Some Organizational Resources in this Post-Election Moment

Organizers may find this resource compiled following the 2016 Election helpful as we enter a new election season. This resource guide provide activists, advocates and supporters of the racial justice movement with resources to help navigate the post-election landscape.


Note: neither the list of organizations nor groupings are exhaustive. In addition, the work of some of these largely national and under-the-radar groups cuts across the areas and other critical issues and communities. Please direct thoughts and questions to [email protected].

For many advocates and supporters of the racial justice movement, the 2016 U.S. election results unleashed a wave of shock, fear, disillusionment, anger, and deep motivation, among other emotions. The early stages of the immense work that lies ahead has already begun — from providing support and preparing protection for some of the most vulnerable in our communities, to monitoring policy signs from the forthcoming administration, to driving solutions at the local level.

The scale of attacks is not normal, but the foundations for this struggle have been well-established in the vision, values and dedication of hundreds of organizations, big and small, across the country.

If you are, at this moment, unsure of how and where to look for the latest information, or you’re unsure how you can actively support the racial justice movement in this time of great need, Race Forward offers the following shortlist — grouped by six areas of immediate concern — as a starting point of reference.

Note: neither the list of organizations nor groupings are exhaustive. In addition, the work of some of these largely national and under-the-radar groups cuts across the areas and other critical issues and communities. Please direct thoughts and questions to  [email protected].

 

Action Preparation and Legal Services

Organization

Twitter

Immigration Legal Resource Center (ILRC)

@ILRC_SF

Indigenous Environmental Network

@ienearth

National Lawyers Guild

@NLGnews

Ruckus Society

@ruckusociety

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)

@ShowUp4RJ

Transgender Law Center

@translawcenter

 

Digital & Press Freedom

Organization

Twitter

Center for Media Justice

@mediajustice

The Committee to Protect Journalists

@pressfreedom

Electronic Frontier Foundation

@EFF

Freedom of the Press Foundation

@FreedomofPress

 

Political Climate Observers

Organization

Twitter

Center for Constitutional Rights

@theCCR

Color of Change

@ColorOfChange

Government Alliance on Race and Equity

 

People’s Action

@pplsaction

Political Research Associates

@PRAEyesRight

Southerners On New Ground (SONG)

@ignitekindred

 

Criminal Injustice System

Organization

Twitter

Critical Resistance

@C_Resistance

Detention Watch Network (DWN)

@DetentionWatch

Dream Defenders

@Dreamdefenders

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

@ellabakercenter

Not1More Deportation

@Not1_More

PICO Network

@PICOnetwork

 

Anti-Islamophobia Defense

Organization

Twitter

Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative

@muslimarc

National Network on Arab American Communities

@nnaac

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)

@SAALTweets

 

Immigrant Rights

Organization

Twitter

Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)

@BAJItweet

Movimiento Cosecha

@CosechaMovement

National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)

@ndlon

National immigration Law center

@NILC_org