Social Justice
I am passionate about social justice and diversity issues.
The following is a list of organizations with important
information on injustices in American society. These
organizations are devoted to promoting the empowerment of oppressed
groups.
Ethnic Minority Issues
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)Southern Poverty Law Center
Tolerance.org -- A web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Gender and Sexuality Issues
Kentucky Fairness AllianceTake Back the Night
Womenshealth.gov -- Violence Against Women
Option for the Poor
Society of St. Vincent de PaulReligion
Religious ToleranceIntegrityUSA -- Empowering LGBT individual in the Episcopal Church
Technology
I support the open source software movement. More than being free and often of superior quality to proprietary software, the use of open source software applications levels the playing field for economically and socially oppressed individuals. Access to technology has always been a privilege of individuals of a higher socioeconomic status. Those with the means to access technology--which goes far beyond software--create a standard that perpetuates the divide between "the haves and the have nots" in our society. Open source software offers a quality product that everyone (with a computer) can access completely free of charge (see Barber, 2008).
