Charitable Partners
Goal: Interested in supporting social justice? Your wedding donations to this fund will be distributed by the I Do Foundation to organizations that are working to guarantee all human beings the right to participate equally in their societies, free from intolerance and discrimination.
| Human Rights Watch Mission Statement: Human Rights Watch is dedicated to defending human rights and protecting the freedoms of individuals in every corner of the world. Mobilizing its experienced staff of regional experts, lawyers, and journalists, Human Rights Watch stands with victims and activists to bring offenders to justice, to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, and to protect people from inhumane conditions in wartime. Its hard-earned reputation as a leading human rights defender reflects the organization's ability to respond quickly and effectively to a broad spectrum of human rights concerns, from discrimination to genocide. |
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| Asian Law Caucus Mission Statement: The mission of the Asian Law Caucus is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. |
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| Human Rights Campaign Foundation Mission Statement: The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against GLBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC seeks to improve the lives of GLBT Americans by advocating for equal rights and benefits in the workplace, ensuring families are treated equally under the law and increasing public support among all Americans through innovative advocacy, education and outreach programs. HRC works to secure equal rights for GLBT individuals and families at the federal and state levels by lobbying elected officials, mobilizing grassroots supporters, educating Americans, investing strategically to elect fair-minded officials and partnering with other GLBT organizations. |
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| WITNESS Mission Statement: WITNESS uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change. |
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| Lambda Legal Mission Statement: Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. |
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| Peace Brigades International Mission Statement: PBI works to open a space for peace in which conflicts can be dealt with non-violently. It uses a strategy of international presence and concern that supports local initiatives and contributes to developing a culture of peace and justice. It acts on request of local non-violent groups working for human rights and social change in regions where there is oppression and conflict. |
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| Amnesty International Mission Statement: Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. In pursuit of this vision, AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. AI is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. It does not support or oppose any government or political system, nor does it support or oppose the views of the victims whose rights it seeks to protect. It is concerned solely with the impartial protection of human rights. |
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| Legal Momentum (Formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund) Mission Statement: Legal Momentum advances the rights of women and girls by using the power of the law and creating innovative public policy. |
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| The Sentencing Project Mission Statement: The Sentencing Project works for a more fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reform in sentencing law and policy and alternatives to incarceration. To these ends, it seeks to recast the debate about crime and punishment. |
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| The I Do Foundation Social Justice Fund Mission Statement: Interested in supporting social justice? Your wedding donations to this fund will be distributed by the I Do Foundation to organizations that are working to guarantee all human beings the right to participate equally in their societies, free from intolerance and discrimination. |
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