The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is a volunteer-based, non-government organization whose goal is to prevent animal cruelty through education, animal sheltering and advocacy, based in Quezon City, Philippines.

PAWS also runs an animal shelter for over 300 cats and dogs rescued from cruelty or neglect. There, animals are rehabilitated in the hope of finding them new homes and a second chance at a good life.



There is also a low-cost clinic that provides veterinary services to the indigent community, including spay and neuter (kapon).



See more details: [About PAWS • The Philippine Animal Welfare Society](https://paws.org.ph/about-us/)

The Philippine Animal Welfare Society

CAIR-LA is a civil rights and grassroots organization dedicated to serving Muslim and immigrant communities. 

CAIR-LA is a nonprofit, grassroots civil rights and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. Through media relations, lobbying, education and advocacy, CAIR-LA works to make sure Muslim voices are represented. Through its work, CAIR-LA seeks to empower American Muslims and encourage their participation in political and social activism.

CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. It focuses on 5 main areas including civic engagement, legal services, media relations, outreach and education, and youth empowerment.

CAIR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations to CAIR are tax-deductible as allowable by law; our tax ID number is 77-0646756.


CAIR Greater Los Angeles Area

NILA protects and expands immigrant rights by engaging in federal litigation and empowering attorneys with litigation support. 

Marc Van Der Hout is the founder of Van Der Hout LLP, a firm recognized nationally for its litigation and advocacy on cutting-edge issues. Throughout his career, Marc has challenged draconian immigration policies through impact and individual litigation. He served as lead counsel in numerous successful class actions that provided a path to legal status for tens of thousands of noncitizens and their family members and has represented thousands of noncitizens in immigration court and at all levels of the federal court system. Among his peers, Marc is known for his innovative and resourceful legal representation, his kindness and mentorship, and a laugh that is contagious.

The Marc Van Der Hout Litigation Fellowship is designed to advance the development of fierce and creative litigators like Marc by engaging in impact, transparency, and accountability litigation at NILA. To read more about Marc, visit the [Marc Van Der Hout Litigation Fellowship](https://immigrationlitigation.org/marc-van-der-hout-litigation-fellowship/) page of NILA's website.  

Marc Van Der Hout Litigation Fellowship at NILA

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

NORML’s mission is to move public opinion sufficiently to legalize the responsible use of marijuana by adults, and to serve as an advocate for consumers to ensure they have access to high-quality marijuana that is safe, convenient and affordable.

NORML

We research and advise on the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence.

The Institute for Law & AI (LawAI) is an independent think tank that researches and advises on the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence. We believe that sound legal analysis will promote security, welfare, and the rule of law.

Would you like to learn more or talk to us? You can always [contact us](https://law-ai.org).

Thank you for your support!

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To reduce armed conflicts around the world  

Rondine Cittadella della Pace is an organization committed to reducing armed conflicts around the world and spreading its own method for the creative transformation of conflicts in every context. Its objective is contributing to a planet free from armed clashes, in which every person has the tools to manage conflicts in a creative and positive way. Rondine was born in a Medieval Tuscan hamlet, a few kilometres away from Arezzo, Italy: here, the main Rondine projects for education and professional experience are developed. It is a place where human beings are regenerated, so that they can become leaders of themselves and their own communities, in the search for the common good. The project that gave rise and inspiration to Rondine is the Studentato Internazionale – World House: it hosts young people who come from countries that are the scene of armed conflicts or post-conflict and helps them to discover the human being in their enemy, through the difficult and surprising effort that comes from living together daily. Rondine is mainly supported by private citizens from civil societies sharing its values and mission: the improvement of the planet through the training of leaders and the application of the Rondine Method in every context of conflict. The support given to Rondine does not in any way affect the mission or strategic choices of those who grant it.

Associazione Rondine Cittadella della Pace

Legal Aid of Arkansas provides high-quality free civil legal aid to low-income Arkansans.
Learn more at www.arlegalaid.org. 

We bring change to our community by providing free legal services to those who need it most and can afford it the least.

Legal Aid of Arkansas makes a significant – often lifesaving – difference in the lives of Arkansas’s most vulnerable residents by giving them a place to turn for legal help to resolve problems affecting their most basic needs.

All donations will be applied to Legal Aid's General Fund unless otherwise noted.

Legal Aid of Arkansas receives funds from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). Legal Aid complies with the LSC Act, 42 USC §§ 2996 et seq., regulations, 45 CFR Part 1600, et seq., appropriations riders, and all other applicable law. See, Pub. L. 104-134(1996).

Legal Aid of Arkansas

We aim to provide patient-centered programs for medically underserved communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Our first pain management hub (PMH) in sub-Sahara Africa is located at the University College Hospital, Ibadan (UCH) - the flagship tertiary healthcare institution in Nigeria. Advocacy and public health policy reforms is a key area of focus for the foundation, hence the venture into rapid point of care SCD testing for new-born in low resource regions. 



Amoke embarked on a project to supply equipment and distribute a tried and tested drug intervention covering three regions of the country.

-	Transcranial doppler (TDC) machines - by partnering with Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), a stroke prevention programme covering three states (Ondo, Ekiti & Kogi) began. Upon the acquisition of the TCD machine during the year click here - sonography training for physicians and technicians commenced and a research program is currently being designed. The project made some traction during the year and it remains a free service benefiting 5 states in the region. Initial results were promising, and the necessary therapy commenced for high-risk patients.

-	Hydroxyurea - our aim to drive best practice to halt progression of the debilitating effect of SCD. Its use is shown to reduce the vaso-occlusive crises, stroke, infections, malaria, transfusions, and death in children with SCD. AF has provided Hydroxy FOC for patients at  the PMH @ UCH and the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH).

AF will focus on the following areas in 2024.

-       A pilot SCD screening exercise was conducted in Nov for children at a local orphanage with an encouraging outcome. The plan is to expand the exercise and explore more cost-effective options in the future.

-	Direct Fundraising - AF has identified a couple of our patients who will benefit from urgent hip replacement surgeries due to complications from SCD referred to medically as Avascular Necrosis. The request for medical assistance.

-	Implementation Research - Amoke is engaged in evaluating the implementation strategies used to improve the uptake and sustainability of SCD prevention programs in SCD. The aim is to improve understanding in how to scale up and evaluate new and existing programs and use them to overcome barriers to treatment and prevention of vaso-occlusive crisis in SCD patients. The challenge is to ensure that patients who could benefit from these outcomes,  actually receive them.

Amoke SCD Ltd

Since 1941 the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society has provided free legal assistance in civil matters to low-income Hoosiers. 

In the 81 years since our founding, the goal of the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society (Indy Legal Aid) has remained constant:  to provide consultation, education, advice, and representation across a wide range of legal issues, most frequently in the areas of housing, guardianship, adoption, and family law. Indy Legal Aid provides legal assistance that benefit the most vulnerable members of the Central Indiana community: the elderly and persons with a physical and/or mental disability, children and their caretakers, and low-income individuals who otherwise would not receive legal help.

Since 1941, the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society has relentlessly provided our most vulnerable Hoosiers with direct and immediate access to comprehensive free legal assistance in civil matters. We restore hope as we work with our clients side-by-side to resolve their legal issues. In doing so, we help to promote economic self-sufficiency, preserve dignity, and strengthen our neighborhoods and communities.

Indianapolis Legal Aid Society

A joint project between VIVO Alliance and Integro Foundation to advocate for victims' rights. 

Background:
The Victims' Rights Advocacy & Accountability Project was inspired by Karla Hernandez-Rosario's exhausting legal battle for justice after she was brutally attacked and sexually assaulted in December, 2020. Her plea for basic human rights was overtly denied by continuous roadblocks in the Puerto Rican justice system, which unequivocally favors the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. It's been nearly two years since her horrific ordeal, and yet no progress has been made to incriminate her assailant. After consulting with several legal professionals, multiple assault victims faced with similar challenges, as well as many non-profit organizations battling the scourge of gender/sexual violence, Karla and her husband came to the conclusion that the problem is indeed systemic. In Puerto Rico, victims of crime such as gender violence and sexual assault have no constitutional rights in the criminal proceedings against their offenders. It is common knowledge that the Puerto Rico Criminal Justice System, for decades, has shown callous disregard toward victims of these types of crimes in their fruitless pleas for justice, leaving them to suffer relentless personal, emotional, and financial wounds.

Vision of Project:
To rectify the severe imbalance between the rights of criminal defendants against the absent rights of victims, VIVO Alliance must raise the necessary funding to collaborate with a team of legal and research professionals, whom Karla and her husband, Gerald, have connected with on their own personal battle for legal justice. These professionals, along with the help of the University of PR, shall implement a work-study program for students from the UPR Legal and Journalism departments. Together, they shall harvest critical information to create an in-depth, on-demand database that clearly defines the severe imbalance of Puerto Rico's legal justice

VIVO Alliance & Integro Foundation

Providing strategic legal response to protect human rights and defend freedoms

Chapter Four Uganda is an independent a non-profit organisation working to defend civil liberties and promote human rights for all. 

Established in 2013, the organisation works in the courts, legislature and communities to provide bold and innovative legal response through strategic and public interest litigation, first line legal representation, human rights research and documentation, legislative and strategic advocacy, and general counsel support. We work with human rights defenders, pro-democracy actors and civil society organisations - with keen focus on the most vulnerable, underrepresented, and discriminated sections of the society. 

Over the past decade, Chapter Four has grown into a dependable source of integrity, purposeful public interest, and an impartial advocate for justice for all no matter their world view, social, political leaning, or sexual orientation/gender identity. 

Chapter Four Uganda

MWH supports all survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking and provides outreach & prevention programs.

For nearly fifty years, Middle Way House has been providing services to people in crisis. Today, Middle Way House provides empowering services such as emergency shelter; a 24-hour help and crisis line; on-scene advocacy; support services; and transitional and permanent housing solutions to support survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Middle Way House also touches the lives of community members through our outreach education and prevention programs. Middle Way House serves the following six counties throughout south-central Indiana: Monroe, Greene, Lawrence, Owen, Morgan, and Martin counties. 

At Middle Way House, we believe that acts of domestic and sexual violence, and our society’s tolerance of them, are expressions of deeply rooted oppression in our culture. Consequently, Middle Way House cannot hope to end violence without doing the hard work of changing the culture, addressing gaps in legislation and enforcement pertinent to crimes of relationship and sexual violence, and demanding equity in our social and economic arrangements.

Therefore, Middle Way House will facilitate the participation of its staff members in community-based study and advocacy groups, commissions, councils, projects and activities designed to promote inclusion, equality, and a secure and peaceful community. In its internal operations, Middle Way House will strive to be a model of the transformation it envisions in the larger community.

Middle Way House believes that survivors are never to blame for the harm that is done to them.

Therefore, Middle Way House staff and volunteers are non-judgmental in their interactions with victims/survivors.

Middle Way House believes that appropriate services for victims/survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking can only be provided on a free and confidential basis.

Therefore, there will be no charge for services of any kind. Staff and volunteers will maintain information in the strictest confidence. Agreements between staff and clients to release information will be specific with regard to content, recipient, and duration as well as easily rescindable. Staff will strive to minimize requests for information that are intrusive and irrelevant to health and safety.

Middle Way House believes that the decision to seek help and the very fact of survival are indicators of courage and strength.

Therefore, staff and volunteers work from a strengths-based perspective, helping those who seek Middle Way House’s assistance to identify, believe in, and use their abilities to meet the needs they have identified. Middle Way House staff and volunteers will not assume they know what is best for the individuals they are serving; they will provide the best information and resources they have to support survivor’s efforts to make informed decisions. Staff members will act to support individuals only as their support is requested.

Middle Way House believes that acts of relationship and sexual violence are about perpetrators’ need for/belief in their right to power and control over others.

Therefore, Middle Way House staff will work to create and maintain environments free of violence-in any form.  All rules and requirements governing the behavior of those who access Middle Way House services will be necessary to the maintenance of safe and sanitary conditions.  Middle Way House staff and volunteers will be mindful of the need to be respectful and empowering in all communications with the people who seek our services as well as with each other.  The power inherent in staff and volunteer positions will be acknowledged and appropriate boundaries maintained.  So far as possible, decision-making will be by consensus and based on careful analysis of information provided by all those with a legitimate interest in the outcome of the decision-making process.

Middle Way House, Inc.

IFIT is an international non-profit organisation that empowers peace, democracy & human rights in conflict-affected societies.

The Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) is a leading international non-profit organisation. Our aim is to help fragile and conflict-affected societies achieve more inclusive negotiations and sustainable transitions out of conflict, crisis or repression by serving as an independent and trusted advisor to local leaders. You can support our next decade of impact by donating to our 10th Anniversary Fund. Your gift will help us to ensure that our community of 300+ local and international experts advance the cause of peace, democracy and human rights in the complex environments where it is needed most. Thank you for your donation.  

The King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS), a public charity under U.S. law, serves as IFIT's U.S. fiscal sponsor. IFIT has also received an Equivalency Determination certificate from NGOsource , which confirms that IFIT is equivalent to a U.S. public charity.


Institute for Integrated Transitions Fund

Mission of NPDF is to “Protect & Support” the efforts of law enforcement, including public safety and child safety programs.


The National Police Defense Foundation (501c3 Non-Profit)(NPDF) provides medical and legal support services to the law enforcement community, as well as funds a variety of public safety and law enforcement initiatives.  The NPDF membership exceeds over 200,000 members and supporters worldwide. The basic mission statement of the National Police Defense Foundation is to “Protect & Support” the efforts of law enforcement. This is being accomplished through the important medical and legal support services provided the national law enforcement community, as well as  everal NPDF law enforcement programs involving public safety and child safety programs.

The “[Operation Kids](https://www.npdf1.org/operation-kids/ "Operation Kids")” program is a multi-faceted NPDF child safety program that (1) distributes free child fingerprint/DNA kits to parents (2) sponsors youth athletic events (3) posts periodic rewards on missing and kidnapped children (4) issues annual scholarships (5) funds Project Pedophile  and (6) arranges lifesaving operations and medical treatment for critically ill children worldwide.

**“[Safe Cop](https://www.npdf1.org/safe-cop/ "Safe Cop")”** is nationally renowned for posting up to a $10,000 cash reward for public information that results in the arrest and conviction of anyone who shoots a member law enforcement officer, anywhere in the United States. The Safe Cop program was also expanded to provide critical medical care and psychological counseling to disabled law enforcement personnel worldwide.

**Save A K-9 Officer Program** This newest “Safe Cop” law enforcement initiative addresses the serious increase of armed assaults on K9 police dogs by donations bullet proof vests to law enforcement agencies. This program is administered and funded by the NPDF Deputy Sheriffs & Peace Officers Coalition.

**Project Pedophile** The NPDF “Operation Kids” program was established “Project Pedophile” in order to address the serious increase of pedophile activity on the internet that has been victimizing our children. The program will reward any child with a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond for information that leads to the federal arrest and conviction of any pedophile operating on the internet.

National Police Defense Foundation

America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and public education.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 70 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments.

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a nonprofit, grassroots civil rights and advocacy organization. CAIR is America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with affiliate offices nationwide. Its national headquarters is located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Since its establishment in 1994, CAIR has worked to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. Through media relations, lobbying, education and advocacy, CAIR works to make sure a Muslim voice is represented. Through our work, CAIR seeks to empower American Muslims and encourage their participation in political and social activism.

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) 

Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) 

CANVAS (Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies) was founded in 2005 by Slobodan Djinovic and Srdja Popovic to advocate for the use of nonviolent resistance in the promotion of human rights and democracy. Since then, they have worked with pro-democracy activists from more than 50 countries. From CANVAS' headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, they operate a network of international trainers and consultants with expertise in building and running successful non-violent movements. Their work is focused to build more just, democratic, and responsible society. CANVAS’ offices in Washington DC, Tbilisi, Manila Johannesburg and Belgrade aim to provide maximum support to the activists on the ground, and they serve as a hub for local and regional initiatives that rely on principals of nonviolent struggle and creative activism. Their organization disseminates knowledge through a variety of media, including workshops, books, videos, and specialized courses and all for free. CANVAS has produced several publications on nonviolent resistance over the years, based on intensive research and our members’ decades of experience in the field. These revolutionary “know-hows” are available for free download on their website.

CANVAS Citizens Association 

Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC) is a litigation nonprofit. LIC designs strategic lawsuits for chickens and other farmed animals.

We develop and refine creative methods to civilly enforce existing cruelty laws in factory farms, and to sue companies that break animal-welfare commitments. We are a 501(c)(3) public charity.

Legal Impact For Chickens

LWV empowers voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels. 

The League of Women Voters Education Fund works to encourage the active and informed participation of citizens in government and to increase understanding of major public policy issues. 

Mission: Empowering voters. Defending democracy. 

Vision: We envision a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate. 

Value: We believe in the power of women to create a more perfect democracy. 

We believe in the power of women to create a more perfect democracy. That's been our vision since 1920, when the League of Women Voters was founded by leaders of the women’s suffrage movement. For 100 years, we have been a nonpartisan, activist, grassroots organization that believes voters should play a critical role in democracy. The League was officially founded in Chicago in 1920, just six months before the 19th amendment was ratified and women won the vote. Formed by the suffragists of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the League began as a "mighty political experiment" designed to help 20 million women carry out their new responsibilities as voters. February 14th, 2023, marks 103 years that the League of Women Voters has empowered voters and defended democracy. Over the last century, we’ve fought for election protection, democratic reforms, and equal access to the ballot—all while maintaining our commitment to nonpartisanship and fostering an informed electorate.

League of Women Voters Education Fund

Support the preservation of the world’s most endangered modern houses of unique architectural importance.

Iconic Houses provides a worldwide platform for architecturally significant modern houses and artists' homes and studios from the 20th century that are open to the public, by sharing best practices about the conservation, policy, programming and management of house museums and significant private houses. Member sites include Antoni Gaudí's La Pedrera (Spain), Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (France), and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (USA), among almost 200 other masterpieces and hidden gems around the world. At this time over 50 of the world's most iconic modern houses, especially those from the second half of 20th century, are threatened due a lack of legal protection, deferred maintenance or other issues associated with development pressures. We need to act now, or risk losing them forever. What can be done to save them? Icons at Risk sets out to answer that question.  "Icons at Risk" is an international initiative by the Iconic Houses network to preserve the world's most endangered modern houses of unique architectural importance. We will achieve this by raising public awareness, advocacy, and supporting homeowners to take action themselves through a "Toolkit for Owners of Modern Homes".  We thank you in advance for your support! 

Iconic Houses Network

Ensures that all eligible immigrants understand and have access to the path to citizenship.

With a singular focus on increasing the naturalization rate in Massachusetts and beyond, Project Citizenship transforms the lives and futures of immigrants in the U.S.!  Our free legal services have enabled over 10,000 permanent residents to achieve U.S. citizenship since 2014.  By accepting the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, our new citizens achieve expanded opportunities, greater economic stability, family reunification, a voice in our democracy, and a deeper sense of belonging in this country.  We all benefit when immigrant groups are not isolated but are full participants in our social and civic life, creating more cohesive communities.

Project Citizenship focuses on those who would not be able to naturalize without assistance through the complex and lengthy process. We coach, we encourage, we inform, and we advocate for each client with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) - from application to Oath of Allegiance.  We submit requests for waivers of the USCIS application fee and for special consideration for clients who are older or who have a disability. The Project Citizenship community includes over 1,000 attorney volunteers and many local organizations who partner with us. Our clients have a remarkable 95% success rate in achieving citizenship.  Our work is at the intersection of economic vitality, civic engagement, and social justice.

Project Citizenship

Serves youth both during and after incarceration to support their successful reintegration into their families and community.

Open City Advocates serves youth both during and after incarceration to support their successful reintegration into their families and community.

Open City Advocates

Choose dignity over fear. Stand with the global movement against torture in a changing environment. 

Choose dignity over fear.  Stand with the global movement against torture in a changing environment. Torture, summary executions, and enforced disappearances – the very archetypes of human rights violations. Torture is what we intuitively think of when someone mentions human rights. It is perhaps the epitome of human rights violations – frequently connected with summary executions, and enforced disappearances, the violations that ensure deprivation of all of the rest of our rights. 159 out of 193 UN Member States have agreed,  in principle … The absolute prohibition against torture is not just a moral position; it is binding international law, under the UN Convention Against Torture, and many other international treaties. But  in practice , in many of these same countries, torture continues unabated, impunity reigns, and in important discourses, the absolute prohibition on torture itself is being called into question. States are responsible the vast majority of torture that takes place ; and yet it is States that are bound to obey the Convention and eradicate torture. So, who polices the police ? Well, at least on torture, it is the local civil society organisations in the global anti-torture movement that are the key actors. Seeking truth, demanding justice, helping victims, and ensuring, through laws, that it never happens again. Put differently, progressive change finally achieving on-the-ground impacts against torture has never, and will never, happen without a frontline civil society push. However, operating individually, often in countries under authoritative regimes, anti-torture groups and organisations at the local or national level are often poorly resourced, often under direct pressure and threats , and insufficiently connected. Why the OMCT ?  The OMCT and its SOS-Torture Network is today the principal global civil society coalition against torture in the world. Founded in 1985, based in Geneva, Switzerland, its geographic reach is worldwide due to its global Network, comprised of more than 200 member organisations operating in more than 70 countries around the world. The OMCT is a non-governmental, non-profit, and non-partisan organisation registered in Geneva, Switzerland, with an office in Brussels, Belgium and an office in Tunis, Tunisia. This is the moment in history where we must double our efforts against torture.      More about the OMCT Our Mission: Our mission is – as a network – to eradicate torture, summary executions, disappearances, arbitrary detention and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to provide protection to all victims through a global network working in partnership and solidarity. Our mission includes the protection of the women and men who defend the rights of others and their organizations. Our theory of change  The OMCT theory of change is simple : real impact against torture is achieved through collective action at both the national and international levels. Lasting change in the fight against torture requires strong and competent local actors who can provide support to victims of torture, document and report torture; who provide the necessary expertise to Governments, engage them and demand their accountability for torture, enforced disappearances, arbitrary executions and detention. These actors need an international network to provide support, protection and expertise to enable greater impact in the fight against torture locally, regionally and globally. About our added value The Network-driven structure of the OMCT enables the global anti-torture movement to rely on:   
 Solid partnerships, that draw on readily available, reliable, first-hand information from the field in widely diverse settings and contexts, including in difficult-to-access locations. It also allows OMCT efficiently share and disseminate useful information when needed; 
 The OMCT's formal role as civil-society coordinator for the Committee Against Torture and engaging NGOs around the world to partake in the United Nations' principal mechanism against torture;  
 Specialized and context-specific expertise and access to some of the finest anti-torture practitioners on how to tackle the many facets of torture to collectively build protection agendas; 
 A distinct civil society approach, empowering, reinforcing, and accompanying partners including in their engagement with States but seeking not to replace local actors in their fight against torture; 
 A flexible bottom-up based approach on local actors' knowledge and needs rather than on a 'one size fits all' approach to many diverse contexts. 
   The OMCT believes in a holistic approach for combatting torture, combining prevention, protection, victim assistance, reparation, and justice. Similarly, our actions involve a mixture of emergency response and mid- and long-term advocacy for promoting legal and preventive policies through the Network. The OMCT chooses to pay particular attention to the needs and specificities of those most vulnerable to abuse, and those who may suffer torture in specific forms and circumstances, such as women, LGBTI persons, children and other vulnerable communities. The OMCT is one of the leading human rights defenders organizations, providing protective advocacy, material assistance and enabling anti-torture actors to continue their work under threat. Contact Us ! OMCT International Secretariat PO Box 21, 8, rue du Vieux-Billard, CH-1211  Geneva 8, Switzerland Phone: + 41 22 809 4931 E-mail:  omct@omct.org www.omct.org   OMCT Europe Rue Stevin 115 1000 Brussels Tel.: +32 2 218 37 19 E-mail:  omcteurope@omct.org http://www.omct.org/omct-europe/   OMCT Tunisia 2 Av. de France  Immeuble Le National Apt. 325 Tunis 1000 Tunisie Tel: +216 71 322 561 / +216 71 323 008 E-mail:  omct-tunis@omct.org www.omct.org/tunisie   http://www.omct.org/ 
 
 Support victims of torture.

World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) 

We will automate and expand eligibility for record clearance across the country, impacting millions of people.

The Clean Slate Initiative works to expand and automate the sealing of arrest and conviction records after people have completed their sentence and remained crime-free for a period of time - believing everyone should have a shot at redemption.   

We are a national, bipartisan non-profit organization that builds advocacy campaigns where local, state, and national partners operate with the shared goal of passing Clean Slate laws in states and in Congress.

Through partnerships, collaboration, and coordinated advocacy campaigns, the Clean Slate Initiative unites businesses, advocates, community members, and impacted people across the country.

We support state-based campaigns with the goal of passing laws that ensure conviction and non-conviction records are automatically sealed once someone has completed their sentence and remained crime-free for a period of time. 

The Clean Slate Initiative supports campaigns that have clear goals, well-thought-out strategies, and a vision for building a base of support that can defend and sustain policy wins.

Since this initiative’s inception, we have helped pass legislation that provides a path for: 

- 2.3 million people to have at least one conviction or non-conviction cleared;

- 7.3 million conviction and non-conviction cases to be cleared; and

- 2 million people to receive full record clearance.

You may wonder - why is there a need for Clean Slate Initiatives? Here are the facts: 

1 in 3 adults in the United States have an arrest or conviction record that limits their ability to work, obtain housing, and engage in civic life. Having a record, even an arrest record, is a significant barrier to economic mobility. 

- 9 in 10 employers use background checks when hiring.

- 4 in 5 landlords use background checks on prospective tenants.

- 3 in 5 colleges and universities use background checks on prospective students.

There are more than 44,000 collateral consequences that limit the ability of people with a record to access meaningful opportunities to build a better life. Our work focuses on automating the process to remove those barriers, providing a real second chance for the millions who are currently impacted by an arrest or conviction record. 





The Clean Slate Initiative

Juvenile Justice Advocates International's mission is to fight for children in the prison system. 

Juvenile Justice Advocates International

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition is a nonprofit organization   based in Boston, MA. It was founded in 1987.

MIRA is the largest coalition in New England promoting the rights and integration of immigrants and refugees. With offices in Massachusetts and **[New Hampshire](http://www.welcomingnh.org/ "Welcoming New Hampshire")**, we advance this mission through education and training, leadership development, institutional organizing, strategic communications, policy analysis and advocacy.

MIRA is a dynamic and multi‐ethnic coalition with **[140+ organizational members](https://live-mira-coalition.pantheonsite.io/about-us/members/)**, including grassroots community organizations; refugee resettlement agencies; providers of social, legal and health services, faith-based organizations and civil and human rights advocates. We organize and empower our members and allies, and together we mobilize immigrant communities to advocate for themselves, and amplify and support their voices. MIRA is a respected leader on immigrant issues at the state and national levels, and an authoritative source of information and policy analysis for policy-makers, advocates, immigrant communities and the media.

We have worked to secure millions of dollars in state funding for programs that support the social, civic and economic integration of immigrants and refugees. We advocate for progressive policies at the state, local and national levels, and fight to defeat anti-immigrant measures. We have also helped thousands of green card holders to become U.S. citizens, registered thousands of new Americans to vote, and built capacity among our members to provide legal services to immigrants. Through our AmeriCorps **[New American Integration Program](https://live-mira-coalition.pantheonsite.io/americorps/)**, we support a range of programs to help newcomers to the U.S. learn English and adapt to their new life.

MIRA is also a founding member of the **[National Partnership for New Americans](http://partnershipfornewamericans.org/)**, which is co-chaired by our former Executive Director Eva A. Millona. NPNA represents the collective power and resources of the country’s 37 largest regional immigrant and refugee rights organizations in 31 states, and leverages their knowledge and expertise to advance a national strategy.

Now, at this critical time in our country, we want to make Massachusetts a model for how to welcome and integrate people from all around the world. Let’s stand up together for a better, more inclusive America!

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition

The nation's leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization.

The nation's leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization. We represent and advocate for people from around the world fleeing violence, abuse, and persecution because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status. Our legal team has won asylum for more than 1,000 LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants while maintaining a 99% success rate. Your gift will make a unique difference.

Immigration Equality

We believe government at all levels can and should work well for all people.

Code for America works shoulder to shoulder with community organizations and government to build digital tools and services, change policies, and improve programs.

Partnership
We partner with government and community organizations with access to the resources and digital talent that can meaningfully impact some of the world’s toughest societal challenges.

Empowerment
We create change that empowers government and community organizations with the tools and skills to change people’s lives, especially those most in need.

Transformation
We connect and convene people from inside and outside government, and from all over the world to inspire each other, share successes, learn, build, and transform government systems.

Code for America

We are dedicated to promoting dialogue and understanding on critical issues. 

ABOUT:
The Aspen Institute is a recognized platform with over 70 years of experience. It brings together leaders from different contexts and motivates them to develop initiatives that contribute to building a good society. Created in 2021, The Aspen Institute Colombia provides a safe and non-partisan space where leaders can share and listen to divergent perspectives, engaging in constructive and pragmatic conversations. 

PROGRAMS:
Aspen Colombia's main program "Leading Colombia 2050" (LC2050) is now in its third cohort, with around 24 fellows each. In 2024, with the support of our partner Colfuturo, Aspen Colombia will conduct three more cohorts of the program. LC2050 consists of Socratic method-led seminars to discuss the question of how to build a better Colombia. The program also includes field visits to different realities in order to bring participants closer to the country´s challenges and to leaders and organizations succeeding at building a better society. Additionally, Aspen Colombia gathers leaders from specific areas to discuss pressing issues in Socrates Seminars. The last one was hosted in Medellin, Colombia around the question: Can Democracies fix Democracy? 
Although Aspen Colombia is an emerging organization, it has already summoned some of Colombia´s most impactful leaders, and LC2050 has begun to show results in the initiatives that fellows are spearheading. 

 Instituto Aspen Colombia

The National Immigration Litigation Alliance (NILA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to realizing systemic change in the immigrant rights arena through litigation—by engaging in impact litigation and by building the capacity of immigration attorneys to litigate in federal court through our strategic assistance membership program, co-counseling program, pleading review program, and practice advisories.

National Immigration Litigation Alliance Inc

Mission -Women & Family Life Center provides resources and education for women and all families in crisis. 


A Small Center Making A Big Difference On The CT Shoreline!
We understand that there are moments in our lives that truly challenge us. Whether it is losing your home, going through a divorce, leaving an abusive relationship, struggling with mental health, or trying to find a job we are here to help you!  We provide you with the support, education and community you need to rebuild your life and your confidence. Once a woman walks through our door, she will never feel alone in her journey. Women & Family Life Center assists many families that would otherwise have no place to turn for help.

All services offered by Women & Family Life Center are FREE!

Women & Family Life Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) located in Guilford, CT and has been serving women and families on the Connecticut Shoreline since 1991.

W&FLC Programs Include:
Guided Assistance Program (GAP) - GAP provides personalized support and referrals for women and families facing difficult life challenges. The Center’s Referral Navigators work to directly connect participants to community resources spanning crisis services, social services, mental health, financial and legal services. Through GAP, a participant learns how to outline her personal or family needs and to create an action plan. GAP is a unique service, not offered at any other organization on the Shoreline, providing services to anyone regardless of income from any of the following 16 towns that we serve:  Branford, Chester, Clinton, Deep River, East Haven, East Lyme, Essex, Guilford, Killingworth, Lyme, Madison, North Branford, North Haven, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook. 

Financial Consults -  Meet individually with a volunteer Financial Coach who will work with you to set up an action plan to resolve a financial situation you are in to empower yourself to make better financial decisions and take control of your economic independence and success. 
 
Lawyer Time
Appointments are available via phone or by video via Zoom to meet one-on-one with an attorney to discuss your legal questions with regard to a civil, divorce, custody or other legal matters and to better understand your rights and the legal process. 

Safe Search - Are you a person looking for a safe place to make calls or use the internet?  
If you are a person without access to a phone or computer or are living in a home where you fear your computer/phone use is being monitored you can come to the W&FLC and use a computer and phone. This can be for calling counselors, lawyers, researching jobs, revising and printing your resumes. Computer, internet, printer, copies, fax and phone are available. In addition to a secure location to keep documents for future use. 

RESTART Divorce Support Group
ADAPT Divorce Workshop
Life After Loss Support Group
Shoreline Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Task Force (SDVSATF)
Shoreline Housing

Women and Family Life Center

An international NGO working at the intersection of plant medicines & psychedelics, human rights, science, & Indigenous knowledge.

ICEERS serves humanity by transforming society’s relationship with psychoactive plant medicines and psychedelics, while respecting and honoring their traditional, Indigenous roots. We engage with fundamental issues resulting from the globalization of ayahuasca, iboga, and other ethnobotanicals.

Founded in 2009, ICEERS has special NGO consultative status with the United Nations’ Ecosoc, is registered as a non-profit foundation, and has charitable status in Spain.

ICEERS operates a charitable project fiscally sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, Inc. (MAPS), a Section 501(c)(3) public charity (federal tax ID: 59-2751953). In accordance with federal tax requirements, MAPS exercises discretion and control over all project funds. Please make your donations for the purposes of this project directly to MAPS.

ICEERS - International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service

Marshall ROC -  Restoring Our Community is a coalition helping our neighbors recover from the devastating Colorado Marshall Fire  

Marshall ROC -  Restoring Our Community  is a coalition of community organizations, funders, and government agencies bound together by the common interest: Helping our neighbors, particularly those who are most in need, recover from the Devastating Marshall Fire & Windstorms which destroyed over 1000K homes.  

Marshall ROC is led by its members, who are a dedicated community of volunteers and organizations, in collaboration with government representatives. Many organizations in the surrounding communities offered their help after the Marshall Fire. Coordinating these efforts is challenging, but important. Marshall ROC is structured as a Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG), which is a nationally recognized, tried-and-true method for coordinating limited money, muscle, and materials among multiple organizations, on behalf of individuals and communities impacted by disaster. The Marshall ROC Mission is to support and empower individuals and households affected by the Marshall Fire and windstorm to lead their own recoveries by identifying needs and coordinating assistance on their behalf

The Marshall ROC Mission – Restoring Our Community
The mission of Marshall ROC is to support and empower individuals and households affected by the Marshall Fire and windstorm to lead their own recoveries by identifying needs and coordinating assistance on their behalf. Marshall ROC is a collaborative coalition of existing agencies and all Marshall ROC related services will be provided without regard to race, creed, color, gender, disability, religious or political affiliation, documentation status, or sexual orientation. 

Disasters are, by their nature, overwhelming. If it wasn’t overwhelming, we’d call it an “inconvenience,” not a “disaster.” The Marshall Fire and Windstorm is overwhelming. Our neighbors lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property and belongings. So many individuals and organizations have rallied to help and it is inspiring to see how engaged and supportive the communities responding to this disaster have been. However, it is now clear the need is greater than the available resources. Marshall ROC and its members will work to help as many people as possible, while managing community expectations.
One of the most important efforts of Marshall ROC is the launch and opening of the Marshall Fire Recovery Center, which is a centralized Louisville, CO location dedicated to expediting the access and delivery of disaster related support, services and resources to fire survivors in Superior, Louisville and Unincorporated Boulder County as they navigate the complexity of their recovery. The Marshall Fire Recovery Center will house the Marshall ROC office and provide spaces for mental health, rebuilding and technical programs, and the network of professionals who are all helping to support the impacted community as well as to facilitate coordination and collaboration among local, national and governmental organizations. The Navigating Disaster for Boulder County program, operated by Lutheran Family Services – Rocky Mountains, will also be located at the Center. 
The Marshall ROC Marshall Fire Recovery Center is a testament to the power of community and our coalition of organizations. We / Marshall ROC felt it was important the financing of this Marshall Fire Recovery Center effort should be separate from donations previously collected so as to not detract from funds raised for the direct support of fire families, and we’re exceedingly grateful to the many organizations who have contributed so far to  help us launch the Recovery Center and effort:
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) Colorado Wildfire Fire Recovery Fund
Stephen Tebo and Tebo O'Conner 
Colorado 211-United Way
The Episcopal Diocese of Colorado
Ascent Community Church
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

We also appreciate the in-kind contributions which have furnished the offices, conference rooms, website graphic design and technology:
A Precious Child
The University of Colorado Boulder Property Services Division
ITDRC (Information Technology Disaster Resource Center
Crisis Cleanup
Voltage


Marshall ROC - Restoring Our Community 

Support and protect LGBTIQ+ people in Europe.

Forbidden Colours collects and raises funds to support initiatives that help LGBTIQ+ people to fully live their lives in freedom with self-respect and dignity in Europe. They are also a leading advocate in exposing anti-LGBTIQ+ initiatives in Europe, and therefore conduct extensive advocacy with media, EU-institutions and member states. 

Forbidden Colours is a NPO linked to a fund managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, the major Belgian public benefit foundation, whose mission it is to contribute to a better society. 

We want all LGBTIQ+ persons to be able to get up every morning feeling it is okay to be who they are. We use our extensive network in the European institutions, and in several member states of the EU, to address the backlashes on LGBTIQ+ rights. With our media contacts across the world, we expose anti-LGBTIQ+ initiatives. By putting pressure through the media, we were able to put several cases higher on the political agenda.

The organization is considered as one of the most effective organizations to protect LGBTIQ+ rights on the European level. By closely monitoring the geopolitical forces behind state-sponsored anti-LGBTIQ+ campaigns, Forbidden Colours was able to expose several European governments for scapegoating the LGBTIQ+ community as a deception for their anti-democracy campaigns. 

They revealed cases such as the anti-LGBTIQ+ propaganda law in Hungary, an anti-LGBTIQ+ education reform in Poland and the needs of LGBTIQ+ persons fleeing Russia's war with Ukraine in the international media. With this, Forbidden Colours has gained the attention of the world media and has been featured in amongst others The Guardian, VICE & Sky News. The non-profit has led a campaign aiming to take down Hungary's infamous anti-LGBTIQ+ propaganda law. After 1,5 year of campaigning by Forbidden Colours, the Hungarian government was taken to the Court of Justice of the European Union. For the first time in the history of the EU, a member state was taken to court on the basis of violations of human dignity and human rights. Forbidden Colours was also able to convince the largest group of member states ever to intervene in a lawsuit against another member state.   

They also help organisations from all over the world to advocate more successfully at the European Union institutions and, for example, also works with local partners on the EU Global Human Rights Sanction Regime. Besides its political advocacy work, Forbidden Colours also works with the corporate world to create a more diverse, equal and inclusive workplace. They give trainings, keynotes and develop projects to raise awareness to the issues of the LGBTIQ+ community within the company. They also develop 'corporate social responsibility'-projects about LGBTIQ+ rights together with the corporate world. This helps companies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Visit their website for more info:  https://www.forbidden-colours.com/

Forbidden Colours

Blue Mountain Action Council is a local nonprofit serving neighbors in Southeast Washington who are experiencing poverty.

We meet clients where they are and help them achieve self-sufficiency.

**MISSION**: BMAC collaborates with our partners to equitably deliver services and support to our neighbors experiencing poverty. Together, we strengthen and build stable and thriving communities.

**VISION**: BMAC envisions just and inclusive communities where all people thrive, free from the oppression of poverty.

Blue Mountain Action Council

Youth ARE - Assets, Resources, Energy - Empowering "youth as resources" in resource-poor areas, which can be anywhere.

One of the best things a youth experiences from Youth TimeBanking is that it "builds a bigger community" for them. We are better together when we work together to resolve problems together. We all benefit. Youth involvement as co-producers of solutions to community needs are Win-Win-Win... for youth, for communities, for parents-caregivers, for taxpayers, for community, for society, for the future. Support Youth ARE: Assets, Resources, Energy.

Youth ARE

The Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice is a place that teaches the tools to excise racism and discrimination.

BUILDING ON A LEGACY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

St. Thomas University College of Law was founded on the principle that every human being deserves to be treated with dignity. And we live that mission. Through coursework, research, and field opportunities, the College of Law trains lawyers sensitive to the needs of the nation’s underrepresented communities

The Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice builds on the College of Law’s existing expertise in the areas of civil rights, human rights, and social justice law consistent with its Catholic mission. We are one of the most diverse law schools in the country, with eighty percent of our students coming from underrepresented backgrounds.

St Thomas University College of Law Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice

Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on global pro bono support for social impact organizations. 

The Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation was created to support and empower those working on high-impact, sustainable solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Established in 2006 as a nonprofit affiliate of our parent organization, [Lex Mundi](https://www.lexmundi.com/), our mission is to engage Lex Mundi’s global community of 150+ top-tier law firms across 120+ countries to bring critical, high-quality pro bono legal support to social impact organizations. Our flagship offering is our legal matchmaking program. We find and vet quality transactional legal projects with social entrepreneurs and connect them to skilled Lex Mundi member lawyers for assistance. Beyond the matchmaking program, we also provide legal mentoring to help social entrepreneurs become thoughtful and effective consumers of pro bono services; create, curate, and distribute guidance documents on common issues affecting social enterprises; identify resources to assist organizations as they grow, and; develop and facilitate clinics and other speaking engagements for social ventures.

Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation

IILA supports immigrants, refugees, survivors of human trafficking, & families in becoming self-sufficient & thriving in SoCal

The International Institute of Los Angeles (IILA) began in 1914 as a response to the needs of women and girls immigrating from Europe and East Asia in adjusting to their new lives in Los Angeles.  Our founding was part of the larger revolutionary vision of a social welfare worker named Edith Terry Bremer, who established the first International Institute in New York in 1910. The **International Institute movement** was unique for its time in its philosophy and approach to this work. It **embraced cultural pluralism by celebrating ethnic diversity** and encouraging immigrants to maintain their native languages, traditions and folk cultures, while also becoming engaged US citizens who contribute to their communities. 

**IILA has played a prominent role in every major refugee and immigrant wave since its founding.** For over a century, we have offered a wide range of services to assist limited-English proficient and low-income individuals achieve self-sufficiency and thrive. Over time, we also **expanded our services** to include a wide array of legal assistance, resettlement of refugees and asylum applicants, survivors of human trafficking, and free or low-cost child care and transportation. We employ over 150 people in 13 locations in Los Angeles County and have a budget of over 20 million dollars. We also have a long history of employing newcomers, who serve as valuable team members who can provide culturally sensitive assistance to those in need.

Our **commitment to upholding the dignity and supporting the self-sufficiency of refugees and immigrants** is as unwavering today as it was at our founding.  We know that new arrivals bring a vibrancy and richness, as well as economic strength, to Southern California and the wider United States that is vital for our continued growth and success.

International Institute Of Los Angeles

We exist to end domestic violence and create safe spaces for help, healing, and hope.

Since 1974, Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh has been a leader in providing safety, shelter, support, and guidance to all survivors of domestic violence. Today, our mission is to meet the individual and evolving needs of those affected by domestic violence by investing in the growth of our people, deepening community engagement, and amplifying the voices of all survivors.

Domestic violence (DV), sometimes referred to as intimate partner violence (IPV), affects individuals and communities of every race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and economic status. Our caring DV advocates know that no two situations are the same, and that it is through our common understanding and genuine compassion that we can offer a sanctuary to survivors and their children experiencing domestic violence.

As one of the oldest domestic violence centers in the country, we meet survivors where they are, offering resources and support to help survivors and their families escape abusive relationships and build new lives. All survivors deserve to have help, healing, and hope. 

Womens Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

The Safe Sisters Circle provides services for Black women survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Washington DC.

The Safe Sisters Circle is a Black woman founded and led 501(c)3 that provides free, culturally specific, trauma informed, holistic services for Black women and girls survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Washington DC, with a focus on Wards 7 & 8. 

Services provided include: legal advice and representation; short-term counseling; referral and case management; youth prevention workshops; and rideshare/groceries/housing gift cards. 

The Safe Sisters Circle (TSSC)

We are a culturally-based Kinship Navigator Program serving Southeast Alaska kin families outside of the foster care system. Our focus is helping families build and maintain healthy intergenerational relationships that keep children and youth safe,  stable, and out of the system.

Kin Support Program Haa Yaitxu Saiani

CAIR New Jersey’s vision is to be a leading advocate for justice and mutual understanding.

CAIR New Jersey’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

Support us as we defend the civil rights of New Jersey Muslims, advocate for the community, and empower Muslim youth to become leaders and advocates themselves.

CAIR-NJ

Utthan is a grassroots institution founded in 1981 and modelled around fostering women’s agency and empowerment at the grassroots.

[Utthan, the quest for justice, dignity & hope: 3.42 mins](https://youtu.be/XgczcjNox5s?si=c2nlEQzua4VT-sDy)

[Utthan Brochure](https://utthangujarat.org/UtthanBrochure.pdf)

**Utthan's journey began in 1981**, when four women chose to work in the desolate Bhal region of Gujarat, helping marginalized communities to self-organise around critical livelihood issues. **It is a grassroots-based institution with a mission to empower women and young girls by providing them with the perspective, resources and tools they need to amplify their voice, gain access & control over productive resources, entitlements & services, and take control of their bodily autonomy.** To create systemic change and drive sustainable impact, Utthan also facilitates partnerships and synergies with various stakeholders and engages in evidence-based advocacy and policy dialogue while continuously taking up its own organisational development.  

**The Challenge being addressed**: Women and young girls face significantly disproportionate challenges due to social, economic, political & environmental marginalization. This creates overlapping & interdependent systems of oppression, discrimination & disadvantage. The **adverse impacts of poverty, hunger, resourceless-ness, violence & climate change on women and girls are most acute**. As a result, their voices are more than often ignored & silenced and their needs neglected. This adversely impacts their ability to take decisions at individual, household, community or societal level. This inequity is perpetuated in society & associated structures, as a whole. Any development or growth therefore remains inequitable, incomplete & unsustainable. 

**Path to address the impacts on women and young girls**: Utthan works on **building their agency** at individual, household, community & societal level through **enabling control over assets, body & voice**. This in turn enables them to shape their own destinies and provides them the confidence to partake in the **creation of a more just & equitable society**.

Prioritising community-based & community-led transformation has been pivotal in building a critical mass of local leaders; amongst women, men & youth. Utthan's practice areas are very much aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals & are demonstrative of grounded & women-led action to address women's human rights which are deeply intertwined with security, climate change, biodiversity, water security, resource distribution & governance issues. Presently, Utthan **directly** impacts the lives of over 8.5 lakh individuals in six districts of the western state of Gujarat in India. It aspires to scale this positive influence to at least 25 lakh individuals by 2027.  

**Awards & Recognitions** 

- International Water Association (IWA) Women in Water Award, 2020: Awarded to Nafisa Barot Founder Trustee & Mentor
- Community appreciation of Covid relief work, 15th August 2021: Awarded to Utthan by Kuda Gram Panchayat, Ghogha block, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat.
- Woman of Substance, 8th March 2021: Recognition of Pallavi Sobti Rajpal, Deputy CEO by Kavita Mehta Foundation, Ahmedabad
- Best Performing WDF Project, Outstanding work on Watershed Development, NABARD: 2018-19
- Best State Nodal Agency & Best Performance Award, Vikaspedia,  Center for Development in Advanced computing: 2014-15 & 2015-16
- National Environment Awareness Award, Bharatiya Khadi Gram Udhyog, India: 2008
- N Khoshoo Memorial Award, Working with communities to achieve self-reliance: 2005



Utthan

Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for 3 of the largest civil legal aid providers in WI.

WEJF promotes the availability and public awareness of the need for free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Wisconsin, secures resources for providers of such services, and distributes resources to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations which provide such services. The three organizations for which we raise funds – Legal Action of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Judicare, and Disability Rights Wisconsin – provide pro bono civil legal aid services to economically disadvantaged residents and people with disabilities across the state in a wide range of practice areas including domestic violence, housing, bankruptcy, unemployment, employment, tribal, veterans, and disability law. Free attorneys for those in need means fewer Wisconsinites facing threats of unemployment, unsafe situations, and homelessness.

Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund

Your gift makes sure immigrant children and adults have the legal and social services they need to feel safe, free, and supported.

Give the gift of safety during the month of November and your donation will be matched, up to $50 for the first two months when you sign up for monthly giving through every.org. up to $50,000. Take advantage of this generous offer and sign up for monthly giving today! 

DETAINED ADULT PROGRAM
CAIR Coalition's Detained Adult Program (DAP) works with hundreds of adults who are detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Capital region. DAP provides information, legal support, and representation through trauma-sensitive, client-centered service and manages three sub-programs: the Legal Orientation Program (LOP), the Universal Representation Program (URep), and the National Qualified Representative Program (NQRP). 

DETAINED CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
CAIR Coalition's Detained Children's Program provides legal services to unaccompanied children detained by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in Virginia and Maryland, as well as those who are released locally to a sponsor in Virginia, Maryland, and DC. Clients range in age from toddlers to teens, and include pregnant and parenting minors. The program's services include Know Your Rights presentations, individual consultations, accompanying children to immigration court hearings and free representation, either in-house or with local law firms. Since January 2021, the number of unaccompanied children seeking humanitarian protection has been on the rise. 

When children arrive at the southern border, they are first placed in the custody of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which is responsible for transferring the children to ORR custody within 72 hours. CAIR Coalition is the primary provider of legal assistance to detained children in DC, Maryland and northern Virginia who are held in local ORR facilities. CAIR Coalition continues to see a steady and significant increase in the number of children who are being transferred to the facilities in our region, with a detained population of approximately 150 children on any given week. The Children's Program also pioneered new forms of advocacy for children in secure detention, successfully facilitating the 'step-down' of multiple children to less restrictive placements..

IMMIGRATION IMPACT LAB
The CAIR Coalition Immigration Impact Lab (Lab) brings impact litigation within the Fourth Circuit to challenge barriers to the asylum, due process, and liberty rights of our immigrant neighbors who are at risk of detention and deportation. The Lab also works closely with major law firms, law school clinics, and local immigration and criminal bars to coordinate litigation on cutting-edge issues.

Our impact litigation priorities focus on challenging barriers to asylum, minimizing the immigration consequences of criminal convictions, and protecting due process rights for detained children and adults. The primary litigation tools we use are appeals of individual cases to the Fourth Circuit and Board of Immigration Appeals, individual lawsuits, and habeas petitions to challenge prolonged and unlawful detention of adults and children. 

SOCIAL SERVICES
CAIR Coalition's Social Services Program endeavors to provide a holistic model of service that addresses our clients' legal, as well as social services needs. From addressing immediate needs-such as housing, food, and clothing, and referrals to medical, mental health, and educational support services-to creating detailed post release plans with wraparound support, our goal is to help ensure that they have the best possible chance of achieving their legal goals and succeeding in their new homes.

The program is also responsible for leading the coordination of independent psychological evaluations. These evaluations can often provide context around mental health diagnoses, which help to identify targeted post release referrals to mental health services providers. The coordination process requires collaboration among legal staff, detention facilities, and our social services team. Mental health evaluations can shed light on any relevant psychiatric history, enabling us to provide our clients with appropriate social and legal services. Our program liaises between the legal team and independent mental health professionals by recruiting and retaining a pool of practitioners who are trained to diagnose, provide clinical and forensic evaluations, provide referrals for further treatment, and serve as expert witnesses in immigration cases, as needed.


Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition

Mosaic Georgia: a 24/7 Children's Advocacy & Sexual Assault Center for people who experienced sexual assault, abuse & exploitation

Mosaic Georgia has discreetly served over 20,000 kids and adults who experienced sexual violence, exploitation, trafficking, child sexual abuse, and similar crimes.  It began as a volunteer rape crisis center in 1986. In 1993, became the first nonprofit, community-based sexual assault center in Georgia to provide forensic medical exams and patient advocacy outside the hospital setting.

Mosaic represents our focus to help people put the pieces of their lives back together with dignity and discretion.  We offer a mosaic of services and coordinate with several agencies and organizations with a trauma-informed, victim-centered approach. We follow the Children’s Advocacy Center model to centralize the community response in effort to minimize trauma and stress on the person who may have experienced sexualized violence.  Also reduces the number of times the victim is asked to recount their experience.

Mosaic Georgia’s mission:
Take action and guide change for the safety, health, and justice of children and adults impacted by sexual violence & abuse.

Mosaic Georgia

DC KinCare Alliance supports the legal, financial and related service needs of relatives who raise DC children in times of crisis.

Fueled by high rates of parental incarceration, gun violence, addiction, and mental health problems, some 9,000 DC children live in homes with “relative caregivers.” DC KinCare Alliance is the only organization focused solely on serving these caregivers, who rise to the occasion when parents are not able. They often live at the margins of economic stability yet face an uphill battle in a system designed for traditional families, one that expects relatives to step in without aid. A team of lawyers works to support them (usually grandmothers; often disabled themselves), offering free legal representation and education, as well as assistance with obtaining identification and advocacy in acquiring effective health and mental health care, financial supports, and other services for the whole family. The only organization in DC focused on this population, DC KinCare Alliance helps those who have opened their homes and hearts to children in need.

DC KinCare Alliance

Defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members.

National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants with low income.



National Immigration Law Center

Advocates for Justice - Legal NGO dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights through the rule of law since 1952

The legal teams at the ICJ are supported by 60 Commissioners, who are expert judges, lawyers and academics from all legal traditions. Using their unique legal expertise and access, the ICJ works to ensure that people everywhere benefit equally from the rule of law and human rights, and if those rights are violated, they can seek and receive adequate remedies from courts that are independent, impartial, fair, and effective. The ICJ works around the world, but focuses on those countries where human rights and the rule of law are most at risk. 

The ICJ achieves this by:
·       Supporting the drafting and adoption of landmark human rights treaties and conventions
·       Promoting judicial independence and the rule of law
·       Monitoring the human rights situation around the world
·       Advocating for the rights of vulnerable groups
·       Providing legal education and training 
.       Defending human rights in conflict and post-conflict situations.
·       Building networks of lawyers and judges committed to upholding the rule of law

Your contribution will enable us to continue our vital advocacy work at national, regional and international levels, as well as providing ongoing support to legal professionals, human rights defenders, civil society organisations and survivor groups in countries including Myanmar, Venezuela, Guatemala, Egypt, Nepal, Eswatini, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe,

ICJ - International Commission of Jurists 

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