Resources
Please use, join, volunteer at, or donate to any of these wonderful organizations!
American Civil Liberties Union
For almost 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Anti-Defamation League
The ADL fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals, and protects civil rights for all. Plus there's an introductory video from James Earl Jones!
Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights has used the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill.
Color of Change
Color of Change design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The EFF defends civil liberties in the digital world. They work to ensure that rights and freedoms are enhanced and protected as our use of technology grows.
Everytown
Everytown is a movement of Americans working together to end gun violence and build safer communities.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is dedicated to helping support and defend public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement, corruption, and law-breaking in government.
Greenpeace
Greenpeace uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
MALDEF is the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization. Often described as the “law firm of the Latino community”, MALDEF promotes social change through advocacy, communications, community education, and litigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrant rights, and political access.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
National Center for Lesbian Rights
NCLR's programs focus on employment, immigration, youth, elder law, transgender law, sports, marriage, relationship protections, reproductive rights, and family law create safer homes, safer jobs, and a more just world.
National Disibility Rights Network
The NDRN works to improve the lives of people with disabilities by guarding against abuse, advocating for basic rights, and ensuring accountability.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
National Resources Defense Council
NRDC works to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Our Revolution
Our Revolution will reclaim democracy for the working people of our country by harnessing the transformative energy of the “political revolution.”
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is one of the nation's leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care for women, men, and young people, and the nation's largest provider of sex education.
ProPublica
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization and has helped more than 2.4 million people since 2004.
They created and operate the National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
Showing Up for Racial Justice
Through community organizing, mobilizing and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability.
Sierra Club
The largest grassroots environmental organization in the county. They work to protect millions of acres of wilderness and helped pass legislation like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Southern Poverty Law Center
The SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. They have great strategies for responding to everyday bigotry and reporting hatecrimes.
Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.
United We Dream
UWD seek to address the inequities and obstacles faced by immigrant youth and believe that by empowering immigrant youth, we can advance the cause of the entire community — justice for all immigrants.