Freedom Activist Network's Guide To
Activist Actions

ACTIVIST ACTIONS
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Action Alerts

also see Legislation, Pending

Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition: Upcoming Actions
Alliance for Non-Custodial Parents Rights: Legislative Action Center
American Civil Liberties Union: Action Alert
American Policy Center: Action Central
Americans for Safe Access: E-mail Alerts
Amnesty International: Worldwide Appeals, AI USA Act Now!, AI USA Weekly Urgent Action
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Action Alert
Cannabis Action Network: Campaigns, Take Action
Center for Constitutional Rights: Action Alerts
Citizen Works: Take Action
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: Action Calendar
Congress.org: Alerts and Calls to Action by Topic
Conservative Caucus: Take Action To Restore Constitutional Government, Conservative Activist's Giant E-Mail Links Page!
Defenders of Property Rights: Legislation
Digital Freedom Network: Action Alerts
Drug Policy Alliance: Action Center, Advocacy Groups
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Act Now!
Feminist Women's Health Center: Pro-Choice Activist Alerts
Gun Owners of America: E-MailAlert Network
International Federation for Human Rights: Urgent Appeals - Defenders
International Society for Individual Liberty: Freedom Action of the Week
Liberty Coalition: Action Items
Marijuana Policy Project: Alert
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League: Choice Action Network Action Alert, State-by State Guide to Legislative Bills
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: Legislation
National Rifle Association: Institute for Legislative Action
United For Peace and Justice: Calls to Action
Vote Hemp: Take Action
Working Assets: ActForChange

 

 

Activism

 

Activism Organizations & Websites

Action Network
Action Resource Center
Action Without Borders, Inc
Activism.net
Activist Network (Alberta)
Activist Network (England)
Activist San Diego
Activista
Activists' Center for Training In Organizing and Networking
Alberta Activist Network
BC Activist Network
Bureaucrash
Calgary Activist Network
Campus Activism
Citizen Works
Compass for Change
Conservative Activist's Toolbox for Restoring Constitutional Government
Democracy In Action
E-The People
Edmonton Activist Network
Electronic Activist
Flagstaff Activist Network
Freedom Activist
Freedom Activist Network
Freedom Trainers
Grassroots.com, Inc
Idealist.org
InterActivist Info Exchange
InterActivist Network
Lethbridge Activist Network
Liberalism Resurgent
Media Awareness Project's Media Activism Center
Meetup
NetAction's Virtual Activist Training Guide
"198 Methods of Nonviolent Action" by Gene Sharp
Open Directory Project's Activism
Ottawa Activist Network
Protest.Net
Saskatchewan Activist Network
SchNEWS' DIY Guide
Seventh Seal
Training for Change
Video Activist Network
WebActive
Working Assets

 

 

Candidacy

 

 

Candidates

also see Candidate Polls

United States · Canada · Europe · Other

 

Candidate Surveys, Ratings & Scorecards

see US Candidate Surveys, Ratings & Scorecards, US Candidate Research & Information

 

 

Contact

by Advertisement, Email, Facsimile, Internet, Letters To the Editor, Mail, Op-Ed, Press Releases, Telephone, Visit
also see Activists, Candidates, Government, Legislators, Media, Organizations, Voters

 

Contact Effectiveness

 

Contact by Advertisement

 

Contact by Email

 

Contact by Facsimile

 

Contact by Internet

Meetup

 

Contact by Letters To the Editor (LTE)

Green Media Toolshed
World Commission For Peace And Human Rights Council

 

Contact by Mail

 

Contact by Op-Ed
includes commentaries, editorials, opinion pieces

Green Media Toolshed
World Commission For Peace And Human Rights Council

 

Contact by Press Releases
includes media advisories, pitch letters, press letters, samples

Green Media Toolshed

 

Contact by Telephone

 

Contact by Visit

 

 

Disobedience

includes civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, direct action, acts of necessity
also see Defendant Rights, Gatherings, Justice, Litigation

AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power of New York
Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Direct Action Coalition
Direct Action Network
"Electronic Civil Disobedience - Critical Art Ensemble"
Nuclear-Free Great Lakes Action Camp
"On Electronic Civil Disobedience" by Stefan Wray
"198 Methods of Nonviolent Action" by Gene Sharp
Ruckus Society
SchNEWS
Training for Change

 

 

Fundraising

also see Grants & Grantwriting, Philanthropies

Michigan Comnet Nonprofit Resource Center: Fundraising

 

Grants & Grantwriting

Capital Research Center
Grantmanship Center
Michigan Comnet Nonprofit Resource Center: Grantwriting
State and Local Government on the Net: Government Grants

 

Philanthropies

Achelis and Bodman Foundations
Atlantic Philanthropies
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Brady Education Foundation, Inc
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carthage Foundation
Castle Rock Foundation
Adolph Coors Foundation
Dick and Betty DeVos Foundation
Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation
Earhart Foundation
Ford Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
William and Charlene Glikbarg Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundations
Heinz Family Philanthropies
James Irvine Foundation
JM Foundation
Joyce Foundation
W K Kellogg Foundation
John S and James L Knight Foundation
David H Koch Charitable Foundation
Charles G Koch Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
John M Olin Foundation, Inc
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation Network
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation
Pew Charitable Trusts
Philanthropy Roundtable
Place Fund
Randolph Foundation
Reason Foundation
Sand Hill Foundation
Scaife Foundations
Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation
Smith Richardson Foundation
Sunlight Foundation
Surdna Foundation
Tides Foundation
Turner Foundation

 

Philanthropists

Bing, Stephen
Buffet, Warren
Coors, Adolph
Coors, Joseph
DeVos, Helen
DeVos, Richard
Emery, Marc ?
Gates, Melinda
Gates, William H, III
Gates, William H, Sr
Koch, Charles G
Koch, David H
Lewis, Peter B
Murdoch, K Rupert
Richardson, R Randolph
Searle, Daniel C
Sperling, John G
Soros, George
Turner, Ted
Zimmer, George

 

Philanthropy Research & Information Organizations & Websites

Capital Research Center
Grantmakers For Education
Michigan Comnet Nonprofit Resource Center
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Third World Traveler

 

 

Gatherings

Conferences, Events, Marches, Meetings, Parades, Picketing, Protests, Rallies
also see Disobiedience

Events

Freedom Activist Network's Guide To Freedom Events

Meetings

Meetup
SchNEWS: Idiots Guide To Meetings

 

 

Government

also see Government Issues, Legislators

International · African · American · Asian · European · Island · United States · US States

 

 

Legislation

Pending, Propose, Propositions, Initiatives & Referendums

 

Legislation, Pending

Congress.org
Freedom Activist Network's US Law
GovTrack.us

 

Legislation, Propose

 

Propositions, Initiatives & Referendums

also see Petition, Pending Propositions, Initiatives & Referendums

Initiative and Referendum Institute

 

 

Legislators

also see Lobbying

United States Congress
US State Legislators

 

Legislator Surveys, Ratings, Scorecards & Voting Records

United States

 

 

Litigation

Legal Assistance, Legal Research, Self Representation
also see Attorneys, Defendant, Disobedience, Justice

 

Legal Assistance

Includes free or "pro bono" legal services and public interest law organizations

American Bar Association
American Civil Liberties Union
Center for Constitutional Rights
Defenders of Property Rights
Detroit National Lawyers Guild
First Amendment Lawyers Association
First Amendment Project
Institute for Justice
Judicial Watch, Inc
Just Cause Law Collective
Justice Denied
Landmark Legal Foundation
LegalZoom
Michigan National Lawyers Guild
National Lawyers Guild
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
New York Law Journal
Pacific Legal Foundation
Pro Bono Institute
Pro Bono Net
Religious Liberties Lawyers Network
Rutherford Institute
Southern Poverty Law Center
Stonewall Bar Association
Student Press Law Center
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Universal Federation of Pagans, Committee of Legal Assistance
Voluntary Committee of Lawyers

 

Legal Research

Freedomlaw.com
'Lectric Law Library
QuizLaw
US State Law
United States Case Law
United States Statutory Law

 

Self Representation

Includes "pro se" (or "pro per") and "in forma pauperis" (or pauper) legal representation, legal self help
Warning: Attorneys recommend against self representation. Listings are provided for informational purposes only and shall not be construed as an endorsement of self representation by Freedom Activist Network

American Pro Se Association
Citizens Justice
Nat Denman Memorial Pro Se Group
Freedomlaw.com
Michigan Online Legal Self-Help Center
National Congress for Fathers and Children: Legal Resources
No Lawyer
Pro-Se Resource Center
Pro-Se Webring
Team Law

 

 

Lobbying

also see Legislators

Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest
Democracy Center: Lobbying - The Basics
Grantmanship Center: Lobbying Without Regret
Humane Society of the United States: Lobbying 101

 

 

Media

also see Contact by Letters To the Editor (LTE)

Media: News Services, Periodicals, Publications, Radio, Television, By US State, Canada

 

 

Petition

Unofficial, non-binding petitions
also see
Petitioning, Propositions, Initiatives & Referendums

American Anti-Slavery Group, Inc
Bill of Rights Defense Committee: Repeal the Patriot Act Petition
E-The People
PetitionOnline.com
Rock Out Censorship: Petitions

 

 

Polls

American Broadcasting Corporation
American Research Group
Associated Press
Cable News Network
Columbia Broadcasting System
Cook Political Report
Democracy Corps
Diageo Hotline Poll
Detroit News
E-The People
Fox News Network
Gallup, Inc
Harris Poll Online
Ipsos
Marist College Institute for Public Opinion
McLaughlin and Associates
National Broadcasting Corp
National Cable Sateliite Corp
National Journal
New York Times
Newsweek
Pew Research
Progressive Review
Quinnipiac
Rasmussen
RealClearPolitics
Reuters
Time
USA Election Polls
USA Today
Vote.com
Washington Post
Zogby International

 

 

Recruit

 

 

Relocate

Free State Project, Inc
Freedom Ship International

 

 

Research

Candidates, Government, Legal, Legislators, Media, Organizations, Voters

 

 

Training

includes trainee and trainer training

Green Media Toolshed: Media Training Center

 

 

Volunteer

Action Without Borders, Inc: Volunteer Center
Project America
VolunteerMatch