Web Resources

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National LGBTQ Task Force
The task force works to end housing, employment healthcare, retirement and basic human rights for LGBTQ individuals.

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
The EPI is a nonprofit nonpartisan think tank created to improve the economic status of working Americans.

National Homeless Coalition (NHC)
The NHC is a national network of individuals and organizations committed to protecting the civil rights of homeless individuals. 

Empowerment As A Mechanism For Social Transformation
This site provides a statement prepared by the Baha’i International Community (United Nation’s Office) stating that collective empowerment employed by individuals, institutions, and community can be applied to correct social inequality.

Progressive Social Change—Women’s Empowerment
This paper discusses the role that poverty plays in social discrimination and how public policies that empower women can eliminate gendered dimensions of poverty.  

Girls For A Change
Girls for a Change is a national organization that empowers girls to create social change.