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A LIST OF GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS
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Protest groups
CodePink

Founded: 2002

Mission: CodePink is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social-justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, prevent new military actions and redirect resources into health care, education and other "life-affirming" activities.

United for Peace and Justice

Founded: 2002

Mission: A coalition of more than 1,400 local and national groups that have joined together to protest the Iraq war and support the fight for global economic justice.

Tent State University

Founded: 2003

Mission: A network of student-led projects intended to create a more- effective democracy, with issues that range from war opposition to high tuition costs.

People Call for Change

Founded: 2008

Mission: This coalition hopes to build a grassroots movement for social change, from monitoring corporate power to promoting health care and civil liberties. Spiritual values underlie their positions on issues, which arise from secular and religious traditions.

Students for Peace and Justice

Founded: 2007

Mission: A local vehicle for student action to end the war and create progressive social change.

American Friends Service Committee

Founded: 1917

Mission: The organization, which espouses nonviolence, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947. Today, the group takes a strong anti-war position and works on a variety of issues, such as economic justice and immigrants' rights.

Students for Democratic Society

Founded: 2006

Mission: Inspired by the original organization by the same name that dominated the 1960s protest movement, this new version wants to revitalize student activism in the United States, work to stop all wars and create a participatory democracy.

The Backbone Campaign

Founded: 2003

Mission: A grassroots campaign to encourage citizens and elected officials to stand up for progressive values, focusing on issues of democracy, economic justice, ecology and international relations.


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