| Progressive
Organizations in Alaska |
| Alaska
Center for the Environment - Alaska Center
for the Environment is Alaska's largest home-grown
citizen's group working for the sensible stewardship
of Alaska's natural environment. With 7,000 dues-paying
members from around the state, Alaska Center for the
Environment is your voice for public lands conservation,
clean air, clean water, and livable places. |
| Alaska
Community Action Coalition on Toxics (ACAT)
- ACAT is a statewide organization established in
1997 dedicated to achieving environmental health
and justice. Its mission is to assure justice by
advocating for environmental and community health.
ACAT works to eliminate the production and release
of harmful chemicals by industry and military sources;
ensure community right-to-know; achieve policies
based on the precautionary principle; and support
the rights and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples.
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| Alaska
Conservation Foundation - Alaska Conservation
Foundation is a community foundation for the environment
that receives and awards grants throughout the state
to protect the integrity of Alaska's ecosystems, and
to promote sustainable livelihoods for Alaska's communities
and people. |
| Alaska
Conservation Voters - Alaska Conservation
Voters works to protect Alaska's environment through
public education and advocacy, and supports pro-conservation
candidates for public office. |
| Alaska
Emergency Contraception Project - The
mission of the Alaska Emergency Contraception Project
is to educate the public and health care providers
about the option of emergency contraception and
to increase availability and acceptability of this
contraceptive option. The Project is dedicated to
reducing unintended pregnancies and maximizing reproductive
health. |
| Alaska
Pro-Choice Alliance - Alaska Pro-Choice
Alliance is a statewide coalition of organizations
working together to protect and promote reproductive
rights and services through education, advocacy
and referrals.
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Alaska
Public Interest Research Group - AkPIRG
is a non-profit, non-partisan, citizen-oriented
statewide organization researching, educating and
advocating on behalf of the public interest. AkPIRG
exists to promote the public and consumer interests,
especially when inconsistent with monied, powerful
or other special interests. |
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Alaska
Wilderness League - The Alaska Wilderness
League is a non-profit corporation founded in 1993
to further the protection of Alaska's natural endowment.
The League supports legislative and administrative
initiatives to protect Alaska's lands and waters,
promotes national and local recognition of Alaska's
spectacular environment through public education,
strengthens grassroots activism on behalf of Alaska's
environment, and provides leadership within the
environmental community on selected issues that
concern Alaska. |
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Alaska
Women's Political Caucus - The goals
of the Alaska Women's Political Caucus are to increase
women's participation in the political process,
to increase the number of feminist women in elected
and appointed positions, to win equality for women,
and to support candidates who adhere to these goals.
The AWPC is dedicated to the eradication of sexism,
racism, anti-Semitism, ageism, violence, poverty,
discrimination against the disabled and discrimination
on the basis of religion, and to ensuring reproductive
freedom and freedom of sexual orientation. |
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Alaskans
for Peace and Justice - Alaskans for
Peace and Justice is a grassroots organization that
promotes a world where all people are free from
violence and have access to the resources necessary
to fulfill their potential. APJ's mission is to
increase awareness of and gain public support for
nonviolent conflict resolution and global justice
through education, dialogue and political action. |
| Southeast
Alaska Conservation Council - The Southeast
Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC), a non-profit
organization, is a coalition of 18 Southeast Alaska
conservation groups. |
| University
of Alaska, Gay and Lesbian Association
- The Mission of AGLA (Alaska Gay & Lesbian Association)
is to provide a supportive environment for UAF Gay,
Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgendered Students, Faculty
and Staff to meet and discuss issues and socialize. |
