Empowering vulnerable children in India with 18 years of holistic support to break the cycle of poverty in a single generation.

MAD delivers a 18-year-long intervention to Children in Need of Care & Protection (CNCP) in India that has the proven capability to enable them to break the cycle of poverty in a single generation. MAD has pioneered a community-powered social protection system that mobilises the community to provide high-touch and highly scalable, age-appropriate progression mentoring.


**History:** Started in 2006 in 1 city with 70 volunteers & 120 beneficiaries, today, Make A Difference (MAD) is a network of over 2,000 volunteers mentoring 3200 children & youth across 18 cities, annually.

Over the last 18 years, we’ve mobilised over 20,000 volunteers who have played their part in helping India’s most vulnerable children succeed academically, socially, and professionally.

 **Vision:** Children born into intergenerational poverty are able to break the cycle in a single generation.

**Mission:** Empower communities to take radical responsibility for their most vulnerable children and ensure they get the care & support needed to break the cycle of poverty permanently in a single-generation



**Goal:**

Our goal is to eradicate poverty in our lifetime. We achieve this by building a nationwide network of empowered communities that act as safety nets and springboards for children in need of care and protection. 

Through our proven **Progression Mentoring Program**, communities can provide step-by-step guidance, empowering children to cross the life-changing **empowerment threshold of $360 (INR. 30,000) per month** and leave poverty behind, permanently.

 

**Activities:**

[Progression Mentoring](https://coda.io/d/_dyxrQBYH4VG/_sutVO) is MAD’s award-winning **18-year-long high-touch intervention** model for children born into intergenerational poverty. It is a **community-powered, volunteer-driven program** for age-appropriate growth & development that enables a group of young people in the community to self organise to provide the required care, skill building and resource to the most vulnerable children in the community.

**One-on-one mentoring** by young individuals, guiding children through critical life stages, has the highest success rate in healing from **ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)** and bridging the gap left by struggling parents.

 It’s also the fastest way for India’s vulnerable children to break free from poverty permanently. While it typically takes **7 generations** for a family to escape poverty in India, with personalised mentoring, it can be achieved in just **one generation.**



**Program Delivery:**

MAD delivers Progression Mentoring through a **Community Organising model,** empowering young leaders to mobilize community members into active citizens. Community Organisers do this by forming chapters of 200 volunteers and children. Each chapter provides weekly mentoring to 200 vulnerable children from the **age of 10 to 28 at no cost to the child.**

 Our **service-based leadership development curriculum**, led by Community Organisers (CO), guides chapter leaders in sourcing, recruiting, onboarding, managing, and retaining mentors.



**Breaking the Cycle of Poverty at Scale**

**The Challenge**

- India has the world's highest number of children in extreme poverty

- 350,000 vulnerable children urgently need care and protection

- Current systems reach less than 1% of those in need

 

**Our Solution: Scaling for Nationwide Impact**

1. **World-Class Community Organizer Incubator**

MAD would be able to double the number of children we support every year if we can **enable young people to set up and run healthy MAD chapters in their communities**. MAD Incubator creates an enabling environment for this to happen.

2. **Revolutionary Tech Platform**

MADapp is an Experiential leadership Development tool that enables a young person to pick up high value skills by setting up and running a MAD chapter.



**Our Impact measured over the past 6 yrs**

- 90% of children reach college (vs. 15% national average)

- 95% secure formal jobs within 6 months

- Beneficiaries join top 10% income bracket by age 28

 

**The Opportunity**

Partner with us to scale our proven model nationwide. Together, we can end intergenerational poverty in our lifetime.

Make A Difference 

Realizing the promise of the Bill of Rights for all - the ACLU dares to create a more perfect union.

The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

ACLU Foundation

UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, over 80% of national committee-selected UWC students receive a scholarship. This support allows UWC to continue to select students based on their potential and merit regardless of their background, race, gender or ability to pay. Our students enter as idealists and graduate equipped to succeed and create lasting, positive change in the world.

Most UWC national committees across the globe are run by volunteers. This volunteer network ensures that UWC’s unique selection process is possible. With selection activities taking place in over 150 countries and territories, we actively look for promising young students, many of whom would otherwise never dream of the opportunity that a UWC education can provide.

**Why Support UWC**

UWC is committed to ensuring that as many students as possible have the opportunity to experience a UWC education regardless of national, socioeconomic, cultural, racial or religious background. UWC achieves this through selection based on potential and merit and through the provision of scholarships. To continue this work, UWC relies on donations from alumni and other individuals, trusts, foundations, companies and governments.

*"A UWC scholarship is a great investment in society. We are developing a global community of leaders who are aware of the world’s needs, steeped in the nuances and dynamics of international and intercultural cooperation and equipped with the mindset, skills, sense of agency and the global network to make a tangible difference in the world."* - Faith Abiodun, Executive Director of UWC International

If you are a US taxpayer, you can donate to any UWC institution of your choosing by clicking on the “*Donate*” button above and indicating your intended recipient (School/College/National Committee/Campaign) under “*Add a note for The United World Colleges (International)*”.

If you are not a US taxpayer, you can also donate via [uwc.org/donate](https://uwc.org/donate).

The United World Colleges (International)

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

Indiana-based movement whose mission is to elevate citizens’ voices and foster inclusive, equitable political participation

Count US IN is an Indiana-based movement whose mission is to elevate citizens’ voices and foster inclusive, equitable political participation by encouraging diverse voter turnout, educating citizens on voting rights and protections, combating voter suppression, and cultivating partnerships to create political equity. We Empower and offer tools to increase voter turnout and political participation, especially of minorities and marginalized communities.

Count US IN

Ranked Choice Voting gives a strong voice to all voters in our elections so candidates with the broadest support get to govern.

Rank the Vote (RTV) is a 501(c)3 organization with a vision that the national adoption of ranked choice voting could create a political and social culture with elections based on a competition of the best ideas rather than scorched-earth politics, and a government that is truly accountable to “we the people”. Ranked choice voting forces politicians to campaign on the issues, rather than pandering to a voter bloc on soundbites. The mission of Rank the Vote is simple: help everyday people build robust movements for ranked choice voting in their own states.

Rank The Vote

PowHer New York is a network of individuals & 100+ gender justice organizations collaborating to attain economic equity for women.

**PowHer** **New York (PowHerNY), a 501c3 since 2015,** **inspires change, catalyzes collective action, and advances gender and racial justice by:**

- **Connecting** “women’s issues” like Child Care, Reproductive Rights, Violence, Equal Pay to build intersectional collaborations;
- **Educating** the public, media and leaders about combating gender and racial inequality;
- **Convening** advocates and leaders to explore and develop new approaches and innovative strategies;
- **Building** a diverse, inclusive feminist movement of young advocates and activists with our LEAP initiative;
- **Leading** New York’s Equal Pay Campaign to change policies like the salary range law;
- **Magnifying** the transformative activities, campaigns, and research of our Network Partners;
- **Informing and engaging** our community through social media and opportunities to learn and take action together
- **Honoring our Champions** at our annual Equity Awards event.

Powher New York

Empowering Israeli-Americans through civic engagement and advocacy education.

Israeli-American Civic Education Institute

ATNJ Education Fund is the premier organization in New Jersey leading the expansion of Vote By Mail and voter education.

ATNJ Education Fund’s main purpose is to provide education and awareness of the twice yearly statewide elections in New Jersey, an existing gap in public outreach to communities that both the county election boards and the state Division of Elections do not provide. We focus on the communities and groups of people living in geographic areas designated as “Hard to Count" (HTC) by the Census Bureau:  **African-American/Black, Asian, and Hispanic/Latino**. We also focus on **high school students** ages 17-18 who are automatically registered to vote upon earning their driver’s permit with the Motor Vehicle Commission. Where there are gaps in voter outreach by government agencies, we are intentional in finding solutions to fill those gaps and amplify where necessary.



ATNJ Education Fund

Vote Mama Foundation builds the political power of moms.

**Vote Mama Foundation**, a 501(c)(3) organization, is building the political power of moms by identifying and tearing down the structural barriers moms face running for and serving in elected office. Through research and advocacy, we are making it easier for moms to run and serve in elected office and partnering with them once in office to defend and advance *truly* family-friendly policies.

U.S. policies have long failed mothers - and the 2024 presidential election delivered yet another devastating blow to women's representation. We need more moms on the frontlines of the fight ahead, defending against attacks on abortion, healthcare, education, and democracy itself. Vote Mama's systemic approach seeks to change the face of power in this country - not for one electoral cycle, but for generations to come. 

To change our policies, we must change our policymakers--and to change our policymakers, we must change our political system. Join our movement today!

**INVITATION:**

On **Tuesday, Dec. 3rd at 7pm ET / 4pm PT,** join actor and activist Busy Philipps, Congresswoman Nikema Williams, and a star-studded lineup of Vote Mama Foundation supporters for [A Million for Mamas](https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j0RMAwziRCeC7YnfoKRi7A#/registration). Together, our community will kick off the 10-day match period with moving performances and substantive conversations on how we'll build the political power of moms together. [RSVP Here! ](https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j0RMAwziRCeC7YnfoKRi7A#/registration)

Vote Mama Foundation

VoteAmerica technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy.

VoteAmerica

Let's dream together better!  Exploring agency in the age of automation with paleontologist-futurist Michael Garfield.

**If you could do anything with technology, what *will* you do?**

*Explore this project's [vision document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kIoDlRD721UhZW4SjXIeccpCo2-v3ngoF1iZDwNyfPU/edit?usp=sharing), [pitch deck](https://bit.ly/hotl-slideshow), and early essays ([1](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/hotl-01), [2](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/hotl-02), [3](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/hotl-03)).*
*[Subscribe](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe) to upcoming episodes, original music, writing, and more on Substack!*

**About:**

We are in the middle of a major evolutionary transition on the order of the emergence of syntactic language. In our AI-infused society, the gap between imagination and “reality” is smaller than it’s ever been — and now it’s time for humankind to graduate from asking if our dreams are possible to asking how we can dream better. This means cultivating [deeper self-awareness, more discipline, more  humility](https://twitter.com/michaelgarfield/status/1781407921504502210) — and a new metaphysics of technology to help us wield new superpowers. But decades into [a period of rapid information scaling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnFIfse2NNw), our grasp of [consensus reality](https://michaelgarfield.medium.com/deepfakes-the-archaic-revival-a-the-long-now-foundation-ignite-talk-ff0814714f88?sk=3a0c0c3a1545784cc5ca3bfa5b9b73d7) and [executive function](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/215) have eroded, causing an epistemic crisis. The wicked problems of this century require coordination at unprecedented scale, but [our greatest natural resource — attention](https://twitter.com/michaelgarfield/status/1588394533662130176) — has worn even thinner than our topsoil. How do we regenerate it and restore the faculties we need to be good stewards of this new ecology of minds?

It is cliché to talk about how “the genie is out of the bottle” with new technologies, but few people take seriously the wisdom on offer in premodern traditions like Judaism with its golems, Islam with its djinn, Shinto with its kami, and the Western Hermetic paths with their egregores. These deep mythic structures form the basis for modern cognition and offer us [a resonant, well-anchored canon](https://michaelgarfield.medium.com/the-future-is-indistinguishable-from-magic-5b9596a4ea) that can help us write new playbooks for the Digital Era and [its magical technologies](https://twitter.com/michaelgarfield/status/1729950387979846136). Navigating[the challenges that come with new information technologies](https://michaelgarfield.medium.com/an-oral-history-of-the-end-of-reality-ba76ab3bb1f5?sk=5b92b3e6321a9ee56221b8b24ac374da) is a group exercise and [demands inherently plural approaches](https://www.patreon.com/posts/70075367?pr=true). The right response to tools that amplify our biases is [to lean in with curiosity and play, not fear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKtfC0ZeYfc). Luckily, we still have access to many of [the living legends](https://twitter.com/michaelgarfield/status/1766357659433705710) who helped pioneer personal computing and the World Wide Web, plus a wealth of [luminaries who helped us learn to live amidst digital media](https://twitter.com/michaelgarfield/status/1662153876219494400), and [it’s crucial that we get their wisdom on the record](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/203) as we bring their (and our) visions to fruition.

[I have spent two decades](https://michaelgarfield.blogspot.com/p/writerspeaker.html) studying and synthesizing [deep time perspectives on intelligence and technology](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/the-evolution-of-surveillance), [innovation](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/festivals), and [the future of human-technology co-evolution](https://michaelgarfield.medium.com/being-every-drone-the-future-of-xr-robotic-telepresence-19f12889da78)…as well as testing bleeding-edge creative tools in public, [helping cultivate systems literacies](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/your-2024-futures-thinking-curriculum) for navigating transformation, and fostering a massive network of mentors and collaborators ([1](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/podcast), [2](https://complexity.simplecast.com/episodes)) with whom I share a devotion to the cultivation of a healthy Biosphere and Technosphere. As [AI comes of age](https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/askfuturefossils), this is the moment to recruit as many of them as we can into a multimodal public inquiry on wisdom and technology, power and responsibility, holistic practices for cultivating saner futures…and how we can keep Humans On The Loop and at the wheel.

[It’s going to be a trip](https://twitter.com/michaelgarfield/status/1679219389294612487) — how can we make sure that it’s a good one? Let’s find out together.

**Please** [email me](mailto:michaelgarfield@gmail.com) **if you have any questions, offers, or booking/media requests.**

Humans On The Loop

Nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to empowering people with voting methods that strengthen democracy.

Founded in 2011, The Center for Election Science is a national, nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to helping the world use better election systems. We study and advance alternative voting methods, with an emphasis on a method called approval voting. We’re passionate about voting methods because the collective decisions we make through voting dramatically impact our day-to-day lives. Smarter collective decisions, whether in government or in private organizations, promise to provide us all with a better quality of life.

The Center for Election Science

ideas42 uses insights from behavioral science to improve lives, build better systems and policies, and drive social change. 

ideas42 uses insights from behavioral science to improve lives, build better systems and policies, and drive social change.

Working globally, we use a deeper understanding of humans to reinvent the practices of institutions, and create better products and policies. We also teach others, ultimately striving to generate lasting social impact and promote health, wealth, justice, and sustainability for all.

Over the past 15 years, **we've worked on over 600 projects with over 400 partners in more than 50 countries across the globe**—all with the goal of using behavioral science to create a more equitable world.

ideas42

Advocates for justice - we are a legal NGO, set up in 1952, working to promote and protect human rights through the rule of law.

The legal teams at the ICJ are supported by 60 Commissioners, who are expert judges, lawyers and academics from all legal traditions. They are selected for their experience, knowledge and fundamental commitment to human rights. They provide pro bono support, using their unique legal expertise and access to ensure that people everywhere benfit 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. We work around the world, but focus on countries where human rights and the rule of law are most at risk. Over the past 70 year, our work has benefited the lives of millions of people.

We do 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 

Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics.

Our Vision and Mission: Inform, Empower & Advocate

Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Our mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy. Our vision is for Americans to use this knowledge to create a more vibrant, representative and accountable democracy.

We pursue our mission largely through our award-winning website, OpenSecrets.org, which is the most comprehensive resource for campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere. And for other organizations and news media, OpenSecrets' exclusive data powers their online features tracking money in politics - counting cash to make change. Our OpenSecrets News features news breaking original reporting about money-in-politics, including the sort of investigative work that won the Society of Professional Journalists' 2013 award for Public Service in Online Journalism.

As a 501(c)3 tax-exempt, charitable organization, OpenSecrets relies on financial support from a combination of institutional grants, individual contributions and income earned from custom research and licensing data for commercial use. You can support the work of OpenSecrets directly by making a tax-deductible contribution through OpenSecrets.org.

OpenSecrets

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) 

Devoted to encouraging political journalists to live up to the highest standards of their profession.

At this point, no one can possibly argue that political journalism has fulfilled its essential missions of creating an informed electorate and holding the powerful accountable.

But our top newsroom leaders have seen no need for a course change. In particular, they have failed to respond to the growing asymmetry between the political parties, even as one became overtly counter-majoritarian, anti-democratic, and unmoored to reality.

Press Watch agitates for change. It encourages reporters to fight disinformation more enthusiastically and effectively, especially when our democracy and people’s lives are at stake. It identifies best practices that others can emulate. It urges the reality-based parts of the industry to  explicitly condemn Fox News and other far-right propaganda outlets as disinformation operations.

Press Watch

Uses technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy.

The largest nonprofit, non-partisan voting registration and get out the vote (GOTV) technology platform in America. It has registered more than 3.3 million new voters, verified 8.2 million voters’ registration status, and has helped over 30 million website users by providing registration links and deadlines, polling location details, and other essential voting information for each state. Vote.org also leverages its SMS-based GOTV program each year, targeting low-propensity voters in regularly scheduled and special elections.

To turn out the vote among young people and people of color, Vote.org partners with corporations and other organizations in the civic space, including Gannett Media Group's USA Today, Vote Save America, and The Andrew Goodman Foundation. Vote.org has also launched exciting new partnerships in 2020 with The Webby Awards, NAACP Youth Coalition, GLSEN, wikiHow, and Young Entertainment Activists. Many of their corporate partners have signed on to Vote.org's Election Day campaign, launched in 2018, which commits them to giving their employees paid time off to vote on Election Day. To date, 500 companies have signed the pledge.

Vote.org was originally founded as Long Distance Voter (LDV), which served as a comprehensive online resource for absentee ballot information. LDV had 500,000 viewers within six months of its 2008 launch, and in 2014, it was the official source of data for Google's "How to Vote" project, which received over 30 million views.

In 2016, LDV rebranded itself as Vote.org, with funding and support from the Y Combinator. That fall, Vote.org ran its first-in-nation SMS peer-to-peer voter registration drive, and on Election Day 2016, Vote.org ran the single largest non-partisan SMS GOTV drive in America, providing polling location information to over 1 million low-propensity voters.

With the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic in America, Vote.org recently added a page to its website, offering regularly updated, state-by-state information for voters whose primaries have been postponed or otherwise delayed. As the pandemic creates new barriers to safe and fair elections, Vote.org is working to keep voters engaged in the democratic process and prevent misinformation from dissuading them from participating in the 2020 election.

Vote.org's mission is to use technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy. With its new leadership team, led by CEO Andrea Hailey, Vote.org is on track to serve 12 times the number of people it served in 2018. The organization plans to turn out more than 5 million low-propensity voters in this fall's presidential election.

Vote.org

VoteRiders strives to ensure every eligible voter has the ID they need to cast a ballot that counts.

VoteRiders is the country’s leading organization focused on voter ID.

Our nonpartisan mission is to ensure that no eligible voter is prevented from casting a ballot that counts due to voter ID laws, either directly from lack of acceptable ID or indirectly because of voter confusion. With over 12 years of on-the-ground experience helping voters with their ID and empowering them to vote with confidence, our work has never been more crucial.

Our nationwide digital and on-the-ground programs focus on voter ID education and voter ID assistance. Our 2024 priority states include: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Our 2,200+ historical partner organizations incorporate our free ID-focused tools and services into their work. In 2024 alone, we sent more than 1.5 million FREE state-specific Voter ID Information Cards to partners for distribution nationwide.

Our volunteer programs provide an additional level of educational outreach via letter-writing, textbanking, and phone-banking to at-risk voters. Volunteers also support our bilingual Voter ID Helpline and Chatbot, while others provide virtual assistance to voters who need ID help. This work is powered by an ever-growing community of 10,000+ individuals including pro bono lawyers.

To learn more and get involved, visit [our website](http://voteriders.org/), [sign up to volunteer](http://voteriders.org/volunteer), or [make a donation](https://www.voteriders.org/donate/) to support our work.



VoteRiders

VotingWorks is a non-partisan, non-profit dedicated to building secure and affordable election technology to increase voter trust in elections.

Our mission is to make election technology everyone can trust through transparency, simplicity, and demonstrable security.

In all of our work, we collaborate closely with election administrators.

We believe that trust is earned only by being publicly accountable for everything we do. That's why we're the only non-profit voting system vendor in the United States, why all of our source code is publicly available, and why we actively work in the open with leading academics in the fields of voting security and usability.

We believe that democracy is too important for secretive machinery and that public trust demands complete transparency. We are committed to open-source code and open documentation. Our development process is transparent: you can follow every new feature as it is developed, every bug fix as it’s applied, and view the tests we use to verify all of our code works as expected.

We’re the only voting system in the United States that provides this level of transparency.

View all our code on GitHub: https://github.com/votingworks

VotingWorks

Pacifica Foundation Seattle is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 2002 in Washington State.

Pacifica Foundation strives for social justice, interfaith cooperation, advocacy through positive change and connections, relationship-building and partnership for the common good, and respecting both religious and non-religious identities through a wide range of activities such as: Social Responsibility Projects, Festivals, Panels, Conferences, Talks, Civic Engagement Projects, Dialogue & Friendship Dinners. These events strengthen the community, build bridges, and aim to embrace people without regard to race, religion, ethnicity or background, all of which has always been at the core of the Foundation.

PACIFICA FOUNDATION SEATTLE

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 

Trestle strengthens social movement technology so organizers can go further, faster. 

21st century movements for justice, equity and progress are fighting uphill battles — and the tech they use shouldn’t be one of them. But our organizers have not been equipped to make critical tech decisions, leaving the movement vulnerable to security threats, costly decisions and unstable tools. 

Trestle is here to help bridge the gap. 

We’re here to help get tech projects on track, protect teams and tools from threats, and ensure technology is never a barrier to victory — in ways that are accessible, culturally specific and sustainable.

Trestle Collaborative is the place for front line organizations to secure free-tech services. Since our start in 2021, we’ve worked on some of the most critical high impact issues by providing over $1.6 million in free tech services through our community of over 130+ mission-driven technologists who provide hands-on guidance to front-line organizations.

Donations ensure that cost is never a barrier for our partners on the ground.

Trestle Education Fund

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

We train Gen Z women voters, activists, and leaders – those determining the direction of their cities and states - for leadership.

[IGNITE ](https://www.ignitenational.org) is a non-partisan movement of young women and gender expansive youth who are ready and eager to become the next generation of civic and political leaders. IGNITE is a national leader in young women’s civic leadership development and the only organization in the political space that explicitly brings young women who have traditionally been left out of the American democratic process into political power, by giving them the tools, skills, resources, and networks to make their voices heard.

Women, especially BIPOC women and women with disabilities, are dramatically under-represented among the 520,000 office holders nationally, 96% of them local. IGNITE increases the share of women in public leadership: as electeds, appointees, and in supporting positions that push up to appointed and elected roles. IGNITE creates entry points and support for next-gen women to advance in political leadership: from civic and political engagement to community leadership and beyond.

Locally, IGNITE organizes high school and college-aged women to become civically and politically active. Statewide, we train them to advocate on policy impacting women and families. Nationally, we shift culture to propel them into civic and political influence. IGNITE introduces young women to politics before adulthood; provides them with the tools, resources, and training to lead; and gives them a platform, uplifting their voices so the public values their perspectives, experiences, and expertise. These young women become the local commissioners, candidates, and policymakers shifting cities, counties, their states, and our nation to an equitable civic and political arena.

Programs:

Dr. Anne Moses Fellows – Politically ambitious college-aged women hone their political organizing abilities over 18-months by launching, organizing, and running IGNITE college programming efforts. Fellows host events on local policies and civic education; build college chapters; train chapter members to network with local stakeholders and organizations; and support our high school clubs.

IGNITE the Vote – Voting knowledge is the first step toward civic engagement. Participants learn voting basics (how elections happen, why they’re important, how to use a ballot) and issues/measures related to women and families. They register and activate peers on campus; hold candidate meet-and-greets and ballot parties; and educate and engage others on campus who don’t understand how politics impacts their lives.

Legislative Advocacy – Young women train on what legislation is, the policy lifecycle, and how to influence local, state, and national legislation. They practice amplifying their voices on local gender justice issues; then convene at the city and state level. IGNITE the Capitol brings them to their legislative seat to meet policymakers and discuss issues they identify as important.

Training – Comprehensive training teaches young women the skills and strategies to seek and win key leadership roles including seats and appointments on boards and commissions; public office; policy-making internships and positions; campaign staffer, community organizer, and voter activation bootcamps; and more.

Thought Leadership - We train young women to see themselves as leaders, so the public values their knowledge and insights. We center their voices, teaching them to write for and speak in interviews and op-eds with local and national media. They learn to elevate the political ideas they see as important and develop political and cultural power.

IGNITE believes that in order to remove barriers for young women to reach elected office we must support policies promoting equity, economic empowerment, safety, and women’s well-being. We need more diverse representation in leadership and governance that accurately represents the USA's demographics.

We train women such as:

- Former IGNITE Raleigh-Durham Fellow Mary Black, who was appointed to the Environmental Advisory Board in Raleigh, NC in 2020, and to City Council in 2022 as the youngest member ever to serve.
- IGNITE alumna Christina Haswood, who at age 25 is the youngest Native American ever elected to Kansas’s State Legislature. When Haswood first learned about IGNITE she had never imagined holding political office.
- The 60+ member strong IGNITE UCLA chapter, which gained statewide recognition and coverage in the Los Angeles Times for their successful efforts to change policy at the UC Regents and CA state legislature, increasing students’ access to rape crisis kits and confidential sexual assault services on campuses statewide.  

IGNITE participants are 3x more likely to vote, 5x more likely to advocate, and 28% more likely to engage in political action vs. their peers. Elections occur daily across our country; IGNITE uplifts participants’ voices and organizing power to maximize their impact, mobilizing communities on the issues that affect them. As more young women become politically active and engaged, they bring their skills to local campaigns and communities wherever life takes them, championing systemic change toward equity nationwide.

IGNITE National

Strengthening democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology in elections.

Verified Voting’s mission is to strengthen democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology in elections. We are a non-partisan organization focused exclusively on the critical role technology plays in election administration. Our staff, Board, and Board of Advisors consist of nationally-recognized subject matter experts on the issue of election integrity and the responsible use of technology. Since our founding in 2004 by computer scientists, we have acted on the belief that the integrity and strength of our democracy rely on citizens’ trust that each vote is counted as cast. In the ever-shifting world of election security, where new threats or challenges can emerge at any time, we are working to guide elections toward greater accuracy, security, and verifiability.

Verified Voting

Nonprofit law organization dedicated to achieving equality in the criminal system and ending cycles of poverty across the nation.

Through impact litigation, policy reform, and public outreach we seek radical reform of systemic inequalities in our justice system. We believe the justice system should improve well-being across society, but repeatedly it creates cycles of poverty, ruins lives, and makes everybody less safe. When counterproductive laws trap millions of people in poverty every year communities suffer. A justice system premised on equality should promote opportunities for all including housing, employment, and family relationships. Our mission is to end inequality in the justice system.

Since our founding in 2014, we have developed special expertise to fight the use of pretrial money bail, wealth-based driver's license suspensions, debtor's prisons,  abusive private probation practices, and other areas of wealth-based inequality in our justice system.  Equal Justice Under Law works to create lasting improvements in our justice system — to end wealth-based discrimination and create a justice system that is truly equal.

Equal Justice Under Law

Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit advocacy organization and legal service provider. 

S.T.O.P. litigates and advocates for privacy, working to abolish local governments’ systems of mass surveillance. Our work highlights the discriminatory impact of surveillance on Muslim Americans, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, indigenous peoples, pregnant people, and communities of color, particularly the unique trauma of anti-Black policing.

Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

Luật Khoa tạp chí là một tổ chức báo chí độc lập nhằm cổ xúy cho nhân quyền, dân chủ và pháp quyền ở Việt Nam. 

Chúng tôi xây dựng:

- Luật Khoa tạp chí (luatkhoa.org) để cung cấp thông tin và kiến thức chính trị, pháp luật cho độc giả Việt Nam;
- The Vietnamese (thevietnamese.org) để đưa thông tin chính trị, nhân quyền Việt Nam ra thế giới.

Ủng hộ cho hai tờ báo này, tức là bạn đang góp phần cổ vũ cho những giá trị tự do và nhân văn, cũng như đóng góp vào quá trình xây dựng một nền báo chí độc lập, tử tế và chất lượng cao cho Việt Nam.

Chúng tôi "làm báo độc lập, không sợ ai, và không nịnh ai". Không có chỗ cho não trạng tự kiểm duyệt ở đây.

Chúng tôi từ chối các khoản đóng góp từ những nguồn đảng phái chính trị, tổ chức tôn giáo, và các nguồn mà chúng tôi có căn cứ để nghi ngờ về tính hợp pháp.

Luật Khoa (Legal Initiatives for Vietnam) là một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận được đăng ký tại bang California, Hoa Kỳ theo quy chế 501(c)(3). Số EIN của chúng tôi là: 81-5257301. Các khoản đóng góp của độc giả ở Hoa Kỳ cho Luật Khoa đều được trừ thuế (tax-deductible).

Tất cả các khoản đóng góp và chi tiêu đều được một hãng kiểm toán độc lập bên ngoài Việt Nam kiểm toán mỗi năm.

Mọi thắc mắc xin liên hệ: editor@luatkhoa.org.

Xin cảm ơn bạn đã ủng hộ Luật Khoa!

Luật Khoa tạp chí

The Equal Vote Coalition is the driving force behind STAR Voting and a leading proponent of better voting methods in general.

The Equal Vote Coalition's mission is to promote true equality in the vote. The Equal Vote Coalition mandate is top-notch research, community education, and coalition building.

Our five core criteria for electoral reform are: Equality, Honesty, Accuracy, Expressiveness, and Simplicity. These criteria form the basis by which we evaluate and advance proposals for better voting.

Equal Vote Coalition

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

Advancing racial and economic justice to ensure dignity and opportunity for low-income people and people of color.

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Educates and activates individuals, organizations, and institutions to interrupt racism, bigotry, and prejudice.

The Montana Racial Equity Project, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, advocates equity and justice for historically marginalized, disenfranchised, and oppressed peoples in Montana. We educate, train, and activate organizers, individuals, groups, organizations, institutions, and businesses to invest in interrupting racism, bigotry, and prejudice whenever encountered.

The Montana Racial Equity Project

Equality Community Center is a non-profit organization. It is based in Portland, ME. It received its nonprofit status in 2018.

The Equality Community Center is a collaborative workplace for LGBTQ+ and allied social justice seeking non-profit organizations.

We strive to be a safe and inclusive gathering space that provides social and educational programming for all, while supporting the most marginalized in our communities.

Equality Community Center

Good Ancestor Foundation

A nonprofit organization focused on national and international issues based in Atlanta. It received its nonprofit status in 2001.

Joseph E Lowery Institute For Justice And Human Rights

Next gen, racial justice & civil rights org inspiring & supporting natl & local movements toward a just democracy.

Advancement Project National Office focuses on tackling inequity with innovative strategies and strong community alliance. We combine law, communications, policy, and technology to create workable solutions and achieve systemic change on issues of democracy, voting rights, and access to justice. Our movement lawyering model has sparked a new approach to the practice of civil rights law, and our pioneering work on the school-to-prison pipeline and voter protection have not only catalyzed new movements and shifted national discourse but has led to significant reforms in our society. We remain at the cutting edge of the racial justice movement. 

Advancement Project’s California office is a public policy change organization rooted in the civil rights movement. We engineer large-scale systems change to remedy inequality, expand opportunity and open paths to upward mobility. Our goal is that members of all communities have the safety, opportunity and health they need to thrive. Our signature is reach and impact. With our strong ties to diverse communities, unlikely alliances, policy and legal expertise, and creative use of technology, we and our partners have won over $15 billion to extend opportunity. Whether it is to build 150 schools, transform the City of Los Angeles’ approach to its gang epidemic, or revolutionize the use of data in policymaking, Advancement Project California evens the odds for communities striving to attain equal footing and equal treatment.

Advancement Project

YOU bring real, lasting social change in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC). Join us.

“Women are the first victims of war, but only they hold the unique key to peace.” – Julienne Lusenge 
 
 The Fund for Congolese Women (FFC)   supports women's grassroots organizations through financial and technical assistance.  FFC is unique - the only women-led grant-giving NGO in the entire DRC. We provide grants to local women-led organizations that are often in the most remote, difficult to reach areas.   Why? We are unshakable believers in local solutions to local issues.  We know that the brave women and girls working at the grassroots level have the solutions. We know that when women become agents of change, they benefit, their families benefit, their communities benefit. Since its inception in 2007, FFC has funded more than 386 projects throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo. We support projects focusing on eliminating sexual violence against women, delivering empowerment programs for women and girls, educating women about HIV/AIDS and reproductive health, and advocating for environmental justice and access to resources and land for women.  Generous individuals like you make our work possible.  Thank you! 
 
 
 Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

Fund for Congolese Women (FFC)

We Vote (tax deductible 501(c)(3)) helps voter vote in every US election, with confidence.

We Vote

Tarbell supports independent journalism on AI. Our mission is to build a global community of expert journalists covering AI.

Tarbell runs three programmes to support high-impact journalism on AI:

- *Tarbell Fellowship:* Our flagship programme provides early career journalists with training, a stipend of up to $50,000, and a 9-month placement at a major newsroom. 2024 placements include MIT Tech Review, The Information, TIME, and many others.
- *Journalists-in-residence:* We provide senior writers with funding to pursue longer investigations, explore entrepreneurial projects, and educate themselves on artificial intelligence.
- *Tarbell Grants:* We provide awards of $1k-$15k for impactful reporting on artificial intelligence and its impacts.



*Image: Anton Grabolle / Better Images of AI / AI Architecture / CC-BY 4.0*

*Tarbell operates as ""Players Philanthropy Fund DBA Training for Good" through a fiscal sponsorship with Players Philanthropy Fund, a Maryland charitable trust recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, ppf.org/pp). Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.*

Tarbell

We harness the promise of technology to modernize the American
voting experience.

We connect Americans with the information they need to become and remain civically engaged, and ensure that our elections are more professional, inclusive, and secure.

CTCL is a team of civic technologists, trainers, researchers, election administration and data experts working to foster a more informed and engaged democracy, and helping to modernize U.S. elections.

We connect election officials with tools and trainings so they can best serve their communities. We provide information the public needs to develop lifelong civic habits.

Our founders — Tiana Epps-Johnson, a civic technologist, Whitney May, a former election official, and Donny Bridges, a civic data expert —joined forces in 2012 to get more Americans civically engaged. Bringing together their unique, individual areas of expertise offered a chance to break down the traditional siloes found in the civic data and election administration worlds.

Before launching CTCL, Tiana, Whitney, and Donny set out on a “listening tour” of election offices, meeting with public servants in courthouses and capitals from New Jersey to California, Wisconsin to Tennessee.
As they crisscrossed the country they saw:
Huge advances in data programs and tools that connect people to the civic information they need to participate in elections:
-People hustling in local offices to do more with very little
-County election boards striving to keep pace with technology
-City clerks collecting data to improve the voter experience in their communities

They recognized an opportunity to lift up innovations and tackle challenges on a nationwide level — by highlighting best practices, creating easy to use resources for administrators, and developing infrastructure to better deliver information about elections.

Today, CTCL is a nationally-recognized nonprofit that partners with everyone — from rural election offices to the largest tech companies in the world.

Center for Technology and Civic Life

Americans deserve an honest and accountable government that works for its citizens, not the powerful.

Common Cause is an advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest.

Now with over 1.5 million members and supporters and 36 state organizations, Common Cause remains committed to honest, open and accountable government, as well as encouraging citizen participation in democracy.

Common Cause Education Fund

The League of Women Voters of San Francisco is a nonpartisan political nonprofit that defends democracy.

The League of Women Voters of San Francisco is a nonpartisan political nonprofit that defends democracy. We provide education to encourage people to vote in elections and participate in government. We also engage in advocacy to influence public policy that benefits the community. People of all genders are welcome. 

We do not support or oppose candidates or political parties.

League of Women Voters of San Francisco

Cities United believes it takes a holistic approach to achieve true public safety, focused engaging and supporting those at risk

Our commitment to supporting jurisdictions, of all sizes, in developing, implementing, and sustaining of a comprehensive public safety ecosystem – that is focused on creating safe, healthy, and hopeful communities for young Black men and boys, and their families – sets Cities United apart.  Our team builds strong relationships at all levels in each jurisdiction we support, using our five core values of Social Justice, Equity, Youth Voice, Collaboration, and Innovation – to are guide to our approach and our partnerships.  Our annual and regional convening supports our approach by uniquely providing safe spaces for leaders and practitioners to learn, strengthen their work, and renew their commitment redefining public safety in their communities.

Cities United

We are building a world where people of color are free, safe, and powerful.   

Advancement Project is a next generation, multi-racial civil rights organization.   
 
From advancing voting rights, to protecting public education, to ending the criminalization of people of color – we work every day to challenge public policy and delegitimize systems that perpetuate structural racism and inequity.   

- We provide support and resources from a national level to the local level, to the grassroots connecting organizers across the country.   
- We build power and capacity with our grassroots partners through litigation, communications, and organizing campaigns.  
- We shift perspectives through movement weaving and narrative building. 

Rooted in the great human rights struggles for equality and justice, we exist to fulfill America’s promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy. 

Piraporiando works to build an anti-racist society and that uses affection as a form of education.

Piraporiando is an Institute that works for anti-racist education, implementing its anti-racist education program in schools, companies and public authorities so that black children, young people and women have access to quality education and fair work.

Our goals: 

Ensure that the power of diversity is seen by everyone;



Ensure that society recognizes its structural racism;



Ensure that there is intentionality to be consciously anti-racist;



Ensure that there is responsibility to understand that affection is everything that affects.



PROGRAMS:



1. Piraporiando translates the culture of affection into titles created to value diversity, stimulate critical thinking, raise questions, raise awareness and mobilize people to transform society.

2. Telling stories to make history

The purpose of our literary collection is to expand the repertoire of families, especially children, with stories that feature black protagonists and Afro-Brazilian culture as a central theme so that from childhood the public is introduced to a diverse, plural, inclusive and equitable world.

3. Piraporiando also translates the culture of affection into plays that value diversity, encourage critical thinking and creativity. The plays are based on our books.

Piraporiando Instituto

OUR MISSION is to transfer power and information from the policy and legal communities to the people most impacted by our criminal justice system through public education, direct legal services, and policy advocacy, so that the law serves, rather than harms, low income communities and communities of color in the United States.   OUR VISION is of a world where people impacted by mass criminalization have full restoration of their rights, so that they can move forward with hope, dignity, and opportunity.

Root & Rebound

PODER’s mission is to organize with Latinx immigrant families and youth to put into practice people-powered solutions that are locally based, community led and environmentally just. We nurture everyday people’s leadership, regenerate culture, and build community power.

**Our Guiding Principles**

To achieve PODER’s vision and fulfill our mission we have laid out the following guiding principles that inform our strategic goals and core strategies in carrying out our work.

- **El Cambio es Possible/Change is Possible** – We believe that everyday people can bring about the change necessary to end oppression and exploitation.
- **Otro mundo es posible/Another World is Possible** – We believe we can begin imagining and modeling a just transition to a transformed thriving world of community stewardship of community assets, solidarity economics, and self-governance rooted in Latinx ancestral land-based cultures and wisdom.
- **Familia y Comunidad/Family and Community** — Our organizing and advocacy work is centered on familia whereby we take care of one another as we cultivate the people power to challenge past injustices, collectively change our comunidad for the better, and create the conditions where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
- **Transformación Personal y Social/Personal and Social Transformation** — Families, adults, and youth can collectively build the political power and cultural change needed to bring about justice-centered personal and societal transformation.
- **Comunidades Saludables/Healthy Communities** — We value the right and knowledge of everyday people to create and put into practice community-based solutions for healthy neighborhoods, cities, and society.
- **Regeneración Cultural/Cultural Regeneration** — Our work is rooted in reclaiming and regenerating cultural practices which rely on traditional wisdom with new thinking and technology.
- **Tejiendo un Movimiento para Cambio Transformacional/Weaving a Movement for Transformational Change** — We link with local, national and international organizations and movements to forge cultural transformation, systemic change, genuine democratic practice, fulfillment of all people’s fundamental human rights, and environmental & economic justice.
- **La Armonía con nuestra Madre Tierra/Harmony with Our Mother Earth** — We recognize and honor our interconnectedness with each other and seek to live in harmony with nuestra madre tierra.

PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights)

Project New Yorker Corporation is a nonprofit organization focused on education. It is based in Jamaica, NY. It received its nonprofit status in 2017.

Project New Yorker is a New York based non profit organization for supporting immigrants and low-income residents who lives in New York. We focus on helping diverse adults and women from all walks of life who may face unique challenges. 

Did you know in NYC many people struggle with limited English proficiency, poverty and overcrowding issues!

That's why we're here to offer essential services and support for immigrants and low-income communities. We're one of the few organizations doing this work in NYC and the only one in Queens, making us a vital resource for those who need us.

Project New Yorker

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