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Western Nevada Non-Profit Multicultural Directory

Afican American

NAACP
P.O. Box 7557
Reno, NV 89510
(775)322-2992
Negro Business and
Professional Women’s Club
855 e. 4TH Street, Unit F
Reno, NV 89512
Northern Nevada Black Cultural
Awareness Society
P.O. Box 21448
Reno, NV 89515
Nevada Black Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 34475
Reno, NV 89533
(775) 825-3490

Asian

Buddhist Compassion Relief - Tzu Volunteer Organization
3388 Lakeside Court #B
Reno, NV
(775) 770-1138
Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Northern Nevada
3581 Hernlock Way
Reno, NV 89509
1-888-875-3073 or
Fax 825-3972
embrady@wwdb.org

Chinese

Community Services

Bilingual Counseling Services
351 S. Wells Avenue
Reno, NV 89502
Contact: Antonio Gomez
(775) 786-8190
Boys & Girls Club
2680 E 9th Street
Reno, NV 89512
(775) 331-3605
Boys & Girls Club
3905 Neil Road
Reno, 89502
(775) 828-3940
Catholic Community Services
500 E. 4th Street
Reno, VN 895012
(775) 322-7073
Child and Family Services
Division of Reno
2525 Del Monte Lane
Reno, NV 89511
Children’s Cabinet
1090 S. Rock Blvd.
Reno, NV 89502
(775) 856-6200
Committee to Aid Abused Women
1735 Vassar Street
Reno, NV 898502
(775) 329-4150
Community Services Agency
1090 E. 8th Street
Reno, NV 89512
(775) 786-6023
Community Outreach
2530 Cannon Street
Reno, NV 89512
(775) 359-0802
Diversity Action Committee-City of Reno
Contact: Laura Dickey
(775) 344-3123
Multicultural Advisory Council-City of Sparks
Contact: Jen McCall
(775) 326-4296

GAY, LESBIAN, TRANSGENDER, BISEXUAL

Center for Student Cultural
Diversity, University of Nevada
www.unr.edu/stsv/cscd
Gay-Reno.com
Resources for Reno’s LGBT Communities, brings together the very best on line resources in Queer Culture for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities of Reno and Northern Nevada.
Listing includes: the Lesbian and Gay directory for gay-owned and gay-friendly places in Reno, local resources, events calendar, etc.
PFLAG Reno/Northern Nevada
Families of Lesbian and Gays.
www.pflag.org
PLAN: Progressive Leadership
Alliance of Nevada
www.planevada.org/member01.htm
A Rainbow Place
Dedicated to the unity, self awareness, respect, dignity, and health of the diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, HIV positive and questioning community.
The Community Center is primarily a safe haven and supportive space where GLBTQ people and their allies can come together in a safe and casual atmosphere.
www.arainbowplace.org
Reno Gay Pride
www.renogaypride.com
SPECTRUM Northern Nevada
A social, political, educational and Cultural organization serving Northern Nevada’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
www.spectrumnorthernnevada.org

GOVERNMENT

Nevada Equal Rights Commission
1325 Corporate Blvd.
Reno, NV
(775) 688-1288
Takes charges of discrimination in the work place, public accommodation and housing.

HISPANIC/LATINO SERVICES

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Of Northern Nevada
Park Lane Mall
Reno, NV
(775) 786-4100
Hispanic Services of Nevada
3905 Neil Road
Reno, NV
(775) 826-1818
Hispanic Services of Nevada
637 S. Stewart St. B
Carson City, NV
(702) 885-1055
Honduras Honorary Consul Dr. Rudolph Gunnerman 850 Spice Island Drive
Sparks, NV
(775)829-1310
Latin American Research and Services
Reno, NV
(775) 829-7333
Latinos for Political Empowerment
Contact: Armida Fruzzelli
(775) 673-7135
League of United Latino American Citizens (LULAC)
Box 57
Sparks, NV
(775) 324-5533
(775) 324-4775
Mexican Honorary Consul Estela Gutierrez
(775) 673-7094
Uruguay Honorary Consul David Henley
562 N Maine St.
Fallon, NV
(775) 423-6041

NATIVE AMERICAN SERVICES

Nevada Indian Commission
5366 Snyder Ave.
Carson City, NV
Contact: Sherry Rupert
(775)687-8333
Nevada Urban Indians
5301 Longley Lane #178
Reno, NV
(775) 788-7600
Intertribal Council of Nevada
680 Greenbrae Dr. Suite 280
Reno, NV

P.O. Box 7440
Reno, NV 89510
(775) 635-2004
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
98 Colony Rd.
Reno, NV
(775) 329-2936

Alliance of Racial Minorities

Latina Research Center
(775) 784-4010
Muslim Student Association
msaunr@unr.nevada.edu
Northern Nevada International Center
821 N. Center St.
Reno, NV
(Includes Language Bank)
(775) 784-7515
Office of International Students and Scholars
(775) 784-6874
Special Assistant to the President for Diversity
(775)784-4720
Contact: Dr. Michael Coray
Turkish Cultural Association
pekcan@unr.edu

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