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- Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) (Washington, DC) - non-partisan, national, not-for-profit organization
convened by major civil rights, civil liberties and anti-poverty groups, whose purpose is to link social science research to
advocacy work in order to successfully address problems at the intersection of race and poverty
- Abolitionist Action Committee (AAC) (Tequesta, FL) - ad-hoc group of individuals committed to highly visible and effective public
education for alternatives to the death penalty through nonviolent direct action
- Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN) - provides an
interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American
community will have the continual opportunity to articulate their perspectives on family violence through research findings, the
examination of service delivery and intervention mechanisms, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to
prevent/ reduce family violence in the African American community
- International Institute of Boston (IIB) - non-profit human service and cultural agency that provides comprehensive services to
refugees and immigrants, including English and literacy classes, job counseling and placement, housing assistance, citizenship
preparation, economic education, legal aid and social services
- Project for the Future of Equal Justice (Washington, DC) - joint effort of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), and funded by the Open Society Institute, which is aimed at advancing the
cause of justice for all in America and developing new directions, new partners, new messages, and new models for the civil
legal aid community
- Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (New York, NY) - expert resource and advocacy organization that
monitors the care and protection of refugee women and children, speaking out on issues of concern to refugee and displaced
women, children and adolescents, and providing opportunities for refugee women and youth to speak for themselves
- World Organization Against Torture USA (Washington, DC) - non-profit human rights monitoring, reporting and advocacy group,
and a U.S. affiliate of the international World Organization Against Torture (Geneva)
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- Advocacy Institute (Washington, DC) - works to achieve a just society, in the U.S. and outside of it, grounded in the core values
of justice for those denied justice, economic equality for those denied sustenance and opportunity, public health and security for
those at preventable risk, and access to political power for those who have been denied an equal voice in the policy-making
process
- Alliance for Justice (Washington, DC) - national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and
consumer advocacy organizations, which works to advance the cause of justice for all Americans, strengthen the public interest
community's ability to influence public policy, and foster the next generation of advocates
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) (Washington DC) - civil rights organization committed to defending the
rights of people of Arab descent and promiting their rich cultural heritage
- American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (Tarrytown, NY) - not- for-profit organization that actively supports free
speech, literacy, and programs that encourage reading
- American Citizens Abroad (ACA) (Geneva, Switzerland) - nonprofit nonpartisan association which defends the interests of
individual US citizens living worldwide, working with other groups and organizations to acheive common goals on many issues
affecting Americans residing abroad such as fair taxation, Medicare, absentee voting and being counted in the next census
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (New York, NY) - guardian of liberty, working daily in the courts, legislatures and
communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution and laws of
the United States
- American Civil Rights Institute (ACRI) ( Sacramento, CA) - national civil rights organization created to educate the public about
racial and gender preferences
- American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) (Reston, VA) - membership organization for daily newspaper editors, people
who serve the editorial needs of daily newspapers, and certain distinguished individuals who have worked on behalf of editors
through the years, which works for an unfettered and effective press in the service of the American people
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) (Washington, DC) - speaks out through the media, public forums,
debates, lectures, and other avenues in defense of religious diversity and church-state separation, mobilizes Americans at the
grassroots and through state and regional Americans United chapters to monitor church-state relations in their own
communities and respond effectively to local Religious Right activity, and advocates for separation of church and state in the
U.S. Congress and state legislatures
- Amnesty International - USA (AIUSA) (New York, NY) - United States section of the intenational grassroots activist organization
dedicated to freeing prisoners of conscience, gaining fair trials for political prisoners, ending torture, political killings and
'disappearances', and abolishing the death penalty throughout the world
- Asian-American Network Against
Abuse of Women (ANAA) - human rights group of South Asian
men and women committed to defending the rights of women against
cultural and social abuse
- Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs (BJCPA) (Washington, DC) - aims to defend and extend God-given religious liberty for
all, bringing a uniquely Baptist witness to the principle that religion must be freely exercised, neither advanced nor inhibited by
government
- Carter Center (Atlanta, GA) - charitable organization chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and guided by a fundamental
commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering, which seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance
freedom and democracy, and improve health
- Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) (Washington, DC) - applies expertise in law, technology and policy to find practical
solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies and build consensus among all parties
interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media
- Center for Individual Rights (CIR) (Washington, DC) - offers conservative, libertarian and moderate attorneys in for-profit firms an
opportunity to bring about meaningful legal change and to contribute to the principled defense of individual liberty in court
- Civilrights.org (Washington, DC) - aims to empower the civil rights community to lead the fight for equality and social justice in
the emerging digital society through the establish of an online social justice network
- Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants (CHRI) (New York, NY) - all-volunteer organization which confronts anti-immigrant
policies through grassroots education and action, believing that all people, regardless of immigration status, deserve basic
human, civil and labor rights
- Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to Iranian Refugees (CHAIR) (New York, NY) - empowers Iranian immigrants to promote
and protect their rights within a participatory framework, locally and globally, irrespective of gender, religion, political opinion or
sexuality
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (New York, NY) - monitors abuses against the press and promote press freedom around
the world
- Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) (Washington, DC) - non-profit organization serving the media and the public with
analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) (Washington, DC) - national law and policy center dedicated to
protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance,
and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities
- Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet) (Washington, DC) - national and global network of parents, educators, students,
lawyers, health care professionals, academics and others, working for drug policy reform from a variety of perspectives,
including harm reduction, reform of sentencing and forfeiture laws, medicalization of currently schedule I drugs, and promotion of
an open debate on drug prohibition
- ECPAT USA (Brooklyn, NY) - network of organisations and individuals working together for the elimination of child prostitution,
child pornography and trafficking of children for sexual purposes
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) (Washington DC) - public interest research center that focusses public attention on
emerging civil liberties issues and protects privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values
- First Amendment Project (Oakland, CA) - nonprofit, public interest law firm and advocacy organization dedicated to protecting
and promoting freedom of information, expression, and petition
- Forfeiture Endangers American Rights (FEAR) Foundation (Mill Valley, CA) - national nonprofit organization dedicated to reform
of federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the forfeiture process
- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (Harvard University, Boston, MA) - academic center which
focuses exclusively on health and human rights, combining the academic strengths of research and teaching with a strong
commitment to service and advocacy and working at international and national levels
- Free Expression Network (FEN) - alliance of organizations dedicated to protecting the First Amendment right of free expression
and the values it represents, and to opposing governmental efforts to suppress constitutionally protected speech
- Freedom Forum (Arlington, VA) - nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people, with
three main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity
- Freedom From Religion Foundation (Madison, WI) - educational group working for the separation of state and church, which
aims to promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to
nontheism
- Freedom to Read Foundation (Chicago, IL) - initiative of the American Libraries Association aimed at promoting and defending
citizens' right to express their ideas without governmental interference and to read and listen to the ideas of others, fostering
libraries and institutions wherein every individual's First Amendment freedoms are fulfilled, and supporting the right of libraries to
include in their collections and make available any work which they may legally acquire
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) (Los Angeles, CA) - association dedicated to promoting and ensuring
fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and
discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation
- HALT - An Organization of Americans for Legal Reform (Washington, DC) - nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest group
dedicated to the principle that all Americans should be able to handle their legal affairs simply, affordably and equitably,
challenging the legal establishment to improve access and reduce costs in our civil justice system at both the state and federal
levels
- HumanRightsTech (Philadelphia, PA) - non-profit organization that leverages information technology to assist and encourage
grassroots anti-poverty initiatives across the United States by training organizations to use the Internet to build capacity,
creating networks of support and broadcast the voices of poor people, creating web-based collaborative tools, establishing
community-based networking centers, and developing innovative models of the grassroots use of the Internet
- Human Rights Resource Center (Minneapolis, MN) - integral part of the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center aimed at
creating and distributing human rights education resources via electronic and print media, training activists, professionals, and
students as human rights educators, and building advocacy networks to encourage effective practices in human rights education
- Institute for First Amendment Studies - particular emphasis on the separation between church and state
- Institute for the Study of Genocide (ISG) and the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) (Williamsburg, VA) -
advance and review research into the instances, causes and consequences of genocide worldwide, and advise media,
governments and intergovernmental organizations concerned with early warning and prevention of genocide
- International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association (ICDAA) (Washington, DC and The Hague) - assists in the development of
international criminal law and bolstering the legitimacy of international institutions such as the International Criminal Court (ICC)
by ensuring a professional defence for persons tried before such international tribunals
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) (San Francisco) - works to protect and
- advance the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation,
- gender identity, or HIV status
- International Rescue Committee (IRC) - relief, protection and resettlement of refugees
- Internet Democracy Project - a joint initiative by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Electronic Privacy Information
Center (EPIC), and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), in association with the Georgia Institute of
Technology, that seeks to enhance the participation of Internet users worldwide in non-governmental bodies that are setting
Internet policy and to advocate that these bodies adhere to principles of open participation, public accountability and human
rights
- Knight Foundation (Miami, FL) - private foundation, independent of the newspaper enterprises of John and James Knight, that is
dedicated to furthering their ideals of service to community, to the highest standards of journalistic excellence, and to the
defense of a free press
- Keep and Bear Arms (North Fort Myers, FL) - grassroots movement which aims to help lawful people protect themselves
through legal, private ownership and use of guns
- Gun Owners of America (Springfield, VA) - "The only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington"
- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (New York, NY) - national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the
civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education,
and public policy work
- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR) (New York, NY) - works in the U.S. and abroad to create a secure and humane
world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law, supporting human rights activists who fight for basic
freedoms and peaceful change at the local level, protecting refugees in flight from persecution and repression, promoting fair
economic practices by creating safeguards for workers' rights, and helping to build a strong international system of justice and
accountability for the worst human rights crimes
- Media Law Resource Center (New York, NY) - promotes First Amendment rights in the libel, privacy and related legal fields
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) (Washington, DC) - national organization exclusively devoted to
abolishing capital punishment, providing information, advocating for public policy, and mobilizing and supporting individuals and
institutions that share our unconditional rejection of capital punishment
- National Law Center for Children and Families (Fairfax, VA) - specialized resource for those who enforce state and federal
obscenity and child exploitation laws, to counsel federal, state, and local legislators on the constitutionality and effectiveness of
amendments to existing criminal and civil codes, and to provide a training and information clearinghouse on the specialized
issues involved in illegal pornography and First Amendment related cases
- National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) (Washington, DC) - advocate organisation for front-line attorneys and
other equal justice professionals who make a difference in the lives of low-income clients and their families and communities, by
representing legal aid and defender programs, as well as individual advocates, and by providing first-rate products and services,
and as a leading national voice in public policy and legislative debates on the many issues affecting the equal justice
community
- National Rifle Association (NRA) (Fairfax, VA) - not for profit corporation that continually monitors, tracks and systematically
combats all threats to the right to keep and bear arms at the federal, state and local level, and supports lawmakers who uphold
that constitutional duty
- NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) (Fairfax, VA) - lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association,
- committed to preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals to purchase, possess and use firearms for
- legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (Springfield, VA) - non-profit organization providing free legal aid nationwide to
thousands of employees whose human and civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses
- National Whistleblower Center (Washington, DC) - educational advocacy organization that works for the enforcement of
environmental laws, nuclear safety, civil rights and government and industry accountability through the support and
representation of employee whistleblowers, and ensures that disclosures about government or industry actions that violate the
law or harm the environment are fully heard and that the whistleblowers who risk their careers to expose wrongdoing are
defended
- Native American Prisoner Support (NAPS) - provides information and assistance in respect of the religious rights of Native
American prisoners, collating information about individuals and groups concerned with these rights, enlightening politicians and
prison officials on how far-reaching support is, and providing information on behalf of prisoners and spiritual and cultural advisors
- MADRE (New York City) - international women's human rights organisation which works in partnership with community-based
women's organizations in conflict areas worldwide to address issues of health, education, economic development and other
human rights and works to empower people in the US to demand changes to unjust policies
- Media Coalition - protects the rights of producers, distributes constitutionally protected material, monitors state and federal
legislation
- Mobility International USA (MIUSA) (Eugene, OR) - empowers people with disabilities around the world through international
exchange, information, technical assistance and training, and ensures the inclusion of people with disabilities in international
exchange and development programs
- Multiracial Activist (TMA) (Washington DC) - libertarian oriented activist journal which covers social and civil liberties issues of
interest to individuals who perceive themselves to be "biracial" or "multiracial", "interracial" couples/families and "transracial"
adoptees, and which advocates abolishing all forms of government imposed "racial" classification
- National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) (New York, NY) - alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including
literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups, united by a conviction that freedom of
thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, and working to educate its members and the public at large about the
dangers of censorship and how to oppose them
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) (Washington, DC) - national progressive organization working for the civil rights
of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, with the vision and commitment to building a powerful political movement
- Online Policy Group (OPG) (San Francisco, CA) - nonprofit organization dedicated to online policy research, outreach, and
action on issues such as access, privacy, digital defamation, and the digital divide, with a focus on Internet participants' civil
liberties and human rights, like access, privacy, safety, and serving schools, libraries, disabled, elderly, youth, women, and
sexual, gender, and ethnic minorities
- PEN American Center (New York, NY) - fellowship of poets, playwrights, essayists, editors and novelists, writers to advance
literature, to promote a culture of reading, and to defend free expression
- Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) (Boston, MA) - mobilizes the health professions and enlists support from the general public
to protect and promote the human rights of all people, believing that human rights are essential for the health and wellbeing of all
members of the human family
- School of Americas (SOA) Watch (Washington, DC) - independent organization that seeks to close the US Army School of the
Americas (under whatever name it is called), many of whose graduates have been responsible for gross human rights abuses in
Latin America, through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work
- Student Press Law Center (SPLC) (Arlington, VA) - national nonprofit, non-partisan legal assistance agency devoted exclusively
to educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied in the First Amendment and
supporting the student news media in their struggle to cover important issues free from censorship
- Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression (Charlottesville,VA) - autonomous, not-for-profit organization
devoted solely to the defense of free expression in all its form, concerned as much with the musician as with the mass media,
with the painter as with the publisher, and as much with the sculptor as the editor
- U.S. Committee on Refugees (USCR) ( Washington, DC) - defends the rights of all uprooted people regardless of their
nationality, race, religion, ideology, or social group, based on the belief that once the consciences of men and women are
aroused, great deeds can be accomplished
- World Organization Against Torture USA (Washington, DC) - human rights monitoring, reporting and advocacy group, and a
U.S. affiliate of the international World Organization Against Torture
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