GREAT PEACE AND JUSTICE GROUPS!

NOTE: THIS SITE NOT YET COMPLETE. WILL BE MORE COMPLETE IN NEAR FUTURE.



Burma

  • Free Burma Coalition

    Death Penalty

    Environmental

  • Green Parties of North America --Political movement dedicated to work for peace, a sustainable environment, democracy and social justice.
  • Greenpeace
  • Stop the Reroute of Highway 55
  • Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) --A global organization actively working to increase women's visibility, roles and leadership in public policy-making through peace, gender, human rights, environmental and economic justice campaigns.

    Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, etc. resources

  • AIDS Quilt --From the NAMES Project.
  • Coalition for Positive Sexuality (CPS) A grassroots direct-action volunteer group formed in the spring of 1992 by high school students. Supplies complete information on sex to young people who are sexually active now or just thinking about having sex. Info on safe sex, birth control, sexual preferences, and pregnancy to name a few.
  • Human Rights Campaign --Nation's largest lesbian and gay civil rights group.
  • Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

    Human Rights

  • Crimes of War --Collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars seeking to raise awareness of the laws of war among the media, governments, the human rights and humanitarian aid communities, and the general public.

    Iraq

  • Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)
  • International Action Center
  • Iraq Action Coalition
  • Voices in the Wilderness --Campaign to end the economic sanctions against the people of Iraq.

    Latin America

  • International Action Center (IAC) --Information, activism and resistance to militarism and war, linking with struggles against racism and oppression within the U.S.
  • Resource Center of the Americas --Committed to informing, education, and organizing for human rights, democracy and justice in the Americas. Based in Minneapolis.
  • School of the Americas Watch
  • SERPAGE: Servicio Paz y Justicia en America Latina --A Latin American peace and justice network. (in Spanish)
  • Servicio Internacional para la Paz / International Service for Peace (SISPAZ) --An international coalition devoted to finding a peaceful solution in the Chiapas region of Mexico. (both in Spanish and English)

    Militarism and Violent Conflict

  • American Friends Service Committee --Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service.
  • Center for Defense Information (CDI) --independent monitor of the military. Believes that strong social, CDI seeks realistic and cost effective military spending without excess expenditures for weapons and policies that increase the danger of war.
  • Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) --supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war.
  • Christian Peacemaker Teams --An organization committed to "Getting in the Way"-challenging systems of domination and exploitation as Jesus did in the first century.
  • Circlevision --Informs and educates on justice and peace issues in Minnesota.
  • Crimes of War --Collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars seeking to raise awareness of the laws of war among the media, governments, the human rights and humanitarian aid communities, and the general public.
  • Hague Appeal for Peace --creates new partnerships between citizens, governments, and international organizations. This "new diplomacy" will help us progress toward peace.
  • International Action Center (IAC) --Information, activism and resistance to militarism and war, linking with struggles against racism and oppression within the U.S.
  • Maryknoll Mission --Catholic order devoted to alleviating poverty and working for social justice around the world.
  • Fellowship of Reconciliation --An interfaith organization seeking to replace violence, racism and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace and justice.
  • Friends for a Non-Violent World --Quaker organization based in Minneapolis working for a non-violent society and world.
  • Lutheran Peace Fellowship --National and global network of Lutherans working to be peacemakers and justice seekers.
  • Pax Christi USA --National Catholic peace movement dedicated to a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.
  • Peace Action --National grassroots peace and justice group.
  • United States Institute of Peace --Federal institution created to strengthen the U.S.'s capacity to promote peaceful resolution in international conflicts.
  • Veterans for Peace, Inc.
  • War Resisters League --Group committed to working against war and violence in our society.
  • Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) --Nonviolent feminist organization that works in solidarity with others to create a system of social equality, self-determination, and justice through education and empowerment of women. WAMM's purpose is to dismantle systems of militarism and global oppression.

    Poverty

  • Bread for the World --Christian-based organization that works for policy change that affects hungry people in the United States and worldwide. Use our democratic potential to find policies that address the root causes of hunger and poverty.

    Tibet

  • Free Tibet Campaign
  • International Campaign for Tibet
  • Tibet Online

    Disclaimer: Although we may think these are great sites, the appearance of them on our website is in no way an endorsement of these organizations.


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