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Public Policy and Advocacy Organizations Related to Race, Class, and Gender9to5, National Association of Working Women is a nonprofit organization of working women with more than twenty chapters and members in all fifty states. For over twenty-five years, 9to5 has organized to end sexual harassment and discrimination and to win better wages, working conditions and family-friendly policies.The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. AAUW is composed of three corporations: The Association, a 150,000-member organization with more than 1,500 branches nationwide that lobbies and advocates for education and equity; The AAUW Educational Foundation, which funds pioneering research on girls and education, community action projects, and fellowships and grants for outstanding women around the globe; and The AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, which provides funds and a support system for women seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination in higher education.The American Federal of Labor Congresses Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of America's unions. Its Working Women's Department helps organizations and communities to advance women in the workplace.The Applied Research Center (ARC), founded in 1981, is a public policy, educational and research institute whose work emphasizes issues of race and social change. Recent projects include Action Education, a national initiative to encourage popular education within community organizations; ERASE, a program to challenge persistent and pervasive racism in U.S. public education; and WARP, the Welfare Advocacy Research Project.Business and Professional Women/USA (BPW/USA) is an organization dedicated to working women. BPW/USA works to promote equality in the workplace through networking, research, and educational programs. The Business and Professional Women's Foundation promotes equity for working women nationwide through education, information and research. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the foundation provides financial assistance to women seeking education to advance in their careers or reenter the workforce. The Foundation also collects, conducts and analyzes research on issues affecting women in the workplace.The Center for Advancement of Public Policy, a nonprofit organization founded in 1991, fosters equitable, democratic, and humane management in government, corporations, and other organizations; seeks the elimination of prejudice, sexism, and discrimination in the workplace and in society; and promotes democratic government through research, investigation and education. It serves as an independent and nonpartisan resource to members of Congress, the press, advocacy organizations, community leaders, employee groups, corporate managers, and consumers.The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national nonprofit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. Through education, policy research, and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access for low-income persons to our civil justice system.The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), founded in 1976, is a nonpartisan public policy and leadership development center serving state legislators, state policy organizations, and state grassroots leaders. CPA is a nonprofit corporation supported by foundations, unions, corporations and individuals. CPA works closely with other organizations to develop policy briefs, talking points and legislative models.The Center for Women Policy Studies, founded in 1972 as the nation's first feminist policy research organization, is a research and advocacy institute which focuses on policy issues affecting the social, legal, and economic status of women, with particular emphasis on low-income women and women of color. Its multiethnic and multicultural feminist research, policy analysis and advocacy bring women's diverse voices to important debates-violence against women and girls, welfare reform, work/family and workplace diversity policies, and much more.Founded in 1981, the Center on Budget and Policy works on fiscal policy issues and issues affecting low- and moderate-income families and individuals. The Center specializes in research and analysis oriented toward policy decisions that policymakers face at both federal and state levels. The Center examines data and research findings and produces analyses designed to be accessible to public officials, other nonprofit organizations, and the media.The Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations. CHN's members include civil rights, religious, labor and professional organizations and those concerned with the well-being of children, women, the elderly and people with disabilities.The Economic Policy Institute (EPI), founded in 1986, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy. The mission of EPI is to provide high-quality research and education in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy. The Institute stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards of working people, and it makes its findings accessible to the general public, the media, and policymakers.Equal Rights Advocates works to advance the rights of women and girls through litigation. ERA pursues impact litigation-cases that can affect large groups of women or has the potential to develop new law. ERA also operates a toll-free, multilingual advice and counseling program for women and girls across the country seeking answers to their questions about discrimination they have experienced in the workplace or at school.Equality Now is an international human rights organization dedicated to action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women. Equality Now mobilizes action on behalf of individual women whose rights are being violated and promotes women's rights at local, national and international levels.The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), which was founded in 1987, is dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and nonviolence. FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. FMF believes that feminists-both women and men, girls and boys-are the majority, but this majority must be empowered.Highlander has been active in Appalachia and the South since its founding in 1932 as the Highlander Folk School. Throughout its history, the Highlander Center has been dedicated to eliminating poverty and winning the right to genuine and meaningful democratic participation for all people. In pursuit of this goal, Highlander provides support to grassroots individuals and organizations working to address the profound inequities that are so deeply rooted in the political and economic structures and culture of southern communities.The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and families. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, the economic and social aspects of health care and domestic violence, and women's civic and political participation. This site provides links to several IWPR reports.The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1976, is dedicated to promoting social and economic development with women's full participation. ICRW generates empirical information and technical assistance on women's productive and reproductive roles, their status in the family, their leadership in society, and their management of environmental resources.The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, founded in 1970 by black intellectuals, professionals, and elected officials, informs the nation's major public policy debates through research, analysis, and information dissemination in order to: improve the socioeconomic status of black Americans and other minorities; expand their effective participation in the political and public policy arenas; and promote communications and relationships across racial and ethnic lines to strengthen the nation's pluralistic society.The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League of Woman Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) provides local and state Leagues, as well as the wider public, with information and educational services on elections and on current public policy issues.MANA, A National Latina Organization, is a nonprofit, advocacy organization established in 1974. Its mission is to empower Latinas through leadership development and community action. MANA fulfills its mission through programs designed to develop the leadership skills of Latinas, promote community service by Latinas, and provide Latinas with advocacy opportunities. Support for these programs is derived from members, corporations, foundations, and government grants.The Ms. Foundation for Women, a national, multi-issue, public women's fund, supports the efforts of women and girls to govern their own lives and influence the world around them. It funds and assists women's self-help organizing efforts, and pursues changes in public consciousness, law, philanthropy, and social policy. The foundation directs resources to break down barriers based on race, class, age, disability, sexual orientation, and culture.The NAACP is a civil rights organization dedicated to ensuring the political, educational, social, and economic equality of minority group citizens of the U.S.This organization strives to serve as the national voice for state, county, and local commissions for women; to develop, conduct, and promote research and training; to facilitate communication and cooperation on issues affecting women and their families; to provide support, technical assistance, and expertise in order to impact public policy. This site includes links to state and local commissions and offices for women.The National Center for Policy Research for Women and Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of adults and children. It promotes the health and well-being of women and families by using objective, research-based information to encourage new, more effective programs and policies. The Center gathers and analyzes information and translates that information into clearly presented facts and policy implications that are made widely available to the public, the media, and policymakers.The National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE), founded in 1979, is a national membership coalition of over eighty organizations, including labor unions, women's and civil rights organizations, religious, professional, education and legal associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions and individual women and men working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to achieve pay equity.The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW), founded in 1981, is a working alliance of ninety-two women's research and policy centers, more than three thousand affiliates, and a network of over two hundred international centers. NCRW's mission is to enhance the connections among research, policy analysis, advocacy, and innovative programming on behalf of women and girls. This site includes links to members and affiliates by state and area of expertise.For over one hundred years, the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) has brought together women of conscience committed to the Jewish principle of Tikkun Olam: repairing the world. Its members fight to improve the lives of women, children and families through programs of research, education, advocacy, and community service. NJCW is a volunteer organization.The National Council of Women's Organizations is a bipartisan network of more than one hundred women's organizations, which together represent more than six million members. Member organizations include grassroots, research, service, media and legal advocacy groups. The Council works to advocate change on many issues of importance to women, including equal employment opportunity, economic equity, media equality, education, job training, women's health and reproductive health, as well as the specific concerns of mid-life and older women, girls and young women, women of color, business and professional women, homemakers, and retired women.The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to bring about equality for all women. NOW is dedicated to making legal, political, social, and economic change in our society in order to achieve their goal of eliminating sexism and ending all oppression.The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. Founded in 1971 as the Women's Legal Defense Fund, the National Partnership has grown from a small group of volunteers into one of the nation's most powerful and advocates for women and families.The National Urban League, founded in 1910, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, community-based movement with affiliates in over one hundred cities in thirty-four states and the District of Columbia. Its mission is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power, and civil rights through a three-pronged strategy of education, economic self-sufficiency, and racial inclusion in all aspects of society.The National Woman's Party was founded in 1916 by Alice Paul in order to revitalize the suffrage movement. Today, the NWP has a dual mission: to continue to educate the public about the need to eradicate all forms of discrimination, in order to achieve full legal, economic, and societal equality for all; and to use and preserve the Sewall-Belmont House, the party headquarters in Washington, D.C., with its historic library, and suffragist archives, to tell the story of a century of courageous activism by American women.The National Women's Law Center has worked since 1972 to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives. The Center brings to its work extensive subject expertise in the major areas of family economic security, health, employment and education. The Center uses a variety of tools to maximize its impact in bringing women's concerns to public policymakers, advocates and the public alike, including public policy research, monitoring and analysis; litigation, advocacy and coalition-building; and public education.Founded in 1971, the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) is a national, grassroots membership organization dedicated to increasing the number of pro-choice women in elected and appointed office regardless of party affiliation. The purpose of the National Women's Political Caucus is to increase women's participation in the political process and to identify, recruit, train and support pro-choice women for election and appointment to public office.NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund pursues equality for women and girls in the workplace, the schools, the family and the courts, through litigation, education, and public information programs. NOW Legal Defense also provides technical assistance to Congress and state legislatures, employs media strategies, distributes up-to-the-minute fact sheets, and organizes national grassroots coalitions to promote and sustain broad-based advocacy for women's equality. Established in 1970 by the founders of the National Organization for Women, NOW Legal Defense is a separate organization with its own mission, programs and Board of Directors.Founded in 1981, Political Research Associates (PRA) is a national organization addressing the full spectrum of the U.S. political Right-from the right-wing in the electoral arena to paramilitary organizations. PRA works to facilitate public understanding of the threat posed to democratic values and principles by the Right in the United States. PRA fosters social change through its research and publications and as a national resource and support center for activists, journalists, and others.The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a nonpartisan, national, nonprofit organization convened by major civil rights, civil liberties and antipoverty groups. Its purpose is to link social science research to advocacy work in order to successfully address problems at the intersection of race and poverty.The Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI) is an international nongovernmental, nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of women's rights at the local, national, regional, and global levels. With members in seventy countries and a network of more than 1300 individuals and organizations worldwide, SIGI works toward empowering women and developing leadership through human rights education.The Southern Poverty Law Center combats hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation. It has developed a Teaching Tolerance curriculum. It also monitors militia and antigovernment groups and has a close relationship with government law enforcement agencies.The mission of the Southern Regional Council is to promote racial justice, protect democratic rights and broaden civic participation in the southern United States. Since its founding in 1919 as the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, SRC has engaged southern communities on issues of democracy and race. Partnerships for Racial Unity, an SRC initiative, bridges diverse racial and ethnic communities to build multiracial collaborations. SRC partners with the Highlander Center and CROW to study the nation's changing demographics in the project "Race and Nation in the Global South."The Third Wave Foundation is a national activist philanthropic organization for young women between the ages of fifteen and thirty. Through grant making, networking and public education, Third Wave informs and empowers a generation of young women activists. It strives to combat inequalities based on age, gender, race, sexual orientation, economic status or level of education.The White House Project and the White House Project Education Fund's programs enhance public perceptions of women's capacity to lead, change biases against women's leadership ability, and foster the entry of women into positions of leadership, including the U.S. presidency.Established in 1990, Women of Color Resource Center (WCRC) is a nonprofit education, community-action, and resource center working on social justice issues that affect women of color. WCRC develops and distributes education and information resources about women of color that support, sustain, and advance social justice movements. WCRC programs and projects are based on and reflect the integration of race, gender, and economic analyses.Women's Policy, Inc. (WPI) serves a unique role in the nonprofit community as the only organization that tracks federal legislation on a broad range of issues that affect women and their families. Established in 1995, WRI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to provide public policy research, legislative analysis, and information services to policymakers, the press, and the public on issues important to women and families.The Women's Project is a community-based, nonprofit organization committed to the elimination of sexism and racism. Since 1981, the Women's Project has provided community education and assisted women in organizing around these primary issues: violence against women, children, and people of color; women's economic issues, especially those affecting low income women; social justice issues such as sexism, racism, homophobia, ageism, ableism, classism, and anti-Semitism.The Women's Research & Education Institute (WREI) has provided Congress with nonpartisan information and policy analysis on women's issues since 1977. Its mission is to identify issues affecting women and their roles in the family, workplace, and public arenas, and to inform and help shape the public policy debate on these issues.The YWCA is the oldest and largest women's membership movement in the United States. Over three hundred YWCAs operate across the country, representing two million women, girls, and their families. The movement's mission is to empower women and girls and to eliminate racism.
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