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ACLU of Southern California

The government of the United States is built on two basic principles: (1) majority rule through democratic elections; and (2) protection of individuals from any attempts by the majority to curtail individual liberties and rights, as spelled out in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

The Constitution and Bill of Rights set the ground rules for individual liberty, which include the freedoms of speech, association and religion, freedom of the press, and the right to privacy, to equal protection of the laws and to due process of law.

The ACLU was founded to defend and secure these rights and to extend them to people who have been excluded from their protection. >website

Break the Cycle

The Solution – Education, Activism, Advocacy
At Break the Cycle, we believe everybody has the right to safe and healthy relationships—regardless of where they live, who they are or what they believe. That is why we work everyday towards our mission to engage, educate and empower youth to build lives and communities free from domestic violence.
Break the Cycle offers programs that defy geographic bounds—ensuring that no young person is excluded from receiving the help, tools and information they need to live free from violence. Our success is demonstrated by more than a decade of leadership, working with teens to prevent and end domestic and dating violence.

www.breakthecycle.org

 

CAST LA

The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), established in 1998, has been a pioneer in the anti-trafficking movement in the United States and works exclusively with trafficked persons. CAST is a multi-ethnic human rights organization whose mission is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations. CAST has provided training and technical assistance to thousands of NGO and government personnel and represented the United States at international events on human trafficking. CAST is a grantee of the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services and, as one of the leading anti-trafficking organizations in the U.S., has extensive expertise to deliver quality training to participants.

CAST's programs include Social Services, Legal Services, and Training & Advocacy and have assisted over 200 victims of trafficking in some of the most well known cases in the U.S. CAST has also opened the first shelter for trafficked women in the U.S. , a model for the development of services to victims of trafficking.

www.castla.org

 

Downtown Women's Center

Our Mission:  Recognizing the Dignity of Women, Enriching Lives

The mission of the Downtown Women’s Center is to provide permanent supportive housing and a safe and healthy community fostering dignity, respect, and personal stability, and to advocate ending homelessness for women. DWC is committed to providing the resources homeless women need to reconnect with their sense of self and reclaim goals and dreams that have become lost in their day-to-day struggle for survival.  In keeping with our Mission and Philosophy, we empower each individual woman via access to supportive services and a safe community that can enhance her safety and well-being.

www.dwcweb.org

 

Santa Monica Rape Treatment Center

The Rape Treatment Center (RTC) at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center is nationally recognized for its exemplary treatment, education, and prevention programs. The RTC provides comprehensive, free treatment for sexual assault victims, including 24-hour emergency medical care and forensic services, counseling and psychotherapy, advocacy, and accompaniment services; training for police, prosecutors, judges, medical and mental health personnel, and other providers of rape victim services; prevention/education programs for children, adolescents, and college students; community education; consultation for schools, the media, government agencies, and other organizations; and educational films and publications that are distributed nationwide.

 

Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Their Children

Established in 1977, Sojourn provides battered women and their children a safe space to regroup, rebuild, and reestablish their self-esteem and lives. Our diverse programs serve women and children of all classes, cultures and religions, regardless of economic circumstances, physical and mental disabilities or immigration status, including those who are traditionally underserved, such as lesbians, elderly women, prostitutes, women with HIV, and the substance-dependant. Sojourn fosters solidarity among women and children, educates the community and society, and is committed to effecting political and social change through grassroots activism and a philosophy of individual empowerment.

Empowering people to rebuild their lives with a focus on the immediate and ongoing needs of battered women and their children who are struggling to live free from abuse.

http://www.opcc.net/

Westside Domestic Violence Network

The Westside Domestic Violence Network (WDVN), founded in June of 1995 by Sojourn Services for Battered Women and their Children (a project of OPCC), is made up of agencies and organizations on the Westside of LA who work with those affected by domestic violence (intimate partner violence). The WDVN does not provide any direct services to clients - we provide trainings and forums for professionals to better serve victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.

http://www.wdvn.org/

 

People who are or are perceived to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and/or HIV-positive are often targeted for hate crimes and hate incidents. As the largest victim-services program of its kind in Southern California, the project offers the following resources:

• Crisis and follow-up counseling
  
• Detailed documentation and reporting of the hate crimes and hate incidents
  
• Advocacy with law enforcement agencies, service providers and employers
  
• Restraining order preparation
  
• Accompaniment to court
  
• Assistance in securing compensation under California’s
• Victims of Crime Program
  
• Attorney consultations
  
• Referrals to long-term mental health services
  
• Advocacy and bias-prevention programming to combat hate violence and harassment against youth in schools

Generations of Women restores women to their natural state of self-organic living through the ancient template of  women's circles and through the teaching of simple yet powerful self-care practices. Sage Knight, director, is a licensed spiritual therapist, author, columnist, founder of the Women of Agape, and mother of two.