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Top 11 Organizations and Sites to Make the World Better
| October 13, 2011 | Posted by Darcy Pattison under Civil Rights |
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- PeaceJam connects our youth with Nobel Peace Laureates
The PeaceJam Foundation Headquarters, 11200 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO 80004; phone 303.455.2099; http://www.peacejam.org/ - Play for Peace teaches children from different cultures how to model friendship and respect, become local leaders toward global peace, and volunteer in their communities to unite local resources for positive changes
Play for Peace, 500 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60611; phone 312.675.8568; email info@playforpeace.org ; http://www.playforpeace.org/home - PeaceFirst, formerly PeaceGames, teaches kids resolution skills and civic engagement, trying to overcome violence in our communities, based in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York
National Office/PeaceFirst, 280 Summer Street, Mezzanine Level, Boston, MA 02110; phone 617.261.3833; email info@peacefirst.org ; http://peacefirst.org/ - The Global Fund For Children’s objective: “We provide capital to strengthen innovative community-based organizations serving the most vulnerable children and youth. We harness the power of children’s books, films, and photography to promote global understanding.”
1101 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 420, Washington, D.C. 20005; phone 202.331.9003; email info@globalfundforchildren.org ; http://www.globalfundforchildren.org - The Gandhi-King Community for Global Peace with Social Justice in a Sustainable Environment is a social network for community leaders searching for resources to encourage peace and social justice
http://gandhi-king.ning.com/
- Peace Corps, through its many volunteers, helps Americans better understand the world and the world better understand Americans, promoting friendship and world peace (2011 makes the organization’s 50th anniversary)
Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Headquarters, 1111 20th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20526; phone 800.424.8580; http://www.peacecorps.gov/ - The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the most well-known and both the oldest and the largest civil rights’ organization
http://www.naacp.org/ - World Health Organization. WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. http://www.who.int/en/
- The National Urban League has more than 100 affliliates in 36 states/Washington D.C., giving direct services to elevate standards of living and guarantee civil rights in African American communities, their theme: “Empowering Communities. Changing Lives.”
120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005; phone 212.558.5300; http://www.nul.org/ - The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights calls itself “The nation’s premier civil and human rights coalition”; their site features a Civil Rights Calendar, where events may be posted
The Leadership Conference Education Fund, 1629 K Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20006; The Leadership Conference 202.466.3311; The Education Fund 202.466.3434; http://www.civilrights.org/ - Physicians for Human Rights’ motto: “Using science and medicine to stop human rights violations”
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/
–compiled by Lorri Cardwell-Casey
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