SOCIAL JUSTICE

SOCIAL JUSTICE:

INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Poverty and Income Disparity

• U.S. Department of Labor (research, information and resources regarding unemployment) www.dol.gov

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (research, information, resources and programs) www.hhs.gov/

• Allegheny County Department of Human Services-DHS (research, information, resources and programs) www.alleghenycounty.us

• University of Pittsburgh Center on Race and Social Problems (research, information) crsp.pitt.edu

Human and Civil Rights

• United Nations   www.un.org

• U.S. Department of Justice-Civil Rights Division  www.justice.gov/crt

• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights  www.usccr.gov

• Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission  www.phrc.pa.gov

• Pennsylvania State Attorney General  www.attorneygeneral.gov

• Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations  pittsburghpa.gov/chr/

• American Civil Liberties Union-ACLU (National Office)  www.aclu.org

• ACLU- (Pennsylvania)  info@aclupa.org  www.aclupa.org  (877)-PHL-ACLU

• ACLU-(Pittsburgh, PA)  pghinfo@aclupa.org (877)-PGH-ACLU

• National Lawyers Guild (advocacy, representation) www.nlg.org

Workers Rights

• National Labor Relations Board-NLRB (file to organize a union: rights of unions, employee-employer relations) www.nlrb.gov

• Fight for $15-Pennsylvania-(movement to increase wages for low-income workers) www.facebook.com/fightfor15pa

• New Afrikan Workers Union (NAWU) "Jobs, Jusitce , Freedom, Self-Determination" https://newafrikanworkers.org/

Police Misconduct and Vigilante Violence

• U.S. Department of Justice-Civil Rights Division (to file complaints: call for investigation: demand charges are filed) www.justice.gov/crt

• Pennsylvania State Attorney General (to file complaints: call for investigation and charges) www.attorneygeneral.gov

• American Civil Liberties Union-ACLU (legal representation, advocacy and litigation)  www.aclu.org

• Pittsburgh Citizen-Police Review Board (to file complaint and investigation) www.cprbpgh.org

• Alliance for Police Accountability-APA (advocacy and community support) https://apa-pgh.org/

• National Mobilization Against Police Brutality & the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) (advocacy and community support) fopwatch.wordpress.com

Community Violence

• Centers for Disease Control   www.cdc.gov

• Allegheny County Violence Prevention Project (To Be Announced-TBA)

• University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health Violence Prevention Project- (research, ‘Homicide Review’ analysis)   www.healthequity.pitt.edu/violence-prevention

• National Council for Urban Peace and Justice-(NCUPJ) (community organizing, advocacy, crisis intervention, program development, social services)  www.ncupj.net  urbanpeaceandjusticemovement.wordpress.com