Social Movements
Listed here are resources relating to social movements and oppositional organizations. Inclusion of a particular organization or movement on this guide does not reflect endorsement, but is intended to assist in researching social movements as part of the curriculum of POLS 110.
General Directories
- ParticipediaA global network and crowdsourcing platform for researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, activists, and anyone interested in public participation and democratic innovations.
- Mapping American Social Movements ProjectThis project produces and displays interactive maps showing the historical geography of dozens of social movements that have influenced American life and politics since the late 19th century, including radical movements, civil rights movements, labor movements, women's movements, and more.
- Social Movements Project - Duke UniversityThis project is a tool for conducting research with social movements -- centering knowledge created in and by the movements.
- GuideStarSearch free information on 1.7 million nonprofits. GuideStar Basic is free, and you can also register at the site for free to access even more data. Includes financial statements, tax forms, and information on programs, operations, and effectiveness.
Inequality
- Cooperation JacksonCooperation Jackson is an emerging vehicle for sustainable community development, economic democracy, and community ownership. Cooperation Jackson's long term vision is to develop a cooperative network based in Jackson, Mississippi that will consist of four interconnected and interdependent institutions: a federation of local worker cooperatives, a cooperative incubator, a cooperative education and training center (the Kuwasi Balagoon Center for Economic Democracy and Development), and a cooperative bank or financial institution.
- Poor People's CampaignThe Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism.
Indigenous Sovereignty
- LANDBACKLANDBACK is a movement that has existed for generations with a long legacy of organizing and sacrifice to get Indigenous Lands back into Indigenous hands.
LGBTQ Rights
- Gender JusticeGender Justice envisions a world where everyone can thrive regardless of their gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation. Step by step, Gender Justice is creating that world by dismantling legal, structural, and cultural barriers that contribute to gender inequity.
- Alliance Defending FreedomADF is a legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights.
Environmental Issues
- Extinction RebellionExtinction Rebellion is a decentralised, international and politically non-partisan movement using non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to persuade governments to act justly on the Climate and Ecological Emergency.
- EJAtlasThe environmental justice atlas documents and catalogues social conflict around environmental issues.
- Environmental & Climate Justice ManifestosCompiled by the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Evolution of the Conservation MovementThe Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage, through books, pamphlets, government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and motion picture footage drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress. (This is the archived version of the website in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.)
- ALECThe American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets and federalism. Provides issue guides on a variety of topics including Environmental Stewardship and Energy.
Immigration
- Immigration/Borderlands Web CollectionA collection of immigration and border studies related web sites.
- Herman Baca CollectionThe papers of Herman Baca, a National City, California, Chicano rights activist and prominent member of the Mexican-American community, document the contributions and accomplishments made by Herman Baca and the Committee on Chicano Rights.
- Anti-Immigration GroupsAn annotated list of anti-immigration groups, compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
- Pro & Anti-Immigration OrganizationsCompiled by Columbia University Libraries.
Gun Control/ Gun Rights
- March for Our LivesMarch for Our Lives is a youth-led movement dedicated to promoting civic engagement, education, and direct action by youth to eliminate the epidemic of gun violence.
- National Rifle Association Documents in the Internet ArchiveThis is a collection of documents by or about the National Rifle Association of America. See also the organization's official website.
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Web ArchiveCollection of archived websites and videos from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Pro-Choice/ Pro-Life
- NARAL Pro-Choice AmericaArchived website of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Includes policy positions, information on national and state abortion law and legislation, reproductive and women's rights, and profiles of women and their decisions regarding reproductive health.
- National Right to LifeNational Right to Life is the nation's oldest and largest pro-life organization. National Right to Life is the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters.
- Pro-Life NewslettersA digital collection hosted by Georgia State University Library brings together many regional and national pro-life publications.
- Alliance Defending FreedomADF is a legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights.
Black Lives Matter/ Blue Lives Matter
- Critical ResistanceCritical Resistance seeks to build an international movement to end the prison industrial complex (PIC) by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. Critical Resistance believes that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure.
- Black Lives Matter (Internet Archive Collection)A collection of more than 900 items in the Internet Archive that have been tagged "Black Lives Matter".
- Blue Lives Matter (Internet Archive Collection)This is a collection of archived webpages from the following websites: Blue Lives Matter and The Police Tribune.
Specialized Search Engines
- Non-governmental Organization SearchA custom Google search of non-governmental organization websites. Sites were chosen based on their consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and also collated from University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke University Libraries' NGO Research Guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).
- Intergovernmental Organization SearchA custom Google search of intergovernmental organization websites.