RACIAL JUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCES

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Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. They direct their advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. They do not accept government funding to ensure their independence and carefully review all donations to ensure they are consistent with their policies, mission and values. They partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and to help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims.

ACTION AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

“The project is now a member-led global network of more than 40 chapters. Their members organize and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.” Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement advocating for non-violent civil disobedience in protest against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people. The broader movement and its related organizations typically advocate against police violence towards black people as well as for various other policy changes considered to be related to black liberation. 

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND TOOLKITS

The SPLC is the premier U.S. non-profit organization monitoring the activities of domestic hate groups and other extremists – including the Ku Klux Klan, the neo-Nazi movement, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, black separatists, antigovernment militias, Christian Identity adherents and others. They are currently tracking more than 1,600 extremist groups operating across the USA. They publish investigative reports, train law enforcement officers and share key intelligence, and offer expert analysis to the media and public.

 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AND GIVING OPPORTUNITY

Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. They have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Their mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.

 VOLUNTEER AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The ACLU is the premier defender of the rights as written in the U.S. Constitution. With more than 1.5 million members, nearly 300 staff attorneys, thousands of volunteer attorneys, and offices throughout the nation, the ACLU fights government abuse vigorously and defends individual freedoms including speech and religion, a woman’s right to choose, the right to due process, citizens’ rights to privacy and much more. The ACLU acts even when the issue is difficult and controversial. For over 100 years, the ACLU has participated in more Supreme Court cases than any other private organization.

CAREER, INTERNSHIP AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES