American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Compassion & Choices
The nations most comprehensive resource for choice in dying. We support, educate and advocate for choice and care at the end of life. With a primary focus on support for dying patients and their families, Compassion & Choices presses for state-of-the-art pain and palliative care, promotes and enforces living wills for health care, and advocates for legal aid in dying with careful safeguards for those who are terminally ill.
Volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates
A safe, permanent home isn't something a child should only dream about... Visit our site to find out how you can help change the life of an abused and neglected child with one click! Volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are everyday people who are appointed by judges to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children. A CASA volunteer stays with each child until he or she is placed into a safe, permanent and nurturing home. National CASA supports a nation-wide network of CASA programs that train and support CASA volunteers.
Center for Constitutional Rights
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is a non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR uses litigation proactively to advance the law in a positive direction, to empower poor communities and communities of color, to guarantee the rights of those with the fewest protections and least access to legal resources, to train the next generation of constitutional and human rights attorneys, and to strengthen the broader movement for constitutional and human rights.