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Act for Change ActForChange makes it fast and easy to speak out on the causes that matter to you most, from women's rights to U.S. foreign policy to the environment. Just select form any number of ready-to-send, hard-hitting e-mails that targeted lawmakers and business leaders will sit up and notice.
Anti-Apathy Anti-Apathy* (AA) promotes awareness and action for positive social change and offers refreshing ways to connect you to the issues that impact your daily life. AA stimulates engagement with social, environmental, and political issues – from fashion to free trade and everything in between. AA starts with awareness, but equally, it’s about experience and action. Through our events and unique social experiments we aim to raise the debate, inspire and get people acting on issues in a creative and imaginative way.
Co-op America: Economic Action for a Just Planet Where you spend your dollars speaks volume. Find out more at Co-op America, a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982. Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
The Council of Canadians Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians is Canada’s largest citizens’ organization, with members and chapters across the country. We work to protect Canadian independence by promoting progressive policies on fair trade, clean water, safe food, public health care, and other issues of social and economic concern to Canadians.
Fans with Cans FANS WITH CANS creates concerts and events with local, regional, national, and international entertainers. We are an international, grassroots, non-profit hunger and disaster relief program dedicated to providing food to pantries and shelters, worldwide, 365 days a year.
Green Ribbon Pledge Take the Green Ribbon Pledge to conserve energy for a secure future. Find out simple things you can do to save energy everyday. Join the over 41,000 people who have taken the pledge to conserve energy for a secure future!
Ideal Bite Heather Stephenson and Jennifer Boulden share their eco- friendly, green lifestyle with you. They buy organic foods and organic products, and practice ecologically sustainable living.
Independent Judiciary Since its inception in 1985, Alliance for Justice's Judicial Selection Project (JSP) has taken the lead in raising the visibility of the importance of the federal courts. JSP monitors judicial nominations at all levels of the federal bench. It encourages public participation in the selection and confirmation process and raises public awareness about the significant impact the federal judiciary has on the country. JSP promotes support for the nomination and confirmation of fair and qualified judges who have demonstrated a commitment to equal justice.
League of Conservation Voters The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is the political voice of the national environmental movement and the only organization devoted full-time to shaping a pro-environment Congress and White House.
Marijuana Policy Project Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) - advocating harm reduction-based marijuana policies since 1995
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Since its founding in 1970, NORML has provided a voice in the public policy debate for those Americans who oppose marijuana prohibition and favor an end to the practice of arresting marijuana smokers. A nonprofit public-interest advocacy group, NORML represents the interests of the tens of millions of Americans who smoke marijuana responsibly.
Network for Good Network for Good is the Internet's leading charitable resource—an e-philanthropy site where individuals can donate, volunteer and get involved with the issues they care about. The organization's goal is to connect people to charities via the Internet—using the virtual world to deliver real resources to nonprofits and communities. Founded in 2001 by the Time Warner Foundation and AOL, Inc.; the Cisco Foundation and Cisco Systems, Inc.; and Yahoo! Inc., Network for Good is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Bethesda, MD.
Patriot's Energy Pledge The Patriot's Energy Pledge is a civic campaign to help Americans reduce our dependence on oil, by taking personal steps to meet our transportation needs in more fuel-efficient ways. We believe that every American driver can reduce oil use dramatically, while maintaining lifestyle and safety. By taking the pledge, you will save at the pump, help the environment and make our nation more secure.
People for the American Way People For the American Way (PFAW) and People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) work to protect the heart of democracy and the soul of the nation. In Congress and state capitals, in classrooms and in libraries, in courthouses and houses of worship, on the airwaves and on the printed page, on sidewalks and in cyberspace, we work to promote full citizen participation in our democracy and safeguard the principles of our Constitution from those who threaten the American dream.
Petition Them Petition-them.com has been designed to enable the ordinary person to have a voice - the problem with ordinary petitions is that their reach is limited by the media they use. Petition-them has a potentially unlimited reach. It can be used to add weight to your cause at a very local level, or to influence government and large organisations. All petitions can be placed free and include a bulletin board and administration tools.
Progressive Secretary Would you like a cooperative way to get your voice heard in Washington? It's free! Progressive Secretary sends out progressive email letters to Congress, the President, and other officials on peace, ecology, civil rights and other issues. The letters are suggested by participants in the cooperative and are sent to you as a proposal.If you tell us to "send", then the letters are sent to your Congress people and others noted in the proposal over your signature and return address. A report is sent to you. If you like, you can send the letters yourself.
The Petition Site Sign and create online petitions - for human rights, the environment and much more.
Protest.net Protest.Net helps people find out about progressive protests and meetings around the world by providing a central calendar site where the events can be posted.
Public Citizen Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts. We fight for openness and democratic accountability in government, for the right of consumers to seek redress in the courts; for clean, safe and sustainable energy sources; for social and economic justice in trade policies; for strong health, safety and environmental protections; and for safe, effective and affordable prescription drugs and health care.
Rainbow PUSH Coalition The RPC is a progressive organization fighting for social change. As a mighty coalition of conscience; workers, women and people of color have the power to make the American Dream a Reality! The RainbowPUSH Coalition is a combination of a grassroots and a political organization merged together in 1997, which seeks to protect, defend and gain civil rights and to even the economic and educational playing fields in all aspects of American life and to bring peace to the world.
What Can I Do? Activism isn't always about groups and protesting, there are hundreds even thousands of small changes you can make to your daily life to start making an impact.