National Association of Social Workers

Affirmative Action Resources

Organizations and Web Sites

Many organizations have been active in efforts to preserve affirmative action at the federal, state and/or judicial levels. Groups have published numerous reports, guides and legislative updates that are relevant to grass-root efforts in support of affirmative action. The following are resources available online.

American Association for Affirmative Action 1600 Duke Street, Suite 700 Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 252-8952 (703) 299-8822 Internet: http://www.affirmativeaction.org
American Association of University Women Educational Foundation 1111 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, Dc 20036 (800) 326-AAUW TDD: (202) 785-7777 Fax: (202) 872-1425 Internet: http://www.aauw.org	This web site includes AAUW’s issue voting record for members of congress, which covers affirmative action.
American Civil Liberties Union 122 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 544-1618 fax: (202) 546-0738 Internet: http://www.aclu.org	Use the ACLU’s web site search function to find up-to the minute news items, publications, and analyses of court cases and national legislation related to affirmative action.
American Council on Education Office of Women in Higher Education Office of Minorities in Higher Education 1 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 939-9300 fax: (202) 833-4760 Internet: http://www.acenet.edu	Provides legislative updates on equal opportunity in education.
Americans for a Fair Chance 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, #510 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 822-9221 fax: (202) 822-9267	Non-partisan consortium of six prominent national civil rights legal groups.
Americans United for Affirmative Action 400 Colony Square, Suite 200 1201 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30361 (404) 870-9090 Internet http://www.auaa.org	Highlights of this web site include a detailed Affirmative Action Timeline and a library containing the full text of many key documents, including court decisions.
Californians for Justice 1611 Telegraph Avenue, #206 Oakland, CA 94610 (510) 452-2728 fax: (510) 452-3552 Internet: http://www.igc.apc.org/cfj/	This web site contains a separate, but not extensive, issue page on affirmative action.
Catalyst 120 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 (212) 514-7600 fax: (212) 514-8470 Internet: http://www.catalystwomen.org	Non-profit organization assisting corporations in developing family and career options.
Center for Women Policy Studies 2000 P Street, NW, Suite 508 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 872-1770 fax: (202) 296-8962 Internet: http://www.centerwomenpolicy.org	Resource for policymakers, advocates, researchers, and community leaders.
Citizen’s Commission on Civil Rights 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 659-5565 (800) 552-6843 fax: (202) 223-5302 Internet: http://www.cccr.org	Order copies of CCCR’s reports and publications on affirmative action over the internet (most reports are free for the first copy, with a small charge for additional copies).
Equal Rights Advocates 1663 Mission Street, Suite 550 San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 621-0672 (800) 839-4ERA fax: (415) 621-6744 email: eradvocate@earthlink.net Internet: http://www.equalrights.org	Women’s law center educating, litigating and organizing for women’s rights.
Feminist Majority 8105 W. Third Street, Suite 1 Los Angeles, CA 90048 (213) 651-0491 fax: (213) 653-2689 Internet: http://www.feminist.org	Visit the on-line Affirmative Action Information Center, which includes a large collection of news clips and a background area on the history and status of California’s Proposition 209.
Institute for Women’s Policy Research 1707 L Street, NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 785-5100 fax: (202) 833-4362 Internet: http://www.iwpr.org	Performs public policy research to inform and stimulate debate of public policy issues important to women and their families.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 1010 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 466-3311 fax: (202) 466-3435 Internet: http://www.civilrights.org	This well-organized web site includes a Vital Issue Area on affirmative action, with multiple resources for federal, state, judicial and executive branch affirmative action work. Be sure to visit the interactive U.S. map, which provides current information on affirmative action developments in every state.
League of Women Voters 1730 M Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429-1965 fax: (202) 429-0854 Internet: http://www.lwv.org	Non-partisan political organization supporting informed and active participation of citizens in government.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund 634 S. Spring Street, 11^th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90014 (213) 629-2512 fax: (213) 629-0266 Internet: http://www.maldef.org	National non-profit protecting and promoting civil rights of Latinos living in the U.S.
NAACP 4805 Mount Hope Drive Baltimore, MD 21215 (410) 358-8900 fax: (410) 358-3818 Internet: http://www.naacp.org	The NAACP posts periodic Issue Alerts relating to affirmative action on its web site.
National Asian-Pacific American Legal Consortium 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 522 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 296-2300 fax: (202) 296-2300 Internet: http://www.napalc.org	Reports racial profiling and anti-Asian bias and works to advance legal and civil rights of Asian-Pacific Americans.
National Committee on Pay Equity 3420 Hamilton Street, Suite 200 Hyattsville, MD 20782 (301) 277-1033 fax: (301) 277-4451 Internet: http://www.feminist.com/fairpay
National Council of LaRaza 1111 19^th Street, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 785-1670 fax: (202) 776-1792 Internet: http://www.nclr.org	Private, non-profit, non-partisan organization to reduce poverty and discrimination and improve life conditions for Hispanic Americans.
National Partnership for Women and Families 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 710 Washington, DC 20009 (202) 986-2600 fax: (202) 986-2539 Internet: http://www.nationalpartnership.org	Non-profit, nonpartisan organization that promotes fairness in workplace, quality health care and policies helping women and men meet dual demands of work and family.
National Urban League 1111 14^th Street, NW, 6^th Floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 898-1604 fax: (202) 682-0782 Internet: http://www.nul.org
National Women’s Law Center 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 588-5180 fax: (202) 588-5185 Internet: http://www.nwlc.org	Mission to protect and advance progress of women and girls at work, in school, and every aspect of life.
NOW 733 1^st Street, NW, 2^nd Floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 628-8669 fax: (202) 785-8576 Internet: http://www.now.org	Affirmative action background information, issue updates, and legislative materials.
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund 99 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013 (212) 925-6635 fax: (212) 226-1066 Internet: http://www.nowldef.org
Women’s Bureau U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-3002 Washington, DC 20210 (202) 219-6611 fax: (202) 219-3904 Internet: http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb	Only agency federally mandated to represent needs of wage-earning women in public policy process.
Women Employed Institute 22 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 782-3902 fax: (312) 782-5249 Internet: http://www.womenemployed.org	Leader in research for women’s economic status and rights in the workplace.

For further information about this listing, please contact Luisa Lopez, NASW Affirmative Action Officer, at llopez@naswdc.org.

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