Security and Foreign Policy

• Maine Council of Churches - A united voice calling attention to social issues of concern, such as hunger, poverty, civil rights, economic justice, environmental stewardship, criminal justice and much more.
• Peace Action Maine - Promoting peace through grassroots organizing, citizen education, and issue advocacy
• Union of Concerned Scientists - UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of 60,000 scientists. We augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a healthier environment and safer world.
• Win Without War - A mainstream voice advocating alternatives to preemptive war against Iraq

 
Violence Prevention

• Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence - MCAHV's primary focus is the reduction of injuries to people in the State of Maine caused by the excessive proliferation of guns in our society
• Family Crisis Services - Working to end abuse in Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties.
• Violence Intervention Project
• Elder Abuse Institute of Maine


Environmental Public Health

• American Lung Association of Maine - Working to improve the lives of Maine people living with lung disease
• Environmental Strategy Center - Works on protecting human health from toxic exposures, promoting safer alternatives and clean industry
• Learning Disabilities Association of Maine - Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families, to alleviating the restricting effects of learning disabilities, and to supporting endeavors to determine the causes of learning disabilities
• Maine Labor Group on Health - Educates Maine's working people about health and safety in the workplace and functions as a statewide advocate for working people within the health care system
• Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association - An internationally recognized advocate for food production that enhances and protects the ecological as well as economic vitality of rural communities
• Maine Public Health Association - To foster, expand, improve, and recognize the organized efforts to better the health of all people in Maine through health promotion and disease prevention
• Natural Resources Council of Maine- Protecting, conserving, and restoring Maine's environment, now and for future generations
• Toxics Action Center   - Fighting toxics in neighborhoods across Maine


National Organizations

• Center for Defense Information - The Center for Defense Information is a non-partisan, non-profit organization committed to independent research on the social, economic, environmental, political and military components of global security.
• National Priorities Project - The National Priorities Project (NPP) offers citizen and community groups tools and resources to shape federal budget and policy priorities which promote social and economic justice.
• Center for Health, Environment, and Justice - CHEJ believes in environmental justice, the principle that people have the right to a clean and healthy environment regardless of their race or economic standing.
• Natural Resource Defense Council NRDC - uses law, science, and the support of more than 500,000 members nationwide to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - WILPF works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace.
• American Friends Service Committee - The AFSC is an organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Religious Society of Friends belief in the worth of every person, and faith in nonviolence
• Veterans for Peace - Veterans who are united for peace having seen the costs of war
• Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence - Preventing handgun deaths and injuries by working for common sense gun laws
• Million Mom March - Sensible gun laws, safe kids