Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace
Dedicated to advancing cooperation between
nations & promoting active international
engagement by the U.S.
The Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with
Emory University, is guided by a
fundamental commitment to human
rights and the alleviation of human
suffering; it seeks to prevent & resolve
conflicts, enhance freedom & democracy,
and improve health.
Center for Bioethics
Mission is to advance & disseminate
knowledge concerning ethical issues
in health care & the life sciences.
The Center of
Concern
Explores & analyzes global issues
& social structures from an ethical
perspective based on Catholic
Social Teaching.
Center for Neighborhood
Technology
Mission is to invent & implement new
tools & methods that create livable
urban communities for everyone.
Center for Respect of
Life &
the Environment
Fosters an ethic of compassion toward
all sentient beings and respect for the
integrity of nature. This ethic urges each
of us to expand our moral concern to
future generations; to poor, oppressed
& disenfranchised human beings; to
animals, plants and the earth as a whole.
With a particular focus on higher
education and religious institutions,
the Center promotes a humane &
sustainable future for all members
of the earth community.
Center
for Social Informatics
Supports research into information
technology & social change. Social
Informatics refers to research & study
that examines social aspects of
computerization.
Central
Committee for Conscientious
Objectors
Supports & promotes individual & collective
resistance to war and preparations for war.
Cesar
E. Chavez Institute for
Public Policy
The City Repair
Project
"The City Repair Project is group of citizen activists
creating public gathering places & helping others
to creatively transform the places where they live.
Projects educate people about why most American
neighborhoods are socially isolating and culturally
inactive, and how we can transform them from
the grassroots, inspire people to both understand
themselves as part of a larger community & fulfill
their own creative potential, & activate people to
be part of the communities around them, as well
as part of the decision-making that shapes the
future of their communities."
Civilrights.org
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
(LCCR)
is a coalition of more than 180 national
organizations
committed to civil & human
rights protection in the U.S.
The
Civil Rights Project-
Harvard University
Mission is to help renew the civil rights
movement by bridging the worlds of ideas
& action, and by becoming a preeminent
source of intellectual capital & a forum
for building consensus within that movement.
Clary-Meuser
Research Network
Mission is to provide the information,
tools, resources and expertise to enhance
personal growth & knowledge and empower
you in your efforts towards improving
environmental & social conditions where
you live, work and play.
ClinicalSocialWork.com
Coalition Against Hate
Crimes
The Coalition Against Hate Crimes (CAHC)
was started by the American Jewish Committee
in Portland, Oregon. It held its first meeting in
early October 1997. It's members are
representatives from a wide variety of community
and government organizations. Its mission is to
use the moral authority of the Coalition and
its members to give expression to the community
conscience as spelled out in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and its covenants.
Coalition For International Justice
Supports the international war crimes
tribunals for Rwanda and the former
Yugoslavia, and justice initiatives in East
Timor, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia.
Committee for the
Defense of
Human Rights
"Eight former Black Panthers were arrested
January 23, 2007 in California, New York &
Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing
of a San Francisco police officer. Similar
charges were thrown out after it was revealed
that police used torture to extract confessions
when some of these same men were arrested
in New Orleans in 1973. Richard Brown,
Richard O'Neal, Ray Boudreaux, & Hank Jones
were arrested in California. Francisco Torres
was arrested in Queens, New York. Harold
Taylor was arrested in Florida. Two men charged
have been held as political prisoners for over
30 years – Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim
are both in New York State prisons. A ninth
man -- Ronald Stanley Bridgeforth – is still
being sought. The men were charged with
the murder of Sgt. John Young & conspiracy
that encompasses numerous acts between
1968 and 1973.
Corporate Accountability
International
Non-profit national membership
organization exposing life-threatening
abuses by transnational corporations &
organizing successful grassroots
campaigns to hold corporations
accountable to consumers &
society at large.
Council on
American-Islamic Relations
Crosspoint Anti Racism
Links over 2000 anti-racism
organizations in 114 countries.
Cultures
on the Edge
Online magazine dedicated to open
dialogue & increasing global awareness
about unique segments of humanity.
Dancing
in the Shadows
Individual and Group Processes for Women
Survivors of Incest and Sexual Abuse
Democracy
Groups.org
A national directory of social change
email lists and forums.
The
Department of Peace
In the halls of Congress, in September of
2005, a landmark Bill to establish a cabinet
level Department of Peace was re-introduced
into the U.S. House of Representatives
(H.R. 3760) and introduced for the first time
into the U.S. Senate (S. 1756.). The primary
function of a United States Department of
Peace will be to research, articulate & facilitate
nonviolent solutions to domestic & international
conflict.
Dot.mil
Washington Post column on
military affairs.
DrDriving's
Road Rage & Aggressive
Driving Prevention
The
Drug Policy Alliance
Works to end the war on drugs &
promote new drug policies based on
compassion, science, public
health & human rights.
Ed Stephan's Front Door
Essential
Information
Involved in a variety of projects to
encourage citizens to become active
& engaged in their communities.
Provides provocative information to
the public on important topics neglected
by the mass media & policy makers.
Ethnic Studies at USC
Facing the
Future
Strives to educate people about critical
global issues, including population growth,
poverty, over-consumption, & environmental
destruction. Program web sites include:
PopInfo.org,
TeachersCorner.org,
CreativeAction.org,
Global-Issues.net
& StickyTeaching.org.
Federation of American Scientists
Dedicated to ending the worldwide arms
race and avoiding the use of nuclear
weapons for any purpose.
Fellowship of
Reconciliation
Interfaith peace organization.
Foodroutes.org
A project of FoodRoutes Network,
a non-profit organization dedicated
to providing strategic communications
& evaluation tools & information to
on-the-ground advocates who are working
to build awareness of and support for
sustainable farming and local food
systems.
foreignborn.com
Website for all foreign-born individuals
entering or living in the United States.
Free Burma Coalition
The FBC was founded at the University
of Wisconsin at Madison in 1995 as a
Burmese-led political initiative to support
Burmese people's aspiration & struggle
for democracy and human rights.
Freedom House
Clear voice for democracy & freedom
around the world. Founded nearly sixty
years ago by Eleanor Roosevelt, Wendell
Willkie, & other Americans concerned
with the mounting threats to peace
& democracy.
Gendercide
Watch
Seeks to confront acts of gender-
selective mass killing around the world.
Global
Exchange
Human rights organization dedicated
to promoting environmental, political,
& social justice around the world. Since its
founding in 1988, it has been striving to
increase global awareness among the
US public while building international
partnerships around the world.
Global
Migration-
Dreams Dashed on the Rocks
Washington Post series on global migration.
Global Peace
Initiative of Women
International, multi-faith network of women
leaders who come together to stimulate peace
building and reconciliation efforts in areas of
conflict and post-conflict.
The Government of Tibet in
Exile
Grace
Millennium
Voices of Northern California women.
Green
Empowerment
Mission is to promote community-based
renewable energy and water systems with
related watershed restoration projects to
generate social and environmental progress
internationally. We bring electricity and water
to communities in the less developed world
through renewable energy systems to stimulate
positive social and economic advances. All
our projects emphasize environmental concerns,
including environmental education, resource
conservation, watershed mapping, restoration
and protection activities.
Hague Appeal
for Peace |
Hague Appeal Youth Network
HateCrime.org
Healing the Children
Health Global Access Project:
Bridging the Gap in Access to
Medicines
Helen Hamlyn Research Centre
Explores the implications of social change.
Its focus is 'design for our future selves' -
using design to improve quality of life
for people of all ages and abilities.
Human Progress Network
Human Rights First
"Human Rights First is a leading human
rights advocacy organization based in
New York City & Washington, DC. Since
1978, we have worked in the United States
& abroad to create a secure & humane
world – advancing justice, human dignity,
& respect for the rule of law."
Human
Rights in Action
Helps students understand the idea
of human rights, gain a sense of
themselves as people with dignity &
hence with rights, & finally encourage
them to act.
Human Rights Internet
Dedicated to the empowerment of
human rights activists & organizations,
& to the education of governmental &
intergovernmental agencies & officials
and other actors in the public & private
sphere, on human rights issues and
the role of civil society.
Human Rights Watch |
World Report 2005
Stands with victims & activists to
prevent discrimination, to uphold
political freedom, to protect people
from inhumane conduct in wartime,
& to bring offenders to justice.
Infact
Non-profit national membership
organization exposing life-threatening
abuses by transnational corporations &
organizing successful grassroots
campaigns to hold corporations
accountable to consumers &
society at large.
Institute
for Policy Studies
"At a time when other think tanks
celebrate the virtues of unrestrained
greed, unlimited wealth, & unregulated
markets, IPS is striving to create a
more responsible society - one built
around the values of justice, nonviolence,
sustainability, and decency."
International
Campaign for Tibet
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT)
works to promote human rights & democratic
freedoms for the people of Tibet.
International
Coalition of Historic
Sites of Conscience
Network of historic site museums
from around the world. Museums promote
stimulating dialogue on pressing social
issues and humanitarian & democratic
values.
International
Criminal Court
International Action Center
Information, Activism, and Resistance to U.S.
Militarism, War, and Corporate Greed.
International A.N.S.W.E.R.
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism.
International
Committee of
the Red Cross
Humanitarian mission is to protect the lives
& dignity of victims of war & internal violence
& to provide them with assistance.
It directs and coordinates international relief
activities. It also endeavors to prevent suffering
by promoting & strengthening humanitarian
law & universal humanitarian principles.
International
Network on
Personal Meaning
Dedicated to the advancement of knowledge
on the vital role of meaning in mental/physical
health, spiritual development, & peace-making.
Combines an appreciation for the importance of
research with a strong emphasis on the need
for public education and community service.
International Peace
Bureau
One of the world's oldest & most comprehensive
international peace federations.
Islamic Human Rights
Commission
Fosters links & work in partnership with
different organizations from Muslim &
non-Muslim backgrounds, to campaign
for justice for all peoples regardless of
their racial, confessional or political
background.
IslamiCity
Dedicated to advancing information,
fostering community & educating
people about Islam.
Justice Denied
Dedicated to the cause of justice,
especially to innocents who have been
wronged by the law enforcement system.
The Justice Project
Campaign Against Wrongful Executions.
KBOO Community Radio
"KBOO shall be a model of programming,
filling needs that other media do not, providing
programming to unserved or underserved
groups. KBOO shall provide access & training
to those communities.
KBOO news and public affairs programming
shall place an emphasis on providing a forum
for unpopular, controversial, or neglected perspectives
on important local, national, and international issues,
reflecting KBOO’s values of peace, justice, democracy,
human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism,
freedom of expression, and social change.
KBOO’s arts, cultural, and musical programming shall
cover a wide spectrum of expression from traditional
to experimental, and reflect the diverse cultures we
serve. KBOO shall strive for spontaneity &
programming excellence, both in content & technique."
The King
Center
Established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King,
The King Center is the official, living
memorial dedicated to the advancement
of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., leader of America’s greatest nonviolent
movement for justice, equality & peace.
The Kinsey
Institute
The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University
promotes interdisciplinary research &
scholarship in the fields of human sexuality,
gender, & reproduction. The
Institute was
founded
in 1947, just before the publication
of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in
1948. Today the Institute investigates sexual
behavior and sexual health today, & carries
out its
mission through: development of
collections of resources for scholars;
programs of
research &
research publications;
interdisciplinary
conferences & seminars;
provision of
information services; &
graduate
training.
Kiva
Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to
unique small businesses in the developing world.
By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can
"sponsor a business" and help the world's working
poor make great strides towards economic
independence. Throughout the course of the loan
(usually 6-12 months), you can receive email
journal updates from the business you've
sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your
loan money back.
L.A. Labor News
LaborNotes
Non-profit organization that has been the
voice of union activists who want to "put the
movement back in the labor movement."
Legal Information Institute
Resource relied on by lawyers, government
workers, students, teachers, & non-lawyer
professionals whose work is directly
touched by law. Provides direct access
to all those who seek to understand legal
issues that figure in the news or impinge
on their personal lives.
Life in Africa
Purpose is to increase international
understanding of contemporary Africa
& African people, impact the lives of
African people, by providing opportunities
for Africans to help themselves, through
the use of the Internet, & promote
microfinance.
Little Rock Central High
Make Poverty History
Brings together a wide cross section of
over 200 charities, campaigns, trade unions,
faith groups and celebrities who are united
by a common belief that 2005 offers a
unprecedented opportunity for global change.
Markkula Center for Applied
Ethics
Resource for people & organizations
wanting to study & apply an ethical
approach to the crucial issues facing
our world. The Center supports research,
assists faculty in integrating ethics into
their courses, & helps businesses, schools,
hospitals, and other organizations put
ethics to work.
MelaNet
Platform for intellectual, economic & spiritual
expression of peoples throughout the
African Diaspora.
MenWeb
Addresses issues such effecting
men such as anger, grief, spirit, soul
& shadow, fathers, bringing up boys,
being a father, health, surviving childhood
sexual abuse, feminism, abortion,
relationships, battered husbands,
family court, love & betrayal,
gang youth, etc.
Minnesota Center Against
Violence & Abuse
Widely used website for violence
related resources.
The M.K.
Gandhi Institute for
Nonviolence
Mission is to promote & apply the
principles of nonviolence locally,
nationally, and globally, to prevent
violence and resolve personal & public
conflicts through research, education,
& programming.
Mountain
Voices
Aims to amplify the voices of those
disadvantaged by poverty, gender,
lack of education & other inequalities.
Collecting & disseminating oral testimonies
allows the least vocal and least powerful
members of society to speak for
themselves, rather than through
outsiders or "experts."
NAACP
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People is
a over ninety year old organization
committed to ending racism & injustice.
National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill
Grassroots advocacy organization solely
dedicated to improving the lives of
persons with severe mental illnesses.
National Coalition
Against Censorship
National Council on
the Aging |
BenefitsCheckup
A free, easy-to-use service that
identifies federal & state assistance
programs for older Americans.
National Criminal
Justice
Reference Service
Federally funded resource offering
justice & substance abuse information
to support research, policy, & program
development worldwide.
National Disabled Students Union
"National, cross-disability, student
organization. We recognize all disabled
people - those with traditionally recognized
disabilities and those who have often been left
out of the movement - as our brothers & sisters,
& we recognize all students - those who work to
learn, whether or not they are at recognized
schools - as our colleagues."
National Family
Caregivers Association
Grass roots organization created to
educate, support, empower and speak up
for the millions of Americans who care for
chronically ill, aged or disabled loved ones.
National Museum of
Women's History
National
Organization of Women
Dedicated to making legal, political, social
& economic change in our society in order
to achieve our goal, which is to eliminate
sexism & end all oppression.
National Youth and
Student
Peace Coalition
Formed in response to the events of
September 11, 2001, and has worked to
build strategic, long-term student & youth
opposition to war, both abroad with bombs
& bullets, and at home with racism, cuts to
education, & freedom-limiting "anti-terrorism"
policies.
New Civilization
Network | DoBe.org
Global network of people visualizing
a better world & working on building it.
See also the Global Ideas
Bank,
a Global Suggestion Box for socially
innovative non-technological ideas & projects.
New Labor Forum
"A place for labor and its allies to test new
ideas & debate old ones. Issues we explore
include, but are not limited to: the global
economy’s impact on work & abor; new
union organizing and political strategies;
labor’s new constituencies & their relationship
to organized labor’s traditional institutions;
internal union reform & new structural models
for the labor movement; alternative economic
& social policies; and the role of culture in a
new, revitalized labor movement.
The New
Roadmap Foundation
Provides people with practical tools &
innovative approaches for managing &
mastering basic life challenges. Educational
work has traditionally focused on three
realms of life – personal finances, health &
human relations.
The Nizkor Project
Dedicated to the millions of Holocaust
victims who suffered and died at the hands
of
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime
The Nobel Channel
Norbert's
Bookmarks for a Better World
Over 30,000 links on the following global human
rights, environment & other social topics.
Nursing Home Alert
Nursing home abuse & neglect
resource
center for the elderly &
their families.
Nursing
Home News
Resources for the families of victims of
nursing home abuse and neglect--ombudsmen
directory, paying for care, when do I need a
lawyer, nursing home comparison tool
& relevant news.
OneWorld
| Panos
The One World
Project
The One World Project at Clemson University
seeks to break down barriers & shift the
paradigm of hate, ignorance & exclusion to
one of compassion, knowledge & inclusion
by creating opportunities for continual
dialogue about diversity.
Organic Volunteers
"World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
is a cultural exchange. We gather a list of
sustainable projects and organizations that,
from time to time invite volunteers to help out.
People interested in experiencing a sustainable
lifestyle use our list to make contact with hosts
they are interested in visiting. The hosts and
volunteers work out the details of their
own arrangements.
Orphans Against AIDS
The Orphans Against AIDS mission is to break
the cycle of HIV/AIDS by ensuring that all children
orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS
receive a high-quality education.
The Osborne
Association
"The Osborne Association offers opportunities
for individuals who have been in conflict
with the law to transform their lives through
innovative, effective, & replicable programs
that serve the community by reducing crime
& its human and economic costs. We offer
opportunities for reform and rehabilitation
through public education, advocacy, &
alternatives to incarceration that respect the
dignity of people and honor their capacity to
change as they achieve self-sufficiency, adopt
healthy lifestyles, enter the workforce, form &
rebuild families, and rejoin their communities.
Paradigm Shift
Partners Against Hate
Purpose is to provide the public with
a comprehensive clearinghouse of
hate crime-related information, including
resources, news reports, & effective
counteraction tools in the fight against
youth-initiated hate violence.
Peace
Action
Works to achieve the abolition of
nuclear weapons, the development of
a peace-oriented economy, an end to
the international weapons trade, &
promotes non-military solutions to
international conflicts.
Peace Development Fund
Public foundation that dedicated to
social justice.
People for the
American Way
Purpose is to meet the challenges of
discord and fragmentation with an
affirmation of "the American Way"-
Pluralism, individuality, freedom of thought,
expression and religion, a sense of
community, and tolerance & compassion
for others.
PetitionOnline.com
Provides free online hosting of
public petitions for responsible
public advocacy.
PetitionSite.com
Physicians for
Social Responsibility
Leading public policy organization with
24,000 members representing the medical
& public health professions & concerned
citizens, working together for nuclear
disarmament, a healthful environment,
& an end to the epidemic of gun violence.
Physicians
Committee for
Responsible Medicine
Doctors and laypersons working
together for compassionate & effective
medical practice, research, & health
promotion.
Picture
Projects
Uses new media technology to create new
forms of oral history.
Pioneers of
Change
Fosters understanding, capacities & relationships
needed by younger practitioners committed to
stepping forward and creating the change they
want to see in the world. Pioneers of Change is
a global learning network supporting practitioners
in their mid-20s to mid-30.
The Portland
International Initiative
for Ecology, Culture & Learning
(PIIECL) & the Learning (LECL)
master's program at Portland
State
University
Developing and practicing cutting-edge
innovations in the field of sustainability education.
A graduate program within Portland State's
Graduate School of Education, LECL serves
students building careers in emergent fields related
to sustainability education including garden-based
education, food politics, indigenous knowledge
systems, watershed management & education,
community organizing & advocacy.
Positive Futures
Network
Dedicated to supporting people’s
active engagement in creating a just,
sustainable, & compassionate world.
Praxis
Access to resources on international
& comparative social development.
Designed to promote positive social
change through informed action.
Protest.net
Collective of activists who are working
together to create their own media.
By publishing a public record of
political activities on the web they
are taking a stand against the
established media.
Public Citizen
Consumer advocacy organization
founded by Ralph Nader in 1971 to
represent consumer interests in Congress,
the executive branch and the courts. Fights
for openness and democratic accountability
in government, for the right of consumers to
seek redress in the courts; for clean, safe
and sustainable energy sources; for social
and economic justice in trade policies;
for strong health, safety and environmental
protections; and for safe, effective and
affordable prescription drugs and health care.
The Pulitzer
Prizes
Literary & journalism awards in public
service, investigative reporting, fiction,
drama, poetry, etc.
Racial Justice
9-11
National network of Racial Justice
organizations that seeks to build the
power of people of color communities
during a time of war.
Radio for Peace International
Radio For Peace International serves
as the
global messenger of peace and hope.
Rainbow/PUSH
"Progressive organization fighting for
social change. As a mighty coalition of
conscience; workers, women and people
of color have the power to make the
American Dream a Reality!"
Rape Treatment
Center- Santa Monica,
UCLA Medical Center
The Robert Russa
Moton Museum
Committed to the preservation of the
history of civil rights in
education as it
relates to Prince Edward County. Related:
The
Washington Post, 3/4/01,
"Shame of
a Nation, The Lessons
and Legacy of
the Prince Edward School
Closings."
Rootmedia
"Virtual community"
of activists &
organizations
based in Central New York.
Russia Chronicles
Photo-essays include: "100 Years of
Revolution," "The Godfather of Russian
Rap," "A Soldier's Story," "Revolution
Square," "Living Gay in Russia, Go Girl!,"
"Exploring Lake Baikal," "Gentleman Farmer,
Laughter and Feast & Buddhist Prayer
Ceremony," "Lenin Street" and more.
Sacred Earth
Dedicated to exploring traditional plant
knowledge & cosmologies. Ethnobotanists,
Ecologists, Botanists, Conservationists,
Eco-psychologists, Herbalists, Mythologists,
Cosmologist, Philosophers & all other people
of any age, race, and spiritual background
who share a passion for nature & a concern
for the well-being of Mother Earth are invited
to participate in this forum of cross-cultural
exchange.
SagePlace
Provides support for healing & recovery,
holistic health, developing spirituality,
personal growth, & offers continuing
education opportunities for mental
health professionals.
School of Americas
Watch
The US Army School of Americas (SOA)
based in Fort Benning, Georgia, trains
Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-
insurgency, & counter-narcotics. SOA Watch
seeks to close the SOA, through vigils &
fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest,
as well as media & legislative work.
The Science of Medical
Marijuana
"It would be unreasonable,
arbitrary & capricious for DEA to
continue to stand between those
sufferers & the benefits of this substance."
-DEA Judge Francis Young
Service Members Legal
Defense Network
Helping service members harmed by "Don't ask,
Don't Tell, Don't Pursue."
The Sentencing Brief
Resources & information for the those
concerned
with criminal justice & sentencing issues.
The Sexuality
Information &
Education Council
Develops, collects, & disseminates
information, promotes comprehensive
education about sexuality, & advocates
the right of individuals to make
responsible sexual choices.
Shundahai Network
International network of activists &
organizations bridging the gap between
the environmental, peace & justice &
indigenous land rights communities.
Simon Wiesenthal
Center
International Jewish human rights
organization dedicated to preserving
the memory of the Holocaust by
fostering tolerance & understanding
through community involvement,
educational outreach & social action.
Sojourners
Christian ministry whose mission
is to proclaim & practice the biblical
call to integrate spiritual renewal
& social justice.
Souleyes Magazine
Documenting communities of color.
Sound Portraits
Independent production company
dedicated to telling stories that bring
neglected American voices to a
national audience.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
Statistics
Southern Poverty Law Center
Combats hate, intolerance & discrimination
through education & litigation.
Stanford Prison Experiment
A Simulation Study of the Psychology
of Imprisonment Conducted at
Stanford University.
State PIRG
(Public Research Interest Group)
Alliance of state-based, citizen-funded
organizations that advocate for the
public interest.
Stop
Family Violence
Stop Prison Rape
Seeks to end sexual violence
committed against men, women,
& youth in all forms of detention.
Student Environmental
Action Coalition
Student & youth run national network of
progressive organizations & individuals whose
aim is to uproot environmental injustices
through action and education. Environment
is defined to include the physical, economic,
political & cultural conditions in which we live.
By challenging the power structure which
threatens these environmental conditions,
SEAC works to create progressive social
change on both the local and global levels.
The
Sunshine Project
Works against the hostile use of
biotechnology in the post-Cold War era.
Researches & publishes to strengthen
the global consensus against biological
warfare and to ensure that international
treaties effectively prevent development
& use of biological weapons.
Survival Research Laboratories
Survivor
Project
Dedicated to addressing the needs of
intersex & trans survivors of domestic
& sexual violence through caring action,
education & expanding access to
resources & to opportunities for action.
Survivors
International
Dedicated to the treatment &
support
of survivors of torture.
Survivors of the Shoah Visual
History
To overcome prejudice, intolerance &
bigotry- and the suffering they cause-through
the educational use of the Foundation's
visual history testimonies.
Sweet Crude
"In a small corner of the most populous country
in Africa, billions of dollars of crude oil flow
under the feet of a desperate people. Immense
wealth and abject poverty stand in stark contrast.
The environment is decimated. The issues are
complex, the answers elusive. Sweet Crude, a
documentary now in post-production, tells the
story of Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The region is seething
and the global stakes are high. But in this moment,
there’s an opportunity to find solutions. What if the
world paid attention before it was too late?"- 2/2008
ThomHartmann.com: Waking up
to Personal & Global
Transformation
Tibet Online
Dedicated to ending Chinese oppression &
bringing about self-determination for
the Tibetan people.
Tobacco Free
Initiative
WHO cabinet project focusing international
attention, resources & action on the global
tobacco pandemic that kills four million
people a year today.
Tookie: Stand
Against Gang Violence
Author of the
Tookie Speaks Out Against Gang
Violence book series,
Gangs and Violence,
Life in Prison and other books intended to
discourage gang violence.
Stan "Tookie" Williams
was founder of the Crips gang in South Central Los
Angeles. He was nominated 5 times for
the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping
to prevent gang violence. He has was
nominated four times for the Nobel Literature
Prize for his children's books that warn young
people about the pitfalls of joining a gang &
exposes them to alternatives. He was
executed by the state of California.
Training for
Change
Helping Groups Stand Up for
Justice, Peace and Environmental
Harmony.
United for
Peace and Justice
Coalition of more than 650 local & national
groups throughout the United States who
have joined together to oppose our
government's policy of permanent warfare
& empire-building.
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific
& Cultural Organization. Main objective is
to contribute to peace & security in
the world by promoting collaboration
among nations through education, science,
culture and communication in order to further
universal respect for justice, for the rule of
law and for the human rights & fundamental
freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples
of the world, without distinction of race, sex
language or religion, by the Charter of the
United Nations.
United Nations
Development
Programme
Advocates for change, connecting countries
to knowledge, experience & resources to
help people build a better life. On the
ground in 166 countries, working with them
on their own solutions to global & national
development challenges.
United for
Peace
Collaboration of national & international
peace & social justice organizations &
local places of worship, peace centers,
& community organizations.
United Students
Against Sweatshops
Organization of students & community
members at over 200 campuses. Part
of a movement that supports the struggles
of working people and challenges corporate
power. Works to build power on campuses &
develop solidarity with workers.
U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum is America’s national institution
for the documentation, study, & interpretation
of Holocaust history, & serves as this
country’s memorial to the millions of people
murdered during the Holocaust.
University of Minnesota
Human Rights Center
UrgentCall.org
Initiative to engage and educate a broad
public about the growing danger that
nuclear weapons will be used, & about
practical steps to reduce that danger.
VietKa- Archives of
the Vietnamese
Boat People
Archives of Vietnamese boat people.
According to the report of United Nations
High Commissioner For Refugees, 1/3
of Vietnamese boat people died at sea by
killing, storms, illness and food shortage,
out of a total 250,000 mixture ages of men,
women, and children.
Vietnam Veterans Home Page
Voice4Change
"Mission is to bring a positive message
to the broadest possible audience. There
are many wonderful organizations doing
critical work to make our world a better
place. Many of these organizations have
very informative web sites but do not have
the time to promote them. Our role will be
to promote these sites to increase their
effectiveness."
Voices of
Women
Supportive community for women.
War Resisters
League
Committed not only to eliminating war,
but the causes of war-causes intricately
linked to the violence that pervades
our society.
WebActive
Tool for progressive activism.
Wellesley Centers
for Women
The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW)
unites the Center for Research on Women
and the Stone Center for Developmental
Services & Studies in an interdisciplinary
community of scholars engaged in
research, training, analysis and action. Our
work is dedicated to looking at the world
through the eyes of women because a
world that is better for women is better for
everyone. We believe that only by thoroughly
investigating the what, why, and how of a
problem can you begin to create a lasting
solution.
Whole Earth
"Committed to a vision of what's needed
to challenge ingrained patterns & stale
assumptions. Curiosity. Exploration.
Independence. Community. Living fearlessly.
Principles. Tools and ideas. Whole Earth
shows you ways to take back your power
and put it to use. Here you'll find information
about restoring your local ecosystem, citizen
advocacy, & socially responsible investing.
Here are the tools for producing knowledge,
& creating communities according to your
own values and ideals."
Witness
"Armed with cameras, frontline activists
are letting
truth do the talking."
- Peter Gabriel
Williams Dailey
O'Leary
Craine & Love
Represents individuals who have been
injured by dangerous drugs like
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), Baycol, Meridia,
Fen-Phen (Redux), Rezulin, Propulsid,
& L-Tryptophan or by defective products like
the ProteGen vaginal sling, Dalkon Shield,
silicone breast implants, and pedicle screws.
They also represent people who have been
diagnosed with PPH (primary pulmonary
hypertension) who also took prescription diet
pills such as Fen-Phen or Redux.
Wo/Men's Alliance for
Medical
Marijuana
WAMM is a patient self-help alliance.
A handful of seriously ill patients has
grown into a collective membership of
more than 250 seriously intentioned citizens.
Woman's Action for New
Directions
Mission is to empower women to act
politically to reduce violence & militarism,
and redirect excessive military resources
toward unmet human & environmental
needs.
Woman's International Center
Mission is to : (1) To Acknowledge, Honor &
Encourage Women; (2) To celebrate women
and their positive, enduring contributions
to humanity through the Living Legacy Awards;
(3)To inform and educate through WIC's force
on the pervasive outreach of the Internet; (4)
Wstablish a permanent information &
educational home for women, worldwide, to learn,
teach & create: Women's International Institute.
Women's
International League for
Peace & Freedom
WILPF works to achieve through peaceful
means world disarmament, full rights for women,
racial & economic justice, an end to all forms of
violence, and to establish those political, social,
& psychological conditions which can assure
peace, freedom, & justice for all.
Women Speak
The voice of women through photographs & words.
Work of Women
WOW! (Work of Women) is a global membership
organization within World Neighbors, a not-for-profit
community development organization working in
partnership with the rural poor in hundreds of
villages in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
WOW! membership fees and donations support
& enhance World Neighbors efforts to improve
the lives of women and their families who are
living in extreme poverty, through programs that
include: literacy education, food security, nutrition,
leadership training, income generation & savings
& credit, reproductive and community health, &
clean water and sanitation.
WorkingForChange | ActForChange
ShopForChange | GiveForChange
|
Web sites made up of resources for
people with progressive values. People
can speak out on urgent issues,
read informative news and
columns, go shopping, make a
donation or volunteer their time.
World
Advocacy
List of advocacy groups in areas ranging
from animal rights to pharmaceuticals.
World Economic Forum
Gathering of world leaders to address global
problems.
World Peace Prayer Society
The World
Revolution
Large-scale, activist social movement
for progressive social change.
World
Social Forum
Open meeting place where groups &
movements of civil society opposed to
neo-liberalism and a world dominated
by capital or by any form of imperialism,
but engaged in building a planetary
society centered on the human person,
come together to pursue their thinking,
to debate ideas democratically, for
formulate proposals, share their experiences
freely and network for effective action.
The World
Development Movement
The World Development Movement
tackles the underlying causes of poverty.
They lobby decision makers to change the
policies that keep people poor. They
research & promote positive alternatives.
They work alongside people in the
developing world who are standing
up to injustice.
World Thirteen Moon
Calendar
Change Peace Movement
The World Thirteen Moon Calendar
Change Peace Movement is a planetary
organization committed to the
replacement of the irregular standard
of the the Gregorian calendar with the
regular standard of the thirteen moon,
28 day calendar.
You Are
Worth More
Online resource for retail workers
who want a voice or have a question.
YouthActionNet
Aim is to provide a virtual space where
young people can share lessons, stories,
information & advice on how to
lead effective change.
ZNet
Community concerned about social change.
Zone Tour
Object is to promote industrial
archaeology & architecture, and to
reveal a particular point of view
about the city.
