ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
School of the Americas
Watch
www.soaw.org
An independent organization that seeks to close the School of the Americas through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work
Amazon Conservation
Team (ACT)
www.amazonteam.org
Dedicated to pioneering new conservation strategies to understand, document and preserve the biological and cultural diversity of the Amazon
Heifer Project International
www.heifer.org
Dedicated to ending hunger, promoting self-reliance and building communities by providing food- and income-producing farm animals to poor families in more than 119 countries, including rural areas in the United States
International human rights organization supporting women and their families in conflict zones around the world with medicines, counseling, and programs to seek justice
The Raúl Juliá
Ending Hunger Fund
www.thp.org
Raises money for the sustainable end of hunger on the planet and is an initiative of The Hunger Project
International Rivers
Network
www.irn.org
Fighting for human rights and environmental protection, worldwide
ARTISTS
Indigo Girls
www.indigogirls.com
Melissa
Etheridge
www.melissaetheridge.com
Mary Ellen
Mark
www.maryellenmark.com
Fiona Smyth
www.fionasmyth.com
Honor the Earth
Tour
www.honorearth.com
FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS
ACLU
Women's Rights Resources
www.aclu.org/issues/women/arwo.html
The Equal Rights Amendment
www.equalrightsamendment.org
Comprehensive resource on all things feminist.
Feminist Majority
www.feminist.org
Clearing house for everything from research to information to action alerts.
Ms. Foundation
www.ms.foundation.org
A national women's fund that provides grants, training, and public education strategies to improve women economic status, health, safety and confidence. Also creator of Take Your Daughter to Work Day.
National Council for
Research on Women
www.ncrw.org
National Women's Law
Center
www.nwlc.org
National Women's Political
Caucus
www.nwpc.org
Unites women of all parties under the pro-choice banner.
NOW (National Organization
for Women)
www.now.org
ONLINE COMMUNITIES
Third
Wave Foundation
www.thirdwavefoundation.org
Women between the ages of 15 and 30 can apply for funding as well as pool resources energy in support of each other’s projects.
A portal to many good women's sites and search engine
Adios, Barbie
www.adiosbarbie.com
Dedicated to body-acceptance and celebrating women of all shapes and sizes
befearless
befearless.oxygen.com
Information, issues, networking, calls to action
SPONSORS