NAACP Legal Defense Fund from their site:

"The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 80 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments."

Learn more here: NAACPLDF.org

National Association of Black Social Workers from their site:

"NABSW's vision is guided by the Principles of the Nguzo Saba, which are Unity, Self-Determination, Collective Work and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity, and Faith. Our vision is also guided by the Seven Cardinal Virtues of Ma'at, which are Right, Truth, Justice, Order, Reciprocity, Balance, and Harmony. NABSW is designed to promote the welfare, survival, and liberation of the Black Community; and to advocate for social change at the national, state, and local level. NABSW is comprised of over 100 membership chapters, and over 30 university and college student chapters throughout the continental United States, Canada and the Caribbean."

Learn more here: NABSW.org

National Black Women's Justice Institute from their site:

"The National Black Women's Justice Institute (NBWJI) aims to eliminate racial and gender disparities in the U.S. criminal legal system that are responsible for its disproportionate impact on Black women, girls, and gender nonconforming people. We engage in rigorous research and capacity building in order to transform the current system and promote policy change that centers and uplifts the voices and experiences of Black women, girls, and gender nonconforming people who have been impacted by the criminal legal system."

Learn more here: NBWJI.org

National Urban League from their site:

"Founded in 1910 and headquartered in New York City, the National Urban League spearheads the efforts of its local affiliates through the development of programs, public policy research, and advocacy. Today, the National Urban League has 90 affiliates serving 300 communities in 37 states and the District of Columbia, providing direct services that impact and improve the lives of more than two million people nationwide."

Learn more here: NUL.org

Rainbow Push Coalition From their website:

"RPC was formed in December 1996 by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. through the merging of two organizations he founded earlier, People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH, 1971) and the Rainbow Coalition (1984)..."

"...we work to make the American Dream a reality for all our citizens and advocate for peace and justice around the world. We are dedicated to improving the lives of all people by serving as a voice for the voiceless. ."

Learn more here: RainbowPush.org

Selma Jubilee from their site:

"Affectionately called "The Jubilee", it was founded in Selma, Alabama as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Our commitment is to the commemoration and preservation of the spirit of the struggle for the right to vote in this country and the world. Our goal is to inspire people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds to respect and appreciate the power of their vote."

"Every year on the first weekend in March, the Bridge Crossing Jubilee commemorates both the bloody confrontation at the Pettus Bridge and the march from Selma to Montgomery that followed. Events include a parade, a Miss Jubilee Pageant, a mock trial, and a commemorative march to the bridge. Every five years, celebrants continue all the way to Montgomery."

Learn more here: SelmaJubilee.com

Southern Christian Leadership Conference from their site:

"In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is renewing its commitment to bring about the promise of "one nation, under God, indivisible" together with the commitment to activate the "strength to love" within the community of humankind."

"SCLC's focus is to educate youth and adults in the areas of personal responsibility, leadership potential, and community service; to ensure economic justice and civil rights and to eradicate racism wherever it exists."

Learn more here: NationalSCLC.org

The United College Fund from their site:

"For more than seven decades, this principle has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling us to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate and become leaders.

We do this in three ways: By awarding more than 10,000 students scholarships, worth more than $100 million, each year. By providing financial support to 37 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). And by serving as the nation's leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement."

Learn more here: UNCF.org

Trust Black Women VOTE from their site:

- from SisterSong // focused on Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina -

"Trust Black Women. This phrase has been uttered across our social and political landscape for many years, steeped in the rich history of Black Women community and movement leaders. From Ida B. Wells to Fannie Lou Hamer and Judy Richardson, from Helen Butler to Stacey Abrams and LaTosha Brown, Black women, across generations, have taken the lead in ensuring our right to vote and laid the framework for using the ballot to save ourselves and our communities. Still, too many elected leaders continue to ignore the wisdom and advocacy of Black women to the detriment and harm of not only Black women but of us all."  

Learn more here: TrustBlackWomenVOTE.org

Women Engaged from their site:

"Women Engaged (WE) is a social justice nonprofit that takes an innovative, hands-on learning approach to advancing women's human rights, youth empowerment and civic engagement efforts in Georgia. Using a human rights framework, Women Engaged develops policy recommendations, conducts research and organizing initiatives paired with leadership development, savvy communications outreach strategies and civic engagement opportunities for women and youth of color.

WE focuses on strengthening the voter participation of new voters and to increase the voting activity of inactive registered voters on the issues paramount to their communities and lives through year round voter education and "Get Out the Vote" campaigns."

Learn more here: WomenEngaged.org