North America (Advocacy Organizations)

North America Sites:

War Child Canada War Child Canada: A non-profit organization to raise awareness and support of war affected children globally through local and international initiatives. Along with the music industry, targets youth with concerts, online chats, and documented footage and diaries of music (North America) http://www.warchild.ca/ Human Rights Institute of Canada Human Rights Institute of Canada: Non-partisan, citizen based organization, concerned with equality, justice and government's responsibility to citizens. (North America) http://www.humanrightsinstitute.com/ Ontario Human Rights Commission Ontario Human Rights Commission: Information guide about Canadian human rights, classifications of rights and laws, links to individual rights and to the work of the commission. (North America) http://www.ohrc.on.ca/ Alliance for Native American Indian Rights Inc. Alliance for Native American Indian Rights Inc.: Native American advocacy organization focused on Native American burial site preservation and stopping burial ground desecration and looting in Middle Tennessee. (North America) http://www.anairtn.org/ The Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations The Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations: An interdisciplinary academic institution that explores issues of race and race relations. (North America) http://www.law.ufl.edu/centers/csrrr/ American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union: Advocating individual rights by litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom. (North America) http://www.aclu.org/ Canadian Arab Federation Canadian Arab Federation: Umbrella organization whose mandate is to identify, articulate, defend and otherwise pursue the interests of the Arab-Canadian community. (North America) http://www.caf.ca/ El Centro Hispanoamericano El Centro Hispanoamericano: A non profit agency advocating for and protecting immigrant rights. Based in new Jersey. (North America) http://www.elcentronj.org/ National Association for the Advancement of Caucasian Latinos National Association for the Advancement of Caucasian Latinos: The NAACL represents the interests of white Hispanics fighting the polarization created by the "black, white, or Hispanic" myth which has sabotaged assimilation into mainstream socioeconomic prosperity. (North America) http://www.naacl.com/ Southern Heritage Southern Heritage: Advocates advancing the cultural, social, economic, and political well-being and independence of people of Southern heritage. (North America) http://johnnyreb22553.tripod.com/southernheritage/ Boycott-Riaa.com Boycott-Riaa.com: Organization rebutting arguments of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and writing critiques of the industry lobbyists' attempts to control music sharing and copying. With background information, news, essays, and links. (North America) http://www.boycott-riaa.com/ Rights Action (Formerly Guatemala Partners) Rights Action (Formerly Guatemala Partners): Rights Action raises funds for community development, relief and human rights projects in Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti. Advocates and educates on these issues in US and Canada. (North America) http://www.rightsaction.org Dakota Lakota Nakota Human Rights Advocacy Coalition Dakota Lakota Nakota Human Rights Advocacy Coalition: Chartered on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, the DLN is an advocacy group for human, civil, legal, and indigenous rights, and social justice for traditional Dakota/Lakota/Nakota People. (North America) http://www.dlncoalition.org/ Ozarkopathy Ozarkopathy: Claims the attitudes and prejudices in the Ozark Mountain Region of the United States are dangerous. (North America) http://ozarkopathy.org Healthy Citizens Healthy Citizens: Citizens against human experimentation. Focuses on the development of post World War II United States health and military programs. (North America) http://www.HealthyCitizens.com North Shore Colombia Solidarity Committee North Shore Colombia Solidarity Committee: Committee formed by people from various North Shore communities in Massachusetts in response to news that a portion of the coal for the Salem, Mass. power plant was coming from a mine in Colombia where grievous human rights atrocities were being committed (North America) http://home.comcast.net/~nscolombia/