Student Organizing Resources

Organizations

• NAACP Youth and College Division
• United States Student Association

Grassroots Organizing

• Grassroots Tool Kit: A Manual on Event Planning, Coalition Building, and Grassroots Advocacy
• Sample Letter to the Editor (pdf)
• Planning a Community Forum on Affirmative Action

Your Rights and the Issues

• Gay Straight Alliance Network
• ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
• Feminist Majority
• NCAI (National Congress of American Indians) Youth Commission
• Union for Reform Judaism (Religious Action Center)

Campus Organizing

• AAUW (American Association of University Women)
• Campus Progress
• Campus Activism: Tools for Activists
• College Organizations Networking Now Each Creating Ties (CONNECT)

Youth Organizing

• Californians for Justice
• Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing
• ACLU Youth Stand Up!
• League of Youth Voters
• Advocates for Youth
• Youth Venture
• Youth in Focus

Youth Voting

• Rock the Vote
• United States Advocates for Youth
• Black Youth Vote
• New Voters Project

Internships & Leadership Opportunities

• Doors of Opportunity - Summer Opportunities for Minorities
• Internship Listings - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Education Fund

Scholarships & Awards

• American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity - Resources for Minority Law Students
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Scholarships
• AFSCME/UNCF: Union Scholars Program
• Organization for Chinese Americans Scholarships

Other Useful Sites

• 180 Movement
• Action Network
• Amnesty International for Students
• Campus Greens
• DemocraticMedia.org
• Do Something
• Feminist Campus
• ImpactPress.org
• Media-Diversity.org
• MTV Fight for Your Rights
• National Immigration Law Center
• Rock The Vote
• SpeakOut.org
• Student Peace Action Network
• Tolerance.org
• Youth in Action
• Youth Noise
• Youth Vote Coalition

Multimedia

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