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The New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation (NYCLU Foundation) is the sister organization of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), the New York state-level affiliate of the left-of-center American Civil Liberties Union. The NYCLU Foundation, which can receive tax deductible donations, was created to support the work
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The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is the New York state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It engages in litigation in support of and advocates for left-of-center policy. It also uses identity politics as an ideological basis for its work.
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Association for Union Democracy (AUD) is a pro-union advocacy group focused on improving the internal governance of American labor unions. 1 AUD was founded in 1969 by
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The Arab American Action Network (AAAN) is a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides social and other services to the local Arab-American community. 1 The organization claims that Arab-Americans and other minorities have sustained continuous discriminatory
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The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a left-of-center, Quaker-related organization that supports left-progressive policy on immigration, criminal justice, and economic issues. AFSC has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy and advocated for several left-wing policies, including abolishing all prisons, defunding law enforcement organizations, and eliminating funding for
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The American Ethical Union is a national humanist membership organization with roots in the Ethical Culture Movement that has historically been involved in the founding of notable left-of-center organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP. In addition to promoting non-theistic religious-philosophical views, it advocates for
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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR) is a civil-rights-focused left-of-center organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as an umbrella organization for over 200 mostly left-wing organizations which lobby and advocate before Congress and other federal agencies on legislation and Presidential appointments to the executive departments and
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a large and prominent advocacy organization for Muslims in the United States.1 Throughout its history, CAIR has been suspected of supporting
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSCS) is a left-of-center nonprofit that advocates for the removal of religious influences from government policy. The group claims that it has always been led by and staffed by religious individuals.
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American Atheists advocates for a complete separation of church and state and on behalf of the civil liberties of atheists. Founded by Madalyn Murray O’Hair after she won a U.S. Supreme Court decision prohibiting prayer in public schools, American Atheists brings lawsuits and public pressure to bear on institutions or
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People For the American Way Foundation is the charitable arm of People For the American Way, a progressive advocacy organization in the United States. In 1980-81, American film producer and left-wing activist Norman Lear, along with liberal former U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan (D-Texas) and other aligned business interests, founded
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The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL) is a left-of-center organization of attorneys formed after a request from President John F. Kennedy to support federal civil rights initiatives following a federal integration order for the University of Alabama in 1963 and subsequent protest marches in Mississippi.
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The East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition is a left-of-center community coalition focused on improving prison conditions and ending supposed mass incarceration through education and advocacy. The Coalition is part of the Promise of Justice Initiative
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Advocacy Based on Lived Experience of Kentucky (ABLE KY) is an advocacy group that focuses on restoring voting rights for formerly incarcerated Kentuckians. 1
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Darrick Hamilton is the Henry Cohen professor of economics and urban policy at The New School and the founding director of the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy. 1 Hamilton is an
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The Alyssa Rodriguez Center (ARC) for Gender Justice is a non-profit that advocates for left-of-center policies regarding transgender issues, particularly those related to housing and incarceration assignments. It operates in New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.
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CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health is a Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit abortion provider. The Memphis clinic stopped performing abortions after a state-level ban on abortions took affect after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision allowed states to set policy on abortion. The group opened another abortion clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, where
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Carolina Lopez is the executive director of the Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions (PLEJ), a national network of election administrators from jurisdictions with a population of greater than 300,000. 1
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WorldDenver (also known as the Denver World Affairs Council) is the Denver, Colorado affiliate of the World Affairs Council, an international affairs educational and civic organization. Background WorldDenver was registered as a charitable nonprofit organization in Denver, Colorado in March 2012 under the name “Denver World Affairs Council.”
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Arie and Ida Crown Memorial is one of the private family foundations of the billionaire Crown family, who made their money in steel manufacturing and defense contracting.
