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Not to be confused with desctructive sectarian groups like International Socialists<br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Energy Action Coalition<br> <a href="http://energyactioncoalition.org ">http://energyactioncoalition.org </a><br> Major student group working on climate change and energy issues. Sponsors the major Powershift global climate change conferences<br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Idealist.org<br> <a href="http://idealist.org">http://idealist.org</a><br> Not really a membership group, but the largest online database of service and advocacy opportunities, including campus opportunities. <br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"> NAACP <br> <a href="http://www.naacp.org/">www.naacp.org</a> <br> Has college chapters <br> <br> Oxfam America<br> <a href="http://www.oxfamamerica.org">www.oxfamamerica.org</a><br> Wonderful hunger relief and advocacy organization--has campus groups<br> <br> National Student Campaign Against Hunger & Homelessness<br> <a href="test/www.studentsagainsthunger.org">www.studentsagainsthunger.org</a><br> <br> Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)</p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"><a href="http://www.uspirg.org/about-us/pirg-campus-chapters">Student PIRGS</a><br> <a href="http://www.uspirg.org/about-us/pirg-campus-chapters"></a> Campus and community-based group originally founded by Ralph Nader. Does excellent campus organizing around issues like the environment and student financial aid, and the state PIRGs do community organizing<br> <br> Sierra Student Coalition<br> <a href="http://ssc.sierraclub.org">http://ssc.sierraclub.org</a><br> Student arm of the Sierra Club. I write about founder Adam Werbach <br> <br> Student Coalition for Action on Literacy Education [SCALE]<br> <a href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/scale">www.readwriteact.org</a> <br> They do advocacy and one-on-one projects related to literacy</p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)<br> <a href="http://www.seac.org/">www.seac.org</a> <br> Network of student environmental groups <br> <br> United States Student Organization<br> <a href="test/www.usstudents.org">www.usstudents.org</a> <br> Students join through their student governments. Key student voice for acting on issues like federal financial aid <br> <br> United Students Against Sweatshops<br> <a href="http://www.usasnet.org">www.<strong>studentsagainstsweatshops</strong>.org</a> <br> Students working against sweatshop labor conditions, including making sure that their campus sweatshirts, T-shirts, etc. are produced in conditions that respect the workers that make them. Just won <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/18labor.html">a major victory </a>forcing Russell Athletic to live up to fair labor standards. <br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"><span class="style7"><strong> GROUPS WITH A STRONG COMMUNITY PRESENCE</strong></span><a name="CommunityGroups"></a></p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">ACORN <br> <a href="http://www.acorn.org/">www.acorn.org</a><br> This national low-income community group has had major recent troubles, and I considered omitting them. But few groups have involved as many low-income people in social justice issues, and with as major results. They've gotten sloppy at points, and that's made it easier for their political opponents to smear them, but they've done valuable work from their founding in the welfare rights work, to legitimatley registering over a million voters in the last election cycle (a <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010582309_acorn24.html?syndication=rss">congressional report</a> recently cleared them of any improprieties). If you want to read more, here are useful articles from the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092303679.html">Washington Post</a> and <a href="http://www.alternet.org/workplace/142812/acorn:_the_most_cost-effective_investment_the_government_(and_foundations)_have_ever_made">Alternet</a>.<br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">AFL-CIO<b><br> </b><a href="http://www.aflcio.org/home.htm">www.aflcio.org/home.htm</a><br> Information on union campaigns</p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"><br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">American Civil Liberties Union <br> <a href="http://www.aclu.org/">www.aclu.org</a><br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">American Friends Service Committee<br> <a href="http://www.afsc.org/">www.afsc.org</a><br> veteran Quaker peace and justice group with regional offices<br> <br> Americans for Peace Now<br> <a href="http://www.peacenow.org">www.peacenow.org</a></p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">US affiliate of main Israeli peace group. Along with <a href="test/www.tikkun.org">Tikkun</a> and <a href="test/www.btvshalom.org">Brit Tzedek</a>, excellent source on Middle East alternatives<br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Amnesty International<br> <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/">www.amnesty.org</a><br> Major international human rights organization <br> <br> Catholic Worker<br> <a href="http://www.catholicworker.org/">www.catholicworker.org</a><br> Organization founded by Dorothy Day to link service, spirit, and social change, with local Catholic Worker houses and a national newspaper<br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Credo Mobile</p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">See <a href="#WorkingAssets">Working Assets</a><br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"> Children's Defense Fund<br> <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/">www.childrensdefense.org</a><br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Democracy For America<br> <a href="test/www.democracyforamerica.com">www.democracyforamerica.com</a><br> Emerged from the Howard Dean campaign to become one of the largest (over one million members) mobilizing citizens for progressive change. Smaller than MoveOn, but consequently a bit more agile, and tends to move more quickly on key issues. Combines online organizing with local projects. </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Democratic Socialists of America<br> <a href="http://www.dsausa.org/">www.dsausa.org</a><br> Politically similar to European socialist parties, puts out excellent magazine and has local chapters. Major leaders include Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenreich, United Farmworkers co-founder Dolores Huerta, and the late Michael Harrington. Small but excellent group.<br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Democracy Matters<br> <a href="http://www.democracymatters.org">www.democracymatters.org</a> <br> Student-community group founded to work on real campaign finance reform, following the successful model of Maine<br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Fellowship of Reconciliation<br> <a href="http://www.forusa.org/">www.forusa.org</a><br> Veteran ecumenical religious peace group with national magazine and local chapters. Played a major role in the civil rights movement<br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Greenpeace<br> <a href="http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/">www.greenpeaceusa.org</a><br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> Habitat for Humanity<br> <a href="http://www.habitat.org/">www.habitat.org</a><br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)<br> <a href="http://www.industrialareasfoundation.org"> www.industrialareasfoundation.org</a> <br> Parent organization of COPS, with regional affiliates--you'd need an affiliate in your area to get involved<br> <br> INFACT<br> <a href="http://www.infact.org/">www.infact.org</a><br> Coordinates grassroots boycotts<br> <br> Jobs With Justice<br> <a href="http://www.jwj.org/">www.jwj.org</a><br> Wonderful national network to support local labor organizing. It's a great vehicle to participate if you aren't already in a union, or even if you are<br> <br> League of Women Voters<br> <a href="http://www.lwv.org/">www.lwv.org</a><br> Long-time enviornmental and political democracy organization</p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"><br> <br> Moveon.org<br> <b><a href="http://www.moveon.org">www.moveon.org</a></b> <br> The prime progressive on-line organizing site in the country. Has done an amazing job in giving five million people a way to participate electronically. They're now doing more and more to build face-to-face engagement with local groups in most. It's free to sign up for their excellent action alerts <b><br> </b> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">NAACP <br> <a href="http://www.naacp.org/">www.naacp.org</a></p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"><br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">National Labor Committee<br> <a href="http://www.nlcnet.org/">www.nlcnet.org</a><br> coordinates anti-sweatshop campaigns like the Gap boycott<br> <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">NOW <br> <a href="http://www.now.org/">www.now.org</a><br> National Organization for Women<br> <br> Oxfam America<br> <a href="http://www.oxfamamerica.org">www.oxfamamerica.org</a> <br> Wonderful hunger relief and advocacy organization<br> <br> Parents for Public Schools <a href="http://www.parents4publicschools.com/"><br> www.parents4publicschools.com</a><br> <br> Pax Christi<br> <a href="test/www.paxchristiusa.org">www.paxchristiusa.org</a> <br> [international Catholic peace group<br> <br> <br> Peace Action<br> <a href="http://www.peace-action.org/">www.peace-action.org</a><br> <br> <br> Public Campaign<br> <a href="http://www.publicampaign.org/">www.publicampaign.org</a><br> major coordinator of clean elections campaigns<br> <br> Public Citizen<br> <a href="http://www.citizen.org/">www.citizen.org</a><br> Research and advocacy group on consumer, health and environmental issues<br> <br> Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)<br> <a href="test/www.pirg.org">www.pirg.org</a> <br> Campus and community-based group originally that does excellent student rights, consumer rights and enviornmental work<br> <br> Rainforest Action Network<br> <a href="http://www.ran.org/">www.ran.org</a><br> <br> RESULTS<br> <a href="http://www.results.org">www.results.org</a></p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Wonderful international grassroots citizens' lobby, working to create the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty<br> <br> <br> Sierra Club<br> <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/">www.sierraclub.org</a><br> Probably the most grassroots of the major environmental organizations<br> <br> Surfrider Foundation<br> <a href="http://www.surfrider.org/">www.surfrider.org</a><br> <br> Tikkun<br> <a href="http://www.tikkun.org">www.tikkun.org</a></p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Offers a progressive Jewish alternative on issues like peace in the Middle East.<br> <a href="http://www.tikkun.org"></a><a href="http://www.tikkun.org/community/campusnet/"><br> </a> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">True Majority<br> <a href="http://www.truemajority.org">www.truemajority.org</a><br> Founded by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, an excellent on-line network <br> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">War Resisters League<br> <a href="http://www.nonviolence.org/">www.nonviolence.org</a><br> Veteran pacifist group, with local chapters and magazine</p> <p class="style2 style5 style6"> </p> <p class="style2 style5 style6">Working Assets/Credo Mobile<a name="WorkingAssets"></a><br> <a href="test/www.workingassets.com">www.workingassets.com</a> <br> Progressive phone and credit card company that offers action alerts, registers voters and gives 1% of gross profits to good causes that you get to vote on. They sublease Sprint lines and quality and coverage is the same. 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