What are some activist groups?

Find Activist Groups and Movements

  • Black Lives Matter. The BLM platform includes a number of issues pertaining to gender and sexuality, among other principles.
  • Young Feminist Wire.
  • Amnesty International.
  • Feminist Majority Foundation.
  • Global Fund for Women.
  • Human Rights Watch (Women’s Rights)

What are political advocacy groups?

An advocacy group is a group or an organization which tries to influence the government but does not hold power in the government.

What are some examples of advocacy groups?

Examples of Advocacy Groups

  • Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
  • United Farm Workers of America.
  • Humane Society Legislative Fund.
  • American Library Association.
  • United States Chamber of Commerce.
  • MoveOn.org Political Action.
  • American Civil Liberties Union.
  • Center for International Policy.

What groups in the United States are currently advocating for social change?

10 Social Justice Organizations Fighting for Equality

  • Race Forward. Race Forward is a social justice organization that catalyzes movement building for racial justice.
  • Equal Justice Initiative.
  • Transgender Law Center.
  • Fair Fight.
  • National LQBTQ Task Force.
  • GLSEN.
  • Color of Change.
  • Communities United Against Police Brutality.

Who is a political activist?

An activist is a person who works to bring about political or social changes by campaigning in public or working for an organization.

What are three forms of political activism?

Forms of activism range from mandate building in the community (including writing letters to newspapers), petitioning elected officials, running or contributing to a political campaign, preferential patronage (or boycott) of businesses, and demonstrative forms of activism like rallies, street marches, strikes, sit-ins.

What groups are fighting for equality?

Civil Rights Organizations

  • Alliance for Justice.
  • AFL-CIO.
  • American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
  • American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity.
  • Anti-Defamation League.
  • Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.
  • Asian Americans Advancing Justice.
  • Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Who is the best activist?

These are the most famous activists who have shaped progressive change.

  • Gloria Steinem. For five decades, Gloria Steinem has been a feminist leader and activist.
  • George Orwell.
  • Harriet Tubman.
  • Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • Malala Yousafzai.
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
  • Desmond Tutu.
  • Mary Wollstonecraft.