Personal Safety & Security:
How You Can Take Care of Yourself & Who Can Help

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ACLU

American Civil Liberties Union

Defend the rights of all people nationwide With immigrant rights, trans justice, reproductive freedom, and more at risk, we’re in courts and communities across the country to protect everyone’s rights — and we need you with us.

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Placeholde

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Largest global HIV/AIDS nonprofit - providing cutting edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay.

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Healthcare

About Face

Veterans Against War

We are service members and vets organizing to end permanent wars and the use of military weapons, tactics and values in communities across the country

Deeply informed by Vietnam Vets Against the War, we are part of a legacy of service members organizing against the wars that we served in

Blog
War - Resisting Domestic Use of Military

Activist Handbook

Global Organizing

We write guides for activists. Learn how to become an activist, plan a political campaign strategy, and start a grassroots movement - all while not burning out.

OrganizingWell BeingDigital ToolsResources
Resources

Barrett & Farahany

Justice At Work

Barrett & Farahany is an award-winning employment law firm – the oldest in the Southeast dedicated exclusively to employee rights, with a national reputation of excellence. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with physical offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, and Chicago, Illinois,

What Can You Do If You Witness Sexual Harassment?How Might Recent Transgender Laws Affect the Workplace?How Will the Change in DEI Law Affect Discrimination Lawsuits?
Employee Rights

Center on Conscience and War

Who is a Military Conscientious Objector?

Contact the Center on Conscience & War if you’re in the US military and want to seek discharge or reassignment as a Conscientious Objector.

We have experienced staff that can support you through the somewhat complex, administrative conscientious objection application process.

VideoCounseling and Legal SupportPost Discharge Resources
War - Conscientious Objection

Civilian Medical Resources Network

We help all military personnel.

We connect the service member with a medical or mental health professional in our network

Our team of physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists & social workers can provide diagnoses, second opinions, treatment & letters that give information about diagnoses, treatments & recommendations

PartnersServices For Military Personnel
Healthcare

Free DC

Tell Congress to Respect DC

Congress should do everything in their power to stand down the escalation of federal forces in DC. And stop freezing our local budget, stop trying to overturn our local laws, and pass H.R. 51, the “Washington DC Admissions Act” so DC residents don’t have to live through these cycles of attack.

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Be Visible - Protest

GI Rights Hotline

Military Discharges and Military Counseling

Why should I call 1-877-447-4487?

The GI Rights Network is a private, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that answers thousands of calls from military personnel and their families.

Conscientious Objection Fact SheetFAQHomosexual Conduct Discharge (rescinded)Ban strips rights of transgender service membersIf your conscience troubles you...
Know Your Rights

Military Law Task Force

legal advocate for service members and veterans

Providing independent legal information and services to lawyers and legal workers, active-duty service members, reservists, veterans and their families.

It trains and mentors counselors and military law attorneys in all aspects of military law through training materials and direct communication.

US Military Know Your Rights GuideThe Right of Dissent and Protests in the MilitaryMilitary Equal Opportunity (MEO) Self-Help Guide
Know Your Rights

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Here for You

The Hotline, in partnership with the National Hotline Consortium, is conducting a survey to better understand victims/survivor experiences with online abuse and harassment (technology facilitated abuse).

Get HelpInternet SafetyLearn About Abuse
Women's Rights

National Immigration Project

Lawyers for the Movement

We litigate, advocate, educate, and build bridges.

We are a membership organization of attorneys, advocates, and community members who are driven by the belief that all people should be treated with dignity, live freely, and flourish.

ResourcesLitigationProjects and Campaigns
Immigrant Justice

National Lawyers Guild

Law for the People

Dedicated to the need for change in the structure of our political and economic system.

Uniting lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers to function as an effective force in the service of the people by valuing human rights and ecosystems over property interests.

Legal Observer ProgramKnow Your RisksProtest ToolsAnti-Oppression Resources
Know Your Rights

Never Leave the Playground

Simple, Enjoyable Activities Can Revolutionize Your Health

Transform your health and longevity through the power of play. Stephen Jepson's revolutionary approach combines fun activities with cutting-edge science to enhance brain function, improve physical vitality, and unlock your body's natural potential for lifelong wellness.

Active AgingPublic VideosYouTubeA Health Revolution
Proprioception Resilience

Planned Parenthood

Trusted Care, Every Step of the Way

Works to protect and expand access to sexual and reproductive health care and education, and provides support to its member affiliates.

Get CareLearnGet Involved
Women's Rights

Ready.Gov

Preparations

Your family may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is important to know which types of disasters could affect your area. Know how you’ll contact one another and reconnect if separated. Establish a family meeting place that’s familiar and easy to find.

Make a PlanBuild a KitPets and Animals
Emergency Preparedness

Rise Up

Federal Workers Legal Defense Network

Rise Up, Fight Back

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have had their basic rights violated on the job—including tens of thousands who have been fired illegally. Federal workers have an urgent need for legal support.

If you are a federal worker who needs helpIf you are a lawyer who would like to helpResources
Legal Aid

Surveillance Self -Defense

Safer Online Communications

Our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying. Read the basics to find out how online surveillance works.

The BasicsTool GuidesSecurityElectronic Frontier Foundation (parent org)
AI and Tech

We the Action

Connecting Lawyers with Causes

Connecting volunteer lawyers with nonprofits. Together, they advocate for a more equitable, inclusive, and just society.

Founded on the premise that lawyers have power to do good. If each of us gives an hour here or there, we can do some pretty extraordinary things together.

VolunteerImmigrationFederal Workforce
Legal Aid