Progressive Opportunities & Action Resources

Progressive Opportunities & Action Resources

A Directory to Local, State, National, and International Advocacy Groups That Welcome Progressive Minds! 

Ronald L. Krannich, Ph.D**

As a values-driven organization of liberal/progressive men, the Hamiltons want to improve their communities and the nation. We keep up with the news, listen to guest speakers, and attend educational forums. But we know there is more to civic life than just understanding and complaining about injustices, incompetence, corruption, and public greed. Many of us want to take meaningful action by addressing these proverbial questions: “What can I do?” and “How can I be more effective?” The Hamiltons initially (2017) answered these questions by forming advocacy groups focused on environment, prison and justice reform, and economic/income inequality.

We need to do more as we move into 2021-2022. If you want to take action and make a difference, start by exploring the following directory of opportunities for progressives. Covering over 25 categories with links to 200+ progressive organizations, this directory opens a window into the fascinating world of advocacy groups that ARE making a difference. Many are nonpartisan groups that welcome your participation ($, volunteering, leadership). Organizations with an asterisk (*) after their name have a presence in and around Savannah, Georgia. Check our links to see what other like-minded progressives are doing to make a real difference in the lives of others!

At the very end of this directory, we include another important action item — a list of local elected representatives whom you may want to call, write, visit, support, or protest against.

This is the first cut at developing such as list. I welcome additional information and recommendations for growing this list of progressive action opportunities in Savannah and elsewhere (rkrannich@gmail.com or 703-298-8128).

INDEX TO LISTED GROUPS (scroll to alphabetical listings)

• Advocacy/Political Action Groups
• Animal Rescue/Rights
• Autism
• Blindness/Vision
• Cancer
• Children/Youth/Parents/Families
• Civil/Human Rights
• Climate Change
• Community Service Clubs/Associations
• Criminal Justice/Prison Reform
• Disabilities
• Disaster Relief
• Domestic Terrorism/Gun Control/Safety
• Domestic Violence/Rape
• Environment
• Health
• Hearing Impaired
• Homelessness/Transitional Housing/Hunger/Poverty
• Hospice
• Human Rights
• Immigrants/Refugees
• Legal Services
• Marine Conservation
• Medical Assistance
• Mental Health
• Political Parties
• Poverty/Hunger
• Reproductive Rights/Family Planning
• Seniors/Aging
• United Way of the Coastal Empire Service Directory
• Women
• ELECTED OFFICIALS — Contact Info

 

ADVOCACY/POLITICAL ACTION GROUPS (Progressive)

• AFL-CIO
• Alliance for Justice
• American Association for Justice
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
• American Federation of Teachers
• AARP
• Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
• Center for American Progress
• Center for Responsive Politics
• Center for International Policy
• Clean Water Action
• Community Change
• Democracy for America
• EMILY’s List
• Environment America
• Every Voice
• Get Her Elected
• Fair Fight*
• Fair Fight 2020*
• Fair Share Action
• Higher Heights for America
• Human Rights Campaign (LGBTQ)
• Humane Society Legislative Fund
• IGNITE
• Indivisible
• International Association of Fire Fighters
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• League for Conservation Voters
• League of Women’s Voters
• Media Matters for America
• MoveOn.org
• NAACP
• National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
• New American Leaders
• New Democrat Coalition
• People for the American Way
• People’s Action
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund
• ProgressNow
• Service Employees International Union
• She Should Run
• Sierra Club
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• Swing Left
• UnidosUS (immigration)
• United Farm Workers
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
• Victory Institute (LGBTQ)
• The Voter Participation Center
• VoteVets.org
• Women’s Equity Center
• Working America

ANIMAL RESCUE/RIGHTS

• Coastal Pet Rescue*
• GRRR Georgia Rescue Rehabilitation and Relocation*
• Humane Society of Greater Savannah*
• PETA
• Savannah Wildlife Rescue Center*

AUTISM

• Easter Seals Southern Georgia, Inc.*
• Matthew Reardon Center for Autism*

BLINDNESS/VISION

• Bright Eye-deas Low Vision Group of Skidaway Island*
• Helen Keller Foundation
• Lions Club of Savannah*
• Savannah Center for Blind and Low Vision*

CANCER

• American Cancer Society: Georgia*
• Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia*

CHILDREN/YOUTH/PARENTS/FAMILIES

• Boy Scouts of America: Coastal Georgia Council*
• Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center*
• Deep Center*
• Girl Scouts of the USA*
• Horizons Savannah*
• Loop It Up Savannah*
• L.O.V.E. Mentors*
• Make-A-Wise Foundation: Georgia*
• My Brother’s Keeper*
• Parent University*
• Performance Inc.*
• Savannah/Chatham CASA*
• Save the Children
• Wesley Community Centers of Savannah, Inc.*
• Y Readers Program (YMCA of Coastal Georgia)*
• YMCA of Coastal Georgia*

CIVIL/HUMAN RIGHTS

• TBA

CLIMATE CHANGE (also see “Environment”)

• 350.org
• Center for Climate & Energy Solutions
• Change the Climate 2020
• The Earth Institute
• Earth Justice
• Extinction Rebellion (UK)
• Fire Drill Fridays
• National Resources Defense Council
• Nature Conservatory
• Solutions Project
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• World War Zero

COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUBS/ASSOCIATIONS

• Jewish Education Alliance*
• Junior Achievement of Georgia*
• Lions Club of Savannah*
• Kiwanis Club of Skidaway*
• Rotary Club of Skidaway Island*
• Savannah Chamber of Commerce*
• Savannah Downtown Business Association*
• Savannah Jaycees*

CRIMINAL JUSTICE/PRISON REFORM 

• American Civil Liberties Union
• Equal Justice Initiative
• The Marshall Project
• The Sentencing Project
• Southern Poverty Law Center

DISABILITIES

• Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy*
• Easterseals Southern Georgia, Inc.*
• Employability*
• March of Dimes*

DISASTER RELIEF

• American Red Cross Georgia*
• World Vision International

DOMESTIC TERRORISM/GUN CONTROL/SAFETY

• Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
• Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
• Everytown for Gun Safety
• Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence
• Gun Free Kids
• Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/RAPE

• Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire*
• SAFEShelter*

ENVIRONMENT (also see “Climate Change”)

• Audubon Society
• Conservation International
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Earthjustice
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Greenpeace
• League of Conservation Voters
• National Wildlife Federation
• The Nature Conservancy
• Rainforest Action Network
• Rainforest Alliance
• Scenic Chatham*
• Sierra Club
• The Wilderness Society
• World Wide Fund for Nature

HEALTH

• American Heart Association
• Savannah Community Blood Bank*
• St. Joseph’s/Candler*

HEARING IMPAIRED

• Hearing Aid Project
• Global Foundation for Child With Hearing Loss
• Hearing Health Foundation
• SAFEEARS

 HOMELESSNESS/TRANSITIONAL HOUSING/HUNGER/POVERTY

• Austin House*
• Emmaus House Soup Kitchen*
• Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire*
• Habitat For Humanity Savannah*
• Inner City Night Shelter*
• Old Savannah City Mission*
• Savannah Chatham Authority for the Homeless*
• Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia*
• Social Apostolate (Catholic Charities)*
• Success for Children & Families, Inc.*
• Union Mission*
• YMCA of Coastal Georgia*

HOSPICE

• Hospice Savannah*

HUMAN RIGHTS

• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• International Labour Organization
• UN Agencies

IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES

          IMMIGRANTS

• Al Otro Lado
• American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
• American Immigration Council
• Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
• Boarder Angels
• Catholic Legal Immigration Network
• Catholic World Services
• Child Foundation
• El Refugio*
• Families Belong Together
• The Florence Project
• Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights*
• Hispanic Access Foundation
• Hispanics in Philanthropy
• Human Rights First
• Immigrant Defense Project
• Immigrant Justice NOW
• Kids in the Need of Defense
• Legal Aid Justice Center
• National Immigration Forum
• National Immigrant Law Center
• RAICES
• Tahirih Justice Center
• Texas Civil Rights Project
• Together Rising
• Upwardly Global
• Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights

         REFUGEES

• American Refugee Assistance Project
• Asylum Access
• CARE
• Church World Service
• Concern Worldwide
• Episcopal Migration Ministries
• GlobalGiving
• Handicap International
• HIAS
• Inspiritus Refugee Services* (Lutheran Services of Georgia and Tennessee)
• InterAction
• International Refugee Committee
• International Rescue Committee
• Islamic Relief USA
• Karan Foundation
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
• MAP International*
• Mercy Corps
• Migration Policy Institute
• New American Pathways
• Oxfam America
• Refugee One
• Refugees International
• Save the Children
• Sunrise USA
• UNICEF USA
• U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
• U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
• U.S. Committee on Refugees
• USA for UNHCR
• WarChild International
• World Relief
• World Relief Corporation
• World Vision

LEGAL SERVICES

• Georgia Legal Services Program*
• Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire*

MARINE CONSERVATION

• Coastal Conservation Association*
• Marine Conservation Institute
• Ocean Conservancy
• Oceana
• Ogeechee River Keeper*
• The Safina Center
• Sea Shepherd Conservation

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

• Doctors Without Borders
• International Medical Corps
• MAP International*
• Medical Missions

MENTAL HEALTH

• National Alliance on Mental Illness in Savannah*
• Reed House*

POLITICAL PARTIES (Progressive)

• Chatham County Democratic Committee*
• Chatham County Democratic Party*
• Green Party
• Liberarian Party
• Skidaway Island Democratic Party*

POVERTY & HUNGER

   INTERNATIONAL

• Alliance to End Hunger
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• The Borgen Project
• Bread for the World
• Concern Worldwide
• Engineers Without Borders
• Heifer International
• The Hunger Project
• Hunger Relief International
• Overseas Development Institute
• Oxfam International
• UN Agencies
• USAID
• World Hunger Education & Advocacy (WHEAT)

   U.S. (hundreds of others function in specific communities, states, or regions)

• Alexis De Tocqueville Society* (mega-donor — $10,000+ — feeder group for United Way of the Coastal Empire)
• America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia*
• Children’s Hunger Alliance
• Feeding America
• Food Pantries*
• Foodtank
• Hunger Volunteer
• Mazon (Jewish)
• Meals on Wheels*
• No Kid Hungry
• Society of St. Andrew*
• Second Harvest Food Banks*
• Step Up Savannah*
• United Way of the Coastal Empire*

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/FAMILY PLANNING

• Center for Reproductive Rights
• Planned Parenthood – Savannah Center*
• NARAL Pro-Choice America

SENIORS/AGING

• AARP
• Senior Citizens*

UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE*

• Community Service Directory*

WOMEN

• Supermajority

 

ELECTED OFFICIALS – CONTACT INFO

United State Senators

Senior – Johnny Isakson – 770-661-0999 and 202-224-3643

Junior – David A. Perdue – 404-865-0087 and 202-224-3521

United States Representative from the First District

Earl Leroy (Buddy) Carter – 912-353-0101 and 202-225-5831

Georgia House and Senate

GA State Representatives District 1066 – Jesse Petrea – 404-656-0109

Georgia Senator District 1: Ben Watson – 404-656-7880

 

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** This is proprietary, copyrighted (©) material (2019) by the author, Ronald L. Krannich, Ph.D. (Political Science). All rights reserved. No part of this material may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author: rkrannich@gmail.com or Tel. 703-298-8128. However, we welcome opportunities to share these unique resources with fellow progressives via open linkages to this website or through contractual arrangements.

This review article is the third in a trilogy of hyperlinked articles developed by Ron for individuals and organizations interested in progressive ideas and action. His two other related articles focus on progressive opportunities (advocacy groups) and progressive media. Both are available through these sections of the Skidaway Hamiltons’s website:

 

• Progressive Media
• Progressive Reading List

Taken together, these three important resource review articles go a long way to defining what it means to be a concerned and active liberal/progressive in today’s America.