Human & Civil Rights
7 results found
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Turning the Tide From Hate to Heart
National Day Laborer Organizing Network - Non-Profit - ndlon.org
The country is at a crossroads and migration policy is serving as the road signs.
As seen in Arizona, the Right is using the economic crisis to criminalize whole communities and polarize the nation.
Creative movies can contribute to our struggle toward a world that honors our dignity, diversity, and human rights.
500 votes -
Showing You the Money!
Advancement Project - Non-Profit - www.advancementprojectca.org/
We envision a world where public finance data is accessible and easy to understand. Herculean efforts are often required to get government data. This barrier enables corruption and hurts those most in need. We collect and analyze fiscal data to ensure spending decisions don't harm vulnerable people. The data could be powerful in the hands of community leaders, but how do we meaningfully share it? By helping us develop exciting ways to share important but tedious finance data online, Free Range will help us energize and educate the public, so they have the right…
328 votes -
Put Your Rights To Work
Domestic Workers United - Non-Profit - www.domesticworkersunited.org
Domestic workers have long toiled behind closed doors caring for the homes, families, and children of others, vulnerable to the worst exploitation. After decades of exclusion from labor laws, domestic workers are winning recognition with the passage of the nation’s first Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Our vision is to bring domestic work out of the shadows, with a Know Your Rights campaign letting workers and employers everywhere know that a new day has dawned; this work must be respected! This project will change the way domestic work is viewed, and advance the…
313 votes -
No Dumb Questions
NoDumbQuestions.org - Non-Profit - NoDumbQuestions.org
"If they know us, they don't vote against us" - Harvey MilkWhat are you wondering about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight ally experiences?
NoDumbQuestions.org is an innovative global platform for asking anything, telling personal stories, and working through our differences to create a safe and welcoming world for LGBT people. And we're just about to launch.
We need your help transforming the ask-anything, be-honest, laugh-at-ourselves approach of the Sundance award-winning film NO DUMB QUESTIONS into a safe, rich, fun, heartfelt, and viral global conversation. Let's create an engagement strategy and web/social media design…
200 votes -
Unlocking a Better Future for Refugees
USA for UNHCR - Non-Profit - www.UNrefugees.org
We imagine a world where everyone has a safe home and the means to support their families. Unfortunately, for the world’s 43 million refugees and displaced people, these basic rights are too often out of reach. We are about to launch a major awareness campaign in the United States. Our goal is to bring refugees to the forefront of the American consciousness and create a community dedicated to unlocking the door to a better future for refugees. Free Range's knack for creative storytelling through movies can help create a meaningful connection between Americans…
196 votes -
Take action to protect your right to take action!
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation - Non-Profit - www.civicus.org
A better world would be a world where all people can work together for a better future. CIVICUS is receiving increasing numbers of reports of threats to civil society, meaning that concerned citizens can not act together for the improvement of their communities. Through an online campaign, Free Range can help CIVICUS raise awareness of the importance of and share knowledge about civil society, while at the same time protecting its vibrancy and helping CIVICUS to achieve its vision. It can provide a means for people to take action to…
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Culture of Human Rights as a Way of Life
12Petals Media Group - Non-Profit - www.12Petals.org
http://www.Facebook.com/12Petals
For the optimal realization of human possibilities and the enjoyment of human dignity, 12Petals Media Group reaches out globally for Culture of Human Rights as a way of life. Now, more than ever, it is the responsibility of every person to bring the culture of human rights into his or her life, home, and daily relationships with family, friends and neighbors, while perceiving that those friends and neighbors span the globe. Culture of human rights should be cherished as a way of life. For a better world, Free Range by producing an…
24 votes