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The
Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A Web Page for Research
"This site presents diverse opinions
regarding Affirmative Action topics; rather than taking a singular pro
or con position, it is designed to help lend many different voices to the
debates surrounding the issues of affirmative action. This site is an academic
resource and it provides scholars, students, and the interested public
with on-site articles and theoretical analyses, policy documents, current
legislative updates, and an annotated bibliography of research and teaching
materials. Because of the physical location of this resource, it contains
a substantial amount of information on California politics and the recent
Proposition 209. Each sub-page is divided up by categories, which may be
viewed at a glance from the map. New links and documents are being added
continually." |
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The Coalition
to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
"BAMN was founded in July 1995 in Berkeley,
California, in response to the attack on affirmative action in the University
of California system. BAMN was formed for the purpose of organizing the
struggle against the resegregation of higher education.
The basic character of the coming
period in American politics will be determined by the development of fight
over affirmative action. In historical terms, the question of affirmative
action is no more likely to be resolved by court suits and ballot initiatives
than were slavery or Jim Crow.
What is necessary now in order to
successfully defend affirmative action is the power of a social movement
like the one that secured affirmative action in the first place: a new,
militant, integrated, mass civil rights movement. We dedicate ourselves
to this task." |
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Fairness
and Accuracy in Reporting
"FAIR is the national media watch group
that offers well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship. We
seek to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity
in the press. We scrutinize media practices that marginalize public interest,
minority and dissenting viewpoints.
FAIR was established in 1986 to shake
up the establishment-dominated media. As an anti-censorship organization,
we expose important news stories that are neglected and defend working
journalists when they are muzzled.
Ultimately, FAIR believes that structural
reform is needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish
independent public broadcasting, and promote strong, non-profit alternative
sources of information." [For great information, check out "FAIR’s Media
Activism Kit" under "Activism."] |
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The
Institute for Public Accuracy
"A few large think tanks have had enormous
impact on news coverage and political discourse in the United States. So
far – despite the wide media penetration achieved by the Heritage Foundation,
the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution and other
major think tanks – there has been little timely public debate about their
specific assertions. As a nationwide consortium, the Institute for Public
Accuracy represents an unprecedented effort to bring other voices to the
mass-media table often dominated by a few major think tanks.
IPA's Roster of Experts includes
200 researchers and analysts highly qualified to assess the research data
and policy prescriptions of think tanks. IPA provides well-documented bulletins
to journalists, commentators and producers who have been deluged with material
from well-funded think tanks. By reaching out to the national press corps
with to-the-point material, IPA is a resource for media professionals.
IPA works to broaden public discourse in mainstream media, while building
communication with alternative media outlets and grassroots activists."
[Site includes most recent news releases
under "What’s New", news releases for the past year under "News Releases",
and a list of "IPA Articles."] |
Labor/Community
Strategy Center
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"The Labor/Community Strategy Center
is a multiracial anticorporate "think-tank/act-tank" committed to building
democratic internationalist social movements. The Strategy Center's work
encompasses all aspects of urban life: it emphasizes rebuilding the labor
movement, fighting for environmental justice, truly mass transit, and immigrant
rights, as well as actively opposing the growing criminalization, racialization,
and feminization of poverty. Through direct grassroots organizing by the
Strategy Center's WATCHDOG environmental project, Bus Riders Union, and
Urban Strategies Group, and through research, policy development, strategy
formation, and publication, the Labor/Community Strategy Center is generating
a creative and aggressive response to the growing power of the corporate-led
political Right."
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Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights
"For almost a half century, the Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights has led the fight for equal opportunity and
social justice.
Founded on the eve of historic victories
in the struggle against racial discrimination, the Leadership Conference
has become the nerve-center for the struggle against discrimination in
all its forms.
Beginning with 30 organizations,
mostly civil rights and labor groups, the Leadership Conference has grown
in numbers, scope and effectiveness. Today, it consists of more than 185
national organizations, representing persons of color, women, labor unions,
individuals with disabilities, older Americans, major religious groups,
gays and lesbians and civil liberties and human rights groups." |
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