DIVERSITY LINKS

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

Employment Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Housing Discrimination

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

Mortgage / Credit Card Discrimination

Federal Trade Commission

STATE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

Official State Human Rights Commissions

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Anti-Defamation League
For more than 88 years, the ADL has been combating anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The NAACP is our nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its half-million adult and youth members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities and monitor equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

National Organization for Women (NOW)
The world's premier defender of women's rights, NOW is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been "to take action" to bring about equality for all women. Both the actions NOW takes and its position on the issues are often unorthodox, uncompromising and ahead of their time.

People for the American Way
People For the American Way Foundation is a national social justice organization with 600,000 supporters that focuses on promoting constitutional liberties, civil rights, quality public education and an independent judiciary.

Lambda Legal
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.

BiasHELP of Long Island
A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit agency dedicated to preventing, monitoring and lessening the effects of bias crimes, hate-related harassment and discrimination in Nassau and Suffolk counties and beyond.