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First Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Organizations that deal in First Amendment issues
This web site is intended to be a resource for anyone wanting to learn about
the First Amendment. It provides information on all the liberties guaranteed
by the 1st Amendment.
Organizations that protect freedom of speech and the press
Organizations that protect religious freedom
Freedom of Speech and the Press
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
http://www.abffe.org/
139 Fulton Street, Suite 302
New York, New York 10038
Tel: 212-587-4205
FAX: 212-587-2436
E-mail:
National office of the American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Tel: 212-549-2500
FAX: 212-549-2646
E-mail:
ACLU offices in each state
http://www.aclu.org/community.community.html
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Tel: 212-549-2500
FAX: 212-549-2646
E-mail:
Americans for Radio Diversity
focuses on micro-broadcasting and low power FM radio
http://www.radiodiversity.com/
E-mail:
Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression
http://www.ultranet.com/~kyp/bcfe.html
c/o Mobius
354 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Tel: 617-497-7193
FAX: 617-451-2910
E-mail:
Brechner Center for Freedom of Information
http://www.jou.ufl.edu/brechner/
University of Florida
College of Journalism and Communications
3208 Weimer Hall
Gainesville, Florida 32611
Tel: 352-392-2273
FAX: 352-392-9173
E-mail:
California Anti-SLAPP Project: a project to fight "Strategic Lawsuits
Against Public Participation."
http://www.sirius.com/~casp/welcome.html
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1200
Oakland, California 94612
Tel: 510-835-0850
FAX: 510-465-1985
E-mail:
California First Amendment Coalition
http://www.cfac.org/
2701 Cottage Way
Sacramento, California 95825-1226
Tel: 916-974-8888
FAX: 916-974-8880
E-mail:
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
229 Yonge Street, Suite 403
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1N9
Canada
Tel: 416-363-0321
FAX: 416-861-1291
E-mail:
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
http://www.cjfe.org/
489 College Street, Suite 403
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6G 1A5
Tel: 416-515-9622
FAX: 416-515-7879
E-mail:
Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/
1001 G Street, N.W. (Suite 700 East)
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel: 202-637-9800
FAX: 202-637-0968
E-mail:
Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition
http://www.cdt.org/ciec/
c/o Center for Democracy and Technology
1001 G Street, N.W. (Suite 700 East)
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel: 202-637-9800
FAX: 202-637-0968
E-mail:
Committee Against Censorship
National Council of Teachers of English
1111 West Kenyon
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Tel: 715-328-3870
FAX: 715-328-0977
E-mail:
Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.cpj.org/
330 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10001
Tel: 212-465-1004
FAX: 212-465-9568
E-mail:
Digital Freedom Network publishes censored news stories from around the
world
http://www.dfn.org/
190 Main Street
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Tel: 201-928-4378
FAX: 201-907-5165
E-mail:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/
1667 K Street, N.W. (Suite 801)
Washington, D.C. 200061605
Tel: 202-861-7700
FAX: 202-861-1258
E-mail:
Electronic Frontiers Texas
http://www.eftexas.org/
Texas
Tel:
FAX:
E-mail:
Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://epic.org/
666 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. (Suite 301)
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel: 202-544-9240
FAX: 202-547-5482
E-mail:
Feminists for Free Expression
http://www.well.com/user/freedom/
2525 Times Square Station
New York, New York 10108
Tel: 212-702-6292
FAX: 212-702-6277
E-mail:
First Amendment Foundation
1313 West 8th Street (Suite 313)
Los Angeles, California 90017
Tel: 213-484-6661
FAX: 213-484-0266
E-mail:
The First Amendment Project
http://www.thefirstamendment.org/
1736 Franklin Street (Eighth Floor)
Oakland, California 94612
Tel: 510-208-7744
FAX: 510-465-6248
E-mail:
Florida Coalition Against Censorship
http://www.afn.org/ht-free/fcac.html
310 Michigan Avenue
Lynn Haven, Florida 32444-1428
Tel: 904-265-6438
FAX: 904-271-3136
E-mail:
Foodspeak Coalition for Free Speech
http://www.cspinet.org/foodspeak/
Ronald Collins
The Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20009
Tel: 202-332-9110
FAX: 202-265-4954
E-mail:
Free Radio Berkeley, the first micropowered radio station in U.S.A.
http://www.freeradio.org/
1442 A Walnut Street
Berkeley, California 94709
Tel: 510-594-8082
Voice Mail: 510-464-3041
E-mail:
The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center
http://www.freedomforum.org/first/welcome.asp
1101 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Tel: 703-284-3511
FAX: 703-284-3519
E-mail:
Freedom of Information Committee
c/o American Society of Newspaper Editors
11600 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, Virginia 22091
Tel: 703-648-1145
FAX: 703-620-4557
E-mail:
E-mail:
The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
http://www.reporters.net/foift
FOI Oklahoma, Inc.
9000 N. Broadway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125
Tel: 405-475-3384
FAX: 405-325-3183
E-mail:
Freedom to Read Committee
Association of American Publishers, Inc.
1718 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009-1148
Tel: 202-232-3335
FAX: 202-745-0694
Freedom to Read Foundation
http://www.ftrf.org
American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2795
Tel: 312-944-6780
FAX: 312-440-9374
E-mail:
The Fund for Constitutional Government
122 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
Tel: 202-546-3799
FAX: 202-543-3156
E-mail:
Georgia First Amendment Foundation
http://www.mindspring.com/~gfaf/
990 Edgewood Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30307
Tel: 404-577-7103
FAX: 404-525-4570
E-mail:
Global Internet Liberty Campaign
http://www.gilc.org/
E-mail:
Human Rights Watch for Free Expression on the Internet
http://www/hrw.org/advocacy/internet/index.htm
485 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10017-6104
Tel: 212-972-8400
FAX: 212-986-3357
E-mail:
Index on Censorship
http://www.oneworld.org/index_oc/
Lancaster House
33 Islington High Street
London N19LH, England
Tel: 071-278-2313
FAX: 071-278-1878
E-mail:
Individual Rights Foundation
Box 67398
Los Angeles, California 9006-9507
Tel: 310-843-3699
FAX: 310-843-3629
E-mail:
Intellectual Freedom Action Network
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifan_html
Office of Intellectual Freedom
American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Tel: 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225
FAX: 312-280-4227
E-mail:
The Internet Users Consortium
http://www.iuc.org/
7031 E. Camelback (Suite 102-515)
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
Tel: 602-874-1492
FAX: 602-970-3689
E-mail:
Justice on Campus
http://joc.mit.edu/
E-mail:
Libraries for the Future
http://www.lff.org/
121 West 27th Street, Suite 1102
New York, New York 10001
Tel: 212-352-2330
FAX: 212-352-2342
E-mail:
The Literary Network
154 Christopher Street (#3C)
New York, New York 10014
Tel: 212-741-9110
FAX: 212-741-9112
E-mail:
The Media Coalition Inc.
139 Fulton Street, Suite 302
New York, New York 10038
Tel: 212-587-4025
FAX: 212-587-2436
E-mail:
The Media Institute
http://www.mediainst.org/base.html
1000 Potomac Street, N.W., Suite 301
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel: 202-298-7512
FAX: 202-337-7092
E-mail:
National Association of Scholars
http://www.nas.org/
575 Ewing Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Tel: 609-683-7878
FAX: 609-683-0316
E-mail:
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression
http://www.ncfe.net/
1429 G Street, NW, PMB #416
Washington, D.C. 20005-2009
Tel: 202-393-2787
FAX: 202-347-7376
E-mail:
National Center for Science Education
http://www.natcenscied.org/
P.O. Box 9477
Berkeley, California 94709
Tel: 510-526-1674
FAX: 510-526-1675
Toll-free: 1-800-290-6006
E-mail:
National Coalition Against Censorship
http://www.ncac.org/
275 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10001
Tel: 212-807-6222
FAX: 212-807-6245
E-mail:
National Freedom of Information Coalition
http://www.reporters.net/nfoic/
c/o Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
400 South Record Street, Sixth Floor
Dallas, Texas 75202
Tel: 214-977-6658
FAX: 214-977-6666
E-mail:
NorthWest Feminists Anti-Censorship Taskforce
http://www.aa.net/~nw-fact/
NW/FACT #275
12345 Lake City Way N.E.
Seattle, Washington 98125
Tel: 206-292-1159
FAX: 206-364-9872
E-mail:
Office for Intellectual Freedom
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/oif.html
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2795
Tel: 312-944-6780
FAX: 312-440-9374
E-mail:
PEN American Center and PEN\'s Freedom to Write Committee
http://www.pen.org/
568 Broadway
New York, New York 10012-3225
Tel: 212-334-1660
FAX: 212-334-2181
E-mail:
People for the American Way
http://www.pfaw.org/
2000 M Street, N.W. (Suite 400)
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: 202-467-4999
FAX: 202-293-2672
E-mail:
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
http://www.rcfp.org
1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 900
Arlington, Virginia 22209-1817
Tel: 703-807-2100
FAX: 703-807-2109
E-mail:
Rock Out Censorship
http://www.theroc.org/
P.O.Box 147
Jewett, Ohio 43986
Tel: 614-946-6535
FAX: 614-946-6535
E-mail:
The Society for Electronic Access
http://www.sea.org/
P.O.Box 7081
New York, New York 10116-7081
Tel: 212-592-3801
E-mail:
Society of Professional Journalists
http://spj.org/
16 South Jackson Street
Greencastle, Indiana 46135-1514
Tel: 317-653-3333
FAX: 317-653-4631
E-mail:
Student Press Law Center
http://www.splc.org/
1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22209-1817
Tel: 703-807-1904
FAX: 703-807-2109
E-mail:
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
http://www.tjcenter.org/
400 Peter Jefferson Place
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
Tel: 804-295-4784
FAX: 804-295-3621
E-mail:
E-mail:
Voters Telecommunications Watch
http://www.vtw.org/
233 Court Street, #2
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Tel: 718-596-2851
E-mail:
Religious Freedom & Freedom from Religion
American Atheists
http://www.atheists.org/
P.O. Box 140195
Austin, Texas 78714-0195
Tel: 512-458-1244
FAX: 512-467-9525
E-mail:
American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/
132 West 43rd Street
New York, New York 10036
Tel: 212-944-9800
FAX: 212-869-9065
E-mail:
American Jewish Congress
15 East 84th Street
New York, New York 10028-0458
Tel: 212-879-4500
E-mail:
Americans for Religious Liberty
Box 6656
Silver Spring, Maryland 20916
Tel: 301-598-2447
FAX: 301-438-8424
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
http://www.au.org/
1816 Jefferson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: 202-466-3234
FAX: 202-466-2587
E-mail:
Anti-Defamation League
http://www.adl.org/
823 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
Tel: 212-490-2525
FAX: 212-867-0779
Baptists Joint Committee
http://www.erols.com/bjcpa/
200 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002-5797
Tel: 202-544-4226
FAX: 202-544-2094
E-mail:
Church State Council and Freedom\'s Ring
http://www.freedomsring.com/index.html
1228 N Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Tel: 916-446-2552
FAX: 916-446-6543
Freedom from Religion Foundation
http://www.infidels.org/org/ffrf/
Freethought Hall
National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 750
Madison, Wisconsin 53701
Tel: 608-256-8900
FAX: 608-256-1116
E-mail:
The Fund for Constitutional Government
122 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
Tel: 202-546-3799
FAX: 202-543-3156
E-mail:
Individual Rights Foundation
Box 67398
Los Angeles, California 9006-9507
Tel: 310-843-3699
FAX: 310-843-3629
E-mail:
Institute for First Amendment Studies
http://www.ifas.org/
P.O. Box 589
Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230
Tel: 413-528-3800
FAX: 413-528-4466
E-mail:
The Interfaith Alliance
http://www.tialliance.org/
1012 14th Street N.W. (Suite 700)
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: 202-639-6370
FAX: 202-639-6375
E-mail:
National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom
http://holycrosslivonia.org/amish/
30650 Six Mile Road
Livonia, Michigan 48154
Tel: 734-427-1414
E-mail:
National Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty (PEARL)
http://www.tiac.net/users/doyle/PEARL.html
165 East 56th Street
New York, New York 10022
Tel: 212-750-6461
FAX: 212-319-0975
E-mail:
People for the American Way
http://www.pfaw.org/
2000 M Street, N.W. (Suite 400)
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: 202-467-4999
FAX: 202-293-2672
E-mail:
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