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UnidosUS, formerly National Council of La Raza (NCLR) , [2] is the United States's largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organization. It advocates in favor of progressive public policy changes including immigration reform , a path to citizenship for migrants , and reduced deportations.
Liberty, formerly, and still formally, called the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL), [1] is an advocacy group and membership organisation based in the United Kingdom, which challenges unjust laws, protects civil liberties and promotes human rights. It does this through the courts, in Parliament and in the wider community.
Family Policy Council; Family Research Council; Family Research Institute; Farmers Independence Council of America; Federalist Society; Federation for American Immigration Reform; The Fellowship (Christian organization) Firearms Policy Coalition; First Liberty Institute; Focus on the Family; Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust
At the national level, the ACLU consists of two legal entities: the American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)(4) social welfare group; and the ACLU Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. Both are non-profit organizations that engage in civil rights litigation, advocacy, and education. The two organizations are closely related, and share common ...
The National League of Cities University is a professional development center for elected officials (mayors and city council members) and municipal staff, with trainings and courses designed to enhance local leaders and staff’s ability to govern, work across sectors, manage systems change, and achieve equitable outcomes.
On January 1, 2005, Murguía replaced Raul Yzaguirre as the president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights advocacy organization in the U.S. [3] As President and CEO, Murguía often testifies before Congress about issues affecting the Latino community including education, health care, immigration reform, civil rights and the economy.
It was a subsidiary of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs—the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy—in 2007 and was disbanded in 2011. [8] The JCC was the main advocacy group for the Jewish community in Canada from 1919 to 2011, advocating for human rights , social equality , Canadian immigration reform and civil and ...
The coalition's national advocacy effort, culminating in a raucous 10-city sit in, including a record 25 days at the San Francisco HEW building, has had lasting effects. Section 504 requires non-discrimination on the basis of disability of any organization or agency that receives any federal funds, for any purpose.