Our Change.org petition has broken 3,500 signatures. We would like to get to 5,000. Not only because more numbers is a greater indication of more people thinking the registry is a human rights violation, but because we want more people to read the actual petition! People who are not informed about the registry may not have a true understanding of how destructive and counter productive it is.
For that reason we are looking for 5 volunteers to take on part of the below list and contact the human rights organizations asking them to support our petition. The task is simple; one-by-one, contact the twenty organizations by visiting their website and either filling out their online contact form or writing to them via the email address on their contact us page.
The message should be something to the effect of, “I am writing to request your organization’s support of our petition to investigate a human rights crisis. The petition can be found at http://Change.org/FAC-humanrightsforall. I would be grateful if you could share this petition with your members or anyone at your organization who might be interested in our cause.”
It should not take more than an hour to get through all 20. If you would like to volunteer for this task, please reply in the comments indicating which Group you would like to take, so we can be sure that all 5 are covered.
| Group A | A New Way of Life Reentry Project | A New Way of Life Reentry Project |
| Accountability Counsel | www.accountabilitycounsel.org | |
| Amnesty International USA | www.amnestyusa.org | |
| Angel Tree | Angel Tree | |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) | www.advancingequality.org | |
| Association for the Prevention of Torture | www.apt.ch | |
| Australian Human Rights Commission | www.humanrights.gov.au | |
| Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law | www.brennancenter.org | |
| Business and Human Rights Resource Center | business-humanrights.org | |
| Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) | www.bsr.org | |
| Center for Economic and Social Rights | www.cesr.org | |
| Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law | chrgj.org | |
| Children of Inmates | Children of Inmates | |
| Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants | Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants | |
| Coalition for Human Rights in Development | rightsindevelopment.org | |
| Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) | www.coalitionfortheicc.org | |
| Commonwealth Foundation | www.commonwealthfoundation.org | |
| Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) | www.humanrightsinitiative.org | |
| Conectas Human Rights | www.conectas.org | |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) | www.care.org | |
| Group B | Corporation for National and Community Service | Corporation for National and Community Service |
| Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) | dralegal.org | |
| Equal Justice Initiative | www.eji.org | |
| European Roma Rights Centre | www.errc.org | |
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums | Families Against Mandatory Minimums | |
| Family and Corrections Network | Family and Corrections Network | |
| FedCURE | FedCURE | |
| Ford Foundation | www.fordfoundation.org | |
| Freedom from Torture | www.freedomfromtorture.org | |
| Freedom House | freedomhouse.org | |
| Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect | www.globalr2p.org | |
| Global Justice Center | www.globaljusticecenter.net | |
| Housing Rights Watch | www.housingrightswatch.org | |
| Human Rights and Grievance Mechanisms | grievancemechanisms.org | |
| Human Rights Campaign | www.hrc.org | |
| Human Rights Defense Center | www.humanrightsdefensecenter.org | |
| Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) | www.hrea.org | |
| Human Rights First | www.humanrightsfirst.org | |
| Innocence Project | www.innocenceproject.org | |
| Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | www.globallabourrights.org | |
| Group C | Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) | www.ihrb.org |
| International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect | www.responsibilitytoprotect.org | |
| International Detention Coalition | idcoalition.org | |
| International Rescue Committee | www.rescue.org | |
| International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) | www.ishr.ch | |
| Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | www.ihrec.ie | |
| Just Detention International | justdetention.org | |
| Justice and Reconciliation Project | justiceandreconciliation.com | |
| Justice Center, Council of State Governments | Justice Center, Council of State Governments | |
| Justice Policy Institute | www.justicepolicy.org | |
| Lambda Legal | www.lambdalegal.org | |
| Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights | www.clam.org.br | |
| Lawyers for Human Rights | www.lhr.org.za | |
| Legal Services for Prisoners with Children | Legal Services for Prisoners with Children | |
| Minority Rights Group International | minorityrights.org | |
| Nation Inside | Nation Inside | |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | www.naacp.org | |
| National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) | www.nationalfairhousing.org | |
| National H.I.R.E. Network | National H.I.R.E. Network | |
| National Organization for Women | now.org | |
| Group D | National Women’s Law Center | nwlc.org |
| Open Society Foundations | www.opensocietyfoundations.org | |
| Overseas Development Institute (ODI) | www.odi.org | |
| Physicians for Human Rights | physiciansforhumanrights.org | |
| Population Action International (PAI) | pai.org | |
| Power Inside | Power Inside | |
| Prison Gerrymandering Project | Prison Gerrymandering Project | |
| Prison Policy Initiative | www.prisonpolicy.org | |
| Queer Detainee Empowerment Project | www.qdep.org | |
| Reclaiming Futures National Program Office | Reclaiming Futures National Program Office | |
| Reentry Central | Reentry Central | |
| Restorative Justice Online | Restorative Justice Online | |
| Right on Crime (Texas) | Right on Crime (Texas) | |
| Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) | www.raid-uk.org | |
| Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights | rfkhumanrights.org | |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund | www.rbf.org | |
| Southern Coalition for Social Justice | www.southerncoalition.org | |
| The American Association for Access, Equity, and Diversity (AAAED) | www.aaaed.org | |
| The Annie E. Casey Foundation | www.aecf.org | |
| The Center for Justice and Accountability | cja.org | |
| Group E | The Center for Media Justice | action.mag-net.org |
| The Danish Institute for Human Rights | www.humanrights.dk | |
| The Ex-Offenders Page of NETWORK, a Catholic Social Justice Lobby | The Ex-Offenders Page of NETWORK, a Catholic Social Justice Lobby | |
| The Howard League for Penal Reform | The Howard League for Penal Reform | |
| The International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR-NET) | www.escr-net.org | |
| The King Center | www.thekingcenter.org | |
| The NAACP’s Criminal Justice Program | The NAACP’s Criminal Justice Program | |
| The Pew Center on the States Public Safety Project | The Pew Center on the States Public Safety Project | |
| The Protection Project | www.protectionproject.org | |
| The Sentencing Project | www.sentencingproject.org | |
| The Stanley Foundation | www.stanleyfoundation.org | |
| The Williams Institute at UCLA Law | williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu | |
| Thousand Kites | Thousand Kites | |
| Tostan | www.tostan.org | |
| UNIA (Belgium) | unia.be | |
| United States Institute of Peace | www.usip.org | |
| Vera Institute of Justice | Vera Institute of Justice | |
| Women’s Prison Association | Women’s Prison Association | |
| World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) | www.wfuna.org | |
| World Justice Project | worldjusticeproject.org |
Don’t forget to write prison reentry groups. I’ll throw three in the hat myself:
Jumpstart Ministries https://www.jumpstartvision.org/
Fresh Start / Shield: https://www.freshstartvisions.org/
Soteria Community Development Corp. https://www.soteriacdc.org
I’m sure our advocates in other states can think of their own local groups and ministries as well….
Volunteer, Elizabeth, will be working on Group C.
Reminder to all, please let us know what you are working on so we do not duplicate effort and we ensure all Human Rights groups are being notified. Thank you. [email protected]
After work tonight my wife and I both will try to target five different groups each. We have also placed links in twitter, other groups we are involved with, facebook, and other social medias we or her use as well. Lets push the needle!
Thanks so much!!!
I agree and you guys (and gals) are doing wonderful work. My wife and I have pitched in what money we could add. We both have both added he links to all of the groups we are involved in. Would be nice if we could get the needle to 10,000. May seem like a lot but its a goal worth striving for!!
you tell me.. Im good with any group. Thanks
Please start with Group A. And thank you…
OK IM ON IT THANKS
PLEASE COMFIRM IF GROUP A IS THE ONES BELLOW OR THE ONES AFTER THE GROUP A SECTION, BECAUASE IS NOT CLEAR ON THE TABLE!
A A New Way of Life Reentry Project A New Way of Life Reentry Project
Accountability Counsel http://www.accountabilitycounsel.org
Amnesty International USA http://www.amnestyusa.org
Angel Tree Angel Tree
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) http://www.advancingequality.org
Association for the Prevention of Torture http://www.apt.ch
Australian Human Rights Commission http://www.humanrights.gov.au
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law http://www.brennancenter.org
Business and Human Rights Resource Center business-humanrights.org
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) http://www.bsr.org
Group A starts at the top and ends with Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE)
Dear FAC: Maybe we should point out that the US Probation Office and Pretrial Services are implementing a mentorship program to help staff identify as whatever they want and get counseling for it while being paid by our tax dollars. Meanwhile, we all are compelled to identify as sex offenders under penalty of prosecution if we don’t.
See Federal court mentorship program creates ‘psychologically safe space’ for ‘minoritized staff’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-court-mentorship-program-psychologically-safe-space-minoritized-staff
I’m sorry… which group will you be taking Just Sayin? I don’t hear you sayin which group you will be stepping up to cover.
Can’t help but notice you didn’t post my response, #3. Am I being excluded now because your comment to my previous post was so snarky?
Hi, count me in please!
Which group will you be sending the emails to?
Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D or Group E?