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People's Action is a national progressive advocacy and political organization in the United States made up of 40 organizations in 30 states. The group's stated goal is to "build the power of poor and working people, in rural, suburban, and urban areas to win change through issue campaigns and elections."
RESULTS is a US non-partisan citizens' advocacy organization founded in 1980. The organization aims to find long-term solutions to poverty by focusing on its root causes. It lobbies public officials, does research, and works with the media and the public to fight hunger and poverty. RESULTS has 100 U.S. local chapters and works in six other ...
Pages in category "Political advocacy groups in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 375 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Common Cause is a watchdog group based in Washington, D.C., with chapters in 35 states.It was founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner, a Republican, who was the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the administration of President Lyndon Johnson as well as chair of the National Urban Coalition, an advocacy group for minorities and the working poor in urban areas. [1]
American advocates of poverty reduction, sets of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
In January 1964, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson asked in a State of the Union address that Congress declare an “unconditional war on poverty.”He instructed Congress “not only to relieve ...
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), founded in 2004, is a libertarian conservative political advocacy group in the United States affiliated with brothers Charles Koch and the late David Koch. [6] As the Koch family's primary political advocacy group, it has been viewed as one of the most influential American conservative organizations. [7] [8]
Pages in category "Advocacy groups in the United States" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .