Organizations

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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION:

The ACLU works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it's achieving full equality for LGBT people, establishing new privacy protections in our digital age of widespread government surveillance, preserving the right to vote or have an abortion, or protecting the rights of immigrants and refugees, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach. CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ACLU

COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS:

CAIR is a grassroots civil rights advocacy group, and America's largest Muslim civil liberties organization. CAIR'S mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote mutual understanding, and be a leading advocate for justice. CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CAIR

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN:

HRC is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ equality. By inspiring and engaging individuals and communities, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are ensured equality and embraced as full members of society at home, at work, and in every community. CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HRC

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE:

The IRC responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUR IRC

NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER:

NILC is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants. NILCbeleives that all people who live in the U.S.- regardless of their race, gender, immigration and/or economic status-should have the opportunity to achieve their full potential. NILC has been at the forefront of many of the country's greatest challenges when it comes to immigration issues, and play a major leadership role in the real-life impact of politics that affect the ability of low-income immigrants to prosper and thrive. CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NILC

NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL:

NRDC is one of the largest and most prominent international environmental advocacy groups. They combine the power of over 2 million members, 500 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild. Other areas of work include climate change, communities, energy, food, health, and oceans.                              CLICK FOR MORE ABOUT NRDC

PLANNED PARENTHOOD:

Planned Parenthood if one of the nations's leading providers of affordable health care for women, men, and young people, and the nation's largest provider of sex education. PP believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual's income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence.  CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PP

TRINITY PLACE SHELTER:

Trinity Place Shelter is a non-sectarian, 10-bed transitional shelter in NYC that provides homeless LGBTQ youth and young adults with a safe place to sleep, shower, eat, and store belongings, with a goal of helping them to safely transition out of the shelter system and grow into independent, positive, and productive adults. CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TRINITY PLACE