Social Justice
Explore resources focused on social justice, including advocacy groups, educational materials, and ways to get involved in activism.
Social Justice
Protestor Rights
The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exercise of speech rights. Make sure you’re prepared by brushing up on your rights before heading out into the streets.
Stopped by Police
Being stopped by police is a stressful experience that can go bad quickly. Here we describe what the law requires and also offer strategies for handling police encounters. We want to be clear: The burden of de-escalation does not fall on private citizens — it falls on police officers. However, you cannot assume officers will behave in a way that protects your safety or that they will respect your rights even after you assert them.
LGBTQ Rights
The legal landscape for LGBTQ people is constantly evolving. If you think you have been discriminated against and would like our assistance, please visit our Report LGBTQ and HIV Discrimination Page and we can help you figure out whether you are protected under federal or state laws.
Dreamers (DACA)
Learn about your rights to be protected as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient.
Your Rights that can be Printed or Saved to your Phone
Download, print, cut-out and carry this card with you. You can share these cards with family and friends. This card can protect you if immigration or the police question you. The card will tell immigration or the police that you are exercising your constitutional rights.
National Immigration Law Center
When Encountering Law Enforcement. Immigration Raids, Immigration Enforcement at Health Care Facilities: Providers’ and Patients’ Rights, Immigration Enforcement at Workplaces, Participating in Demonstrations, National Origin Discrimination.
Stop Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Hate (Stop AAPI Hate)
In response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia and bigotry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched the Stop AAPI Hate coalition on March 19, 2020. The coalition tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
Critical Media Project
Critical Media Project (CMP) is a free media literacy web resource for educators and students (ages 8-21) that enhances young people’s critical thinking and empathy, and builds on their capacities to advocate for change around questions of identity.
Learning for Justice
Learning for Justice is a community education program of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that cultivates and nurtures dialogue, learning, reflection and action from those closest to and harmed most by injustices in the South.
Featured Resource of the Month
Learning for Justice
Mission:
Learning for Justice is a community education program of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that cultivates and nurtures dialogue, learning, reflection and action from those closest to and harmed most by injustices in the South.
Key Activities:
Advocacy, educational resources, community outreach, toolkits, and awareness campaigns.
