Research Guides: Social Justice: Internet, p.1

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Alliance for Justice (AFJ)
"All Americans have the right to secure justice in the courts and to have their voices heard when government makes decisions that affect their lives. We are a national association of over 100 organizations, representing a broad array of groups committed to progressive values and the creation of an equitable, just, and free society."
Alliance for Global Justice
"It is the mission of the Alliance for Global Justice to achieve social change and economic justice by helping to build a stronger more unified grassroots movement. We recognize that the concentration of wealth and power is the root cause of oppression requiring us to work together across ideologies, issues and communities. The Alliance nurtures organizations seeking fundamental change in international and national conditions that disempower people, create disparities in access to wealth and power, poison the earth, and plunder its resources."
Alliance for Sustainable Communities, Lehigh Valley
"The Alliance is dedicated to working for community sustainability. This will involve wholistic approaches to the environment, social justice, health, participatory democracy, and local economies."
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
"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."
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), The Rights of Immigrants: ACLU Position Paper
Americans with disabilities Act (ADA)
United States Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is often referred to as "the domestic Peace Corps." Both agencies are committed to service, and both offer challenging and rewarding full-time opportunities. Peace Corps assignments are all overseas, and AmeriCorps members serve only in the US.
Amnesty International
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Research & Advocacy Centers: Center on Extremism, Center for Technology & Society
Anti-Violence Project
New York City Anti-Violence Project
#ValueTransLives
See also: National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
Antiracist Research & Policy Center
American University, Washington, DC
Beautiful Rising
"Beautiful Rising is written by and for frontline activists — particularly youth, women, indigenous peoples, and others who face discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, class, race, or religion. Guided by the needs of the movements and activists we work with, we seek to prioritize local voices and local leadership at every stage."
Beautiful Trouble
A TOOLBOX FOR REVOLUTION.
Tactics include Artistic Vigil, Blockade, Creative Disruption, Direct Action, Electoral Guerrilla Theater, Flash Mob, Media-jacking
bell hooks Institute
"The bell hooks Institute documents the life and work of acclaimed intellectual, feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist and writer bell hooks. The Institute strives to promote the cause of ending domination through understanding the ways systems of exploitation and oppression intersect through critical thinking, teaching, events, and conversation."
Black Lives Matter
Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100)
"Founded in 2013, BYP100 (Black Youth Project 100) is a member-based organization of Black youth activists creating justice and freedom for all Black people."
Center for Constitutional Rights
"On the Front Lines for Social Justice"
Center for Racial Justice in Education
Dismantling Racism. Transforming Communities. 2021/11, Resource Library Racial Justice Guide to the Winter Holiday Season for Educators and Families
Civil Rights Digital Library
From the University System of Georgia, University of Georgia, Digital Library of Georgia
Clean Clothes Campaign
"The Clean Clothes Campaign is dedicated to improving working conditions and supporting the empowerment of workers in the global garment and sportswear industries.
We educate and mobilise consumers, lobby companies and governments, and offer direct solidarity support to workers as they fight for their rights and demand better working conditions."
Color of Change
"Color Of Change helps people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 7 million members, we move decision makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people, and all people. Until justice is real."
CorpWatch
CorpWatch works to promote environmental, social and human rights at the local, national and global levels by holding multinational corporations accountable for their actions. We employ investigative research and journalism to provide critical information on corporate malfeasance and profiteering around the world to foster a more informed public and an effective democracy.
Counselors for Social Justice
Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training
Define American
Change the Narrative, Change the World
Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook
Dismantling Racism Works (dRworks)
Current. Assumptions. Racism Defined. Internalizations. White Supremacy Culture. Action Tools. Resources and more.
Dream Corps, The
"We advance solutions that inspire action, serve justice, and improve people's lives. Our solutions honor life and amplify the voices of those left behind in the current system. By turning to each other, instead of on each other, we act in solidarity, create unlikely partnerships and open unexpected doors."
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
"EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy"
Fem Newsmagazine (UCLA)
Feminist Majority Foundation
"The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) was created to develop bold, new strategies and programs to advance women's equality, non-violence, economic development, and, most importantly, empowerment of women and girls in all sectors of society." Research and action programs include campus activism, Ms. magazine, sports, sweatshops, and violence against women.
Garment Worker Center
"The Garment Worker Center (GWC) is a worker rights organization whose mission is to organize low-wage garment workers in Los Angeles in the fight for social and economic justice. GWC addresses the systemic problems of wage theft, unhealthy and unsafe working conditions, and the abusive and inhumane treatment faced by workers on-the-job."
GLAAD
"GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change."
Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice
Global Exchange
"Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice since 1988."
GlobalGiving
Gender Equality, Racial Justice, Climate Action, Food Security
Green America
Formerly Co-op America, Green America is a national, not-for-profit, membership organization founded in 1982... to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
Human Rights First (formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF)
"We protect, empower and support human rights organisations locally and unite them in an international network of Human Rights Houses."
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people worldwide. We scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. Human Rights Watch is an independent, international organization that works as part of a vibrant movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of human rights for all.
Index on Censorship
The Global Magazine for Free Expression, Index on Censorship, is a nonprofit that campaigns for and defends free expression worldwide
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Interfaith Worker Justice
Grassroots worker centers, faith-labor allies and other groups in our network support workers and lead their communities and states in shaping policy and advocacy. The network includes more than 60 faith-labor organizations and worker centers across the country.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949.... The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and at the same time promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law.
Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights
Formerly The National Labor Committee, the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights is a non-profit human rights organization dedicated to the promotion and defense of internationally recognized worker rights in the global economy.
The King Center (TKC)
"We prepare global citizens to create a more just, humane and peaceful world using Dr. King’s nonviolent philosophy and methodology (Nonviolence365®)."
Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
"The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity was established in 2003 as a center for interdisciplinary research at The Ohio State University. The Kirwan Institute works to create a just and inclusive society where all people and communities have opportunity to succeed." See State of the Science: Implicit Bias Reviews 2013 to current
Labour Behind the Label
Labour Behind the Label is a campaign that works to improve conditions and empower workers in the global garment industry.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
"The principal mission of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is to secure equal justice for all through the rule of law, targeting in particular the inequities confronting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities."
Learning for Justice
“Learning for Justice seeks to uphold the mission of the Southern Poverty Law Center: to be a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.”
Mandala Center for Change
Maquila Solidarity Network
"The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a labour and women’s rights organization that supports the efforts of workers in global supply chains to win improved wages and working conditions and greater respect for their rights.
MSN works with women’s and labour rights organizations, primarily in Central America and Mexico, on cases of worker rights violations and on joint projects and initiatives focused on systemic issues in the garment industry."
Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute (Stanford University)
Includes the Martin Luther King, Jr. Encyclopedia
National Action Network (NAN)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
See also: Anti-Violence Project NYC
National Retail Federation
National Urban League
Oxfam America
"Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. With 70 years of experience in more than 90 countries, Oxfam takes on the big issues that keep people poor: inequality, discrimination, and unequal access to resources including food, water, and land. We help people save lives in disasters, build stronger futures for themselves, and hold the powerful accountable." For Oxfam International go to https://www.oxfam.org/en – when prompted, select “outside the US” or you will be redirected to Oxfam America.
Peace Corps
"For more than five decades, Peace Corps Volunteers in 140 countries have demonstrated ingenuity, creativity, and grit to solve critical challenges alongside community leaders."
PEN America
"PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible."
People to People International
Political Research Associates
Political Research Associates
Fights for Racial & Immigrant Justice, LGBTQI Justice, Gender and Reproductive Justice, Economic Justice.
Publishes The Public Eye Magazine
SAGE Publishing Structural Racism and Police Violence
From SAGE Publishing, free peer-reviewed articles on structural racism and a list of free research based resources and tools to teach, talk, and learn about structural racism.
“ Social and behavioral science researchers and educators have devoted themselves with passion and rigor to analyzing, explaining, and attempting to dismantle the mechanisms of oppression and discrimination that disfigure our society. At SAGE, our aim is to enable this crucial work and amplify those expert voices, particularly scholars of color, who need to be heard”
—Blaise Simqu, President & CEO, SAGE Publishing
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
"In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is renewing its commitment to bring about the promise of “one nation, under God, indivisible” together with the commitment to activate the “strength to love” within the community of humankind."
Southern Poverty Law Center
"The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society."
StayWoke
Includes: OurStates and Resistance Manual
Talk Poverty
"TalkPoverty.org—a project of the Center for American Progress—is dedicated to covering poverty in America by lifting up the voices of advocates, policymakers, and people struggling to make ends meet."
Teaching Tolerance (a Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center)
Learning for Justice
Professional Development, Classroom Resources, Webinars, Magazine, Newsletter and more.
Teaching Tolerance's educational kits and subscriptions to its magazine are FREE to classroom teachers, librarians, school counselors, school administrators, professors of education, youth directors at houses of worship and employees of youth-serving nonprofit organizations.
Triangle Factory Fire, The 1911
This web exhibit presents original documents and secondary sources on the Triangle Fire, held by the Cornell University Library and the Cornell ILR Kheel Center, an archive of historical material on labor and industrial relations.
UNITE HERE
"UNITE HERE is a labor union that represents 270,000 working people across Canada and the United States. Our members work in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries."
"Our membership is diverse. We are predominantly women and people of color, and we hail from all corners of the planet. Together, we are building a movement to enable people of all backgrounds to achieve greater equality and opportunity."
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"The history of UNITE HERE includes more than a century in the textile and clothing industries. Many of our predecessor unions, including the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), and the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), were on the forefront of the labor movement, establishing middle-class jobs for factory workers and fighting for immigrant and women’s rights."
U.S. Department of Labor
"To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights."
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
US Human Rights Network (USHRN)
Including Shadow Reports. Select an issue under the Issue Area; for example, CERD, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights, and more.
UNESCO
"UNESCO's messages are of increasing importance today, in a globalized world where interconnections and diversity must serve as opportunities to build peace in the minds of men and women."
UNICEF
UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects.
UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child
United Nations
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR)
United Nations OHCHR Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
United Nations List of Human Rights Issues
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) "UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people."
United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS)
Western States Center
"Western States Center’s mission is to connect and build the power of community organizations; to challenge and transform individuals, organizations and systems to achieve racial, gender and economic justice." Request the Confronting White Nationalism in Schools Toolkit. See also: The Plot Against Immigrants
World Bank, The
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)
Including "the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, begun in 2014, is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) that empowers young people through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking."

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