activism
The Recognize! Campaign
Recognize your strength. Recognize your power. Recognize your potential. Take care of yourself.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights, including the right to sexual and interpersonal nonviolence, body sanctity and freedom of information.
Public Libraries
PublicLibraries.com has a mission. Our mission is to serve people with an easy access to the use of public libraries and promote reading. This goal is made possible through participation of local libraries. We believe that the PublicLibraries.com will be a very resourceful site for individuals, families, schools and organizations.
Center for Media Literacy
A pioneer in its field, the Center for Media Literacy (CML) is an educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally. Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating media content, CML works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture.
Books Not Bars
Books Not Bars fights to redirect California's resources away from youth incarceration and towards youth opportunities. We engage in grassroots campaigns using media advocacy, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and alliance building.
Activism 101
Want to step up and start standing up for the issues most important to you? Here's a few basics on how young activists can get started.
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
The National Youth Advocacy Coalition is a social justice organization that advocates for and with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) in an effort to end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their physical and emotional well being.
Gay-Straight Alliance Network
Gay-Straight Alliance Network is a youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources.
The Voices and Faces Project
The Voices and Faces Project is a non-profit national survivor network created to give voice and face to survivors of sexual violence, offering a sense of solidarity and possibility to those who have lived through abuse, while raising awareness of how this human rights and public health issue impacts victims, families and communities.
Guttmacher Institute
Advancing sexual and reproductive health worldwide through research, policy analysis and public education.