Suggested Websites

ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union. “The mission of the ACLU is to assure that the Bill of Rights -- amendments to the Constitution that guard against unwarranted governmental control -- are preserved for each new generation. To understand the ACLU's purpose, it is important to distinguish between the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Constitution itself, whose bicentennial we celebrated in 1987, authorizes the government to act. The Bill of Rights limits that authority.” www.aclu.org

AAAA: American Association for Affirmative Action. “Founded in 1974, the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA) is dedicated to the advancement of affirmative action, equal opportunity and the elimination of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, ethnic background or any other criterion that deprives people of opportunities to live and work. The organization's dedication is realized in its many activities designed to help Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) professionals be more successful and productive in their careers.” www.affirmativeaction.org

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. “The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is a feminist human rights nongovernmental organization that works internationally to oppose all forms of sexual exploitation.” www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/catw/catw/htm

Crosspoint Anti-Racism. “The Crosspoint links currently over 1700 organizations in 110 countries!” This site has links to resources on women, gays and lesbians and much more in 110 countries. www.magenta.nl/crosspoint

FTM International: “FTM stands for Female-to-Male. This site is the internet contact point for the largest, longest-running educational organization serving FTM transgendered people and transsexual men.” www.ftm-intl.org

GEA: The Gender Education & Advocacy Website. “We pledge compassionate support and passionate advocacy on behalf of transsexual and transgendered persons in their journeys toward health of body and mind and in their pursuit of personal freedom, including the freedom to alter their bodies and change their gender roles.” www.gender.org

GLAAD: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. “(GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.” www.glaad.org

ILGA: International Lesbian and Gay Association. “ILGA’s aim is to work for the equality of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people and their liberation from all forms of discrimination. We seek to achieve this aim through the worldwide

cooperation and mutual support of our members. We focus public and government attention on cases of discrimination against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people by supporting programs and protest actions, asserting diplomatic pressure, providing information and working with international organisations and the international media.” www.ilga.org

ISNA: Intersex Society of North America. “Our Mission: to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with atypical sex anatomy.” www.isna.org

JACL: Japanese American Citizens League. “The Japanese American Citizens League was founded in 1929 to fight discrimination against people of Japanese ancestry. It is the largest and one of the oldest Asian American organizations in the United States.” www.jacl.org

Malenetwork, for men against violence by men. “We work for the good manliness, for gender equality, against violence and abuse by men - for the sake of children and women as well as ourselves.” www.man-net.nu/enelsk/start

Men’s Rape Prevention Project. “The Men's Rape Prevention Project empowers male youth and the institutions that serve them to work as allies with women in preventing rape and other forms of men’s violence. Through awareness-to-action education and community organizing, we promote gender equity and build men’s capacity to be strong without being violent.” www.mrpp.org

MensNet: “Pro-feminist, Gay Affirmative, Anti-Racist, Male Positive.” “This network links many paths: 1. Men working in a great variety of ways against sexism, patriarchy and homophobia, and are opposed to the many forms of violence in our world. 2. Men who want to continue to explore the experiences that promote co-creative relationships: offer healing, bodywork,experience men's spirituality, develop boundless resources of loving energy and nurture the feeling of community that is fun, respectful, open and caring. 3. Men involved with movements of social and economic justice in Canada and internationally. 4. Men who are fathers, making efforts to be responsible, loving parents, in committed relationships or as single dads.” infoweb.magi.com/~mensnet

NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. “The NAACP's principal objective is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice. The NAACP seeks remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes. This mission is accomplished by seeking the enactment and enforcement of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights, and by informing the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination.” www.naacp.org

NCAI: National Congress of American Indians. “The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), founded in 1944, is the oldest, largest and most representative national Indian organization serving the needs of a broad membership of American Indian and Alaska Native governments. Our founding members stressed the need for unity and cooperation among tribal governments and people for the security and protection of treaty and sovereign rights.” www.ncai.org

NGLTF: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. “NGLTF is the national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. NGLTF's vision and commitment to social change is building a powerful political movement in the fifty states and the District of Columbia.” www.ngltf.org

NOMAS: National Organization for Men Against Sexism. “The National Organization for Men Against Sexism is an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men. NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay-affirmative, anti-racist, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities. We affirm that working to make this nation's ideals of equality for all people a reality is the finest expression of what it means to be men. www.nomas.org

NOW: National Organization for Women. “NOW stands for the National Organization for Women. NOW is dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change

in our society in order to achieve our goal, which is to eliminate sexism and end all oppression. NOW strives to: eliminate discrimination and harassment in the work-place, 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; promote equality and justice in our society. NOW achieves its goals through direct mass actions (including marches, rallies, pickets counter-demonstrations,non-violent civil disobedience) intensive lobbying , grassroots political organizing and litigation (including class action law suits.)” www.now.org

NTAC: National Transgender Advocacy Coalition. “We are here to provide the voice. We focus on a time when no transgendered individual will have to hide in shame. When marriage, family, career, housing is no longer a privilege but a basic inalienable right.” www.ntac.org

PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. “[PFLAG] promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.” www.pflag.org

Project Change. “Project Change's mission is to empower communities to reduce racial prejudice and improve race relations, to serve as a national clearinghouse for anti-racism information resources, and training, and to further the development of an infrastructure for social justice work.” www.projectchange.org

Race Traitor: “What We Believe: The white race is a historically constructed social formation. It consists of all those who partake of the privileges of the white skin in this society. Its most wretched members share a status higher, in certain respects, than that of the most exalted persons excluded from it, in return for which they give their support to a system that degrades them. The key to solving the social problems of our age is to abolish the white race, which means no more and no less than abolishing the privileges of the white skin. Until that task is accomplished, even partial reform will prove elusive, because white influence permeates every issue, domestic and foreign, in U.S. society. The existence of the white race depends on the willingness of those assigned to it to place their racial interests above class, gender, or any other interests they hold. The defection of enough of its members to make it unreliable as a predictor of behavior will lead to its collapse.” www.postfun.com/racetraitor

RAINN: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. “(RAINN), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., operates America's only national hotline for survivors of sexual assault. The hotline 1-800.656.HOPE offers free, confidential counseling and support 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the country. RAINN is provided as a service for survivors who cannot reach a rape crisis center through a local call, as well as those who might not know that a local center exists. Currently, the majority of the country is a toll call away from a rape crisis center. Many of these long distance callers are being abused by someone in their own household and thus can't utilize a service that will appear on a phone bill. Since RAINN was founded in 1994, survivors nationwide finally have access to free, confidential counseling all day, every day.” www.rainn.org

Rape Crisis Center. “The Rape Crisis Center began providing supportive services to victims of sexual assault in 1975. The realization that many victims in our community did not seek medical treatment, did not report the crime to police, and did not prosecute the offenders, led to the establishment of The Rape Crisis Center.” www.rapecrisis.com

Stop Prisoner Rape. “Stop Prisoner Rape is committed to combating the rape of male and female prisoners and to helping survivors of jailhouse rape.” www.spr.org

Transgender Splendor! “We're dedicated to enriching trans people's lives through provding outreach, education, and relevant and timely information to trans people, their loved ones, family, friends, supporters and service providers.” www.prarienet.org/tsplendor

Violence Against Women & Sexual Harassment page. www.feminist.com/violence