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Directory - Civil Rights
Organization: American Civil Liberties Union
Address: 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004
Phone #: 215-731-1447
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.aclu.org
Mission statement: The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
Organization: The Arc of Berks County
Address: 1829 New Holland Road Suite 9 Reading, PA 19601
Phone #: 610-603-0227
Contact person: Glenn Unger
E-mail: berksarc@aol.com
URL: www.berksiu.org/arc
Mission statement: Advocating the rights of citizens with mental retardation
Organization: Berks County Commission for Women
Address: P.O. Box 12225 Reading, PA 19612
Phone #: 610-929-6599
Contact person:
E-mail: bccw@alb.edu
URL: www.bccwpa.org
Mission statement: To address issues of importance to women and their families in order to ensure equal opportunity and treatment in all aspects of their lives by forming productive community partnerships to advocate, educate, research, and maintain an accessible public research center.
Organization: Berks County Election Services
Address: 663 Court Street Reading, PA 19601
Phone #: 610-478-6490
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.countyofberks.com/elections
Mission statement: The Department maintains and updates the voter registration files of the county, which currently contain more than 230,000 voters. In addition, the office prepares the voting machines, tabulates election results, and reports them to the proper authorities. Voter Registration and conduct Elections in accordance with Federal and State voter registration and election laws.
Organization: Berks County Department of Veteran Affairs
Address: 1901 Tulpehocken Rd. Wyomissing, PA 19610
Phone #: 610-378-5601
Contact person:
E-mail: veterans@countyofberks.com
URL: www.co.berks.pa.us/berks/cwp/view.asp?a=1161&q=447625
Mission statement: The mission of the Office of Veterans Affairs is to administer a comprehensive array of benefit programs & services to the veterans of Berks County, their dependents, widows & orphans.
Organization: Berks County NOW
Address: National Organization for Women 1100 H Street NW 3rd floor Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone #: 202-628-8669 (628-8NOW)
Contact person: Cynthia Jimenez
E-mail: corj42@cs.com
URL: www.now.org
Mission statement: NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United States. Our purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in society — sharing equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.
Organization: Bureau of Indian Affairs
Address: 1849 C Street NW Washington, D.C. 20240
Phone #: 202-208-3710
Contact person:
E-mail: webteam@ios.doi.gov
URL: www.doi.gov/bia
Mission statement: "… enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives."
Organization: Center for Independent Living Central PA
Address: 451 Hungerford Dr. Suite 700 Rockville, MD 20850
Phone #: 1-800-949-4232
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.adainfo.org
Mission statement: The disability and business technical assistance center (DBTAC) is a national network of 10 regional DBTAC ADA centers that provide the most complete and experienced services for up to date information, referrals, resources and training on the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) to businesses, employers, government entities and individuals with disabilities.
Organization: Colours Organization
Address: 112 N. Broad Street 11th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone #: 215-496-0330
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.coloursorganization.org
Mission statement: The COLOURS Organization, Inc. was established in 1991 to respond to the lack of positive and progressive educational advocacy and support mechanisms for LGBT people of color in the Greater Philadelphia area. COLOURS seeks to accomplish this through a variety of activities aimed at attacking the underpinnings of disempowerment and despair in our community, activities which improve information sharing, enhance self-esteem, and support and develop the talent, beauty, strength and courage of LGBT people of color.
Organization: Disability Law Clinic
Address: 45 N. Pitt Street Carlisle, PA 17013
Phone #: 717-243-3696
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL:
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Organization: Disability Rights Network
Address: 1414 N. Cameron Street Suite “C” Harrisburg, PA 17103
Phone #: 1-800-692-7443 or 717-236-8110
Contact person:
E-mail: drnpa@drnpa.org
URL: www.drnpa.org
Mission statement: Providing protection and advocacy services for adults and children with disabilities throughout Pennsylvania.
Organization: Equality Advocates Pennsylvania
Address: 1211 Chestnut Street Suite 605 Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone #: 866.LGBTLAW
Contact person: Stacey Sobel Esquire
E-mail: ssobel@equalitypa.org
URL: www.equalitypa.org
Mission statement: Equality Advocates' mission is to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in Pennsylvania through direct legal services, education and policy reform.
Organization: Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Address:
Phone #: 212-629-3322
Contact person:
E-mail: ferraro@glaad.org
URL: www.glaad.org
Mission statement: Dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Organization: Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network
Address: 90 Broad Street 2nd Floor New York, NY 10004
Phone #: 412-362-6491
Contact person: Steve Orner
E-mail: steveorner@msn.com
URL: www.glsen.org
Mission statement: Strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
Organization: GLBTQ Resource Center
Address: P.O. Box 730 Kutztown University Kutztown, PA 19530
Phone #: 484-646-4112
Contact person:
E-mail: allies@kutztown.edu
URL: www.kutztown.edu/glbtqcenter
Mission statement: KU's GLBTQ Resource center seeks to be the regional center for resources which create and support environments whereby the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, intersex, and questioning students, faculty, administrators, staff, and alumni have access, inclusion, recognition, equality and respect in all facets of higher education.
Organization: Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
Address: 1731 Connecticut Avenue NW Fourth Floor Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone #: 202-462-6744
Contact person:
E-mail: gpac@gpac.org
URL: www.gpac.org
Mission statement: The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition works to ensure that classrooms, communities, and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn, grow, and succeed - whether or not they meet expectations for masculinity and femininity.
Organization: The Human Rights Campaign
Address: 1640 Rhode Island Ave. Washington, DC 20036-3278
Phone #: 202-216-1572
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.hrc.org
Mission statement: HRC envisions an America where lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are ensured equality and embraced as full members of the American family at home, at work and in every community.
Mission statement:
Organization: League of Women Voters of Berks County
Address: P.O. Box 434 Reading, PA 19603-0434
Phone #: 610-378-4700
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.lwvberks.org
Mission statement: The purpose of the League of Women Voters is to promote civic responsibility through informed and active participation in the government.
Organization: LGBT Center Coalition
Address: 221 N. Front Street 3rd Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone #: 717-920-9534
Contact person: Michelle Simmons
E-mail: ExecDir@commonroads.org
URL: www.centralpalgbtcenter.org
Mission statement: The mission of the LGBT Center Coalition is to create common ground for the LGBT community and allies in Central Pennsylvania by providing services through spiritual, education and cultural activities that foster wholeness.
Organization: NAACP
Address: Suite 207 529 Court Street Reading, PA 19601
Phone #: 610-373-4100
Contact person: Robert Jefferson
E-mail: rbnaacp.1@netzero.com
URL: www.readingnaacp.org
Mission statement: The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
Organization: National Center for Lesbian Rights
Address: 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone #: 415-392-6257
Contact person:
E-mail: info@nclrights.org
URL: www.nclrights.org
Mission statement: The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education.
Organization: National Council of La Raza
Address: Raul Yzaguirre Building 1126 16th Street Washington, DC 20036
Phone #: 202-785-1670
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.nclr.org
Mission statement: The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
Organization: National Center for Transgendered Equality
Address: 1325 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005
Phone #: 202-903-0112
Contact person:
E-mail: NCTE@NCTEquality.org
URL: www.nctequality.org
Mission statement: The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people
Organization: PA Diversity
Address: P.O. Box 22902 Lehigh Valley, PA 18002-2902
Phone #: 610-432-5449
Contact person: Liz Bradburn
E-mail: info@padiversity.com
URL: www.padiversity.org
Mission statement: Fostering strength and vitality in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community by providing news, information, presentations, health programs, events and other services.
Organization: PA Human Relations Commission
Address: Pennsylvania Place Suite 300 301 Chestnut Street Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone #: 717-787-0420
Contact person:
E-mail:
URL: www.phrc.gov
Mission statement: The Human Relations Commission is the chief civil rights enforcement agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The mission of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission is to administer and enforce the PA Human Relations Act (PHRA) which prohibits discrimination because of race, color religious creed, ancestry, age or national origin by employers, employment agencies, labor organizations.
Organization: PA Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
Address: 1414 N Cameron St. Suite C Harrisburg, PA 17103
Phone #: 1-717-236-8110
Contact person: Kevin Casey
E-mail: ppa@ppainc.org
URL:
Mission statement: Established under a federal law to provide protection and advocacy services to individuals with mental illness or disabilities including mental retardation. Provides both individual and group advocacy.
Organization: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Address: 416 Franklin Street Reading, PA
Phone #: 610-372-0928
Contact person: Ms. Yvonne Oppenhiemer
E-mail: berks@eastern-pa-pflag.org
URL: www.eastern-pa-pflag.org
Mission statement: We act on issues that affect the rights of our gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender loved ones.
Organization: Pennsylvania Federation of Injured Workers
Address: P.O. Box 13213 Reading, PA 19612
Phone #: 610-376-7942
Contact person:
E-mail: dennisstraub@verizon.net
URL: www.pfiw.org
Mission statement: To eliminate prejudices and injuries against injured workers
Organization: The Spectrum
Address: PO Box 813 Trexlertown, PA 18087
Phone #: 610-376-0137
Contact person: Amber Brown
E-mail: ppnortheastpa@ppfa.org
URL: www.ppnep.org
Mission statement: This is a safe haven in Reading for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning youth and their allies. Teens participate in recreational activities, socialize, and receive education related to health, sexuality, life skills, and leadership. Ages 14-18.