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Center for Community Change (CCC)
Washington Office
1000 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 342-0567
Fax (202) 333-5462
The Center for Community Change is committed to reducing poverty and rebuilding low income communities. To do this, we help people to develop the skills and resources they need to improve their communities as well as change policies and institutions that adversely affect their lives. We believe that poor people themselves – through organizations they control – need to lead efforts to eliminate poverty.
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
(212) 614-6464
Founded in 1966, the Center is dedicated to protecting rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It engages in creative use of the law to affect social change and handles cases related to government misconduct, and the rights of women, Native Americans/indigenous peoples, lesbians and gays.
Center for Law and Education
1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 510
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 986-3000
FAX (202) 986-6648
Media Contact and Spokesperson: Paul Weckspein, Co-Director
The Center supports the work of advocates involved in education issues which affect low-income students and their parents. Founded in 1969, its mission is to provide leadership in improving the quality of public education for low-income students.
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)
17 Walter Lum Place
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 274-6750
FAX (415) 397-8770
Media Contact: Isabelle Huie
Chinese for Affirmative Action programs focus on protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, other ethnic minorities, and women in the workplace, in educational institutions, and in society. CAA also is engaged in work related to immigration, bilingual education, employment equity, voting rights, violence against Asians, and the portrayal of Asians in the media.
Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights
2000 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 659-5565
(202) 223-5302
Media Contact and Spokesperson: William L. Taylor, Vice Chair
The Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights is a bipartisan group of former officials who have served in the federal government in positions with responsibility for equal opportunity. Based in Washington DC, the Commission was established in 1982 to monitor the civil rights policies and practices of the federal government and to seek ways to accelerate progress in the area of civil rights.
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
1004 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E.
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 675-6730
FAX: (202) 547-3806
Media Contact and Spokesperson: Dr Ronald Quincy, Executive Director
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., is a public policy, research, and educational institute that works to broaden and elevate the influence of black Americans in the political, legislative, and public policy arenas. Its mission is to assist current policymakers and prepare a new generation for leadership by sponsoring conferences, forums, leadership seminars, and other programs designed to implore approaches to domestic and foreign policy issues relevant to black Americans.
Equal Rights Advocates
1663 Mission Street, Suite 550
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 621-0672
FAX: (415) 621-6744
Media Contact and Spokesperson: Jeanne Nader, Media Director
Founded in 1974, Equal Rights Advocates has been a leader in the development of the law in several areas, including sexual harassment, pay equity, affirmative action, discrimination against parents, and immigrant women's rights. It actively litigates and also provides advice and counsel through a hotline. Equal Rights Advocates is often a source of "real life" stories for reporters writing on discrimination issues.
Fair Employment Council
1300 19th Street, N.W., Suite 320
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 842-4474
FAX: (202) 463-7121
Media Contact and Spokesperson: Claudia Withers, Director
The Council is a civil rights research organization founded to promote equal opportunity in employment and other civil rights areas. It achieves these goals through employment testing, demographic analysis, public education, and litigation programs that challenge discriminatory employment.
Highlander Research and Education Center
1959 Highlander Way
New Market, TN 37820
(423) 933-3443
FAX: (423) 933-3424
Media Contact: Mary Thom Adams, Development Coordinator
Highlander Research and Education Center is a 65-year old organization that works with social activists, educators, and grassroots leaders (primarily from the South and Appalachia) who are engaged in efforts that promote social justice.
Human Rights Campaign
1101 14th Street, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 628-4160
FAX: (202) 347-5323
Media Contact and Spokesperson: David Smith, Communications Director
The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national lesbian and gay political organization with members throughout the country. It effectively lobbies Congress, provides campaign support, and educates the public to ensure that lesbian and gay Americans can be open, honest, and safe at home, at work, and in their community.
International Center for the Disabled
340 East 24th Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 679-0100
FAX (212) 585-6161
Media Contact & Spokesperson: Blythe Randolph, Communications Specialist
Founded in 1917, the International Center for the Disabled provides physical rehabilitation, vocational training and placement, and psychosocial services for the physically challenged. The Center also has a comprehensive rehabilitation library/information center.
Indian Law Resources Center
602 North Ewing Street
Helena, MT 59601
(406) 449-2006
FAX: (406) 449-2031
The Indian Law Resource Center is a non-profit law and advocacy organization established and directed by American Indians. The Center provides legal assistance to Indian and Alaska Native nations who are working to protect their land, resources, human rights, environment, and cultural heritage. Its principal goal is the preservation and security of Indian and other Native nations and tribes.
Institute on Race & Poverty
415 Law Center
229-19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
The Institute on Race & Poverty (IRP) was founded in 1993 by Dr.
John A. Powell, former national legal director of the American Civil
Liberties Union and the Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the
University of Minnesota Law School. It is one of few national
organizations that directly address the underlying causes of the problems
created at the
intersection of racial injustice and poverty. In the relatively short time
since its inception, IRP has gained a national reputation for pro-active
work through leading-edge thinking, relevant research, coalition building,
public policy influence, and effective consultation and technical
assistance.
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