Organizations Responding to Hate Violence

The non-profit sector offers information, education, and activism against hate violence. This list contains a few of the organizations that offer resources or help communities respond to hate activities. Many of the national organizations have local chapters.

National Organizations

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
4201 Conn. Ave. N.W., #500
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: 202-244-2990
Web: http://www.adc.org (Combats media stereotyping, defamation, and discrimination against Americans of Arab descent through legal action and education.)

American Jewish Committee
The Jacob Blaustein Building
165 East 56th Street
New York, NY 10022-2746
Phone: 212-751-4000
Web: http://ajc.org
(Published, What to Do When the Militia Comes to Town)

Anti-Defamation League
823 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-490-2525
Web: http://www.adl.org
(Combats anti-semitism and racial supremacist ideology,published Hate Crimes Laws: A Comprehensive Guide.)

Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
99 Hudson St., 12th Flr.
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-966-5932
(Community education, legal counseling and advocacy on behalf of victims of anti-Asian violence.)

Center For Democratic Renewal
P.O. Box 50469
Atlanta, GA 30302
Phone: 404-221-0025 Web: http://www.thecdr.org
(Published When Hate Groups Come to Town: A Handbook of Effective Community Responses.)

National Council of Churches
475 Riverside Drive Room 670
New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212-870-3004
Web: http://www.ncccusa.org
(Organized nationally to rebuild burnt churches in 1996.)

National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
2320 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone 202-332-6483
Web: http://www.ngltf.org/main.html
(Fights hate crime; monitors attacks on civil liberties.)

People for the American Way
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 406
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-467-4999
Web: http://www.pfaw.org
(Supports community organizing for freedom of thought, expression and religion.)

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
1101 14th Street NW, Ste. 1030
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-638-4200
Web: http://www.pflag.org
(Support for families of Gays and Lesbians with hundreds of local chapters).

Regional Organizations

California Association of Human Relations Organizations
965 Mission Street, Ste. 540
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-543-9741
(Works with groups to develop statewide responses to hate crimes.)

Coalition for Human Dignity
P.O. Box 40344
Portland, OR 97240
Phone: 503-281-5823
Web: http://www.humandignitycoalition.org/
(Works to expose the extremist activities in the Pacific Northwest.)

Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment
P.O. Box 16776
Seattle, WA 98116
Phone: 206-233-9136
(Community organizing against intolerance with an emphasis on the Northwest.)

Southern Poverty Law Center
P.O. Box 548
Montgomery, AL 36195-5101
Phone: 205-264-0286
(Reports on hate crime and advances the legal rights of victims of injustice.
Home of Klanwatch.)

Western States Center
522 SW 5th Avenue, #1390
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503-228-8866
(Works to fight intolerance in the Northwest.)

Women's Project
2224 Main St.
Little Rock, AR 72206
Phone: 501-372-5113
(Community-based organizing project that combats violence against women, economic injustice, racism, sexism, and homophobia in the South.)