Peace
American Friends Service Committee
www.afsc.org
A Quaker organization with people of various faiths committed to economic justice, peace-building and demilitarization, social justice, and youth, in the United States, and in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Global Exchange
www.globalexchange.org
Working to educate the public and encourage the U.S. government and international institutions to move towards policies that support human rights as well as democratic and sustainable development.
Peace Action
www.peace-action.org
Committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons; redirection of excessive Pentagon spending to domestic investment; an end to global weapon sales; non-military resolutions to international conflicts.
War Resisters League
www.warresisters.org
Founded in 1923, advocates Gandhian nonviolence as the method for creating a democratic society free of war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
www.wilpf.org
Founded in 1915, works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all.
Grandmothers for Peace
http://www.grandmothersforpeace.org/
Grandmothers for Peace, a non-profit organization, was formed in May of 1982 at the height of the Cold War, by Barbara Wiedner (1928-2001). In 1981, she became aware of 150 nuclear weapons at Mather Air Force Base -- just 15 minutes from her home in Sacramento, California. She realized that if things did not change, her grandchildren could be part of the last generation on earth. That thought catapulted her "out of my kitchen'' to join others at the gates of Mather in protest of the nuclear arms race. Her granddaughter made her a sign that read "Grandmother for Peace'' which she held at weekly protests. That sign attracted a great deal of attention from the public and the media.
Not In Our Name
http://www.notinourname.net
The Not In Our Name Project is a national network of individuals and organizations committed to standing with the people of the world. As the Not in Our Name Pledge of Resistance states, "we believe that as people living in the United States it is our responsibility to resist the injustices done by our government, in our names." Our mission is to build, strengthen and expand resistance to stop the U.S. government's entire course of war and repression being waged in the name of "fighting terrorism."
Central Committe for Conscientious Objectors
www.objector.org
Supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war.
Politics
Granny D
www.grannyd.com/
After the defeat of Senator McCain and Senator Feingold's first attempt to remove unregulated "soft" money from campaigns in 1995, Haddock became interested in campaign reform and led a petition movement. On January 1, 1999, at the age of 89, she began a walk across the country to demonstrate her concern for the issue, walking ten miles each day for fourteen months and making speeches along the way. When she arrived in Washington, D.C., Granny D was met by 2,200 people, representing a wide variety of reform groups. She continues to work for election reform.
MoveOn
www.moveon.org
MoveOn is working to bring ordinary people back into politics. With a system that today revolves around big money and big media, most citizens are left out. When it becomes clear that our "representatives" don't represent the public, the foundations of democracy are in peril. MoveOn is a catalyst for a new kind of grassroots involvement, supporting busy but concerned citizens in finding their political voice. Our nationwide network of more than 2,000,000 online activists is one of the most effective and responsive outlets for democratic participation available today.
Ruckus Society
www.ruckus.org
Provides training in the skills of non-violent civil disobedience to help environmental and human rights organizations achieve their goals
Judicial Watch, Inc.
www.judicialwatch.org
Established in 1994 to serve as an ethical and legal "watchdog" over our government, legal, and judicial systems to promote a return to ethics and morality in our nation's public life.
Public Relations Watch
www.prwatch.org
Public interest reporting on the public relations/public affairs industry. Authors of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You and Trust Us: We’re Experts.
Corporations
Business Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility Report
www.business-ethics.com/
Women’s Issues
MADRE
www.madre.org
Working in partnership with women's community-based groups worldwide to address issues of health, economic development and human rights.
The National Organization for Women
www.now.org
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society
Social Justice
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.
Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org
Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice.
National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org
We focus our work in the following four areas: housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil and voting rights. Our approaches are: grassroots organizing, public education, policy advocacy, technical assistance, and partnerships.
Southern Poverty Law Center
http://www.splcenter.org
The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, the Center is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.
Environmental action
The Bioneers
bioneers.org
Founded in 1990, Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities.
Environmental Defense Fund
www.environmentaldefense.org
Environmental Defense is a leading national nonprofit organization representing more than 400,000 members. Since 1967, we have linked science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems.
Earth Justice
www.earthjustice.org
Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firmdedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources,and wildlife of this earth and to defending the right of all peopleto a healthy environment. We bring about far-reaching changeby enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalfof hundreds of organizations and communities.
The Nature Conservancy
nature.org
Working since 1951 with communities, businesses and people like you to protect nearly 117 million acres around the world.Our Mission: To preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Farm Aid
www.farmaid.org
Raises public awareness and assistance for the plight of the American family farmer
Sustainable society / the end of oil / climate change
People Centered Development Forum
www.pcdf.org
Seeking a just, inclusive, and sustainable world that works for all.
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
www.ballenetwork.org
BALLE is an international alliance of independently operated local business networks dedicated to building Local Living Economies. We envision a sustainable global economy as a network of Local Living Economies, which build long-term economic empowerment and prosperity in communities through local business ownership, economic justice, cultural diversity and a healthy natural environment.
The Apollo Alliance
www.apolloalliance.org
The Apollo Alliance is a broad coalition within the labor, environmental, business, urban, and faith communities in support of good jobs and energy independence. It has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO and 23 international labor unions as well as a majority of national environmental organizations. The Alliance is developing public education campaigns and communications strategies to link allies and build a new national constituency for a bold, broad based, and immediate program of public policy to achieve energy independence.
The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
www.feasta.org
Feasta aims to identify the characteristics (economic, cultural and environmental) of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose.
The Post Carbon Institute
www.postcarbon.org
Post Carbon Institute is an Initiative and operating unit of MetaFoundation, a non-profit organization chartered in Portland, Oregon, United States. Post Carbon Institute is an educational institution and think tank that explores in theory and practice what cultures, civilisation, governance and economies might look like without the use of (non-renewable) hydrocarbons as energy and chemical feedstocks.
Peace, Politics, Social Justice, Women, Climate Change, End of Oil
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