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As we move forward, Clothing of the American Mind is striving to create active partnerships with progressive organizations. There are many important and hard-working organizations in the United States who are unyielding in their efforts to protect our future and take back our country. We hope our connection with these groups will in turn bring you more awareness of these organizations, their mission in our communities and what you can do to help. As we identify and connect with these groups and share that information here, our community grows larger and our reach and power increases. Check in here in the future as we introduce new partners.
Human Rights Watch View Partner Website
Human Rights Watch is one of the largest and most effective human rights organizations in the world today. It is widely recognized for in-depth investigations, informed policy recommendations, and the ability to generate intense pressure to confront human rights abuses.
Through vigilant monitoring and advocacy in over 80 countries, Human Rights Watch works to promote human rights for all. The organization has worked tirelessly to stop the use of child soldiers and led the international community in outlawing land mines for which they shared the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or indirectly.
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American Civil Liberties Union View Partner Website
The government of the United States is built on two basic principles: (1) majority rule through democratic elections; and (2) protection of individuals from any attempts by the majority to curtail individual liberties and rights, as spelled out in the Bill of Rights. The Constitution and Bill of Rights set the ground rules for individual liberty, which include the freedoms of speech, association and religion, freedom of the press, and the right to privacy, to equal protection of the laws and to due process of law. The ACLU was founded to defend and secure these rights and to extend them to people who have been excluded from their protection.
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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America View Partner Website
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and Veterans. Our mission is to ensure the enactment of policies that properly provide for our Troops & Veterans, keep our military strong, and guarantee our national security for the purpose of a stronger America. We uniquely empower Iraq & Afghanistan combat veterans to use their credibility and experiences to speak truth to power, shape public opinion, and place a priority on these issues.
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Gold Star Families for Peace View Partner Website
Gold Star Families for Peace is an organization of families of soldiers who have died as a result of war (primarily, but not limited to the invasion/occupation of Iraq). The group is organizing to be a positive force in our world to bring our country's sons and daughters home from Iraq, to minimize the human cost of this war, and to prevent other families from experiencing the pain they are feeling as the result of their losses. The purpose of GSFP is to bring an end to the occupation of Iraq and to be a support group for Gold Star Families. To achieve these goals, GSFP is continuously working to raise awareness in the United States about the true human costs of the invasion and occupation of Iraq and reaching out to families who have lost a loved one as a result of war. Membership is open to anyone who has had a relative killed as a result of war, primarily but not limited to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, though GSFP welcomes support from all citizens. Founding members of Gold Star Families for Peace include Cindy Sheehan, Jane & Jim Bright, Pat Sheehan, Dede Miller and Bill Mitchell.
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Democracy Now! View Partner Website
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 350 stations in North America. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the United States, Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network: Free Speech TV channel 9415 and Link TV channel 9410; DIRECTV: Link TV channel 375); as a podcast and on the internet via DemocracyNow.org. The program is hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and produced out of the Downtown Community Television Center, a community media center in New York City. Democracy Now!'s War and Peace Report provides our audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media, including independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics and independent analysts. In addition, the War and Peace Report hosts real debates - debates between people who substantially disagree, such as between the White House or the Pentagon spokespeople on the one hand, and grassroots activists on the other. Democracy Now! is funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers and foundations. We do not accept advertisers, donations from corporations, or donations from governments. This allows us to maintain our indepence
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Iraq Veterans Against the War View Partner Website
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is a group of veterans who have served since September 11, 2001, including during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. We are committed to saving lives and ending the violence in Iraq by an immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces. We also believe that the governments that sponsored these wars are indebted to the men and women who were forced to fight them and must give their Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen the benefits that are owed to them upon their return home. We welcome all active duty, National Guard, reservists and recent veterans into our ranks. Confidentiality can be assured. What does this mean? To join IVAW or for more information, please email ivaqvet@mail.com.
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After Downing Street View Partner Website
After Downing Street is a nonpartisan coalition of over 200 veterans groups, peace groups, and political activist groups that has worked since May 2005 to pressure both Congress and the media to investigate whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war. The coalition takes its name from the emergence in May and June of 2005 of several documents that quickly came to be known as the Downing Street Memos. After Downing Street has worked closely with the peace movement in the U.S. and abroad, organizing national days on which events have been held in hundreds of cities, lobbying in Congress for investigations, censure, and impeachment, introducing and passing pro-impeachment resolutions at the local and state levels, and organizing the peace movement to address the issue of accountability for the war. In the process, we have seen the percentage of Americans who believe the war was based on lies climb and the percentage of Americans who want the troops brought home rise right behind it.
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The Sustainable Style Foundation View Partner Website
The Sustainable Style Foundation (SSF) is an international nonprofit organization created to provide information, resources and innovative programs that promote sustainable living and sustainable design. SSF's mission is to educate, support and inspire people from all walks of life to make more sustainable personal lifestyle choices at work, at home and at play. From fashion, food and film to interior design, travel, music and more, SSF has designs on making sustainability the next big thing, as well as a timeless trend by using the power of popular culture to influence consumer choices.
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NARAL Pro-Choice California View Partner Website
NARAL Pro-Choice California is the political arm of the pro-choice movement. The organization works to develop and mobilize the strong base of grassroots activists across California to use the political process to guarantee every woman's right to make personal decisions regarding her full range of full reproductive options including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing safe, legal abortion.
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Progressive Democrats of America View Partner Website
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is committed to justice and democracy at all levels and to the preservation and restoration of natural ecosystems in America and worldwide. The organization is specifically committed to the realization of new models for achieving local, national and global security that redirect the current wasteful levels of military spending toward the uncompromising, effective funding of health and education programs, an end to discrimination, the provision of full and meaningful employment and an end to poverty for all people. PDA dedicates itself to beginning the long, patriotic, nonviolent and ultimately unstoppable process of transforming the Democratic Party. PDA is supported by countless local chapters nationwide.