Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) is a national membership organization with several local chapters, which, since 1981, has sought to link design with environmental protection, ecological building, peace, and social justice causes. Its flagship program is New Village Press, the first book and media publisher dedicated to community design and development. For information: www.adpsr.org

The Association for Community Design is membership-based network of independent and university-affiliated community design centers working to bring the practice of participatory design to communities in need. The organization hosts a national conference each year, the next of which will take place June 7-10, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah. For information: www.communitydesign.org