Links

ACLU: htttp://www.aclu.org
The ACLU is our nations guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/child_law.html
The Center improves childrens lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy.

BreakOUT!: http://www.youthbreakout.org/
BreakOUT! seeks to end the criminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to build a safer and more just New Orleans.

Lambda Legal: http://www.lambdalegal.org/
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

Legal Services for Children (LSC): http://www.lsc-sf.org/
The mission of Legal Services for Children (LSC) is to ensure that all children and youth in San Francisco Bay Area have an opportunity to be raised in a safe environment with equal access to a meaningful education and the services and supports they need to become healthy and productive young adults.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR): http://www.nclrights.org/
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) has been advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education since it was founded in 1977.

The National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC): http://njdc.info/
The National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) was created in the late ’90s to respond to the critical need to build the capacity of the juvenile defense bar and to improve access to counsel and quality of representation for children in the justice system. NJDC gives juvenile defense attorneys a permanent and enhanced capacity to address practice issues, improve advocacy skills, build partnerships, exchange information, and participate in the national debate over juvenile crime.

Streetwise & Safe (SAS): http://www.streetwiseandsafe.org/
Streetwise & Safe (SAS) —also known as SAS—is a project in New York City that shares the ins & outs, do’s & don’ts and street politics of encounters between LGBTQQ youth of color and the police.