Peace & Justice DC-area groups

These organizations work for peace and justice, and are located in the DC area, which includes Washington DC, northern Virginia, and nearby Maryland. Listed first are organizations not affiliated with any religion. After those are religious and spiritual-centered organizations, followed by local conferences, and links to more information. Each link below goes to that organization's website, not this one.

Peace education and research
- Center for Global Peace, at American University {DC NW}
- Peace Forum, of The Masters Group {Alexandria, VA}
- Capital Area Association for Peace Studies (CAAPS), and their
  Student Conference on Peacemaking, Diversity and Social Change {DC NW}
- Public Resource Center for Activism & Arts, a project of the Gaea Foundation {DC NW}
- Youth Leadership Support Network, Worldyouth for Worldpeace {Takoma Park, MD}
- Improve the World International (ITWI) {Arlington, VA}
- Washington Peace Center, and their Activist Alert {DC NW}
- Create Peace {DC NW}
- Institute for Policy Studies {DC NW}
- Ethics Resource Center {DC NW}
- Institute for Global Ethics, office {DC NW}
- Meridian Institute, office {DC NW}
- Center for Teaching Peace, Colman McCarthy {DC NW}
- Georgetown University Program on Justice and Peace {DC NW}
- Center for Respect of Life & Environment (CRLE) {DC NW}
- National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), National Capital Area Region office {DC NE}
- SpiritHouse: The Jonathan Daniels and Samuel Younge Forum For Social Justice {DC SE}
- The Fund for Peace {DC NW}
Against war and/or weapons of mass destruction
- Proposition One anti-nuclear petition and vigil in Lafayette/Peace Park {DC NW}
- 20/20 Vision {DC NW}
- Peace Action, and Student Peace Action Network (SPAN) {DC NW}
- Physicians for Social Responsibility {DC NW}
- DC Anti-War Network (DAWN) {DC}
- Search for Common Ground {DC NW}
- Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign (NTRC) {DC NW}
- Fourth Freedom Forum {DC NW}
- Back from the Brink {DC NW}
- Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee, of the National Capital Area {Manassas VA}
- People against war with Iraq, Meetup DC, 4th Monday of every month
- A Force More Powerful
- Sorry State of the Union, project of the Shirts Off Coalition {DC NW}
- Code Pink {DC NW}
Democracy, Politics, Government
- Ralph Nadar's Citizen Works, Public Citizen, and Center for Study of Responsive Law {DC}
- Common Cause, improving government {DC NW}
- Americans United for Seperation of Church and State {DC NE}
- Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) {DC NW}
- Alliance for Justice {DC NW}
- Institute for Justice, libertarian public-interest law firm {DC NW}
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice {DC NW}
- The Reform Institute {Alexandria, VA}
- DC Justice & Solidarity Collective, attorneys
- The Progressive Challenge, by the Institute for Policy Studies {DC NW}
- Center for Ethics in Government, National Conference of State Legislatures {DC NW}
- United States Office of Government Ethics (US OGE) {DC NW}
- Committee for Economic Development (CED) {DC NW}
- American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area {DC NW}
- American Liberty Foundation {Alexandria, VA}
- Government Accountability, Mercatus Center at GMU {Arlington, VA}
- Black Voices for Peace (BVFP) {DC}
- DC Alliance for Democracy {Takoma Park, MD}
- Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS), Metro DC chapter
Courts, Justice system
- Judicial Watch {DC}
- Justice at Stake Campaign, for Judicial Independence {DC NW}
- Independent Judiciary, Alliance for Justice's Judicial Selection Project {DC NW}
- Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform (CCJR), by The Justice Project (TJP) {DC NW}
- Amnesty International, USA, legislative and regional office {DC SE}
- Justice For DC Youth! Coalition, for a fair youth justice system
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) {DC NW}
- Virginia Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission {Richmomd VA}
- National Center for State Courts {Arlington & Williamsburg, VA}
- Criminal Justice Policy Foundation (CJPF) {Silver Spring, MD}
- Abolish The Death Penalty, Meetup DC, 4th Thursday of every month
Anti-globalization, Global economic justice
- Center for Economic Justice {DC NW}
- 50 Years Is Enough {DC NE}
- Alliance for Global Justice {DC SE}
- Coalition Against Global Exploitation {Baltimore MD}
- Anti-Globalization, Meetup DC, 2nd Tuesday of every month
Peace and security for the U.S.
- United States Institute of Peace {DC NW}
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace {DC NW}
- Institute of World Affairs (IWA) {DC SE}
- National Democratic Institute (NDI) For International Affairs {DC NW}
- Center for Defense Information (CDI) {DC NW}
Advoacy for the oppressed in the U.S.
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) {DC SE}
- D.C. Employment Justice Center {DC NW}
- Economic Policy Institute {DC NW}
- Street Law Inc {DC NW}
- Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights (CCCR) {DC NW}
- National Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA), DC area chapter
- Emmaus Services' Flemming Center {DC NW}
- Partnership for Civil Justice, Legal Defense and Education Fund {DC NW}
Healthcare and Biomedical ethics
- Center for Ethics and Human Rights, of the American Nurses Association {DC SW}
- Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and Center for Clinical Bioethics, at Georgetown University {DC NW}
- Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia {Charlottesville VA}
- Office of Health Care Ethics, at George Mason University {Fairfax VA}

Religious organizations

Christian, Catholic
- Office of Social Development & World Peace [also], U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops {DC NE}
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace (CSJP) {DC NE}
- NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby {DC SE}
Christian, other
- Peace Commission, of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington {DC NW}
- Methodist Federation for Social Action {DC NE}
- Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) {DC NW}
- Peaceful Ends through Peaceful Means, Lutheran Church {DC NW}
Ethical Society, American Ethical Union
- Washington Ethical Society {DC NW}
- Northern Virginia Ethical Society {Vienna VA}
- Baltimore Ethical Society {Baltimore MD}
Jewish (Judaism)
- Jews United for Justice, for economic & social justice in the DC area {DC}
- Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington {Rockville, MD}
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC) {DC NW}
- Americans for Peace Now (APN) {DC NW} [pro Israel]
Muslim (Islam)
- International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) {DC NW}
- American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice, and their DC office {DC NW}
- DC Asians for Peace and Justice [South Asian, pro Palestinian]
- Unity and Justice {Gaithersburg, MD}
Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)
- DC Peace and Economic Justice Program [also] {DC NW}, of the
  AFSC Middle Atlantic Region (MAR) {Baltimore, MD}, of the
  American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) {DC NE}
- Friends Meeting of Washington, Community Action Opportunities {DC NW}
- William Penn House, a Quaker seminar and hospitality center {SE Capitol Hill, DC}
Unitarian Universalist
- Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) {DC NW}
- UUA Washington Office for Advocacy {DC NW}
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Public Policy Office {DC NW}
- UU-ignite DC
Spirituality groups using payer or meditation (No specific theology)
- Global Coalition For Peace {Chevy Chase, MD}
- School of Life Educational Society {Bethesda, MD}
- Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization, DC branch {Silver Spring, MD}
- Peace Walks, Mindful Politics Committee, Washington Mindfulness Community {Takoma Park, MD}
Inter-religion groups
- Interfaith Alliance {DC NW}
- InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan DC (IFC) {DC NW}
- United Religions Initiative DC (URI-DC)
- Churches for Middle East Peace {DC NE}
- Center On Conscience & War (CCW) {DC NW}

Conferences

Month	Name	Location	Organizer
January	Nat'l Conf. on Organized Resistance	American University in DC	AU Animal Rights Effort
March	Ethics Week	Univ. of Baltimore, MD	BCCC SBS CCES, UB HC
April	Ethics Day	CCBC Dundalk campus, MD	CC of Baltimore Co.
October	Peace conference	varies, in the DC area	EDoW Peace Commission

Other information

Independent media
- Independent Media Center of DC (IMC-DC), DC Indymedia {DC NW}
- Baltimore Independent Media Center {Baltimore, MD}
- WPFW 89.3 FM "The Messenger", Pacifica Radio {DC NW},
  WPFW Local Advisory Board, Community Outreach,
  The Alliance for Progressive Radio, Free WPFW
- National Public Radio (NPR), including
  WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio {DC NW} and
  WETA 90.9 FM {Arlington, VA} (all have huge corporate underwriters)
- WNVC, WNVT, and ITV, now MHz Networks, MHz, MHz2, and MHz Learn {Falls Church, VA}
Media integrity
- Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA), office, media access by suppressed perspectives {DC}
- Center for Public Integrity, of government services {DC NW}
- Media Institute, "communications policy and First Amendment" {DC NW}
Directories
Discussion groups
- Nonviolence DC at Yahoo Groups
- Northern Virginians for Peace (us-va-nova-peace) at Yahoo Groups
- Any Woman For Peace, Meetup DC, 1st Tuesday of every month
- Meetup DC to discuss both sides of War in Iraq issue, 1st Friday of every month
- Festival of Peace at Yahoo Groups
Businesses
- Mintwood Media Collective, public relations {DC NW}

Not listed here are many organizations that focus on the necessary task of serving the immediate needs of individuals, such as providing food, shelter, or healthcare, but leave to others the long-term job of improving the system.

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