R - Civil Rights, Social Actions & Advocacy

  • NC Women United (NCWU) is a coalition of progressive state and local organizations working to achieve the full political, social, and economic equality of all women across North Carolina. NCWU works to build women’s power through grassroots activism, community organizing, legislative advocacy, and engagement in the political process.

  • The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

  • The LGBTQ Center of Durham supports LGBTQ+ people through services, programming, resources, and support networks that center their wellbeing and allows them to thrive.

  • You Can Vote (YCV) works to ensure all eligible North Carolinians can vote to build long-term participation in our democracy. We register, educate, and mobilize voters through 1:1 conversations. Using community organizing, evidence-based best practices in voter engagement, low-literacy bilingual educational materials, and state of the art technology, we prepare people to vote and help them become lifelong voters.

  • Strives to enable people with disabilities to fully participate in their communities without boundaries in the Raleigh-Durham and surrounding areas.

  • To promote equality, safety, and quality of life for western North Carolina’s LGBTQ and allied communities, working as a united community through advocacy, celebration, education and service.

  • North Carolina Sustainable Business Council connects, empowers and influences business leaders to build a vibrant economy that sustains local communities, protects our natural resources, and benefits all North Carolinians.

  • To use research, media & education to promote a more just, democratic and sustainable South.

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