| Progressive
Organizations in Montana |
| Five
Valleys Land Trust - Five Valleys Land
Trust works to protect and preserve western Montana's
natural legacy: river corridors, wildlife habitat,
agricultural lands and scenic open spaces. |
| Forward
Montana - Forward Montana is a non-profit,
non-partisan organization dedicated to training,
mobilizing, and electing a new generation of progressive
leaders in Montana. |
| High
Plains News Service - High Plains News
is a radio service that covers Western issues from
a community perspective. High Plains News provides
quality, in-depth coverage that's important to rural
America. |
| Indian
Law Resource Center - Indian Law Resource
Center provides legal advocacy for the protection
of indigenous peoples' human rights, cultures, and
traditional lands so that Indian tribes and nations
may flourish for generations to come.
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| Greater
Yellowstone Coalition - Greater Yellowstone
Coalition was founded in 1983 on a simple premise:
An ecosystem will remain healthy and wild ecosystem
only if it is kept whole. Since that time GYC has
emerged as a nationally known advocate for the idea
that ecosystem level sustainability should guide
the management of the region's public and private
lands. |
| Montana
Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Incorporated in 1986, the Montana Coalition Against
Domestic & Sexual Violence (MCADSV) is a statewide
coalition of individuals and organizations working
together to end domestic and sexual violence through
advocacy, public education, public policy, and program
development. Our mission is to support and facilitate
networking among our member organizations while
advocating for social change in Montana. |
| Montana
Environmental Information Center -
The Montana Environmental Information Center is
a member-supported advocacy and public education
organization. It was founded by concerned Montanans
in 1973 to protect and restore Montana's natural
environment. MEIC's accomplishments and experience
have earned it the reputation of being Montana's
leading state government-focused advocate promoting
progress in environmental policy. |
| Montana
Human Rights Network - The Montana
Human Rights Network (MHRN) is a grassroots, membership-based
organization of over 1400 members. MHRN's mission
is to promote democratic values such as pluralism,
equality and justice; challenge bigotry and intolerance;
and organize communities to speak out in support
of democratic principles and institutions. |
| Montana
Pride - Montana Pride's mission is
to secure constitutional rights to privacy, equal
protection and dignity for lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender Montanans and to serve as a voice
for Montana's LGBT community, promoting political
action, education and communication. |
| Montana
People's Action / Indian People's Action
- Montana People's Action is a socially and racially
diverse organization of low and moderate income
Montanans. We empower our members to achieve lasting
change for social, economic and racial justice using
Direct Action. Indian People's Action, as a project
of Montana People's Action, organizes and builds
the voice and power Montana's urban Indians. IPA
utilizes the strength in numbers and direct action
organizing to achieve systemic change to improve
the lives of its members.
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| Montana
Women Vote - Montana Women Vote is
a coalition of nine state-level organizations that
share a common goal of encouraging women to participate
in the democratic process. Member organizations
address issues of economic self-security, domestic
violence and sexual assault, the environment, and
reproductive health care.
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| Native
Action - Native Action is a non-profit
community empowerment organization located on the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in southeastern
Montana. Founded in 1984 by members of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Tribe, Native Action has established
itself as a leading model for citizen empowerment
on Indian Reservations.
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| Western
Organization of Resource Councils -
WORC is a regional network of seven grassroots community
organizations that include 9,500 members and 45
local chapters. WORC helps its member groups succeed
by providing training and coordinating issue work.
WORC's mission is to advance the vision of a democratic,
sustainable, and just society through community
action. WORC is committed to building sustainable
environmental and economic communities that balance
economic growth with the health of people and stewardship
of their land, water, and air resources. |
| Women's
Opportunity & Resource Development
- Women's Opportunity and Resource Development,
Inc. (WORD) is a feminist, non-profit organization
founded in September 1986 to inspire and support
women's development, leadership and choice. WORD
works to offer women the resources they need to
transform their lives and communities and in so
doing to fulfill their potential. |
| Women's
Voices for the Earth - Women's Voices
for the Earth is a grassroots environmental justice
organization. WVE's mission is to empower women,
who historically have had little power in affecting
environmental policy, to create an ecologically
sustainable and socially just society. WVE works
regionally and nationally to eliminate and/or substantially
reduce environmental toxics impacting human health,
and to increase women's participation in environmental
decision making. |
| Working
for Equality and Economic Liberation (WEEL)
- WEEL is a grassroots, economic and social justice
organization made up of people experiencing poverty
and their supporters. Through advocacy, action,
and education WEEL members work together to eradicate
the myths, stereotypes and stigmas that are harmful
to low-income families. Their priority is to ensure
that those most affected by poverty are civically
engaged and part of the democratic process from
voting to policy creation and implementation. |