Get Active!
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
Lucky for us good men (and – hello! – women), teh internets have made it easier and easier for the would-be activist to get! active! already!
Many organizations send out daily, weekly, and/or monthly newsletters, email alerts, and general updates. I belong to well over 50 100 such lists, most of which address animal rights, animal welfare and environmental issues. Those that are relevant, informative, and/or actionable are crossposted or excerpted on easyVegan.info, either as a standalone post or as part of the daily “easyVegan Link Sanctuary” link roundup. Each item, in turn, is posted under the parent category “Action Alerts,” and is also filed under the subcategory corresponding to the organization from which it originated. Voilà! – Blog browsing made easy!
On behalf of my more enterprising readers, I’ve compiled a list of all my action alert sources. Call it my activist’s toolkit. The catalog is arranged by topic, with animal rights and welfare resources at the top, followed by alerts from green groups. Rounding out the list are organizations that deal with “other” issues, such as civil liberties, elections and voting reform, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights and human rights, in that order. No, none of these are directly related to improving the plight of animals, but I’m the sort of gal who thinks that different types of oppressions are intertwined. No one is free while others are oppressed.
If you know of an organization which should be listed below but isn’t, drop me a line at easyvegan [at] gmail.com.
Naturally, I don’t endorse everything, ever published, by every organization listed below. When taking action on a given issue, be your own decider person.
Animal Advocacy
American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) * Action Center
American Humane Association (AHA) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) – Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Animal Aid * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) * Action Center * Petitions
Animals Australia * Action Center
The Animals’ Voice * Action Center
Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA)
Best Friends Animal Society * Best Friends Magazine * Best Friends Network * E-Mail Subscriptions
Born Free USA (formerly the Animal Protection Institute / API) * Action Center
Center for Biological Diversity * Action Center * Endangered Earth Online
The Center for Food Safety / True Food Network * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Compassion Over Killing (COK) * Compassionate Action
Defenders of Wildlife * Action Center * Wildlife eNews
Dogs Deserve Better (DDB) * Action Center
Doris Day Animal League (DDAL)
Dr. Greger’s Pandemic Updates (on Google Groups) * Bird Flu Book * Michael Greger, MD
EggIndustry.com * Action Center
Farm Sanctuary * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Food Empowerment Project * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Friends of Animals * Act*ionLine
The Humane League of Baltimore * Campaigns * E-Mail Subscriptions
The Humane League of Philadelphia (formerly Hugs for Puppies) * eNewsletters * Get Involved
Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF)
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) * Action Center
In Defense of Animals (IDA) * Action Center
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) * Action Center
International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR) * Newsletters * eNewsletters * E-Mail Subscriptions
Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) * Action Center
Kinship Circle * E-Mail Subscriptions
Last Chance for Animals (LCA) * Action Center
Liberation BC * Campaigns * E-Mail Subscriptions
Mercy for Animals (MFA) * Campaigns * Writer’s Group * Compassionate Living
National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) * Action Center
National Horse Protection League (NHPL) * E-Mail Subscriptions * National Horse Protection Action Fund (Action Center)
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) * Action Center
New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) * Action Center
No-Kill Advocacy Center * The No-Kill Advocate
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – US * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – enEspanol
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – Asia-Pacific * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – France * Action Center
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – Germany * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – India * Action Center
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – Netherlands * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – UK * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) * E-Mail Subscriptions
Project R&R: Release & Restitution for Chimpanzees in US Laboratories * Action Center
Respect for Animals – Mailing List
Save the Manatee Club * Action Center * Paddle Tales
SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK)
Sled Dog Action Coalition (SDAC) * Action Center
Snow Leopard Trust * E-Mail Subscriptions
Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL)
United Animal Nations (UAN) * E-Mail Subscriptions
United Poultry Concerns (UPC) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * Poultry Press
The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) * VRG-News
Voiceless: The Fund for Animals
Wegmans Cruelty * Action Center
WildCare * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
The Wilderness Society * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) * Action Center
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) * Action Center * Passport Panda
Environmental Issues
Alaska Wilderness League * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
American Rivers * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Center for Biological Diversity * Action Center * Endangered Earth Online
The Center for Food Safety / True Food Network * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Coal River Wind * Get Involved
Earth Day Network * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Earth Island Institute * IslandWire
Earthjustice * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * e.Brief
Ecological Internet * Action Center * E-Mail Subscription
Environmental Defense Fund * Action Center
Food Empowerment Project * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Forest Ethics * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Grace Public Fund Action Alerts
Greenpeace * Action Center * Get Involved * Ocean Defenders
League of Conservation Voters (LCV) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
National Audubon Society * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) * Action Center
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) * Action Center * NRDC Online * This Green Life
Ocean Conservancy * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Oceana * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Organic Consumers Association * Action Center * Organic Bytes
Pacific Environment * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Public Citizen * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) * Action Center * Get Involved
Save Our Environment.org * E-Mail Subscriptions
Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
The Sierra Club * Action Center * Club Currents * Club Insider
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Stop Mountaintop Removal * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) * Action Center * Email Subscriptions * GreenTips
We Can Solve It (The We Campaign) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
The Wilderness Society * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) * Action Center * Passport Panda
Civil Liberties
Alliance for Justice (AFJ) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * Free Speech * Religion & Belief
Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) * Action Center * Dissent is Patriotic
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Center for Inquiry (CFI) * E-Mail Subscriptions
Center for Media and Democracy * Defend the Press
Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC)
Drug Policy Alliance Network * Action Center * E-Mail Subscription
Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) * Action Center * EFFector
First Freedom First * Action Center
Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) * Action Center
Godless Americans Political Action Committee (GAMPAC) * eNewsletter
The Institute for Humanist Studies * Humanist Network News
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) * Action Center
People for the American Way (PFAW) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Save the Internet * Action Center
Secular Coalition for America * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Civil Liberties: AETA
Coalition to Abolish the AETA * Action Center
Equal Justice Alliance / No AETA
Stop AETA
Elections & Voting Reform
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * Voting Rights
Verified Voting * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Vote Vets * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
You Street * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Women’s Rights
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * Women’s Rights
Amnesty International * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * Violence Against Women
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) * E-Mail Subscriptions
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) * E-Mail Subscriptions
Feminist Majority Foundation * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
NARAL Pro-Choice America * Action Center
National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women * eNewsletters * E-Mail Subscriptions
National Organization of Women (NOW) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * E-Mail Subscriptions
National Partnership for Women & Families * Action Center
National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Pathfinder International * E-Mail Subscriptions
People for the American Way (PFAW) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Planned Parenthood * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Population Connection * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Women in Media & News (WIMN) * Action Center
The Women’s Media Center (WMC) * E-Mail Subscriptions
LGBTQ Rights
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * Lesbian & Gay Rights
Amnesty International * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * OUTfront!
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) * Action Center
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
People for the American Way (PFAW) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) * Action Center
Human Rights (Additional/Uncategorized)
Alliance for Justice (AFJ) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) * E-Mail Subscriptions
American Rights at Work * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Amnesty International * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * Core Issues
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) * Action Center
The Center for Food Safety / True Food Network * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Color of Change.org * Action Center
Corporate Accountability International * Campaigns * E-Mail Subscriptions
Council for a Livable World * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
CREDO Action * E-Mail Subscriptions
Food Empowerment Project * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
International Rescue Committee (IRC) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
J Street * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Media Matters * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Mercy Corps * E-Mail Subscriptions
Moms Rising * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
MoveOn.org * E-Mail Subscriptions
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions * The Sunflower
Oxfam America * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Peace Action West * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
The People’s Email Network * E-Mail Subscriptions
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Resolve Uganda * E-Mail Subscriptions
Save Darfur * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
School of Americas Watch (SOA Watch) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Southern Poverty Law Center * Action Center
True Majority * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
United Farm Workers of America (UFW) * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
United Nations Foundation * Action Center * E-Mail Subscriptions
Witness * Action Center * Newsletter
General Activist Resources
Center for Responsive Politics
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
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Last updated 1/26/09
