The California Institute for Rural Studies has partnered with Rick Nahmias Photography on the Fair Food Project, a project to depict the voices and stories of agriculture. See more here.

CES4 Health, an online resource for publishing diverse products of community-engaged health scholarship, is now available here.

Learn about the most recent developments in energy research through the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center; see their website here.

The Center for Cities and Schools is trying to promote high-quality education in urban environments. To learn more, see their website.

The City of West Sacramento is seeking input for their General Plan Update. To fill out and submit a public input worksheet, visit this website.

Check out Map4Change, an interactive website that allows for people to contribute and read compelling stories of communities through maps, blogs, and other tools.

See the Rural-Urban Connections Strategy tours of Sacramento-area agricultural lands and rural communities.

The Children of Immigrants Data Tool explores the lives of the 16.4 million children with foreign-born parents living in the United States.

The California Council for the Humanities has an exhibit of photographs and writings by California teens called California Stories: How I See It.

Check out the Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership: Working Together to Create Healthy People in Healthy Places at this website.

The CEAV Project is engaged in preventing state and regional officials from  selling  off  the 360 acres of  Cal Expo land to developers. Here is a brief summary of the CEAV project and the actual CEAV proposal which was presented to the Cal Expo Board on March 24th.  For more information, email Red Slider at CEAV@ceav.us.

Learn more about the campaign for Transportation for America on their website.

Get information and updates from the National Complete Streets Coalition's blog.

Follow President Obama and the USDA through their Rural Tour, an effort to rebuild and revitalize America.

Check out the lastest on environmental justice on the new Multicultural Environmental Leadership Development Initiative (MELDI) website.

Moving Slower is a blog dedicated to reporting on federal action surrounding the transportation reauthorization bill (Oberstar) and the climate change bill (Waxman-Markey), written by a UC Davis graduate student.

PolicyLink has a new tool on Reclaiming Foreclosed Properties for Community Benefit.

The Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development is seeking to bring more focus and insight into the topics of agriculture and rural living.

The Maddy Forum offers a weekly half-hour public affairs program focused on issues of relevance to the Central Valley.

Youth Service America is an organization the seeks to promote the placement of youth in substantive roles.

Use resources from the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institute, which seeks to build knowledge for families and communities.

Safe Ground Sacramento is a local organization seeking to defend the human rights of our homeless population.

Get a daily look at the news from the editors of Capitol Weekly and AroundTheCapitol.com at The Roundup.

Join the Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development as they try to improve the physical and socioeconomic conditions of the Southwest area of Fresno and its residents.

The Streetsblog Capitol Hill, from D.C. Streetsblog, follows issues relevant to Sacramento and California as they unfold at the Federal level.

Check out the CRC's blog, outside contributions and comments are always welcome!

Underground Undergrads: The Journey for Humane Immigration Reform, operating through UCLA.

Get involved with Blog for Change, a project of a social action network called Change.org.

The New America Foundation has launched a new website, called "Reform California."

PolicyLink, a group whose goal is to link research and action to policy reform.

Check out Capital Weekly, the newspaper of California government and politics.