General Advocacy Groups:
Diversity Inc
www.diversityinc.com
Equality Now
www.equalitynow.org
Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org
Teaching Tolerance
www.tolerance.org

The Disabled:
ADAPT (a grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in direct activism)
www.adapt.org
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (education and resources)
www.aaidd.org
American Association of People with Disabilities (resources and education)
www.aapd.com
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (advocacy)
www.autisticadvocacy.org
Disabled American Veterans (advocacy and assistance)
www.dav.org
The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (international human rights organization advocating for the rights of children and adults with learning, intellectual and psycho-social (mental health) disabilities)
www.mdac.info
Autism Speaks (resources, education, and advocacy)
www.autismspeaks.org

LGBTQIA:
Websites:
Asexual Visibility and Education Network (resource for asexual, aromantic, and agendered people)
www.asexuality.org
Believe Out Loud (Christian organization for LGBTQ people)
www.believeoutloud.com
The Fenway Institute (the national LGBT education center)
www.lgbthealtheducation.org
Lambda Legal (legal organization for LGBTQ people)
www.lambdalegal.org
PFLAG-Spartanburg (support group for LGBTQ people and their families and allies)
www.pflagupstatesc.org
Palmetto Transgendered Association (SC association for transgendered and intersex people)
www.palmettotgassociation.org
South Carolina Equality (state organization for the advancement of LGBTQ rights)
www.scequality.org
South Carolina Gay-Straight Alliance Network (state organization to help people who want to begin a GSA in their school or area)
www.scgsanetwork.org
Trans Lifeline (national resource center for transgendered people)
www.translifeline.org
Trevor Project (crisis counseling for LGBTQ young people)
www.thetrevorproject.org
Upstate Pride (Organization that organizes a yearly LGBTQ pride march and festival every year)
www.upstatepridesc.org
Facebook:
Tout: Teen Outlook (Spartanburg GSA for high school students)
https://www.facebook.com/teenoutlook?fref=ts

Other Sexual Minorities:
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (advocacy, education, and community for members of kink communities)
www.ncsfreedom.org
Polyamory Society (advocacy and community for members of the polyamorous community)
www.polyamorysociety.org

People in Actively Abusive Situations:
Childhelp (organization for the prevention and treatment of child abuse, includes a 24 hour hotline)
www.childhelp.org
Children’s Advocacy Center of Spartanburg (services for children who have been abused)
www.cacsp.org
Children’s Trust of South Carolina (resources to prevent child abuse)
www.scchildren.org
Marie Fortune (Christian theologian that looks at domestic violence and sexual assault through the lens of Biblical scripture)
www.faithtrustinstitute.org
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (national resources and education for domestic violence)
www.ncadv.org
The National Domestic Violence Hotline (24 hour hotline and resource center for victims of domestic violence)
www.thehotline.org
RAINN (rape, abuse & incest national network…resources, education, and hotline)
www.rainn.org
Safe Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition (services for people impacted by domestic violence or sexual assault in Spartanburg, Union, and Cherokee counties in S.C.)
www.shrcc.org
South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (state organization providing support for people impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault)
www.sccadvasa.org

People of Color:

African Americans:
A Good Black Man Incorporated (organization committed to the enrichment of African American male youth between the ages of 11-14 years)
www.agoodblackman.org
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. (organization of African American mothers with children ages 2-19, dedicated to nurturing future leaders through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving and civic duty.
www.jack-and-jill.org
Black Women’s Health (health resources for African American women)
www.blackwomenshealth.com
Colorlines (news, community, and advocacy)
www.colorlines.com
The Root (news, community, and advocacy)
www.theroot.com

Asian Americans:
Asian Nation (news, community, and advocacy)
www.asian-nation.org

Hispanic Americans:
Hispanics Organized for Political Equality (advocacy and education)
www.latinas.org
League of United Latin American Citizens (civil rights advocacy)
www.lulac.org
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (advocacy, community, and education)
www.maldef.org
National Alliance for Hispanic Health (health resources for Hispanic people)
www.hispanichealth.org
The National Council of La Raza (national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization)
www.nclr.org

Native Americans:
The National Congress of American Indians (serves the broad interests of tribal governments and communities)
www.ncai.org

Religious Minorities (in U.S.):
Pluralism (help people engage with the realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and the active dissemination of resources)
www.pluralism.org
Religious Tolerance (advocacy and education to create tolerance for all religious belief systems)
www.religioustolerance.org

Buddhism:
Urban Dharma (comprehensive site for Buddhists in America)
www.urbandharma.org

Hinduism:
Hindu American Foundation (comprehensive site for Hindus in America)
www.hafsite.org

Islam:
Council on America-Islamic Relations (education, dialogue, empowerment, advocacy, collaboration)
www.cair.com
Islamic Society of North America (unifying Islamic organization in North America)
www.isna.net

Judaism:
The Jewish Federations of North America (community and advocacy)
www.jewishfederations.org
Non-Believers:
American Atheists (community and advocacy)
www.atheists.org
American Humanist (community and advocacy)
www.americanhumanist.org

Paganism:
Pagan Federation International (community)
www.paganfederation.org

Women:
National Organization of Women (advocacy and resources)
www.now.org
National Women’s Health (resources for women to reach optimal health)
www.nwhn.org
National Women’s Law Center (advocacy for legal policies that benefit women and their families)
www.nwlc.org
Rainbo Organization (fighting to end discrimination of women around the world)
http://www.rainbo.org/