Striving for Racial & Social Justice
Racial justice and social equity will never be achieved by one leader or one group alone. It’ll take an array of activists & organizations operating at all levels, from the local to global, to make change happen.
Read on to learn about various racial & social justice organizations—some relatively young, some with decades of accomplishments—doing everything they can to make racial & social equity a reality. Learn more about their mission and ways in which you can volunteer or fundraise. We can make a difference, but only if we all stand together.
Color of Change
The country’s largest online racial justice organization, Color of Change mobilizes its 1.7 million members to knock down the walls that hold Black people back by challenging injustice, holding corporate and political leaders accountable, commissioning research, and advancing solutions.
Learn more here.
Advancement Project
The Advancement Project operates on a local and national level to strengthen social movements and achieve high impact policy change. Their focus includes issues like prison reform and the money bail system. Supporting their mission means getting hundreds of thousands of innocent people out of jail and back to their families.
Learn more here.
NAACP
The NAACP has been on the front lines of the struggle for racial justice since 1909. The nation’s largest civil rights organization, the NAACP is dedicated to securing progress for communities of color and all Americans.
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Dream Defenders
Dream Defenders was founded in 2012, after Trayvon Martin was murdered. They’re developing a new generation of leaders ready to end the criminalization of Black and Latino youth.
Learn more here.
Know Your Rights Camp
Colin Kaepernick took a knee & changed the world. He founded Know Your Rights to empower young people of color & teach them how to interact with law enforcement.
Learn more here.
#Cut50
#cut50 is a bipartisan advocacy organization with a mission to cut crime and mass incarceration across America, making our communities safer and stronger.
Learn more here.
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter is a dynamic, chapter-based, international organization aiming to create a world where violence is no longer inflicted on Black people.
Learn more here.
Live Free USA
Live Free is a collection of faith congregations working to create a movement for racial and economic change by increasing civic engagement and economic investment in communities of color.
Learn more here.
American Civil Liberties Union
Peruse this website to get an overarching look at the most pressing civil liberty issues of our time and what you can do to help make a positive impact.
Learn more here.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights. AI is independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion.
Learn more here.
International Federation for Human Rights
FIDH is an international human rights non-governmental organization comprised of 184 organizations from 112 countries, active in defending & promoting respect for civil, political, economic, social & cultural rights.
Learn more here.
Global Rights
Global Rights is an international human rights non-governmental organization that works in partnership with local activists in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to build the grass-root movements that work on building capacities of underserved communities and programming in focal areas of women’s rights, access to remedies and disability issues.
Learn more here.
List of 8 Racial Justice Organizations adopted from Ben & Jerry’s website
