The Advocacy Institute

http://www.advocacy.org

The Advocacy Institute makes a difference around the world by strengthening leadership and movements for political, social, and economic justice. Working with our partners to help make democratic institutions accountable, our work links us with a global community of grassroots activists and non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders tackling critical human rights issues -- such as public health, gender equity, peace, ending poverty, sustainable development, and preserving the environment.

The Institute’s work includes: advocacy leadership development, movement building, strategy development and analysis, advocacy skills building, facilitating alliance building, strategic counseling, and networking of advocates from all over the world.

The Alliance for Justice

http://www.afj.org/

The Alliance for Justice is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations. Since its inception in 1979, the Alliance has worked to advance the cause of justice for all Americans, strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy, and foster the next generation of advocates.

Center for Community Change

http://www.communitychange.org/

CCC is committed to reducing poverty and rebuilding low-income communities. Its staff attempts to provide low-income people and local organizations with information and tools to improve their communities and to change policies and institutions that adversely affect their lives.

http://www.equaljustice.org/

The Institute on Race & Poverty

http://www1.umn.edu/irp/

The Institute on Race & Poverty (IRP), established in 1993 by john a. powell, is a strategic research center located at the University of Minnesota Law School. It is one of few national organizations that directly address the underlying causes of the problems created at the intersection of racial injustice and poverty. In the relatively short time since its inception, IRP has gained a national reputation for pro-active work through leading-edge thinking, relevant research, coalition building, public policy influence, and effective consultation and technical assistance

The Institute for Research on Poverty

http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/

The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is a national, university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan. The Institute was established in 1966 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, the organization given responsibility for reducing poverty in America. In the years since then, the Institute's multidisciplinary affiliates have formulated and tested basic theories of poverty and inequality, developed and evaluated social policy alternatives, and analyzed trends in poverty and economic well-being.

McAuley Institute

http://www.bhconline.org/mcauley/

McAuley Institute is a national, nonprofit housing organization founded by the Sisters of Mercy. McAuley provides state-of-the-art technical assistance and financial resources to grassroots organizations that work to expand housing and economic opportunities for low-income women and their families.

National Association of Community Action Agencies

http://www.nacaa.org/

It is the mission of the National Association of Community Action Agencies to be a
national forum for policy on poverty and to strengthen, promote, represent and serve its network of member agencies to assure that the issues of the poor are effectively heard and addressed.

The National Center on Poverty Law

http://www.povertylaw.org/

The National Center on Poverty Law promotes equal justice through policy, advocacy, and legal resources. Our work is unique in that our agenda derives from what we learn from our low-income clients. Our services include legislative and administrative advocacy, impact litigation, and information dissemination. Our legal resources include publications, the most extensive poverty law library in the country, and the Poverty Law Research Center (accessible through this Web site). Our work is designed not only for clients but for legal services attorneys, pro bono attorneys, social service providers, social policy administrators, policy makers, and others committed to improving the lives of persons in poverty.

The National Council of La Raza

http://www.nclr.org/

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities, for Hispanic Americans.

The National Lawyers Guild/Maurice and Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice

http://www.sugarlaw.org/

The National Lawyers Guild/Maurice and Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice is a national, non-profit public interest law center founded in 1991 upon the principle that economic and civil rights are inseparable; that one group of rights cannot truly exist in the absence of the other.

Our work focuses on four major areas, all commonly informed by a concern for economic justice and the rights of the economically disenfranchised.

The National Partnership for Women & Families

http://www.nationalpartnership.org/

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 effective advocates for women and families. Working with business, government, unions, nonprofit organizations, and the media, the National Partnership is a voice for fairness, a source for solutions, and a force for change.

National Urban League

http://www.nul.org/

The mission of the National Urban League is to assist African Americans in the achievement of social and economic equality. The Board of Trustees of the National Urban League and all of its affiliates reflect a diverse body of community, government, and corporate leaders. The League implements its mission through advocacy, bridge building, program services and research.

The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research

http://www.jcpr.org/

The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research supports academic research that examines what it means to be poor and live in America.

JCPR concentrates on the causes and consequences of poverty in America and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty. Our goal is to advance what is known about the economic, social and behavioral factors that cause poverty, and to establish the actual effects of interventions designed to alleviate poverty. The Center's research agenda focuses on: changing labor markets and the causes of inequality in the current labor market; family functioning and the well-being of children; the impact of concentrated urban poverty; and the effects in these domains - and others - of changing policy and new programs.

Social Justice Connections

http://www.shentel.net/sjc/home.html

Helping people do powerful social justice work rooted in history.

The Welfare Law Center

http://www.welfarelaw.org/

The Welfare Law Center works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support -- public funding provided on the basis of need -- is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development.

The Welfare Policy Center

http://www.hudson.org/wpc/index.htm

The Welfare Policy Center (WPC) conducts research and provides technical assistance on welfare reform. It is a resource for policy makers, program administrators, the press, and many others who want to know what can be learned from cutting-edge welfare reforms, and what it takes to make reforms effective. WPC works with governments and service providers to help redesign and implement effective new systems of aid intended to help families achieve self-sufficiency and build better lives.