Advocates for Environmental Human Rights (AEHR) is a nonprofit, public interest law firm whose mission is to provide legal services, community organizing support, public education, and campaigns focused on defending and advancing the human right to a healthy environment, and advocating for the human rights of internally displaced Gulf Coast hurricane survivors. Read More
Color of Change works to strengthen the voices of America’s black populace in the political realm. By strengthening communities, Color of Changes hopes to make the government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans.
Heart-broken by Hurricane Katrina, Color of Change was formed to use the organizing power of the Internet to give Black Americans and our allies a renewed and strengthened political voice. Read More
WITNESS uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change. Read More
Our country faces serious times. Fires, floods, foreclosures and now a massive Wall Street bailout are the latest signs that we are caught in twin crises: economic downturn and environmental devastation.
GREEN FOR ALL is dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Founder Van Jones has written "The Green Collar Economy," a new book that proposes elegant solutions for our economic and environmental crises. Please help us use it to create a much-needed national discussion about the best solution to our two biggest problems. Read More
As the largest provider of preK-12 arts education of any arts center in America, Woodruff Arts Center recognizes the power and potential of engaging young people in the arts. We connect students in every grade level with professional artists and arts educators from all over the world. Hundreds of programs, workshops, classes and residencies are available through Woodruff’s award-winning divisions: Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences. Many are curriculum based. Most can be brought directly to your school or community location. Read More
In more than 40 cities in 25 states across the country, JOBS WITH JUSTICE is building coalitions of labor, religious, student and community organizations to win justice in workplaces and in communities where working families live. Read More
International human rights standards protect victims of disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Amnesty International USA calls upon authorities in the local, state and federal government to uphold the rights of all Katrina evacuees to return to their homes. We urge officials to provide long-term, healthy, and affordable housing so that survivors can exercise their right to return. Read More
The work of TRANSAFRICA FORUM is summarized by the words from a section of the declaration of the 5th Pan-African Congress (1945), which reads in part:
“We believe the success of Afro-Americans is bound up with the emancipation of all African peoples and also other dependent peoples and laboring classes everywhere.”
TransAfrica Forum is the oldest and largest African American human rights and social justice advocacy organization promoting diversity and equity in the foreign policy arena and justice for the African World. Read More
The Student Hurricane Network (SHN) is a national network of law students dedicated to advancing the cause of social justice in communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by coordinating volunteer efforts, aiding public interest organizations, and educating members of the legal community about legal crises in the region. Read More
Reelblack/Syncopation is a full-service film and video production company dedicated to creating and promoting “good movies ’bout Black Folks.” Based in Philadelphia, it was founded in 1999 by award-winning filmmaker Michael Dennis (a.k.a. Mike D.), who also runs the renowned Reelblack Presents film screening series, which promotes “discoveries and rediscoveries in African-American film.” Read More
NY2NO is a student led group, designed to raise awareness to our youth as to the injustices that have occoured in New Orleans so that we can work together in solidarity with those most affected by Katrina to: re-build the devastated city, empower those in most need, and combat issues of race, class, and oppression in New Orleans as well as in our own homes. www.ny2no.com Read More
The ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS is a state wide coalition of 130 organizations dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political life of our diverse society.
For more information, please visit www.icirr.org Read More
ACTIVE VOICE is a team of strategic communication specialists who put powerful media to work for personal and institutional change in communities, workplaces, and campuses across America. Through practical guides, hands-on workshops, stimulating events and key partnerships nationwide, Active Voice moves people from thought to action. By highlighting compelling personal stories and perspectives seldom found in mainstream media, we offer a much-needed outlet to people across America to speak out, listen up, and take the initiative for positive change. Read More
SCREENING LIBERALLY promotes progressive films and brings together communities around screenings all across the country. We want to turn Reel Action into Real Action. Screening Liberally is part of Living Liberally, a national network of social events around progressive politics, such as happy hours, book clubs, meals and comedy shows. With nearly 300 chapters in all 50 states, we're helping you make your liberal identity part of your everyday life. Find or start a film group or social gathering near you at screeningliberally.org / livingliberally.org Read More
Community Renewal Society is a progressive, faith-based organization that works to eliminate race and class barriers. Founded in 1882, Community Renewal informs, organizes and trains both communities and individuals to advocate for social and economic justice. Visit www.communityrenewalsociety.org for more information. Read More
TAKE ACTION TO HELP GULF RESIDENTS IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. It's hard to believe that another devastating hurricane has hit the Gulf region. Three years after Katrina, many families have just made it through the barriers and red tape to finally come home again while tens of thousands are still displaced. And now, Hurricane Gustav has forced millions to evacuate. Yet, we can already see a change in the way government at all levels is responding this time – thanks, in large part, to pressure by you and thousands of others like you. Read More
World Hunger Year seeks innovative solutions to hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world.
WHY is convinced that solutions to hunger and poverty can be found at the grassroots level.
WHY advances long-term solutions to hunger and poverty by supporting community-based organizations that empower individuals and build self-reliance, i.e., offering job training, education and after school programs; increasing access to housing and healthcare; providing microcredit and entrepreneurial opportunities; teaching people to grow their own food; and assisting small farmers.
WHY connects these organizations to funders, media and legislators. Read More
The mission of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation is to transform the disaster caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita into an unprecedented opportunity for a new Louisiana — providing resources for the relief, recovery and betterment of all its people by ensuring access and opportunity in rebuilding their communities and culture. Read More
The Poverty Initiative’s mission is to raise up generations of religious and community leaders dedicated to building a social movement to end poverty, led by the poor. In 2008-2009, the Poverty Initiative is focused on re-igniting the Poor People’s Campaign launched in December 1967 by Martin Luther King, Jr. by bringing together leaders of poor communities across racial, gender, and religious lines into a broad-based human rights movement. Read More
The New Orleans Citizen Participation Project is a grassroots campaign set out to ensure that all city residents have direct input and access to all manner of city policy and budgeting decisions made by city officials and department heads now and into the future.
The Project gives neighborhoods, an opportunity to have direct input into city government priority setting and decision-making. CPP makes it an obligation to neighborhoods insuring they receive information about projects, developments and other issues that impact them before they happen.
Read MoreThe Micah Project is part of the People Improving Communities Through Organizing -Louisiana Interfaith Together (PICO LIFT).
Their mission is to provide families and religious congregations in Louisiana with a voice in the decisions that shape their lives and communities.Its focus is focus is face-to-face engagement, leadership development, tooling and supporting residents to create changes needed in partnership with decision makers. This process prepares the faith community to deal with confrontation with respect, civility and courage.
Read MorePolicyLink has been applying its Equitable Development approach to the rebuilding efforts on the federal, state and local levels. In collaboration with its Louisiana-based staff and consultants, and relationships with government agencies and community groups, PolicyLink is working to ensure that the policies that guide the rebuilding will result in positive outcomes for impacted residents—particularly for those residents of color and low-income families most vulnerable after the storms.
Read MoreThe ACLU’s mission is to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
The ACLU is well known for coming to the rescue of our nation’s most vulnerable. Through litigation, legislation and community education, the ACLU works to protect free speech, due process, equal protection and the right to privacy of all Americans. Read More
SEIU is the fastest-growing union in North America, with 2 million members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
SEIU members are winning better wages, health care, and more secure jobs for our communities, while uniting their strength with their counterparts around the world to help ensure that workers, not just corporations and CEOs, benefit from today's global economy. Read More
The Labor-Community Strategy Center is a multiracial organization with both a think tank and an activist arm.
The Strategy Center's work encompasses all aspects of urban life in the United States: it emphasizes class-conscious labor organizing and fighting for environmental justice and ending climate change, immigrant rights, and first-class transportation, as well as actively confronting the growing criminalization, racialization, and feminization of poverty. Read More
