Activism

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Being part of a democratic society allows many opportunities to be active in political and community issues. The internet allows you to do some of the legwork from your easy chair. The following links will put you in touch with the issues dear to your heart.

  • Activist Rights  - Presents a list of resources for new and experienced activists, campaign organizers, and legal workers.
  • Avaaz  - A global web movement that allows people to take action on global, regional and national issues; includes details of current campaigns, an archive, and how to join.
  • Common Dreams  - Nonprofit and nonpartisan citizens organization publishing breaking news from a progressive perspective along with ideas, opinions, and in-depth analyses.
  • Creative Visions  - Foundation working to engage and support activists with social movements to impact the world.
  • Democracy Center  - Aims to advance social justice throughout the world through investigation and reporting.
  • DoSomething  - Provides guidance, education, and financing to young community leaders.
  • Essential Information  - Non-profit organization involved in a variety of projects to encourage citizens to become active in their communities.
  • Federation for American Immigration Reform  - Offers information on objectives, immigration facts and issues, media, legislation, taking action, board of directors and staff, endorsements, jobs, annual report and IRS filings.
  • Grassroots.com  - Provides technology and communications strategies for public affair objectives. Offers information on politics, including how to contact a representative. .
  • Human Rights Tech  - Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization aims to assist and encourage grassroots anti-poverty initiatives by leveraging information technology.
  • IJCentral  - Organization for international justice works to prosecute perpetrators of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.
  • Media Education Foundation  - Produces and distributes video documentaries to encourage critical thinking and debate about the relationship between media and consumer.
  • Mono No Aware  - Art-based campaign to raise awareness about the radioactive contamination occurring at a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho in Japan.
  • My Wonderful World  - National Geographic led campaign aimed at educating children about geography in school, at home, and in communities.
  • No Labels  - Political activism takes a stand with the "no labels" challenge. Putting labels aside along with political parties this group works to unite Americans and move forward.
  • Occupy the URL  - Plasters websites with images of Occupy Wall Street protesters. Aims to show support to the movement. Presents links to Facebook and Twitter accounts dedicated to the protests.
  • SeeClickFix  - Citizen activists are empowered by reporting non-emergency issues in their own neighborhoods.
  • We Are What We Do  - Encourages people to take simple, everyday actions in order to change the world.
 
 
 
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