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Document ActionsSexuality LinksSections: Education Education Boston Women's Health Book Collective www.ourbodiesourselves.org/ Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), also known as the Boston Women's Health Book Collective (BWHBC), is a nonprofit, public interest women's health education, advocacy, and consulting organization. The Center for Sexuality and Religion www.ctrsr.org CSR is as an educational, interfaith, and interdisciplinary organization that assists communities of faith promote sexual and spiritual health. We offer a proactive approach that will allow religious institutions to address sexuality issues in an environment where they can - with the help of a mentor - focus on various aspects of sexuality. CSR is working to help religious systems educate, support, and validate trained members of the faith community in the issues of sexuality throughout their entire life cycle. Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing www.religiousinstitute.org The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing promotes the goals and vision of the Religious Declaration. Founded in 2001, it is an ecumenical, interfaith organization dedicated to advocating for sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society. More than 2,200 religious leaders from more than 35 religious traditions endorse the Religious Declaration, including clergy; professional religious educators and counselors; denominational and interfaith leaders; and seminary presidents, deans and faculty members. Conference presenter Rev. Debra Haffner's work can be found here, including the Religious declaration http://www.religiousinstitute.org/declaration.html, Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Sex Education http://www.religiousinstitute.org/education.html, the Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Marriage Equality http://www.religiousinstitute.org/marriage.html, and the Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Abortion As a Moral Decision http://www.religiousinstitute.org/repro.html. SIECUS www.siecus.org SIECUS - the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States - has served as the national voice for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual rights for over 40 years. SIECUS affirms that sexuality is a fundamental part of being human, one that is worthy of dignity and respect. We advocate for the right of all people to accurate information, comprehensive education about sexuality, and sexual health services. SIECUS works to create a world that ensures social justice and sexual rights. Wellesley Centers for Women www.wcwonline.org The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) unites the Center for Research on Women and the Stone Center for Developmental Services and Studies in an interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in research, training, analysis and action. Our work is dedicated to looking at the world through the eyes of women - because a world that is better for women is better for everyone. We believe that only by thoroughly investigating the what, why, and how of a problem can you begin to create a lasting solution GLBT Issues Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network www.GLSEN.org The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. GLSEN, now in its 10th year, is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for ALL students. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force www.thetaskforce.org Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation (the Task Force) was the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization and remains the movement's leading voice for freedom, justice, and equality. We work to build the grassroots political strength of our community by training state and local activists and leaders, working to strengthen the infrastructure of state and local allies, and organizing broad-based campaigns to build public support for complete equality for LGBT people. Our Policy Institute, the community's premiere think tank, provides research and policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality. Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians www.PFLAG.org PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Soul Force www.Soulforce.org The purpose of Soulforce is freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from religious and political oppression through the practice of relentless nonviolent resistance. See especially "Take the Journey" section for steps to embodying a spiritual politics. Marriage Equality Freedom to Marry www.freedomtomarry.org Freedom to Marry is the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide. Headed by Evan Wolfson, one of America's leading civil rights advocates and lawyers, Freedom to Marry brings new resources and a renewed context of urgency and opportunity to this social justice movement. Freedom to Marry brings the work of its partner organizations into a larger whole, a shared civil rights campaign that fosters heightened outreach to non-gay allies. Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry www.rcfm.org The Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry supports civil marriage rights for same gender couples and seeks to promote dialogue within faith communities about religious marriage for gay and lesbian couples. Relational Health/Violence Prevention Center for Partnership Studies www.partnershipway.org Partnership Education offers a new integrative approach that puts the joy back into education for teachers and students alike. Based on the concepts outlined by Riane Eisler in Tomorrow's Children, Partnership Education helps young people achieve their highest potentials both academically and personally. CPS supports the implementation of Partnership Education by working with educators, parents, and policy makers to transform educational process, content, and structure to help young people acquire the skills and knowledge essential for fulfilling and productive lives and a sustainable, equitable, and peaceful future (Includes sections on relationships and preventing relationship violence and links to the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence www.SAIV.net) Faith Trust Institute www.Faithtrustinstitute.org FaithTrust Institute, formerly the Center for Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence, offers a wide range of services and resources, including training, consultation and educational materials, to provide communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address the religious and cultural issues related to abuse. Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute www.csbsju.edu/isti/ The Institute promotes the prevention of sexual abuse, exploitation, and harassment through research, education, and publication. In areas of sexuality, it offers leadership, gives voice, and facilitates healing to survivors, communities of faith, and offenders, as well as those who care for them. "Men Can Stop Rape" www.mencanstoprape.org "Men Can Stop Rape" (formerly Men's Rape Prevention Project) empowers male youth and the institutions that serve them to work as allies with women in preventing rape and other forms of men's violence. Through awareness-to-action education and community organizing, we promote gender equity and build men's capacity to be strong without being violent. NOMAS -- National Organization for Men Against Sexism. www.nomas.org The National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) is the oldest pro-feminist men's group in the United States. Founded in 1975 with the First National Conference on Men & Masculinity, for over 25 years NOMAS has promoted the cause of gender equality and social justice for everyone through its principles of pro-feminism, gay-affirmation, anti-racism and enhancing men's lives. Reproductive Choice Catholics For a Free Choice www.cath4choice.org While our programs have expanded, our core mission is unchanged. If your value formation is Catholic, you are committed to asking hard questions about life and searching for basic principles of justice. CFFC's commitment to reproductive rights and health is rooted in a commitment to the dignity and rights of women. Even when the initial focus was on the rights of individual Catholics, the underlying motivation was women's well-being. We will continue, as an organization, to put ourselves on the line, to raise the moral and ethical dimensions of reproductive issues, and to insist that women be respected as their own moral agents. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. www.plannedparenthood.org Each year, Planned Parenthood affiliated health centers nationwide provide high quality, affordable reproductive health care and sexual health information to nearly five million women, men and teens. Planned Parenthood welcomes everyone regardless of race, age, sexuality, disability, or income Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice www.rcrc.org The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice was founded in 1973 to safeguard the newly won constitutional right to abortion. The Coalition founders were clergy and lay leaders from mainstream religions, many of whom had provided women with referrals to safe abortion services before the Supreme Court legalized abortion in Roe v. Wade. The founders believed that there would be at most a ten-year struggle to secure the right to choose. In fact the struggle is far from over. It has changed and intensified, and the stakes are growing. |
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