Activism

Alabama Appleseed

Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice is a nonpartisan nonprofit that confronts unjust systems through research, bridge-building, and advocacy to create an Alabama that prioritizes justice and opportunity.

Alabamians for Fair Justice

Alabamians for Fair Justice is a coalition of individuals directly impacted by the criminal justice system and supporting organizations united to advance bold, evidence-based solutions to Alabama’s prison crisis.

Equal Justice Initiative

EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

Alabama CURE

Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) is a nonprofit, grassroots criminal justice and prison reform organization that believes in rehabilitation, not retribution, and advocates for the human rights of those incarcerated.

Black Inmate Commissary Fund

BICF’s mission is to divest from the current carceral state by reinvesting in the Black incarcerated community through building agency, equity, opportunity, rehabilitation, and restorative justice.

Last Prisoner Project

LPP is a nonprofit organization made up of attorneys, criminal justice reformers, advocates, and justice-impacted individuals dedicated to reforming our unjust and ineffective approach to cannabis law and policy.

Alabama Students Against Prisons

Alabama Students Against Prisons (ASAP) is a coalition of student advocates that are organizing tomorrow’s leaders to combat the racialized systems that perpetuate Alabama’s prison crisis.

Citizens Coalition for Justice Reform

The Citizens Coalition for Justice Reform (CCJR) is a diverse ad-hoc group of affected organizations and individuals in North Alabama advocating for policy changes at the local level.—specifically police accountability.

Smart Justice Alabama

Smart Justice Alabama (a project of ACLU of AL) advocates for criminal legal reform that is dedicated to rehabilitation and restoration that will support public safety, instead of increasing the number of people in jail and in prison.

Alabama AFL-CIO

The mission of the AL AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state and the nation.

ACSEJ

AL Coalition for Social and Economic Justice multiracial, multicultural, and LGBTQ progressive voices committed to transforming community through positive, collaborative, democratic, non-violent, grassroots, issue-based civic engagement in Alabama.

Poor People’s Campaign

The Poor People’s Campaign is building a movement to overcome systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, and the war economy—because everybody’s got a right to live.

Alabama Appleseed

AL Appleseed Center for Law and Justice is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to work to achieve justice and equity for all Alabamians.

Alabama Possible

AL Possible is a statewide nonprofit organization that breaks down barriers to prosperity through advocacy, education, and collaboration, transforming how people think and talk about economic opportunity and educational attainment in Alabama and beyond.

Alabama Arise

AL Arise is a statewide nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of congregations, organizations, and individuals that promotes policies to improve the lives of Alabamians with low incomes.

Labor Action to Defend Democracy

Labor Action to Defend Democracy (LADD) is a network of unions and other labor organizations formed to defend our democratic ideals and traditions from a Trump-inspired threat to democracy, demanding the democratic will of the people be respected.

The Valley Labor Report

The VLR is a weekly talk radio show that covers local, state, and national news for workers, by workers, educating the audience about the power they have through organizing and solidarity.

The Brady Campaign

The Brady Campaign is committed to delivering life-saving change and comprehensive solutions to people across the country and uniting people from coast to coast—liberal and conservative, young and old, fed up and fired up—to end gun violence.

March for Our Lives

March For Our Lives is a movement dedicated to student-led activism around ending gun violence and the epidemic of mass shootings in our schools today.

CSGV

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) is the nation’s oldest gun violence prevention organization, reducing gun injury and death in all its forms through policy development, strategic engagement, and effective advocacy—believing gun violence should be rare and abnormal.

Moms Demand Action

Moms Demand Action is a non-partisan, grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence.

Violence Policy Center

The Violence Policy Center works to stop gun death and injury through research, advocacy, and education.

Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety is the largest gun violence prevention org in the U.S. & a movement of parents, students, survivors, educators, gun owners, & concerned citizens working together to fight for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence.

Newtown Action Alliance

Newtown Action Alliance is dedicated to reversing the escalating gun violence epidemic in this nation through the introduction of smarter, safer gun laws and broader cultural change.

Advocates for Youth

Advocates for Youth champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health while fighting for inclusive sexual education, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, and more.

Cover Alabama

The Cover Alabama Coalition is a non-partisan alliance advocating for the state of Alabama to provide quality, affordable health coverage to its residents and implement a sustainable healthcare system.

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that delivers vital sexual and reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.

ARRA

The Alabama Reproductive Rights Advocates (ARRA) is a place for all information on local, state, and federal levels concerning legislation and/or actions taken to restrict women’s access to affordable birth control, abortion, and necessary medical reproductive care.

Center for Reproductive Rights

The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization that ensures reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights for the dignity, equality, health, and well-being of every person.

URGE

Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (URGE) mobilizes the diverse, upcoming generation of leaders to promote and protect reproductive rights, sexual health & gender justice.

Black Women's Health Imperative

The Black Women’s Health Imperative is the only national org devoted solely to advancing the health and wellness of America's 22 million Black women and girls–physically, emotionally, and financially–delivering bold new programs and advocating health-promoting policies.

NARAL

NARAL Pro-Choice America organizes and mobilizes to protect reproductive freedom by fighting for access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental leave, and protections from pregnancy discrimination.

Yellowhammer Fund

The Yellowhammer Fund provides financial assistance to those seeking abortion care in the State of Alabama and promotes reproductive justice throughout AL and the Deep South.

US Dept. of HUD - Alabama

Alabama has eight continuums of care organizations that coordinate services for the homeless regionally. If you are homeless and need help, or if you would like to help others, these organizations may put you in touch with those who provide direct services.

Love Huntsville

The mission of Love HSV is to seek dignity, equality, and equity for marginalized groups of people by mobilizing, advocating, and educating on social issues that directly impact our city. Love HSV aims to improve the lives of residents through access to educational, technological, and economic opportunities and believes everyone in our city deserves to feel loved.

The Center for Fair Housing, Inc.

The CFH, Inc is a full-service fair housing center, whose mission is to advocate for, enforce, and educate the communities we serve on fair housing rights and related laws in order to ensure access to opportunity and promote healthy and inclusive communities.

Mid-AL Coalition for the Homeless

The vision of the Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless is to be the leader in our community’s effort to plan, coordinate, and develop resources with the goal of ending homelessness, serving as a vehicle to secure HUD funding, and providing support to and resources for organizations that provide services for the homeless in the River Region.

First Stop, Inc.

First Stop is truly the front line in the battle against homelessness in Huntsville and North Alabama. It encounters the homeless where they are, connects them to critical services and support, and empowers them toward independent sustainable living.

NorthAL Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the North Alabama Coalition for the Homeless (NACH) is to educate the public regarding homelessness and to coordinate and facilitate the efforts of agencies, communities, and concerned citizens into a seamless Continuum of Care (CoC) to affect positive solutions to homelessness in Madison, Morgan and Limestone counties of North Alabama.

ACIJ

The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is a grassroots, statewide network of individuals and organizations that works to advance and defend the rights of immigrants in Alabama – building a better Alabama for everyone from the ground up.

Global Ties Alabama

As the first official refugee resettlement agency in North AL, Global Ties Alabama is providing assistance and support to refugees who have been forced to flee their home countries due to persecution, conflict, or other forms of violence.

Refuge Point

RefugePoint partners with refugees to access life-changing solutions and transforms how the world supports them through three tactics: direct services, field building, and systems change.

ALIRP

The Alabama Interfaith Refugee Partnership is a diverse coalition of community members who have come together to support refugees and asylum seekers through direct assistance, education, and advocacy.

Inspiritus

Inspiritus, based in Birmingham, provides services to refugees, asylees, and immigrants at any point in their journey to help them become self-sufficient, socially integrated, and culturally acclimated.

Episcopal Migration Ministries

Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) welcomes refugees, educates communities, & mobilizes congregations to advocate for the protection & rights of all refugees and migrants as the refugee resettlement ministry of The Episcopal Church.

International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) works in more than 50 countries and in 28 cities in the U.S. to help people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover, and rebuild their lives.

Welcoming America

Welcoming America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that leads a movement of inclusive communities becoming more prosperous by ensuring everyone, including immigrants, belongs and thrives.

GLAAD

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is focused on leading the conversation, shaping the media narrative, and changing the culture for LGBTQ acceptance.

It Gets Better Project

The It Gets Better Project is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe.

Rocket City Pride

Rocket City Pride’s mission is to create a social atmosphere for those that identify as a sexual or gender minority and their allies, so that we may create a more unified community within the Tennessee Valley area.

GLSEN

The Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is a national network working to ensure every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education.

PFLAG

Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) provides confidential peer support, education, and advocacy to LGBTQ+ people, their parents and families, and allies.

Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.

Rainbow Families

Rainbow Families is dedicated to serving the needs of all LGBTQ+ families by educating, connecting, and supporting LGBTQ+ families and parents-to-be.

The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ+) young people under 25.

Alabama College Democrats

The Alabama College Democrats (ACD) is the official collegiate arm of the Alabama Democratic Party and is committed to being voices for change and building the next generation of progressive leaders in Alabama.

Alabama High School Democrats

The Alabama High School Democrats (ALHSD) is a political organization aiming to provide a powerful and collective voice for politically active high school students.

NDTC

The National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC) is an organization dedicated to empowering Democrats in all 50 states by providing free campaign training for candidates, staff, and local leaders.

Alabama Democratic Party

The Alabama Democratic Party (ADP) is the official Alabama chapter of the DNC and is committed to electing Democrats at every level as well as fighting for working families, equal opportunities, and justice for all.

Alabama Young Democrats

The Alabama Young Democrats (AYD) is a network of young professional progressive leaders that work to elect Democrats and support policies that make Alabama better.

Persistence PAC

Persistence PAC is a Political Action Committee that is dedicated to working to “build the bench” and increasing the number and breadth of high-quality Democratic candidates at all levels of government across Alabama and beyond.

Alabama Democratic Women

The Alabama Democratic Women (ADW) is a statewide organization and the official Alabama chapter of the NFDW dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party and Democratic Women in Alabama.

Emerge Alabama

Emerge Alabama is the state's premier organization that recruits, trains, and provides a powerful network to Democratic women who want to run for office.

Run for Something

Run for Something is an organization with the mission to recruit and support young, diverse progressives to run for down-ballot races in order to build sustainable power for Democrats in all 50 states.

18MR

18 Million Rising is an organization whose online and offline advocacy and cultural campaigns create a place where Asian Americans come together to create culture, collaborate, and build power.

Birmingham Urban League

Birmingham Urban League’s mission is to enable underserved residents to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights by empowering communities and changing lives in the areas of education, jobs, housing, and health.

¡HICA!

¡HICA! is a community development and advocacy org that champions economic equality, civic engagement, and social justice for Latino and immigrant families in Alabama.

Project Say Something

Project Say Something’s mission is to confront racial injustice through Black history by using communication, education, and community empowerment to reconcile the past with the present.

ACIJ

The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) is a grassroots, statewide network of individuals and organizations that works to advance and defend the rights of immigrants in Alabama.

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter is an organization in the US, UK, and Canada whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.

Movement for Black Lives

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) is a national network of organizations and individuals creating a broad political home for Black people to learn, organize, and take action.

Alabama NAACP

The Alabama NAACP’s mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination through civil rights, social justice, criminal justice reform advocacy.

Color of Change

Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization that is building a new, effective strategy for changing the rules society lives by and ending the injustices Black people face–until justice is real.

NARF

The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is the oldest and largest nonprofit legal organization asserting and defending the rights of Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide.

SURJ

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial and economic justice through community organizing, mobilizing, and education.

ACLU of Alabama

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama’s mission is to preserve and protect the civil liberties and civil rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, especially the principles contained in the Bill of Rights.

Faith & Works

Faith & Works is a non-partisan, social justice organization that is committed to transformative outreach that enhances the quality of life for the underserved and underrepresented and alters the political landscape.

UWOC

United Women of Color (UWOC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan org working to build and shape the development of our communities by cultivating civic engagement, grassroots outreach, and providing community services to improve the lives of women, girls, and families.

AISJ

Alabama Institute for Social Justice (AISJ)'s mission is to engage Alabamians by mobilizing communities, setting and acting upon racial equity & social justice policy agenda, & creating peace through racial reconciliation & healing.

Hometown Action

Hometown Action’s mission is to build a multiracial, working-class movement for racial, gender, economic, and climate justice in Alabama's small towns and rural communities, creating opportunities for all people to thrive.

Cell A65

Cell A65's mission is to fight for the liberation and justice of all people through direct action and radical community healing by assisting the community where the government has, for too long, oppressed and denied resources.

SPLC

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) works in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people in the South and beyond.

Women’s March

Women’s March is a women-led movement providing intersectional education on a diverse range of issues and creating entry points for new grassroots activists and organizers to engage in their local communities through trainings, outreach programs, and events.

AEPN

The AL Election Protection Network (AEPN) provides Alabamians with comprehensive information and assistance at all stages of voting, from registration to absentee and early voting, to casting a vote at the polls, to overcoming obstacles to participation.

Campaign Legal Center

Campaign Legal Center is working to restore voting rights to people with past convictions in Alabama by providing direct rights restoration services, empowering community leaders to understand rights restoration laws in the state, and breaking down the false notion that a felony conviction always means you cannot vote.

LWV of Alabama

The League of Women Voters (LWV) of Alabama is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase the understanding of major public policy issues, and influences policy.

AVRP

Alabama Voting Rights Project (AVRP)’s mission is to re-enfranchise thousands of Alabamians who are eligible to register to vote or who are eligible to have their rights to vote restored by obtaining a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote (CERV).

Fair Fight Action

Fair Fight Action brings awareness to the public on election reform, advocates for election reform at all levels, and engages in other voter education programs and communications while promoting fair elections, encourage voter participation in elections, and educate voters about elections and their voting rights.

Lift Our Vote

Lift Our Vote is a non-partisan collaborative campaign that is activated to empower vulnerable communities with the capacity to strategize, organize, and mobilize to bring about social change and create an engaged culture of voting.

VoteRiders

VoteRiders’ mission is to ensure that no eligible voter is prevented from casting a ballot that counts due to voter ID laws, either directly from lacking acceptable ID or indirectly because of voter confusion as well as educates voters and assists citizens in securing their voter ID.

Black Voters Matter - AL

Black Voters Matter is dedicated to expanding Black voter engagement and increasing progressive power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities as well as advocating for policies to expand voting rights and access.

iVote Madison

iVote Madison is a nonpartisan community group working to provide accessible information about voting and politics in our city while also providing direct assistance during the voting process and helping residents take political action on the issues so that Madison is a city shaped by its residents.

Vote Huntsville

Vote Huntsville is a nonprofit organization striving to provide ease of access to information and promote engagement of American Voters, making the voting process easy and helping keep voters informed on a local level with details about representation, voting rights, and more.