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- The Freedom Archives The Freedom Archives contains over 10,000 hours of audio and video tapes. These recordings date from the late-60s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international solidarity movements. The collecti
Civil Rights
- ACLU The American Civil Liberties Union is our nation’s guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone
- Christians Against Prohibition Christians Against Prohibition is a nondenominational organization and website that welcomes everyone no matter what your perspective on God or the War on Drugs. Here at the website you will find educational materials — from an areligious as well as Chris
- Know Your Rights If government agents question you, it is important to understand your rights. You should be careful about what you say when approached by law enforcement officials.
- Military Religious Freedom Foundation The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantees of religious freedom to which they and all Americans are entitled by virtue of the Establishm
- NAACP of Otero County The vision of the NAACP is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination. And today the NAACP continues to fight for many things including… Equal opportunities Educational opport
- Prison Abolitionist The challenge of the 21st Century is not to demand equal opportunity to participate in the machinery of oppression. Rather, it is to identify and dismantle those structures in which racism continues to be embedded.
- Southern Poverty Law Center Throughout its history, SPLC has worked to make the nation’s Constitutional ideals a reality. The SPLC legal department fights all forms of discrimination and works to protect society’s most vulnerable members, handling innovative cases that few lawyers a
- Think Outside the Cell Welcome to the site of the Think Outside the Cell Foundation! We offer a range of programs for the incarcerated, the formerly incarcerated and their loved ones—from publishing their writings and providing scholarships.
Community
- Christians Against Prohibition Christians Against Prohibition is a nondenominational organization and website that welcomes everyone no matter what your perspective on God or the War on Drugs. Here at the website you will find educational materials — from an areligious as well as Chris
- Denise Lang at Take Back the Night
- Economic Justice for all 1986 Pastoral Letter… temporary
- Food and Water Watch Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food.
- KMT Mission 4 Life Connecting directly with the homeless and the needy for a personal account of their immediate needs and to to assist them with meeting those needs.
- Luis J. Rodriguez Chicano writer – gang & drug issues
- Otero County Community Health Council Improving health through community involvement
- Project Vote Smart Check up on your politicians
- SANE Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners: Providing accessible, specialized wellness services to victims of interpersonal violence and vulnerable populations; and to eliminate health-related disparities in underserved communities through community collaboration.
- Titanic Post Titanic Post discusses social issues, the progressive movement, and the dynamics of working people vs the obscenely wealthy and powerful.
Drug Reform
- Christians Against Prohibition Christians Against Prohibition is a nondenominational organization and website that welcomes everyone no matter what your perspective on God or the War on Drugs. Here at the website you will find educational materials — from an areligious as well as Chris
- Drug Policy Alliance Network The Drug Policy Alliance Network (DPA Network) is the nation’s leading organization promoting policy alternatives to the drug war that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.
- Drug War Facts “A valuable resource for anyone concerned with drug policy.” — Ira Rosen, Producer, 60 Minutes
- LEAP The mission of LEAP is to reduce the multitude of unintended harmful consequences resulting from fighting the war on drugs and to lessen the incidence of death, disease, crime, and addiction by ultimately ending drug prohibition.
- LEAP Video Cops Say No To Drug War
- Marihuana Policy Project MPP and MPP Foundation envision a nation where marijuana is legally regulated similarly to alcohol, marijuana education is honest and realistic, and treatment for problem marijuana users is non-coercive and geared toward reducing harm.
- Norml NORML’s mission is to move public opinion sufficiently to achieve the repeal of marijuana prohibition so that the responsible use of cannabis by adults is no longer subject to penalty.
Minorities
- Young Women United YWU is a fierce group of revolutionary women! Sisters, daughters, mothers, aunties, and home girls; we exist to support each other, to share our knowledge and to build our skills as strong women. We look to advance women of color leadership, shift power,
Prison Issues
- Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants We believe that prisons should be used only for those who absolutely must be incarcerated and that those who are incarcerated should have all of the resources they need to turn their lives around.
- Families Against Mandatory Minimums Families Against Mandatory Minimums is the national voice for fair and proportionate sentencing laws. We shine a light on the human face of sentencing, advocate for state and federal sentencing reform.
- Partnership for Safety and Justice Partnership for Safety and Justice unites those most affected by crime, violence, and the criminal justice system (survivors of crime, people convicted of crime, and the families of both) to advance approaches that redirect policies and resources from an
- Prison Abolitionist The challenge of the 21st Century is not to demand equal opportunity to participate in the machinery of oppression. Rather, it is to identify and dismantle those structures in which racism continues to be embedded.
- Think Outside the Cell Welcome to the site of the Think Outside the Cell Foundation! We offer a range of programs for the incarcerated, the formerly incarcerated and their loved ones—from publishing their writings and providing scholarships.
War & Peace
- Albert Einstein Institution The mission of the Albert Einstein Institution is to advance the worldwide study and strategic use of nonviolent action in conflict .
- Charter for Compassion The Charter of Compassion is a cooperative effort to restore not only compassionate thinking but, more importantly, compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life.
- Fellowship of Reconciliation While it has always been vigorous in its opposition to war, the Fellowship has insisted equally that this effort must be based on a commitment to the achieving of a just and peaceful world community, with full dignity and freedom for every human being.
- National Priorities Project National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent.
- The Peace Alliance Our goal is to take the field of peacebuilding from the margins of the political and societal dialogue and bring it to its rightful place: Our current focus is the campaign for a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace.
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Department of Peace
“I cannot tell you with what weapons mankind would fight WW3, but I can assure you that WW4 would be fought with sticks and stones.” ~ Albert Einstein There is currently a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives … Continue reading
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