Discovery Resources: Activism & Legal Rights
- Nelly Marie
- 5 days ago
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Discovery Resources: Activism & Legal Rights
This category highlights grassroots movements, legal defense funds, Indigenous sovereignty groups, and advocacy organizations fighting for justice, human rights, and liberation for Black, Indigenous, and marginalized communities worldwide.
Land & Sovereignty Defense
Black Land Loss Prevention Project – Offers legal and advocacy services to protect Black farmers and landowners from land theft, ensuring generational wealth and property retention.
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund – Cooperative network supporting Black farmers with land retention, economic development, and legal support.
Indian Land Tenure Foundation – Works with Native nations to recover, manage, and protect their land and sovereignty while preserving cultural heritage.
Black Farmer Fund – Provides funding, resources, and training to Black agricultural entrepreneurs and land stewards.
Legal Defense & Bail Funds
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) – Progressive legal network defending activists, offering legal observers, and supporting civil rights cases.
Mass Defense Committee – NLG – A specialized branch of the NLG that offers direct legal defense for protestors.
Bail Project – National nonprofit paying bail for individuals in need and working to eliminate cash bail.
Philly Bail Fund – Posts bail for people in Philadelphia jails who can’t afford it, while advocating for criminal justice reform.
Prison Abolition & Justice Reform
Families for Justice as Healing – Women-led group working to end incarceration for women and girls, replacing prisons with community-based solutions.
Color of Change – Digital campaigning org pushing for criminal justice reform, voting rights, and economic equity.
Black Liberation Collective – Student-led movement tackling anti-Black racism on college campuses and advocating for justice reform.
Protest & Community Organizing Support
Protest Support Network – Grassroots network connecting arrested activists with lawyers, bail funds, and other immediate support.
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief – National network offering grassroots disaster response, mutual aid, and community defense strategies.
Justice Committee – New York-based group fighting police brutality and building safety through community organizing.
Freedom Inc. – Black and Southeast Asian women-led group in Wisconsin fighting racial, gender, and economic oppression.
Global Solidarity & Policy Change
Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity – Pan-African solidarity movement linking African and diaspora struggles for freedom and equality.
International Indigenous Youth Council – Indigenous youth-led org for environmental protection and cultural preservation.
TransAfrica – U.S.-based advocacy group shaping foreign policy to protect African and Caribbean human rights.
Caribbean Equality Project – Advocates for Caribbean LGBTQ+ rights and cultural inclusion in the diaspora.
Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) – Defends the rights of Black immigrants and promotes African diaspora unity.
Idle No More – Indigenous-led grassroots movement for sovereignty, environmental justice, and cultural rights.
United We Dream – Immigrant youth-led network fighting for policy change, including protections for Black immigrants.