For those of you who make last minute charitable contributions to “good works,” here is my recommended list of really stalwart, result-oriented, no-nonsense civic advocacy groups.
You can find out yourself all they are doing with modest budgets by going to their websites. They are the lighthouses of a democratic society.
- Appalachia-Science in the Public Interest: appalachia-spi.org
- Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest: aclpi.org
- Beyond Nuclear: beyondnuclear.org
- Beyond Pesticides: beyondpesticides.org
- Center for Health, Environment & Justice: chej.org
- Center for Race, Poverty, and the Environment: crpe-ej.org
- Children’s Advocacy Institute: sandiego.edu/cai
- Doctors Without Borders USA: doctorswithoutborders.org
- Earth Island Institute: earthisland.org
- Flyers Rights: flyersrights.org
- Honor the Earth: honorearth.org
- Indian Law Resource Center: indianlaw.org
- Solitary Watch: solitarywatch.org
- Nuclear Information and Resources Service: nirs.org
- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: peer.org
- Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project: worc.org/ep
- Whirlwind Wheelchair: whirlwindwheelchair.org
- Veterans For Peace: veteransforpeace.org