Advocacy Resources     Welfare Links http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/oim/dpwoim.asp the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare's Office of Income Maintenance Homepage.  Look here for DPW's listing of its assistance programs.       Welfare Rights and Economic Justice Organizations and Campaigns:   http://www.wroc.org/      WROC is a Welfare Rights group based in Seattle, Washington http://www.kwru.org/  -- Kensington Welfare Rights Union.  KWRU represent poor and homeless people and are based in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. http://arc.org/   The Applied Research Center is a public policy, educational and research institute whose work emphasizes issues of race and social change. http://www.ctwo.org/ -- Center for Third World Organizing A national training center working for the creation of organizations which enable low income people of color to change society from their own perspectives. http://www.lincproject.org/ -- LINC Project -- Connections and technical assistance for Welfare Rights organizers. http://nationalcampaign.org/--  the National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support.  A national coalition of grass-roots organizations that works collectively toward more just federal policy around issues that affect low-income people. http://welfarelaw.org/ -- NYC-based Welfare Law Center. http://www.clsphila.org  -- Community Legal Services in Philadelphia.  Check out their Public Benefits Page for important news and analysis of Pennsylvania Welfare Law.   Other Useful Links: http://commondreams.org   -- Common Dreams Newscenter.  A clearinghouse for Alternative and Progressive Media. http://www.workingforchange.com/ -- progressive commentary and more.