To counter the Bush Administration’s weakening of environmental protections and standards by providing a platform for thirteen national organizations to collaborate on selected areas under major assault: clean air, clean water, energy and oil drilling in the Arctic wilderness.
To promote human rights and the rule of law in Mexico, through litigating cases of violations before national and international judicial bodies.
To support the Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative, which will build and strengthen links between environmental health and developmental and learning disabilities constituencies.
To increase prochoice activism on college campuses and educate college students about the threats to reproductive rights; to establish a nationwide network of prochoice activists who can be mobilized to take action on college campuses throughout the US; and to…
To promote human rights around the world, by providing legal representation to asylum seekers, supporting the International Criminal Court, supporting human rights defenders, and promoting a US security policy that upholds the rule of law.
To challenge government erosion of US rights and liberties and promote understanding of and respect for human rights in US national security policy, through research, analysis, advocacy and litigation.
To raise awareness in Vermont of the public health and environmental hazards of genetically engineered agriculture; promote a moratorium on genetically engineered crops in the state; and build momentum in other New England states for local campaigns to raise awareness…
To conduct a 2004 summer institute on the biology of developmental disabilities.
In collaboration with Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, American Medical Women’s Association, and Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, to educate health care professionals, including physicians, advanced practice clinicians, residents and medical students about medical abortion.
To expand support to licensed nursing assistants and home companions by offering financial literacy training; and to evaluate and finalize curriculum for a home companion training program.