U.S. Civil Rights Organizations at a Glance

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U.S. Civil Rights Organizatioat a Glance


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Contents

1) The FIVE Vectors of U.S. Civil Rights Organizations Slide 3

2) Jewish Organizations Slides 4 ~ 28

3) Special Interest Groups Slides 29 ~ 51

4) Broader Civil Rights Organizations Slides 52 ~ 69

5) Anti-Israel Groups Slides 70 ~ 83

6) Human Rights Organizations Slides 84 ~ 89

7) Analysis Slides 90 ~ 107


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The FIVE Vectors of U.S.

Civil Rights Organizations


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1. JewishOrganization

organizations committed to serving the Jewish people acause related to Judaism


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Jewish OrganizationsTotal: 23

1. Ameinu Our People, Inc. (successor to Labor Zionist Alliance (LZA), est. 1905)2. American Israel Public Affairs Committee

3. American Jewish Committee4. American Jewish World Service5. Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith *6. AVODAH The Jewish Service Corps7. Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice8. Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations9. Hazon Inc.

10. HIAS, Inc.11. Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action12. Jewish Community Action13. Jewish Community Relations Council14. Jewish Council for Public Affairs15. Jewish Council on Urban Affairs16. Jewish Federation of North America17. Jewish Labour Committee18. Jewish Social Justice Roundtable19. Jstreet20. Keshet21. MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger22. New Israel Fund23. The Israel Project


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Ameinu Our People, Inc.(successor to Labor Zionist Alliance (LZA), est. 190

Year founded: 2004

Mission statement: Ameinu, is a national, multi-generational community of jewsAmerica recognizing the unbreakable bond between the Jewish people and Israthe commitment to make our own society better, they mobilize those jews who opportunities to foster social and economic just ice both in Israel and in North Amzionists, they understand that a secure peace between Israel and its neighbors isthe survival of a democratic Jewish state with this in mind

Headquarters: New York, NY

Leader(s): Kenneth Bob (National President), Gideon Aronoff (CEO), Hadar Sussk

Social Media presence:

2109 likes 4460 followers541 following1228 tweets

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American Israel Public Affairs Committee

Year founded: 1963

Mission statement: The mission of AIPAC is to strengthen, protect and promotrelationship in ways that enhance the security of Israel and the United States.

Leader(s):Robert Cohen (current President)

Headquarters: Washington, DC



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American Jewish Committee (AJC

Year founded: 1906

Mission statement: AJC's mission is to enhance the well-being of the Jewish pIsrael, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United Statethe world.

Leader(s): Stanley Bergman (President), David Harris (Executive Director)



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10500 tweets

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American Jewish World Service (AJW

Year founded:1985

Mission statement:Inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice, American JeService works to realize human rights and end poverty in the developing world

Leader(s): Ruth W. Messinger (current President), founded by Larry Phillips & Lgroup of rabbis in Boston, MA


Social media presence:

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10300 followers4039 following

1228 tweets

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Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith

Year founded: 1913

Mission statement:The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 "to stopof the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all."

Leader(s): Jonathan Greenblatt (Executive Director/CEO)




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AVODAH The Jewish Service Corps (AV

Year founded:1998

Mission statement: AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps strengthens the Jewisfight against the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. We do thisparticipants in service and community building that inspire them to become lifefor social change whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish

Leader(s): Benetta Mansfield (Chair of National Board), Cheryl Cook (Executive




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Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice (Be

Year founded:1984

Mission statement: Our mission is to deeply engage Jews in sustained action tour tradition of working to heal and repair the world, and to create a powerful, recognized Jewish voice championing equality and justice for disenfranchised our nation.

Leader(s):Stosh Cotler (CEO)

Headquarters:New York, NY



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Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish O(CoP; commonly Presidents' Conference)

Year founded: 1956

Mission statement: The Conference is the preeminent forum where diverse segJewish community come together in mutual respect to deliberate vital national international issues.

Leader(s): Robert G. Sugarman (Chairman), Malcolm I. Hoenlein (Executive Vice




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Hazon Inc. (Hazon)

Year founded: 2000

Mission statement:We create healthier and more sustainable communities in world and beyond.

Leader(s): Nigel Savage (President), David Weisberg (CEO)




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HIAS, Inc. (HIAS)

Year founded: 1881

Mission statement:HIAS rescues people whose lives are in danger for being wWe protect the most vulnerable refugees, helping them build new lives and rewith their families in safety and freedom. We advocate for the protection of refassure that displaced people are treated with the dignity they deserve.

Leader(s):Mark Hetfield (President/CEO), Philip E. Wolgin (Board Director)




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Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (J

Year founded:2001

Mission statement:The Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, a Boston-bjustice organization, is devoted to the defense of civil rights, the preservation oliberties, and the passionate pursuit of social, economic and environmental juspeople.

Leader(s):Rep. Frank Smizik (President), Sheila Decter (Executive Director)

Headquarters: Boston, MA





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Jewish Community Action (JCA)

Year founded: 1995

Mission statement: Jewish Community Action's mission is to bring together Jefrom diverse traditions and perspectives to promote understanding and take aand economic justice issues in Minnesota.

Leader(s): Vic Rosenthal (Executive Director)

Headquarters: Saint Paul, MN





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Jewish Community Relations Council (JC

Year founded: 1938

Mission statement:JCRC's mission is to educate and advocate on issues of vitto the organized Jewish community based on consensus, civility and an expancommitment to living Jewish values of social justice.

Leader(s): Rabbi Doug Kahn (Executive Director)

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA



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Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA

Year founded: 1944

Mission statement: The mission of the Council is to serve as the representativeorganized American Jewish community in addressing the principal mandate ofcommunity relations field.

Leader(s):Susan W. Turnbull (Chair of Board), Rabbi Steve Gutow (President)




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Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA

Year founded: 1964

Mission statement: The mission of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs is to coracism and anti-Semitism in partnership with Chicagos diverse communities.

Leader(s): Judy Levey (Executive Director)

Headquarters: Chicago, IL



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Jewish Federation of North America (JF

Year founded:1895

Mission statement:The Federation movement, collectively among the top 10 continent, protects and enhances the well-being of Jews worldwide through thtikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and Toralearning).

Leader(s): Michael D. Siegal (Chair of Board of Trustees), Diane Feinberg (ChairCommittee), Jerry Silverman, President & CEO)




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Jewish Labour Committee (JLC)

Year founded: 1934

Mission statement:The Jewish voice in the labor movement, and the voice of movement in the Jewish community.

Leader(s): Stuart Appelbaum (President)




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Jewish Social Justice Roundtable (the Roun

Year founded: 2009

Missionstatement: Based on a shared vision, the Jewish Social Justice Roundby Jewish tradition and values, makes social justice a core expression of Jewisadvancing social justice issues in the broader society.

Leader(s): Abby Levine (current Director), Stosh Cotler (CEO)






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J Street

Year founded: 2008

Mission statement: The organization seeks to provide a political home for pro-peace Americans who believe that a "two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestiniaessential to Israel's survival as the national home of the Jewish people and as ademocracy"

Leader(s):Jeremy Ben-Ami (Executive Director)




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Keshet

Year founded: 1996

Mission statement: Keshet is a national grassroots organization that works for and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Jews in Jewish

Leader(s):Idit Klein (Executive Director)

Headquarters: Jamaica Plain, MA



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MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (MA

Year founded: 1985

Mission statement:To provide for people who are hungry while at the same tifor other ways to end hunger and its causes, to educate and raise the consciouJewish community regarding its obligation to alleviate hunger and its causes; adonating a portion of the cost of life cycle events (historically at least 3%) to MApermanent tradition in Jewish life.

Leader(s):Abby J. Leibman (President/CEO)

Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA



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New Israel Fund (NIF) Year founded: 1979

Mission statement: Achieve equality for all the citizens of the state regardless

national origin, race, gender or sexual orientation; Realize the civil and human rindividuals and groups through the protection of Palestinian citizens and other minorities, including the advancement of collective rights, and opposition to alldiscrimination and bigotry; Recognize and reinforce the essential pluralism of Iand tolerance for diversity; Protect the access of minorities to democratic chanexpression of their interests and identities and the promotion of their rights; Emsociety in Israel as the fundamental vehicle of an open society; Build and mainsociety at peace with itself and its neighbors.

Leader(s):Brian Lurie (President)




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The Israel Project (TIP)

Year founded: 2003

Mission statement:Founded in 2003, The Israel Project (TIP) is a non-partisan Aeducational organization dedicated to informing the media and public conversIsrael and the Middle East.

Leader(s):Joshua S. Block (CEO/President)



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2. Special interestgrougroups that focus all energy on single defining issue (ak

interest advocacy)


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Special Interest GroupsTotal: 21

1. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee2. Asia Pacific American Labor Alliance3. Asian Americans Advancing Justice4. Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights5. Council on American-Islamic Relations6. Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund7. Mobility International USA8. NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund9. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

10. National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities11. National Center for Lesbian Rights12. National Congress of American Indians13. National Council of La Raza

14. National Disability Rights Network15. National LGBTQ Task Force16. National Urban League17. National Women's Law Center18. Native American Rights Fund19. Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights20. The Southern Poverty Law Center21. Dream Defenders Inc.


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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committe

Year founded: 1980

Mission statement: ADC is a civil rights organization committed to defending tpeople of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage

Leader(s):James Abourezk (US Senator)




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Asia Pacific American Labor Alliance (AP

Year founded: 1992

Mission statement: The goal of Every Vote Counts is to train Asian Pacific Amecommunity leaders to become active participants in the political process becabelieves that a mobilized Asian Pacific American electorate is a strategic partnsupporter of the labor movement.

Leader(s):John Delloro (National President)



153303likes

3778 followers1427 following

7451 tweets

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Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AA

Year founded: 1991

Mission statement: The mission of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC civil and human rights for Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair andsociety for all.

Leader(s):Mee Moua, current President/Executive Director




7451 tweets

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Catholic League for Religious and Civil Righ

Year founded: 1973

Mission statement: Works to establish the right of Catholic lay and clergy to pAmerican society without defamation or discrimination.

Leader(s):Bill Donohue, leader/CEO



12266 likes 4976 followersn/a following2291 tweets

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Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Year founded: 1968

Mission statement:Often described as the law firm of the Latino communitypromotes social change through advocacy, communications, community educlitigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrant rights, and political

Leader(s):Thomas Saenz (President/General Counsel)

Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA



8423 tweets

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Mobility International USA (MIUSA)

Year founded: 1981

Mission statement: We are change agents and leaders working to advance thpeople with disabilities globally.

Leader(s):Susan Sygall, CEO/Co-founder

Headquarters: Eugene, OR



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NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (NAA

Year founded: 1940

Mission statement: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is Apremier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocaceducation, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate dispachieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Amealso defends the gains and protections won over the past 75 years of civil rightworks to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointme

Leader(s):Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel

Headquarters: New York, NY Social Media presence:


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National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCL

Year founded: 1977

Mission statement:National legal resource center with a primary commitmenthe rights and safety of lesbians and their families.

Leader(s): Kate Kendell, Esq., Executive Director

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA



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National Congress of American Indians (N

Year founded: 1944

Mission statement: Protect and enhance treaty and sovereign rights, Secure olaws, cultures, and ways of life for our descendants, Promote a common underrightful place of tribes in the family of American governments, Improve the quaNative communities and peoples.

Leader(s):Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish, President




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National LGBTQ Task Force (NGLTF)

Year founded: 1973

Mission statement: The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, juequality for LGBTQ people. (Slogan: "Be you.")

Leader(s):Rea Carey, Executive Director




15600 tweets

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National Womens Law Center (NWLC

Year founded: 1972

Mission statement: To protect and advance the progress of women and girls aschool, and in virtually every aspect of their lives.

Leader(s):Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell, Founders/co-presid



101001likes

33400 followers2582 following18300 tweets

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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPL

Year founded: 1971

Mission statement: The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.education, and other forms of advocacy, the Center works toward the day wheequal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.

Leader(s):Richard Cohen, President

Headquarters: Montgomery, AL



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Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Unde


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Year founded: 1963

Mission statement:The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil RLaw is to secure equal justice for all through the rule of law, targeting in particuinequities confronting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities

Leader(s):Barbara R. Arnwine, Director




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League of United Latin American Citizens (LUL


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League of United Latin American Citizens (LUL

Year founded: 1929

Mission statement:Civil and social rights organization to protect the rights of a

Leader(s):Margaret Morn, Executive President




7746 tweets

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National Action Network (NAN)


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National Action Network (NAN)

Year founded: 1991

Mission statement:NAN works within the spirit and tradition of Dr. Martin Luthpromote a modern civil rights agenda that includes the fight for one standard odecency and equal opportunities for all people regardless of race, religion, natgender.

Leader(s):Janaye Ingram, National Executive Director




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National Civic League (NCL)


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National Civic League (NCL)

Year founded: 1894

Mission statement:NCLs mission is to strengthen democracy by increasing thall of our nations people to effectively and responsibly participate in and buildprosperous communities across America.

Leader(s):Gloria Rubio-Cortes, President

Headquarters: Denver, CO



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4. Anti-Israelgroups

groups that support anti-Israel, anti-Zionist and/or Palestinian efforts

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Total: 12

1. National Iranian American Council

2. Act Now to Stop War & End Racism

3. Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition

4. American Muslims for Palestine5. CODEPINK: Women for Peace

6. Friends of Sabeel-North America (Friends of Peace and Justice in The Holy Land, Inc.

7. If Americans Knew/Council for the National Interest8. Jewish Voice for Peace

9. Muslim Public Affairs Council

10. Congregation Neturei Karta International Inc.

11. Students for Justice in Palestine

12. US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (aka: Education for Just Peace in the Middle East)


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Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition


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Year founded: 2000

Mission statement:Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, is a broad

partisan, democratic, and charitable organization of grassroots activists and stucommitted to comprehensive public education on the rights of all Palestinian rreturn to their homes and lands of origin, and to full restitution of all their confisdestroyed property in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human RigInternational law and the numerous United Nations Resolutions upholding suc

Leader(s):Amani Barakat, Chair of Board

Headquarters: Coral Springs, FL



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If Americans Knew/Council for the National Interest (If Ame


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Year founded: 2004

Mission statement:The mission of If Americans Knew is to inform and educate

public on issues of major significance that are unreported, underreported, or mthe American media.

Leader(s):Alison Weir, Founder/Director

Headquarters: Vancouver, WA


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Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP)


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Year founded: 1996

Mission statement:Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tr

together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for internationS. foreign policy based on these ideals.

Leader(s):Rebecca Vilkomerson, Executive Director

Headquarters: Oakland, CA





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Congregation Neturei Karta International I(Neturei Karta/NKI)


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(Neturei Karta/NKI)

Year founded: 1938

Mission statement:NKI seeks peace and reconciliation with all peoples and na

especially needed in our relations towards the Islamic world where Zionism hadone so much to ruin Jewish - Muslim understanding. (Motto: Jews United Aga

Leader(s):Moshe Ber Beck, Leader

Headquarters: Monsey, NY



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