PopularResistance.org is a resource and information clearinghouse for resistance movements. Its mission is to aid in bringing movements for peace and economic, racial and environmental justice together into an independent, nonviolent and diverse movement that can end the power of concentrated wealth, shift power to the people and put human needs before corporate greed. They…
The Voluntary Force at the Service of Childhood and Health (BVES) contributes to the promotion, protection and defense of children’s fundamental rights. Its goal is the effective application of the United Nations convention and its optional protocols of 20th November 1989 relating to Children’s Rights. BVES also supports other international, regional and national bodies working…
Reading time: 2 minutes Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) play a crucial role in accelerating change and yet they continue to face increasing repression, violence and impunity at the hands of state and non-state actors. This recap of International Women’s Day will share three actionable ways you can actively participate in their resistance. Lesson 1: More action, less rhetoric…
This spreadsheet compiles a list of organizations throughout the US that provide training in various social justice issues.
Reading time: 2 minutes Women’s leadership and participation during times of conflict is a crucial component of peacebuilding. When women are involved in peace processes, there is a 20 percent increase in the probability of an agreement lasting for 2 or more years, and a 35 percent increase in the probability of it lasting 15 years or longer. There are multiple…
Sisters Uncut stands united with all self-defining women who live under the threat of domestic violence, and those who experience violence in their daily lives. They stand against the life-threatening cuts to domestic violence services. They stand against austerity.
Reading time: 3 minutes In December of 2016, the Colombian Congress officially ratified a renegotiated peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), bringing the armed conflict between the government and the nation’s largest guerrilla group to an end. The 52-year-long war caused the displacement of nearly 7 million individuals and lead to the deaths or disappearances…
The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ). IEN’s activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, health of both our people and all living things,…
This toolkit represents the work and thinking of 15 grassroots organizations with Asian American bases living in the most precarious margins of power: low-income tenants, youth, undocumented immigrants, low-wage workers, refugees, women and girls, and queer and trans people. It reflects their experiences with criminalization, deportation, homophobia, xenophobia and Islamo-racism, war, gender violence, poverty, and worker exploitation. All of the modules are designed to begin with people’s lived experiences, and to build structural awareness of why those experiences are happening, and how they are tied to the oppression of others. By highlighting the role of people’s resistance both past and present, the toolkit also seeks to build hope and a commitment to political struggle.
PICO’s mission has remained constant for the past forty years – to develop leaders through faith institutions who exercise the power needed to build a more just and equitable society. During this period, PICO has effectively addressed health, education, employment, community development, safety, immigration and other issues. PICO has emerged as one of the strongest…
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