HOPE into ACTION

Stop the War

Peace Action is the nation's largest grassroots peace network, with chapters and affiliates in 30 states. It organizes a grassroots network to place pressure on Congress and the Administration through write-in campaigns, internet actions, citizen lobbying and direct action. http://www.peace-action.org/

United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups who have joined together to protest the Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare. http://www.unitedforpeace.org/

The Washington Peace Center is a non-profit, anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace, justice and nonviolent social change in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area since 1963. http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/

CODEPINK: Women for Peace is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities. http://www.codepink4peace.org/

The U.S. Campaign the End the Israeli Occupation is a diverse coalition working for freedom from occupation and equal rights for all by challenging U.S. policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. http://www.endtheoccupation.org/

Support Our Troops

Iraq Veterans Against the War was founded by Iraq war veterans in July 2004 to give a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent. IVAW is leading the movement of veterans and GIs who are working to bring the troops home now. http://www.ivaw.org/

Veterans for Peace is is dedicated to using personal experiences and perspectives as veterans to raise public awareness of the true costs and consequences of militarism and war - and to seek peaceful, effective alternatives. http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Courage to Resist is a national organization primarily focused on supporting public GI resisters, and providing political, emotional, and material support to all military objectors critical of our government's current policies of empire. http://www.couragetoresist.org/

Save our Planet

Greenpeace is the leading independent campaign organization that uses peaceful direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. http://www.greenpeace.org/

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network is dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Our mission is to educate and mobilize citizens of this region in a way that fosters a rapid societal switch to clean energy and energy-efficient products, thus joining similar efforts worldwide to halt the dangerous trend of global warming. http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/

Oil Change International is dedicated to identifying, overcoming, and dismantling the political barriers which prevent the global progression to clean energy. It campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate this coming transition towards clean energy. http://www.priceofoil.org/

Work for Justice

Jobs with Justice aims to improve working people’s standard of living, fights for job security, and protects workers’ rights to organize. http://www.jwj.org/

The National Lawyers Guild is made up of lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers and legal workers who work locally, nationally and internationally as an effective political and social force in the service of the people. http://www.nlg.org/

Progressive Democrats of America was founded in 2004 to transform the Democratic Party and our country. We seek to build a party and government controlled by citizens, not corporate elites -- with policies that serve the broad public interest, not just private interests. http://www.pdamerica.org/

Witness Against Torture is a non-profit, grassroots organization founded to resist the use of torture globally, and to challenge the governments and policies which sanction its use. . http://www.witnesstorture.org/

The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights works to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status. We are committed to human rights as essential to securing healthy, safe and peaceful lives for all. http://www.nnirr.org/

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. http://www.organicconsumers.org/

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is committed to empowering Arab Americans, defending the civil rights of all people of Arab heritage in the US, promoting civic participation, encouraging a balanced U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, and supporting freedom and development in the Arab World. http://www.adc.org/


Defend DC

Empower DC works to enhance, improve and promote the self-advocacy of low and moderate income DC residents in order to bring about sustained improvements in their quality of life. http://www.empowerdc.org/

ONE DC exercises political strength to create and preserve racial and economic equity in the Shaw district of Washington DC, and all throughout the rest of the city. http://www.onedconline.org/

Stand Up! For Democracy in DC is a grassroots organization that works to obtain full democracy for all residents of the District of Columbia with equal rights under the Constitution and human rights consistent with international law, and to promote good governance for the welfare of the people. http://www.standupfordemocracy.org/

Coordinate Your Campus: student and parent organizing

Student Peace Action Network is a grassroots peace and justice organization working from schools across the United States. SPAN organizes for an end to the physical, social and economic violence caused by U.S. militarism, and opposes the complex webs of corporate and military power that perpetuate racism, damage the environment, deprive people of basic needs, and violate human rights. http://www.studentpeaceaction.org/

Students for a Democratic Society is a grassroots organization working to create a movement of youth who struggle to build and sustain a society of justice-making, solidarity, equality, peace and freedom. http://www.studentsforademocraticsociety.org/

The Campus Anti-War Network is currently the largest campus-based anti-war organization in the U.S. C.A.N. is an independent, democratic, grassroots network of students opposing the occupation of Iraq, and military recruitment activities occurring in high schools, colleges, and universities across the country. http://www.campusantiwar.net/

Our Spring Break is a student led, student initiated mobilization of youth that urges students nationwide to mobilize during their spring breaks to bring an end to war and occupation, and instead fund health care, clean energy, and social justice. http://www.ourspringbreak.org/

The National Network Opposing Militarization of Youth is a proactive organization involved in opposing war through counter-recruitment strategies. http://www.nnomy.org/

Get the Facts

Independent Media Center is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth. http://www.indymedia.org

Democracy Now! is a daily TV/radio news program that provides access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S.corporate-sponsored media. Hosted by Amy Goodman. http://www.democracynow.org

Democrats.com is the leading news and community Web site for the progressive base of the Democratic Party, in order to lead the fight against the radical right and the Republican Party. http://www.democrats.com

After Downing Street serves as a source of news about the war and the crimes of the Bush Administration, and information on upcoming events and ways to take action. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org