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We are breaking down barriers, so that every girl can rise, and every woman can soar! The mission of the Women and Girls Foundation (WGF) is to achieve equality for women and girls, now and for generations to come. Our vision is for women and girls in Pennsylvania to have equal access, opportunity, and influence in all aspects of their public and private lives. To realize this vision, the organization’s active work is focused on developing the female leaders of tomorrow and advancing women’s rights today.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF ( Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund) champions an equitable society. Using the power of the law together with education and advocacy, LatinoJustice PRLDEF protects opportunities for all Latinos to succeed in work and school, fulfill their dreams, and sustain their families and communities. LatinoJustice PRLDEF’s work fully embraces the diversity of the Latino community – especially the most vulnerable – new immigrants and the economically vulnerable. LatinoJustice PRLDEF’s work encompasses three guiding principles – protecting civil rights, cultivating Latino leaders and increasing civic participation – that conveys our work, and showcases our exceptional role within the Latino rights community. Our work primarily consists of impact litigation, legal advocacy, leadership development and legal education and pipeline programs that address a variety of civil and human rights issues, including immigrant justice, voting rights, worker's rights, economic justice and criminal justice reform.

Our mission is to recruit, train and manage volunteers who serve as independent lay advocates for children who are victims of neglect and physical and/or sexual abuse. Our hope is that all children will have a CASA volunteer as someone to pay attention, someone to give the child a voice, someone to care.

We work to make the world safer for children by eradicating child abduction, sexual abuse and exploitation.

YouthCARE’s mission is to promote respect for self and others, develop future leaders, and provide youth with positive multicultural activities and relationships with caring adults.

The Youth Justice Coalition (YJC) is working to build a youth, family and prisoner-led movement to challenge race, gender and class inequality in Los Angeles County's and California's juvenile injustice system. The YJC is working to transform a system that has ensured the massive lock-up of people of color; widespread police violence, corruption and distrust between police and communities; disregard of youth and communities' Constitutional and human rights; the construction of a school-to-jail track; and the build-up of the world's largest prison system.

Advocating the right of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live, learn, work and play in the community -- improving the quality of life for us all

It is a commitment to raise awareness within families that are in need. In order to reach our goal, we will guide families to community outreach, programs and education.

Our mission is to inspire women around the world by promoting wellness, education, and economic opportunities. We accomplish this mission through a strategy of empowering local leaders to find local solutions to local problems.

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas creates healthier communities by providing comprehensive reproductive and related healthcare services, delivering science-based education programs, and serving as a strong advocate for reproductive justice in Texas. - See more at: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-greater-texas/who-we-are/our-mission#sthash.1kOJLKnG.dpuf

JOY International is devoted to the rescue, restoration, reintegration and prevention of children who are trafficked and forced into commercial sexual exploitation. We are also committed to give children, teens and young women who are rescued out of the sex trade a renewed hope and a joy for living with enhanced life opportunities through Safe Havens that offer physical, emotional, psychological, educational, vocational and spiritual restoration.

Together we advocate, educate, and provide exceptional health care supporting sexual health, wellness, and reproductive freedom — without judgment, without fear, without fail. Planned Parenthood has been a trusted provider of reproductive health care and comprehensive sexual health education for over 100 years. We believe that reproductive rights are basic human rights and that everyone should have access to quality health care. Our clinical care, advocacy, and education programs work hand-in-hand to create stronger, healthier, and more equitable communities.