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We also strongly encourage you to learn more about the issues and show your support by getting involved with a local, state, or national organization that needs you. This resources list is only partial, but it’s a great place to start. A simple internet search may also lead you to a great organization in your area!
National organizations:
All of Us or None
A national organizing initiative of prisoners and former prisoners to combat the many forms of discrimination that make re-entry into society difficult or impossible
http://allofusornone.org/
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
http://www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html
Battered Women’s Justice Project
Offers training, technical assistance, and consultation on effective policing, prosecuting, sentencing, and monitoring of domestic violence offenders
http://www.bwjp.org/bwjp_home.aspx
Break the Cycle
Empowers youth to end domestic violence
http://www.breakthecycle.org/
Center for Women Policy Studies
Shapes public policy to improve women’s lives
www.centerwomenpolicy.org
Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
Provides leadership on the implementation of the Violence Against Women Act
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov
Family Violence Prevention Fund
Works to prevent violence within the home and the community
http://endabuse.org/
The Innocence Project
A national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and criminal justice reform
http://www.innocenceproject.org/
The National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit
Facilitates implementation of the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Violence Against Women Act in all states, tribes, and territories
http://www.bwjp.org/ncffc_home.aspx
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
Works for justice for battered women charged with crimes
http://www.ncdbw.org
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Organizes for collective power by advancing transformative work to end the violence in our lives
http://www.ncadv.org/
California organizations:
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
Challenges institutional violence imposed by the prison industrial complex
www.womenprisoners.org
California Habeas Project
Enhances justice for domestic violence survivors incarcerated for crimes related to their experiences of being abused
www.habeasproject.org
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
Advocates to ensure safety and justice for victims and survivors of domestic violence and their children
www.cpedv.org
California Women’s Law Center
Works to ensure that life opportunities for women and girls are free from unjust social, economic, and political constraints
www.cwlc.org
Free Battered Women
Seeks to end the re-victimization of incarcerated survivors of domestic violence
www.freebatteredwomen.org
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Advocates for the human rights and empowerment of incarcerated parents, children, family members and people at risk for incarceration
www.prisonerswithchildren.org
UC Berkeley Domestic Violence Law Practicum
Puts law students to work on a range of real domestic violence cases
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/domesticviolencepracticum.htm
USC Post-Conviction Justice Project
Puts law students to work on a range of real post-conviction justice cases
http://lawweb.usc.edu/why/academics/clinics/pcjp/