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- Portland Bicycle Advocacy Group - A Yahoo! Groups mailing list created for the purpose of discussing bicycling issues in the Portland, Oregon, area. Special emphasis is placed on bicycles as a legitimate form of transportation; not just recreational vehicles.
- Yahoo Groups: BPDodid - Advocacy group on behalf of persons with BPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), or who suffer from other consequences of (child) abuse, neglect or emotional trauma.
- Tennessee Chapter of Child Advocacy Centers - Provides information on all the Child Advocacy Centers in the state. Also serves as a source of information for professionals in the field of child advocacy.
- Advocacy House - Disability advocacy group incorporating the Victorian Network on Recreation and Disability (VICNORD), Action for Community Living and Disability Rights Victoria. Includes profile, projects, publications, reports, news and events for each group.
- Bicycle Advocacy Group of Mississippi - BAGM is a bicycle and pedestrian advocacy group dedicated to the development, enhancement and promotion of alternative forms of transportation and recreation throughout the state. Project information provided.
- Children's Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass - A Kentucky-based center that seeks to improve the community's response to child sexual abuse by providing a safe, non-threatening location for children and parents during the intervention process. Support groups, therapy, and volunteer opportunities.
- The Presbyterian Layman - The online presence of the Presbyterian Lay Committee, an advocacy group supporting conservative positions in the denomination. Commentary and editorials, archives of the Layman, resources for pastors and lay people.
- Association to Benefit Children - Children's advocacy group with an array of programs that provide services in education, health, housing, mental health and employment.
- Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development - A consortium of agencies, donors, NGOs and foundations involved in programming, research, policy advocacy, monitoring and evaluation for young children (0-8) at risk in the developing world.
- Dakota Lakota Nakota Human Rights Advocacy Coalition - Chartered on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, the DLN is an advocacy group for human, civil, legal, and indigenous rights, and social justice for traditional Dakota/Lakota/Nakota People.
Wikipedia Articles
- Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance - Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) is an international network of over 90 churches and Christian organizations cooperating in advocacy on global trade and on HIV and AIDS. Working with these groups, EAA strives to better inform policies and practices of governments, international instritutions, corporations, and local communities.
- The Advocacy Project - The Advocacy Project (AP) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to strengthen community-based human rights advocacy groups. AP was established in June 1998 to report to human rights advocates from the Rome conference that established the International Criminal Court.
- Patient education - Patient education is the process by which health professionals and others impart information to patients that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status.Education providers may include: physicians, nurses, psychologists, advocacy groups, special interest groups, and pharmaceutical companies.
- Front organization - A front organization is any entity set up by and controlled by another organization, such as intelligence agencies, criminal organizations, banned organizations, religious or political groups, advocacy groups, or corporations. Front organizations can act for the parent group without the actions being attributed to the parent group.
- Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science - The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) is a grassroots effort linking universities, scientific societies, science advocacy groups, science media, science educators, businesses, and industry in a consortium having as its goal a greater public understanding of the nature of science and its value to society. It's premise is that full public engagement in science is critical to the long-term social well-being ...