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Added June 6, 2010: Linked also on our blogs with / Lié sur nos blogs aussi avec La Commission des Citoyens pour les Droits de l’Homme CCDH (au 7 juin 2010), and with / et avec NON AU PROJET DE LOI FACILITANT LES INTERNEMENTS PSYCHIATRIQUES.

Linked with Psychiatry and Drugs.

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights CCHR is a non-profit, public benefit organization dedicated to investigating and exposing psychiatric violations of human rights. It also ensures that criminal acts within the psychiatric industry are reported to the proper authorities and acted upon … (full text about).

Homepage;
Mission Statement; Mental Health Declaration of HR; PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS; videos; CCHR in action; take action;
publications; report abuse; sample US bills and resolutions; press room; museum; intro virtual tour; free DVD and information kit;
Contacts and all addresses worldwide.

Message from the President: Most people today have difficulty understanding the destructive impact psychiatry has on communities around the world. For far too many, the lesson is learned only after a psychiatrist has destroyed some part of their life.

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housing – food – justice

Linked with Kip Tiernan – USA.

Our mission at the Poor People’s United Fund is to advocate for a change to the current policies, programs, conditions and perceptions affecting poor and homeless people and to alleviate the pain and suffering they are forced to endure. We seek to provide a consistent, resolute and credible voice for poor and homeless people and to counter the misperceptions and misinformation that blame poor and homeless people for the current social and financial crises. (About).

Homepage;
Membership;
Publications /the book Urban Meditations;
Events /resources;
Want to help or make a donation;
History and Programs;
Founders and Staff Bios;
Board of Directors;
Newsletter;
Address: Poor People’s United Fund, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02117, USA;
Contact.

A Message from Kip, (on the Homepage): Dear Brothers and Sisters,

For over 25 years Fran Froehlich and I have been friends and human services colleagues with a thirst for justice, working in the trenches of suffering. We have spent years helping to create an ethic that might meet these new desperate needs, and we have been responsible for creating and supporting a number of human service alternatives.

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also in german (Bildung statt Fundamentalismus)

Linked with Reinhard Erös – Germany, with Fighting for peace with the weapons of literacy, with The International Council on Security and Development ICOS, and with POPPY FOR MEDECINE.

The GERMAN AID for AFGHAN CHILDREN GAAC is a private initiative of a family in Regensburg, Germany: Dr Reinhard Eroes, Annette Eroes and their five children Veit (24), Urs (22), Welf (21), Cosima (12) and Veda (12). The organization was created 1998 to aid the medical and educational needs of Afghan refugee women and children in Pakistan and Afghanistan … (about 1/2).

Homepage /start / lectures in english /our partners;
download printable information, in english,
Projects:

• Paghman Trutz High School
• Schools at Jalalabad
• Village School of Zawa
• Village School of Chewa
• Sir Peter Ustinov School
• Start of Building Additional Schools
• « Iron Cow » (Milk Supply for Children)
• Mother-and-Child Hospital
• Unicef
• Basic Health Units
• Orphanage « Children`s House Afghanistan

Contributions (scroll down /Liga Bank Regensburg);
Afghanistan;
Address: Dr. med. Reinhard und Annette Erös, Im Anger 25, 93098 Mintraching, Germany;
Contact.

About 2/2: … GAAC evolved through German Federal Armed Forces physician Dr. Eroes and his great expertise, acquired in over twenty years of related work. During these years, he worked extensively with UN and international relief organizations to provide humanitarian and disaster relief within the area as well as in India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, Albania, Rwanda and East-Timor. Dr Eroes worked in and for Afghanistan since 1985.

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formerly known as The Senlis Council (London)

Linked with Reinhard Erös – Germany, with Kinderhilfe Afghanistan /German Aid for Afghan Children GAAC, and with POPPY FOR MEDECINE.

ICOS is an international policy think tank committed to implementing change at all policy levels, by bridging the gap between people and policy in three key areas: … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Fellowship Programme;
Events;
Publications;
POPPY FOR MEDECINE;
ICOS film/video reports;
ICOS maps;
Links;
Centre of Excellence on Public Security‘s website;
General Info: Tel +44 207 953 3755 (UK), e-mail.
Contacts (with 6 addresses worldwide).

About 2/2: (three key areas): …

GLOBAL SECURITY PROGRAMME:

The Global Security Programme aims to support innovative political leadership on security and development crises in conflict zones. Through field research such as the ICOS survey of 17,000 Afghan men on their perceptions of current security and development issues in Afghanistan, the programme provides policy-makers and the wider public with informed strategic response options, and the grassroots perspectives necessary to unlock progress.

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Linked with Kate Michelman – USA.

The right to choose is about more than a woman’s right to safe, legal abortion. Freedom of choice encompasses preventing unintended pregnancy through sex education and improved access to birth control, defending a woman’s right to bear healthy children, defending the independence of our nation’s courts, and addressing the inequities in reproductive health care … (Issues 1/2).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Siteguide;
News;
Choice Action Center;
Our Blog;
Our bloggers;
Issues 2/2;
Newsletter /e-mail Updates;
Donate;
Address: NARAL Pro-Choice America, 1156 15th Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005, USA;
Contact.

About:
Our website is the first stop where you and pro-choice Americans from all walks of life can get the information, tools, and inspiration to make a difference.

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Linked with Aruna Roy – India.

Website of the MKSS (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan), Rajasthan, India: Among the pioneers of the Indian RTI (Right to Information) movement. This website contains articles, writings, social audit reports, videos, online tutorials, RTI Act/Rules, sample petitions and other tools and information, about the MKSS, Right to Work and Employment Guarantee and the Indian RTI movement … (Homepage).

Online RTI Training;
Presentations;
RTI in action;
RTI Acts;
Sample Petitions;
Writings;
Credits;
Recent Posts;
Forums;
Links;
Address: MKSS, Head Quaters: Village Devdoongri, Post Brar, District Rajsamand, Rajasthan, India;
Contact.

About: … Right to know, right to live – Building a campaign for the right to information and accountability – Sowmya Kidambi. Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)- Championing the « Right to Information » in Rural India – Soumya Kidambi.

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Linked with Aruna Roy – India.

The NCPRI is a movement of committed individuals working towards making our government and society more transparent and accountable … (Homepage 1/2).

Sitemap;
Structure of NCPRI;
The Right to Information Act, 2005;
RTI CENTRAL RULES;
RTI STATE RULES;
RTI RULES FOR OTHER COUNTRIES;
Freedom Of Information FIO/RTI/Other Countries;
Newsletter;
Addresses:

• Shailesh Gandhi- Convenor, B2, Gokul Apartment, Podar Road, Santacruz(W), Mumbai – 400054, India;
• Suchi Pande, National Campaign for People’s Right to Information, 14, Tower 2, Supreme Enclave, Mayur Vihar Phase-I, New Delhi – 110 091, India;

Contacts.

… (Homepage 2/2) /Objectives: The National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) seeks to empower people and to deepen democracy, through promoting people’s right to information. Through the use of this right, it seeks to fight corruption and social apathy, to make governments, and other institutions and agencies having an impact on public welfare, more humane and accountable to the people, and to promote efficiency and frugality.

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Linked with Kate Fereday Eshete – Ethiopia and England, and with Kate, a girl who can’t say no.

(THIS WEB SITE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED DURING NOV 2008 SO PLEASE CHECK IT AGAIN LATER IN THE MONTH. (TO SEE CHANGES YOU MAY NEED TO CLICK VIEW/REFRESH ON YOUR BROWSER WHEN VIEWING THIS SITE). (Homepage).

Donate;
News;
Projects;
Links;
Contact Kate.

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The Empress Mentewab School is a charitable, non-profit-making primary school for poor children in Gondar. It is funded by donations. To support the school financially, please use the international bank transfer details given in the DONATE section:

• Do the children go on educational outings?
• Can I send books and toys to the school?
• Are there school fees?
• How is a child selected to join the school?
• How many children attend the school?
• Where is the school located?

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United Nation’s Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration DDR Resource Centre

The United Nations has been engaged in the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants in post-conflict situations for over fifteen years. Together with bilateral and non-governmental partners, the United Nations’ departments, programmes, funds, and agencies are operational in dozens of countries across the globe … (what is DDR).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Directory;
IDDRS (DDR reintegration standards);
Country Programmes;
DDR Resources;
Documents;
Submit Info;
Address: DDR, Room S-3035, Peacekeeping Best Practices Section, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Peacekeeping, United Nations, NY 10017 USA;
Contact: on about/scroll down.

About the UN Inter-Agency Working Group on DDR: The UN DDR Resource Centre is developed and managed by the UN Inter-Agency Working Group on DDR. The Working Group also performs the following key functions:
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a sanctuary for poor and homeless women

Linked with Kip Tiernan – USA, and with Why are people homeless.

Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women, offers both emergency and long-term assistance to women who have nowhere else to turn.  Established in 1974, Rosie’s Place is committed to welcoming each guest with respect and unconditional love.  Rosie’s Place accepts no government funds, and relies instead on committed volunteers and private supporters to accomplish its effective and innovative work. (Homepage).

General information;
Online giving;
Programs;
Events: Friday, December 19, 2008 /7:00 p.m.;
The women’s craft cooperative;
news and media;
the tour;
Advocacy;
Childworks;
Kip Tiernan Fellowship;
Newsletter Archive;
Address: Rosie’s Place, 889 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA, 02118, USA;
Contact: Tel 617-442-9322, Fax 617-442-7825, on the website.

About /Fact Sheet: Since 1974 poor and homeless women have found an oasis of hope and nourishment at Rosie’s Place.  The mission of Rosie’s Place is to help women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives.

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A Social Science and Policy Research Institute

The International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) is a world leader in the study of violent group conflict. Established in September 1982, the Centre was a pioneer in the field of conflict studies and research when the subject of conflict was not the fashionable subject for academic research and teaching that it is today. The work it has done covers South Asia and many other parts of the world which is also unusual for a think tank located in a small developing country. However, ICES also soon concluded that the study of violent group conflict needs to be studied and understood in its broader socio-economic, political context and global context. Thus the focus of the ICES soon widened to encompass a much broader research and publication agenda that extended to, among other things, sustainable development, governance and gender. The ICES vision is animated by six themes: … (full text Profile).

Homepage;
Research /current projects, and past ICES’ projects;
Publications;
Profile;
Library & Documentation Centre;
Sri Lanka database;
Board of directors;
Address: ICES, 554/6A, Peradeniya Road, Kandy. Sri Lanka;
Contacts.

About / ICES History – A narration by Prof K M de Silva:

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anticipating and influencing global future

Linked with Are We Cruel, Stupid or Just Shameless.

SFG undertakes long-term research contracts on scenarios and future options for countries, regions and sectors. It delivers its output in the form of:

• confidential or public reports, policy briefs, electronic updates;
• personal briefings at the board or committee level.

Its research is most relevant for:

• Governments and corporations that want to engage with a new country, region, or sector and want an insight into the long-term prospects for a given geography;
• Governments, political parties, security management organisations that want to explore new long term risks and opportunities for their own societies.

… (full text Services/Research).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Publications and Research;
Initiatives;
Seminars;
Other projects;
Media;
Archives;
Partnerships;
Global Security and Economy: Emerging Issues, 2008;
The Inclusive World Forum;
Jobs;
Newsletter;
Address: Strategic Foresight Group, C-306, Montana, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri West, Mumbai 400 053, India;
Contact.

About: Strategic Foresight Group is a think tank engaged in anticipating and influencing the future in uncertain times. It produces scenarios, creates policy concepts and facilitates political processes. It advises governments and business leaders and informs the public on future trends as well as discontinuities.

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a simple one page site – but full of friendship (photo)

Added Nov. 20, 2008: Linked with Civil Rights Movement Veterans.

We are an organization of former civil rights workers who were active in the Southern Freedom Movement of the 1960s. We were staff and volunteers for CORE, SCLC, SNCC, NAACP and other organizations. In the years since, we’ve all gone our various ways but regardless of where we are now we consider the Movement to be one of the defining experiences of our lives.

The bonds we forged in danger, struggle, defeat, and victory neither rusted, nor withered with age. In our hearts we still stand in that Band of sisters and brothers in a circle of trust. Those of us who served in the Southern Freedom Movement and associated northern support centers are in a very real sense veterans of America’s second civil war. And like veterans of other wars, we wonder where our old friends have wandered and how they have fared. And also like veterans of other wars, some of us suffer from forms of post-traumatic stress syndrome and others of our brothers and sisters have fallen on hard times.

We don’t have a Veterans Administration — but we still have each other … (full text Homepage).

Contact on the Homepage: Tel. 510.658.6271 and e-mail.

Established in 1981, the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership pursues a bold mission: “to foster leadership excellence through scholarship and education, with special attention to advancing the leadership of groups historically underrepresented in public life.” The vision that informs our work at the Academy is of a world where able leadership has resulted in peace, social justice, environmental sustainability, and shared prosperity – locally, nationally, and internationally. (Mission). /mission.html

Homepage;
Events;
Academic Programs;
Professional Development;
People;
Resourcers;
Research Centers;
Address: James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, 1119 Taliaferro Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7715, USA;
Contact.

About: Have you ever marveled at the apparent ease with which a world-class musician, dancer, or athlete performs at a level beyond what most of us can attain? The things they do can seem almost magical.

Of course, we know that what looks so easy is a result of a deep commitment to excellence, demonstrated through in-depth study of their craft, in self-awareness and self-discipline, and in skills well honed by practice.

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CounterPunch is the bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Twice a month we bring our readers the stories that the corporate press never prints. We aren’t side-line journalists here at CounterPunch. Ours is muckraking with a radical attitude and nothing makes us happier than when CounterPunch readers write in to say how useful they’ve found our newsletter in their battles against the war machine, big business and the rapers of nature … (about 1/2).

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About 2/2: … We’re in our sixth year now and have exceptionally loyal readers, who have delighted in our irreverent and biting approach. Time and again they tell us they’re sick of dull, predictable writing. They want fresh facts, a newsletter that they can enjoy rather than just endure–and we give it to them. Barbara Ehrenreich says, « CounterPunch makes me think. It makes me laugh. Above all it tells me things I didn’t know. »

Here at CounterPunch we have many friends and all the right enemies. And, guaranteed, you’ll never see any of us on the pundit line up at MSNBC. We try to stay beyond the pale. (Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, Editors).