Amnesty International Pulaski Academy
12701 Hinson Road
Little Rock, AR 72212
501 231-4179
Angela King / Bill Topich Co-Sponsors
Twitter @PAAmnestyInt
We are Pulaski Academy students who want to make a difference in our world. Our goal is to raise awareness and money in order to improve human rights for people around the world
Arkansas Community Organizations
Neil Sealy
2101 S. Main Street
Little Rock, AR 72206
nsealy@arkansascomm.org
(501) 376-7151
arkansascomm.org
www.facebook.com/ArkansasComm
www.facebook.com/ArkansasCommunityOrganizations
Arkansas Community Organizations is a membership organization dedicated to bringing low-income and working people together to win changes that improve the health, income and opportunities for people in our communities; guarantee a brighter future for our children; and give ordinary Arkansans a voice in major policy decisions in both government and private business.
Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
904 W. Second Street, Suite 1
Founded in 1977, the Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian organization that brings together religious and civic groups and concerned citizens working to end capital punishment in Arkansas.
Arkansas Democracy Coalition
Kevin Bell
http://www.ardc.us/
The Arkansas Democracy Coalition seeks to combine the forces of many diverse groups-both national and within Arkansas- who have a common interest in strengthening the voice of American citizens in their own governance and repossessing control of the democratic process from special interests that currently dominate the American political landscape.
Arkansas Grassroots Resurgence
Donna Shade
Our mission is to develop a network of advocates in Arkansas communities, committed to promoting community bonding and social awareness/involvement. ARGRR provides outlines for a wide variety of projects and activities to present constant challenges and alternatives to a fragmented, consumption driven culture. We facilitate networking of advocates to share support, experiences, and new ideas. We're volunteer driven and consensus oriented.
Arkansas House of Prayer
20900 Chenal Parkway
An interfaith haven set apart in nature, dedicated to contemplative prayer, meditation and quite. People who visit Arkansas House of Prayer for prayer and meditation come from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you are on your journey, our doors are open as a quiet resting place for all who seek it.
Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance
Kathy Webb
Mission: to alleviate hunger through emergency food distribution, education and advocacy. The Alliance is the umbrella organization for six Feeding America food banks, 100's of pantries and hunger advocates around the state, the lead partner for the No Kid Hungry Campaign, and advocate on public policy issues regarding hunger and its impact on our citizens.
Arkansas Interfaith Alliance
Rev. Stephen Copley
The Arkansas Interfaith Alliance is a 501 c 4 organization that does work on public policy and advocacy on issues like poverty, peace, the environment, immigration, international issues, workers issues from a progressive interfaith perspective.
Interfaith Arkansas
Rev. Stephen Copley, Executive Director
The Interfaith Arkansas is a 501 c 3 organization that works on interfaith dialogue and ministries around poverty, the environment, immigration and disaster response.
Arkansas Interfaith Power and Light
P.O. Box 268
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203
arkansasipl@gmail.com
http://www.arkansasipl.com/
The Arkansas Affiliate of Interfaith Power and Light is established by individuals and participating congregations who share a concern for the earth’s environment from a unique, nonpartisan, theological perspective.
Arkansas Justice for Our Neighbors
Rev. Stephen J. Copley, Executive Director
P.O. Box 909
Little Rock, AR 72203-0909
scopley438@gmail.com
www.ajfon.org
(501) 374-3811
Arkansas Justice for Our Neighbors extends a warm welcome to the immigrant community in Arkansas through the provision of free immigration legal services, education and advocacy.
Arkansas Local Food Network
Alex Handfinger, Director of Operations
509 Scott St
Little Rock, AR 72201
arlocalfoodnetwork@gmail.com
501-291-2769
arlocalfoodnetwork.org
ALFN is a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to thriving and growing healthy farms, gardens, businesses, economy, and community. We work to strengthen Arkansas farmers, promote the local food system, and support community food endeavors.
We advance our mission via community collaborations that educate and serve human needs in sustainable ways, primarily through our online farmers’ market at littlerock.locallygrown.net.
Arkansas Methodist Federation for Social Action
Rev. Sam Teague, Chair
P. O. Box 7243
scteague77@gmail.com
Facebook: Arkansas MFSA
Little Rock, AR 72217
Where progressive United Methodists connect with one another and turn their faith into action. Our mission is to mobilize, lead, and sustain a progressive United Methodist movement, energizing people to be agents of God's justice, peace, and reconciliation.
Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement
Kwami & Clarice Abdul-Bey
2513 McCain Blvd. STE #2-221
North Little Rock AR 72116
APJMM2019@gmail.com
(479)966-9019
www.APJMM.org
Facebook: APJMM.78
The Arkansas Peace and Justice Memorial Movement (APJMM) is a collaborative effort of people and
organizations who acknowledge our shared history of racial, political, and religious violence and injustices and resolve to create meaningful avenues for restorative justice and reconciliation.
Arkansas Stop the Violence
Walter Crockran 501-351-1066,
Rev. Benny Johnson 501-541-1951
P.O. Box 94578 NLR Ar. 72190
walter.crockran@lrsd.org
Facebook: Arkansas Stop the Violence
Our mission and goal is to make people aware that there is something better to life than killing one another. We also want the youth to understand the importance of an education, the importance to having their own mind, and the importance of being something in life. Also we want them to understand the importance of valuing not only their lives but their neighbor lives, classmates and everyone that they see each day, and to take a stance against violence.
Our goal is to go to various neighborhoods to try to get people to take their neighborhoods back and not be a prisoner in their own home.
Arkansas Voices for the Children Left Behind
Dee Ann Newell
A children's right, human rights-centered organization dedicated to the safety and well-being of children left behind, primarily due to parental incarceration, but also parental addiction, mental illness, and abandonment.
Mission: Justice for children left behind, including racial, economic, family, social, educational, and health justice. and a vision that the 65,000 minor-aged children impacted by parental incarceration will be considered in the sentencing, incarceration, and re-entry of their parents, and enactment of policies and practices that will insure they are well-cared for and able to maintain relations with their parent where appropriate.
Arkansas Women’s Action for New Directions
21 Hickory Hills Circle
Arkansas WAND is a chapter of Women’s Action for New Directions with offices in Boston and Washington DC. Our mission is to empower women to become politically active to reduce violence and militarism and to redirect excessive military resources to unmet human and environmental needs.
Our goals: Challenge and promote alternatives to militarism and violence as the solution to conflict. Shift from a military to a civilian based economy. Work to eliminate the testing, production, sale and use of nuclear weapons. Prevent violence against women. Increase women elected officials to further WAND’s goals.
Central Arkansas ReEntry Coalition
Richard Lawrence, Chair of the Steering Committee- 808-295-2985
The Central Arkansas ReEntry Coalition is a volunteer-driven networking organization which works to improve reentry conditions for former inmates and to eliminate barriers and empower the full potential of every formerly incarcerated person to live a rewarding, meaningful and law-abiding life as a productive member of a free society.
Compassion Works for All
Morgan Leyenberger, Executive Director
PO Box 7708 Little Rock Arkansas 72217-7708
morgan@compassionarkansas.org 501-508-4334 www.compassionworksforall.org
https://www.facebook.com/Compassion-Works-for-All-190069574342418/
Offering healing and hope by living and teaching compassion, especially to the disenfranchised and those in prison.
Dialogue Institute of the Southwest
1501 Market St.
arkansas@thedialoginstitute.org
Dialogue Institute of the Southwest (formerly known as the Institute of Interfaith Dialog) grew out of the need to address the question, "How can citizens of the world live in peace and harmony?" The Institute was established in 2002 as a non-profit organization. Many participants of the Institute's activities are inspired by the life and vision of the Turkish Muslim scholar and peace advocate Fethullah Gulen.
El Zócalo Immigrant Resource Center
Sara Mullally or Kelsey Trotter
El Zócalo Immigrant Resource Center is a volunteer-based, grassroots organization working to promote a dignified life for immigrants in Arkansas. We work mainly with detained immigrants and their families and immigrants needing medical care. Our role is to connect them with needed services. El Zócalo means "town square" in Spanish.
Episcopal Peace Fellowship of Arkansas
Caroline Stevenson
5125 Stonewall Road,
Little Rock, AR 72207
www.facebook.com/groups/158939560785501
cstevenson53@comcast.net
(501) 664-1935
The mission of the Arkansas Chapter of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship is to 1.) Do justice 2.) Dismantle violence and 3.) Strive to be peacemakers.
We raise the issues of violence in all forms to the congregations of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas and urge all Episcopalians to become involved in active peacemaking.
Fellowship of Reconciliation
P.O. Box 271
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is composed of people who recognize the essential unity of all creation and have joined together to explore the power of love and truth for resolving human conflict. While it has always been vigorous in its opposition to war, FOR has insisted equally that this effort must be based on a commitment to the achieving of a just and peaceful world community, with full dignity and freedom for every human being.
gozarks.com
Christine Beems
A for-profit, media and marketing management business established in February of 2000, Gozarks applies state-of-the-art media and marketing expertise to amplify those community actions which role-model and empower the sustainable, happy and prosperous well-being of life among the people of all nations.
Islamic Center of Little Rock
Ebrahim Abunasrah, President
3224 Anna Street Little Rock AR 72205
ec@theiclr.org
8709951040
www.theiclr.org
We aim to establish a learning environment for non Muslims through effective interfaith partnerships, charitable and humanitarian help to community in times of need, and various intercultural events throughout the year.
Jonesboro High School Amnesty International
Karen LeClair 301 Hurricane Dr.
Jonesboro AR 72401
karen.pfeifer@jonesboroschools.net
Raising awareness to "Fight for Human Rights!
Just Communities of Arkansas
Ruth D. Shepherd
Formerly the National Conference for Community and Justice of Arkansas, Just Communities of Arkansas (JCA) works to embrace diversity in the community and establish a place where every person is valued, every voice is heard, and everyone has a fair chance to succeed.
KABF 88.3 Community Radio
John Cain, Program Director
2101 Main St., Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72206
www.kabf.org
programs@kabf.org
501-372-6119
KABF 88.3 "Voice of the People" Community Radio is a volunteer-driven 501(c)(3) non-commercial radio station. KABF's mission is 'to be a voice for the voiceless' and to 'encourage, empower and enlighten the understanding and will-power of all listeners in a symbiotic community-supported relationship'.
League of Women Voters of Pulaski County
Nell Matthews, President
The League of Women Voters Pulaski County is organized into two complementary halves: Voter service and citizen education; and program and action. LWVPC does not support any political party or candidate but vigorously participates in the political process.
Literacy Action of Central Arkansas
Sara Drew, Executive Director
sdrew@literacyactionar.org
501-372-7323
www.literacyactionar.org
https://www.facebook.com/LiteracyActionAR
https://twitter.com/LiteracyAction
Literacy Action of Central Arkansas is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that strives to build a community of adults empowered through literacy by teaching reading skills to adults and English language skills to non-native adults.
Literacy Action uses on a one-on-one tutoring model for Adult Basic Literacy (ABL) instruction and a group conversation model for English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction to improve adult literacy levels. In the past two years we have partnered with over 20 Local Community Partner Organizations (LCPOs) to reach even more adults and families in our area that need literacy services.
Little Rock Collective Liberation
http://www.facebook.com/lrcollective
Little Rock Collective Liberation is a growing collective working to build working-class multiracial movements to unite our local communities. We work in predominantly white communities to challenge white privilege and grow locally-based working class multiracial movements across wedge issues.
Little Rock Workforce Investment Board
W.J. Monagle, Executive Director
5401 S. University Ave., Suite 146
Little Rock, AR 72209
501-683-3843
w.j.monagle@arkansas.gov
www.lrwib.org
Our mission: “Build a comprehensive regional workforce development system that is extremely positive and responsive to the needs of its customers, job seekers, businesses and incumbent workers and is highly accessible, sensitive, flexible and accountable.” We partner with education and training institutions on implementation of federal WIA and other grant programs.
McElroy House and Boiled Down Juice
Meredith Martin-Moats
www.boileddownjuice.com
www.mcelroyhouse.wordpress.com
The McElroy House: Organization for Folklife, Oral History, and Community Action is a research and advocacy organization for the support and exploration of folklife, oral history, sustainability, holistic land use, community action, and inter-cultural and inter-generational partnerships in the Arkansas.
Boiled Down Juice: A gathering space for conversations at the intersection of community-based traditions and holistic, democratic, place-based community action.
OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology
Gladys Tiffany, Director
OMNI Center educates, empowers and connects to create a world of nonviolence, sustainability and justice.
Open Door Outreach
Dee Dee Boniecki, Coordinator
Sufficient Grounds Coffee House,
124 W. Capitol Ave, LR, is the location for weekly gatherings
emailTOdeedee@yahoo.com
(501) 256-2233
www.opendooroutreachNetwork.com
ODO is a volunteerism group uniting people from all walks of life, encouraging friendship and understanding through shared projects in charitable endeavors. Open Door Outreach has an Open Door to all! Planning meetings are at Sufficient Grounds coffee house, 124 W. Capitol Ave, LR, every Monday at 5:20pm except holidays
Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gay (and Transgender) People
Carla Coley, President
PO Box 7242
5420 Kavanaugh
Little Rock, AR 72207
501-291-2507
pflaglr@gmail.com
pflaglr.org
facebook.com/groups/PFLAG Little Rock
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families, and friends through: Support: to cope with an adverse society; Education: to enlighten an ill-informed public; and Advocacy: to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.
PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Pulaski Heights United Methodist
Britt Skarda, Senior Pastor
4823 Woodlawn Drive Little Rock AR 72205
phumc@phumc.com
5016643600
www.phumc.com
Facebook: pulaskiheightsumc
Love God. Love Neighbor. Change the World.
Since its formation on July 21, 1912, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church has strived to serve as an outward and visible expression of God’s love. The ministers and congregation seek to transform lives while remaining steadfast to the stability of God’s Word.
While the church enjoys a rich history of Biblical teaching, outstanding preaching and inspired music ministries in the historic Hillcrest neighborhood, the staff and membership realize that the church’s ability to impact the world with a Biblical message of Christ in the future is what matters most.
Regnat Populus
Paul Spencer
info@rparkansas.org
P.O. Box 1087
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-1087
http://rparkansas.org/
www.facebook.com/rparkansas
Phone: (501) 372-1804 (Leave a message)
Regnat populus is the official motto of the State of Arkansas. It means “The People Rule”. Regnat Populus, a citizen’s group, was founded in 2011 in Little Rock, Arkansas by a group of individuals led by Paul Spencer, a high school History and Government teacher. They were concerned over the lack of influence that actual citizens have in the modern American democratic process in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s infamous Citizens United decision.
Raindrop Turkish House, Little Rock
1501 Market St.
Raindrop Turkish House is a non-profit 501(c)(3), educational, charitable, social and cultural organization founded by Turkish-Americans. Next to being a home to Turkish-Americans, Raindrop Turkish House addresses their social and cultural needs and helps them integrate into this multicultural society better. The mission of Raindrop is to introduce Turkish culture into American society and cultivate friendship and promote the understanding of diverse cultures through its unique services to the community, through dialog and cooperation.
United Church of Peace
Dee Dee Boniecki
United Church of Peace is an Interfaith church, promoting respect, acceptance and love among people of all belief systems. UCP asserts that peace can’t exist until there is widespread acceptance, respect, and love among all. UCP fellowships are in Little Rock on 2nd Thursdays from 7-8pm (location varies; call 501-256-2233).
Village Commons
Acadia Roher
Village Commons is a Little Rock-based nonprofit, grassroots organization helping people –especially those in underserved neighborhoods – strengthen their communities and secure healthy and sustainable futures. Village Commons’ program areas are designed to promote healthy foods, homes, families and communities through community gardens, energy efficiency, watershed restoration, health and wellness, and green business projects.
