See also:
- ActivistCash.com - Provides the public and media with profiles of anti-consumer activist groups (all of which are tax-exempt nonprofits) along with information about the sources of their funding.
- Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership - A nonprofit organization founded in 1995 to honor James and Grace Boggs' legacy as movement activists and theoreticians for rebuilding cities and communities.
- Caregivers Tax-Credit Campaign - A campaign that supports extending tax-credits to cover a broader base of caregivers.
- Center for Community Change - CCC helps poor people develop their own strong organizations to improve their communities and change policies and institutions that affect their lives.
- CircleVision - Connects the progressive activists in the Upper Midwest, informing and educating about the connections between all justice and peace issues and current events.
- Citizens Equal Rights Alliance - Educational and legal advocacy organization presents its opposition to tribal sovereignty for Native American groups. Learn about positions and activities.
- The Communitarian Network (TCN) - A George Washington University group which seeks to improve civil liberties by strengthening community and social institutions. Newsletter, platform, and communitarian links.
- Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART) - The network of grassroots, metropolitan, congregation-based, community organizations in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and Kentucky offers training for local groups as well as an intensive organizer's institute.
- Grassroots.com - Community political action network offering a software package that integrates traditional direct-communications and grassroots techniques with online technology.
- Homeless Empowerment - Web site for Spare Change newspaper and the Homeless Empowerment Project. Trying to increase financial support and awareness of our services to the homeless community.
- Lair of Hunterbear - Detailed discussion of 45 years of activist organizing -- historical and contemporary -- by Hunter Gray (Hunterbear). Areas covered include labor and socialism, civil rights, Native American rights.
- League of Revolutionaries for a New America - Chicago-based activist group which seeks a more even distribution of wealth and greater social awareness among Americans.
- The Liberty Activist - Libertarian group dedicated to the premise that all people should take action on a regular basis to 'educate, agitate, and organize' for liberty in our lifetime.
- Millions More Movement - Organizing for the tenth anniversary commemoration of the Million Man March, with registration, local contacts, and information on pre-gathering events.
- Modern Public - Virtual town square, offering a common place to communicate, debate, and participate in polls about local city issues.
- National Coalition to Save Our Mall - Organization formed to protect the National Mall from threats to its integrity, beauty and historic symbolism. Includes news, analysis, action alerts and history.
- National Organizers Alliance - Offers progressive organizing for social, economic and environmental justice. Provides news, membership and job bank.
- National Training and Information Center - The Chicago-based NTIC conducts research and provides training and technical assistance to build grassroots leadership and strengthen neighborhoods through issue-based community organizing. They describe current focus issues and upcoming trainings.
- Noraid - Irish Americans working for a United and Free Northern Ireland
- The official site of the Million Family March, Oct. 16, 2000 - This site offers up to date news and information regarding the October 16, 2000 Million Family March in Washington, D.C.
- Political Grassroots - Working to inspire citizens to create and influence public policy through America's political grassroots and to become political volunteers.
- Refuse and Resist - Diverse national membership organization, whose mission is to build a climate, culture and community of resistance to political and social repression in all of its forms.
- Rural Media Activism - Models of community media activism and stories of rural action.
- Speak For Yourself - Resource for groups needing assistance with community organizing, lobbying/political action. Video and radio services in support of the above actions. Reasonable rates scaled to the financial ability of the group.
- SpeakOut.com - For engaged citizens to get informed, get involved and make a difference around causes they care about, such as politics, education, family, the world, society, health, environment, and the economy.
- USAction - A grassroots organization fighting for justice in health care, education, environmental policy and other areas.
- VIVE, Inc. - An organization of world refugees seeking asylum in Canada and the US. We provide food, shelter, medical, legal and ESL classes.
- Voter March - Organizes marches in favor of a variety of voting reforms in the aftermath of the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Lists local activist efforts, media contacts, and related resources.
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