Non-Profit Organizations

on the Internet

Information has a tendancy to make us feel safe. However, there are many miles between information and societal change.

With that said, here are links to some very useful sources of information for social and political advocacy which, and this is my hope, will empower you to ACTION!

Peace Corps For more than 30 years, Peace Corps Volunteers have been fighting hunger, disease, poverty, and lack of opportunity. In a world that has changed dramatically, the Peace Corps has remained a steady symbol of how our nation cares - people-to-people. More than 140,000 Americans have been Peace Corps Volunteers. Over 6500 are serving today in 94 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific, South and Central America, the Caribbean and Central Europe.

Who Cares, a terrific quarterly magazine covering community service and social activism published by a group of committed young activists in D.C.

HungerWeb is designed to be both a general education platform and a research resource on hunger related issues. Highlights include an interactive Hunger Quiz and an e-mail gateway to the President and Vice President of the United States.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a civil liberties organization working to protect your rights on-line.

The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national advocacy network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed to a single goal: to end homelessness.

The Carter Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute founded by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife,Rosalynn. The Center is dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression through collaborative initiatives in the areas of democratization and development, global health, and urban revitalization.

Children Now: Are you concerned about the quality of our children's education? Do you worry about the level of violence threatening our nation's children? Are you worried about the messages children are getting from television? Learn More About Children's Issues: The Status of Our Nation's Children; Improving Our Schools; Children and Violence; Children and the Media; Children's Health; Family Economic Security

The Foundation for National Progress was founded in 1973 to educate and empower people to work toward progressive change. The nonprofit FNP publishes Mother Jones magazine, administers Mother Jones Reporting Internships, manages the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography and oversees the activities of Mother Jones Interactive.(We've also "sampled" several of their gifs!)

Human Rights Web contains up-to-date information about human rights and links to human rights organizations.

The Institute for Global Communications (IGC) Networks - PeaceNet, EcoNet, ConflictNet, and LaborNet - serve individuals and organizations working toward peace, environmental protection, human rights, social and economic justice, sustainable and equitable development, health, and nonviolent conflict resolution.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) has grown into the largest feminist organization in this country. For nearly 30 years NOW activists have been at the forefront of every issue relating to full equality for women in our society.

Project America is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire and teach people across the country to take positive steps to improve their own communities, and to facilitate partnerships between volunteers and the organizations that need them.

The Queer Resources Directory is an electronic research library specifically dedicated to sexual minorities -- groups that have traditionally been labelled as "queer" and systematically discriminated against.

The Freedom Forum is devoted to promoting free press, free speech and free spirit for all people.

ReliefNet is a non-profit corporation dedicated to helping humanitarian organizations raise global awareness and support for relief efforts via the interent. ReliefNet is sponsoring ReliefRock, the first online benefit concert, to help participating relief organizations.

Lead... or Leave is the largest Generation X political organization in the United States, and a leading force in the effort to put generational issues on the national political map.

The Foundation Center is a nonprofit service organization dedicated to building public understanding of the foundation field by maintaining a comprehensive database on foundations and corporate giving programs and the grants they give. The Center makes this and other funding information available to the public at no charge at more than 200 libraries.

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