TopLinks: Marginalized Groups

ADA Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
The ADA home page is the official federal government site for information on the Americans with Disabilities Act. This site includes not only the actual legislation and regulations instituted by this act, but also new and proposed regulations and stories.

American Foundation for the Blind
http://www.igc.org/afb/
This site offers newsletters and press releases of relevance to the visually impaired; information on electronic books; fact sheets on blindness, education, employment and technology; and the Helen Keller Archival Collection, which includes Keller's speeches, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and memorabilia.

American Obesity Association
http://www.obesity.org
The "leading organization for advocacy and education on obesity" presents "the most comprehensive site on obesity" on the Internet.

Anti-Defamation League
http://www.adl.org
This site is the home page for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism, which upholds the basic principle that any discrimination based on race is illegal, immoral, unconstitutional, and inherently wrong and damaging to a democratic society.

Arab-American Institute
http://www.aaiusa.org/
With its focus on campaigns, elections, policy formation, and research, the AAI is a resource for government officials, the media, political leaders, and community groups concerning Arab American relations and integration.

Asian American LEAD
http://www.aalead.org
Visit the empowerment site for Asian Americans with a mission “to promote the well-being of Asian American youth and families through education, leadership development, and community-building.” The site provides links to programs, job opportunities, news, and cultural events.

Center for Study of Working Class Life
http://www.sunysb.edu/workingclass/
Affiliated with Stony Brook University in New York, the Center for Study of Working Class Life examines the effect of class in society, providing links, a calendar of events, and resources about working-class issues.

Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
Click on this site to read more about children and gun violence, columns by founder and president Marian Wright Edelman, child care, the Black Community Crusade for Children, and more.

Equal Rights Advocates
http://www.equalrights.org
Maintained by Equal Rights Advocates, a group dedicated to preserving affirmative action and the opportunities which it provides women and minorities, this site is an up-to-date resource on the state of affirmative action in California today.

Family Pride Coalition
http://www.familypride.org/
The Family Pride Coalition Web site offers an archive of articles about gay, lesbian, and transgender parents, issues in the news, and links to other sites of interest.

HIV InSite
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/
This site is maintained the Positive Health Program of the University of California San Francisco Medical Service at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. Click here for excellent pages on the AIDS crisis in the African American and Latino communities.

Interagency Council on Homelessness
http://www.ich.gov/
Established by Congress in 1987, the Council on Homelessness initiates federal assistance for the homeless. At this site you can read more about the Stuart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and innovative initiatives to help end poverty in the United States.

Muslim Women's League
http://www.mwlusa.org
The Muslim Women's League is a nonprofit Muslim American organization committed to strengthening the role of Muslim women in families and society. Its site offers numerous position papers, essays, suggested reading, and links on topics from gender equality to economic rights to religious persecution.

National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org/
The National Council of Learning Disabilities offers news, research, and information pertaining to children and adults who have learning disabilities. The council conducts educational programs and services and tries to shape public policy for those living with learning disabilities.

National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
This organization lobbies for the homeless and provides facts about homelessness, information about current legislation affecting the homeless, and other resources on their Web site.

New America Media
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/
Founded in 1996 by the nonprofit Pacific News Service and members of ethnic media groups, New America Media is an association of more than 2000 print, broadcast, and online ethnic media organizations "dedicated to bringing the voices of the marginalized--ethnic minorities, immigrants, young people, elderly--into the national discourse."

OutProud
http://www.outproud.org/
OutProud, The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth, has a Web site with access to coming out stories, information for making schools safer, biographical profiles of role models, surveys, book reviews, suggested reading, and links.

Outreach International
http://www.outreach-international.org/
A volunteer network founded in 1979 with a mission to provide the poor with opportunities to bring themselves out of poverty, the Outreach International site provides links to its history, news, and what you can do to help end poverty in the United States.

Through Deaf Eyes
http://www.pbs.org/weta/throughdeafeyes/index.html
This companion site to the PBS film Through Deaf Eyes provides historical information on the history of deaf life in America. Click on this site to read more about schools for the deaf, the civil rights of the hearing impaired, cochlear implants, sign language, and advocacy organizations.

United Farm Workers of America
http://www.ufw.org/
This labor union is an organization of predominately Mexican-American farm workers.