This web page is here to provide Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender teenagers in Tucson and Southern Arizona with information about social justice issues.
- Weekly Peace Vigil at the Federal Building, 300 W. Congress, 5pm Thursdays
- Women in Black vigil at the corner of Speedway and Euclid, 5pm Fridays
- Raytheon Peacemaker Vigil at the South Nogales Highway and Herman Rd. facility, 6:30am-7:30am, 2nd Monday of the Month
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a national organization that acts as a watchdog over protection of contstitutionally-safeguarded civil rights.
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) is a national organization that acts as a watchdog over abortion rights & women's right to choice. Here is a link to a statistics/report card page about Arizona's Abortion Rights. Protect women's rights to control their own bodies!
Amnesty International is an international organization that acts as a watchdog over protection of human rights of individuals imprisoned.
The Yad Vashem web site has a major emphasis on documenting information about Jews killed during the Holocaust. Here's a blurb from their web site describing the goals of Yad Vashem:
Yad Vashem is the Jewish people’s memorial to the murdered Six Million and symbolizes the ongoing confrontation with the rupture engendered by the Holocaust. Containing the world’s largest repository of information on the Holocaust, Yad Vashem is a leader in Shoah education, commemoration, research and documentation.
Please let your Jewish friends and families know about this site so any information they may have about loved ones and friends who were killed during the Shoah are included in the Shoah database. Also, connecting to the main Yad Vashem web site has many incredible links about huge museum/memorial complex in Israel. "Never Forget!"
The American Friends Service Committee (The Quakers) is a spiritual practice and philosophy: social justice, pacifism/non-violence.
The local group can be contacted for future discussion gatherings and meetings.
American Friends Service Committee of Tucson
Ms. Barbara Elfbrandt
xxxx N. 5th St., Tucson AZ 857xx
Contact: XXX-XXXX
Email Arizona Chapter of The American Friends Service Committee
Arizona Friends of Tibet is a local organization that provides information about the plight of Tibet: its people, its culture and religion, its environment, all the damage and suffering under communist China took over the country in 1949. Here are some quotes from their web site:
Arizona Friends of Tibet is a non-profit organization for people who believe Tibetans are entitled to the basic human rights outlined in the charter of the United Nations. We support the non-violent efforts of the Dalai Lama to regain dignity and religious freedom for the Tibetan people, and to preserve the unique and endangered culture of Tibet and its ancient Buddhist traditions.
Did you know that His Holiness The XIV Dalai Lama will have a speaking engagement that is open to the public here in Tucson in September 19, 2005? Tickets are to be made available on an extremely limited basis. Visit the AFOT website for more information and to register your name to be added to the list of authorized ticket holders for the public dharma talk.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) is a national organization that acts as a vehicle for members to take part in socially-engaged Buddhist activities. The following is pulled from the BPF promotional brochure:
Buddhist Peace Fellowship serves as a catalyst and agent for socially engaged Buddhism. ...Our aim is to help beings liberate themselves, to bring peace where there is conflict, to promote communication and cooperation amount sanghas and to alleviate suffering where we can.
Email Tucson Chapter of The Buddhist Peace Fellowship
The Tucson chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship takes part in the following events on a weekly basis:
Join the Tucson BPF Listserv for updates and important notices about BPF involvement and activities by email the above email address.
Common Dreams is a national online forum to view breaking stories regarding social justice issues.
Democracy Now is an a great resource for independent reporting of social issue, news, and current events, hosted by Amy Goodman. Democracy Now broadcasts on many public-sponsored radio stations as well as on the web at the above link . Here's a blurb from the Democracy Now web site:
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 140 stations in North America.Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, community, and National Public Radio stations, public access cable television stations, satellite television (on Free Speech TV, channel 9415 of the DISH Network), shortwave radio and the internet.
Voices of Civil Rights is a national online repository developed by AARP and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) to preserve the history of the American Civil Rights Movement. Here's a blurb from the Voices of Civil Rights web site:
Voices of Civil Rights. Over the next year, we will collect and preserve thousands of personal stories, oral histories, and personal artifacts of the Civil Rights Movement. The collection will form the world's largest archive of personal accounts of civil rights in America. It will be permanently housed at the Library of Congress.
National Gay, Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a national organization that advocates GLBT rights, issues, political actions. Here's a blurb from their web site:
Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force was the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization and remains the movement's leading voice for freedom, justice, and equality. We work to build the grassroots political strength of our community by training state and local activists and leaders and organizing broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation.
The NGLTF site is also a great place to do research for school research and debate topics. Very authoritative and professional news and issue coverage.
Lambda Legal is a national organization that provides legal support for GLBT individuals, rights, issues, political actions. Here's a blurb from their web site:
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
The Lambda site is also a great place to do research for school research and debate topics. Very authoritative and professional news and issue coverage
Gay, Lesbian Anti-Defamation (GLAAD) is a national organization that that oversees media coverage of GLBT issues, movies, television.
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the source for information and action on national political issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. The HRC site offers many of the same resources that their staff uses to educate congressional leaders and the public on critical issues: ending workplace discrimination, combating hate crimes, fighting HIV/AIDS, protecting our families and working for better lesbian health.
National Organization of Women (NOW) Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society.
NOW also provides a great page of Internet links at this page--alphabetized and quite extensive.
Lambda GLBT Community Services is a national organization that provides legal support for GLBT individuals, fighting discrimination and reporting hate crimes. Here's a blurb from their web site:
Lambda's mission: ...to create social change and achieve full civil rights, dignity, and self-respect for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered individuals through education, youth advocacy, anti-violence efforts, and fighting discrimination of all forms, to achieve full participation in society of persons belonging to a sexual minority.
The Lambda site has statistics on hate crimes for school research and debate topics. Good site.
Zen Peacemakers is a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive peace education.
Seva is a donor-supported non-profit foundation building partnerships to respond to locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions throughout the world.
Tucson PeaceCalendar is a local organization that acts as a clearinghouse for local Tucson and Southern Arizona peace and social justice activities. The calendar is available online at the above link and a newspaper version is available in different locations around Tucson.
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