Gender Equality and Womens’ Empowerment: USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential.
United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organizations - UNESCO: UNESCO considers gender equality as a fundamental human right, a building block for social justice and an economic necessity. It is a critical factor for the achievement of all internationally agreed development goals as well as a goal in and of itself.
Equality for All: Use the law to change the world. Equality Now is dedicated to creating a more just world where women and girls have the same rights as men and boys.
International Labor Organization - ILO: The primary goal of the ILO is to promote opportunities for women and men to obtain decent work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.
Association of Black Foundation Executives - ABFE: The Association of Black Foundation Executives is a membership-based philanthropic organization that advocates for responsive and transformative investments in Black communities.
Initiatives of Change: Initiatives of Changes (IofC) is an international network of people of all faiths and backgrounds working for reconciliation, justice, and the healing of history starting with change in their own lives.
A New Way Forward: A New Way Forward is the racial-equity core of the National CARES Mentoring Movement. It holds their mission and vision and informs the transformational group-mentoring programs they are building to help restore adult leadership and role modeling.
ColorofChange.org: ColorofChange.org's goal is to empower members - Black Americans and allies - to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans and to bring about positive political and social change for everyone.
National CARES Mentoring Movement: National CARES Mentoring Movement is dedicated to recruiting and connecting mentors with local youth-serving and mentoring organizations to help guide struggling Black children to academic and social success, and to closing the huge gap between the relatively few Black mentors and millions of our vulnerable children.
The New American Leaders Project: The New American Leaders Project (NALP) is a national nonpartisan organization specifically focused on preparing first- and second-generation immigrants for civic leadership.
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is to secure equal justice for all through the rule of law, targeting in particular the inequities confronting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities.
W. Haywood Burns Institute: The Burns Institute eliminates racial and ethnic disparity by building a community-centered response to youthful misbehavior that is equitable and restorative.
One Nation Indivisible: One Nation Indivisible connects and mobilizes people who are building and sustaining racially, culturally, linguistically, and economically integrated schools, social institutions and communities in the United States
Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture - CSRPC: The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago is an interdisciplinary program dedicated to promoting engaged scholarship and debate around the topics of race and ethnicity.
Race Matters Institute: The Race Matters Institute helps organizations develop policies, programs, practices, and protocols that achieve more equitable outcomes for all children, families, and communities.
Coming to the Table Organization: Founded in 2006, Coming to the Table aims to promote racial healing through leadership, resources and support services. The organization envisions a United States society that acknowledges and seeks to heal from past and present racial wounds caused by slavery.
Diversity Data: The Diversity Data project identifies metropolitan area indicators of diversity, opportunity, quality of life and health for various racial and ethnic population groups.
The Opportunity Agenda: The Opportunity Agenda works to ensure that the United States lives up to its promise as the land of opportunity for every person who lives here
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP: The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
African American Policy Forum: The African American Policy Forum works to bridge the gap between scholarly research and public discourse related to inequality, discrimination and injustice.
Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity: The central mission of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity is to contribute meaningfully to the field of research and scholarship on race, ethnicity and social justice, to assist in reframing the way that we talk about and act on race and ethnicity and to deepen our understanding of the causes and consequences of and solutions to racial and ethnic hierarchy and disparity.
National Congress of American Indians - NCAI: NCAI stresses the need for unity and cooperation among tribal governments for the protection of their treaty and sovereign rights, and it works to inform the public and Congress on the governmental rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Non-violent Social Change: The King Center is dedicated to “educating the world on the life, legacy and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., inspiring new generations to carry forward his unfinished work, strengthening causes and empowering change-makers who are continuing his efforts today.”
The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation: Through education, scholarship and community outreach, the Center seeks to lead the national dialogue on reconciliation - finding new ways for Americans to live together well.
International MultiCultural Institute: The mission of the International MultiCultural Institute is to work with individuals, organizations and communities to facilitate personal and systemic change in order to build an empowerment in civic engagement and leadership, civil rights and racial justice.