Books and Articles

Civic Participation and Community Progress

• Alinsky, Saul. Rules for Radicals. New York: Vintage, 1989.

• Cannon, Mae Elise. Social Justice Handbook. IVP Books, 2009.

• Franklin, Robert M. Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities. Fortress Press, 2007.

• Gomes, Peter. The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart. HarperOne, 2002.

• Harper, Nile. Journeys into Justice: Religious Collaboratives Working for Social Transformation. Bascom Hill Publishing Group; 1 edition, 2009.

• Hendler-Voss, Rev. Amanda.  In Times of Great Decision: How Congregations Can Take Part in Legal, Non-Partisan Election Activities. http://wand.org/election08.pdf

• Hill, Johnny Bernard. The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics, and the American Dream.  Reprint edition; Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

• Long, Michael G., ed. Resist!: Christian Dissent for the 21st Century. Orbis Books, 2008.

• Marsh, Charles. The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice, from the Civil Rights Movement to Today. Basic Book, 2004.

• Smith, R. Drew and Frederick C. Harris, eds. Black churches and local politics: clergy influence, organizational partnerships, and civic empowerment. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.

• Peters, Rebecca Todd and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, eds. To Do Justice: A Guide for Progressive Christians. Westminster. John Knox Press, 2008.

• Rohr, Richard and Friends. Contemplation in Action. 2nd edition. The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2006.

• Taylor, Adam. Mobilizing Hope: Faith-Inspired Activism for a Post-Civil Rights Generation. IVP Books, 2010.

• Trulear, Harold Dean. Faith in the Public Square. Vision and Values, Grove City college, June 2004, 12:9

Public Education

• Canada, Geoffrey. Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America. Beacon Press, 1998.

• Edelman, Marian Wright. The Cradle to Prison Pipeline, In Focus, Nov-Dec, 2006.

• Trulear, Harold Dean. Accessing the public educational system: A congregational Perspective, The Christian Citizen vol.3 2006.

Religion and the Black Church

• Brown, Delwin. What Does a Progressive Christian Believe? Seabury Books, 2008.

• Brueggemann, Walter. The Prophetic Imagination. 2nd ed. Fortress Press, 2001.

• Chap Clark and Kara E. Powell. Deep Justice in a Broken World. Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2007.

• Hendricks, Obery. The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted. Three Leaves, 2007.

• Lincoln, C. Eric and Lawrence H. Mamiya. The Black Church in the African American Experience. Duke University Press, 1990.

• McKnight, John. The Careless Society. New York: Basic Books, 1995.

• McMickle, Marvin A. Where Have All the Prophets Gone?: Reclaiming Prophetic Preaching in America. Pilgrim Press, 2006.

• Thurman, Howard. Jesus and the Disinherited. Beacon Press, 1996.

• Walton, Jonathon. Watch This!: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity). NYU Press, 2009.

• Williams, Juan. Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure. Three Rivers Press, 2007.

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Organizational Resources and General Listing

Civic Participation

• Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
• DC Vote
• FairVote
• Hip Hop Caucus
• Project Vote
• National Action Network (NAN)
• NAACP National Voter Fund
• National Black Coalition for Civic Participation  (NBCP)

Equal and Economic Justice

• A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
• Advancement Project
• American Association for Affirmative Action
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
• AAUW (formerly known as the American Association of University Women)
• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
• Alliance for Retired Americans
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• American Council of the Blind (ACB)
• The American Ethical Union (AEU)
• American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (AFGE)
• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
• American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME)
• American Rights at Work
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
• Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)
• Appleseed
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA)
• Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
• Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
• The Brookings Institution
• Center for American Progress
• Center for Community Change (CCC)
• The Center for Public Justice
• Center for Responsible Lending (CRL)
• Center for Women Policy Studies
• Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights (CCCR)
• Common Cause
• Community Action Partnership
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
• Equal Justice Society
• Global Rights
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
• Human Rights First (HRF)
• International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
• The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• The Justice Project
• Lambda Legal
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC)
• Legal Momentum
• Matthew Shepard Foundation
• National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA)
• National Association of Human Rights Workers (NAHRW)
• National Association of Neighborhoods (NAN)
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• National Bar Association (NBA)
• National Black Leadership Commission on Aids
• National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH)
• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP)
• National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE)
• National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
• The National Conference for Community and Justice
• National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
• National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
• National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
• National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
• National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)
• National Farmers Union (NFU)
• National Alliance of Postal & Federal Employees (NAPFE)
• National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
• National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
• National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
• The Newspaper Guild - Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA)
• Open Society Policy Center (OSPC)
• Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
• People For the American Way (PFAW)
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA)
• PolicyLink
• Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC)
• Project Equality, Inc.
• Public/Private Ventures
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
• Right Wing Watch
• Secular Coalition for America
• The Sentencing Project
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
• Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
• Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
• UNITE HERE!
• United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW)
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
• United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UMWA)
• United States Students Association (USSA)
• United Steelworkers of America (USW)
• The Urban Institute
• Workers Defense League
• Workmen's Circle
• YMCA of the USA, National Board
• YWCA of the USA, National Board

Public Education

• American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT)
• Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
• Harlem Children’s Zone
• NALEO Educational Fund
• National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
• National Education Association (NEA)
• National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
• Teach for America

Healthcare

• Black Womens’ Health Imperative
• Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (Bazelon Center)
• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
• www.healtcare.gov
• National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
• National Medical Association
• SisterSong

Religious Denominations, Orgs, and Resources

• African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church)
• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion)
• African Orthodox Church
• African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church & Connection, Inc.
• The Alban Institute
• American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
• American Jewish Committee (AJC)
• American Jewish Congress (AJCongress)
• The Association of Theological Schools
• B’Nai B’rith International (BBI)
• Center for Reconciliation
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME)
• Church of the Brethren - World Ministries Commission
• Church of God in Christ (COGIC)
• Church Women United (CWU)
• The General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church (GBCS)
• Hartford Institute for Religion Research
• Howard University School of Divinity
• Industrial Areas Foundation
• The Interdenominational Theological Center
• Jewish Community Centers Association (JCC Association)
• Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)
• Jewish Labor Committee (JLC)
• Jewish Women International (JWI)
• National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
• National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.   
• The National Black Catholic Congress
• National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
• National Council of Churches(NCC)
• National Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA (NM)
• Payne Theological Seminary
• Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.
• The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Prism Magazine
• Progressive National Baptist Convention
• Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
• The Skinner Institute
• Sojourners
• Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)
• Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)
• United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries (JWM)
• United House of Prayer For All People
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ)
• University of Southern California Center for Religion and Civic Culture
• Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ)

African American & Communities of Color Multi-Issue Orgs

• Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN)
• Alaska Inter-Tribal Council (AITC)
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU)
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
• Democracia USA / National Council of La Raza
• Division of Homeland Ministries - Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
• Episcopal Church - Public Affairs Office
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
• Feminist Majority
• Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
• Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.
• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
• Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
• LatinoJustice PRLDEF
• League of Women Voters of The United States (LWV)
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. (NACWC)
• National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
• National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC)
• National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL)
• National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)
• National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
• National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD)
• National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP)
• National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc. (NCBM)
• National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR)
• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
• National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
• National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
• National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
• National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA)
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
• National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
• National Organization for Women (NOW)
• National Partnership for Women & Families
• National Puerto Rican Coalition (NPRC)
• National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.
• National Urban League (NUL)
• National Women's Law Center (NWLC)
• National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC)
• Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
• 9to5, National Association of Working Women
• OCA (formerly known as Organization of Chinese Americans)
• Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Inc. (OC Inc.)
• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
• Pride At Work
• Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC)
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)
• Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
• Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
• South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
• Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Progressive Youth Organizations

• Advocates For Youth
• Black Youth Vote!
• Campus Progress
• Center for Progressive Leadership
• Generational Alliance
• NAACP Youth and College Division
• Rock the Vote
• Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE)
• Soulforce
• United States Student Association
• Young Elected Officials Network
• Young People For