financial Independence
  (619) 595-3665 Pamela Stanley or Betty Allen
  Provides a networking forum to empower women through ongoing support, assisting in the achievement of personal and financial goals through business ventures that have long term growth potential.

• Women Infants and Children (WIC)
  The WIC Program provides nutritous food and nutritional information to eligible women, infants and children. You can receive vouchers from $55 to $130 for each person in the family. Financial elgibility is based on family size and income.
  WIC Locations

  • University Ave WIC(619) 583-6061

  • Euclid Ave WIC (619) 262-8562

  • Linda Vista WIC (619) 292-2345

  • El Cajon WIC (619) 592-1290

  • Oceanside WIC (619) 433-3814